# 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:** 5
**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 8, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/81 "2016-07-08T11:50:59Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Last name starts with M 5. Not American ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/82 "2016-07-08T11:52:57Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > IQ1) Did the pilot of a popular television show you starred in revolve partially around your character falling off a bicycle? > IQ2) Did you spend several years trapped on a spaceship shaped like a dog bone? > IQ3) Did you portray one half of the McKenzie Brothers? 1. Martin Sheen, on _The West Wing_ 2. Mike Nelson, of _MST3K_ 3. Yes, Rick Moranis. DQ1) Born in the 20th Century? DQ2) European? ---
**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 8, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/83 "2016-07-08T11:53:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a sf TV character with the middle name of “Edward”? > Were you the nebbishy producer of _FYI_? > Were you an early American colonist who was famously in a romantic triangle? Take a DQ for the first. I am not Miles something-or-other from _Murphy Brown_. I am not Miles Standish. ---
**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 8, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/84 "2016-07-08T18:14:53Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a sf TV character with the middle name of “Edward”? - Miles O’Brien, on ST:TNG and ST: DS9. Were you the nebbishy producer of _FYI_? - Yes, Miles (Silverberg). Were you an early American colonist who was famously in a romantic triangle? - Yes, Miles Standish. Miles x3! DQ: Political/military? IQs: Did you write that golf should disqualify anyone from the Presidency? Did you and your dad serve as governors of different states? Did you long live, pray and study in rural Kentucky? ---
**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 8, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/85 "2016-07-08T18:49:01Z")
IQ’s: Are you an exploding Terry Jones character? Are you a Pulitzer Prize winner (for fiction) who made a failed run to become a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania? Did you have Howard Cosell do a play-by-play call of your wedding night? ---
**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 8, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/86 "2016-07-08T20:48:09Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Last name starts with M 5. Not American 6. Not military/political 7. Not born in the 20th Century 8. European ---
**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 8, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/87 "2016-07-08T20:49:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write that golf should disqualify anyone from the Presidency? > Did you and your dad serve as governors of different states? > Did you long live, pray and study in rural Kentucky? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 8, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/88 "2016-07-08T20:50:39Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > IQ’s: > > Are you an exploding Terry Jones character? > Are you a Pulitzer Prize winner (for fiction) who made a failed run to become a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania? > Did you have Howard Cosell do a play-by-play call of your wedding night? I am not Mr. Creosote. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 8, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/89 "2016-07-08T21:03:41Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ’s: > > Are you an exploding Terry Jones character? > Are you a Pulitzer Prize winner (for fiction) who made a failed run to become a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania? > Did you have Howard Cosell do a play-by-play call of your wedding night? Yes, Mr. Creosote. James Michener. Fielding Mellish, Woody Allen’s character from _Bananas_. DQ: Best known for the arts? (reserving one 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 8, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/90 "2016-07-08T21:19:56Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Last name starts with M 5. Not American 6. Not military/political 7. Not born in the 20th Century 8. European 9. Best known for the arts ---
**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 9, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/91 "2016-07-09T04:13:44Z")
Previous Qs: Did you write that golf should disqualify anyone from the Presidency? - H.L. Mencken Did you and your dad serve as governors of different states? - Mitt (Mass.) and George (Mich.) Romney Did you long live, pray and study in rural Kentucky? - Thomas Merton DQs: British? Writer? Died since 1964? IQs: You were a public official. Did your secret second family not come to light until after your death? Were you Princess Anne’s first husband? Did you long play Insp. Adam Dalglish? ---
**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 9, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/92 "2016-07-09T12:13:01Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Last name starts with M 5. Not American 6. Not military/political 7. Not born in the 20th Century 8. European 9. Best known for the arts 10. Not British 11. Not a writer 12. Died before 1964 ---
**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 9, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/93 "2016-07-09T12:16:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > You were a public official. Did your secret second family not come to light until after your death? > Were you Princess Anne’s first husband? > Did you long play Insp. Adam Dalglish? #1. I am not Ming the Merciless, secret father and family man. Oh, wait, no… Take a DQ. #2. I am not Mark Phillips. #3. Take a DQ. ---
**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 9, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/94 "2016-07-09T21:16:04Z")
Previous IQs: You were a public official. Did your secret second family not come to light until after your death? - Francois Mitterrand. Were you Princess Anne’s first husband? - Yes, Mark Phillips. Did you long play Insp. Adam Dalglish? - Roy Marsden. DQs: Born in or east of Vienna? Born in or north of Vienna? IQs: Were you Queen Cersei’s only daughter? Did you rally the Wildlings to head south to possible safety? Did your counsel lead Stannis to his eventual death? ---
**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 9, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/95 "2016-07-09T21:42:43Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Last name starts with M 5. Not American 6. Not military/political 7. Not born in the 20th Century 8. European 9. Best known for the arts 10. Not British 11. Not a writer 12. Died before 1964 13. Born Northwest of Vienna ---
**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 9, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/96 "2016-07-09T21:43:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Queen Cersei’s only daughter? > Did you rally the Wildlings to head south to possible safety? > Did your counsel lead Stannis to his eventual death? I have read all the books but it’s been a couple of years, and I don’t have HBO, unfortunately. Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 10, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/97 "2016-07-10T04:00:18Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Queen Cersei’s only daughter? - Myrcella Did you rally the Wildlings to head south to possible safety? - Mance Rayder Did your counsel lead Stannis to his eventual death? - Melisandre DQs: French? Best known for the visual arts? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you a Targaryen king known as “the Cruel”? Were you an interpreter and advisor to the Khaleesi? Are you the tough-as-nails little girl who heads an ancient noble house of Westeros? ---
**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 10, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/98 "2016-07-10T11:46:30Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Last name starts with M 5. Not American 6. Not military/political 7. Not born in the 20th Century 8. European 9. Best known for the arts 10. Not British 11. Not a writer 12. Died before 1964 13. Born Northwest of Vienna 14. French 15. Best known for the visual 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 10, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/99 "2016-07-10T11:47:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a Targaryen king known as “the Cruel”? > Were you an interpreter and advisor to the Khaleesi? > Are you the tough-as-nails little girl who heads an ancient noble house of Westeros? Looks like I’m gonna hafta re-read. Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 10, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/100 "2016-07-10T15:24:01Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a Targaryen king known as “the Cruel”? - Maegor. Were you an interpreter and advisor to the Khaleesi? - Missandei. Are you the tough-as-nails little girl who heads an ancient noble house of Westeros? - Lady Lyanna Mormont, a new fan favorite (some minor spoilers here): ['Game of Thrones': Bella Ramsey Reacts to Fan Love for Lyanna Mormont | Moviefone](http://www.moviefone.com/2016/07/08/game-of-thrones-bella-ramsey-fans-lyanna-mormont/). DQs: Actor? Won a top award? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Did you star in _Let’s Make Love_ with Marilyn Monroe? Were you a noted French Impressionist? Were you another noted French Impressionist with a similar last name? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885.md?page=6)