# Botticelli - June 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899 "2013-06-01T22:55:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [June 16, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/201 "2013-06-16T00:38:12Z")
Earlier-earned DQs: Best known for a single incident? Born east of Vienna? Ever appeared in movies? ---
**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:** [June 16, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/202 "2013-06-16T00:58:49Z")
IQ: Did you invent a system of phonetic punctuation? (scri-itch, pop?) ---
**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:** [June 16, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/203 "2013-06-16T01:19:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Earlier-earned DQs: > > Best known for a single incident? > Born east of Vienna? > Ever appeared in movies? Hope you don’t mind, but I’m going to ignore these - because… > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did you invent a system of phonetic punctuation? (scri-itch, pop?) **…yes, I am Danish pianist/comedian Victor Borge!** ---
**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:** [June 16, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/204 "2013-06-16T01:43:44Z")
I remembered your “Joe Green” question from last month, and thought that might be right. I’ll post a new letter in the mornin’. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/205 "2013-06-16T01:44:50Z")
Well done, **Prof. Pepperwinkle**! ---
**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:** [June 16, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/206 "2013-06-16T02:48:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I remembered your “Joe Green” question from last month, and thought that might be right. I’ll post a new letter in the mornin’. Thought I might be using him a little too soon… But speaking of [Joe Green](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ij-UNTNCFA)… ---
**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:** [June 16, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/207 "2013-06-16T02:59:29Z")
And let’s not forget [Fliszt](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWqFaGwNCMU)! ---
**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:** [June 16, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/208 "2013-06-16T13:12:39Z")
Happy Fathers Day, fellow Dopers! I am\*\* L \*\*! ---
**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:** [June 16, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/209 "2013-06-16T14:28:44Z")
IQ1: Are you a deranged Bavarian king? IQ2: Are you a writer whose books included a series about an early visitor to the Virginia colony and his descendants? IQ3: Are you an Etruscan king who attacked Rome? ---
**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:** [June 16, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/210 "2013-06-16T14:45:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a deranged Bavarian king? > IQ2: Are you a writer whose books included a series about an early visitor to the Virginia colony and his descendants? > IQ3: Are you an Etruscan king who attacked Rome? Well, I’m not Ludwig the Mad. (Bwahaahaaa!) Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/211 "2013-06-16T21:14:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a deranged Bavarian king? > IQ2: Are you a writer whose books included a series about an early visitor to the Virginia colony and his descendants? > IQ3: Are you an Etruscan king who attacked Rome? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Well, I’m not Ludwig the Mad. (Bwahaahaaa!) > Take 2 DQs for the others. Correct on King Ludwig II. Louis L’Amour wrote 17 books about Barnabas Sackett and his descendants, some of whom also appeared in other books by L’Amour. The story of Horatius at the Bridge is set during Lars Porsena 's war against Rome. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? IQ1: Did you meet both very tall people and very short ones during your travels? IQ2: Did you team up with a banjo player to sing about a TV oil millionaire? IQ3: Did you and Henry Fonda star in a movie about a large family? ---
**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:** [June 16, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/212 "2013-06-16T22:23:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Real? > DQ2: Male? > IQ1: Did you meet both very tall people and very short ones during your travels? > IQ2: Did you team up with a banjo player to sing about a TV oil millionaire? > IQ3: Did you and Henry Fonda star in a movie about a large family? DQ1) Real DQ2) Male I’m not Lemuel Gulliver. I’m not Lester Flatt, and I’m not Lucille Ball. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/213 "2013-06-17T01:13:01Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you meet both very tall people and very short ones during your travels? > IQ2: Did you team up with a banjo player to sing about a TV oil millionaire? > IQ3: Did you and Henry Fonda star in a movie about a large family? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Lemuel Gulliver. I’m not Lester Flatt, and I’m not Lucille Ball. Correct. IQ1: Did you write about a disappearing Scottish village? IQ2: Were you Mr Terhune’s dog? IQ3: Do they all agree you were a problem kind of kid? ---
**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:** [June 17, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/214 "2013-06-17T01:30:38Z")
I love Brigadoon, but I’m not Lerner or Loewe. I think Terhune owned Lassie. So take 1 (or 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:** [June 17, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/215 "2013-06-17T02:15:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about a disappearing Scottish village? > IQ2: Were you Mr Terhune’s dog? > IQ3: Do they all agree you were a problem kind of kid? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I love Brigadoon, but I’m not Lerner or Loewe. I think Terhune owned Lassie. > So take 1 (or 2) DQs. Correct on Lerner and Loewe. (I was specifically thinking of the former, but of course either would do.) Right breed, wrong sex - Albert Payson Terhune’s collie Lad was the subject of _Lad: A Dog_. “Yesterday in old Fall River / Mr. Andrew Borden died / And he got his daughter, Lizzie / On a charge of homicide. / Some folks say she didn’t do it / And others say of course she did, / But they all agree, Miss [Lizzie B](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8itAbKOx3k) / Was a problem kinda kid.” DQ1: Alive? DQ2: 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:** [June 17, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/216 "2013-06-17T02:23:08Z")
All right, **PP**! Well done. IQs (in honor of Father’s Day): Did you attend a ceremony honoring your dad in 1922? Was your dad good friends with Henry Clay? Did you fail to attend your dad’s funeral, even though you pretty easily could have? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/217 "2013-06-17T11:20:21Z")
IQ1: Are you the son of Parsifal? IQ2: Are you the composer of a less-famous ‘La Boheme’? IQ3: Whatever you want, do you get? ---
**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:** [June 17, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/218 "2013-06-17T11:59:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs (in honor of Father’s Day): > > Did you attend a ceremony honoring your dad in 1922? > Was your dad good friends with Henry Clay? > Did you fail to attend your dad’s funeral, even though you pretty easily could have? And…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:** [June 17, 2013, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/219 "2013-06-17T12:01:30Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you the son of Parsifal? > IQ2: Are you the composer of a less-famous ‘La Boheme’? > IQ3: Whatever you want, do you get? I really love Wagner, but can’t think of #1 to save me. No idea on #2. I am not Lola. Take 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:** [June 17, 2013, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/220 "2013-06-17T12:02:32Z")
DQ1) Real. DQ2) Male. DQ3) Dead. DQ4) Not American. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899.md?page=12)