# Botticelli February 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 2, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611 "2015-02-02T16:01:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/181 "2015-02-10T19:55:41Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with M 4. Alive 5. Not known for involvement in the arts 6. Not American 7. Not a politician or military figure… but had some political significance 8. Born slightly before 1970 9. European 10 Not from a country that speaks a Romance language 10. Not from anywhere in the UK 11. Not known for science 12. Not involved in sports or games 13. Not known as a businessman or entrepreneur of any kind 14. Best known for just one famous incident 15. Speaks a Germanic language 17 ) The incident I’m known for was one of a kind, but not a “record” 16. The incident was not evil, but it was illegal and he was arrested for it. 17. Incident happened before 1999 18. Incident was probably a lark; definitely not an act of civil disobedience ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/182 "2015-02-10T19:56:45Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an AI from 1984 who had frequent bandwidth problems? > IQ2: Are you the actor who portrayed him? > IQ3: Are you the primary protagonist from the _Gears of War_ video game series? Stumped on all 3 of these ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/183 "2015-02-10T23:59:27Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an AI from 1984 who had frequent bandwidth problems? > IQ2: Are you the actor who portrayed him? > IQ3: Are you the primary protagonist from the Gears of War video game series? > > Stumped on all 3 of these M-m-m-Max Headroom, Matt Frewer, Marcus Fenix Time to ponder… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/184 "2015-02-11T01:10:42Z")
Previous IQs: Did you serve in the U.S. Army in South Korea as a noncom and later run for President? - Yes, Michael Dukakis. Were you a knockout, jazz-loving, French-speaking hologram? - Minuet, on ST:TNG: [Minuet - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk1E986Szc4) Did Jon Stewart bestow this nickname on VPOTUS? - He dubbed Joe Biden “Gabby McGillicuddy.” I think I know this. IQ: Did you fly a small plane into Red Square, embarrassing the Soviet military? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/185 "2015-02-11T01:27:16Z")
Ooo, good guess, EH! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/186 "2015-02-11T12:02:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: > > Did you fly a small plane into Red Square, embarrassing the Soviet military? YESSSSSS! I am MATHIAS RUST, the German teenager who flew into Red Square. Bravo, EH! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/187 "2015-02-11T13:49:02Z")
Way to go, EH! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/188 "2015-02-11T13:53:15Z")
Woohoo! An offbeat and interesting Cold War tale, I’ve always thought: [Mathias Rust - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Rust) OK, our next letter is A. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/189 "2015-02-11T14:17:14Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a 19th Century British painter of scenes from classical antiquity? 2. Are you an Israeli sculptor inspired by hard edge painting? 3. Did you write _The Divine Comedy_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/190 "2015-02-11T14:54:25Z")
IQ1) Are you an Armenian-American who led Notre Dame to two NCAA football titles? IQ2) Are you a general better known for your facial hair than your military career? IQ3) Did Wallace Shawn share a meal and a famous conversation with you? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/191 "2015-02-11T16:32:42Z")
Good show EH! I had totally forgotten about Mathias Rust, but he was a perfect choice for the mystery guest. IQ1: Did you win the Nobel Peace Prize for your “Reverence for Life” philosophy in 1952? IQ2: Are you a MLB shortstop and manager nicknamed “Blackie” and “The Swamp Fox”? IQ3: Are you a Boston native who had various careers such as schoolteacher, lawyer, trapper, journalist, poet, pro-slavery advocate, Freemason, and a Confederate General of Indian cavalry regiments? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/192 "2015-02-11T21:04:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a 19th Century British painter of scenes from classical antiquity? > 2. Are you an Israeli sculptor inspired by hard edge painting? > 3. Did you write _The Divine Comedy_? Dunno the first two; not Dante Aligheri (sp?). > [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Are you an Armenian-American who led Notre Dame to two NCAA football titles? > > IQ2) Are you a general better known for your facial hair than your military career? > > IQ3) Did Wallace Shawn share a meal and a famous conversation with you? Dunno, and not Ambrose Burnside or Andre Whathislastname. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > … > IQ1: Did you win the Nobel Peace Prize for your “Reverence for Life” philosophy in 1952? > IQ2: Are you a MLB shortstop and manager nicknamed “Blackie” and “The Swamp Fox”? > IQ3: Are you a Boston native who had various careers such as schoolteacher, lawyer, trapper, journalist, poet, pro-slavery advocate, Freemason, and a Confederate General of Indian cavalry regiments? Dunno, not Sparky Anderson (just guessing), and dunno. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/193 "2015-02-11T22:47:13Z")
