# Botticelli July 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 1, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885 "2016-07-01T19:49:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/1 "2016-07-01T19:49:48Z")
So begins the month of independence… This episode brought to you by the letter L. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/2 "2016-07-01T20:00:33Z")
IQ1) Are you a fictional Pulitzer-winning journalist with a high-ranking military dad? IQ2) Are you the high-ranking military dad? IQ3) Did your eight-year-old son set fire to your living room rug years after a shady drifter predicted he would? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/3 "2016-07-01T20:04:54Z")
Ka-BLAM! Take your 3 DQ’s. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/4 "2016-07-01T20:09:50Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > IQ1) Are you a fictional Pulitzer-winning journalist with a high-ranking military dad? > IQ2) Are you the high-ranking military dad? > IQ3) Did your eight-year-old son set fire to your living room rug years after a shady drifter predicted he would? Lois Lane, Gen. Sam Lane, and Lorraine McFly. 🙂 DQ1) Female? DQ2) Fictional? DQ3) Is L the first letter of your last name? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/5 "2016-07-01T20:12:37Z")
I should’ve known all three of those… Hello, McFly! :smack: 1. Male. 2. Real. 3. Last name starts with L. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/6 "2016-07-01T20:30:07Z")
IQ1) Was your coffin opened five times in fifty years after your death to ensure that you were still in there? IQ2) Have you portrayed a White House speechwriter, a deaf-mute, and an Outsider? IQ3) Did you direct what might have been the first dystopian sci-fi film? ---
**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 1, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/7 "2016-07-01T20:30:34Z")
Draelin! Welcome back! IQs: 1. Is your death the point of a Cheapass Game? 2. Are you Superman’s mermaid love? 3. Did you paint oversized comic book panels and proclaim it was art? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/8 "2016-07-01T23:09:57Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > IQ1) Was your coffin opened five times in fifty years after your death to ensure that you were still in there? > IQ2) Have you portrayed a White House speechwriter, a deaf-mute, and an Outsider? > IQ3) Did you direct what might have been the first dystopian sci-fi film? Abraham Lincoln, Rob Lowe, and Fritz Lang. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/9 "2016-07-01T23:15:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Draelin! Welcome back! > > IQs: > > 1. Is your death the point of a Cheapass Game? > 2. Are you Superman’s mermaid love? > 3. Did you paint oversized comic book panels and proclaim it was art? 1. Not a clue. DQ city. 2. Lori errm…can I get a ruling on this? Can’t remember her last name. 3. Another one I’ll probably kick myself for. 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 1, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/10 "2016-07-01T23:20:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Draelin! Welcome back! > > IQs: > > 1. Is your death the point of a Cheapass Game? > 2. Are you Superman’s mermaid love? > 3. Did you paint oversized comic book panels and proclaim it was art? > [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > 1. Not a clue. DQ city. > 2. Lori errm…can I get a ruling on this? Can’t remember her last name. > 3. Another one I’ll probably kick myself for. DQ. #1. The game is _Kill Doctor Lucky_. #2. Lori Lemaris. Given the propensity for Superman to have LL’s in his life, I rule myself a DQ on that. #3. Roy Lichtenstein, pop artist. DQs: 1. Alive? 2. American? 3. Known for government/politics/the military? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/11 "2016-07-01T23:25:58Z")
Haha yeah, Lois Lane and Lana Lang…I still wouldn’t have remembered Lemaris. 🙂 1. Male. 2. Real. 3. Last name starts with L. 4. Living. 5. Not American. 6. Not known for government/politics/the military. ---
**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 2, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/12 "2016-07-02T02:34:36Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _It Can’t Happen Here_? 2. Did you write the poem _The Congo_? 3. Did you play the Cowardly Lion in the 1939 movie _The Wizard of Oz_? ---
**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 2, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/13 "2016-07-02T03:27:09Z")
The June game thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=794928](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=794928) IQs: Did you play Dr. Holly Goodhead? Were you a longtime Governor of Florida? Did you sing “Cowboy Casanova”? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/14 "2016-07-02T05:14:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _It Can’t Happen Here_? > 2. Did you write the poem _The Congo_? > 3. Did you play the Cowardly Lion in the 1939 movie _The Wizard of Oz_? 1. Sinclair Lewis 2. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? 3. Bert Lahr ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/15 "2016-07-02T05:15:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The June game thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=794928](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=794928) > > IQs: > > Did you play Dr. Holly Goodhead? > Were you a longtime Governor of Florida? > Did you sing “Cowboy Casanova”? Lois Chiles and two DQ’s. ---
**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 2, 2016, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/16 "2016-07-02T11:08:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _It Can’t Happen Here_? > 2. Did you write the poem _The Congo_? > 3. Did you play the Cowardly Lion in the 1939 movie _The Wizard of Oz_? > [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > 1. Sinclair Lewis > 2. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? > 3. Bert Lahr Correct on Lewis & Lahr. #2 was Vachel Lindsay. 1 DQ 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 3, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/17 "2016-07-03T03:30:08Z")
IQs: Did you play Dr. Holly Goodhead? - Yes, Lois Chiles, in _Moonraker_. A beauty but far from a great actress. Were you a longtime Governor of Florida? - Lawton Chiles. Did you sing “Cowboy Casanova”? - Withdrawn - I was thinking “C” and not “L.” This was Carrie Underwood. DQ: Best known for the arts? IQs: Does an exhibit in your husband’s museum show you mourning as rain falls outside? Was your last public appearance in 1922? Did you die on the night of a big party your parents threw? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/18 "2016-07-03T03:41:39Z")
1. Male. 2. Real. 3. Last name starts with L. 4. Living. 5. Not American. 6. Not known for government/politics/the military. 7. Best known for the arts. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/19 "2016-07-03T03:42:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Does an exhibit in your husband’s museum show you mourning as rain falls outside? > Was your last public appearance in 1922? > Did you die on the night of a big party your parents threw? Time for some utter, wild-ass guesses: LBJ, no idea at all, Heath Ledger. ---
**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 3, 2016, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/20 "2016-07-03T11:44:05Z")
DQ: Born after 1980? IQs: 1. Are you the author of _The Birthgrave_ who died last year? 2. Have you played a traitorous wizard, Dracula and Sherlock Holmes? 3. Did you play the Catwoman in the 1960’s _Batman_ movie? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885.md?page=2)