# 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:** 7
**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 11, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/121 "2018-01-11T14:36:13Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you recently give a well-received speech at the Golden Globes? > 2. Did Edward Fitzgerald gain fame translating your poem? > 3. Were you the star of the comic strip Thimble Theatre before Popeye came along? > I am not Oprah Winfrey, Omar Khayyam (guess, sp?), or Olive Oyl (guess, sp?). Take DQs as appropriate if I have guessed incorrectly. Correct, Correct, and, no, her brother Castor Oyl was the star until Popeye came along and proved instantly more popular. DQ: Known for your writing? ---
**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 11, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/122 "2018-01-11T14:55:45Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. First name starts with O 5. [del]American[/del] British 6. Born before 1950 7. Not best known for the Arts 8. Not best known for sport 9. Born after 1850 10. Has won top awards in his field 11. Not best known for politics 12. Born after 1900 13. Not knighted 14. Not best known for a single incident 15. Known for his writing > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a British philanthropist who founded the colony of Georgia? > IQ2: Did Jimmy Smits play you in _Revenge of the Sith_? > IQ3: Are you Luke Skywalker’s uncle? One of questions 2 or 3 must be Obi Wan Kenobi, but I don’t know which. I’m going to go with 2. Take 2 or 3 more DQs. > [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > Were you Mork from Ork’s boss? > Did you recently leave your job at the Trump White House? > After early reluctance, did you date a coworker and eventually marry that person? I feel like I should know 2 and/or 3 but they’re not coming to mind, so take 3 further 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 11, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/123 "2018-01-11T15:33:39Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Mork from Ork’s boss? - Orson Did you recently leave your job at the Trump White House? - Omarosa, formerly of _The Apprentice_ After early reluctance, did you date a coworker and eventually marry that person? - Michelle Obama DQs: Fiction writer? Greatest fame before 1939? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Were you a police officer in India before turning to your much-better-known career? Did Tilda Swinton play you early in her film career? Were you the celebrated conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra? ---
**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 11, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/124 "2018-01-11T16:32:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > Were you Mork from Ork’s boss? - Orson > Did you recently leave your job at the Trump White House? - Omarosa, formerly of _The Apprentice_ > After early reluctance, did you date a coworker and eventually marry that person? - Michelle Obama > > DQs: > > Fiction writer? > Greatest fame before 1939? > > Two DQs reserved. > > IQs: > > Were you a police officer in India before turning to your much-better-known career? > Did Tilda Swinton play you early in her film career? > Were you the celebrated conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra? Still drawing blanks here - have some more DQs, if you need them. I’ll take a wild stab at Oscar Wilde for the first one, though I can’t imagine this being very likely. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. First name starts with O 5. [del]American[/del] British 6. Born before 1950 7. Not best known for the Arts 8. Not best known for sport 9. Born after 1850 10. Has won top awards in his field 11. Not best known for politics 12. Born after 1900 13. Not knighted 14. Not best known for a single incident 15. Known for his writing 16. Not known for writing fiction 17. Greatest fame after 1939 ---
**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 11, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/125 "2018-01-11T16:38:14Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a police officer in India before turning to your much-better-known career? - George Orwell Did Tilda Swinton play you early in her film career? - The title character in _Orlando_ Were you the celebrated conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra? - Eugene Ormandy DQs: Best known for journalism? Greatest fame after 1990? Three 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 11, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/126 "2018-01-11T17:15:43Z")
IQs: 1. Did you market a successful brand of microwave popcorn? 2. Were you Alexander the Great’s mom? 3. Were you a 20th Century German conductor and composer? ---
**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 11, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/127 "2018-01-11T17:37:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > Were you a police officer in India before turning to your much-better-known career? - George Orwell > Did Tilda Swinton play you early in her film career? - The title character in _Orlando_ > Were you the celebrated conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra? - Eugene Ormandy > > DQs: > > Best known for journalism? > Greatest fame after 1990? > > Three DQs reserved. Ack, I nearly went for Orwell but I thought he was marginally less likely to be a policeman than Wilde! I knew he fought in the Spanish Civil War, but not his earlier career. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you market a successful brand of microwave popcorn? > 2. Were you Alexander the Great’s mom? > 3. Were you a 20th Century German conductor and composer? I am not Otto Klemperer (I think that fits for 3 but to be fair I’m not sure if he wrote music). For #2, I am not… Orestia (wild guess)? No guess for #1. Take DQs as appropriate. We are going to be well over 20 once all outstanding DQs are taken, please can someone remind me of the rules at this stage? 