# 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:** 23
**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, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/441 "2015-08-02T23:40:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you date the lame doctor Donald Blake, and, later, his alter ego? > 2. Did you write _How I Did It_? > 3. Did you voice the Cheshire Cat in Tim Burton’s _Alice in Wonderland_? Not Jane Foster. DQ. 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:** [August 3, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/442 "2015-08-03T01:35:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Jane Foster. > DQ. > DQ. Correct on Jane. #2 is Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. #3 is Stephen Fry. 2 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:** [August 3, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/443 "2015-08-03T04:31:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: > > Born in or anywhere east of New Delhi? > [@SCAdian](#): > > …Do you really want to ask that? ZUI DQ #16… There are different definitions of “Asian” for which I thought it would still be useful, but I’ll take your hint and withdraw it. DQ: Businessman/entrepreneur? ---
**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 3, 2015, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/444 "2015-08-03T08:20:00Z")
**F** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. First name does not start with F 5. Not American 6. Associated with the Arts, but not best known for that 7. Associated with Europe, but not European 8. Born in or after 1900 9. Not military/political 10. Well-known in some circles, but to the average American probably best known for a single incident 11. Not Russian/Soviet 12. Did not die before or in 1970 13. Not known for a product or service 14. Born in the Northern Hemisphere 15. Not known for my writing 16. Not Asian 17. Not known for sports 18. Businessman/entrepreneur, but not best known for that ---
**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 3, 2015, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/445 "2015-08-03T10:55:23Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you the creator and artist of the long-running comic strip Prince Valiant? > IQ2: Are you an artist famous for paintings of Conan the Barbarian and the covers for Molly Hatchet’s first three albums? > IQ3: Are you an artist whose comics are drawn with a stippling photorealistic style which commonly parody Hollywood legends? > > DQ. > Not Frank Frazetta. > DQ. Hal Foster, correct, Drew Friedman DQ: From North or South America? holding 1 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:** [August 3, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/446 "2015-08-03T13:08:42Z")
[Re: GenCon. Not much to tell there, as we weren’t actually at GenCon. A group of artists, including Madame P., who had been in the Art Show for years and years, were unceremoniously told there was no room for them this year. So, we found a nearby venue. It was four blocks away in the Artsgarden. We had little traffic and fewer sales. So, nothing to say, really.] ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/447 "2015-08-03T14:28:07Z")
DQ) Involved in science, medicine or technology? ---
**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 3, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/448 "2015-08-03T18:37:42Z")
**F** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. First name does not start with F 5. Not American 6. Associated with the Arts, but not best known for that 7. Associated with Europe, but not European 8. Born in or after 1900 9. Not military/political 10. Well-known in some circles, but to the average American probably best known for a single incident 11. Not Russian/Soviet 12. Did not die before or in 1970 13. Not known for a product or service 14. Born in the Northern Hemisphere 15. Not known for my writing 16. Not Asian 17. Not known for sports 18. Businessman/entrepreneur, but not best known for that 19. Not from North or South America 20. Not involved in science, medicine or technology Aaaand … that’s 20! Time for the “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions; I’ll check back from time to time to answer any that have been asked, and if necessary will reveal my identity tomorrow evening (EDT). To expand on DQ16: My mother was ethnically Asian and was born on that continent, and after completing my education I served as attache at an Asian embassy in London, but those are the only mentions of Asia in my Wikipedia article. DQ10 is important. ---
**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 3, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/449 "2015-08-03T19:22:07Z")
Hmm. Drawing a blank. Lemme think… ---
**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 3, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/450 "2015-08-03T19:31:04Z")
“My mother was ethnically Asian” - Her ancestors were members of a people that came from somewhere in Asia; they were not necessarily Mongoloid (or “Oriental,” if you prefer that term). ---
**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 3, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/451 "2015-08-03T20:10:11Z")
We’ve got mostly Nos and a few Maybes. If anybody wants my guess, they can have it. ---
**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 4, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/452 "2015-08-04T00:31:21Z")
I’m pondering, but, so far, nada. ---
**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 4, 2015, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/453 "2015-08-04T10:51:53Z")
Re DQ 10: Not only for what I did, but for whom I did it with. ---
**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 4, 2015, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/454 "2015-08-04T12:01:53Z")
Are you Dodi Fayed? ---
**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 4, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/455 "2015-08-04T12:23:19Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Are you Dodi Fayed? The executive producer of _F/X_, _Chariots of Fire_, and other films, I was also an executive creative consultant for the _F/X_ television series. My mother was of Turkish and Syrian ancestry, but I was born in Egypt and educated in Europe (including a six-month course at the British military academy, Sandhurst). I am Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim “Dodi” **F** ayed, best known to the average American for dying in a car crash in Paris, along with Diana, Princess of Wales. Bravo! ---
**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 4, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/456 "2015-08-04T12:37:17Z")
Wow. Great job, KO! ---
**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:** [August 4, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/457 "2015-08-04T15:56:14Z")
Well done, both SCAdian and Knowed Out! ---
**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 4, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/458 "2015-08-04T16:06:39Z")
I had narrowed his birthplace down to Egypt, and thanks to the additional hint, suddenly remembered Princess Di had a relationship with an Egyptian. Let’s go with the next letter, G. ---
**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 4, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/459 "2015-08-04T16:10:30Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the 20th POTUS? 2. Were you a 14th Century Italian painter and architect? 3. Did you paint _La Maja_ both clothed and unclothed? ---
**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 4, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/460 "2015-08-04T18:28:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the 20th POTUS? > 2. Were you a 14th Century Italian painter and architect? > 3. Did you paint _La Maja_ both clothed and unclothed? not James Garfield, take 2 DQs [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=24)