# Botticelli - January 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 2, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514 "2024-01-02T20:22:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 9, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/81 "2024-01-09T16:08:54Z")
U. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with U 4. dead 5. died after 1950 6. died after 1985 7. naturalized American 8. not known for the arts 9. not known for politics 10. not known for sports ---
**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 9, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/82 "2024-01-09T16:09:50Z")
DQ: Died after 2010? ---
**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 9, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/83 "2024-01-09T16:13:09Z")
U. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with U 4. dead 5. died after 1950 6. died after 1985 7. naturalized American 8. not known for the arts 9. not known for politics 10. not known for sports 11. died before 2010 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/84 "2024-01-09T18:32:53Z")
DQ: Known for business? ---
**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 9, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/85 "2024-01-09T18:35:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did Peter Dinklage play your archenemy in a live-action/CGI dreadful superhero movie? 2. Were you Time’s 1984 Man of the Year? 3. Were you the Norse god of Winter? ---
**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 10, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/86 "2024-01-10T22:10:47Z")
Dunno, not Peter Ueberroth and not Urist. U. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with U 4. dead 5. died after 1950 6. died after 1985 7. naturalized American 8. not known for the arts 9. not known for politics 10. not known for sports 11. died before 2010 12. not really known for business ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/87 "2024-01-11T02:05:04Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play center for the NBA-title-winning 1978 Washington Bullets? 2. Are you a former head of the Iraqi Football Association? 3. Did Robert A. Heinlein support your candidacy for governor of California in 1934? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/88 "2024-01-11T04:45:21Z")
1. Were you The Secretary of the Interior from 1961 to 1969? 2. Were you his brother, who was a US Representative for Arizona? 3. Is your name forever linked to Andreas Baader? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/89 "2024-01-11T15:42:17Z")
IQs: 1. Did your variety show feature animated shorts about a family with a bratty, sarcastic son named Bart? 2. Were you an English socialite, committed fascist and Nazi, and close friend of Adolf Hitler? 3. Were you warned by the god Enki that a great flood was coming, and told to build a huge boat, to rescue plant and animal life from destruction, in what Bible scholars consider the source of the Noah story? ---
**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, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/90 "2024-01-11T17:35:02Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play center for the NBA-title-winning 1978 Washington Bullets? > 2. Are you a former head of the Iraqi Football Association? > 3. Did Robert A. Heinlein support your candidacy for governor of California in 1934? Dunno, not Udai Hussein and dunno. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you The Secretary of the Interior from 1961 to 1969? > 2. Were you his brother, who was a US Representative for Arizona? > 3. Is your name forever linked to Andreas Baader? I am neither of the Udalls; dunno. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your variety show feature animated shorts about a family with a bratty, sarcastic son named Bart? > > 2. Were you an English socialite, committed fascist and Nazi, and close friend of Adolf Hitler? > > 3. Were you warned by the god Enki that a great flood was coming, and told to build a huge boat, to rescue plant and animal life from destruction, in what Bible scholars consider the source of the Noah story? Dunno x3. ---
**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, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/91 "2024-01-11T17:50:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Peter Dinklage play your archenemy in a live-action/CGI dreadful superhero movie? > 2. Were you Time’s 1984 Man of the Year? > 3. Were you the Norse god of Winter? #1 was Underdog. #2 correct on Peter Ueberroth. #3 was Uller. DQ: Known from television? 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 11, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/92 "2024-01-11T17:52:04Z")
U. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with U 4. dead 5. died after 1950 6. died after 1985 7. naturalized American 8. not known for the arts 9. not known for politics 10. not known for sports 11. died before 2010 12. not really known for business 13. not known from television ---
**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, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/93 "2024-01-11T17:52:42Z")
DQ: Known for illegal activity? ---
**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, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/94 "2024-01-11T18:01:45Z")
U. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with U 4. dead 5. died after 1950 6. died after 1985 7. naturalized American 8. not known for the arts 9. not known for politics 10. not known for sports 11. died before 2010 12. not really known for business 13. not known from television 14. not known for illegal activity ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/95 "2024-01-11T18:07:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did your variety show feature animated shorts about a family with a bratty, sarcastic son named Bart? > > 2. Were you an English socialite, committed fascist and Nazi, and close friend of Adolf Hitler? > > 3. Were you warned by the god Enki that a great flood was coming, and told to build a huge boat, to rescue plant and animal life from destruction, in what Bible scholars consider the source of the Noah story? > > Dunno x3 1 was Tracy Ullman, on whose variety show the Simpson debuted. 2 was Unity Mitford, sister to the novelist and committed communist Jessica Mitford. 3 was Utnapishtim. DQs: 1. Last name starts _A - M_? 2. Famous in connection to a crime? 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 11, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/96 "2024-01-11T18:36:37Z")
U. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with U 4. dead 5. died after 1950 6. died after 1985 7. naturalized American 8. not known for the arts 9. not known for politics 10. not known for sports 11. died before 2010 12. not really known for business 13. not known from television 14. not known for illegal activity 15. last name starts _A-M_ 16. not famous in connection to a crime ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/97 "2024-01-11T18:53:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play center for the NBA-title-winning 1978 Washington Bullets? > > 2. Are you a former head of the Iraqi Football Association? > > 3. Did Robert A. Heinlein support your candidacy for governor of California in 1934? > > Dunno, not Udai Hussein and dunno. Wes Unseld, correct and Upton Sinclair. DQ1: Known for technology? 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 11, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/98 "2024-01-11T19:01:23Z")
U. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with U 4. dead 5. died after 1950 6. died after 1985 7. naturalized American 8. not known for the arts 9. not known for politics 10. not known for sports 11. died before 2010 12. not really known for business 13. not known from television 14. not known for illegal activity 15. last name starts _A-M_ 16. not famous in connection to a crime 17. known, in a way, for technology ---
**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, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/99 "2024-01-11T19:31:56Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a king of Judah who reigned over 50 years? 2. Did you say you knew two songs, once of which was Yankee Doodle, and the other wasn’t? 3. Are you a monstrous spider-thing in LOTR? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/100 "2024-01-12T02:52:36Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you The Secretary of the Interior from 1961 to 1969? > 2. Were you his brother, who was a US Representative for Arizona? > 3. Is your name forever linked to Andreas Baader? Stewart Udall, Morris Udall, Ulrike Meinhof. DQs: Known for science? I am not sure if I get the other 2 DQs as you did realize that they are Udalls. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514.md?page=6)