# 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:** 3
**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, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/41 "2020-07-09T23:00:17Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 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_ ? #1 I am not Steve Ditko. #2 I am not Dr. Seuss. #3 I am not Steve (last name not remembered). > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? 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 9, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/42 "2020-07-09T23:49:14Z")
Previous IQs: Did you posthumously win the Medal of Honor for your heroism in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu? - Randy Shughart, U.S. Army Rangers, as shown in _Black Hawk Down_ Did David Warner play you in _Star Trek V: The Final Frontier_? - Federation Amb. St. John-Smythe. Were you Jala Wo’s business partner? - Mr. Shade, in George R.R. Martin’s award-winning (and excellent) short story, “Sandkings” DQs: French? Died after 1700? Assassinated? Best known for a single incident? ---
**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 10, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/43 "2020-07-10T01:11:17Z")
IQ1: Is the Venezuelan monetary unit named after you? IQ2: Did you write about Casca, the eternal warrior? IQ3: Were you really a woman named Dupin? ---
**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, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/44 "2020-07-10T01:22:54Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:40, 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 18. Not French 19. Died before 1700 20. Not assassinated 21. Not best known for a single incident. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is the Venezuelan monetary unit named after you? > IQ2: Did you write about Casca, the eternal warrior? > IQ3: Were you really a woman named Dupin? #1. I am not Simon Bolivar. (?) #2. I am not Barry Sadler. #3. Take a DQ. That’s past 20 DQ’s, so no more IQ’s please. Ask all unasked DQs by 6pm EDT tomorrow. ---
**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 10, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/45 "2020-07-10T01:58:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is the Venezuelan monetary unit named after you? > IQ2: Did you write about Casca, the eternal warrior? > IQ3: Were you really a woman named Dupin? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Simon Bolivar. (?) > #2. I am not Barry Sadler. > #3. Take a DQ. Correct. Correct. George Sand. . . DQ1: German? One earned DQ left. I can ask it as a “Firstname Lastname” DQ, right? ---
**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, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/46 "2020-07-10T02:03:59Z")
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 18. Not French 19. Died before 1700 20. Not assassinated 21. Not best known for a single incident. 22. Not German SCA, the Firstname Lastname DQ is a Bonus DQ given to all who earned at least one DQ during the game. So go ahead and ask your last DQ, it won’t count against it. ---
**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 10, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/47 "2020-07-10T03:30:34Z")
DQ: Are you Peter Stuyvesant? ---
**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, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/48 "2020-07-10T13:09:23Z")
Yes! I am **Peter Stuyvesant**! Good job, SCA! ---
**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, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/49 "2020-07-10T15:27:36Z")
Attaboy, **SCA**! Well done. ISTR Stuyvesant was the mystery person in a previous round, but it’s been awhile. ---
**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 10, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/50 "2020-07-10T16:27:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > ISTR Stuyvesant was the mystery person in a previous round, One of yours, wasn’t it? . . I am **N**. ---
**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, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/51 "2020-07-10T16:49:44Z")
It might’ve been. I don’t remember. IQs: Did a thinly-disguised version of you appear in _Gone Girl_? Did an actress who once vehemently opposed your husband go on to play you? Were you Bill Sykes’s kind-hearted but abused girlfriend? ---
**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, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/52 "2020-07-10T16:50:35Z")
IQs: 1. Did you employ Archie Goodwin? 2. Are you the eponymous protagonist of a Dickens novel? 3. Did you hang around with Sluggo? ---
**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 10, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/53 "2020-07-10T16:55:13Z")
Congrats, SCAdian! > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1 I am not Steve Ditko. > #2 I am not Dr. Seuss. > #3 I am not Steve (last name not remembered). Belated question wrap-up (Dr. Strange/Thing 1 and Thing 2/_Stranger Things_): this was a clean sweep. IQs: 1. Did you perform “The Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins”, “Highly Illogical”, and a cover of “Proud Mary”? 2. Are you a former president of France? 3. Did you play Nancy on _Stranger Things_? ---
**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 10, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/54 "2020-07-10T23:45:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did a thinly-disguised version of you appear in _Gone Girl_ ? > Did an actress who once vehemently opposed your husband go on to play you? > Were you Bill Sykes’s kind-hearted but abused girlfriend? Three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you employ Archie Goodwin? > 2. Are you the eponymous protagonist of a Dickens novel? > 3. Did you hang around with Sluggo? Not Nero Wolfe. Not … Nicholas Nickleby? Not Nancy. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you perform “The Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins”, “Highly Illogical”, and a cover of “Proud Mary”? > 2. Are you a former president of France? > 3. Did you play Nancy on _Stranger Things_ ? Three 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 10, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/55 "2020-07-10T23:49:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you perform “The Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins”, “Highly Illogical”, and a cover of “Proud Mary”? > > > 2. Are you a former president of France? > > > 3. Did you play Nancy on _Stranger Things_ ? > > Three DQs. 1 was Leonard Nimoy; 2 was Nicolas Sarkozy; 3 was Natalie Dyer. DQs: 1. real? 2. male? 3. first name begins with N? ---
**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 10, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/56 "2020-07-10T23:53:17Z")
**N** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with N ---
**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, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/57 "2020-07-10T23:55:53Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Were you the father of the O.T. Israeli leader Joshua? 2. Were you the Greek goddess of victory? 3. Are you married to American Olympic gold-winning gymnast Bart Conner? ---
**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 11, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/58 "2020-07-11T00:00:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the father of the O.T. Israeli leader Joshua? > 2. Were you the Greek goddess of victory? > 3. Are you married to American Olympic gold-winning gymnast Bart Conner? Not Nun. Not Nike. 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 11, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/59 "2020-07-11T00:17:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > > 1. Were you the father of the O.T. Israeli leader Joshua? > > 2. Were you the Greek goddess of victory? > > 3. Are you married to American Olympic gold-winning gymnast Bart Conner? Not Nun. Not Nike. DQ. Correct, Correct, and Nadia Comaneci. DQ: Living? ---
**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 11, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/60 "2020-07-11T00:19:29Z")
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