# Botticelli - Jan. 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 31, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824 "2015-12-31T16:18:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [January 3, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/21 "2016-01-03T00:12:39Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a newspaper editor who frequently bashes Spider-Man in his columns? > IQ2: Are you an NFL halfback nicknamed “The Bus” and “The Battering Ram?” > IQ3: Are you the first American to play a Bond girl in Diamonds Are Forever? > Not J. Jonah Jameson, Mean Joe Greene or… dunno. correct, Jerome Bettis, Jill St. John DQ: Known for politics/government? holding 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:** [January 3, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/22 "2016-01-03T00:42:15Z")
IQ1: Are you an American painter noted for drip paintings? IQ2: Were you a shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997? IQ3: Were you a Chicago White Sox outfielder who gained a nickname from wearing stockings because your baseball shoes weren’t broken in? ---
**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:** [January 3, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/23 "2016-01-03T19:06:33Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an American painter noted for drip paintings? > IQ2: Were you a shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997? > IQ3: Were you a Chicago White Sox outfielder who gained a nickname from wearing stockings because your baseball shoes weren’t broken in? Not Jackson Pollack, Rev. Jesse Jackson or “Shoeless Joe” Jackson. J. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not American 5. not known for the arts 6. died after 1900 7. last name starts with J 8. European 9. not known for politics/government ---
**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:** [January 3, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/24 "2016-01-03T19:13:00Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Daniel’s client in _The Devil And Daniel Webster_? 2. Were you a helpful mouse in Disney’s _Cinderella_? 3. Did you win Mary Mestrovich’s hand in marriage in a weight-lifting contest? ---
**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:** [January 4, 2016, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/25 "2016-01-04T05:17:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Daniel’s client in _The Devil And Daniel Webster_? > 2. Were you a helpful mouse in Disney’s _Cinderella_? > 3. Did you win Mary Mestrovich’s hand in marriage in a weight-lifting contest? Not… Judas? Dunno the other two. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/26 "2016-01-04T13:20:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Daniel’s client in _The Devil And Daniel Webster_? > 2. Were you a helpful mouse in Disney’s _Cinderella_? > 3. Did you win Mary Mestrovich’s hand in marriage in a weight-lifting contest? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not… Judas? Dunno the other two. #1 was Jabez Stone. #2 was Jacques. #3 was Joe Magarac, man of steel. DQs: 1. British? 2. Military? 3. Died after 1980? ---
**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:** [January 4, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/27 "2016-01-04T17:12:13Z")
J. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not American 5. not known for the arts 6. died after 1900 7. last name starts with J 8. European 9. not known for politics/government 10. British 11. had military significance, but did not serve 12. died before 1980 ---
**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:** [January 4, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/28 "2016-01-04T17:26:47Z")
IQ1: Did Mary Tudor depose you as Queen of England 9 nine days after you took rule in 1537? IQ2: Are you an Anglo-Polish author who wrote _Heart of Darkness_ and _Lord Jim_? IQ3: Are you more famously known as The Elephant Man? ---
**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:** [January 4, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/29 "2016-01-04T18:04:09Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did Mary Tudor depose you as Queen of England 9 nine days after you took rule in 1537? > IQ2: Are you an Anglo-Polish author who wrote _Heart of Darkness_ and _Lord Jim_? > IQ3: Are you more famously known as The Elephant Man? Not Queen Jane, Joseph Conrad or John Merrick. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/30 "2016-01-04T18:09:37Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the father of all who play the harp and flute? 2. Did you write _Born Free_? 3. Are you SCAdian’s favorite Dutch artist? ---
**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:** [January 4, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/31 "2016-01-04T18:13:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the father of all who play the harp and flute? > 2. Did you write _Born Free_? > 3. Are you SCAdian’s favorite Dutch artist? Dunno the first two; not Jan Vermeer? ---
**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:** [January 4, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/32 "2016-01-04T19:51:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the father of all who play the harp and flute? > 2. Did you write _Born Free_? > 3. Are you SCAdian’s favorite Dutch artist? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno the first two; not Jan Vermeer? Correct on Vermeer. #1 was Jubal. #2 was Joy Adamson. DQ: Best known for Science? DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/33 "2016-01-04T22:33:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did the Nika riots take place during your reign? > IQ2: Were you overthrown by the Glorious Revolution? > IQ3: Were you a Wisconsin cannibal? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Julius Caesar (?), King James or… dunno. Justinian. Ah, but which King James? 😃 Jeffrey Dahmer. DQ1: Known for a single incident? One DQ reserved. James II. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/34 "2016-01-05T04:20:53Z")
J. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not American 5. not known for the arts 6. died after 1900 7. last name starts with J 8. European 9. not known for politics/government 10. British 11. had military significance, but did not serve 12. died before 1980 13. not best known for Science 14. not known for a single incident ---
**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:** [January 5, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/35 "2016-01-05T13:10:46Z")
IQ1: Is your best-known work _Dictionary of the English Language_? IQ2: Did you coin the word “vaccine” from the Latin word for cow, since you discovered that those afflicted with cowpox were immune to smallpox? IQ3: Were you commander of the British Naval Fleet during WWI? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/36 "2016-01-05T14:05:43Z")
DQ: Known for business? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/37 "2016-01-05T17:14:12Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Is your best-known work _Dictionary of the English Language_? > IQ2: Did you coin the word “vaccine” from the Latin word for cow, since you discovered that those afflicted with cowpox were immune to smallpox? > IQ3: Were you commander of the British Naval Fleet during WWI? Not Dr. Samuel Johnson, Dr. Edward Jennens or Admiral Lord Jellicoe. J. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not American 5. not known for the arts 6. died after 1900 7. last name starts with J 8. European 9. not known for politics/government 10. British 11. had military significance, but did not serve 12. died before 1980 13. not best known for Science 14. not known for a single incident 15. known, in part, for 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:** [January 5, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/38 "2016-01-05T18:51:43Z")
IQs: 1. Are you DC Comics’s “Son of Saturn”? 2. Are you Prof. X’s stepbrother? 3. Did you play Jimmy Olsen in _The Adventures of Superman_? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/39 "2016-01-05T19:21:40Z")
IQ1: Were you kidnapped in Rome in 1973, and your ransom bargained down because your grandfather didn’t want to pay any more than was tax-deductible? IQ2: Are you a Georgia office holder who was the first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center? IQ3: Are you a French author who wrote a book in which the title references the length, not depth, of a sea journey? ---
**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:** [January 6, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/40 "2016-01-06T16:22:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you DC Comics’s “Son of Saturn”? > 2. Are you Prof. X’s stepbrother? > 3. Did you play Jimmy Olsen in _The Adventures of Superman_? Take three DQs. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you kidnapped in Rome in 1973, and your ransom bargained down because your grandfather didn’t want to pay any more than was tax-deductible? > IQ2: Are you a Georgia office holder who was the first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center? > IQ3: Are you a French author who wrote a book in which the title references the length, not depth, of a sea journey? Dunno, not Jimmy Carter (guessing) and not Jules Verne. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824.md?page=3)