# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/261 "2015-07-21T14:10:47Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. First name starts with “F” 5. Dead 6. Certainly no artist, but had some involvement in the arts\*\*\* 7. Born West of the Mississippi 8. Believe it or not… I didn’t die before OR after 1950! 9. I suppose I WAS a businessman/entrepreneur of a sort, but most people wouldn’t remember or describe me that way. \*\*\* Not to be coy here… I would have scoffed at the idea that I was an artist of any kind, and yet my career led me to direct involvement in more than one of “the arts” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/262 "2015-07-21T14:12:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you the politician who invited Lije Baley to Aurora? > Were you married to a fat man who shared your profession but cheated on you? > Are you Arthur’s tomboy best friend? Not Francine Take DQs for #1 and #2 ---
**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, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/263 "2015-07-21T14:12:51Z")
Is this mike on? check… one… two… three… > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Norse goddess of foreknowledge and wisdom and wife of Odin? > IQ2: Are you a Norse fertility god, fated to die at the hands of Surtr at Ragnarok? > IQ3: Are you IQ2’s twin sister, a Norse love goddess whose chariot is pulled by cats? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/264 "2015-07-21T14:13:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Norse goddess of foreknowledge and wisdom and wife of Odin? > IQ2: Are you a Norse fertility god, fated to die at the hands of Surtr at Ragnarok? > IQ3: Are you IQ2’s twin sister, a Norse love goddess whose chariot is pulled by cats? Not Frigg or Freya? Take however many DQs you deserve ---
**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, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/265 "2015-07-21T15:08:36Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the politician who invited Lije Baley to Aurora? - Han Fastolfe, in Asimov’s _The Robots of Dawn_. Were you married to a fat man who shared your profession but cheated on you? - Frida Kahlo, married to fellow artist Diego Rivera. Are you Arthur’s tomboy best friend? - Yes, Francine. DQs: Won a top award in his field? Best known for a single incident? IQs: Were you a high-achieving kid who briefly went through a Goth phase? Were you either of a pair of tailors in _Oscar_? Did you get very bad news in 1781, sink into a chair and moan, “Oh, God, it’s all over”? ---
**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, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/266 "2015-07-21T15:39:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Roger Moore play you in an action/adventure move of the late 1970’s? > 2. Did you play Mary in the early 1960’s _Babes In Toyland_? > 3. Did you create _Candid Camera_? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Rufus ffolkes > > Not Alan Funt > Take a DQ for #2 Correct, Annette Funicello, Correct. DQ: Unusual first name? Soooo, he died in 1950 exactly. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/267 "2015-07-21T15:48:04Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. First name starts with “F” 5. Dead 6. Certainly no artist, but had some involvement in the arts\*\*\* 7. Born West of the Mississippi 8. Believe it or not… I didn’t die before OR after 1950! 9. I suppose I WAS a businessman/entrepreneur of a sort, but most people wouldn’t remember or describe me that way. 10. Common first name 11. My main occupation was unusual enough that it didn’t HAVE any major awards for me to win (you’d have a hard time naming anyone else who was famous for doing the same job as me) 12. Not known for just one incident \*\*\* Not to be coy here… I would have scoffed at the idea that I was an artist of any kind, and yet my career led me to direct involvement in more than one of “the arts” ---
**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, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/268 "2015-07-21T16:05:15Z")
IQs: 1. Did you used to test a light bulb by putting it in your mouth? 2. Were you the star of a risque comics series by Wally Wood? 3. Were you the star of a risque comics series by Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/269 "2015-07-21T16:59:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you used to test a light bulb by putting it in your mouth? > 2. Were you the star of a risque comics series by Wally Wood? > 3. Were you the star of a risque comics series by Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder? Not Uncle Fester of\*\*\* The Addams Family\*\*\* Take DQS for the other 2 (I’m not up on my risqué comics, I guess). ---
**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, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/270 "2015-07-21T17:07:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you used to test a light bulb by putting it in your mouth? > 2. Were you the star of a risque comics series by Wally Wood? > 3. Were you the star of a risque comics series by Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Uncle Fester of\*\*\* The Addams Family\*\*\* > > Take DQS for the other 2 (I’m not up on my risqué comics, I guess). Correct on Fester. #2 was Sally Forth, #3 was Little Annie Fanny. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/271 "2015-07-21T17:51:30Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not Frigg or Freya? > > Take however many DQs you deserve correct, Frey, correct holding a DQ IQ1: Is a zoo in Gainesville Texas named after you? IQ2: Does a petroleum company logo bear your last name and a road number? IQ3: Are you originally a comic book artist who went on to direct _The 300_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/272 "2015-07-21T19:08:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > correct, Frey, correct > > holding a DQ > > IQ1: Is a zoo in Gainesville Texas named after you? YESSSSS!!! I am Texas-born hunter _ **FRANK BUCK** _!!! My life’s work was capturing wild animals alive and unharmed, for sale to zoos, circuses and collectors. I wrote several best-selling novels based on my adventures, most notably _ **Bring 'Em Back Alive** _, and appeared in several jungle-themed movies. Nice job, Knowed Out! ---
**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, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/273 "2015-07-21T19:14:58Z")
Good choice, astorian. I’ve heard of him, but it’s been years. Great job, KO! ---
**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, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/274 "2015-07-21T19:44:35Z")
That was harder than it looked. The next letter is B. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/275 "2015-07-21T20:26:49Z")
IQ1) Did you flee from Ireland after being tricked into thinking you’d shot your beloved’s fiancé? IQ2) Are you an acclaimed dancer and choreographer who scored one (and only one) pop hit as a singer in 1982, at the ripe old age of 39? IQ3) Did you play the organ for a band founded as a “songwriters’ collective” by students at the Charterhouse School in Smithfield, England? ---
**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, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/276 "2015-07-21T20:28:51Z")
IQ’s: 1. Did you write _Bring 'Em Back Alive_? 2. Are you aka Daniel Patrick Cassidy? 3. Were you known as “The Great Profile”? ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/277 "2015-07-21T22:01:35Z")
IQ’s: 1. Did you write a mystery series about a burglar who owned a bookstore? 2. Are you that burglar? 3. Are you an Astro’s catcher and 2nd baseman in the hall of fame? ---
**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 21, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/278 "2015-07-21T22:17:18Z")
IQ1: Were you called The Vamp? IQ2: Were you called The It Girl? IQ3: Were you John and Lionel’s 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 21, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/279 "2015-07-21T22:25:31Z")
Welcome to the neighborhood, TexCat! ---
**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 21, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/280 "2015-07-21T23:22:45Z")
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