# 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:** 7
**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 21, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/121 "2022-01-21T04:53:42Z")
The first was Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones. Hendrix choked on his own vomit. (presumably, you can’t really dust for vomit) Correct on the other two. 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 21, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/122 "2022-01-21T13:34:38Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Alive ---
**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 21, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/123 "2022-01-21T20:19:01Z")
Previous IQs: Were you one of Lincoln’s senior aides, who lived in the White House? - Yes, John Hay, later SECSTATE for McKinley and T.R. Were you the other? - John Nicolay Was Dave Barry scornful of your attempt, through a flunky, to cut in line at a ski resort? - John Kerry John x3! DQs: American? Born since 1950? IQs: Did you own the _Victura_? Did you put Cindy Crawford on the cover of the first issue of your new magazine? Did you say, “In the long run, we’re all dead”? ---
**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 21, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/124 "2022-01-21T23:16:20Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Alive 5. American 6. Born after 1950 ---
**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 21, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/125 "2022-01-21T23:16:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you own the _Victura_ ? > Did you put Cindy Crawford on the cover of the first issue of your new magazine? > Did you say, “In the long run, we’re all dead”? Take 3 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 22, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/126 "2022-01-22T16:00:25Z")
John F. Kennedy (it was his small sailboat), JFK Jr. (on the cover of _George_) and British economist John Maynard Keynes. John x3! DQs: Born after 1975? Political/military? White? IQs: Were you Caractacus Potts’s son? Were you his daughter? Did you recently ask fans not to discuss your weight? ---
**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 22, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/127 "2022-01-22T16:09:35Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Alive 5. American 6. Born after 1950 7. Born before 1975 8. Not Political/military 9. White ---
**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 22, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/128 "2022-01-22T16:10:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Caractacus Potts’s son? > Were you his daughter? > Did you recently ask fans not to discuss your weight? I am not Jeremy or Jemima. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 23, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/129 "2022-01-23T20:42:43Z")
Correct, correct, and Jonah Hill. DQ: Best known for the Arts? IQs: Did a movie critic suggest that Sharon Stone should, as a job description, simply refer to you? Did you learn how to Tune and thus defeat the Strangers? Will you someday be born in Riverside, Iowa, by some accounts? ---
**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 23, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/130 "2022-01-23T21:43:46Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:127, topic:957178, full:true”] # DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Alive 5. American 6. Born after 1950 7. Born before 1975 8. Not Political/military 9. White 10. Not 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 23, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/131 "2022-01-23T21:44:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did a movie critic suggest that Sharon Stone should, as a job description, simply refer to you? > Did you learn how to Tune and thus defeat the Strangers? > Will you someday be born in Riverside, Iowa, by some accounts? #3. I am not James T. Kirk. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 24, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/132 "2022-01-24T19:09:23Z")
IQ1: Did a White House recording capture you requesting Haggar slacks with enough room around the bunghole to let your nuts hang? IQ2: Do you own the Dallas Cowboys? IQ3: Have you played bass with the Rolling Stones since 1993, despite never being made an official member of the band? ---
**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 24, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/133 "2022-01-24T19:57:54Z")
Previous IQs: Did a movie critic suggest that Sharon Stone should, as a job description, simply refer to you? - Jezebel Did you learn how to Tune and thus defeat the Strangers? - John Murdoch, in _Dark City_ Will you someday be born in Riverside, Iowa, by some accounts? - Yes, James T. Kirk DQs: Best known for business/entrepreneurship? Famous spouse? IQs: Were you relieved of command when you couldn’t offer persuasive assurances that you wouldn’t surrender Atlanta in 1864? Did you replace him? Did you relieve the first and appoint the second above? ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/134 "2022-01-24T22:14:53Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Alive 5. American 6. Born after 1950 7. Born before 1975 8. Not Political/military 9. White 10. Not known for the Arts 11. Not best known for business/entepreneurship 12. Famous spouse, but not as famous as he is ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/135 "2022-01-24T22:16:00Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did a White House recording capture you requesting Haggar slacks with enough room around the bunghole to let your nuts hang? > IQ2: Do you own the Dallas Cowboys? > IQ3: Have you played bass with the Rolling Stones since 1993, despite never being made an official member of the band? #1. I am not Lyndon B. Johnson (??? It sounds like him.) Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you relieved of command when you couldn’t offer persuasive assurances that you wouldn’t surrender Atlanta in 1864? > Did you replace him? > Did you relieve the first and appoint the second above? #3. I am not Jefferson Davis (??) Take at least 2 DQs. ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/136 "2022-01-24T22:29:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did a White House recording capture you requesting Haggar slacks with enough room around the bunghole to let your nuts hang? > > > IQ2: Do you own the Dallas Cowboys? > > > IQ3: Have you played bass with the Rolling Stones since 1993, despite never being made an official member of the band? > > #1. I am not Lyndon B. Johnson (??? It sounds like him.) > Take 2 DQs. Correct on LBJ - my paraphrase does not do justice to the original audio, especially his mid-sentence belch. Jerry Jones Darryl Jones DQ: Known for athletics? Holding one 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 25, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/137 "2022-01-25T02:31:43Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Alive 5. American 6. Born after 1950 7. Born before 1975 8. Not Political/military 9. White 10. Not known for the Arts 11. Not best known for business/entepreneurship 12. Famous spouse, but not as famous as he is 13. Known for athletics/sports ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/138 "2022-01-25T04:57:52Z")
Held DQ: Known for a team sport? (Football,baseball,basketball etc. as opposed to an individual sport such as golf, tennis, track) ---
**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, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/139 "2022-01-25T14:48:44Z")
Previous IQs: Were you relieved of command when you couldn’t offer persuasive assurances that you wouldn’t surrender Atlanta in 1864? - Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston Did you replace him? - Gen. John Bell Hood Did you relieve the first and appoint the second above? - Yes, President Jefferson Davis DQs: Olympic athlete? Best known for a sport involving a ball? IQs: A South Carolinian, were you Truman’s first SECSTATE? Did you muse that you were, at the moment, nothing, but that you could be everything? Did you command the Royal Navy’s fleet at Jutland? ---
**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, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/140 "2022-01-25T18:19:31Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:137, topic:957178, full:true”] # DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Alive 5. American 6. Born after 1950 7. Born before 1975 8. Not Political/military 9. White 10. Not known for the Arts 11. Not best known for business/entepreneurship 12. Famous spouse, but not as famous as he is 13. Known for athletics/sports 14. Known for a team sport 15. Known for a sport involving a ball 16. Not an Olympic athlete [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178.md?page=8)