# Botticelli - July 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 7, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722 "2017-07-07T21:35:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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 25, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/221 "2017-07-25T13:54:07Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star on _CHiPS_? 2. Are you Charlie Sheen’s brother? 3. Were you part of the trio that recorded _Brain Salad Surgery_? ---
**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 25, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/222 "2017-07-25T15:08:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star on _CHiPS_? > 2. Are you Charlie Sheen’s brother? > 3. Were you part of the trio that recorded _Brain Salad Surgery_? Not Erik Estrada, Emilio Estevez or… dunno. E. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with E 4. living 5. not a politician 6. born after 1960 7. not American 8. not known for the 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 25, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/223 "2017-07-25T15:22:32Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star on CHiPS? > 2. Are you Charlie Sheen’s brother? > 3. Were you part of the trio that recorded Brain Salad Surgery? > Not Erik Estrada, Emilio Estevez or… dunno. Correct, Correct, and Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & Palmer. DQ: Born after 1980? ---
**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 25, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/224 "2017-07-25T16:23:15Z")
IQ1: Are you the star of Netflix’s _Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt_? IQ2: Do you hold the record for most cover appearances for the _Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue_? IQ3: Are you current QB for the New York Giants? DQ: 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 25, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/225 "2017-07-25T16:51:57Z")
IQs: 1. Is Aragorn your heir? [Well, somebody had to ask.] 1. In _American Gods_, do Mr. Wednesday and Shadow recruit you to their side? 2. Are you considered by many to be THE 19th Century American essayist? ---
**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 26, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/226 "2017-07-26T14:41:11Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the star of Netflix’s _Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt_? > IQ2: Do you hold the record for most cover appearances for the _Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue_? > IQ3: Are you current QB for the New York Giants?.. Dunno, not Elle McPherson, and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is Aragorn your heir? > > [Well, somebody had to ask.] > > 1. In _American Gods_, do Mr. Wednesday and Shadow recruit you to their side? > 2. Are you considered by many to be THE 19th Century American essayist? Not Elendil, dunno, and… dunno. Should know that last one but I’m drawing a blank. E. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with E 4. living 5. not a politician 6. born after 1960 7. not American 8. not known for the Arts 9. born before 1980 10. 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 26, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/227 "2017-07-26T14:45:39Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is Aragorn your heir? > > [Well, somebody had to ask.] > > 1. In American Gods, do Mr. Wednesday and Shadow recruit you to their side? > 2. Are you considered by many to be THE 19th Century American essayist? > Not Elendil, dunno, and… dunno. Should know that last one but I’m drawing a blank. Correct on Elendil. #2 is the goddess Easter. #3 is Ralph Waldo Emerson. DQs: 1. Native speaker of a Germanic language? 2. Known for business? ---
**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 26, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/228 "2017-07-26T14:49:26Z")
IQs: 1. Are you aka The Phantom of the Opera? 2. Is your best known work second only to the Bible in number of editions printed? 3. In Matt Groening’s upcoming adult animation series for Netflix (_Disenchantment_), are you the Elf character? ---
**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 26, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/229 "2017-07-26T14:51:23Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the star of Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt? > IQ2: Do you hold the record for most cover appearances for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue? > IQ3: Are you current QB for the New York Giants?.. > > Dunno, not Elle McPherson, and dunno. Ellie Kemperer, correct, Eli Manning El names x 3! holding 2 DQs ---
**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 26, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/230 "2017-07-26T15:00:26Z")
IQ1: Do the Scots refuse to acknowledge your reign as Queen of England? IQ2: Did your criticisms of the Catholic church lay the foundations of the Protestant Reformation? IQ3: Did you write _The Name of the Rose_? ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/231 "2017-07-27T14:08:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka The Phantom of the Opera? > 2. Is your best known work second only to the Bible in number of editions printed? > 3. In Matt Groening’s upcoming adult animation series for Netflix (_Disenchantment_), are you the Elf character? Dunno x3. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Do the Scots refuse to acknowledge your reign as Queen of England? > IQ2: Did your criticisms of the Catholic church lay the foundations of the Protestant Reformation? > IQ3: Did you write _The Name of the Rose_? Not Elizabeth II (although if that’s who you mean, I don’t think it’s true), dunno, and not Umberto Eco. E. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with E 4. living 5. not a politician 6. born after 1960 7. not American 8. not known for the Arts 9. born before 1980 10. European 11. native speaker of a Germanic language 12. not known for business ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/232 "2017-07-27T14:41:49Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Do the Scots refuse to acknowledge your reign as Queen of England? > IQ2: Did your criticisms of the Catholic church lay the foundations of the Protestant Reformation? > IQ3: Did you write The Name of the Rose? > > Not Elizabeth II (although if that’s who you mean, I don’t think it’s true), dunno, and not Umberto Eco. Elizabeth I (because she ordered the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, according to the guide when our tour crossed over into Scotland - they consider the current queen Elizabeth I), Erasmus, correct DQ: From the UK? DQ: Known primarily for a single event? ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/233 "2017-07-27T14:47:15Z")
