# Botticelli - July 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 25, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558 "2018-07-25T15:05:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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, 2018, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/21 "2018-07-28T04:58:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a female sharpshooter with Buffalo Bill’s show? > 2. Were you a notable lady pirate? > 3. Are you Stephen Spielberg’s first wife? Not Annie Oakley, Anne Bonney or Amy Irving. ---
**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 28, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/22 "2018-07-28T12:47:19Z")
Swept again. IQs: 1. Did you play Samantha’s mom on _Bewitched_? 2. Did you write _Evil Under The Sun_? 3. Did you write _Winesburg, Ohio_? ---
**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, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/23 "2018-07-28T15:28:16Z")
IQ1: Is a unit of length equal to one hundred-millionth of a centimeter named after you? IQ2: Were you Middle Earth’s largest dragon, defeated by Eagles and Eärendil at Thangorodrim? IQ3: Did Bruce Campbell play you in _The Evil Dead_? ---
**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 29, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/24 "2018-07-29T01:41:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Did you play Samantha’s mom on _Bewitched_? > 2. Did you write _Evil Under The Sun_? > 3. Did you write _Winesburg, Ohio_? Not Agnes Moorehead, Agatha Christie or… wasn’t that Upton Sinclair? ---
**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 29, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/25 "2018-07-29T01:42:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Is a unit of length equal to one hundred-millionth of a centimeter named after you? > IQ2: Were you Middle Earth’s largest dragon, defeated by Eagles and Eärendil at Thangorodrim? > IQ3: Did Bruce Campbell play you in _The Evil Dead_? Not Mr. Angstrom, the dreaded Ancalagon, or Ash. ---
**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 29, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/26 "2018-07-29T02:46:46Z")
> [@](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Did you play Samantha’s mom on Bewitched? > 2. Did you write Evil Under The Sun? > 3. Did you write Winesburg, Ohio? > Not Agnes Moorehead, Agatha Christie or… wasn’t that Upton Sinclair? Correct on 1 and 2. #3 was Sherwood Anderson. DQ: Known for a crime or crimes? ---
**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 29, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/27 "2018-07-29T02:51:03Z")
IQs: 1. Did you hire Louis Comfort Tiffany to decorate the White House? 2. Were you a Dadaist artist who called himself Jean in France, but Hans in Germany? 3. Did you write _Watership Down_? ---
**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 29, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/28 "2018-07-29T18:36:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you hire Louis Comfort Tiffany to decorate the White House? > 2. Were you a Dadaist artist who called himself Jean in France, but Hans in Germany? > 3. Did you write _Watership Down_? Not Chester Arthur, dunno and dunno. ---
**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 29, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/29 "2018-07-29T18:47:25Z")
A. 1. real 2. female 3. first name begins with A 4. dead 5. not known for the Arts 6. American 7. died after 1900 8. not known for business 9. born west of the Mississippi 10. born south of the Mason-Dixon line 11. died after 1970 12. not known for politics/military 13. known for a crime or crimes ---
**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 29, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/30 "2018-07-29T20:06:00Z")
IQ1: Did you run against FDR for president in 1936? IQ2: As a child, did your father hand you a note to take to the chief of police, who then locked you in a cell for an hour and told you “This is what we do to bad little boys”? IQ3: Did you play Dr. Octopus in Spider-Man 2? ---
**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 29, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/31 "2018-07-29T20:11:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you hire Louis Comfort Tiffany to decorate the White House? > 2. Were you a Dadaist artist who called himself Jean in France, but Hans in Germany? > 3. Did you write _Watership Down_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Chester Arthur, dunno and dunno. Correct on Chet. #2 was Jean/Hans Arp. #3 was Richard Adams. DQs: 1. Died after 2000? 2. Known for murder or kidnapping? ---
**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 30, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/32 "2018-07-30T14:31:14Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you run against FDR for president in 1936? > IQ2: As a child, did your father hand you a note to take to the chief of police, who then locked you in a cell for an hour and told you “This is what we do to bad little boys”? > IQ3: Did you play Dr. Octopus in Spider-Man 2? Not Alf Landon, dunno (although I’ve heard that story) or Alfred Molina. A. 1. real 2. female 3. first name begins with A 4. dead 5. not known for the Arts 6. American 7. died after 1900 8. not known for business 9. born west of the Mississippi 10. born south of the Mason-Dixon line 11. died after 1970 12. not known for politics/military 13. known for a crime or crimes 14. died before 2000 15. known for murder or kidnapping ---
**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 30, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/33 "2018-07-30T17:13:18Z")
Next, to find out if she’s a criminal or a victim… IQs: 1. Do you frequently sing with the band Union Station? 2. Did you have a hit with _Rolling in the Deep_? 3. Are you an American historian best remembered for the eponymous book “The Education of…”? ---
**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 30, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/34 "2018-07-30T17:24:38Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you run against FDR for president in 1936? > IQ2: As a child, did your father hand you a note to take to the chief of police, who then locked you in a cell for an hour and told you “This is what we do to bad little boys”? > IQ3: Did you play Dr. Octopus in Spider-Man 2? > > Not Alf Landon, dunno (although I’ve heard that story) or Alfred Molina. Alfred Hitchcock DQ: Primarily known as the victim of a crime? holding 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 30, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/35 "2018-07-30T20:38:00Z")
Hitchcock - ah! For some reason I thought it was either Roald Dahl or Peter O’Toole, but of course they aren’t "A"s. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Do you frequently sing with the band Union Station? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Rolling in the Deep_? > 3. Are you an American historian best remembered for the eponymous book “The Education of…”? Dunno, not Adele, and dunno. A. 1. real 2. female 3. first name begins with A 4. dead 5. not known for the Arts 6. American 7. died after 1900 8. not known for business 9. born west of the Mississippi 10. born south of the Mason-Dixon line 11. died after 1970 12. not known for politics/military 13. known for a crime or crimes 14. died before 2000 15. known for murder or kidnapping 16. arguably primarily known as the victim of a crime ---
**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 31, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/36 "2018-07-31T12:43:50Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you frequently sing with the band Union Station? > 2. Did you have a hit with Rolling in the Deep? > 3. Are you an American historian best remembered for the eponymous book “The Education of…”? > Dunno, not Adele, and dunno. #1 is Alison Krauss. Correct on Adele. #3 is Henry Adams, descendant of John Adams. DQ: Died after 1990? 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 31, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/37 "2018-07-31T16:21:48Z")
A. 1. real 2. female 3. first name begins with A 4. dead 5. not known for the Arts 6. American 7. died after 1900 8. not known for business 9. born west of the Mississippi 10. born south of the Mason-Dixon line 11. died after 1970 12. not known for politics/military 13. known for a crime or crimes 14. died before 2000 15. known for murder or kidnapping 16. arguably primarily known as the victim of a crime 17. died after 1990 ---
**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 31, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/38 "2018-07-31T17:13:18Z")
O.K., a 1990’s American female murder or kidnapping victim, possibly from California. Not coming to mind immediately… **“arguably”** is a bothersome word, though. Think, think, think. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/39 "2018-08-01T11:00:57Z")
DQ: Unusual first name? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/40 "2018-08-01T11:42:33Z")
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