# 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:** 7
**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 20, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/121 "2022-07-20T14:00:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Chameleon Boy. > #2. I am not The Chameleon. > #3. I am not Carrie Fisher. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Were you a _very_ proactive temperance activist? 2. Are you (along with Mugman) the protagonist of a recent video game with hand-drawn animation, modeled after 1930s cartoons? 3. Can Scooby-Doo do, but you are smarter? ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/122 "2022-07-20T16:30:50Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a _very_ proactive temperance activist? > 2. Are you (along with Mugman) the protagonist of a recent video game with hand-drawn animation, modeled after 1930s cartoons? > 3. Can Scooby-Doo do, but you are smarter? #1. I am not Carrie Nation. #2. I am not Cuphead. #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 20, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/123 "2022-07-20T17:30:08Z")
Previous IQs: Did you design a noted line of wooden motorboats? -Christopher Columbus Smith, founder of Chris-Craft Did Malcolm McDowell play you in a historic porno? - Yes, Caligula Was it said that, like a rotten mackerel by moonlight, you both shined and stank? - This was said of Henry Clay, who, a political foe said, was both brilliant and corrupt DQs: Actor? One DQ reserved. IQs: Are you the current Duke of Cornwall? Were you a master blackmailer in Victorian London? Did you dictate “letters” to your sister back in Boston? ---
**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 20, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/124 "2022-07-20T17:44:53Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a _very_ proactive temperance activist? > 2. Are you (along with Mugman) the protagonist of a recent video game with hand-drawn animation, modeled after 1930s cartoons? > 3. Can Scooby-Doo do, but you are smarter? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Carrie Nation. > #2. I am not Cuphead. > #3. Take a DQ. 3 was Jimmy Carter (as Homer says while trying to be witty in the _Simpsons_ episode “A Star is Burns”). 1 DQ 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 20, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/125 "2022-07-20T19:15:16Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. American 5. Last name started with C 6. Died after 1950 7. Died before 2000 8. Known for the Arts 9. Died after 1975 10. Died after 1990 11. Not known from writing 12. Best known for the performing arts 13. Won numerous awards, including top awards in his field 14. Has acted, but generally only played himself, and really not best remembered for that. ---
**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 20, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/126 "2022-07-20T19:16:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the current Duke of Cornwall? > Were you a master blackmailer in Victorian London? > Did you dictate “letters” to your sister back in Boston? 1. I am not Prince Charles (??) Take 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 21, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/127 "2022-07-21T18:02:03Z")
DQ: known for music? ---
**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 21, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/128 "2022-07-21T18:10:06Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. American 5. Last name started with C 6. Died after 1950 7. Died before 2000 8. Known for the Arts 9. Died after 1975 10. Died after 1990 11. Not known from writing 12. Best known for the performing arts 13. Won numerous awards, including top awards in his field 14. Has acted, but generally only played himself, and really not best remembered for that. 15. Known for music ---
**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 21, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/129 "2022-07-21T23:15:22Z")
IQs: 1. Have you been very busy in the world of comics over the past few years–writing _Howard the Duck_, _Daredevil_, and _Spider-Man: Life Story_ for Marvel, drawing _Sex Criminals_ and writing _Stillwater_ and _Public Domain_ for Image, and writing _Batman: The Knight_ and just now the main Batman title for DC (plus writing and sometimes drawing _Spectacular Spider-Man_, plus several humorous Marvel how-to-draw variant covers)? 2. Did you theorize about the survival of the fittest? 3. Did you star in the sitcom _All-American Girl_? ---
