# 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:** 18
**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 30, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/341 "2018-01-30T19:02:22Z")
IQ1: Did you paint _At the Moulin Rouge_? IQ2: Was Nadezhda von Meck your patroness, even though the two of you never met? IQ3: Did Ramsay Snow call you “Reek”? ---
**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 30, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/342 "2018-01-30T20:11:09Z")
IQs: Were you Penelope’s only son? Did a noted American general take your name as his middle name? Were you mentioned in a _Grease_ song? ---
**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 30, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/343 "2018-01-30T20:17:50Z")
DQ: British? ---
**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 31, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/344 "2018-01-31T11:26:00Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with T 5. European by birth 6. Died after 1900 7. Not British > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you paint _At the Moulin Rouge_? > IQ2: Was Nadezhda von Meck your patroness, even though the two of you never met? > IQ3: Did Ramsay Snow call you “Reek”? I’ve wracked my brain for number 1 but it’s just not there. Can’t guess the others either - take 3 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Penelope’s only son? > Did a noted American general take your name as his middle name? > Were you mentioned in a _Grease_ song? Is #1 Theseus? Otherwise I am again drawing blanks - 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 31, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/345 "2018-01-31T12:28:57Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Idylls of the King_? 2. Were you POTUS after FDR? 3. Were you known as “the Iron Lady”? ---
**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 31, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/346 "2018-01-31T13:18:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Idylls of the King_? > 2. Were you POTUS after FDR? > 3. Were you known as “the Iron Lady”? 1. I did not, and I don’t know who did - take a DQ. 2. I am not Harry S. Truman. 3. I am not Margaret Thatcher. ---
**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 31, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/347 "2018-01-31T13:20:49Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you paint At the Moulin Rouge? > IQ2: Was Nadezhda von Meck your patroness, even though the two of you never met? > IQ3: Did Ramsay Snow call you “Reek”? > > I’ve wracked my brain for number 1 but it’s just not there. Can’t guess the others either - take 3 DQs. Toulouse-Lautrec, Tchaikovsky (she would support him, but her condition was that the two would never meet face-to-face, so they corresponded via mail), Theon Greyjoy (from _Games of Thrones_) DQ: Known for the Arts? DQ: Native speaker of a Romance language? holding a DQ ---
**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 31, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/348 "2018-01-31T13:50:36Z")
I knew I should have got Toulouse-Lautrec. Interesting about Tchaikovsky. Never watched/read GoT, I have heard of a few of the characters but not those two (“Snow” was the clue but I didn’t pick up on it and wouldn’t have got it if I had). Well played. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with T 5. European by birth 6. Died after 1900 7. Not British 8. Not known for the Arts 9. Not a native speaker of a Romance language ---
**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 31, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/349 "2018-01-31T14:42:25Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Penelope’s only son? - Telemachus; Odysseus was her husband and his father Did a noted American general take your name as his middle name? - William Tecumseh Sherman Were you mentioned in a _Grease_ song? - “As for you, Troy Donahue / I know what you want to do…” DQs: Political/military? Died after 1950? Best known for thing(s) he did after leaving Europe? IQs: Did a fictional leader have your name as his middle name? Did you play a boxer’s girlfriend and a gangster’s daughter? Did you get your name when the actor playing you forgot his lines? ---
**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 31, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/350 "2018-01-31T14:48:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Idylls of the King_? > 2. Were you POTUS after FDR? > 3. Were you known as “the Iron Lady”? > [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > 1. I did not, and I don’t know who did - take a DQ. > 2. I am not Harry S. Truman. > 3. I am not Margaret Thatcher. #1 was Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Correct on the others. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 31, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/351 "2018-01-31T16:16:02Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with T 5. European by birth 6. Died after 1900 7. Not British 8. Not known for the Arts 9. Not a native speaker of a Romance language 10. Not political/military 11. Died before 1950 12. Best known for accomplishments after leaving Europe > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > Were you Penelope’s only son? - Telemachus; Odysseus was her husband and his father > Did a noted American general take your name as his middle name? - William Tecumseh Sherman > Were you mentioned in a _Grease_ song? - “As for you, Troy Donahue / I know what you want to do…” > > DQs: > > Political/military? > Died after 1950? > Best known for thing(s) he did after leaving Europe? > > IQs: > > Did a fictional leader have your name as his middle name? > Did you play a boxer’s girlfriend and a gangster’s daughter? > Did you get your name when the actor playing you forgot his lines? 