# 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:** 2
**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, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/21 "2016-07-03T16:58:47Z")
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. 8. Born before 1980. ---
**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, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/22 "2016-07-03T17:01:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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? Leon Uris, Christopher Lee, and for the life of me I can’t remember. (Though I do recall the yacht where the baddies met that figured in the action of the film.) Take a 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 3, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/23 "2016-07-03T17:21:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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? > [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Leon Uris, Christopher Lee, and for the life of me I can’t remember. > > (Though I do recall the yacht where the baddies met that figured in the action of the film.) Take a DQ. #1 was Tanith Lee. Correct on Christopher Lee. #3 was Lee Meriwether. 2 DQs 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 4, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/24 "2016-07-04T01:29:24Z")
DQs: 1. Born before 1960? 2. Known for music? ---
**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 4, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/25 "2016-07-04T01:31:56Z")
IQs: 1. Were you “the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous”? 2. Did you write _Sons and Lovers_? 3. Did you lead the Bowery Boys? ---
**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 4, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/26 "2016-07-04T02:54:23Z")
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. 8. Born before 1980. 9. Born before 1960. 10. Known for music. ---
**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 4, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/27 "2016-07-04T02:55:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you “the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous”? > 2. Did you write _Sons and Lovers_? > 3. Did you lead the Bowery Boys? 1. Gotta be David Lean. 2. D.H. Lawrence. (Careful…I’m noticing a trend here… :D) 3. I can see his face but not the slightest clue of his name. ---
**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 4, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/28 "2016-07-04T03:37:36Z")
Previous IQs: Does an exhibit in your husband’s museum show you mourning as rain falls outside? - Mary Todd Lincoln. Was your last public appearance in 1922? - Robert Todd Lincoln, for the dedication of his father’s memorial in Washington, D.C. Did you die on the night of a big party your parents threw? - Willie Lincoln. DQs: Best known as a singer? European? Ever won a Grammy? IQs: Are you a musician whose first name is a repeated pair of homophones? Did Michael Douglas play you in a recent biopic? Did you sing about the loss of a Great Lakes cargo ship? ---
**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 4, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/29 "2016-07-04T03:48:37Z")
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. 8. Born before 1980. 9. Born before 1960. 10. Known for music. 11. Not best known as a singer. 12. Not European. 13. Never won a Grammy. ---
**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 4, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/30 "2016-07-04T03:52:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > Does an exhibit in your husband’s museum show you mourning as rain falls outside? - Mary Todd Lincoln. > Was your last public appearance in 1922? - Robert Todd Lincoln, for the dedication of his father’s memorial in Washington, D.C. > Did you die on the night of a big party your parents threw? - Willie Lincoln. > > DQs: > > Best known as a singer? > European? > Ever won a Grammy? > > IQs: > > Are you a musician whose first name is a repeated pair of homophones? > Did Michael Douglas play you in a recent biopic? > Did you sing about the loss of a Great Lakes cargo ship? Man I really need to bone up on my Lincoln history… IQ’s: 1. All I can come up with is Yo Yo Ma. 2. Liberace. 3. Gordon Lightfoot. Love me some _Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald_. 🙂 ---
**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 4, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/31 "2016-07-04T04:22:57Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a musician whose first name is a repeated pair of homophones? - Jahja Ling Did Michael Douglas play you in a recent biopic? - Yes, Liberace Did you sing about the loss of a Great Lakes cargo ship? - Yes, Gordon Lightfoot DQ: Born in Northern Hemisphere? IQs: Did you create the original _Battlestar Galactica_ show? Did you have an owl parasite named after you? Did Terri Garr play you once in the late 1960s? ---
**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 4, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/32 "2016-07-04T07:40:25Z")
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. 8. Born before 1980. 9. Born before 1960. 10. Known for music. 11. Not best known as a singer. 12. Not European. 13. Never won a Grammy. 14. Born in the Northern Hemisphere. ---
**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 4, 2016, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/33 "2016-07-04T07:43:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > Are you a musician whose first name is a repeated pair of homophones? - Jahja Ling > Did Michael Douglas play you in a recent biopic? - Yes, Liberace > Did you sing about the loss of a Great Lakes cargo ship? - Yes, Gordon Lightfoot > > DQ: > > Born in Northern Hemisphere? > > IQs: > > Did you create the original _Battlestar Galactica_ show? > Did you have an owl parasite named after you? > Did Terri Garr play you once in the late 1960s? Just call me Commander Clueless. 😃 You ran the table on me…3 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 4, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/34 "2016-07-04T12:36:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you “the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous”? > 2. Did you write _Sons and Lovers_? > 3. Did you lead the Bowery Boys? > [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > 1. Gotta be David Lean. > 2. D.H. Lawrence. (Careful…I’m noticing a trend here… :D) > 3. I can see his face but not the slightest clue of his name. #1 was actually Lowell Thomas. #2 is correct. #3 was Leo Gorcey. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 4, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/35 "2016-07-04T16:53:31Z")
Yeah, I thought of Thomas after the fact. However, I think Lean is an equally good answer. Lawrence would be a footnote in history without _Lawrence of Arabia_. ---
**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 4, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/36 "2016-07-04T20:51:19Z")
Okay, I retract the DQ for Lowell, since Lean is a viable alternative. DQ: Known as a composer? ---
**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 5, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/37 "2016-07-05T04:17:19Z")
Previous IQs: Did you create the original _Battlestar Galactica_ show? - Glen Larson Did you have an owl parasite named after you? - Gary Larson, cartoonist of _The Far Side_: [Strigiphilus garylarsoni - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigiphilus_garylarsoni) Did Terri Garr play you once in the late 1960s? - Roberta Lincoln, in an episode of _Star Trek_. DQ: Born in the Eastern Hemisphere?: [Eastern Hemisphere - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Hemisphere) Two DQs reserved. IQs: Is a Pennsylvania fort named after you? Did you write _Ben-Hur_? Are you a noted liberal American law professor? ---
**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 5, 2016, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/38 "2016-07-05T08:11:53Z")
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. 8. Born before 1980. 9. Born before 1960. 10. Known for music. 11. Not best known as a singer. 12. Not European. 13. Never won a Grammy. 14. Born in the Northern Hemisphere. 15. A bit difficult to quantify, but I’ll go with not known as a composer. 16. Born in the Western Hemisphere. ---
**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 5, 2016, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/39 "2016-07-05T08:19:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > Did you create the original _Battlestar Galactica_ show? - Glen Larson > Did you have an owl parasite named after you? - Gary Larson, cartoonist of _The Far Side_: [Strigiphilus garylarsoni - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigiphilus_garylarsoni) > Did Terri Garr play you once in the late 1960s? - Roberta Lincoln, in an episode of _Star Trek_. > > DQ: > > Born in the Eastern Hemisphere?: [Eastern Hemisphere - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Hemisphere) > > Two DQs reserved. > > IQs: > > Is a Pennsylvania fort named after you? > Did you write _Ben-Hur_? > Are you a noted liberal American law professor? Happy Firth of Forth of July…just finished watching 1776 for the umpteenth time. Only just realized, after kind of looking at him askance, that Mr. Rutledge of South Carolina was played by a much-younger John Cullum of _Northern Exposure_ fame (and others). Anyway, to bidness… 1. I’m guessing it’s not Fort Lincoln, but what the hell. 🙂 2. Lew Wallace. 3. Alan Dershowitz it ain’t. So, I bet you now have 4 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 5, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/40 "2016-07-05T12:23:00Z")
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