# Botticelli - July 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 2, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634 "2024-07-02T14:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 14, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/101 "2024-07-14T12:59:33Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you the eleventh president of the United States? > 2. Did you write the “Ripliad”? > 3. Was your work showcased in _The Puppetoon Movie_? > [@kitap](#): > > 1. I am not… Oh, shoot. Stupid chemo brain. Take a DQ. > Take 2 more DQs. 1 was James K. Polk; 2 was Patricia Highsmith; 3 was George Pal. DQs: 1. European? 2. born after 1980? 3. known for the arts? ---
**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 14, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/102 "2024-07-14T13:12:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Rainbow’s Daughter in the Oz books? > 2. In the Oz books did you discover the Powder of Life? > 3. Were you one of the major actors in the highly acclaimed, ellipson-shaped, radar-impregnated, solid steel 1950’s BBC radio series, _The Goon Show_? > [@kitap](#): > > I am not Polychrome, I am not someone whose name I should know but do not remember, and take a second DQ. Correct on Polychrome. #2 was Dr. Pipt. #3 was the multitalented Peter Sellers. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/103 "2024-07-14T17:13:18Z")
I Am P: 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name does not begin with P. 4. Not known for the military/Politics. 5. Not American 6. Living 7. Born after 1965. 8. Not European 9. Born before 1980 10. Known for the arts ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/104 "2024-07-14T23:05:20Z")
Well-done, **kitap**! IQ: 1. Do you play a cheerful Goth forensic scientist? 2. Were you a genius scientist and inventor whose name was adopted by a well-known Doper? 3. Were you a Macedonian king with a famous kid? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/105 "2024-07-14T23:46:45Z")
I am not Pauley Perrette, I am not um. Errr. Take a DQ. I am not Philip of Macedonia. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/106 "2024-07-15T02:29:31Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I am not Pauley Perrette, I am not um. Errr. Take a DQ. I am not Philip of Macedonia Perhaps I could have said something about _The Goon Show_ as a hint; 2) was Professor Pepperwinkle. Correct on 1) and 3). DQ: 1. Known for the literary arts? IQs: 1. Are you a broadcast journalist who succeeded both Barbara Walters and Charles Osgood on their respective programs? 2. Were you a Nobel laureate physicist who shared a name and a homeland with a famous composer? 3. Were you a fictional New Jersey mobster, part of the DiMeo crime family? ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/107 "2024-07-15T02:31:19Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Zelda Fitzgerald in _Midnight in Paris_? 2. Did you drive the snakes out of Ireland? 3. Were you Walter White’s partner in crime? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/108 "2024-07-15T02:39:44Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a broadcast journalist who succeeded both Barbara Walters and Charles Osgood on their respective programs? > 2. Were you a Nobel laureate physicist who shared a name and a homeland with a famous composer? > 3. Were you a fictional New Jersey mobster, part of the DiMeo crime family? I am not Jane Pauley? Or take a DQ. Take a DQ, and,then take another. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you play Zelda Fitzgerald in _Midnight in Paris_? > 2. Did you drive the snakes out of Ireland? > 3. Were you Walter White’s partner in crime? Take a DQ, I am not Saint Patrick, take another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/109 "2024-07-15T02:41:57Z")
I Am P: 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name does not begin with P. 4. Not known for the military/Politics. 5. Not American 6. Living 7. Born after 1965. 8. Not European 9. Born before 1980 10. Known for the arts 11. Although he has written a book, it is not what he is best known for, and many people are probably unaware he wrote one. ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/110 "2024-07-15T02:46:01Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Take a DQ, I am not Saint Patrick, take another DQ. 1 was Alison Pill; 3 was Jesse Pinkman, in _Breaking Bad_. DQs: 1. Asian? 2. known for the performing arts? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/111 "2024-07-15T03:03:57Z")
I Am P: 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name does not begin with P. 4. Not known for the military/Politics. 5. Not American 6. Living 7. Born after 1965. 8. Not European 9. Born before 1980 10. Known for the arts 11. Although he has written a book, it is not what he is best known for, and many people are probably unaware he wrote one. 12. Not Asian 13. Can I get a definition of Performing Arts? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/112 "2024-07-15T11:26:30Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I am not Jane Pauley? Or take a DQ. Take a DQ, and,then take another. Correct on Jane Pauley. 2) was Wolfgang Pauli (an Austrian like the other famous Wolfgang, Mozart). 3) was Paulie Walnuts of _The Sopranos_. Pauley/Pauli/Paulie x3! 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/113 "2024-07-15T12:00:42Z")
DQ: Multimedia artist? 1 DQ reserved. IQs: 1. Were you a tentmaker, famous for your letters? 2. Were you the recipient of one of those letters? 3. At the end of the first marathon, did you “hit the wall” in the hardest possible way? ---
**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 15, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/114 "2024-07-15T12:47:40Z")
A Performing Artist is one who’s efforts are seen and/or heard by the public: actors, singers, dancers, magicians, circus performers, etc. Those who support the performing arts (directors, set designers, cinematographers, etc.) are not considered performing artists. DQs: 1. Film director? 2. Australian? IQ: Did you direct and produce _The Lord of the Rings_ and _King Kong_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/115 "2024-07-15T13:15:16Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a tentmaker, famous for your letters? > 2. Were you the recipient of one of those letters? > 3. At the end of the first marathon, did you “hit the wall” in the hardest possible way? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/116 "2024-07-15T13:19:15Z")
I Am P: 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name does not begin with P. 4. Not known for the military/Politics. 5. Not American 6. Living 7. Born after 1965. 8. Not European 9. Born before 1980 10. Known for the arts 11. Although he has written a book, it is not what he is best known for, and many people are probably unaware he wrote one. 12. Not Asian 13. Known for the Performing Arts. Technically. 14. Not a multimedia artist. 15. Not Australian 16. Not a film director ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/117 "2024-07-15T13:20:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQs: > > 1. Film director? > 2. Australian? > > IQ: Did you direct and produce _The Lord of the Rings_ and _King Kong_? I am not Peter Jackson. ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/118 "2024-07-15T14:33:48Z")
Previous IQs: Were you “Trainer to the Gods” in Disney’s _Hercules_? - Panic was a minor demon and a character in the movie, but Philoctetes (Danny DeVito) was the satyr “Trainer to the Gods” Did you write one of the best-known books on tort law? - Prof. Prosser Did you command mortar boats on Western rivers during the Civil War? - Admiral David Dixon Porter DQs: From the Southern Hemisphere? Has won a top award in his field? Would be recognized on sight by your average American? IQs: Did you surrender Vicksburg on July 4, 1863? A leader of Federal cavalry, did you lose the Battle of Brandy Station? An Episcopal bishop, did you found Kenyon College? ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/119 "2024-07-15T14:35:31Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Prince William’s sister-in-law? 2. Speaking of directors, did you direct _The Master_? 3. Are you you, the Sailor Man? Are you you, the Sailor Man? Are you strong to the finish, 'cause you eats your spinach? Are you you, the Sailor Man? ---
**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 15, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/120 "2024-07-15T15:30:07Z")
Correct on Peter Jackson. I really thought I had it. IQs: 1. Were you the game show host on the original _Hollywood Squares_? 2. Were you the Center Square celebrity on that show? 3. Were you the 6th Doctor’s American companion? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634.md?page=7)