# 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:** 4
**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 2, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/61 "2021-01-02T04:08:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3. I am not Curt Gowdy (??) > Take 2 or 3 DQs. Jon Gruden, Jay Gruden, Frank Gifford DQ: American? DQ: Known for the Arts? holding a DQ ---
**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 2, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/62 "2021-01-02T04:36:37Z")
IQs 1. Were you a Scandinavian composer whose ashes are entombed in the side of a mountain? 2. Were you an Argentinian political figure now mostly seen on T-shirts? 3. Were you the G in MGM? ---
**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 2, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/63 "2021-01-02T04:53:11Z")
Previous IQs: Were you known for the menagerie of animals you kept at your HQ during wartime? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, during the American Civil War (several cats, dogs, chickens, goats, a sheep and some other critters too, IIRC) Did a sculptor strive to capture your expression when you were quoted too high a price for a horse? - Yes, George Washington (scroll down here: [Jean-Antoine Houdon · George Washington's Mount Vernon](https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/jean-antoine-houdon/)) Were you a Pennsylvanian who went to VMI? - George C. Marshall George x3! DQs: Died since 2000? Best known for a single incident or work? IQs: Did a guy who played Mycroft Holmes on TV also play you in a recent London stage production? Did you allegedly say “Bugger Bognor”? Were you that person’s second son? ---
**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 2, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/64 "2021-01-02T11:25:02Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with G 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Died before 2000 8. Best known for a single incident or work ---
**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 2, 2021, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/65 "2021-01-02T11:27:02Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you a Scandinavian composer whose ashes are entombed in the side of a mountain? > 2. Were you an Argentinian political figure now mostly seen on T-shirts? > 3. Were you the G in MGM? 1. I am not Edvard Grieg (??) 2. I am not Che Guevara. 3. I am not Samuel L. Goldwyn. Take a DQ if I’m wrong. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did a guy who played Mycroft Holmes on TV also play you in a recent London stage production? > Did you allegedly say “Bugger Bognor”? > Were you that person’s second son? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 2, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/66 "2021-01-02T13:25:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ if I’m wrong. Got them all ---
**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 2, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/67 "2021-01-02T13:42:25Z")
IQs 1. Is your name heard in conjunction with Figaro and Scaramouche? 2. Did you write _The Prophet_? 3. Were you a Hindu lawyer, later champion for peace? ---
**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 2, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/68 "2021-01-02T14:14:31Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Is your name heard in conjunction with Figaro and Scaramouche? > 2. Did you write _The Prophet_ ? > 3. Were you a Hindu lawyer, later champion for peace? 1. I am not Galileo (Magnificoooooo!) 2. I am not Kahlil Gibran. 3. I am not Mohandas K. Gandhi. ---
**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 2, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/69 "2021-01-02T17:26:42Z")
DQ: European? IQ1: Were you a 20+ year MLB relief pitcher nicknamed for a waterfowl? IQ2: Did you play one of the dads in _My Two Dads_? IQ3: Did you play Tony Soprano? ---
**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 2, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/70 "2021-01-02T18:58:19Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with G 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Died before 2000 8. Best known for a single incident or work 9. European ---
**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 2, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/71 "2021-01-02T18:59:07Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a 20+ year MLB relief pitcher nicknamed for a waterfowl? > IQ2: Did you play one of the dads in _My Two Dads_ ? > IQ3: Did you play Tony Soprano? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/72 "2021-01-03T04:25:00Z")
“Goose” Gossage, Greg Evigan, James Gandolfini DQ: From the UK? DQ: Died before 1900? holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/73 "2021-01-03T05:08:19Z")
IQs 1\>Was your highest charting single you performed on a self-parody of your home country? 2\>Did you make a cameo appearance in the Weird Al video that parodied one of your hits? 3\>Are you the leading character in a series of video games by the currently largest public company producing video games in Europe? ---
**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, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/74 "2021-01-03T05:35:09Z")
Previous IQs: Did a guy who played Mycroft Holmes on TV also play you in a recent London stage production? - Mark Gatiss played George III in _The Madness of King George_ Did you allegedly say “Bugger Bognor”? - George V, in referring to the seaside town Were you that person’s second son? - George VI George x3 redux! DQs: Political/military? Considered a good guy? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you Ted Knight’s girlfriend and later wife? Were you Mr. Darcy’s young, naive sister? Were you a noted Austro-Hungarian submarine commander? ---
**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, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/75 "2021-01-03T13:24:01Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with G 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Died before 2000 8. Best known for a single incident or work 9. European 10. Not from the U.K. 11. Died after 1900 12. Not political/military 13. Considered a good guy, overall ---
**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, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/76 "2021-01-03T13:26:41Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > IQs > > 1\>Was your highest charting single you performed on a self-parody of your home country? > 2\>Did you make a cameo appearance in the Weird Al video that parodied one of your hits? > 3\>Are you the leading character in a series of video games by the currently largest public company producing video games in Europe? Take 3 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Ted Knight’s girlfriend and later wife? > Were you Mr. Darcy’s young, naive sister? > Were you a noted Austro-Hungarian submarine commander? 1. I am not Georgette (Ted Baxter’s gf/wife). Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/77 "2021-01-03T15:22:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@glowacks](#): > > > > IQs > > 1\>Was your highest charting single you performed on a self-parody of your home country? > > 2\>Did you make a cameo appearance in the Weird Al video that parodied one of your hits? > > 3\>Are you the leading character in a series of video games by the currently largest public company producing video games in Europe? > > Take 3 DQs. 1\> Geddy Lee of Rush. Rush only had one top 40 hit, and it wasn’t as high as “Take Off”. 2\> Greg Kihn (whose love was in Jeopardy) 3\> Geralt of Rivia (of the Witcher series) DQs: Known for sports? Native language in the Romance family? Holding 1 DQ. ---
**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, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/78 "2021-01-03T15:27:08Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with G 4. Dead 5. Not American, but gained naturalized American citizenship in his 40’s 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Died before 2000 8. Best known for a single incident or work 9. European 10. Not from the U.K. 11. Died after 1900 12. Not political/military 13. Considered a good guy, overall 14. Not known for sports 15. Native language not in the Romance family ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/79 "2021-01-03T15:47:54Z")
DQ: Are you known for your work in a natural science (biology, physics, chemistry) or mathematics? IQ: Did you prove that the mathematics of arithmetic was either inconsistent or could not prove every true statement? ---
**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, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/80 "2021-01-03T18:34:39Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > IQ: > Did you prove that the mathematics of arithmetic was either inconsistent or could not prove every true statement? Ja, I am **[Kurt Gödel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_G%C3%B6del)** [![](https://rjlipton.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/kurt_godel.jpg) ](https://rjlipton.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/kurt_godel.jpg) Congratulations, **glowacks** , you host the next round! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120.md?page=5)