# 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:** 15
**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 17, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/281 "2015-02-17T19:02:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you design the piazza in front of St Peter’s Cathedral, in the Vatican? > IQ2: Did you design the dome on the cathedral in Florence? > IQ3: Did you paint _The Birth of Venus_? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 2 DQs. > I am not Botticelli. Bernini and Brunelleschi. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/282 "2015-02-17T20:11:10Z")
Okay, I’ve got one. The letter is\*\* C.\*\* ---
**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 17, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/283 "2015-02-17T20:17:36Z")
IQ1: Are you the 5th Baron Haden-Guest? IQ2: Are you Lady Haden-Guest? IQ3: Are you a Polish cavalryman after whom a US submarine was named? ---
**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 17, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/284 "2015-02-17T20:19:18Z")
Grats, astorian. IQ1: Are you the creator of Dick Tracy? IQ2: Were you Commander-in-Chief for Pacific Ocean areas during WWII? (I know, wasting my time here) IQ3: Are you the lead vocalist of _Linkin Park_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/285 "2015-02-17T20:20:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the 5th Baron Haden-Guest? > IQ2: Are you Lady Haden-Guest? > IQ3: Are you a Polish cavalryman after whom a US submarine was named? Not Christopher Guest or Jamie Lee Curtis. And not… Casimir Pulaski? ---
**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 17, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/286 "2015-02-17T20:30:54Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an author who signed his works “Boz”? 2. Did you host _Information, Please_ on the radio? 3. Was your art partly responsible for the success of the Silver Age in comic books? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/287 "2015-02-17T20:41:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an author who signed his works “Boz”? > 2. Did you host _Information, Please_ on the radio? > 3. Was your art partly responsible for the success of the Silver Age in comic books? Not Charles Dickens No idea on #2 Not… Carmine Infantino? ---
**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 17, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/288 "2015-02-17T20:56:39Z")
All right, **astorian**! Previous IQs: Did a clergyman of your acquaintance provide medical care to LBJ many years earlier? - Barack Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Did you ship out on the _Rand Ecliptic_? - Biggs, Luke Skywalker’s buddy Did your wife sever your male reproductive organ? - Yes, John Bobbitt C it is. IQs: Did you and your future wife meet at Yale Law School? Did a cartoonist show you gigging frogs while being briefed? Did you serve in a top post for that guy? ---
**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 17, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/289 "2015-02-17T21:05:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an author who signed his works “Boz”? > 2. Did you host _Information, Please_ on the radio? > 3. Was your art partly responsible for the success of the Silver Age in comic books? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Charles Dickens > > No idea on #2 > > Not… Carmine Infantino? Correct on 1 and 3. #2 was Clifton Fadiman. DQ: Real? ---
**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 17, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/290 "2015-02-17T21:07:30Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the 21st POTUS? 2. Were you the 30th POTUS? 3. Were you the 39th POTUS? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/291 "2015-02-17T21:13:23Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/292 "2015-02-17T21:15:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you and your future wife meet at Yale Law School? > Did a cartoonist show you gigging frogs while being briefed? > Did you serve in a top post for that guy? Not Bill Clinton Not… Jimmy Carter? And if so, notCyrus Vance? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/293 "2015-02-17T21:16:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you and your future wife meet at Yale Law School? > Did a cartoonist show you gigging frogs while being briefed? > Did you serve in a top post for that guy? Not Bill Clinton Not… Jimmy Carter? And if so, not Cyrus Vance? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/294 "2015-02-17T21:17:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the 21st POTUS? > 2. Were you the 30th POTUS? > 3. Were you the 39th POTUS? SInce I know Lincoln was #16… Not Chester Alan Arthur Not Calvin Coolidge Not Jimmy Carter. ---
**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 18, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/295 "2015-02-18T00:31:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Grats, astorian. > > IQ1: Are you the creator of Dick Tracy? > IQ2: Were you Commander-in-Chief for Pacific Ocean areas during WWII? (I know, wasting my time here) > IQ3: Are you the lead vocalist of _Linkin Park_? Missed me! ---
**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 18, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/296 "2015-02-18T01:43:12Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > SInce I know Lincoln was #16… > > Not Chester Alan Arthur > > Not Calvin Coolidge > > Not Jimmy Carter. Correct on all 3. IQs: 1. Do you sell tribbles? 2. Do you sell meat by-products in Ankh-Morpork? 3. Do you sell chocolate-flavored breakfast cereal? ---
**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 18, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/297 "2015-02-18T02:54:14Z")
Correct on two and a half. Previous IQs: Did you and your future wife meet at Yale Law School? - Bill and Hillary Did a cartoonist show you gigging frogs while being briefed? - Jimmy Carter, in _Doonesbury_ Did you serve in a top post for that guy? - I’ll rephrase IQs: You’re not Cyrus Vance. Did you serve in a top post for Jimmy Carter? Were you a great warrior for whom a starship was named? Did your character suggest playing chess to a prisoner? ---
**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 18, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/298 "2015-02-18T05:03:36Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the 5th Baron Haden-Guest? > IQ2: Are you Lady Haden-Guest? > IQ3: Are you a Polish cavalryman after whom a US submarine was named? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Christopher Guest or Jamie Lee Curtis. > > And not… Casimir Pulaski? Correct on all three. IQ1: Did you do a strip about a flapper who married a millionaire? IQ2: Are you that couple’s daughter? IQ3: Did Tom Lehrer sing a song about you in the style of various composers, ending with Gilbert and Sullivan? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/299 "2015-02-18T12:06:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Grats, astorian. > > IQ1: Are you the creator of Dick Tracy? > IQ2: Were you Commander-in-Chief for Pacific Ocean areas during WWII? (I know, wasting my time here) > IQ3: Are you the lead vocalist of _Linkin Park_? Not Chester GOuld or CHester Nimitz Take a DQ for #3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/300 "2015-02-18T12:31:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You’re not Cyrus Vance. Did you serve in a top post for Jimmy Carter? > Were you a great warrior for whom a starship was named? > Did your character suggest playing chess to a prisoner? Not Joseph Califano Take DQs for #2 and 3 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=16)