# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/141 "2014-07-21T00:02:26Z")
Not: Vladimir Lenin Valentina Tershenko (know I messed last name, but I know who you meant) St Valentine ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/142 "2014-07-21T00:04:41Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > 1.Real > 2.Male > 3.1st initial “V” > 4.Not American > 5.Dead > 6.European > 7.Dead before 1700 More DQ information ---
**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:** [July 21, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/143 "2014-07-21T00:20:30Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Lenny Bruce’s wife in the movie _Lenny_? 2. Were you one of Batman’s girlfriends? 3. Did you conceive of the chronosynclastic infundibulum? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/144 "2014-07-21T00:35:16Z")
Prof 3 DQs. #3 broke my brain. 😃 ---
**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:** [July 21, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/145 "2014-07-21T01:56:38Z")
Late to the party… good job, **etv78**! Previous IQs: Did you give your horse a top government post? - Yes, Caligula named his horse a consul of Rome Did you write a book about your experiences playing Richard III? - British actor Simon Callow Did you fund the expedition that found the Confederate submarine _Hunley_? - Yes, Clive Cussler V, eh? Was one of your pals nicknamed “Stinky”? Were you a correspondent of Catherine the Great’s? Are you the spymaster of King’s Landing? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/146 "2014-07-21T02:05:55Z")
EH: 3 DQs ---
**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:** [July 21, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/147 "2014-07-21T02:36:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Lenny Bruce’s wife in the movie _Lenny_? > 2. Were you one of Batman’s girlfriends? > 3. Did you conceive of the chronosynclastic infundibulum? #1 was Valerie Perrine. #2 was Vicki Vale. #3 is from the SF novel _The Sirens of Titan_ by Kurt Vonnegut. DQs: 1. Died before 1400? 2. From Northern Europe (what is now Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Scandinavia)? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/148 "2014-07-21T03:27:49Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > 1.Real > 2.Male > 3.1st initial “V” > 4.Not American > 5.Died before 1700 > 6.European > 7.Died after 1400 > 8.Not Northern European More DQ information ---
**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:** [July 21, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/149 "2014-07-21T03:52:30Z")
DQ: known for the creative arts? ---
**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:** [July 21, 2014, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/150 "2014-07-21T11:10:12Z")
IQ1: Were you the first European to reach India by sea? IQ2: Are you the nom de plume for François-Marie Arouet? IQ3: Are you the author of _Les Miserables_? ---
**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:** [July 21, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/151 "2014-07-21T14:25:15Z")
IQs: 1. Are you considered to be the major inspiration for Dracula? 2. Were you the 8th U.S. President? 3. Are you part of a famed team of mystery solvers? ---
**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:** [July 21, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/152 "2014-07-21T15:02:04Z")
Previous IQs: Was one of your pals nicknamed “Stinky”? - Valentine Michael Smith, in Heinlein’s _Stranger in a Strange Land_. “Stinky” Mahmoud was an Earth scientist on an expedition to Mars.\* Were you a correspondent of Catherine the Great’s? - The French philosopher Voltaire. Are you the spymaster of King’s Landing? - Varys, in _Game of Thrones_. DQs: Born in or east of Vienna? Royalty? IQs: Were you the first white child born in what is now North Carolina? Did you kill your dad and later return to his tomb for a clandestine ceremony? Did your dad tell you to trust a particular newspaper? - ETA: Ooops, I see **Prof. P**. already asked about Smith. Never mind! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/153 "2014-07-21T16:19:26Z")
Very nice Knowed! I am Vasco de Gama!! ---
**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:** [July 21, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/154 "2014-07-21T17:20:19Z")
Goody! Thanks **etv78**. Today’s mystery guest is brought to you by the letter [COLOR=“Red”]J[/COLOR]. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/155 "2014-07-21T17:37:43Z")
IQ: Were you fixed up with your current beau with the help of the A-rod people like? ---
**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:** [July 21, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/156 "2014-07-21T18:43:56Z")
Good job, Knowed Out! IQs: 1. Did you “lead the charge that brought us safe to the rear”? 2. Did you write _Born Free_? 3. Did you star in _My Mother The Car_? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/157 "2014-07-21T18:47:17Z")
IQ1: Are you the pride of the “Small Town” of Seymour, Indiana? IQ2: Were you once married to an “Uptown Girl”? ---
**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:** [July 21, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/158 "2014-07-21T19:14:12Z")
Way to go, **Knowed**! Previous IQs: Were you the first white child born in what is now North Carolina? - Virginia Dare of the Lost Colony Did you kill your dad and later return to his tomb for a clandestine ceremony? - Lord Voldemort Did your dad tell you to trust a particular newspaper? - Virginia of “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” fame On to J… IQs: Were you once a lover of Inga Arvad? Was your pal and aide Clyde Tolson? Were you a very good amphibious friend? ---
**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:** [July 21, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/159 "2014-07-21T19:49:43Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you fixed up with your current beau with the help of the A-rod people like? I have no idea. Take a DQ. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/160 "2014-07-21T19:50:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Good job, Knowed Out! > > IQs: > > 1. Did you “lead the charge that brought us safe to the rear”? > 2. Did you write _Born Free_? > 3. Did you star in _My Mother The Car_? 1. Dunno 2. Dunno 3. Not Jerry Van Dyke [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=9)