# 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:** 8
**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 14, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/141 "2015-07-14T03:34:18Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the uncrowned leader of the Wildlings? - Mance Rayder, in _Game of Thrones_. Were you the last leader of the Jedi Council? - Yes, Mace Windu. Were you a theorist of naval power? - Yes, Alfred Thayer Mahan. DQ: Inspired or had a work of art named after her? IQs: Were you a 1970s conservative politico who was likened to a fish by a TV comedy? Did a newspaper column spoof your spouse’s fictional correspondence? Did you notably write about JFK’s assassination and funeral? ---
**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 14, 2015, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/142 "2015-07-14T11:21:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a 1970s conservative politico who was likened to a fish by a TV comedy? > Did a newspaper column spoof your spouse’s fictional correspondence? > Did you notably write about JFK’s assassination and funeral? Three DQs. **M** 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. Last name starts with M 5. Not American 6. Did not die after 1900 7. Not known for the Arts (though there is a connexion) 8. Not European 9. Died before 1800 10. Inspired or had a work of art named after me ---
**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 14, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/143 "2015-07-14T12:07:44Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you best known for the role of Buddy Sorrell on The Dick Van Dyke Show? > IQ2: Did you replace Harry Reasoner on 60 Minutes in 1970 and haven’t left since? > IQ3: Were you a loud-mouthed TV talk show host known for such signature phrases as “pablum puking liberal” and “zip it”? > > Not Morey Amsterdam. > DQ. > DQ. correct, Morley Safer, Morton Downey Jr. Mor x3 DQ: Asian? holding 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 14, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/144 "2015-07-14T12:31:34Z")
IQ1: Are you a Hawaiian golfer who won the US Women’s Open in 2014? IQ2: Are you a daughter of Hong Kong immigrants, who won the world championship of figure skating 5 times, but had to withdraw from the 2006 Olympics due to a severely strained groin? IQ3: Did you play Catwoman in _Batman Returns_? ---
**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 14, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/145 "2015-07-14T12:32:31Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the wife of Cheops (aka Khufu)? 2. Did Botticelli use your face as a model for the infant Jesus in his _Our Lady of the Magnificat_? 3. Is Penfold your sidekick? ---
**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 14, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/146 "2015-07-14T21:21:04Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Hawaiian golfer who won the US Women’s Open in 2014? > IQ2: Are you a daughter of Hong Kong immigrants, who won the world championship of figure skating 5 times, but had to withdraw from the 2006 Olympics due to a severely strained groin? > IQ3: Did you play Catwoman in _Batman Returns_? DQ. Not Michelle Kwan. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the wife of Cheops (aka Khufu)? > 2. Did Botticelli use your face as a model for the infant Jesus in his _Our Lady of the Magnificat_? > 3. Is Penfold your sidekick? DQ. Not … Catherine de’ Medici? DQ. **M** 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. Last name starts with M 5. Not American 6. Did not die after 1900 7. Not known for the Arts (though there is a connexion) 8. Not European 9. Died before 1800 10. Inspired or had a work of art named after me 11. Asian ---
**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 14, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/147 "2015-07-14T21:43:54Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the wife of Cheops (aka Khufu)? > 2. Did Botticelli use your face as a model for the infant Jesus in his Our Lady of the Magnificat? > 3. Is Penfold your sidekick? > > DQ. > Not … Catherine de’ Medici? > DQ. #1 was Meritites. #2 was Lucrezia de Medici (close). #3 is Danger Mouse. DQs: 1. Died before 1400? 2. Chinese? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 14, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/148 "2015-07-14T21:44:57Z")
IQ: Was the Taj Mahal built as a memorial for you? ---
**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 14, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/149 "2015-07-14T22:22:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQs: > > 1. Died before 1400? > 2. Chinese? No. No. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Was the Taj Mahal built as a memorial for you? Yes! I am **M** umtaz **M** ahal, favourite wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and mother of fourteen of his children; the Taj Mahal was built to be my tomb, and he and I are both buried there. Well, that didn’t take nearly as long as I expected it to… ---
**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 14, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/150 "2015-07-14T22:42:20Z")
That “Inspired or had a work of art named after me” was my clue. Meritites, IIRC, was buried in the Great Pyramid. Gotta think of a good 'un. Back later. ---
**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 14, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/151 "2015-07-14T23:41:20Z")
OK, I am V! ---
**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 15, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/152 "2015-07-15T00:17:30Z")
IQ1: Did your grandfather invent baking powder? IQ2: Did you first appear in issue 5 of _The Fantastic Four_? IQ3: Are you the eponymous hero of a newspaper strip that’s been running since the late '30s? ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/153 "2015-07-15T02:08:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your grandfather invent baking powder? > IQ2: Did you first appear in issue 5 of _The Fantastic Four_? > IQ3: Are you the eponymous hero of a newspaper strip that’s been running since the late '30s? Take a DQ for #1. I am not the Vanisher. I am not Prince Valiant. ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/154 "2015-07-15T02:25:30Z")
Grats Perfesser! IQ1: Are you aka the Karate Kid, Legion of Super Heroes member? IQ2: Are you a comrade of Superman modeled after a character Sean Connery played in a cheesy sci-fi movie? IQ3: Are you aka Atom Girl, a shrinker from Imsk? ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/155 "2015-07-15T02:28:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Grats Perfesser! > > IQ1: Are you aka the Karate Kid, Legion of Super Heroes member? > IQ2: Are you a comrade of Superman modeled after a character Sean Connery played in a cheesy sci-fi movie? > IQ3: Are you aka Atom Girl, a shrinker from Imsk? 1. I am not Val Armorr. 2. I am not Joe Vartax. (or was it Vartaxx?) [_Zardoz_ isn’t just cheesy, it’s downright unwatchable.] 3, I am not Shrinking Violet. ---
**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 15, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/156 "2015-07-15T03:27:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your grandfather invent baking powder? > IQ2: Did you first appear in issue 5 of _The Fantastic Four_? > IQ3: Are you the eponymous hero of a newspaper strip that’s been running since the late '30s? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > I am not the Vanisher. > I am not Prince Valiant. Vincent Price. Victor von Doom. Correct. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? ---
**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 15, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/157 "2015-07-15T05:05:21Z")
Congrats to you both. That was a good one. Previous IQs: Were you a 1970s conservative politico who was likened to a fish by a TV comedy? - Reginald Maudling, by _Monty Python’s Flying Circus._ Did a newspaper column spoof your spouse’s fictional correspondence? - Margaret Thatcher: [Dear Bill - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Bill). Did you notably write about JFK’s assassination and funeral? - William Manchester. On to V… IQs: Did Kim Basinger play you in the first Michael Keaton _Batman_ movie? Were you CINC of one side at the time of the Masada incident? Did an actor and his nephew play you at different ages? ---
**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 15, 2015, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/158 "2015-07-15T09:58:45Z")
IQ1: Is the unit of electric potential named after you? IQ2: Were you a 19th-century multimillionaire known as “Commodore”? IQ3: Did you play a US Navy lieutenant, a small-town minister, and a security guard? ---
**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 15, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/159 "2015-07-15T12:08:07Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female ---
**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 15, 2015, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/160 "2015-07-15T12:09:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Kim Basinger play you in the first Michael Keaton _Batman_ movie? > Were you CINC of one side at the time of the Masada incident? > Did an actor and his nephew play you at different ages? I am not Vikki Vale. Take 2 DQs for the others. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=9)