# Botticelli - January 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 1, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706 "2018-01-01T20:34:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/241 "2018-01-23T17:51:26Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Thanks. I did not know that, so there was an opportunity there for an IQ to be asked that would have been aiming at the correct person, but I would have said “don’t know” :). > > IQ1: Did you write “In the bleak midwinter”? > IQ2: According to legend, were you reassured in your quest by a spider? > IQ3: Are you a tall, skinny, American comedian with a very dry sense of humor? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, DQ (is the spider Anansi?), Michael Richards? (He doesn’t strike me “dry,” but I can only think of Stephen Wright otherwise) 1 is Christina Rosetti. 2 is Robert the Bruce, who according to legend hid in a cave when fed up with losing in battle, only to be reassured by a spider who would build a web across the entrance each night even though the web was destroyed each day. For 3 I was going for Rich Hall, I have no idea who Michael Richards is so I will leave it up to the floor as to whether this also earns a DQ. 2 (or maybe 3) DQs reserved. ---
**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 23, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/242 "2018-01-23T17:57:59Z")
Michael Richards played Cosmo on \*Seinfeld. \* His comedy’s more on the eccentric-character level than dry or droll, so I don’t think he’s a close enough match. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/243 "2018-01-23T18:18:08Z")
Rich Hall and his sniglets means 3 DQs for Dead Cat. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/244 "2018-01-23T18:19:19Z")
DQ roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not created by an American author or authors 4. Created after 1900 ---
**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 23, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/245 "2018-01-23T18:37:44Z")
IQs: 1. Did Paul Simon write a song about you, based on a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson? 2. Are you remembered for your thesaurus? 3. Are you remembered for your rules of order? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/246 "2018-01-23T20:17:19Z")
not Frank Lloyd Right (ha ha), not Roget, 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 23, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/247 "2018-01-23T20:28:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Paul Simon write a song about you, based on a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson? > 2. Are you remembered for your thesaurus? > 3. Are you remembered for your rules of order? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Frank Lloyd Right (ha ha), not Roget, DQ #1 was Richard Cory. Correct on Roget. #3 was Henry Martyn Robert. DQs: 1. Originally from prose literature? 2. Created after 1950? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/248 "2018-01-24T02:37:34Z")
DQ roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not created by an American author or authors 4. Created after 1900 5. Originally from prose literature 6. Created after 1950 ---
**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 24, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/249 "2018-01-24T05:41:09Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the only Confederate Cabinet secretary to serve throughout the Civil War? - John Reagan, the Postmaster General Did ISIS Agent Sterling Archer use this as a cover name once on a mission? - Randy Randerson, from _Archer_ (he likes the name Randy) Were you Earl Hickey’s slow younger brother? - Yes, Randy Hickey, from _My Name Is Earl_ DQs: Last name start with R? Create by a European? IQs: Did William O. Douglas speak at your college and inspire you to a career in public service? Did you command His Imperial Majesty’s Battlecruiser _MacArthur_? Did you own the Cafe Americain? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/250 "2018-01-24T13:25:24Z")
DQ roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not created by an American author or authors 4. Created after 1900 5. Originally from prose literature 6. Created after 1950 7. Only name starts with R 8. Created by a European ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/251 "2018-01-24T13:26:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did William O. Douglas speak at your college and inspire you to a career in public service? > Did you command His Imperial Majesty’s Battlecruiser _MacArthur_? > Did you own the Cafe Americain? 3 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 24, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/252 "2018-01-24T14:21:08Z")
Previous IQs: Did William O. Douglas speak at your college and inspire you to a career in public service? - Richard M. Nixon. When Nixon told him this, years later, Douglas told a friend he’d never been closer to suicide than at that moment. Did you command His Imperial Majesty’s Battlecruiser _MacArthur_? - Roderick, Lord Blaine, in Niven and Pournelle’s _The Mote in God’s Eye_ Did you own the Cafe Americain? - Rick Blaine, in _Casablanca_ DQs: British character? A “good guy”? Later appeared in a movie? IQs: Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”? Did you capture Kaskaskia and Vincennes? Were you Nixon’s first SECSTATE? ---
**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 24, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/253 "2018-01-24T15:06:59Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Isaac’s wife? 2. Were you Naomi’s daughter-in-law? 3. Were you Remus’s brother? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/254 "2018-01-24T18:48:10Z")
DQ roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not created by an American author or authors 4. Created after 1900 5. Originally from prose literature 6. Created after 1950 7. Only name starts with R 8. Created by a European 9. Not a British character, but is portrayed as such 10. Good guy 11. Later appeared in a TV movie ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/255 "2018-01-24T18:49:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”? > Did you capture Kaskaskia and Vincennes? > Were you Nixon’s first SECSTATE? 3 more DQs ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/256 "2018-01-24T18:50:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Isaac’s wife? > 2. Were you Naomi’s daughter-in-law? > 3. Were you Remus’s brother? not Ruth?, DQ, not Romulus ---
**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 24, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/257 "2018-01-24T19:59:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Isaac’s wife? > 2. Were you Naomi’s daughter-in-law? > 3. Were you Remus’s brother? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Ruth?, DQ, not Romulus 1. Isaac’s wife was Rebekah. 2. Naomi’s daughter-in-law was Ruth. Romulus is correct. I’m only taking 1 DQ for those. DQ: From a work or works of science fiction or fantasy? ---
**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 24, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/258 "2018-01-24T20:13:55Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”? - Cal Rodgers - a great story of early aviation: [Calbraith Perry Rodgers - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calbraith_Perry_Rodgers) Did you capture Kaskaskia and Vincennes? - George Rogers Clark, during the American Revolution Were you Nixon’s first SECSTATE? - William Rogers Ro[d]gers x3! DQs: Created since 2000? Would be alive today, if real? First appeared in a contemporary setting? IQs: Did you appear in a movie with bird poop on you? Were you Dracula’s mentally-ill henchman? Did Johnny Carson go from friend to foe with 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 24, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/259 "2018-01-24T20:18:21Z")
IQs: 1. Did you hang around with Droop-a-Long? 2. Did You Love a Mystery with Jack & Doc? 3. Did you write _Silent Spring_? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/260 "2018-01-24T20:30:51Z")
DQ roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not created by an American author or authors 4. Created after 1900 5. Originally from prose literature 6. Created after 1950 7. Only name starts with R 8. Created by a European 9. Not a British character, but is portrayed as such 10. Good guy 11. Later appeared in a TV movie 12. From a work or works of science fiction or fantasy 13. Created before 2000 14. Would be alive if real 15. Did not first appear in a contemporary setting [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706.md?page=14)