# 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:** 16
**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, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/301 "2015-02-18T12:34:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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? Not Cyrano Jones or Count CHocula Take a DQ for #2 ---
**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, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/302 "2015-02-18T12:35:19Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 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? Not Chic YOung or Cookie Bumstead Take a DQ for #3 ---
**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, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/303 "2015-02-18T13:05:42Z")
> [@](#): > > Not Chester GOuld or CHester Nimitz > > Take a DQ for #3 Chester Bennington DQ: Alive? ---
**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, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/304 "2015-02-18T13:34:28Z")
IQ1: Are you the voice of Peter Griffin’s boss Angela on _Family Guy_? IQ2: Did you direct biblical epic films such as _The Ten Commandments_ and _Samson and Delilah_? IQ3: Were you the US Secretary of State from 2001-2005? ---
**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, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/305 "2015-02-18T13:58:55Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you sell tribbles? > 2. Do you sell meat by-products in Ankh-Morpork? > 3. Do you sell chocolate-flavored breakfast cereal? > Not Cyrano Jones or Count CHocula > > Take a DQ for #2 Correct on 1 and 3. #2 is Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler. DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/306 "2015-02-18T14:54:37Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Dead ---
**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, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/307 "2015-02-18T14:56:46Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the voice of Peter Griffin’s boss Angela on _Family Guy_? > IQ2: Did you direct biblical epic films such as _The Ten Commandments_ and _Samson and Delilah_? > IQ3: Were you the US Secretary of State from 2001-2005? Not Cecil B. DeMille or Colin Powell I should know Family Guy trivia, but can’t think of #1, so take a DQ ---
**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, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/308 "2015-02-18T14:59:30Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the voice of Peter Griffin’s boss Angela on Family Guy? > IQ2: Did you direct biblical epic films such as The Ten Commandments and Samson and Delilah? > IQ3: Were you the US Secretary of State from 2001-2005? > Not Cecil B. DeMille or Colin Powell > > I should know Family Guy trivia, but can’t think of #1, so take a DQ Carrie Fischer Add “Real” to the summary plz, as per previous page DQ: American? ---
**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, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/309 "2015-02-18T15:36:12Z")
Previous IQs: You’re not Cyrus Vance. Did you serve in a top post for Jimmy Carter? - Yes, Joseph Califano. Well done! Were you a great warrior for whom a starship was named? - Crazy Horse: [USS Crazy Horse | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/USS_Crazy_Horse) Did your character suggest playing chess to a prisoner? - Cleavon Little in _Blazing Saddles_: [Play Chess - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRb3u0PtEZE) DQs: Died since 1950? Best known for politics/military? IQs: An American, did you personally carry out executions even though you didn’t have to? Were you a hero of Little Round Top? Did Lincoln appoint you Chief Justice of the United States in late 1864? ---
**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, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/310 "2015-02-18T15:45:10Z")
IQ1: Did you have a hit song (which you recently put up for auction) that could have been about Mick Jagger or Warren Beatty, but you never revealed? IQ2: Are you an American poet who won a Pulitzer for your biography of Abraham Lincoln? IQ3: Are you a video game character from the Wumpa Isles who frequently opposes Dr. Neo Cortex? ---
**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, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/311 "2015-02-18T16:03:52Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Dead 3. American 1. Died before 1950 1. Involved in politics, but that’s not what I’m best known for ---
**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, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/312 "2015-02-18T16:05:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Died since 1950? > Best known for politics/military? > > IQs: > > An American, did you personally carry out executions even though you didn’t have to? > Were you a hero of Little Round Top? > Did Lincoln appoint you Chief Justice of the United States in late 1864? Not Grover Cleveland or Salmon P. Chase. Take a DQ for #2 ---
**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, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/313 "2015-02-18T16:08:06Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you have a hit song (which you recently put up for auction) that could have been about Mick Jagger or Warren Beatty, but you never revealed? > IQ2: Are you an American poet who won a Pulitzer for your biography of Abraham Lincoln? > IQ3: Are you a video game character from the Wumpa Isles who frequently opposes Dr. Neo Cortex? Not Carly Simon Not Carl Sandburg Take a DQ for #3 ---
**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, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/314 "2015-02-18T16:14:12Z")
Previous IQs: An American, did you personally carry out executions even though you didn’t have to? - Yes, Grover Cleveland, as sheriff of Buffalo, N.Y. Were you a hero of Little Round Top? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, winner of the Medal of Honor (Jeff Daniels played him very well in the movie _Gettysburg_). Did Lincoln appoint you Chief Justice of the United States in late 1864? - Yes, Salmon P. Chase. DQ: Last name start with C? IQs: Were you LBJ’s last SECDEF? A hero of the Battle of Franklin, were you later elected Governor of Ohio? Did you lead the team which discovered the lost Confederate submarine _Hunley_? ---
**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, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/315 "2015-02-18T16:45:36Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Dead 3. American 1. Died before 1950 1. Involved in politics, but that’s not what I’m best known for 2. Last name starts with C ---
**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, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/316 "2015-02-18T16:47:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you LBJ’s last SECDEF? > A hero of the Battle of Franklin, were you later elected Governor of Ohio? > Did you lead the team which discovered the lost Confederate submarine _Hunley_? Not Clark Clifford Take a DQ for #2 and #3 ---
**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, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/317 "2015-02-18T16:53:45Z")
DQ: Died before 1900? IQs: 1. Is your motto “It’s not easy being cheesy”? 2. Were you one of Top Cat’s gang? 3. Were you an 18th Century landscape painter best known for your scenes of Venice? ---
**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, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/318 "2015-02-18T16:57:09Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you have a hit song (which you recently put up for auction) that could have been about Mick Jagger or Warren Beatty, but you never revealed? > IQ2: Are you an American poet who won a Pulitzer for your biography of Abraham Lincoln? > IQ3: Are you a video game character from the Wumpa Isles who frequently opposes Dr. Neo Cortex? > > Not Carly Simon > > Not Carl Sandburg > > Take a DQ for #3 Crash Bandicoot DQ: Military? ---
**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, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/319 "2015-02-18T17:02:34Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Dead 3. American 1. Died before 1950 1. Involved in politics, but that’s not what I’m best known for 2. Last name starts with C 3. Died after 1900. 4. Not a military figure ---
**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, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/320 "2015-02-18T17:04:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Died before 1900? > > IQs: > > 1. Is your motto “It’s not easy being cheesy”? > 2. Were you one of Top Cat’s gang? > 3. Were you an 18th Century landscape painter best known for your scenes of Venice? Not Chester Cheetah? Take DQs for #2 and #3 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=17)