# Botticelli - February 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 3, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441 "2020-02-03T20:14:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/1 "2020-02-03T20:14:02Z")
I hope everyone got what they wanted for Groundhog Day! I am T Since it’s my first time leading I’m going with the least obscure name I have in mind in hopes of making this quick. Last month’s thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=887662](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=887662) ---
**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 3, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/2 "2020-02-03T20:35:48Z")
IQs: 1. Were you POTUS after Theodore Roosevelt? 2. Did you have a hit with _What’s Love Got To Do With It_? 3. Did you write _A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court_? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/3 "2020-02-03T20:58:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you POTUS after Theodore Roosevelt? > 2. Did you have a hit with _What’s Love Got To Do With It_? > 3. Did you write _A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court_? Not Wm Howard Taft, not Tina Turner, not Mark Twain ---
**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 3, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/4 "2020-02-03T22:19:15Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Did you have a hit in the 1960’s with _Tiptoe Thro’ The Tulips_? 2. Are you the present POTUS? 3. Did you have a hit with _Stand By Your Man_? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/5 "2020-02-03T23:29:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Swept me! > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit in the 1960’s with _Tiptoe Thro’ The Tulips_? > 2. Are you the present POTUS? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Stand By Your Man_? Not Tiny Tim, not Donald Trump, not Tammy Wynette. You’re really building up my self esteem here. ---
**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 4, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/6 "2020-02-04T01:06:44Z")
Swept again! 1. Did you write the hymn _Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me_? 2. Did you paint _Venus of Urbino_? 3. Did your father’s assassin’s brother save your life? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/7 "2020-02-04T02:08:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Swept again! > > 1. Did you write the hymn _Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me_? > 2. Did you paint _Venus of Urbino_? > 3. Did your father’s assassin’s brother save your life? dunno, not Titian, dunno ---
**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 4, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/8 "2020-02-04T05:43:24Z")
IQs: Did you and a former political foe, later reconciled, die on the same day, exactly fifty years after a great event which concerned you both? Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? Were you murdered in Canterbury Cathedral? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/9 "2020-02-04T13:50:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you and a former political foe, later reconciled, die on the same day, exactly fifty years after a great event which concerned you both? > Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? > Were you murdered in Canterbury Cathedral? Not Thomas Jefferson, don’t know, not Richard Burton ---
**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 4, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/10 "2020-02-04T14:38:26Z")
Previous IQs: Did you and a former political foe, later reconciled, die on the same day, exactly fifty years after a great event which concerned you both? - Yes, Thomas Jefferson (and John Adams), on July 4, 1826 Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas of Civil War fame Were you murdered in Canterbury Cathedral? - Well, Richard Burton isn’t a “T” - but yes, he did play Archbishop Thomas Becket Thomas x3! DQs: Real? Male? IQs: Have you played an assassin, a pilot, a spy and a sports agent? Did P.T. Barnum bring you and your wife to the White House? Were you held in a New Zealand correctional facility? ---
**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 4, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/11 "2020-02-04T15:15:48Z")
DQ: Last name starts with T? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/12 "2020-02-04T15:46:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > Did you and a former political foe, later reconciled, die on the same day, exactly fifty years after a great event which concerned you both? - Yes, Thomas Jefferson (and John Adams), on July 4, 1826 > Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas of Civil War fame > Were you murdered in Canterbury Cathedral? - Well, Richard Burton isn’t a “T” - but yes, he did play Archbishop Thomas Becket > > Thomas x3! > > DQs: > > Real? > Male? > > IQs: > > Have you played an assassin, a pilot, a spy and a sports agent? > Did P.T. Barnum bring you and your wife to the White House? > Were you held in a New Zealand correctional facility? not Tom Cruise, not Tom Thumb, don’t know 1. Real 2. Female ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/13 "2020-02-04T15:47:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Last name starts with T? > > 1 DQ reserved. 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with a T ---
