# Botticelli - January 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 4, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285 "2017-01-04T00:38:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 4, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/1 "2017-01-04T00:38:36Z")
Thanks! Now, I am S! ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/2 "2017-01-04T01:32:06Z")
IQ: Did you write the song “Camptown Races”? ---
**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 4, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/3 "2017-01-04T02:10:56Z")
> [@TexCat](#): > > IQ: Did you write the song “Camptown Races”? I am not Stephen Foster. ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/4 "2017-01-04T03:00:04Z")
IQ: Did you write _The Gulag Archipelago_? ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/5 "2017-01-04T03:02:50Z")
> [@TexCat](#): > > IQ: Did you write _The Gulag Archipelago_? I am not Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Just so you know, standard practice allows you to ask up to 3 IQs at a time. ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/6 "2017-01-04T03:28:53Z")
Right, then. IQs: Were you a notable creation of Dashiell Hammett? Did Robert Lawson portray you as a demagogue and a mooch? Did you go from the White House to a failed Congressional campaign to a law practice and then back to the White House? ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/7 "2017-01-04T03:33:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Right, then. > > IQs: > > Were you a notable creation of Dashiell Hammett? > Did Robert Lawson portray you as a demagogue and a mooch? > Did you go from the White House to a failed Congressional campaign to a law practice and then back to the White House? I am not Sam Spade. Take a DQ for each of the other two. I’m racking my brain on #3. ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/8 "2017-01-04T15:15:45Z")
IQ: Were you known as the Duke of Flatbush? ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/9 "2017-01-04T15:22:34Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a notable creation of Dashiell Hammett? - Yes, Sam Spade. Did Robert Lawson portray you as a demagogue and a mooch? - Sam Adams, in _Mr. Revere and I_. Did you go from the White House to a failed Congressional campaign to a law practice and then back to the White House? - Sam Seaborn, on\* The West Wing\*. Sam x3! IQs: Real? Male? DQs: Did Lincoln appoint you Chief Justice of the United States? Did you write _Joseph Anton_? Are you the narrator of _The Lovely Bones_? ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/10 "2017-01-04T15:36:49Z")
> [@TexCat](#): > > IQ: Were you known as the Duke of Flatbush? Take a 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 4, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/11 "2017-01-04T15:37:49Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/12 "2017-01-04T15:39:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > Did Lincoln appoint you Chief Justice of the United States? > Did you write _Joseph Anton_? > Are you the narrator of _The Lovely Bones_? #2. I am not Salman Rushdie. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/13 "2017-01-04T15:46:41Z")
Previous IQs: Did Lincoln appoint you Chief Justice of the United States? - Salmon P. Chase Did you write _Joseph Anton_? - Yes, Salman Rushdie (pretty good book, too) Are you the narrator of _The Lovely Bones_? - Susie Salmon Salmon/an x 3! DQs: Living? Last name start with S? IQs: Were you also known as Curunir? Did you hang out with Thuringwethil? Did Josiah Thompson write a bio of you? ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/14 "2017-01-04T15:57:53Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Last name starts with S ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/15 "2017-01-04T15:59:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you also known as Curunir? > Did you hang out with Thuringwethil? > Did Josiah Thompson write a bio of you? I am not Saruman. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/16 "2017-01-04T16:26:46Z")
> [@TexCat](#): > > IQ: Were you known as the Duke of Flatbush? Duke Snider. DQ: American? Sticking with baseball, IQ: Are you the justice who as a district court judge made the ruling which ended the baseball strike in the 1990’s? ---
**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 4, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/17 "2017-01-04T16:28:10Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Last name starts with S 5. American ---
**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 4, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/18 "2017-01-04T16:29:14Z")
> [@TexCat](#): > > Sticking with baseball, > IQ: Are you the justice who as a district court judge made the ruling which ended the baseball strike in the 1990’s? Take another DQ. ---
**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, 2017, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/19 "2017-01-05T05:46:18Z")
Previous IQs: Were you also known as Curunir? - Yes, Saruman. Did you hang out with Thuringwethil? - This was Sauron, in _The Silmarillion_; Thuringwethil was a female vampire IIRC. Did Josiah Thompson write a bio of you? - Soren Kierkegaard. DQs: Born since 1964? Best known for the arts? IQs: Did you play multiple female roles in _Cloud Atlas_? Did you play an Esther Williams-type swimming starlet in _Hail, Caesar_? Are you a U.S. senator from Maine? ---
**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, 2017, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/20 "2017-01-05T10:06:04Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Last name starts with S 5. American 6. Born before 1964 7. Best known for the Arts [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285.md?page=2)