# Botticelli July 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 8, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747 "2020-07-08T16:04:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 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 9, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/21 "2020-07-09T00:55:17Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/22 "2020-07-09T00:57:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about Cedric the Saxon and his son? > IQ2: Was your cousin adopted by a Kansas farmer and his wife? > IQ3: Did you go on a long voyage after your ship was crushedd in the ice? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Supergirl. #3. I am not Arne Saknussemm (sp??) from _Journey to the Center of the Earth_. Take 1 or 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/23 "2020-07-09T01:48:45Z")
IQs: 1. Have you drawn the cartoons in the margins of _Mad_ magazine for decades? 2. Are you a US Supreme Court justice appointed by Barack Obama? 3. Fitting your unusual personality, did you bring an anteater on a leash when you were interviewed by Dick Cavett? ---
**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 9, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/24 "2020-07-09T11:42:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about Cedric the Saxon and his son? > IQ2: Was your cousin adopted by a Kansas farmer and his wife? > IQ3: Did you go on a long voyage after your ship was crushedd in the ice? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Supergirl. > #3. I am not Arne Saknussemm (sp??) from _Journey to the Center of the Earth_ . Sir Walter Scott (_Ivanhoe_). Correct. Sir Ernest Shackleton. . . DQ1: Living? DQ2: Known for the Arts? DQ3: American? . . IQ1: Did a long-lived person teach you how to use your mighty hands? IQ2: Were Brig Gen Brooks and Col Mayfair among your associates? IQ3: Were you a journalist noted for you meeting with a missionary? ---
**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, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/25 "2020-07-09T14:03:17Z")
He shoots, he scores - good job, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Did you succeed your father Eomer as King of Rohan? - Elfwine, again from Tolkien Is the tower named after you the tallest building in Minas Tirith? - Ecthelion Was your ship transformed into what we know as Venus? - Earendil the Mariner Right! On to S, then. IQs: Were you also known as Annatar? Were you also known as Curunir? Was your eldest daughter Elanor the Fair? ---
**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, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/26 "2020-07-09T14:52:42Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you drawn the cartoons in the margins of _Mad_ magazine for decades? > 2. Are you a US Supreme Court justice appointed by Barack Obama? > 3. Fitting your unusual personality, did you bring an anteater on a leash when you were interviewed by Dick Cavett? 1. I am not Sergio Aragones. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Peter Sellers (??) Take 1 or 2 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 9, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/27 "2020-07-09T14:54:05Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > . > . > IQ1: Did a long-lived person teach you how to use your mighty hands? > IQ2: Were Brig Gen Brooks and Col Mayfair among your associates? > IQ3: Were you a journalist noted for you meeting with a missionary? 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 9, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/28 "2020-07-09T14:54:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you also known as Annatar? > Were you also known as Curunir? > Was your eldest daughter Elanor the Fair? Take 3 DQs. DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not known for the Arts 5. Not American ---
**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, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/29 "2020-07-09T15:11:09Z")
Previous IQs: Were you also known as Annatar? - Sauron Were you also known as Curunir? - Saruman Was your eldest daughter Elanor the Fair? - Samwise Gamgee DQs: First name start with S? European? Died since 1950? IQs: Did you wear a cape in the movie _Jeffrey_? Were you a noted Scottish race car driver? Did you, as Holmes, pretend to toss an explosive at Dr. Watson? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/30 "2020-07-09T15:45:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Sergio Aragones. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Peter Sellers (??) > > Take 1 or 2 DQs. 2 (US Supreme Court justice appointed by Barack Obama) was Sonia Sotomayor; 3 (brought an anteater on a leash when interviewed by Dick Cavett) was [Salvador Dali](https://boingboing.net/2020/03/02/watch-salvador-dali-mistreat-a.html). Two DQs reserved. IQs: 1. Did you write _Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious_? 2. While a US Representative for Vermont, did you appear as a rabbi in the 1999 film _My X-Girlfriend’s Wedding Reception_, and bemoan the Brooklyn Dodgers’ move to Los Angeles? 3. Were you a Jewish LA Dodger? ---
