# Botticelli - July, 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768 "2014-07-10T14:38:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/441 "2014-08-01T02:29:39Z")
Romain de Tirtoff’s better known as the print artist Erte. DQ: Real? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/442 "2014-08-01T02:32:44Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a jazz great known as “Fatha”? 2. Did you play Ben Casey on TV? 3. Did you star as the love interest in _7 Faces of Dr. Lao_? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/443 "2014-08-01T02:37:29Z")
Congrats, **SCAdian**! How recursive (or is it meta?) to be an IQ in a game I’m playing! Previous IQs: Did you compare fake breasts with a colleague? - James West, in the movie _Wild Wild West_ Were you an advisor to and guardian of a young queen? - Ser Jorah Mormont, in _Game of Thrones_ Were you a fictional candidate for Parliament in 1970? - Jethro Q. Walrustitty, in the first contest shown here: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31FFTx6AKmU) On to E. IQs: Were you played by the same actor who had also played a transvestite and an evil agent? Did you and Gil-Galad die at around the same time? In a movie outtake, did you make a terrible stew? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/444 "2014-08-01T02:50:18Z")
IQ: Are you the namesake of a automotive flop? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/445 "2014-08-01T12:34:09Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Is one of your hits “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)”? > IQ2: Were you captured by the Mossad in Argentina and hanged for war crimes in 1962? > IQ3: Did you build a a case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) of California in 1993? > DQ. > Not Adolf Eichmann. > DQ. Duke Ellington, correct, Erin Brokovich DQ1: Male? DQ2: First name starts with E? IQ1: Are you an American war correspondent killed in action by Japanese gun fire on Iejima? IQ2: Are you a longtime news broadcaster for NBC, and the only journalist to interview Emperor Hirohito? IQ3: Are you the lead vocalist for “Boris the Spider”? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/446 "2014-08-01T13:32:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a jazz great known as “Fatha”? > 2. Did you play Ben Casey on TV? > 3. Did you star as the love interest in _7 Faces of Dr. Lao_? Three DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you played by the same actor who had also played a transvestite and an evil agent? > Did you and Gil-Galad die at around the same time? > In a movie outtake, did you make a terrible stew? DQ. Not Elendil. DQ. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you the namesake of a automotive flop? Not Edsel Ford. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an American war correspondent killed in action by Japanese gun fire on Iejima? > IQ2: Are you a longtime news broadcaster for NBC, and the only journalist to interview Emperor Hirohito? > IQ3: Are you the lead vocalist for “Boris the Spider”? Not Ernie Pyle. DQ. DQ. **E**. 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with E ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/447 "2014-08-01T13:38:24Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a jazz great known as “Fatha”? > 2. Did you play Ben Casey on TV? > 3. Did you star as the love interest in 7 Faces of Dr. Lao? Earl “Fatha” Hines, Vincent Edwards and Barbara Eden. DQs: 1. Alive? 2. Known for the Arts? 3. American? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/448 "2014-08-01T13:42:49Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Hoosier Schoolmaster_? 2. Were you the author of _Catoptrics_? 3. Did you write _Invisible Man_? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/449 "2014-08-01T14:45:06Z")
IQ: Were you a long-time Tigers broadcaster? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/450 "2014-08-01T15:10:53Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an American war correspondent killed in action by Japanese gun fire on Iejima? > IQ2: Are you a longtime news broadcaster for NBC, and the only journalist to interview Emperor Hirohito? > IQ3: Are you the lead vocalist for “Boris the Spider”? > > Not Ernie Pyle. > DQ. > DQ. correct, Edwin Newman, John Entwhistle of The Who holding 2 DQs IQ1: Are you a longtime CBS journalist who was shot down behind enemy lines in Burma and rescued? IQ2: Are you a longtime CBS journalist who produced a series of TV news reports that helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy? IQ3: Did you sing about learning your father was actually your stepfather, and that your real father had recently died? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/451 "2014-08-01T19:56:20Z")
