# 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:** 8
**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 18, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/141 "2024-01-18T16:45:39Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > Swept me! I was going for a themed set of questions, but I couldn’t think of a third Larson. > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a brilliant and innovative guitarist, but better known as the creator of the first solid-body electric guitar? > > > > 2. Were you a five-time winner of the “Buckeye Newshawk Award”, as well as the prestigious “Silver Sow Award” (for excellence in hog husbandry reporting)? > > > > 3. Did you have a hit song about female masturbation on your first album? > > I am not Les Paul, nor Les Nessman, nor Cindy Lauper Swept me again! Gonna have to up my game. IQs: 1. Were you a French gentleman thief and master of disguise? 2. Were you a New York mafioso who supposedly earned his nickname by surviving “being taken for a ride”? 3. According to one version of the story, did you say “I fear the Greeks, even when they bear gifts”? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/142 "2024-01-18T17:00:12Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you go on the run with the man who raped you? > > IQ2: Were you that man? > > IQ3: Did you play a nurse on a long-running show? > > I am not Laura Spencer nee Collins, nor Luke Spencer, and dunno. correct correct Loretta Swit (_MASH_) DQ: Known for the Arts (culinary, performing, &c, but not including martial arts)? IQ1: Was your closest associate a hyena? IQ2: Did you command the Cavalry Division in the Crimea? IQ3: Were most of your coworkers known by numbers? ---
**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 18, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/143 "2024-01-18T20:09:25Z")
Previous IQs: Did you like to read at home with your shoes off, to let your feet “breathe”? - Abraham Lincoln Were you that person’s spouse, who was annoyed by the habit? - Mary Todd Lincoln Were you their eldest child? - Robert Todd Lincoln Lincoln x3! DQs: Best known for the Arts? Died since 1950? Originally European? IQs: Were you a Confederate general nearly disemboweled by a cannon shot? Were you the protagonist of a movie, the title of which Sarah Silverman joked about? Were you the Emperor of Humanity in _The Mote in God’s Eye_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/144 "2024-01-19T03:03:44Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. Were you a French gentleman thief and master of disguise? > 2. Were you a New York mafioso who supposedly earned his nickname by surviving “being taken for a ride”? > 3. According to one version of the story, did you say “I fear the Greeks, even when they bear gifts”? I am not Le Chiffre, dunno, and I am not Laocoon. (Touche’! I think I just got swept…) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/145 "2024-01-19T03:12:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your closest associate a hyena? > IQ2: Did you command the Cavalry Division in the Crimea? > IQ3: Were most of your coworkers known by numbers? Swept me. Take 3 more DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/146 "2024-01-19T03:24:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Lincoln x3! That was a bold move, Cotton, and it payed off for you. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a Confederate general nearly disemboweled by a cannon shot? > Were you the protagonist of a movie, the title of which Sarah Silverman joked about? > Were you the Emperor of Humanity in _The Mote in God’s Eye_? I am not Leonidas Polk, dunno, and I am not Leonidas. Take at least one DQ. L. 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with L 5. (ETA: Naturalized) American 6. Known for the arts 7. Died before 1950 8. Originally European **Elendil\_s\_Heir** ’s first DQ was a duplicate, so they have one more. Total of 10 DQs pending, if my math is right. Whew! Either everyone’s questions got tougher, or I’m really tired. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/147 "2024-01-19T03:25:26Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Was your closest associate a hyena? > > IQ2: Did you command the Cavalry Division in the Crimea? > > IQ3: Were most of your coworkers known by numbers? > > Swept me. Take 3 more DQs. Lippy the Lion (and Hardy Har Har – Saturday morning kids’ TV) Lord Lucan Larrabee (his best-known coworkers being 86 and 99) Three DQs reserved… IQ1: Were you named after a Beatles song? IQ2: Did you create the Vitruvian Man? IQ3: Did your associates include Tubby and Iggy? \ > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Best known for the Arts? I already asked that. ---
**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 19, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/148 "2024-01-19T05:23:43Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 1. Were you a French gentleman thief and master of disguise? > > 2. Were you a New York mafioso who supposedly earned his nickname by surviving “being taken for a ride”? > > 3. According to one version of the story, did you say “I fear the Greeks, even when they bear gifts”? > > I am not Le Chiffre, dunno, and I am not Laocoon. > > (Touche’! I think I just got swept…) Not quite; you were correct on 3. 1 was Arsène Lupin and 2 was Salvatore “Lucky” Luciano. DQs: 1. Known for the performing arts? 2. Originally British? IQs: 1. Did you write _Trinity_ and _Exodus_? 2. Are you the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, despite your definitely non-Irish name? 3. Were you a Christian bishop, legendarily martyred by roasting on a grill, who was said to have told his torturers to turn him, as he was done on that side? ---
**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 19, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/149 "2024-01-19T13:12:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did Janet Weiss ask God to bless you in _Rocky Horror Picture Show_? 