**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, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/31 "2020-07-09T16:30:25Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not known for the Arts 5. Not American 6. Last name starts with S 7. European 8. Died before 1950 ---
**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, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/32 "2020-07-09T16:32:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you wear a cape in the movie _Jeffrey_ ? > Were you a noted Scottish race car driver? > Did you, as Holmes, pretend to toss an explosive at Dr. Watson? #3. I am not Sigerson. Take 2 (or 3) DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious_ ? > 2. While a US Representative for Vermont, did you appear as a rabbi in the 1999 film _My X-Girlfriend’s Wedding Reception_ , and bemoan the Brooklyn Dodgers’ move to Los Angeles? > 3. Were you a Jewish LA Dodger? #1. I am not Sigmund Freud. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 9, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/33 "2020-07-09T16:56:42Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did a long-lived person teach you how to use your mighty hands? > IQ2: Were Brig Gen Brooks and Col Mayfair among your associates? > IQ3: Were you a journalist noted for you meeting with a missionary? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs, Samson. Dr Clark Savage Jr. Henry Morton Stanley. . . DQ1: British/Irish? DQ2: Died after 1800? One DQ reserved. . . . “I taught Samson how to use his mighty hands; I showed Columbus to this happy land; And for Pharaoh’s little kiddies I built all the pyramiddies, And to the Sahara carried all the sand.” ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/34 "2020-07-09T17:02:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Sigmund Freud. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Bernie Sanders; 3 was Sandy Koufax. DQ: known for science? 3 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 9, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/35 "2020-07-09T17:03:58Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not known for the Arts 5. Not American 6. Last name starts with S 7. European 8. Died before 1950 9. Not British/Irish 10. Died before 1800 11. Not known for science 😆 Applause, EH, for that bit of verse. ---
**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, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/36 "2020-07-09T17:05:18Z")
Thanks, but 'twas **SCAdian** , not I. Previous IQs: Did you wear a cape in the movie _Jeffrey_? - Patrick Stewart Were you a noted Scottish race car driver? - Jackie Stewart Did you, as Holmes, pretend to toss an explosive at Dr. Watson? - Not Sigerson but the British actor Stewart Granger, in a movie adaptation of _The Hound of the Baskervilles_ (with William Shatner, of all people, playing the bad guy) Stewart x3! DQs: From the British Isles? Died before 1850? Political/military? IQs: Were Robert and Renly your brothers? Did your father strongly suggest you leave home before you died in a “hunting accident”? Were you Tyrion’s lover and later his father’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 9, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/37 "2020-07-09T17:39:31Z")
Oops! Sorry. Good one, SCA! DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not known for the Arts 5. Not American 6. Last name starts with S 7. European 8. Died before 1950 9. Not British/Irish 10. Died before 1800 11. Not known for science 12. Political/military EH: Take 2 DQs to replace those that had already been asked. and Take 3 DQs for the last set of IQs. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/38 "2020-07-09T19:31:13Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the original artist of _Dr. Strange_? 2. Did you create Thing 1 and Thing 2? 3. Are you Nancy’s ex on _Stranger Things_? DQs: 1. born north of Vienna? 2. born east of Vienna? 3. died after 1600? ---
**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, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/39 "2020-07-09T20:22:19Z")
Thanks, **Prof. P.** Previous IQs: Were Robert and Renly your brothers? - Stannis Baratheon, in _Game of Thrones_ Did your father strongly suggest you leave home before you died in a “hunting accident”? - Samwell Tarly, ditto Were you Tyrion’s lover and later his father’s? - Shae, ditto DQs Best known for political stuff? Royalty/nobility? Three DQs reserved. IQs: Did you posthumously win the Medal of Honor for your heroism in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu? Did David Warner play you in _Star Trek V: The Final Frontier_? Were you Jala Wo’s business partner? ---
**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, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/40 "2020-07-09T22:58:11Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:37, topic:914747”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not known for the Arts 5. Not American 6. Last name starts with S 7. European 8. Died before 1950 9. Not British/Irish 10. Died before 1800 11. Not known for science 12. Political/military 13. Died after 1600 14. Born north of Vienna 15. Born west of Vienna 16. Best known for political stuff 17. Not royalty/nobility [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747.md?page=3)