# 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:** 6
**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, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/101 "2024-01-12T17:29:11Z")
It’s the last name that counts, so no, I don’t think you get the two other DQs. But I’m willing to be outvoted. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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? Not Uzziah, Ulysses S. Grant (love that line!) or Ungoliant. ---
**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, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/102 "2024-01-12T17:30:01Z")
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 18. not really known for science No more IQs, please. Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST tomorrow. ---
**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, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/103 "2024-01-12T17:32:57Z")
Correct on all! You swept me. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/104 "2024-01-12T18:12:33Z")
My last DQ: known as an inventor? ---
**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 12, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/105 "2024-01-12T18:41:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct on all! You swept me. When I saw your IQs, I thought, “Dude. You’re asking **EH** about the Civil War and _Lord of the Rings_? You’re pitching right into his wheelhouse.” ---
**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, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/106 "2024-01-12T18:46:23Z")
Yeah, but I thought I’d stump him with Uzziah. ---
**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, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/107 "2024-01-12T19:52:51Z")
Heh. I remember an Episcopal priest once talking about King Uzziah. For some reason it stuck. 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 18. not really known for science 19. known as an inventor ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/108 "2024-01-12T20:03:51Z")
I got lucky with Emory Upton… I think it helped there were two assaults on the Mule Shoe at Spotsylvania. And remembering the last name of the GOC of the British 1st Airborne at Market-Garden is another impressive feat. Q on rules: If I have a guess at this point, is there a way to make it, or should I wait until the last DQs have been played? ---
**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, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/109 "2024-01-12T21:27:20Z")
I’d heard of Upton, of course, and have even walked that hallowed ground at Spotsylvania, but his name just didn’t come to mind. You can go ahead and guess now, if you wish. That will be your only “Are you Firstname Lastname?” guess, though. One per customer! ---
**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, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/110 "2024-01-13T21:06:18Z")
I’m drawing a blank. ---
**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 13, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/111 "2024-01-13T21:14:29Z")
Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/112 "2024-01-13T21:15:36Z")
Are you Uzier “Uzi” Gal, firearms designer? ---
**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 15, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/113 "2024-01-15T15:33:14Z")
Dingdingding! I am indeed # Uziel Gal Designer of the famous Uzi machine gun (which he didn’t even want to have named after him). For more: [Uziel Gal - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uziel_Gal) Well done, **SunUp**! ---
**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 15, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/114 "2024-01-15T16:39:32Z")
Great job, **Sunup!** I’m not big on guns and didn’t know him at all. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/115 "2024-01-15T19:35:20Z")
Good going! Now that I see the name it’s vaguely familiar. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/116 "2024-01-16T00:04:53Z")
The only way I twigged to him was that I had a former professor who _almost_ qualified for most of the questions - and he had a first name very close to “Uzi”, and was sometimes called that - his classes were very challenging. So, as to rules, I get to pick a semicelebrity this time? May have to wait till tomorrow… ---
**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 16, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/117 "2024-01-16T16:20:34Z")
Yep, it’s your turn to host. Here’s a link to our “rules” section: [Botticelli General Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-general-questions/844223). ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/118 "2024-01-17T06:38:21Z")
Thanks for the link! Cleared up some questions I had thought of while playing. I am… # **L!** ---
**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 17, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/119 "2024-01-17T15:29:53Z")
Congratulations, @SunUp ! Good guess, I’d have never gotten that one. IQs: 1. Are you an artist in whose honor biologists named a species of biting louse? 2. Did you pitch the only perfect game in a World Series? 3. Were you a warrior of the Sevateem and companion of the Fourth Doctor, famous for your leather bikini? ---
**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 17, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/120 "2024-01-17T17:37:10Z")
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