Ara Parseghian was the Notre Dame coach Ambrose Burnside was a Civil War general known for his facial hair (which gave us the word “sideburns”) Wallace Shawn had a meal and a conversation with actor Andre Gregory in the cult movie _ **My Dinner With Andre.** _ DQ1) Real person? DQ2) Male? DQ3) Last name start with A? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/194 "2015-02-11T22:55:43Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a 19th Century British painter of scenes from classical antiquity? > 2. Are you an Israeli sculptor inspired by hard edge painting? > 3. Did you write The Divine Comedy? > > Dunno the first two; not Dante Aligheri (sp?). #1 was Lawrence Alma-Tadema. #2 is Yaacov Agam. Correct on Dante. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/195 "2015-02-11T23:03:58Z")
IQ1) Were you written out of TV’s most popular Western because the actor who played you got too big for his britches, and wanted to do work that was more politically and socially progressive? IQ2) Was your husband based on “The Bayonne Bleeder,” aka Chuck Wepner? IQ3) Did you name your immensely successful electronics corporation after the Latin word for “sound”? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/196 "2015-02-11T23:58:45Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you win the Nobel Peace Prize for your “Reverence for Life” philosophy in 1952? > IQ2: Are you a MLB shortstop and manager nicknamed “Blackie” and “The Swamp Fox”? > IQ3: Are you a Boston native who had various careers such as schoolteacher, lawyer, trapper, journalist, poet, pro-slavery advocate, Freemason, and a Confederate General of Indian cavalry regiments? > > Dunno, not Sparky Anderson (just guessing), and dunno. Albert Schweitzer, Alvin Dark, Albert Pike holding 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/197 "2015-02-12T00:08:50Z")
IQ1: Did you serve 7 years for shooting the wife of your lover Joey Buttafuoco? IQ2: Are you a five-time Grammy Award winner for your album _Back to Black_ who died of alcohol poisoning at age 27? IQ3: Are you the author of _The Joy Luck Club_? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/198 "2015-02-12T02:53:24Z")
IQ1: Were you Napoleon’s boss? IQ2: Did you want to see Mr Watson? IQ3: Did you write _The Gulag Archipelago_? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/199 "2015-02-12T04:52:28Z")
**astorian** , I answered two out of your first three DQs (as to Ambrose Burnside and Andre) correctly. Which of your first three DQs would you like me to answer? > [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you written out of TV’s most popular Western because the actor who played you got too big for his britches, and wanted to do work that was more politically and socially progressive? > > IQ2) Was your husband based on “The Bayonne Bleeder,” aka Chuck Wepner? > > IQ3) Did you name your immensely successful electronics corporation after the Latin word for “sound”? Dunno any of these. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you serve 7 years for shooting the wife of your lover Joey Buttafuoco? > IQ2: Are you a five-time Grammy Award winner for your album _Back to Black_ who died of alcohol poisoning at age 27? > IQ3: Are you the author of _The Joy Luck Club_? Not Amy LNU, dunno, and not Amy Tan. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Napoleon’s boss? > IQ2: Did you want to see Mr Watson? > IQ3: Did you write _The Gulag Archipelago_? Not Archibald, dunno, and not Alexander Solzhenitsyn (sp?). ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/200 "2015-02-12T05:54:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Napoleon’s boss? > IQ2: Did you want to see Mr Watson? > IQ3: Did you write _The Gulag Archipelago_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Archibald, dunno, and not Alexander Solzhenitsyn (sp?). I’ll take your word for it that somewhere, somewhen, a Napoleon worked for an Archibald, and will rephrase the question. “Mr Watson, come here - I want to see you.” – Alexander Graham Bell. You spelt the last name right, but not the first name. 🙂 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. DQ reserved pending resolution of astorian’s DQs. IQ1: Did your employees often pass through Del Floria’s tailor shop? IQ2: Were you Dr Ray Palmer? IQ3: Were you Dr Henry Pym? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=11)