# Botticelli - February 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 1, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983 "2018-02-01T20:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/141 "2018-02-15T19:29:05Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Was the controversy over your weekend furlough a major issue in the 1988 US presidential race? > IQ2: Are you a country artist whose wife discovered you had been sleeping with another woman, sewed you to the mattress when you were passed out drunk, and then beat you with a broomstick? > IQ3: Are you a MLB center fielder who retired with 660 home runs in 1973? > > Not Willie Horton, Waylon Jennings (guessing) or… dunno correct, Willie Nelson, Willie Mays Willie x 3! DQ: South American? DQ: Known for a product or business? ---
**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, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/142 "2018-02-15T19:43:15Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Deadpool? > 2. Did John Hamilton play you in The Adventures of Superman? > 3. Did you introduce the popular dance known as the Shimmy? > Dunno, not Perry White, and dunno #1 is Wade Wilson. Correct on #2. #3 was Mae West. DQ: Died after 1850? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/143 "2018-02-15T19:53:56Z")
IQ1: Are you the defensive coordinator for the LA Rams, having previously served twice in the same role for the Denver Broncos? IQ2: Were you president during the Teapot Dome scandal? IQ3: Are you thought to have killed up to 23 in the “Atlanta Child Murders” from 1979-1981? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/144 "2018-02-15T20:46:04Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ: Are you an opera singer with a soulful _basso profundo_? > IQ: Did you constantly fight for more recognition for those who contributed in the early stages of the company you co-founded, before it became wildly successful (at least, according to the movie)? > IQ: Were you the actor who played a man embarrassed by his female companion in one of the most famous film scenes of all time? Ha, this is quite funny - correct on Wozniak and Billy Chrystal, the latter of whom I had somehow confused with Billy Wilder (which was the ‘W’ I was going for - hadn’t even occurred to me about Billy being a nickname)! So good that you even get the ones I’m not going for. The first was Willard White - one DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/145 "2018-02-16T09:24:34Z")
IQ: Did you serve more than once as Prime Minister of the UK in Victorian times? IQ: Did you write _The Woman in White_? IQ: Were you head of German military intelligence in WWII? ---
**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 16, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/146 "2018-02-16T16:14:12Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the defensive coordinator for the LA Rams, having previously served twice in the same role for the Denver Broncos? > IQ2: Were you president during the Teapot Dome scandal? > IQ3: Are you thought to have killed up to 23 in the “Atlanta Child Murders” from 1979-1981? Dunno, not Warren G. Harding, and not Wayne Williams. > [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ: Did you serve more than once as Prime Minister of the UK in Victorian times? > IQ: Did you write _The Woman in White_? > IQ: Were you head of German military intelligence in WWII? Not William Ewart Gladstone, Willkie Collins or Wilhelm Canaris. W. 1. real 2. dead 3. last name started with W 4. male 5. born in the Western Hemisphere 6. died before 1900 7. not known for the Arts 8. not American 9. not known for politics 10. died after 1800 11. not South American 12. known for a product or business 13. died after 1850 ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/147 "2018-02-16T16:30:58Z")
Swept (as I very much suspected), nicely done. However, I still have a DQ in reserve: Known for a product/business commonly purchased/used by retail consumers? IQ: Are the composer of _Crown Imperial_? IQ: Were you a character in a sitcom where a lot of dramatic tension came from the fact that you were currently subordinate (both at work and in the activity central to the show) to someone who was of a lower standing than you in previous military service (and perhaps socially, also)? IQ: Were you the title character in a film in which a child befriends you and helps you escape? ---
**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 16, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/148 "2018-02-16T17:25:34Z")
IQ: Are you the Canadian inventor of the light bulb who sold your patent to Thomas Edison, who then reworked it to make it commercially viable? ---
**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 16, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/149 "2018-02-16T23:10:31Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > … > > IQ: Are the composer of _Crown Imperial_? > IQ: Were you a character in a sitcom where a lot of dramatic tension came from the fact that you were currently subordinate (both at work and in the activity central to the show) to someone who was of a lower standing than you in previous military service (and perhaps socially, also)? > IQ: Were you the title character in a film in which a child befriends you and helps you escape? Dunno, dunno and not (Free) Willie. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Are you the Canadian inventor of the light bulb who sold your patent to Thomas Edison, who then reworked it to make it commercially viable? Hmm… dunno. W. 1. real 2. dead 3. last name started with W 4. male 5. born in the Western Hemisphere 6. died before 1900 7. not known for the Arts 8. not American 9. not known for politics 10. died after 1800 11. not South American 12. known for a product or business 13. died after 1850 14. known for a product/business commonly purchased/used by retail consumers ---
**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 16, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/150 "2018-02-16T23:56:51Z")
IQ1: Did you play the Singing Surgeon in early episodes of MASH? IQ2: Did you sing “I Love Rocky Road”? IQ3: Are you an author who accidentally killed your wife while pretending you were William Tell? ---
