# Botticelli - February 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 2, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851 "2019-02-02T22:10:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 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 7, 2019, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/41 "2019-02-07T03:58:32Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. First name starts with R 5. American 6. Born before 1950 7. Although known for the Arts, is not best known for it 8. Not known for politics/military 9. Became famous before 1990, enjoyed fame for many years after 10. Has had a business presence, but not best known for it 11. Not an unusual first name 12. Born on the Mississippi River 13. Born south of Mason-Dixon 14. Known for social activities to some degree 15. Caucasian 16. Not known for sciences 17. Not an athlete, but probably could have been 18. Not leading man handsome, but some may consider him cute 19. Doesn’t appear on TV much these days, but used to 20. Not a news reporter 21. Has “written” books, but not known as a writer ---
**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 7, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/42 "2019-02-07T13:21:51Z")
Two truths and a lie He is somewhat of a ladies’ man and has had numerous affairs He used to have a daytime TV show David Letterman once sprayed him in the face with a fire extinguisher ---
**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 7, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/43 "2019-02-07T15:25:32Z")
Are you Regis Philbin? ---
**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 7, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/44 "2019-02-07T16:02:50Z")
I am not Regis Philbin ---
**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 7, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/45 "2019-02-07T17:57:26Z")
Are you Richard Simmons? ---
**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 7, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/46 "2019-02-07T18:46:51Z")
Yes, I am Richard Simmons! Congrats Prof! ---
**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 7, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/47 "2019-02-07T19:35:01Z")
I wouldn’t have gotten it except for the David Letterman clue. I, of course, am S. ---
**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 8, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/48 "2019-02-08T02:51:21Z")
Good job, **Prof. P.**! S it is. IQs: Did you get a top Federal job as a result of a political deal reached in Chicago before 1880? Were you the next person to hold that job? Were you the first black woman to mount a serious campaign for the U.S. Presidency? ---
**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 8, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/49 "2019-02-08T04:04:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you get a top Federal job as a result of a political deal reached in Chicago before 1880? > Were you the next person to hold that job? > Were you the first black woman to mount a serious campaign for the U.S. Presidency? #3. I am not Shirley Chisholm (??) Take 2 or 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 8, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/50 "2019-02-08T05:27:04Z")
Previous IQs: Did you get a top Federal job as a result of a political deal reached in Chicago before 1880? - Simon Cameron, Lincoln’s first SECWAR Were you the next person to hold that job? - Edwin Stanton Were you the first black woman to mount a serious campaign for the U.S. Presidency? - Yes, Shirley Chisholm DQs: Real? Male? IQs: Were you AKA Curunir? Were you AKA Annatar? Were you Elanor the Fair’s dad? ---
**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 8, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/51 "2019-02-08T14:36:15Z")
IQ1: Are you head coach of the New Orleans Saints? IQ2: Are you head coach of the Los Angeles Rams? IQ3: Are you head coach of the San Francisco 49ers? ---
**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 8, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/52 "2019-02-08T14:54:42Z")
DQS 1. Real 2. Male Both of you take 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 8, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/53 "2019-02-08T16:07:19Z")
Previous IQs: Were you AKA Curunir? - Saruman, in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien Were you AKA Annatar? - Sauron, ditto Were you Elanor the Fair’s dad? - Samwise Gamgee, ditto DQs: Living? American? Last name start with S? IQs: Were you the peg-legged governor of New Amsterdam? Was your horse, now stuffed and on display in a museum, named Rienzi? Were you a sf character said to be a descendant of that person? ---
**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 8, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/54 "2019-02-08T18:29:39Z")
DQS 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. Not American 5. Last name starts with S ---
**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 8, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/55 "2019-02-08T18:31:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > Were you AKA Curunir? - Saruman, in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien > Were you AKA Annatar? - Sauron, ditto > Were you Elanor the Fair’s dad? - Samwise Gamgee, ditto > > DQs: > > Living? > American? > Last name start with S? > > IQs: > > Were you the peg-legged governor of New Amsterdam? > Was your horse, now stuffed and on display in a museum, named Rienzi? > Were you a sf character said to be a descendant of that person? 1. I am not Peter Stuyvesant. 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 8, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/56 "2019-02-08T21:19:07Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the peg-legged governor of New Amsterdam? - Yes, Peter Stuyvesant Was your horse, now stuffed and on display in a museum, named Rienzi? - Gen. Phil Sheridan Were you a sf character said to be a descendant of that person? - Cmdr. John Sheridan, on _Babylon 5_ DQs: European? Born since 1950? IQs: Were you Robert Baratheon’s younger brother? Were you a giant imaginary hedgehog feared by a British criminal? Were you a costar of _Moonlighting_? ---
**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 8, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/57 "2019-02-08T23:14:32Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you head coach of the New Orleans Saints? > IQ2: Are you head coach of the Los Angeles Rams? > IQ3: Are you head coach of the San Francisco 49ers? Sean Payton, Sean McVay, Kyle Shanahan holding 3 DQs ---
**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 9, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/58 "2019-02-09T02:16:46Z")
DQS 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. Not American 5. Last name starts with S 6. Not European 7. Born before 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 9, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/59 "2019-02-09T02:18:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Robert Baratheon’s younger brother? > Were you a giant imaginary hedgehog feared by a British criminal? > Were you a costar of _Moonlighting_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Sonic the Hedgehog (??) 3. I am not Cybill Shepard. ---
**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 9, 2019, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/60 "2019-02-09T06:26:35Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Robert Baratheon’s younger brother? - Stannis Baratheon, on _Game of Thrones_ Were you a giant imaginary hedgehog feared by a British criminal? - Not Sonic, but Spiny Norman (at 7:37 here: [The Piranha Brothers - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBL3XB-PhE8)) Were you a costar of _Moonlighting_? - Yes, Cybill Shepard DQs: Born east of the Prime Meridian? Born in the Northern Hemisphere? IQs: Did you look for the Godwulf Manuscript? Were you that person’s significant other? Was your daughter named Demora? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851.md?page=4)