# 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:** 9
**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 23, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/161 "2013-01-23T00:26:00Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQ1: Were you born of chaos and represent darkness? > IQ2: Would your backround music sound very _bow-chicka-wow-wow_? > IQ3: Did you have a spell cast upon you to sleep eternally? Dunno any of these. Take three DQs. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you toasted annually with cognac and three red roses? > IQ2: Did Bob Dylan and Emmylou Harris both write songs about you? > IQ3: Are you known for depicting seemingly impossible stairways? Not Edgar Allan Poe, Elvis Presley or Escher. ---
**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 23, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/162 "2013-01-23T01:39:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno any of these. Take three DQs. Erebus, Eros, and Endymion (Thanks to TheKid who is fascinated by Greek mythology) DQ1: Did you come to notoriety within the last 100 years? DQ2: Are you known for athletic ability? DQ3: Is the fact that your nationality is indeterminate important to whatever made you known? ---
**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 23, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/163 "2013-01-23T02:30:18Z")
Sitting on my DQs until MissTake’s are answered. In the meantime: DQ1: Did you hide something, which your replacement used as a nutcracker? DQ2: Did you write of someone who traveled beyond the farthest star? DQ3: Were you mooned by someone who didn’t have nothin’ on but a smile? ---
**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 23, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/164 "2013-01-23T14:40:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > …DQ1: Did you hide something, which your replacement used as a nutcracker? > DQ2: Did you write of someone who traveled beyond the farthest star? > DQ3: Were you mooned by someone who didn’t have nothin’ on but a smile? You mean IQs, right? Dunno the first two; not Ethel from the Seventies novelty hit “The Streak.” _Don’t look, Ethel!_ E. 1. Not real 2. Nationality indeterminate 3. Male 4. Not known for contributions to the arts 5. First name starts with “E” 6. Did not first appear in a work of printed literature 7. Did not first appear in a movie 8. Came to notoriety within the last 100 years 9. Not known for athletic ability 10. Indeterminate nationality unimportant to whatever made him known ---
**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 23, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/165 "2013-01-23T15:09:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Sitting on my DQs until MissTake’s are answered. In the meantime: > > DQ1: Did you hide something, which your replacement used as a nutcracker? > DQ2: Did you write of someone who traveled beyond the farthest star? > DQ3: Were you mooned by someone who didn’t have nothin’ on but a smile? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You mean IQs, right? Do I look like I’m awake? 🙂 > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno the first two; not Ethel from the Seventies novelty hit “The Streak.” _Don’t look, Ethel!_ In Mark Twain’s _The Prince and the Pauper_, Prince Edward (later King Edward VI) hid the Great Seal of England in a suit of armour. Tom Canty found it there whilst pretending to be the prince, and used it for cracking nuts. Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan and John Carter, wrote _Beyond the Farthest Star_. Correct on Ethel. **D** Q1: If you were real, would you still be alive? **D** Q2: First appearance on television? Two DQs reserved… ---
**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 23, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/166 "2013-01-23T18:07:01Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: After your father had been blinded, were you a tremendous help to him (even though you had to lie about your name because he had disowned you)? > > IQ2: Come to that, were you the bastard brother who got the above person disowned in the first place? > > IQ3: Were you an underprepared king? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno the first two; I’m not Edward VIII of Great Britain. Edward wasn’t who I was after, but he’ll do… The first two were references to King Lear - **Edgar** is Gloucester’s legitimate son, **Edmund** is his bastard son. Edmund frames Edgar, and Edgar is disowned. When Gloucester is blinded, Edgar, under the assumed name of Poor Tom, looks after him. Lord, please don’t make me summarize the plot of Lear any further without doing research. Lessee… DQ1: Is your creator American? DQ2: Is your creator still alive? ---
**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 23, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/167 "2013-01-23T20:39:53Z")
E. 1. Not real 2. Nationality indeterminate 3. Male 4. Not known for contributions to the arts 5. First name starts with “E” 6. Did not first appear in a work of printed literature 7. Did not first appear in a movie 8. Came to notoriety within the last 100 years 9. Not known for athletic ability 10. Indeterminate nationality unimportant to whatever made him known 11. If real, would not be alive today 12. First appeared on TV 13. American creators 14. Creators not still alive ---
**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 23, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/168 "2013-01-23T21:54:54Z")
Hmmm, interesting… IQ1: Was Steve your singing partner? IQ2: Are you a Prog Rock music producer? IQ3: Was your mail-order catalogue ubiquitous in Canadian bathrooms for years? ---
**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 24, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/169 "2013-01-24T01:57:16Z")
IQ1: Is there another thread on this board pondering you middle name? IQ2: Are you an obnoxious 4th grader in Colorado? IQ3: Do you attend Little Dipper School? ---
**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 24, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/170 "2013-01-24T23:33:02Z")
IQs: Did you and Cnut divide England between you after he defeated you in battle? Were you the next-to-last king of England before the Norman conquest? Did you play a man whose wife was allergic to the smell of hay? ---
**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 25, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/171 "2013-01-25T03:46:08Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > …IQ3: Do you attend Little Dipper School? Damn, you’re good! Yes, I am Elroy Jetson! [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lom7ybqTll1qewou1o1_400.jpg) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lom7ybqTll1qewou1o1_400.jpg) Well done! On to “F”…? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/172 "2013-01-25T04:50:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Damn, you’re good! Yes, I am > > Elroy Jetson! Well done, **Miss Take**! (And now I cannot get the Jetsons’ theme song out of my head: “Jane, his wife! Daughter Judy! Their boy Elroy!”) ---
**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 25, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/173 "2013-01-25T05:49:17Z")
_Curtsies_ Yes, on to the F name… ---
**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 25, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/174 "2013-01-25T14:31:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQs: > > Did you and Cnut divide England between you after he defeated you in battle? > Were you the next-to-last king of England before the Norman conquest? > Did you play a man whose wife was allergic to the smell of hay? Those were Edmund Ironside, Edward the Confessor and Eddie Albert (on _Green Acres_). On to F… 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? ---
**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 25, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/175 "2013-01-25T14:57:12Z")
> [@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? I am not Diane Fossey DQ DQ ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/176 "2013-01-25T14:58:53Z")
Nice work, **MissTake**! IQ1: Are you a Dutch model, actress, screenwriter, and director? IQ2: Are units of electrical charge and capacitance named after you? IQ3: Did your brother order you killed shortly after your mother died? ---
**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 25, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/177 "2013-01-25T16:06:20Z")
Well done, **Miss Take**!! > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Was Steve your singing partner? > > IQ2: Are you a Prog Rock music producer? > > IQ3: Was your mail-order catalogue ubiquitous in Canadian bathrooms for years? These were **Eydie Gormé** , **Eddie Offord** and **Timothy Eaton** , respectively. 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? ---
**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 25, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/178 "2013-01-25T18:22:47Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Nice work, **MissTake**! > > IQ1: Are you a Dutch model, actress, screenwriter, and director? > IQ2: Are units of electrical charge and capacitance named after you? > IQ3: Did your brother order you killed shortly after your mother died? I am not Famke Janssen (would that I was, though) I am not Farad DQ > [@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? I am not The Fonz (whoa!) DQ DQ ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/179 "2013-01-25T20:45:41Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Dutch model, actress, screenwriter, and director? > IQ2: Are units of electrical charge and capacitance named after you? > IQ3: Did your brother order you killed shortly after your mother died? 2 is Michael Faraday, but close enough. The third is Fredo Corleone. DQ: 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 26, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/180 "2013-01-26T00:55:17Z")
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