# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/81 "2013-06-06T16:31:52Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ: Known as a scientist/inventor? No > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ1: Did you die before 2000? > DQ2: Were you born east of the Mississippi? Yes No Summary: B 1. Male 2. Real 3. American 4. ‘B’ is the initial letter of last name 5. Not alive 6. Not known for the arts 7. Born after 1900 8. Not a military/political figure 9. Not known for athletic endeavours 10. Not known as a scientist/inventor 11. Died before 2000 12. Not born east of the Mississippi ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/82 "2013-06-06T16:43:42Z")
IQ: Was a branch of GM named after 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:** [June 6, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/83 "2013-06-06T16:49:31Z")
DQ: Known as a businessman? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/84 "2013-06-06T20:17:29Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Was a branch of GM named after you? DQ for you. I’ll :smack: myself if it’s someone like Mr. Buick. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Known as a businessman? No Summary: B 1. Male 2. Real 3. American 4. ‘B’ is the initial letter of last name 5. Not alive 6. Not known for the arts 7. Born after 1900 8. Not a military/political figure 9. Not known for athletic endeavours 10. Not known as a scientist/inventor 11. Died before 2000 12. Not born east of the Mississippi 13. Not known as a businessman ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/85 "2013-06-06T21:41:16Z")
Yup, going for Mr. Buick. DQ: Did you ever serve time? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/86 "2013-06-06T23:32:00Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ: Did you ever serve time? Yes Summary: B 1. Male 2. Real 3. American 4. ‘B’ is the initial letter of last name 5. Not alive 6. Not known for the arts 7. Born after 1900 8. Not a military/political figure 9. Not known for athletic endeavours 10. Not known as a scientist/inventor 11. Died before 2000 12. Not born east of the Mississippi 13. Not known as a businessman 14. Have served time ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/87 "2013-06-06T23:49:52Z")
IQ: Were you friends with a “sprout” and black kid named for a grain? ---
**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 6, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/88 "2013-06-06T23:52:30Z")
IQ: Did you hang around with a moll named Bonnie? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/89 "2013-06-07T01:01:16Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you friends with a “sprout” and black kid named for a grain? I don’t know who that is. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did you hang around with a moll named Bonnie? Yes, I am **Clyde Barrow** of Bonnie and Clyde infamy. Well done. ---
**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 7, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/90 "2013-06-07T02:32:14Z")
Good on ya, **Prof. Pepperwinkle**! ---
**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 7, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/91 "2013-06-07T13:05:18Z")
Obviously I couldn’t have got it without etv78’s question. Checking out [Elendil’s Heir’s list of letters by usage](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648663), _ **I am** _ C ---
**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 7, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/92 "2013-06-07T15:13:44Z")
IQ1: Are you a composer who was known as ‘not the Pope’? IQ2: Were you a Lydian king who should have asked for a more precise answer? IQ3: Were you a Lydian king who shouldn’t have bragged about his wife? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/93 "2013-06-07T17:38:54Z")
IQ: Are your grandson and my celebrity crush newlyweds? My IQ from the last round was Robert Blake (friends with “Alfalfa” and “Buckwheat”) ---
**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 7, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/94 "2013-06-07T18:28:19Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you a composer who was known as ‘not the Pope’? > IQ2: Were you a Lydian king who should have asked for a more precise answer? > IQ3: Were you a Lydian king who shouldn’t have bragged about his wife? I’m not Candaules, but take DQ’s for 1 and 2. ---
**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 7, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/95 "2013-06-07T18:29:25Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are your grandson and my celebrity crush newlyweds? > > My IQ from the last round was Robert Blake (friends with “Alfalfa” and “Buckwheat”) Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/96 "2013-06-07T18:34:33Z")
DQ: Living? My IQ was Claiborn Pell, his grandson married Michelle Kwan last January. ---
**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 7, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/97 "2013-06-07T18:35:36Z")
DQ1) Alive. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/98 "2013-06-07T18:36:55Z")
IQ: Are you an ultra-conservative Senator from the “Sooner State”? ---
**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 7, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/99 "2013-06-07T18:38:22Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you an ultra-conservative Senator from the “Sooner State”? I am not Tom Coburn. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/100 "2013-06-07T18:50:37Z")
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