# Botticelli - January 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 4, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178 "2022-01-04T01:44:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/181 "2022-01-28T19:23:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > : > > Were you killed after reassuring your troops, “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance”? > Did Robert Lawson depict you as a blowhard and a mooch? > Did you command the commerce raider CSS _Alabama_ ? Another 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 29, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/182 "2022-01-29T14:20:35Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you play the lead in the movie _Swashbuckler_ ? > > > > > 1. Did you play the hero in the movie _Wild Wild West_ ? > > > 2. Did you play a dancing vampire in the movie _From Dusk To Dawn_ ? > > DQ > Not Will Smith > Not Salma Hayek #1 was Robert Shaw. Correct on the others. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 29, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/183 "2022-01-29T16:28:10Z")
Previous IQs: Were you killed after reassuring your troops, “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance”? - Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Did Robert Lawson depict you as a blowhard and a mooch? - Sam Adams, in _Mr. Revere and I_ Did you command the commerce raider CSS _Alabama_? - Capt. Raphael Semmes DQs: Victim of crime? Died as a result of a crime? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? Were you his second? Were you his SECSTATE? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/184 "2022-01-29T16:55:04Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Bond girl in _Live and Let Die_, a more passive role than the progressive-minded Old West frontier doctor you’d later portray on TV in the 90s? 2. Are you a statistician and analyst who has made a whole bunch of election predictions (maybe 538 of them)? 3. Are you an implied acquaintance of the Hiphopopotamus ("…where did you get that preposterous hypothesis? Did [redacted] tell you that? What’s he got to do with it? What kind of rapping name is [redacted]?") ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/185 "2022-01-29T18:44:22Z")
**S** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name begins with S 5. American 6. Died after 1900 7. Died before 2000 8. Not known from the arts 9. Died after 1950 10. Kinda sorta political 11. White 12. Best known for a single incident 13. No famous spouse 14. Incident involved a crime 15. Not associated with NYC 16. Died before 1975 17. Not a victim of crime 18. Did not die as a result of a crime ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/186 "2022-01-29T18:45:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? > Were you his second? > Were you his SECSTATE? Another 3 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you a Bond girl in _Live and Let Die_ , a more passive role than the progressive-minded Old West frontier doctor you’d later portray on TV in the 90s? > 2. Are you a statistician and analyst who has made a whole bunch of election predictions (maybe 538 of them)? > 3. Are you an implied acquaintance of the Hiphopopotamus (“…where did you get that preposterous hypothesis? Did [redacted] tell you that? What’s he got to do with it? What kind of rapping name is [redacted]?”) Not Jane Seymour Not Nate Silver 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 29, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/187 "2022-01-29T19:32:37Z")
DQ: Policeman or other officer of the law? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/188 "2022-01-29T19:49:41Z")
**S** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name begins with S 5. American 6. Died after 1900 7. Died before 2000 8. Not known from the arts 9. Died after 1950 10. Kinda sorta political 11. White 12. Best known for a single incident 13. No famous spouse 14. Incident involved a crime 15. Not associated with NYC 16. Died before 1975 17. Not a victim of crime 18. Did not die as a result of a crime 19. Not a policeman or other officer of the law ---
**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, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/189 "2022-01-30T13:18:00Z")
IQs: 1. Did a virgin lighting a candle cause you to return? 2. Were you aka Ted Geisel? 3. Was your wife named Xanthippe? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/190 "2022-01-30T17:26:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > : > > 1. Did a virgin lighting a candle cause you to return? > 2. Were you aka Ted Geisel? > 3. Was your wife named Xanthippe? DQ Not Dr. Seuss DQ ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/191 "2022-01-30T17:30:33Z")
The outstanding DQs put us over 20, so no more IQs please. Please ask your earned DQs by 6:00 pm PST Monday 1/31 ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/192 "2022-01-30T17:43:52Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Jane Seymour > Not Nate Silver > DQ 3 (person mentioned by the Hiphopopotamus) was Steve. 1 DQ 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 30, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/193 "2022-01-30T18:07:36Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did a virgin lighting a candle cause you to return? > > > > > 1. Were you aka Ted Geisel? > > > 2. Was your wife named Xanthippe? > > DQ > Not Dr. Seuss > DQ #1. Any of the Sanderson Sisters from _Hocus Pocus_. #2 is correct. #3 was Socrates. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/194 "2022-01-30T19:13:36Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? - Simon Cameron Were you his second? - Edwin Stanton Were you his SECSTATE? - William Seward DQ: Crime was political in nature? Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/195 "2022-01-30T19:27:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Crime was political in nature? I’m going to say yes, in the sense that the crime was committed for political reasons. **S** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name begins with S 5. American 6. Died after 1900 7. Died before 2000 8. Not known from the arts 9. Died after 1950 10. Kinda sorta political 11. White 12. Best known for a single incident 13. No famous spouse 14. Incident involved a crime 15. Not associated with NYC 16. Died before 1975 17. Not a victim of crime 18. Did not die as a result of a crime 19. Not a policeman or other officer of the law 20. Crime was politically motivated ---
**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, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/196 "2022-01-30T19:37:28Z")
DQs: 1. Violent crime? 2. Crime occurred after 1960? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/197 "2022-01-30T22:37:04Z")
**S** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name begins with S 5. American 6. Died after 1900 7. Died before 2000 8. Not known from the arts 9. Died after 1950 10. Kinda sorta political 11. White 12. Best known for a single incident 13. No famous spouse 14. Incident involved a crime 15. Not associated with NYC 16. Died before 1975 17. Not a victim of crime 18. Did not die as a result of a crime 19. Not a policeman or other officer of the law 20. Crime was politically motivated 21. Not a violent crime 22. Crime occurred before 1960 ---
**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, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/198 "2022-01-31T14:32:14Z")
DQ: Crime occurred before 1941? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/199 "2022-01-31T17:13:31Z")
**S** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name begins with S 5. American 6. Died after 1900 7. Died before 2000 8. Not known from the arts 9. Died after 1950 10. Kinda sorta political 11. White 12. Best known for a single incident 13. No famous spouse 14. Incident involved a crime 15. Not associated with NYC 16. Died before 1975 17. Not a victim of crime 18. Did not die as a result of a crime 19. Not a policeman or other officer of the law 20. Crime was politically motivated 21. Not a violent crime 22. Crime occurred before 1960 23. Crime occurred before 1941 ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/200 "2022-02-01T00:05:35Z")
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