# Botticelli - July 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 4, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270 "2015-07-04T20:37:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 16, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/181 "2015-07-16T00:09:51Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. First names starts with V 5. European 6. Not known for the Arts 7. British 8. Not known for royalty, nor politics ---
**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 16, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/182 "2015-07-16T00:10:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Kaiser Wilhelm’s mother? > IQ2: Were you a Titanic survivor who later survived the sinking of a British hospital ship? > IQ3: Were you one of four women to receive a direct award of the George Cross? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/183 "2015-07-16T01:37:53Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Kaiser Wilhelm’s mother? > IQ2: Were you a Titanic survivor who later survived the sinking of a British hospital ship? > IQ3: Were you one of four women to receive a direct award of the George Cross? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. Princess Victoria, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria. Violet Jessop. Violette Szabo GC. Three DQs 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:** [July 16, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/184 "2015-07-16T04:36:13Z")
Is DQ answer #4 purposefully plural? Previous IQs: Did Kim Basinger play you in the first Michael Keaton _Batman_ movie? - Yes, Vikki Vale. Were you CINC of one side at the time of the Masada incident? - Vespasian, Roman emperor at the time. Did an actor and his nephew play you at different ages? - Voldemort, played by both Ralph Fiennes and his nephew (in the orphanage scene). DQs: Died since 1900? Considered a beauty? IQs: Did you get an aircraft carrier named after you despite not being a President or admiral? Were you a longtime sportscaster? Were you Theo’s skilled brother? ---
**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 16, 2015, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/185 "2015-07-16T12:55:58Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. First name starts with V 5. European 6. Not known for the Arts 7. British 8. Not known for royalty, nor politics 9. Died since 1900 10. Not considered a beauty _Note: Fixed typo in #4._ ---
**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 16, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/186 "2015-07-16T12:57:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you get an aircraft carrier named after you despite not being a President or admiral? > Were you a longtime sportscaster? > Were you Theo’s skilled brother? I am not Vincent van Gogh. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/187 "2015-07-16T13:31:39Z")
DQ: Known for science? ---
**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:** [July 16, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/188 "2015-07-16T13:36:48Z")
DQ2: 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:** [July 16, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/189 "2015-07-16T14:59:53Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. First name starts with V 5. European 6. Not known for the Arts 7. British 8. Not known for royalty, nor politics 9. Died since 1900 10. Not considered a beauty 11. Known for science (though not a scientist) 12. Born after 1900 ---
**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 16, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/190 "2015-07-16T16:00:19Z")
IQ1: In 1910, did you and five other people pretend to be Abyssinian royalty while touring the HMS _Dreadnought_? IQ2: Are you known for entertaining the British troops in WWII with your radio program _Sincerely Yours_? IQ3: Were you a WWII UK spy captured by the Germans in 1945 and executed at Ravensbrück concentration camp? ---
**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 16, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/191 "2015-07-16T16:05:12Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: In 1910, did you and five other people pretend to be Abyssinian royalty while touring the HMS _Dreadnought_? > IQ2: Are you known for entertaining the British troops in WWII with your radio program _Sincerely Yours_? > IQ3: Were you a WWII UK spy captured by the Germans in 1945 and executed at Ravensbrück concentration camp? 1. I am not Vera Lynn. Take DQs for the others. ---
**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 16, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/192 "2015-07-16T17:38:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Vera Lynn. > Take DQs for the others. Virginia Woolf, Violette Szabo DQ: Is a product or service named after you? holding a DQ ---
**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:** [July 16, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/193 "2015-07-16T19:05:23Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: In 1910, did you and five other people pretend to be Abyssinian royalty while touring the HMS _Dreadnought_? > IQ2: Are you known for entertaining the British troops in WWII with your radio program _Sincerely Yours_? > IQ3: Were you a WWII UK spy captured by the Germans in 1945 and executed at Ravensbrück concentration camp? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Virginia Woolf, Violette Szabo > > DQ: Is a product or service named after you? > > holding a DQ ZUI post 183. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/194 "2015-07-16T19:10:14Z")
IQ1: Were you a Persian queen replaced by a Jewish queen? IQ2: Were you (a painter) and your sister (a writer) members of the Bloomsbury group? IQ3: Did you have an affair with said sister? ---
**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 16, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/195 "2015-07-16T21:45:55Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. First name starts with V 5. European 6. Not known for the Arts 7. British 8. Not known for royalty, nor politics 9. Died since 1900 10. Not considered a beauty 11. Known for science (though not a scientist) 12. Born after 1900 13. Nothing named after me SCAdian’s right, KO. Lose the DQ. ---
**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 16, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/196 "2015-07-16T21:46:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Persian queen replaced by a Jewish queen? > IQ2: Were you (a painter) and your sister (a writer) members of the Bloomsbury group? > IQ3: Did you have an affair with said sister? I am not Vashti. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/197 "2015-07-16T22:57:44Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Persian queen replaced by a Jewish queen? > IQ2: Were you (a painter) and your sister (a writer) members of the Bloomsbury group? > IQ3: Did you have an affair with said sister? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Vashti. > Take 2 DQs for the others. Correct. Vanessa Bell. Vita Sackville-West. The sister was Virginia Woolf. ---
**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 16, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/198 "2015-07-16T23:01:11Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. First name starts with V 5. European 6. Not known for the Arts 7. British 8. Not known for royalty, nor politics 9. Died since 1900 10. Not considered a beauty 11. Known for science (though not a scientist) 12. Born after 1900 13. Nothing named after me, except an asteroid and a recent rock band. Checked her biography, and found this. ---
**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 17, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/199 "2015-07-17T00:45:12Z")
IQ1: Are you the virgin Roman goddess of the hearth? IQ2: Are you the Roman goddess of truth? IQ3: Are you the spoiled rich girl from _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_? ---
**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 17, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/200 "2015-07-17T01:20:49Z")
Previous IQs: Did you get an aircraft carrier named after you despite not being a President or admiral? - Carl Vinson. Were you a longtime sportscaster? - Vin Scully. Were you Theo’s skilled brother? - Yes, Vincent Van Gogh. DQs: Born since 1950? Best known for your husband? IQs: Were you the first Anglo child born in the New World? Were you a notable King of Gondor? Were you one of Dany’s dragons? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=11)