2. Did Madeline Kahn play you in _Blazing Saddles_? 3. Were you an actor who also studied under Sigmund Freud? ---
**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 19, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/150 "2024-01-19T15:04:03Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a Confederate general nearly disemboweled by a cannon shot? - Yes, Leonidas Polk Were you the protagonist of a movie, the title of which Sarah Silverman joked about? - Leonidas, King of Sparta, in _300_. She said the title was the answer to the question, “On a scale of 1 to 10, just how homoerotic is it?” Were you the Emperor of Humanity in _The Mote in God’s Eye_? - Yes, a much later but just as royal Leonidas Leonidas x3! Sorry I’d overlooked the Arts question. Two DQs reserved. IQs: Did you develop the first _Battlestar Galactica_? Were you a British lord who had a fort in Pennsylvania named after him? Were you a homespun Vermonter who had two brothers with the same name? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/151 "2024-01-19T20:46:54Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you named after a Beatles song? > IQ2: Did you create the Vitruvian Man? > IQ3: Did your associates include Tubby and Iggy? I am not Penny Lane, I am not Leonardo da Vinci, and I am not La La the Teletubbiie. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/152 "2024-01-19T20:48:31Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Trinity_ and _Exodus_? > 2. Are you the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, despite your definitely non-Irish name? > 3. Were you a Christian bishop, legendarily martyred by roasting on a grill, who was said to have told his torturers to turn him, as he was done on that side? I am not Leon Uris, I am not Leo Varadkar, and I am not Saint Lucian. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/153 "2024-01-19T20:54:35Z")
L. 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with L 5. (ETA: Naturalized) American 6. Known for the arts 7. Died before 1950 8. Originally European 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Originally British ---
**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 19, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/154 "2024-01-19T21:04:09Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you write _Trinity_ and _Exodus_? > > 2. Are you the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, despite your definitely non-Irish name? > > 3. Were you a Christian bishop, legendarily martyred by roasting on a grill, who was said to have told his torturers to turn him, as he was done on that side? > > I am not Leon Uris, I am not Leo Varadkar, and I am not Saint Lucian. _Almost_ swept me - 3 was Saint Lawrence. DQ: Most famous for one particular role? IQs: 1. Were you a comic actor who developed a callous on one check, from all the times your partner slapped you? 2. Were you a Belgian priest who conceived the idea of the Big Bang? 3. Did you star in a 1939 movie where you held up a turnip and declaimed, “As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again!”? ---
**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 19, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/155 "2024-01-19T21:09:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Janet Weiss ask God to bless you in _Rocky Horror Picture Show_? > 2. Did Madeline Kahn play you in _Blazing Saddles_? > 3. Were you an actor who also studied under Sigmund Freud? I think you missed my post. It happens to everyone. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/156 "2024-01-19T21:11:21Z")
Sorry, **Prof** , just thought I’d take a break and answer a few DQs. Be back after I walk the dog… ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/157 "2024-01-19T23:43:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did Janet Weiss ask God to bless you in _Rocky Horror Picture Show_? > - Did Madeline Kahn play you in _Blazing Saddles_? > - Were you an actor who also studied under Sigmund Freud? No idea, I am not Lilly von Schtupp and no idea. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you develop the first _Battlestar Galactica_? > Were you a British lord who had a fort in Pennsylvania named after him? > Were you a homespun Vermonter who had two brothers with the same name? I am not Glen Larson, don’t know, and I am not Larry the brother of Darryl and Darryl from _Newhart_. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/158 "2024-01-19T23:45:59Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a comic actor who developed a callous on one check, from all the times your partner slapped you? > 2. Were you a Belgian priest who conceived the idea of the Big Bang? > 3. Did you star in a 1939 movie where you held up a turnip and declaimed, “As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again!”? I am not Larry Fine, I am not Georges LeMaitre, and I am not Vivien Leigh. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/159 "2024-01-19T23:47:48Z")
L. 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with L 5. (ETA: Naturalized) American 6. Known for the arts 7. Died before 1950 8. Originally European 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Originally British 11. Not best known for one particular role ---
**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 20, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/160 "2024-01-20T16:32:15Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did Janet Weiss ask God to bless you in _Rocky Horror Picture Show_? > > - Did Madeline Kahn play you in _Blazing Saddles_? > > - Were you an actor who also studied under Sigmund Freud? > > No idea, I am not Lilly von Schtupp and no idea. #1 was lingerie designer Lily St. Cyr. #2 is correct. #3 was Peter Lorre. DQs: 1. Died before 1920? 2. Actress? IQs: 1. Were you known as “the Jersey Lily”? 2. Did you hit the Road with Bing and Bob? 3. Did you play the love interest in _Zorro the Gay Blade_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514.md?page=9)