# 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:** 7
**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 26, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/121 "2016-01-26T11:56:36Z")
IQ: Did you invent a type of carnival ride that was first used in Chicago in 1893? ---
**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, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/122 "2016-01-26T15:33:11Z")
We already have twenty answered DQs; just waiting for **Knowed Out** ’s final earned one to be asked. ---
**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 26, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/123 "2016-01-26T19:04:56Z")
DQ: Is the something for which you are named a type of living thing? ---
**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 27, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/124 "2016-01-27T01:50:14Z")
I think you misunderstood DQ #17. Would you like to rephrase? ---
**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 27, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/125 "2016-01-27T13:02:33Z")
DQ: Is the something for which you are named bigger than a breadbox? ---
**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 27, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/126 "2016-01-27T17:11:57Z")
No, no. Something is named after _him_, not vice-versa. ---
**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 27, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/127 "2016-01-27T18:03:13Z")
DQ: Is the something which is named after you bigger than a breadbox? ---
**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 27, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/128 "2016-01-27T18:09:41Z")
(and now we present the Farthingby Breadbox) ---
**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 27, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/129 "2016-01-27T23:37:20Z")
Is it bigger than a breadbox? Is it smaller than the _Titanic_? ---
**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 28, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/130 "2016-01-28T04:55:09Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ: Is the something for which you are named bigger than a breadbox? Hmm. Kinda hard to say, but I’ll go with… 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 21. thing named after me is not bigger than a breadbox OK, that’s it for DQs. Discuss amongst yourselves, and please ask your earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon Sat. EST. ---
**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 28, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/131 "2016-01-28T12:04:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. thing named after me is not bigger than a breadbox Well, there goes my theory… > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Hmm. Kinda hard to say, but I’ll go with… Sounds like it’s fairly close to breadbox-sized, then. ---
**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 28, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/132 "2016-01-28T13:07:41Z")
Best guess I had was the inventor of the Ferris Wheel, but 3 of the DQ answers say it isn’t so. Maybe the thing isn’t a physical object. We weren’t really able to narrow down to anything specific. Maybe it’s a situation, like Benedict Arnold. ---
**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 28, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/133 "2016-01-28T13:33:59Z")
American male, died 1900-1950, last name (of more than one syllable) starts with F, known for one event (non-criminal), and something smaller than a breadbox is named after him. Not known for business, science, politics, military, the arts, athletics or transportation. Well, we have until Saturday. Ponder, muse, think, think, think… ---
**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 28, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/134 "2016-01-28T15:16:05Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > …Maybe the thing isn’t a physical object. We weren’t really able to narrow down to anything specific. Maybe it’s a situation, like Benedict Arnold. Warmer… ---
**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 29, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/135 "2016-01-29T19:40:28Z")
All I’ve come up with so far is Ferris, of the wheel (too big), and Fetterman, of the massacre (too military)… Any chess gambits that might fit the answers? ---
**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 30, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/136 "2016-01-30T04:01:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > …Any chess gambits that might fit the answers? Colder. ---
**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 30, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/137 "2016-01-30T13:18:01Z")
My best guess is Errol Flynn, but that’s not it. I pass. ---
**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 30, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/138 "2016-01-30T13:35:40Z")
As do I. ---
**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 30, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/139 "2016-01-30T18:02:02Z")
OK, time’s up. I am Judge John Howard Ferguson who has gone down in infamy as the defendant in the _Plessy v. Ferguson_ segregation case: [John Howard Ferguson - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_Ferguson). The bigger-than-a-breadbox DQ was hard to answer. The case, if printed out, would fit in a breadbox, I think. ---
**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 30, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/140 "2016-01-30T18:54:03Z")
Well, I’ve heard of _Plessy v. Ferguson_, but would never have come up with him. Good one, EH. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824.md?page=8)