# Botticelli - January 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 7, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391 "2013-01-07T20:36:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/181 "2013-01-26T01:04:00Z")
IQs: Are you a former SNL cast member now with a show of your own? Did you copy lines from a Greek poem before leaping to your death? Were you a Truman poker buddy who became Chief Justice of the United States? ---
**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 26, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/182 "2013-01-26T02:18:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a former SNL cast member now with a show of your own? > Did you copy lines from a Greek poem before leaping to your death? > Were you a Truman poker buddy who became Chief Justice of the United States? I am not Tina Fey DQ DQ ---
**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, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/183 "2013-01-26T03:02:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you known for your work in the jungles of Rwanda? > IQ2: Did you play a girl who went on the run with her rapist, looking for evidence to convict a criminal? > IQ3: Were you governor-general of Poland in the early 1940s? > [@MissTake](#): > > I am not Diane Fossey > DQ > DQ Correct on Dian (no ‘E’) Fossey. Genie Francis played Laura Webber Spencer on _General Hospital_. Hans Frank. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Artist(e)? IQ1: Do you live in a world full of wonder, flying there under the sea? IQ2: Are you a bear who tells terrible jokes? IQ3: Did you write about your old Kentucky home? ---
**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 26, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/184 "2013-01-26T03:51:29Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you live in a world full of wonder, flying there under the sea? > IQ2: Are you a bear who tells terrible jokes? > IQ3: Did you write about your old Kentucky home? I am not Flipper I am not Fozzie The Bear I am not Stephen Foster The letter is F 1. I am female 2. I am real 3. I am not an artist (I am not sure what your definition of artist is, if you’re using it as painter / sculptor / creative person in that vein… no) ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/185 "2013-01-26T06:30:35Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first to jump the shark? > > IQ2: Are you a Fool who lives by the church? > > IQ3: Were you slim when you were a page to the Duke of Norfolk? > [@MissTake](#): > > I am not The Fonz (whoa!) > DQ > DQ Quite right about Arthur ‘Fonzie’ Fonzarelli. 1. is **Feste** , the Fool from Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’. In his first conversation with the disguised Viola, he tells her that he lives by the church, which she takes to mean that he is a holy man, until he explains ‘I live in my house, and my house stands by the church’. 2. is **John Falstaff** - From Verdi’s opera ‘Falstaff’. ‘When I was a page to the Duke of Norfolk, I was skinny’ is the opening English line of his aria that he sings to seduce Alice Ford. I’m sorry, I don’t remember its Shakespearean source… DQ 1: Is ‘F’ the initial of your last name? DQ 2: Are you American? For this game, we’ve been using a definition of ‘artist’ that includes visual artists, actors, dancers, musicians, singers, writers, poets, directors, playwrights, performance artists - anything that involves human creativity. I don’t know if that might change your earlier answer. ---
**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 26, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/186 "2013-01-26T14:16:21Z")
Okay, I will amend my answer based on **Le Ministre** ’s clarification: The letter is F 1. I am female 2. I am real 3. I am an artist as outlined in the definition above 4. My last name begins with F 5. I am American ---
**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, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/187 "2013-01-26T15:19:53Z")
IQ1: Are you someone’s horsey friend? IQ2: Are you a Victoria Cross recipient who invented an automatic revolver? IQ3: Are you an artist known for paintings and sculptures of cowboys and Indians? ---
**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 26, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/188 "2013-01-26T15:43:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you someone’s horsey friend? > IQ2: Are you a Victoria Cross recipient who invented an automatic revolver? > IQ3: Are you an artist known for paintings and sculptures of cowboys and Indians? I am not Flicka DQ DQ ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/189 "2013-01-26T16:46:48Z")
IQ1: Are you best known for your door-slamming farces? IQ2: Did Jean Valjean save you from being crushed by a runaway cart? IQ3: Are you the mother of Cosette? ---
