# 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:** 12
**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 13, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/221 "2015-02-13T18:36:21Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you Helen Keller’s teacher and lifelong companion? > IQ2: Are you an evangelist who went missing for over a month and claimed to have been kidnapped? > IQ3: Are you an operatic contralto and the first black person to ever perform at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC?.. Not Anne Sullivan, Aimee Semple McPherson (subject of an earlier Botticelli round) and dunno. > [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you once say, “If you can’t say anything nice, come sit by me?” > > IQ2) Were you Gus Hall’s runnuinbg mate for President on the Communist Party ticket? > > IQ3) Did you establish the Foursquare Church? Not Alice Longworth Roosevelt, dunno (must have been a helluva guy, to be a runnuinbg mate!) and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Nightcrawler’s father? > 2. Are you the Unabridged King of Dictionopolis in _The Phantom Tollbooth_? > 3. Are you Al Capp’s best known creation? Dunno, not Atoz (guessing), and not Lil’ Abner. > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Were you an American who claimed to be a surviving Romanoff? > IQ2: Were you that Romanoff? > IQ3: Are you a doctor portrayed on screen by someone who also played a DJ and an alien? Dunno, not Anastasia, and dunno. A. 1. real person 2. female 3. last name starts with A 4. American 5. dead 6. not known from the arts 7. died after 1900 8. born east of the Miss. River 9. not known for politics 10. not primarily known for a single historic event 11. died before 2000 **astorian** , since your DQ was very similar to **Knowed Out** ’s, would you like to ask another? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/222 "2015-02-13T20:04:24Z")
Longtime “black militant” Angela Davis was Gus Hall’s running mate. DQ) Born in one of the original 13 states? ---
**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 13, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/223 "2015-02-13T20:05:49Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Nightcrawler’s father? > 2. Are you the Unabridged King of Dictionopolis in The Phantom Tollbooth? > 3. Are you Al Capp’s best known creation? > > Dunno, not Atoz (guessing), and not Lil’ Abner #1 was Azazel. #2 was Azaz (but good guess). Correct on Abner. DQ: Known for science? 3 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 13, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/224 "2015-02-13T20:08:08Z")
IQ1) Were you a STaten Island native who wrote a best seller on good manners? IQ2) Are you an abolitionist, temperance activist and sufffragette who’s better remembered for her clothing than for her politicis? IQ3) Was one of show biz’s most prestigious awards named in your honor? ---
**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 13, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/225 "2015-02-13T20:46:06Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you Helen Keller’s teacher and lifelong companion? > IQ2: Are you an evangelist who went missing for over a month and claimed to have been kidnapped? > IQ3: Are you an operatic contralto and the first black person to ever perform at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC? > > Not Anne Sullivan, Aimee Semple McPherson (subject of an earlier Botticelli round) and dunno. correct x2, Marian Anderson DQ: Did you die after 1950? ---
**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 13, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/226 "2015-02-13T20:55:46Z")
IQ1: Are you Caligula’s sister, who eventually married Emperor Claudius and was accused of murdering him? IQ2: Were you the chief witness in the Salem Witch Trials? IQ3: Did you drown all five of your children in a bathtub in 2001? ---
**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 14, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/227 "2015-02-14T04:19:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an American who claimed to be a surviving Romanoff? > IQ2: Were you that Romanoff? > IQ3: Are you a doctor portrayed on screen by someone who also played a DJ and an alien? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Anastasia, and dunno. Anna Anderson. Correct. Patch Adams. DQs reserved… IQ1: Did you have trouble finding Howland Island? IQ2: Did Frank and Jesse ride with you during the war? IQ3: Are you a soft-voiced former country singer? ---
**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 14, 2015, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/228 "2015-02-14T05:33:15Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you a STaten Island native who wrote a best seller on good manners? > > IQ2) Are you an abolitionist, temperance activist and sufffragette who’s better remembered for her clothing than for her politicis? > > IQ3) Was one of show biz’s most prestigious awards named in your honor? Dunno, not Amelia Bloomer, and dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you Caligula’s sister, who eventually married Emperor Claudius and was accused of murdering him? > IQ2: Were you the chief witness in the Salem Witch Trials? > IQ3: Did you drown all five of your children in a bathtub in 2001? Not Amelia, dunno, and dunno. > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Did you have trouble finding Howland Island? > IQ2: Did Frank and Jesse ride with you during the war? > IQ3: Are you a soft-voiced former country singer? Not Amelia Earhart, dunno, and not Gene Autry. A. 1. real person 2. female 3. last name starts with A 4. American 5. dead 6. not known from the arts 7. died after 1900 8. born east of the Miss. River 9. not known for politics 10. not primarily known for a single historic event 11. died before 2000 12. born in one of the original 13 states 13. known for science and other stuff 14. died after 1950 ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/229 "2015-02-14T13:43:32Z")
DQ: Known for work in chemistry, physics or astronomy? 2 DQs remaining. ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/230 "2015-02-14T13:57:28Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you Caligula’s sister, who eventually married Emperor Claudius and was accused of murdering him? > IQ2: Were you the chief witness in the Salem Witch Trials? > IQ3: Did you drown all five of your children in a bathtub in 2001? > > Not Amelia, dunno, and dunno. Aggripina the Younger, Ann Putnam, Andrea Yates holding 3 DQs ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/231 "2015-02-15T02:00:34Z")