**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 16, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/151 "2018-02-16T23:57:07Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ: Are you the Canadian inventor of the light bulb who sold your patent to Thomas Edison, who then reworked it to make it commercially viable? > Hmm… dunno. That was Henry Woodward. DQs: 1. Known for a service rather than an actual product? 2. Canadian? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/152 "2018-02-17T20:46:13Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the Singing Surgeon in early episodes of MASH? > IQ2: Did you sing “I Love Rocky Road”? > IQ3: Are you an author who accidentally killed your wife while pretending you were William Tell? Dunno, dunno, and not William S. Burroughs. W. 1. real 2. dead 3. last name started with W 4. male 5. born in the Western Hemisphere 6. died before 1900 7. not known for the Arts 8. not American 9. not known for politics 10. died after 1800 11. not South American 12. known for a product or business 13. died after 1850 14. known for a product/business commonly purchased/used by retail consumers 15. known for an actual product and not a service 16. not Canadian ---
**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, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/153 "2018-02-17T21:23:39Z")
Huh. Well, that leaves Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. And Greenland. A point of clarification, EH, if you please: when I think of the Western Hemisphere, I think of North and South America and surrounding island nations. That’s the one I’ve used previously. However, looking at maps, they seem to indicate that the Western Hemisphere includes Western Europe and Western Africa. Which definition are you using in this game? ---
**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, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/154 "2018-02-17T23:27:15Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the Singing Surgeon in early episodes of MASH? > IQ2: Did you sing “I Love Rocky Road”? > IQ3: Are you an author who accidentally killed your wife while pretending you were William Tell? > > Dunno, dunno, and not William S. Burroughs. Loudon Wainwrite, Weird Al Yankovic, correct Prof, that’s why I always avoided asking about hemispheres. There’s always that tiny bit of a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/155 "2018-02-18T15:00:06Z")
Last time we clarified hemispheres (at my instigation) we settled on “west of the Greenwich Meridian [and east of the international dateline]”. Assuming that remains the case for this game, most of the UK is in play as well as some of France, Spain, and Portugal. In addition to Prof. P’s list, of course. Is it permissible for us to discuss amongst ourselves any ideas we have? > [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ: Are the composer of _Crown Imperial_? > IQ: Were you a character in a sitcom where a lot of dramatic tension came from the fact that you were currently subordinate (both at work and in the activity central to the show) to someone who was of a lower standing than you in previous military service (and perhaps socially, also)? > IQ: Were you the title character in a film in which a child befriends you and helps you escape? Correct on Willy, the others are William Walton, and Sergeant Arthur Wilson from _Dad’s Army_. Maybe that one is a bit Brit-centric, was it ever shown across the pond? DQ: known for a consumable product (as opposed to something durable such as a machine? DQ: Inventor of the product you are known for? ---
**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, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/156 "2018-02-18T15:26:10Z")
Yes, we frequently discuss ideas. Many times it helps. ---
**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, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/157 "2018-02-18T18:57:01Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Last time we clarified hemispheres (at my instigation) we settled on “west of the Greenwich Meridian [and east of the international dateline]”. Assuming that remains the case for this game, most of the UK is in play as well as some of France, Spain, and Portugal. In addition to Prof. P’s list, of course. > > Is it permissible for us to discuss amongst ourselves any ideas we have?.. Correct, and yes, of course. W. 1. real 2. dead 3. last name started with W 4. male 5. born in the Western Hemisphere 6. died before 1900 7. not known for the Arts 8. not American 9. not known for politics 10. died after 1800 11. not South American 12. known for a product or business 13. died after 1850 14. known for a product/business commonly purchased/used by retail consumers 15. known for an actual product and not a service 16. not Canadian 17. known for a consumable product (as opposed to something durable such as a machine) 18. inventor of the product I am known for ---
**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, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/158 "2018-02-18T19:00:28Z")
DQ: European? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/159 "2018-02-18T20:31:48Z")
Heh, this was one of the things I was going to discuss - I have a strong hunch this person is British. This is because I feel it is unlikely the inventor of a product in the given time period would be from the Americas but not North America. They are also unlikely to be Mexican, Spanish, or French because W is barely used in those languages. If they are confirmed as European, British (or Irish) is practically a certainty. Having said all that, sadly I have no inspiration yet on who it might actually be! IQ: Are you the author of _Trainspotting_? IQ: Are you the founder of a bakery that still bears your name? IQ: Were you the founder of one of the most successful yet hated American businesses? ---
**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 19, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/160 "2018-02-19T05:24:51Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > … > > IQ: Are you the author of _Trainspotting_? > IQ: Are you the founder of a bakery that still bears your name? > IQ: Were you the founder of one of the most successful yet hated American businesses? Dunno, not Mr. Wonder or… dunno. W. 1. real 2. dead 3. last name started with W 4. male 5. born in the Western Hemisphere 6. died before 1900 7. not known for the Arts 8. not American 9. not known for politics 10. died after 1800 11. not South American 12. known for a product or business 13. died after 1850 14. known for a product/business commonly purchased/used by retail consumers 15. known for an actual product and not a service 16. not Canadian 17. known for a consumable product (as opposed to something durable such as a machine) 18. inventor of the product I am known for 19. European [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983.md?page=9)