# 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:** 6
**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 20, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/101 "2016-01-20T12:57:10Z")
Reasking DQ: Was the particular event a crime? ---
**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 20, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/102 "2016-01-20T13:16:26Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you compose Wisteria? > 2. Did you compose You Belong To The City? > 3. Did you read comic strips to kids over the radio during a newspaper strike? > Dunno, not the late Glenn Frey, and not Fiorello LaGuardia. #1 was Dan Fogelberg. Correct on 2 and 3. (And Glenn was alive, AFAIK, when I asked that. Pfui.) 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:** [January 20, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/103 "2016-01-20T19:08:36Z")
F. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. dead 5. American 6. not known for the arts 7. died before 1950 8. not known for political/military work 9. died after 1850 10. not known for business 11. not known for science 12. died after 1900 13. known for one particular event 14. not a crime ---
**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 20, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/104 "2016-01-20T20:12:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did the Corsair, Pacer and Villager bear your name? > IQ2: Were you that person’s father? > IQ3: Were you and Tony Geary costars on a long-running TV series? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Ford; dunno the other two. > [@SCAdian](#): > > Which Ford do you have in mind? (Presumably not Ford Prefect. :D) And for which question? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Any Ford (like on _Jeopardy!_, I thought last names were sufficient), and that was for the first IQ. That’s what I thought you meant. (I’ve always played with both first and last names, especially with ambiguous possibilities like this - obviously if #1 was Ford, the #2 [his father] was also Ford.) Edsel Ford. Henry Ford. Genie Francis (_General Hospital_). DQs reserved. ---
**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 20, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/105 "2016-01-20T21:57:31Z")
DQ: Known for an athletic feat? ---
**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 21, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/106 "2016-01-21T02:32:50Z")
F. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. dead 5. American 6. not known for the arts 7. died before 1950 8. not known for political/military work 9. died after 1850 10. not known for business 11. not known for science 12. died after 1900 13. known for one particular event 14. not a crime 15. not known for an athletic feat ---
**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 21, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/107 "2016-01-21T03:29:43Z")
DQ: Known for discovering something? ---
**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 21, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/108 "2016-01-21T16:09:25Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the Norse god of abundance? 2. Were you a founder of the school of thought called German idealism? 3. Were you a female 20th Century American abstract expressionist painter? ---
**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 21, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/109 "2016-01-21T17:25:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Norse god of abundance? > 2. Were you a founder of the school of thought called German idealism? > 3. Were you a female 20th Century American abstract expressionist painter? Dunno the first two; not Mary Cassatt. F. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. dead 5. American 6. not known for the arts 7. died before 1950 8. not known for political/military work 9. died after 1850 10. not known for business 11. not known for science 12. died after 1900 13. known for one particular event 14. not a crime 15. not known for an athletic feat 16. not known for discovering something ---
**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 21, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/110 "2016-01-21T17:55:27Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Norse god of abundance? > 2. Were you a founder of the school of thought called German idealism? > 3. Were you a female 20th Century American abstract expressionist painter? > Dunno the first two; not Mary Cassatt. #1 was Frey. #2 was Johann Fichte. #3 was Helen Frankenthaler. Mary Cassatt was an Impressionist. DQ: Is something named after you? 2 DQs 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:** [January 22, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/111 "2016-01-22T05:07:50Z")
F. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. dead 5. American 6. not known for the arts 7. died before 1950 8. not known for political/military work 9. died after 1850 10. not known for business 11. not known for science 12. died after 1900 13. known for one particular event 14. not a crime 15. not known for an athletic feat 16. not known for discovering something 17. something is named after me ---
**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 22, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/112 "2016-01-22T11:33:20Z")
DQ: Is the something edible? 1 DQ left ---
**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 22, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/113 "2016-01-22T16:51:18Z")
F. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. dead 5. American 6. not known for the arts 7. died before 1950 8. not known for political/military work 9. died after 1850 10. not known for business 11. not known for science 12. died after 1900 13. known for one particular event 14. not a crime 15. not known for an athletic feat 16. not known for discovering something 17. something is named after me 18. that something is not edible …unless you have very unusual tastes. ---
**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 22, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/114 "2016-01-22T22:24:34Z")
DQ: Last name consists of one syllable? ---
**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 22, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/115 "2016-01-22T22:36:10Z")
IQ1: Is a trigonometric series used to determine heat transfer and vibrations named for you? IQ2: Are you the voice of Yoda and Miss Piggy? IQ3: Are you the former police commissioner and mayor of Philadelphia and also the name of a character used by the Jerky Boys? ---
**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 23, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/116 "2016-01-23T02:28:20Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Is a trigonometric series used to determine heat transfer and vibrations named for you? > IQ2: Are you the voice of Yoda and Miss Piggy? > IQ3: Are you the former police commissioner and mayor of Philadelphia and also the name of a character used by the Jerky Boys? Not Fibonacci, Frank Oz or Frank Rizzo. F. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. dead 5. American 6. not known for the arts 7. died before 1950 8. not known for political/military work 9. died after 1850 10. not known for business 11. not known for science 12. died after 1900 13. known for one particular event 14. not a crime 15. not known for an athletic feat 16. not known for discovering something 17. something is named after me 18. that something is not edible 19. last name consists of more than one syllable ---
**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 23, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/117 "2016-01-23T13:43:09Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Is a trigonometric series used to determine heat transfer and vibrations named for you? > IQ2: Are you the voice of Yoda and Miss Piggy? > IQ3: Are you the former police commissioner and mayor of Philadelphia and also the name of a character used by the Jerky Boys? > Not Fibonacci, Frank Oz or Frank Rizzo. Joseph Fournier, correct x2 2 DQs in reserve not a scientist, not a discovery, yet known for a single event… somebody who became a word maybe? ---
**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 25, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/118 "2016-01-25T02:20:40Z")
Maybe… maybe not. One DQ (oh, all right, two, since you earned them) left to ask. ---
**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 25, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/119 "2016-01-25T17:12:15Z")
OK, I’ll end it. DQ: Connected to transportation? ---
**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 26, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/120 "2016-01-26T02:20:58Z")
F. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. dead 5. American 6. not known for the arts 7. died before 1950 8. not known for political/military work 9. died after 1850 10. not known for business 11. not known for science 12. died after 1900 13. known for one particular event 14. not a crime 15. not known for an athletic feat 16. not known for discovering something 17. something is named after me 18. that something is not edible 19. last name consists of more than one syllable 20. not connected to transportation You have one more earned DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824.md?page=7)