# 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:** 8
**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, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/141 "2021-01-05T18:57:57Z")
Well done, **Miss Take!** ---
**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, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/142 "2021-01-05T21:26:54Z")
Swept me in my last round of IQs. Well done, **MissTake**! ---
**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 5, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/143 "2021-01-05T23:12:54Z")
I am A. ---
**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 5, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/144 "2021-01-05T23:34:56Z")
IQs: Was “Drama” the only album released in the 20th century not featuring you by the band you’re known as the long-time lead singer for? Were you at times the drummer for the band referenced above? Are you half of a pair of adult conjoined twins who share only one set of legs? ---
**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 6, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/145 "2021-01-06T00:29:07Z")
IQ1: Are you an American founding father who was the subject of a recent extremely successful Broadway show? IQ2: Did you fatally wound IQ1 in a duel? IQ3: Did you fire the first defensive shot in the American Civil War, although today you are more famous for the myth of a completely unrelated “invention”? ---
**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 6, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/146 "2021-01-06T00:40:15Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > IQs: > Was “Drama” the only album released in the 20th century not featuring you by the band you’re known as the long-time lead singer for? > Were you at times the drummer for the band referenced above? > Are you half of a pair of adult conjoined twins who share only one set of legs? I am not John Anderson? DQ I am not Ang > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you an American founding father who was the subject of a recent extremely successful Broadway show? > IQ2: Did you fatally wound IQ1 in a duel? > IQ3: Did you fire the first defensive shot in the American Civil War, although today you are more famous for the myth of a completely unrelated “invention”? I am not Alexander Hamilton I am not the damn fool who shot him, Aaron Burr DQ ---
**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 6, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/147 "2021-01-06T00:44:30Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Are you an American founding father who was the subject of a recent extremely successful Broadway show? > > > IQ2: Did you fatally wound IQ1 in a duel? > > > IQ3: Did you fire the first defensive shot in the American Civil War, although today you are more famous for the myth of a completely unrelated “invention”? > > I am not Alexander Hamilton > I am not the damn fool who shot him, Aaron Burr > DQ Yes, Yes, Abner Doubleday, who never claimed to have invented baseball and was not credited with it until 15 years after his death. DQ: Real? ---
**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 6, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/148 "2021-01-06T00:50:44Z")
I am A 1. Real ---
**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 6, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/149 "2021-01-06T01:03:42Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@glowacks](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > Was “Drama” the only album released in the 20th century not featuring you by the band you’re known as the long-time lead singer for? > > > Were you at times the drummer for the band referenced above? > > > Are you half of a pair of adult conjoined twins who share only one set of legs? > > I am not John Anderson? > DQ > I am not Ang 1. Good enough (It’s actually Jon) 2. Alan White 3. Abigail Hensel (I have no idea who Ang is supposed to be; there was a famous Siamese twin Eng, but they each had their own set of legs anyway) DQs: 1. First name starts with A? 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 6, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/150 "2021-01-06T01:32:23Z")
Yes, I was erroneously thinking of Eng and Chang. I am A 1. Real 2. First name does not start with A 3. Male ---
**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 6, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/151 "2021-01-06T01:37:06Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Fables in Slang_? 2. Did you marry your third wife in a pet cemetery? 3. Did you create Fearless Fosdick? ---
**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 6, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/152 "2021-01-06T01:44:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you write _Fables in Slang_ ? > - Did you marry your third wife in a pet cemetery? > - Did you create Fearless Fosdick? DQ DQ I am not Al Capp ---
**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 6, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/153 "2021-01-06T01:45:52Z")
#1 was George Ade. #2 was Charles Addams. Correct on Al Capp. DQs: 1. Living? 2. American? ---
**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 6, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/154 "2021-01-06T01:47:51Z")
I am A 1. Real 2. First name does not start with A 3. Male 4. Deceased 5. American ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/155 "2021-01-06T02:30:46Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write, among other books, **Twisted Tales from Shakespeare**? 2. Is your most famous book **Anna to the Infinite Power**? 3. Is your most famous book \*\* Escape to Witch Mountain\*\*? ---
**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 6, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/156 "2021-01-06T02:45:59Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Did you write, among other books, **Twisted Tales from Shakespeare**? > - Is your most famous book **Anna to the Infinite Power**? > - Is your most famous book \*\* Escape to Witch Mountain\*\*? Take three DQs ---
**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 6, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/157 "2021-01-06T04:50:18Z")
IQ1: Did you write _The Chronicles of Prydain_ series? IQ2: Did you have an bad experience during a performance of _Our American Cousin_? IQ3: Were you asked to kill your son out on Highway 61? ---
**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, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/158 "2021-01-06T05:08:42Z")
IQs: Although you were born in northern Vermont, did some whisper that you were actually born in Canada? Do you have a cute puppy named Pal? Was your horse named, in some accounts, Aubagu? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/159 "2021-01-06T06:59:04Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write, among other books, **Twisted Tales from Shakespeare**? > 2. Is your most famous book **Anna to the Infinite Power**? > 3. Is your most famous book \*\* Escape to Witch Mountain\*\*? Richard Armour, Mildred Ames, Alexander Key DQs: 1. Born before 1900? 2. Known for the Sciences? 3. Caucasian? ---
**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 6, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/160 "2021-01-06T11:59:11Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _The Chronicles of Prydain_ series? > IQ2: Did you have an bad experience during a performance of _Our American Cousin_ ? > IQ3: Were you asked to kill your son out on Highway 61? DQ I am not Abraham Lincoln DQ > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Although you were born in northern Vermont, did some whisper that you were actually born in Canada? > Do you have a cute puppy named Pal? > Was your horse named, in some accounts, Aubagu? DQ, but I’m guessing Arthur Arthur, the annoying animated kid King Arthur [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120.md?page=9)