A. 1. real person 2. female 3. last name starts with A 4. American 5. dead 6. not known from the arts 7. died after 1900 8. born east of the Miss. River 9. not known for politics 10. not primarily known for a single historic event 11. died before 2000 12. born in one of the original 13 states 13. known for science and other stuff 14. died after 1950 15. not known for work in chemistry, physics or astronomy ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/232 "2015-02-15T02:08:34Z")
DQ: Known for nursing or medicine? ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/233 "2015-02-15T02:47:20Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you have trouble finding Howland Island? > IQ2: Did Frank and Jesse ride with you during the war? > IQ3: Are you a soft-voiced former country singer? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Amelia Earhart, dunno, and not Gene Autry. Correct. Bloody Bill Anderson. Don’t think I’ve ever heard Autry sing, but I suppose he’ll do. (I was actually thinking of Whispering Bill Anderson, to go with Bloody Bill.) ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/234 "2015-02-15T14:17:31Z")
IQ1: Are you one of “Pickering’s Harem,” an astronomer who classified stars? IQ2: Are you a psychologist who pioneered the development of psychometrics? IQ3: Are you a pioneer in Home Economics who helped increase awareness in food nutrition and preparation? ---
**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 15, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/235 "2015-02-15T17:10:53Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you one of “Pickering’s Harem,” an astronomer who classified stars? > IQ2: Are you a psychologist who pioneered the development of psychometrics? > IQ3: Are you a pioneer in Home Economics who helped increase awareness in food nutrition and preparation? Dunno any of those! Take three DQs. **SCAdian** , remember you’re free to rephrase and ask again if I give a valid answer but you were thinking of someone else. A. 1. real person 2. female 3. last name starts with A 4. American 5. dead 6. not known from the arts 7. died after 1900 8. born east of the Miss. River 9. not known for politics 10. not primarily known for a single historic event 11. died before 2000 12. born in one of the original 13 states 13. known for science and other stuff 14. died after 1950 15. not known for work in chemistry, physics or astronomy 16. known for nursing or medicine ---
**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 15, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/236 "2015-02-15T17:15:17Z")
(Aha! Obviously it’s Clar Abarton.) DQ: Last name starts with AN-AZ? ---
**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 15, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/237 "2015-02-15T17:24:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did you develop a scale to measure the health of babies? 2. Did you direct _Unbroken_? 3. Were you a politician associated with the phrase “Keep the faith, baby!”? ---
**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 15, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/238 "2015-02-15T18:22:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **SCAdian** , remember you’re free to rephrase and ask again if I give a valid answer but you were thinking of someone else. Yeah, but even though I’ve been listening to country for fifty years I’m not that familiar with Anderson - couldn’t even tell you what his biggest hits were. ---
**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 15, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/239 "2015-02-15T18:36:47Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you one of “Pickering’s Harem,” an astronomer who classified stars? > IQ2: Are you a psychologist who pioneered the development of psychometrics? > IQ3: Are you a pioneer in Home Economics who helped increase awareness in food nutrition and preparation? > > Dunno any of those! Take three DQs. Was trying to guess the mystery woman. Annie Jump Cannon, Anne Anastasi, Helen Atwater Holding 6 DQs and don’t know what to ask… ---
**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 15, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/240 "2015-02-15T19:17:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you develop a scale to measure the health of babies?.. Wow. I really thought I’d stump you all, but yes, I am Dr. Virginia Apgar > **[Virginia Apgar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Apgar)** > > Virginia Apgar (June 7, 1909 – August 7, 1974) was an American physician, obstetrical anesthesiologist and medical researcher, best known as the inventor of the Apgar score, a way to quickly assess the health of a newborn child immediately after birth in order to combat infant mortality. In 1952, she developed the 10-point Apgar score to assist physicians and nurses in assessing the status of newborns. Given at one minute and five minutes after birth, the Apgar test measures a chil The youngest o... Well done, **Prof. P.**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=13)