IQ1: Are you a country artist nicknamed “The Texas Troubadour” and the first to record “Blue Christmas” before Elvis Presley? IQ2: Are you an actor whose real name is Ermes Effron Borgnino? IQ3: Are you a New Zealand-born British physicist who is considered the father of nuclear physics? ---
**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 27, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/234 "2017-07-27T17:01:39Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka The Phantom of the Opera? > 2. Is your best known work second only to the Bible in number of editions printed? > 3. In Matt Groening’s upcoming adult animation series for Netflix (Disenchantment), are you the Elf character? > Dunno x3. #1 was Erik. #2 was Euclid, whose _Elements_ is the work in question. #3 is Elfo. DQ: Known for the military? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 27, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/235 "2017-07-27T19:42:03Z")
IQ1: Were you noted for eschewing capitalisation? IQ2: Did you write about Blackie Duquesne? IQ3: Were you perhaps the best-known person to travel from Washington DC to San Francisco in 1919? ---
**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 28, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/236 "2017-07-28T04:34:56Z")
That’s an overstatement about “the Scots” as a whole, I think, **Knowed Out**. And while some Scots might not like Elizabeth I for her role in Mary’s execution, they don’t deny that she was Queen of England. And see: [MacCormick v Lord Advocate - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacCormick_v_Lord_Advocate) > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a country artist nicknamed “The Texas Troubadour” and the first to record “Blue Christmas” before Elvis Presley? > IQ2: Are you an actor whose real name is Ermes Effron Borgnino? > IQ3: Are you a New Zealand-born British physicist who is considered the father of nuclear physics? Dunno, not Ernest Borgnine, and not Ernest Rutherford. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you noted for eschewing capitalisation? > IQ2: Did you write about Blackie Duquesne? > IQ3: Were you perhaps the best-known person to travel from Washington DC to San Francisco in 1919? Not e.e. cummings, dunno, and not… Edith Wilson? E. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with E 4. living 5. not a politician 6. born after 1960 7. not American 8. not known for the Arts 9. born before 1980 10. European 11. native speaker of a Germanic language 12. not known for business 13. not from the UK 14. not known primarily for a single event 15. not known for the military ---
**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 28, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/237 "2017-07-28T12:30:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you noted for eschewing capitalisation? > IQ2: Did you write about Blackie Duquesne? > IQ3: Were you perhaps the best-known person to travel from Washington DC to San Francisco in 1919? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not e.e. cummings, dunno, and not… Edith Wilson? E E Cummings. (Yes, you were correct.) E E Smith. D D Eisenhower. (This long after Wilson’s presidency, I think Ike is much better known than Edith. Heck, if you had asked me her name, out of the blue, I probably couldn’t have told you.) DQ1: Born in or west of Salzburg? DQ2: Known for sports? ---
**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 28, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/238 "2017-07-28T12:35:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > That’s an overstatement about “the Scots” as a whole, I think, **Knowed Out**. And while some Scots might not like Elizabeth I for her role in Mary’s execution, they don’t deny that she was Queen of England. And see: [MacCormick v Lord Advocate - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacCormick_v_Lord_Advocate) FWIW, the guide did say the Scots use a slightly different postal code than the rest of the UK. The “RE2” part (reign of Elizabeth II) is just “RE” for them. She was an English guide, so maybe that’s the Brit perspective, but grudges can last for centuries. > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Knowed Out > IQ1: Are you a country artist nicknamed “The Texas Troubadour” and the first to record “Blue Christmas” before Elvis Presley? > IQ2: Are you an actor whose real name is Ermes Effron Borgnino? > IQ3: Are you a New Zealand-born British physicist who is considered the father of nuclear physics? > Dunno, not Ernest Borgnine, and not Ernest Rutherford. Ernest Tubbs Ernest x3! DQ: Known for science? ---
**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 28, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/239 "2017-07-28T13:05:52Z")
IQ1: Were you George McGovern’s running mate in 1972? IQ2: Were you John Kerry’s running mate in 2004? IQ3: Were you a NC senator and chairman of the US Senate Watergate Committee? ---
**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 28, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/240 "2017-07-28T16:04:13Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you George McGovern’s running mate in 1972? > IQ2: Were you John Kerry’s running mate in 2004? > IQ3: Were you a NC senator and chairman of the US Senate Watergate Committee? Not Thomas Eagleton, John Edwards or Sam Ervin. E. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with E 4. living 5. not a politician 6. born after 1960 7. not American 8. not known for the Arts 9. born before 1980 10. European 11. native speaker of a Germanic language 12. not known for business 13. not from the UK 14. not known primarily for a single event 15. not known for the military 16. born in or east of Salzburg, Austria 17. known for sports 18. not known for science [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722.md?page=13)