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. First name starts with O 5. [del]American[/del] British 6. Born before 1950 7. Not best known for the Arts 8. Not best known for sport 9. Born after 1850 10. Has won top awards in his field 11. Not best known for politics 12. Born after 1900 13. Not knighted 14. Not best known for a single incident 15. Known for his writing 16. Not known for writing fiction 17. Greatest fame after 1939 18. Not best known for journalism 19. Achieved fame well before 1990 - difficult to determine period of “greatest fame” ---
**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 11, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/128 "2018-01-11T21:39:35Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a British philanthropist who founded the colony of Georgia? > IQ2: Did Jimmy Smits play you in Revenge of the Sith? > IQ3: Are you Luke Skywalker’s uncle? > > One of questions 2 or 3 must be Obi Wan Kenobi, but I don’t know which. I’m going to go with 2. Take 2 or 3 more DQs. James Oglethorpe, Bail Organa, Owen Now I can’t use Obi Wan . 🙂 DQ: Known for science? holding 3 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 11, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/129 "2018-01-11T21:42:34Z")
We usually allow players to ask their remaining DQs, but it’s up to you. We don’t hold grudges. 🙂 ---
**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 12, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/130 "2018-01-12T01:48:43Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you market a successful brand of microwave popcorn? > 2. Were you Alexander the Great’s mom? > 3. Were you a 20th Century German conductor and composer? > I am not Otto Klemperer (I think that fits for 3 but to be fair I’m not sure if he wrote music). For #2, I am not… Orestia (wild guess)? No guess for #1. Take DQs as appropriate. #1 was Orville Redenbacher. #2 was Olympias. Correct on #3. 2 DQ’s reserved, if allowed. ---
**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 12, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/131 "2018-01-12T06:04:06Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > We usually allow players to ask their remaining DQs, but it’s up to you. We don’t hold grudges. 🙂 Quite so. If permitted, I yield my three earned DQs for anyone to ask, one per customer. ---
**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 12, 2018, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/132 "2018-01-12T07:08:00Z")
Quite happy for all outstanding DQs to be asked. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. First name starts with O 5. [del]American[/del] British 6. Born before 1950 7. Not best known for the Arts 8. Not best known for sport 9. Born after 1850 10. Has won top awards in his field 11. Not best known for politics 12. Born after 1900 13. Not knighted 14. Not best known for a single incident 15. Known for his writing 16. Not known for writing fiction 17. Greatest fame after 1939 18. Not best known for journalism 19. Achieved fame well before 1990 - difficult to determine period of “greatest fame” 20. Known for science ---
**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 12, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/133 "2018-01-12T13:09:42Z")
DQ: Physical scientist? (physics, chemistry, geology, etc) DQ: Life scientist? (biology, zoology, etc) DQ: Applied scientist? (engineering, computer science, medicine, applied math & physics) ---
**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 12, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/134 "2018-01-12T14:47:53Z")
Life scientist. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. First name starts with O 5. [del]American[/del] British 6. Born before 1950 7. Not best known for the Arts 8. Not best known for sport 9. Born after 1850 10. Has won top awards in his field 11. Not best known for politics 12. Born after 1900 13. Not knighted 14. Not best known for a single incident 15. Known for his writing 16. Not known for writing fiction 17. Greatest fame after 1939 18. Not best known for journalism 19. Achieved fame well before 1990 - difficult to determine period of “greatest fame” 20. Known for science… 21-23)…specifically, in the field of the life sciences ---
**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 12, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/135 "2018-01-12T16:05:24Z")
Hmm. No British scientist I know fits the answers given so far. ---
**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 12, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/136 "2018-01-12T16:41:04Z")
I’m pretty sure all my answers are accurate, it is possible the person is too obscure but I would be surprised. I suspect someone will have the required inspiration shortly. Shall we say the deadline is 2pm (GMT) Monday for solving it? I’ll try to check in occasionally over the weekend to answer any further questions/guesses. ---
**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 12, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/137 "2018-01-12T22:28:25Z")
DQs: 1. First name Oliver or Oswald? 2. Known for psychology or neurology? Final DQ: 1. Are you Oliver Sacks? ---
**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 13, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/138 "2018-01-13T20:41:59Z")
Yes to all; I am celebrated neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks, probably best known as the author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat. Darn, I had a really good one ready for P just in case :). Congratulations, Professor! I did wonder about answering no to “best known for the Arts” as he is mainly known for his writing, but given his writing is nonfiction and about science I think I give the correct answer. The reason for my blunder about his nationality is he lived most of his life in New York, so I didn’t realise he was actually British until I had to look him up to answer a later DQ. Apparently he always sort of intended to apply for US citizenship but never got round to it. ---
**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 13, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/139 "2018-01-13T22:36:42Z")
…and so on to P. ---
**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 14, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/140 "2018-01-14T01:06:01Z")
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