**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 22, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/130 "2022-07-22T14:04:37Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you been very busy in the world of comics over the past few years–writing _Howard the Duck_, _Daredevil_, and _Spider-Man: Life Story_ for Marvel, drawing _Sex Criminals_ and writing _Stillwater_ and _Public Domain_ for Image, and writing _Batman: The Knight_ and just now the main Batman title for DC (plus writing and sometimes drawing _Spectacular Spider-Man_, plus several humorous Marvel how-to-draw variant covers)? > 2. Did you theorize about the survival of the fittest? > 3. Did you star in the sitcom _All-American Girl_? #2. I am not Charles Darwin. Take 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 22, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/131 "2022-07-22T14:35:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #2. I am not Charles Darwin. > Take 2 DQs. 1 was Chip Zdarsky; 3 was Margaret Cho. DQs: 1. known for rock/pop? 2. Caucasian? ---
**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 22, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/132 "2022-07-22T15:38:02Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:128, topic:967465, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. American 5. Last name started with C 6. Died after 1950 7. Died before 2000 8. Known for the Arts 9. Died after 1975 10. Died after 1990 11. Not known from writing 12. Best known for the performing arts 13. Won numerous awards, including top awards in his field 14. Has acted, but generally only played himself, and really not best remembered for that. 15. Known for music 16. Not known for pop/rock. 17. Not Caucasian. ---
**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 23, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/133 "2022-07-23T03:13:26Z")
IQ: did you hit the road, Jack in a 1994 ad, driving a Peugeot on salt flats (something you normally didn’t do, for obvious reasons)? ---
**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 23, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/134 "2022-07-23T03:48:48Z")
I bet you’ve got it. And ironically… Previous IQs: Are you the current Duke of Cornwall? - Yes, Prince Charles Were you a master blackmailer in Victorian London? - Charles Augustus Milverton, in a Sherlock Holmes story Did you dictate “letters” to your sister back in Boston? - Dr. Charles Emerson Winchester, on _MASH_ Charles x3! DQs: Black? Singer? Just in case: IQs: Did Jamie Foxx play you in a biopic? ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/135 "2022-07-23T14:36:38Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. American 5. Last name started with C 6. Died after 1950 7. Died before 2000 8. Known for the Arts 9. Died after 1975 10. Died after 1990 11. Not known from writing 12. Best known for the performing arts 13. Won numerous awards, including top awards in his field 14. Has acted, but generally only played himself, and really not best remembered for that. 15. Known for music 16. Not known for pop/rock. 17. Not Caucasian. 18. Singer 19. Black **I am not Ray Charles.** ---
**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 23, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/136 "2022-07-23T15:14:37Z")
Oh, hell. I forgot Charles died _after_ 2000. Well… IQs: 1. Were you an evangelist who predicted the Rapture would happen in 2011? 2. Speaking of the apocalypse, did you cause “Weirdmageddon” in Gravity Falls, Oregon? 3. Parker, Davis, Nixon, you? ---
**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 23, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/137 "2022-07-23T15:20:37Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Well… > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an evangelist who predicted the Rapture would happen in 2011? > 2. Speaking of the apocalypse, did you cause “Weirdmageddon” in Gravity Falls, Oregon? > 3. Parker, Davis, Nixon, you? Take 3 DQs. That puts us over 20 DQs. Please ask all remaining DQs by 12 EDT tomorrow, Sunday, July 24, 2022 A.D. ---
**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 23, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/138 "2022-07-23T15:21:38Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. American 5. Last name started with C 6. Died after 1950 7. Died before 2000 8. Known for the Arts 9. Died after 1975 10. Died after 1990 11. Not known from writing 12. Best known for the performing arts 13. Won numerous awards, including top awards in his field 14. Has acted, but generally only played himself, and really not best remembered for that. 15. Known for music 16. Not known for pop/rock. 17. Not Caucasian. 18. Singer and bandleader 19. Black ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/139 "2022-07-23T17:06:07Z")
He didn’t say the first name didn’t start with “C”… (I’d make a guess, but my time on the board varies, and it wouldn’t be fair to the players) ---
**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 23, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/140 "2022-07-23T17:50:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 (evangelist) was Harold Camping; 2 (Weirdmageddon) was Bill Cipher; 3 (Parker, Davis…) was Kim Cattrall (completing the _Sex and the City_ quartet). DQs: 1. known for jazz/blues? 2. associated with signature song? One DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465.md?page=8)