**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, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/190 "2013-01-26T17:18:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a former SNL cast member now with a show of your own? > Did you copy lines from a Greek poem before leaping to your death? > Were you a Truman poker buddy who became Chief Justice of the United States? Not Tina Fey; I’ll rephrase. James Forrestal, the first U.S. Secretary of Defense. Fred Vinson. DQs: Living? Actress? IQs: Are you a male former SNL cast member now with a show of your own? Were you a noteworthy Irish nobleman who supported Irish independence? Did a magazine profile of you, oddly enough, describe you stripping down for a swim in NYC? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/191 "2013-01-27T03:42:28Z")
IQ1: Do you have a bad reputation that’s more than just talk? IQ2: Did your challenge to MLB’s reserve clause end in the Supreme Court? IQ3: Was your nomination to Chief Justice sunk by a filibuster? ---
**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, 2013, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/192 "2013-01-27T04:28:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you someone’s horsey friend? > IQ2: Are you a Victoria Cross recipient who invented an automatic revolver? > IQ3: Are you an artist known for paintings and sculptures of cowboys and Indians? > [@MissTake](#): > > I am not Flicka > DQ > DQ Correct on Flicka. George Fosbery VC. Frederic Remington. DQs reserved until I see the answers to EH’s… ---
**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 27, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/193 "2013-01-27T15:50:24Z")
Bear with me, I’m on my Kindle… The letter is F 1. I am female 2. I am real 3. I am an artist as defined above 4. My last name begins with F 5. I am Americam 6. I am deceased 7. I am not an actress ---
**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 27, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/194 "2013-01-27T15:54:21Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you best known for your door-slamming farces? > IQ2: Did Jean Valjean save you from being crushed by a runaway cart? > IQ3: Are you the mother of Cosette? I am not Feydeau (?) DQ I am not Fantine ---
**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 27, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/195 "2013-01-27T16:04:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you a male former SNL cast member now with a show of your own? > Were you a noteworthy Irish nobleman who supported Irish independence? > Did a magazine profile of you, oddly enough, describe you stripping down for a swim in NYC? I am not Jimmy Fallon DQ DQ > [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Do you have a bad reputation that’s more than just talk? > IQ2: Did your challenge to MLB’s reserve clause end in the Supreme Court? > IQ3: Was your nomination to Chief Justice sunk by a filibuster? DQ DQ DQ ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/196 "2013-01-27T17:47:29Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you best known for your door-slamming farces? > > IQ2: Did Jean Valjean save you from being crushed by a runaway cart? > > IQ3: Are you the mother of Cosette? > [@MissTake](#): > > I am not Feydeau (?) > DQ > I am not Fantine Quite right about Georges Feydeau and Fantine. #2 was M. **Fauchelevant** , whom Jean Valjean saves from under a runaway cart. Monsieur Fauchelevant later saves Jean Valjean - he becomes the factotum of the convent into which Jean Valjean stumbles in his flight to Paris, and passes Jean Valjean off as his brother, while Cosette is educated by the nuns. DQ - Are you a writer of any kind, including novels, short stories, poetry, plays or scripts? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/197 "2013-01-27T18:21:36Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Do you have a bad reputation that’s more than just talk? > IQ2: Did your challenge to MLB’s reserve clause end in the Supreme Court? > IQ3: Was your nomination to Chief Justice sunk by a filibuster? 1. [Freedy Johnston](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVqBYkrlsmw) 2. Curt Flood 3. Abe Fortas DQ: Did you die before 1980? 2 DQs reserved ---
**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 27, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/198 "2013-01-27T20:07:04Z")
The letter is F 1. I am female 2. I am real 3. I am an artist as defined above 4. My last name begins with F 5. I am Americam 6. I am deceased 7. I am not an actress 8. I am a writer of some kind 9. I died before 1980 ---
**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, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/199 "2013-01-27T20:31:32Z")
DQ1: Were you born before 1900? DQ2: Were you a poet? IQ1: Did Gavrilo Princip shoot your nephew, who was your heir? IQ2: Are you that nephew? IQ3: Did you play the mother of three and the stepmother of three? ---
**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 27, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/200 "2013-01-27T20:36:11Z")
The letter is F 1. I am female 2. I am real 3. I am an artist as defined above 4. My last name begins with F 5. I am Americam 6. I am deceased 7. I am not an actress 8. I am a writer of some kind 9. I died before 1980 10. I was born before 1900 11. I am not a poet [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391.md?page=11)