1. I am not emperor Tiberius. 2. I am not an actress who was in Rocky and The Godfather and whose name I have no idea about. 3. No idea. Take 2 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 31, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/352 "2018-01-31T16:46:44Z")
IQ1: Are you a comic strip cop who uses a 2-way wrist radio? IQ2: Did you star in _Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner_ and die 17 days after filming was completed? IQ3: Did you have a hit in 1988 with “Fast Car”? ---
**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 31, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/353 "2018-01-31T16:50:06Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a comic strip cop who uses a 2-way wrist radio? > IQ2: Did you star in _Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner_ and die 17 days after filming was completed? > IQ3: Did you have a hit in 1988 with “Fast Car”? Unless #3 is Tom Petty (which I think I might be saying because his namesake Richard drove fast cars), 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 31, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/354 "2018-01-31T19:10:55Z")
DQ: Known for sports? ---
**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 31, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/355 "2018-01-31T19:54:16Z")
Previous IQs: Did a fictional leader have your name as his middle name? - Yes, Tiberius, as in James Tiberius Kirk Did you play a boxer’s girlfriend and a gangster’s daughter? - Talia Shire, in (as you guessed) _Rocky_ and _The Godfather_ Did you get your name when the actor playing you forgot his lines? - Tim the Enchanter, played by John Cleese in _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ (in the script, or so the story goes, he had a much more impressive name): [Tim The Enchanter - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJZK6rzjns) DQs: Born in or north of Vienna? Born in or east of Vienna? IQs: Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? Were you an admiral who came aboard the USS _Enterprise_ but had not a single line of dialogue? Did your frenemy refer to you as a “turbulent priest”? ---
**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 31, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/356 "2018-01-31T20:00:15Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a boyishly thin 1960’s fashion model off of Carnaby Street? 2. Are you the present U.S. Secretary of State? 3. Are you the son of Odin? ---
**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 31, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/357 "2018-01-31T23:40:01Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with T 5. European by birth 6. Died after 1900 7. Not British 8. Not known for the Arts 9. Not a native speaker of a Romance language 10. Not political/military 11. Died before 1950 12. Best known for accomplishments after leaving Europe 13. Not known for sports 14. Born south of Vienna 15. Born west of Vienna > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? > Were you an admiral who came aboard the USS _Enterprise_ but had not a single line of dialogue? > Did your frenemy refer to you as a “turbulent priest”? The third sounds like Father Ted, but I’m guessing you get three DQs again :). > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a boyishly thin 1960’s fashion model off of Carnaby Street? > 2. Are you the present U.S. Secretary of State? > 3. Are you the son of Odin? These are more my level - I’m not Twiggy, Tillerson, or Thor. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/358 "2018-02-01T02:11:29Z")
You swept me. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/359 "2018-02-01T13:35:37Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a comic strip cop who uses a 2-way wrist radio? > IQ2: Did you star in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and die 17 days after filming was completed? > IQ3: Did you have a hit in 1988 with “Fast Car”? > > Unless #3 is Tom Petty (which I think I might be saying because his namesake Richard drove fast cars), take 3 DQs. Dick Tracy, Spencer Tracy, Tracy Chapman Tracy x 3! DQ: Known for a product or service? holding 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:** [February 1, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/360 "2018-02-01T13:41:26Z")
Nicely done. Update: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with T 5. European by birth 6. Died after 1900 7. Not British 8. Not known for the Arts 9. Not a native speaker of a Romance language 10. Not political/military 11. Died before 1950 12. Best known for accomplishments after leaving Europe 13. Not known for sports 14. Born south of Vienna 15. Born west of Vienna 16. Known for developing a product or service I assume Prof. P is keeping his counsel as there are now enough DQs outstanding to take us over 20, he is of course welcome to take a guess at any time (which I assume will be once some more DQs have been asked and answered). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706.md?page=19)