Previous IQs: Were you played by the same actor who had also played a transvestite and an evil agent? - Elrond, played by Hugo Weaving in _LOTR_ and _The Hobbit_, who was also in _Priscilla, Queen of the Desert_ and _The Matrix_ Did you and Gil-Galad die at around the same time? - Yes, Elendil, slain by Sauron In a movie outtake, did you make a terrible stew? - Eowyn: [LOTR Extended Edition - Aragorn's age - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShqgOuWUuwA) DQs: Born since 1950? One DQ reserved. IQs: Does a statue of you stand outside the county courthouse in Steubenville, Ohio? Are you the best-known lawyer to be born in East Cleveland, Ohio? Was Scott Simon once gaga for the actress who played you? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/452 "2014-08-02T04:32:38Z")
Well, y’all _almost_ scored a perfect round: > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Hoosier Schoolmaster_? > 2. Were you the author of _Catoptrics_? > 3. Did you write _Invisible Man_? > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you a long-time Tigers broadcaster? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a longtime CBS journalist who was shot down behind enemy lines in Burma and rescued? > IQ2: Are you a longtime CBS journalist who produced a series of TV news reports that helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy? > IQ3: Did you sing about learning your father was actually your stepfather, and that your real father had recently died? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Does a statue of you stand outside the county courthouse in Steubenville, Ohio? > Are you the best-known lawyer to be born in East Cleveland, Ohio? > Was Scott Simon once gaga for the actress who played you? Not Edward R Murrow (KO’s IQ2). Other than that, DQs. **E**. 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with E 4. Dead 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Not American 7. Not born since 1950 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/453 "2014-08-02T04:41:03Z")
That’s Ernie Harwell. Born after 1900? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/454 "2014-08-02T05:34:39Z")
**E**. 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with E 4. Dead 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Not American 7. Not born since 1950 8. Born after 1900 ---
**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:** [August 2, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/455 "2014-08-02T13:12:45Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write The Hoosier Schoolmaster? > 2. Were you the author of Catoptrics? > 3. Did you write Invisible Man? #1 was Edward Eggleston. #2 was Euclid. #3 was Ralph Ellison. DQs: 1. Known for politics/military? 2. European? 3. Died after 2000? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/456 "2014-08-02T15:37:19Z")
IQ: Are you better known as “Jimmy”? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/457 "2014-08-02T15:41:29Z")
IQs: 1. Were you one of Edgar Bergen’s puppets? 2. Were you a Ghostbuster? 3. Were you a Beverly Hillbilly? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/458 "2014-08-02T15:55:20Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a longtime CBS journalist who was shot down behind enemy lines in Burma and rescued? > IQ2: Are you a longtime CBS journalist who produced a series of TV news reports that helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy? > IQ3: Did you sing about learning your father was actually your stepfather, and that your real father had recently died? > > Not Edward R Murrow Eric Sevareid, correct, Eddie Vedder holding 2 DQs IQ1: Did you abdicate the UK throne in 1936? IQ2: Were you the UK Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974? IQ3: Did you paint _The Luncheon on the Grass_? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/459 "2014-08-02T16:07:16Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you better known as “Jimmy”? DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you one of Edgar Bergen’s puppets? > 2. Were you a Ghostbuster? > 3. Were you a Beverly Hillbilly? DQ. DQ. (Can’t stand Bill Murray, and normally avoid his films.) Not Ellie May Clampett. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you abdicate the UK throne in 1936? > IQ2: Were you the UK Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974? > IQ3: Did you paint _The Luncheon on the Grass_? Not Edward VIII. DQ. Not Edouard Manet. **E**. 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with E 4. Dead 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Not American 7. Not born since 1950 8. Born after 1900 9. Not known for politics/military (though I did serve in the military) 10. Not European 11. Died after 2000 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/460 "2014-08-02T16:40:48Z")
That’s Einar Gustafson. (He was the “Jimmy” of Jimmy Fund fame) DQ: Asian? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=24)