# Botticelli June 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 2, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445 "2015-06-02T15:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**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 27, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/441 "2015-06-27T02:03:38Z")
IQ2: Did you write about Queequeg? IQ2: Did you write a play about Abigail Williams, Rebecca Nurse, Tituba, and others? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/442 "2015-06-27T13:12:54Z")
DQ: Born east of the Mississippi? holding 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/443 "2015-06-27T13:21:52Z")
IQ1: Are you the Roman goddess of wisdom and sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy? IQ2: Are you the Roman god of commerce, eloquence, communication, travelers, luck, trickery and thieves? IQ3: Are you a Persian/Greek god in the Roman pantheon who is frequently depicted slaying a bull? ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/444 "2015-06-27T13:23:15Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name does not start with M 4. American 5. Dead 6. Best known for the arts 7. Born before 1900 8. Died before 1950 9. Born east of the Mississippi 10. Writer of various sorts, among other things ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/445 "2015-06-27T13:24:43Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > 2 was correct, with two middle names I didn’t know 🙂 > 1 was Jim Morrison (_The Doors_) > 3 was Douglas MacArthur, military overlord of Japan 1945-1951. > > 3 DQ reserved. > > IQ1: Did you wear a greasepaint mustache for much of your career? > IQ2: Are you a brother of IQ1 who affected an Italian accent when ‘in character’? > IQ3: Are you a brother of IQ1 who rarely (never?) spoke when ‘in character’? I am not Groucho, nor Chico, nor Harp o Marx. ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/446 "2015-06-27T13:26:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Are you best known for a painting called _Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1_? I am not James Abbott McNeill Whistler. ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/447 "2015-06-27T13:28:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your theories on naval power influence Theodore Roosevelt, among others? > Are you arguably the best-known inmate on California’s Death Row? > Did you work for SHIELD and then Tony Stark? Take a DQ. I am not Charles Manson. I am not Maria Hill. ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/448 "2015-06-27T13:30:01Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ2: Did you write about Queequeg? > IQ2: Did you write a play about Abigail Williams, Rebecca Nurse, Tituba, and others? I I am not Herman Melville. I am not Arthur Miller. ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/449 "2015-06-27T13:31:25Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Roman goddess of wisdom and sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy? > IQ2: Are you the Roman god of commerce, eloquence, communication, travelers, luck, trickery and thieves? > IQ3: Are you a Persian/Greek god in the Roman pantheon who is frequently depicted slaying a bull? I am not Minerva, Mercury or Mithras. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/450 "2015-06-27T16:55:03Z")
DQ: Known from TV? holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/451 "2015-06-27T17:00:10Z")
IQ1: Are you regarded as one of the three Magi who gave gifts to Christ at his birth? IQ2: Were you a right fielder for the NY Giants for 21 seasons and the first NL player to top 500 home runs? IQ3: Were you Alice Hyatt’s boss in _Alice_? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/452 "2015-06-27T17:04:10Z")
Correct on the Marx brothers. DQ: Born before 1800? ---
**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 27, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/453 "2015-06-27T17:29:28Z")
Previous IQs: Did your theories on naval power influence Theodore Roosevelt, among others? - Alfred Thayer Mahan. Are you arguably the best-known inmate on California’s Death Row? - Yes, Charles Manson. Did you work for SHIELD and then Tony Stark? - Yes, Maria Hill. DQ: Best known for your fiction writing? IQs: Did a journalist spoof letters from your husband to a friend of your husband’s? Were you hurt by fire in an on-set sfx accident? Did you fall in love with an RAF vet but marry a photographer? ---
**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 27, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/454 "2015-06-27T17:36:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Are you best known for a painting called _Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1_? > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ2: Did you write about Queequeg? > IQ2: Did you write a play about Abigail Williams, Rebecca Nurse, Tituba, and others? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not James Abbott McNeill Whistler. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I I am not Herman Melville. > I am not Arthur Miller. Correct on all three. ---
**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 27, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/455 "2015-06-27T17:42:00Z")
IQ1: Did you write about a cockroach and a cat? IQ2: Did you write _Spoon River Anthology_? ---
**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 27, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/456 "2015-06-27T18:42:19Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ: Known from TV? > > holding a DQ Reconsider this DQ please, as he died before 1950. ---
**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 27, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/457 "2015-06-27T18:43:19Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you regarded as one of the three Magi who gave gifts to Christ at his birth? > IQ2: Were you a right fielder for the NY Giants for 21 seasons and the first NL player to top 500 home runs? > IQ3: Were you Alice Hyatt’s boss in _Alice_? I am not Melchior. Take a DQ for 2. I am not Mel. ---
**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 27, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/458 "2015-06-27T18:45:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did a journalist spoof letters from your husband to a friend of your husband’s? > Were you hurt by fire in an on-set sfx accident? > Did you fall in love with an RAF vet but marry a photographer? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Michael Jackson. I am not Princess Margaret. ---
**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 27, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/459 "2015-06-27T18:46:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about a cockroach and a cat? > IQ2: Did you write _Spoon River Anthology_? I am neither Don Marquis nor Edgar Lee Masters. ---
**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 27, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/460 "2015-06-27T18:49:17Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name does not start with M 4. American 5. Dead 6. Best known for the arts 7. Born before 1900 8. Died before 1950 9. Born east of the Mississippi 10. Writer of various sorts, among other things 11. Born after 1800 12. Best known for his writing, though not literature. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445.md?page=24)