# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 19
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/361 "2018-02-01T16:00:20Z")
Previous IQs: Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas of Civil War fame Were you an admiral who came aboard the USS \*Enterprise \*but had not a single line of dialogue? - Adm. Thomas, in ST:TNG “The Drumhead” Did your frenemy refer to you as a “turbulent priest”? - Thomas Becket, as supposedly said by King Henry II; Becket was slain by several of the king’s knights who thought they were doing his bidding Thomas x3! DQs: Greatest fame before 1914? Product or service named after him? Wealthy at the time of his death? ---
**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, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/362 "2018-02-01T16:08:47Z")
IQ: Are you an eccentric scientist who invented the AC induction motor? ---
**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, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/363 "2018-02-01T16:52:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas of Civil War fame > Were you an admiral who came aboard the USS \*Enterprise \*but had not a single line of dialogue? - Adm. Thomas, in ST:TNG “The Drumhead” > Did your frenemy refer to you as a “turbulent priest”? - Thomas Becket, as supposedly said by King Henry II; Becket was slain by several of the king’s knights who thought they were doing his bidding > > Thomas x3! > > DQs: > > Greatest fame before 1914? > Product or service named after him? > Wealthy at the time of his death? Yes (sort of - his greatest fame is probably after his death, actually), yes, and no, which means… > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ: Are you an eccentric scientist who invented the AC induction motor? Yes indeed, I am Nikola Tesla. Good work, KO! I was surprised I resisted that long, to be honest - I suppose the nationality and profession kept you guys in the dark for a little while, but once it came down to the wire you were always going to generate the right answer :). ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/364 "2018-02-01T18:52:25Z")
D’oh - Telsa, of course! Good one. Congrats, **KO**! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/365 "2018-02-01T18:58:21Z")
Want to start a new thread for February? ---
**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, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/366 "2018-02-01T20:02:31Z")
Good job, KO! ---
**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, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/367 "2018-02-01T20:50:24Z")
Yes I will, as soon as I can think of an O name. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/368 "2018-02-02T16:51:07Z")
And here it is: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=848370](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=848370) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706.md?page=18)