# 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:** 13
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/241 "2013-02-05T03:22:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was God your co-pilot? > IQ2: Were you known for fighting oil-well fires? > IQ3: Did one of your companions say that he was just going outside and might be some time? > [@Labtrash](#): > > Not Robert Scott > Not Red Adair > DQ for you Correct on Robert Scott. Correct on Red Adair. Robert Falcon Scott, the Antarctic explorer. DQ: American? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/242 "2013-02-05T03:43:18Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you a 17th century French playwright noted for your mastery of the 12 syllable Alexandrine rhyme scheme? > > IQ2: Are you a late 19th century French playwright who was consciously imitating the above writer? > > IQ3: Are you a scandalous French poet who smuggled guns and slaves in Somalia? > [@Labtrash](#): > > Not Jean Racine > DQ for you > Not Rimbaud Quite right on Jean Racine and Arthur Rimbaud. The other one was **Edmond Rostand** , the author of ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’, which was written in Alexandrine. Direct Question - Were you known for you contributions to The Arts, defined so as to include painting, sculpture, visual arts, writing of any type, acting, directing, singing, dancing, playing of musical instruments, performance art, cuisine or any other human creative endeavour? ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/243 "2013-02-05T19:32:06Z")
Letter is R 1. I am real. 2. I am male. 3. I am dead 4. I am not American. 5. I did not contribute to the “arts”. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/244 "2013-02-05T19:54:51Z")
IQ1: Are you an avatar of Vishnu? IQ2: Did you wear the number 9 for the Montréal Canadiens for many proud years? IQ3: Are you known for you penchant for painting full-figured models? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/245 "2013-02-05T20:04:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did the butler offer to hold your trident? > Were you succeeded on your fictional throne by someone who wasn’t entitled to do so? > Did your brother joke about how he would tell the world something about you? Prince Ruprecht (Steve Martin), in _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqMc9B7uDV8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqMc9B7uDV8) King Robert Baratheon of Westeros, in _Game of Thrones_. Don’t know about any joke by Mitt Romney’s brother, but I’ll rephrase the third. DQs: First name start with “R”? Political/military? IQs: Before 1975, did your brother joke about how he would tell the world something about you? Were you a country-western song with a control-freak business manager with whom you allegedly had an affair? Did you pretend to talk to your famous dad by phone in a TV commercial? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/246 "2013-02-05T20:06:15Z")
IQ: Are you #2 above’s brother? (The hockey player’s bro) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/247 "2013-02-05T20:19:02Z")
IQ: Were you the leader of a country who was invaded in 1950? ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/248 "2013-02-05T22:59:02Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you an avatar of Vishnu? > > IQ2: Did you wear the number 9 for the Montréal Canadiens for many proud years? > > IQ3: Are you known for you penchant for painting full-figured models? DQ for Vishnu Not Maurice Richard Not Ruben ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/249 "2013-02-05T23:02:28Z")
[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:245, topic:646391”] DQs: First name start with “R”? Political/military? /QUOTE] Letter is R 1. I am real. 2. I am male. 3. I am dead 4. I am not American. 5. I did not contribute to the “arts”. 6. My first Name starts with R 7. I am a political figure. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/250 "2013-02-05T23:12:14Z")
IQ1: Did you run your namesake Café Américain? IQ2: Did Led Zeppelin take their hats off to you? IQ3: Were you granted a “full, free and absolute pardon” by your successor? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/251 "2013-02-05T23:13:31Z")
IQ1: Were you a royalist leader during the English Civil War? IQ2: Did your sidekick have a jeep named Nellybelle? IQ3: Did you command the US amphibious forces in the Pacific during WW II? ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/252 "2013-02-05T23:19:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Before 1975, did your brother joke about how he would tell the world something about you? > Were you a country-western song with a control-freak business manager with whom you allegedly had an affair? > Did you pretend to talk to your famous dad by phone in a TV commercial? DQ for the brother Not Ruby (Kenny Rogers)? Only country R song I could think of, otherwise DQ DQ for the phoning home I’m getting progressively worse at this !!! ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/253 "2013-02-05T23:20:38Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you #2 above’s brother? (The hockey player’s bro) Not Henri Richard ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/254 "2013-02-05T23:22:42Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you the leader of a country who was invaded in 1950? Not Rhee (South Korea) ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/255 "2013-02-05T23:24:45Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Did you run your namesake Café Américain? > IQ2: Did Led Zeppelin take their hats off to you? > IQ3: Were you granted a “full, free and absolute pardon” by your successor? Not Rick fro Casablanca Not Roy Harper Not Richard Nixon ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/256 "2013-02-05T23:43:08Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a royalist leader during the English Civil War? > IQ2: Did your sidekick have a jeep named Nellybelle? > IQ3: Did you command the US amphibious forces in the Pacific during WW II? DQ for Royalist Not Roy Rogers DQ for Gator Chief ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/257 "2013-02-05T23:45:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > Before 1975, did your brother joke about how he would tell the world something about you? > Were you a country-western song with a control-freak business manager with whom you allegedly had an affair? > Did you pretend to talk to your famous dad by phone in a TV commercial? John F. Kennedy joked that he would whisper out the door at midnight that he was naming his brother Robert (Bobby) to become Attorney General. Randy Travis. Ron Reagan Jr., in an American Express ad. DQs: British? Dead before 1950? Generally considered a “good guy”? IQs: Did your famous son wear a special garment associated with you when he later took on the same job? Were you a brutal South Korean dictator? Did you fly into Scotland on a harebrained peace mission? ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/258 "2013-02-06T00:59:57Z")
Letter is R 1. I am real. 2. I am male. 3. I am dead 4. I am not American. 5. I did not contribute to the “arts”. 6. My first Name starts with R 7. I am a political figure. 8. I am British. 9. I died before 1950 10. I would be considered a “good guy” Randy Travis is a song? ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/259 "2013-02-06T01:07:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did your famous son wear a special garment associated with you when he later took on the same job? > Were you a brutal South Korean dictator? > Did you fly into Scotland on a harebrained peace mission? Argh… DQ for sons garment Only SK I knew was Rhee, DQ if not that again Not Rudolf Hess ---
**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:** [February 6, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/260 "2013-02-06T01:26:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a royalist leader during the English Civil War? > IQ2: Did your sidekick have a jeep named Nellybelle? > IQ3: Did you command the US amphibious forces in the Pacific during WW II? > [@Labtrash](#): > > DQ for Royalist > Not Roy Rogers > DQ for Gator Chief Prince Rupert of the Rhine. Correct on Roy Rogers. Richmond Kelly Turner. DQ1: Died after 1800? DQ2 reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391.md?page=14)