# 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:** 5
**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 5, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/81 "2015-02-05T01:45:55Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the author of _Little Women_? > IQ2: Were you a defensive end for the Oakland Raiders and currently an NFL analyst for FOX? > IQ3: Are you a standup comedian whose stage name is a variation of your actual Hungarian surname Székely? 1. I am not Louisa May Alcott. Take 2 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 5, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/82 "2015-02-05T02:45:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Lobelia. > I am not Jaime Lannister. > I am not Cersei Lannister. Correct on all three. Well done! IQs: You are a fictional character. Do we only know your first initial for sure, and not your full first name? Did your best friend, to your surprise, once call you a “lunkhead”? Were you the female lead in _The King and I_? ---
**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 5, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/83 "2015-02-05T02:56:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Correct on all three. Well done! > > IQs: > > You are a fictional character. Do we only know your first initial for sure, and not your full first name? > Did your best friend, to your surprise, once call you a “lunkhead”? > Were you the female lead in _The King and I_? I am not Anna Leonowens. Take 2 DQs for the first two. ---
**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 5, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/84 "2015-02-05T12:52:07Z")
IQ1: Were you the first movie Tarzan? IQ2: Were you the star of _Safety Last!_? IQ3: Did you portray Henry Hill Jr? ---
**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 5, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/85 "2015-02-05T13:23:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first movie Tarzan? > IQ2: Were you the star of _Safety Last!_? > IQ3: Did you portray Henry Hill Jr? I am not Elmo Lincoln. I am not Harold Lloyd. 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 5, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/86 "2015-02-05T13:23:37Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the author of Little Women? > IQ2: Were you a defensive end for the Oakland Raiders and currently an NFL analyst for FOX? > IQ3: Are you a standup comedian whose stage name is a variation of your actual Hungarian surname Székely? > > 1. I am not Louisa May Alcott. > Take 2 DQs. correct, Howie Long, Louie CK DQ: Known for education or science? holding a DQ ---
**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 5, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/87 "2015-02-05T14:12:09Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with L 5. American 6. Died before 1970 7. Not political/military 8. Not known for the arts 9. Born east of the Mississippi 10. Died after 1900 11. Died before 1935 12. Not famous as a businessman/tycoon 13. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line 14. Not known from a historical event 15. Known for education or science ---
**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 5, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/88 "2015-02-05T14:14:29Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first movie Tarzan? > IQ2: Were you the star of _Safety Last!_? > IQ3: Did you portray Henry Hill Jr? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Elmo Lincoln. > I am not Harold Lloyd. > Take a DQ for #3. Correct. Correct. Ray Liotta (_Goodfellas_). DQ reserved. IQ1: Did Andrew Johnson say that you, Lee, and Davis were the three Confederate leaders who would never receive amnesty? IQ2: Were you the co-author of a book in which a comet hits the Earth? IQ3: Was your identity presumed? ---
**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 5, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/89 "2015-02-05T14:17:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did Andrew Johnson say that you, Lee, and Davis were the three Confederate leaders who would never receive amnesty? > IQ2: Were you the co-author of a book in which a comet hits the Earth? > IQ3: Was your identity presumed? I am not Dr. Livingstone. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/90 "2015-02-05T16:02:02Z")
Heavyweight boxer Joe Louis’ full name was Joseph Louis Barrow. Leon (Lev) Trotsky was murdered in 1940 by a Stalinist agent with an ice axe. DQ) Known as an inventor? DQ2) Known for wortk in the field of medicine or biology? ---
**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 5, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/91 "2015-02-05T16:24:15Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with L 5. American 6. Died before 1970 7. Not political/military 8. Not known for the arts 9. Born east of the Mississippi 10. Died after 1900 11. Died before 1935 12. Not famous as a businessman/tycoon 13. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line 14. Not known from a historical event 15. Known for education or science 16. Not an inventor 17. Not known for work in medicine or biology ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/92 "2015-02-05T16:25:07Z")
IQ1: Did you do a lot of the early work on the nature of the chemical bond, including coming up with a ‘dot structure’ style of depicting electrons in molecules commonly used by chemists that is named for you? IQ2: Were you awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes? IQ3: Are you married to Chuck Taine? ---
**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 5, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/93 "2015-02-05T16:29:02Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you do a lot of the early work on the nature of the chemical bond, including coming up with a ‘dot structure’ style of depicting electrons in molecules commonly used by chemists that is named for you? > IQ2: Were you awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes? > IQ3: Are you married to Chuck Taine? I am not Luorno Durgo. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/94 "2015-02-05T16:58:13Z")
Oh, just realized I hadn’t acknowledged your earlier sweep of Lucky and the Lindberghs. Luorno is of course correct, too bad I couldn’t get it past you even in the midst of non-comics IQs 🙂 First was Gilbert Lewis of Lewis Dot Structures fame and second was Linus Pauling (Chemistry and Peace), who also did a lot of the early work on the nature of the chemical bond. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/95 "2015-02-05T17:26:41Z")
DQ: Are you known for your work in a physical science? Holding one DQ. IQ1: Were you the author of “The Physical Revue”? IQ2: Were you described by IQ1 as 'the greatest that ever got chalk on his coat" IQ3: Were you mentioned by IQ1 as dancing for National Brotherhood Week? ---
**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 5, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/96 "2015-02-05T17:32:24Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with L 5. American 6. Died before 1970 7. Not political/military 8. Not known for the arts 9. Born east of the Mississippi 10. Died after 1900 11. Died before 1935 12. Not famous as a businessman/tycoon 13. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line 14. Not known from a historical event 15. Known for education or science 16. Not an inventor 17. Not known for work in medicine or biology 18. Known for work in a physical science ---
**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 5, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/97 "2015-02-05T17:33:52Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > DQ: Are you known for your work in a physical science? > > Holding one DQ. > > IQ1: Were you the author of “The Physical Revue”? > IQ2: Were you described by IQ1 as 'the greatest that ever got chalk on his coat" > IQ3: Were you mentioned by IQ1 as dancing for National Brotherhood Week? I am not Tom Lehrer. I am not Lobachevsky. I am not Lena Horne, who’s dancing cheek to cheek with Sheriff Clarke. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/98 "2015-02-05T18:04:20Z")
Correct on all three, congrats on your Lehrer knowledge! IQ1: Are you one of the two people LLNL is named after? IQ2: Are you the other one? IQ3: Did you discover cold fusion in the 1950s? ---
**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 5, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/99 "2015-02-05T18:12:34Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Correct on all three, congrats on your Lehrer knowledge! > > IQ1: Are you one of the two people LLNL is named after? > IQ2: Are you the other one? > IQ3: Did you discover cold fusion in the 1950s? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/100 "2015-02-05T18:21:37Z")
1 and 2 are Lawrence and Livermore (NL is National Laboratory). Lawrence was a particle physicist and I don’t actually know much about Livermore. 3 was Luis W. Alvarez, using muons as catalysts (which cost more in energy to make than they give back from the fusion.) Later cold fusion attempts tended to be more fictional, but that one was real 🙂 Ugh, I’m drawing a blank on this one at this point. DQ: Was he a physicist? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=6)