# Botticelli - July 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 5, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465 "2022-07-05T17:40:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 26, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/181 "2022-07-26T22:21:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you briefly appear on the street in the political comedy _Dave_? > Did you disbelieve yourself into oblivion? > Did you supposedly become the South African minister of justice? Respectively: I am not Oliver Stone. I am not Oolon Colluphid. I am not Odilo Globocnik. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Paul return you to Philemon? > 2. Is one of the books of the Old Testament named for you? > 3. Were you an actor and an authority on the card game Bridge? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Omar Sharif. DQs: 1. fictional 2. male 3. not originally from a work of prose fiction 4. not American 5. first appeared before 1900 6. only name starts with O 7. European 8. first appeared before 1800 9. protagonist 10. not originally from a play (but has appeared in one) 11. from antiquity 12. from Greek or Roman myth 13. human ---
**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, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/182 "2022-07-26T22:31:41Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > Qs: > > > > 1. Did Paul return you to Philemon? > > 2. Is one of the books of the Old Testament named for you? > > 3. Were you an actor and an authority on the card game Bridge? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Omar Sharif. #1 was Onesimus. #2 was Obadiah. Correct on Omar. DQs: 1. Tragic figure? 2. Nobility? ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/183 "2022-07-27T03:15:36Z")
DQs: 1. fictional 2. male 3. not originally from a work of prose fiction 4. not American 5. first appeared before 1900 6. only name starts with O 7. European 8. first appeared before 1800 9. protagonist 10. not originally from a play (but has appeared in one) 11. from antiquity 12. from Greek or Roman myth 13. human 14. endured tragedy 15. not noble (in some accounts said to be son of a king, if that counts) ---
**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, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/184 "2022-07-27T13:01:37Z")
IQ: Are you an Argonaut who was eventually torn to pieces by Maenads (or Bacchantae, depending on the version)? ---
**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 27, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/185 "2022-07-27T13:23:38Z")
I am indeed Orpheus! Next game goes to the Prof. ---
**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, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/186 "2022-07-27T13:28:02Z")
Thanks! I am # A! ---
**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 27, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/187 "2022-07-27T20:02:06Z")
IQs: 1. Is it like RAY-EE-AAAAY-AIN on your wedding day? 2. Were you an 18th-century US president, or his son? 3. Did you coach the Philadelphia Eagles? ---
**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, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/188 "2022-07-27T20:15:26Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is it like RAY-EE-AAAAY-AIN on your wedding day? > 2. Were you an 18th-century US president, or his son? > 3. Did you coach the Philadelphia Eagles? IQs: 1. I am not Alanis Morissette. 2. I am not John Adams. 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 27, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/189 "2022-07-27T20:19:29Z")
Ah, Orpheus - good one! Previous IQs: Did you briefly appear on the street in the political comedy _Dave_? - Not Oliver Stone (he was in it, but not in the street), but Tip O’Neill Did you disbelieve yourself into oblivion? - Not Oolon Colluphid, but the title character of the terrific short story “Obstinate Uncle Otis” by Robert Arthur Jr. Did you supposedly become the South African minister of justice? - Not Odilo Globocnik (still, bonus points for naming, from memory, an obscure Nazi thug!), but Otto, from _A Fish Called Wanda_ On to A… IQs: Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? Were you a Civil War general and later a carpetbagger Governor of Mississippi? Were you Sauron, in disguise? ---
**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, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/190 "2022-07-27T21:02:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? > Were you a Civil War general and later a carpetbagger Governor of Mississippi? > Were you Sauron, in disguise? Take 3 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 27, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/191 "2022-07-27T23:36:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. I am not Alanis Morissette. > 2. I am not John Adams. > 3. Take a DQ. 3 (Eagles coach) was Andy Reid. DQ: real? ---
**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, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/192 "2022-07-28T00:09:29Z")
DQ: 1. Fictional ---
**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, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/193 "2022-07-28T13:14:23Z")
Previous IQs: Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? - Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside Were you a Civil War general and later a carpetbagger Governor of Mississippi? - Adelbert Ames Were you Sauron, in disguise? - Annatar (“Lord of Gifts”), when he was involved in the making of the great Rings DQs: Male? American? Last name starts with A? IQs: Are you the current Duke of York? Were you legendarily struck by a British officer when you refused to polish his boots? Were you a Governor of Massachusetts who appeared briefly in the movie _Glory_? ---
**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 28, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/194 "2022-07-28T14:29:21Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a Famous School for Comedians? 2. Did you join a Spanish study group at a _Community_ college, with Jeff, Troy, Pierce, and Shirley? 3. Did you invent the doorknob, and also dynamite? ---
**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, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/195 "2022-07-28T14:58:39Z")
DQ: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with A ---
**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, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/196 "2022-07-28T14:59:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the current Duke of York? > Were you legendarily struck by a British officer when you refused to polish his boots? > Were you a Governor of Massachusetts who appeared briefly in the movie _Glory_? #1. I am not Prince Andrew (??) Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a Famous School for Comedians? > 2. Did you join a Spanish study group at a _Community_ college, with Jeff, Troy, Pierce, and Shirley? > 3. Did you invent the doorknob, and also dynamite? #1. I am not Austin Pendleton (??) 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Alfred Nobel. ---
**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 28, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/197 "2022-07-28T15:24:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Austin Pendleton (??) > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Alfred Nobel. 1 was [Albert Brooks](https://schoolforcomedians.com/); 2 was Annie, on _Community_; 3 was correct (no-bell, geddit?..OK, I’m sorry.). DQs: 1. protagonist? 2. from a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.)? ---
**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, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/198 "2022-07-28T15:45:23Z")
DQ: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with A 5. Not the protagonist 6. Not originally from a filmed dramatic work, but has been in numerous ones. ---
**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, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/199 "2022-07-28T18:08:38Z")
1. Did you write _The Satan Bug_? 2. Did you write _The Earth Book of Stormgate_? 3. Did you write _Quasar, Quasar Burning Bright_? ---
**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, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/200 "2022-07-28T18:35:16Z")
Previous IQs: Are you the current Duke of York? - Yes, Prince Andrew Were you legendarily struck by a British officer when you refused to polish his boots? - Andrew Jackson, when he was a boy Were you a Governor of Massachusetts who appeared briefly in the movie _Glory_? - John Andrew Andrew x3! DQs: Would be alive today, if real? First appeared since 1950? IQs: Are you the London detective protagonist of Len Deighton’s _SS-GB_? Are you a hard-drinking, relentlessly-womanizing spy with the codename “Duchess”? Did you command the USS _Enterprise_, NX-01? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465.md?page=11)