# 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:** 15
**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, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/281 "2018-01-25T18:12:45Z")
Previous IQs: Did a character you played sarcastically ask to borrow someone’s outfit to audition for the role of a “serious firefighter”? - Emma Stone, talking to Ryan Gosling’s character (a self-described “serious musician” dressed all in red) in _La La Land_ Were you first appointed to SCOTUS by Coolidge, and then as Chief Justice by FDR? - Harlan Fisk Stone Are you a TV journalist with a rocky first name and an eight-letter-long last name? - Stone Phillips Stone x3! DQs: Living? Born since 1950? Last name start with S? IQs: Did you murder the corrupt governor of your state, who was a lot like Huey Long? Were you the murderer’s sister? Were you the governor hisself? ---
**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 25, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/282 "2018-01-25T18:17:12Z")
1. Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain - I thought it was from Huckleberry Finn, but some light research suggests it’s not. It seems the actual quote is "When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” Close enough? 2. Shaun the Sheep 3. Chelsey Sullenberger, pilot of the “Miracle on the Hudson” incident (now a major motion picture, yadda yadda). If the question here was a little obtuse, I’ll happily waive the DQ. DQ: Alive? ---
**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 25, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/283 "2018-01-25T22:16:18Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. Born before 1950 5. Last name starts with an S Dead Cat: you have 3 DQs now. The DQ you asked had already been asked by EH, so it doesn’t count. ---
**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 26, 2018, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/284 "2018-01-26T11:03:08Z")
Whoops. Thank you. DQ: Born in the Western Hemisphere? DQ: Born after 1800? DQ: Known for the Arts? IQ: Did you star opposite Dick Van Dyke in _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_? IQ: Are you the singer ultimately responsible for one of the SDMB’s most enduring memes (haven’t seen it much lately so it may be before your time!)? IQ: Are you the co-founder of a weapon manufacturer? ---
**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 26, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/285 "2018-01-26T13:37:21Z")
IQ1: Are you a hard-boiled detective written by Dashielle Hammett? IQ2: Are you a Russian composer/pianist who wrote _Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini_? IQ3: Did you compose _Finlandia_, Finland’s unofficial national anthem? ---
**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 26, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/286 "2018-01-26T14:54:26Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. Born before 1950 5. Last name starts with an S 6. Born in the Eastern Hemisphere 7. Born after 1800 8. Known for the Arts ---
**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 26, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/287 "2018-01-26T14:55:51Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ: Did you star opposite Dick Van Dyke in _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_? > IQ: Are you the singer ultimately responsible for one of the SDMB’s most enduring memes (haven’t seen it much lately so it may be before your time!)? > IQ: Are you the co-founder of a weapon manufacturer? #1. I am not Sally Ann Howe. (That’s a complete guess.) Take 2 or 3 DQs. ---
**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 26, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/288 "2018-01-26T14:57:17Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a hard-boiled detective written by Dashielle Hammett? > IQ2: Are you a Russian composer/pianist who wrote _Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini_? > IQ3: Did you compose _Finlandia_, Finland’s unofficial national anthem? 1. I am not Sam Spade. 2. I am not Shostakovich (another guess). 3. I am not Jean Sibelius. Take a DQ for #2 if I’m wrong. ---
**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 26, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/289 "2018-01-26T15:32:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Sally Ann Howe. (That’s a complete guess.) > Take 2 or 3 DQs. And what a guess it was, where did that come from?! It’s actually Sally Ann Howes but obviously you’re more than close enough. 2 is Simon Le Bon, lead singer of Duran Duran. [Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296939). 3 is Horace Smith, co-founder of Smith & Wesson. Since I wasn’t too sure of his first name myself, I would have accepted “Smith” as an acceptable answer. DQ: European? DQ: Primarily known for writing of some kind (including writing music)? ---
**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 26, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/290 "2018-01-26T16:04:02Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. Born before 1950 5. Last name starts with an S 6. Born in the Eastern Hemisphere 7. Born after 1800 8. Known for the Arts 9. European 10. Not known for his writing ---
**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, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/291 "2018-01-26T16:57:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > … > > IQs: > > Did you murder the corrupt governor of your state, who was a lot like Huey Long? > Were you the murderer’s sister? > Were you the governor hisself? Ahem. ---
**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 26, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/292 "2018-01-26T17:07:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Sam Spade. > 2. I am not Shostakovich (another guess). > 3. I am not Jean Sibelius. > > Take a DQ for #2 if I’m wrong. Sergei Rachmaninoff DQ: Known for performing arts? ---
**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 26, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/293 "2018-01-26T17:15:58Z")
IQ1: Are you a French existentialist who refused the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature? IQ2: Are you another French existentialist who had a lifelong open relationship with IQ1? IQ3: Are you an American writer who was born and died during passages of Halley’s Comet? ---
**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 26, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/294 "2018-01-26T17:28:48Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > Did you murder the corrupt governor of your state, who was a lot like Huey Long? > Were you the murderer’s sister? > Were you the governor hisself? > Ahem. Oops. Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 26, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/295 "2018-01-26T17:29:53Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a French existentialist who refused the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature? > IQ2: Are you another French existentialist who had a lifelong open relationship with IQ1? > IQ3: Are you an American writer who was born and died during passages of Halley’s Comet? 1. I am not Jean-Paul Sartre. 2. I am not Simone de Beauvoir. 3. I am not Samuel Clemens. ---
**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 26, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/296 "2018-01-26T17:30:57Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. Born before 1950 5. Last name starts with an S 6. Born in the Eastern Hemisphere 7. Born after 1800 8. Known for the Arts 9. European 10. Not known for his writing 11. Known for the performing arts ---
**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 26, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/297 "2018-01-26T20:39:50Z")
Swept. IQ1: Are you QB for the Detroit Lions? IQ2: Are you QB for the Minnesota Vikings? IQ3: Are you QB for the Kansas City Chiefs? ---
**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 26, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/298 "2018-01-26T20:55:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Swept. > > IQ1: Are you QB for the Detroit Lions? > IQ2: Are you QB for the Minnesota Vikings? > IQ3: Are you QB for the Kansas City Chiefs? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 27, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/299 "2018-01-27T02:02:39Z")
IQ: Were you best known for playing Inspector Clouseau on the big screen? IQ: Were you best known for playing Hercule Poirot on the small screen? IQ: Did you produce the early James Bond films alongside Albert R. Broccoli? ---
**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 27, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/300 "2018-01-27T02:48:35Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ: Were you best known for playing Inspector Clouseau on the big screen? > IQ: Were you best known for playing Hercule Poirot on the small screen? > IQ: Did you produce the early James Bond films alongside Albert R. Broccoli? 1. I am not Peter Sellers. 2. I am not David Suchet. 3. Take a DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706.md?page=16)