# 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:** 12
**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, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/221 "2015-07-17T20:13:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Vangelis. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Verne Troyer. Vincent Gardenia I am utterly clueless at this point, despite the Professor’s huge hints. ---
**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 17, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/222 "2015-07-17T20:31:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > One last hint: the choice of this person is timely and topical. Okay. I’m pretty sure I know who this person is, but I have no idea what her name was… ---
**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, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/223 "2015-07-17T23:41:55Z")
You can have my guess if you need it, SCAd. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/224 "2015-07-18T00:33:47Z")
Two weeks ago, I had never heard of this person. Two days ago, I’d never heard of her. In fact, this morning I’d never heard of her. But I saw her name in a news piece today just because the ex-planet Pluto has gotten a lot of coverage recently. Did you suggest the name “Pluto” for Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery in 1930? ---
**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 18, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/225 "2015-07-18T00:43:24Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Two weeks ago, I had never heard of this person. Two days ago, I’d never heard of her. In fact, this morning I’d never heard of her. But I saw her name in a news piece today just because the ex-planet Pluto has gotten a lot of coverage recently. > > Did you suggest the name “Pluto” for Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery in 1930? That’s the person I’m thinking of - but we’re in endgame, and no more IQs are allowed… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/226 "2015-07-18T02:34:49Z")
Okay then, are you Venetia Phair? ---
**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 18, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/227 "2015-07-18T02:48:23Z")
And lo, not even the deepest annals of the abstruse and recondite are hidden from astorian’s view! Yes, I am Venetia Katharine Douglas Phair Burney, who at the age of 11 suggested the name Pluto. Very well done, astorian. ---
**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 18, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/228 "2015-07-18T05:07:42Z")
I am impressed yet again. Well done, **astorian**. Previous IQs: Were you the first Anglo child born in the New World? - Yes, Virginia Dare. Were you a notable King of Gondor? - Valandil. Were you one of Dany’s dragons? - Viserion, in _Game of Thrones_. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/229 "2015-07-19T22:50:40Z")
Okay, on to the letter… F ---
**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 20, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/230 "2015-07-20T01:45:18Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the bull with the delicate ego? 2. Did you have a ventriloquist act with a puppet named Madame? 3. Are you the author of _How I Did It_? ---
**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 20, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/231 "2015-07-20T02:08:10Z")
IQ1: Were you the star of the first movie Clint Eastwood was credited in? IQ2: Did a Stan Freberg sketch have your doctor tell you you should go to Florida for the winter? IQ3: Did you write _The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be_? ---
**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 20, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/232 "2015-07-20T02:16:04Z")
IQs: Did you begin your presidency of Oberlin College in 1983? Did your father force you to watch the execution of your best friend? Were you Harry Truman’s favorite composer? ---
**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 20, 2015, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/233 "2015-07-20T12:14:10Z")
IQ1: Did you win a Tony for your own play _Torch Song Trilogy_? IQ2: Are you a blues/rock pianist who found his thrill on Blueberry Hill? IQ3: Were you a silent film actor who was accused of the rape and manslaughter of actress Virginia Rappe? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/234 "2015-07-20T13:51:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the bull with the delicate ego? > 2. Did you have a ventriloquist act with a puppet named Madame? > 3. Are you the author of _How I Did It_? Not flower-smelling Ferdinand Not Wayland Flowers Take a DQ for #3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/235 "2015-07-20T13:53:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the star of the first movie Clint Eastwood was credited in? > IQ2: Did a Stan Freberg sketch have your doctor tell you you should go to Florida for the winter? > IQ3: Did you write _The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be_? Not Francis the talking mule. Take DQs for 2 and 3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/236 "2015-07-20T13:56:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you begin your presidency of Oberlin College in 1983? > Did your father force you to watch the execution of your best friend? > Were you Harry Truman’s favorite composer? No idea on #1- take a DQ Not Frederick the Great of Prussia For #3… SOLELY because Harry played the piano, I’ll guess not Frederic Chopin? Take two DQs if Chopin is wrong. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/237 "2015-07-20T13:57:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you win a Tony for your own play _Torch Song Trilogy_? > IQ2: Are you a blues/rock pianist who found his thrill on Blueberry Hill? > IQ3: Were you a silent film actor who was accused of the rape and manslaughter of actress Virginia Rappe? Not the gay Cookie Monster, Harvey Fierstein Not Antoine “Fats” Domino Not Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle ---
**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 20, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/238 "2015-07-20T15:24:04Z")
Previous IQs: Did you begin your presidency of Oberlin College in 1983? - S. Frederick Starr, later head of the Aspen Institute. Did your father force you to watch the execution of your best friend? - Yes, Frederick the Great (running away from home when your dad is king isn’t a very good idea). Were you Harry Truman’s favorite composer? - Yes, Frederic Chopin. Frederic[k] x3! DQ: Real? IQs: Were you the first to be named Prince of Ithilien? Do you play Anna Bates on a popular PBS show? Renamed “Timmy,” were you mercilessly lampooned in a MPFC sketch? ---
**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 20, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/239 "2015-07-20T16:13:42Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the bull with the delicate ego? > 2. Did you have a ventriloquist act with a puppet named Madame? > 3. Are you the author of How I Did It? > Not flower-smelling Ferdinand > Not Wayland Flowers > > Take a DQ for #3 Correct on 1 and 2. #3 was Dr. Victor Frankenstein. (It’s available on Amazon.) DQ: Male? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/240 "2015-07-20T16:14:36Z")
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