**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 4, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/14 "2020-02-04T16:29:35Z")
**Personal** , usually answers are phrased in the affirmative when possible, such as “First name starts with T” rather than “Last name does not start with T,” for easier intuitive comprehension. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Swept again! > > 1. Did you write the hymn _Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me_? > 2. Did you paint _Venus of Urbino_? > 3. Did your father’s assassin’s brother save your life? What were your other answers, **PP** , if you please? Previous IQs: Have you played an assassin, a pilot, a spy and a sports agent? - Yes, Tom Cruise, in _Collateral, Top Gun, Mission: Impossible_ and _Jerry Maguire_ Did P.T. Barnum bring you and your wife to the White House? - Yes, Gen. Tom Thumb, to meet President Lincoln Were you held in a New Zealand correctional facility? - Tom Paris, on _Star Trek: Voyager_ Tom x3! DQ: Living? IQs: Were you the ingenue in _The Best Years of Our Lives_? Did your posthumously-released writings document your loss of faith? Did a character you played rant about the American obsession with bosoms? ---
**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 4, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/15 "2020-02-04T16:39:09Z")
oops. > [@](#): > > 1. Did you write the hymn Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me? > 2. Did you paint Venus of Urbino? > 3. Did your father’s assassin’s brother save your life? > What were your other answers, PP, if you please? #1 was Augustus M. Toplady. #2 is correct as Titian. #3 was Todd Lincoln. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/16 "2020-02-04T17:27:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **Personal** , usually answers are phrased in the affirmative when possible, such as “First name starts with T” rather than “Last name does not start with T,” for easier intuitive comprehension. > What were your other answers, **PP** , if you please? > > Previous IQs: > > Have you played an assassin, a pilot, a spy and a sports agent? - Yes, Tom Cruise, in _Collateral, Top Gun, Mission: Impossible_ and _Jerry Maguire_ > Did P.T. Barnum bring you and your wife to the White House? - Yes, Gen. Tom Thumb, to meet President Lincoln > Were you held in a New Zealand correctional facility? - Tom Paris, on _Star Trek: Voyager_ > > Tom x3! > > DQ: > > Living? > > IQs: > > Were you the ingenue in _The Best Years of Our Lives_? > Did your posthumously-released writings document your loss of faith? > Did a character you played rant about the American obsession with bosoms? not Terry Moore, not Tammy Faye Bakker, not Terri Garr 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name starts with a T 4. Living ---
**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 4, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/17 "2020-02-04T17:33:46Z")
DQ: American? IQs: 1. Were you a skinny ultra-fashionable model of the 1960’s? 2. Did you have a hit with your husband with _Love Will Keep Us Together_? 3. Did you write _War and Peace_? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/18 "2020-02-04T19:21:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: American? > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a skinny ultra-fashionable model of the 1960’s? > 2. Did you have a hit with your husband with _Love Will Keep Us Together_? > 3. Did you write _War and Peace_? not Twiggy, not Toni Tennille (sp?), not Leo Tolstoy 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name starts with a T 4. Living 5. American ---
**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 4, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/19 "2020-02-04T23:38:25Z")
Swept me again. IQs: 1. Did you write _The Magnificent Ambersons_? 2. Are you a musical performer frequently found exclusively on another Thread Games thread? 3. Did you have a hit with _Unbreak My Heart_? ---
**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, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/20 "2020-02-05T05:43:00Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the ingenue in _The Best Years of Our Lives_? - Teresa Wright, on whom I had a crush for awhile Did your posthumously-released writings document your loss of faith? - Mother Teresa Did a character you played rant about the American obsession with bosoms? - The British comic Terry-Thomas, in _It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World_: [Milton Berle and Terry-Thomas discuss America, England and bosoms - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrKMJ8u94gc) DQs: Best known for the Arts? Born since 1950? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you have an unforgettable winter stay at the Overlook Hotel? Did you, too? And you? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441.md?page=2)