# Botticelli - Jan 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 28, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120 "2020-12-28T19:27:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/401 "2021-01-17T23:56:40Z")
IQs 1. Were your first three albums titled different math symbols? 2. Did your first album, which included “Stay With Me”, win four Grammys? 3. Did you first hit gold in One Direction? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/402 "2021-01-18T02:35:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you replace David Lee Roth in Van Halen? > > > > > IQ2: Were you Eddie Van Halen’s first choice to replace David Lee Roth, before deciding on IQ1? > > > IQ3: Did you play guitar for David Lee Roth immediately after he left Van Halen? > > 1. I am not Sammy Hagar. Take 2 DQs. Yes Patty Smyth of Scandal (she turned down the offer because she was 8 months pregnant) Steve Vai Holding 2 DQs (Miss Take has asked who I thought of - I’ll wait to see the answer) ---
**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 18, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/403 "2021-01-18T03:36:19Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were your first three albums titled different math symbols? Well, that was quick. I think **MissTake** is psychic. Yes, I am **Ed Sheeran**. [![](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/ed_sheeran.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=618&h=410&crop=1) ](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/ed_sheeran.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=618&h=410&crop=1) Great job, Miss Take! ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/404 "2021-01-18T04:00:24Z")
Sweet! New person: **I am G** ---
**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 18, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/405 "2021-01-18T04:27:11Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a 15th or 16th Century French lord who is remembered as a serial killer of children? 2. Were you an English historian noted for your biography of Churchill? 3. Did you play Media in the TV series _American Gods_? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/406 "2021-01-18T05:51:45Z")
IQ1: Were your first 4 solo albums all eponymous? IQ2: Did you vant to be left alone? IQ3: Are you one of Hamlet’s two dead friends? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/407 "2021-01-18T14:15:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Were you a 15th or 16th Century French lord who is remembered as a serial killer of children? > - Were you an English historian noted for your biography of Churchill? > - Did you play Media in the TV series _American Gods_ ? DQ DQ I am not Gillian Anderson > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were your first 4 solo albums all eponymous? > IQ2: Did you vant to be left alone? > IQ3: Are you one of Hamlet’s two dead friends? DQ I am not Greta Garbo I am not Guildenstern ---
**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 18, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/408 "2021-01-18T16:19:34Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Were you a 15th or 16th Century French lord who is remembered as a serial killer of children? > > > > > - Were you an English historian noted for your biography of Churchill? > > > - Did you play Media in the TV series _American Gods_ ? > > DQ > DQ > I am not Gillian Anderson #1 was Gilles de Rais. #2 was Martin Gilbert. Correct on Gillian. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/409 "2021-01-18T16:22:40Z")
**I am G** 1. Male 2. Real ---
**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 18, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/410 "2021-01-18T16:34:15Z")
IQ1: Were you a Plumber in Washingon DC? IQ2: Were you the first king of Great Britain? IQ3: Were you #2’s best-known great-grandson? ---
**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 18, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/411 "2021-01-18T17:02:53Z")
Good job, **MissTake**! Previous IQs: Struck by vertigo, did you only cross a tall, rickety railroad bridge with the help of a military engineer? - Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s second SECWAR Did your upstate New York hometown plan a big celebration for you that never happened? - William H. Seward, when everyone thought he’d win the 1860 GOP presidential nomination Were you the Tory hero of Jeffrey Archer’s political novel _First Among Equals_? - Simon Kerslake On to G! IQs: Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? Did David Morse play you in an HBO miniseries? Was your middle name Catlett? ---
**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 18, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/412 "2021-01-18T17:21:04Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the detective in a series of mysteries by Jane Haddam? 2. Did you play Wilma Deering on _Buck Rogers_? 3. Did you hook up with your Significant Other on the set of _Swing Shift_? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/413 "2021-01-18T18:09:48Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were your first 4 solo albums all eponymous? > > > IQ2: Did you vant to be left alone? > > > IQ3: Are you one of Hamlet’s two dead friends? > > DQ > I am not Greta Garbo > I am not Guildenstern Peter Gabriel Correct on the other two. DQ: Alive? ---
**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 18, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/414 "2021-01-18T18:35:56Z")
IQ1: Are you Howard Stern’s longtime producer, nicknamed “Baba Booey”? IQ2: Are you a New Wave artist who had a hit with _Cars_? IQ3: Did you play Bill Lumberg in _Office Space_? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/415 "2021-01-18T19:53:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Plumber in Washingon DC? > IQ2: Were you the first king of Great Britain? > IQ3: Were you #2’s best-known great-grandson? DQ George I George IV? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? > Did David Morse play you in an HBO miniseries? > Was your middle name Catlett? DQ DQ DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Are you the detective in a series of mysteries by Jane Haddam? > - Did you play Wilma Deering on _Buck Rogers_ ? > - Did you hook up with your Significant Other on the set of _Swing Shift_ ? DQ I am not Erin Gray (Grey?) I am not Goldie Hawn > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you Howard Stern’s longtime producer, nicknamed “Baba Booey”? > IQ2: Are you a New Wave artist who had a hit with _Cars_ ? > IQ3: Did you play Bill Lumberg in _Office Space_ ? DQ DQ I am not Gary Cole ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/416 "2021-01-18T19:53:50Z")
**I am G** 1. Male 2. Real 3. Deceased ---
**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 18, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/417 "2021-01-18T21:26:52Z")
Previous IDs: Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, a nickname won during the Civil War Did David Morse play you in an HBO miniseries? - George Washingon, in _John Adams_ (and very well, too) Was your middle name Catlett? - George C. Marshall George x3! DQs: American? Last name start with G? Best known for the Arts? IQs: Were you Ted Baxter’s girlfriend and later wife? Were you Mr. Darcy’s naive younger sister? Are you a grandson of the Duke of Cornwall? ---
**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 18, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/418 "2021-01-18T21:26:53Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Are you the detective in a series of mysteries by Jane Haddam? > > > > > - Did you play Wilma Deering on _Buck Rogers_ ? > > > - Did you hook up with your Significant Other on the set of _Swing Shift_ ? > > DQ > I am not Erin Gray (Grey?) > I am not Goldie Hawn #1 is Gregor Demarkian. #2 is correct, Erin Grey. #3 is Goldie, correct. DQ: Died after 1950? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/419 "2021-01-18T23:27:34Z")
**I am G** 1. Male 2. Real 3. Deceased 4. American 5. Last name starts with G 6. Known for an Art, not necessarily what is normally considered The Arts 7. Died before 1950 ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/420 "2021-01-18T23:29:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Ted Baxter’s girlfriend and later wife? > Were you Mr. Darcy’s naive younger sister? > Are you a grandson of the Duke of Cornwall? I am not Georgette DQ I am not George, Prince William’s son [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120.md?page=22)