# 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:** 25
**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 28, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/481 "2015-06-28T23:54:28Z")
Well, the hint rules out my ideas of biographer, historian, or scientist… ---
**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 29, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/482 "2015-06-29T00:19:50Z")
I’m stuck, so I’ll just ask more IQs. IQ1: Do you have dogs on your farm to keep young Hobbits from stealing your mushrooms? IQ2: Are you a Black Númenórean who haggled with the Army of the West in front of the Black Gate? IQ3: Were you the Dark Lord of Middle Earth before Sauron? ---
**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 29, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/483 "2015-06-29T01:13:25Z")
Previous IQs: You are not Jacko. Were you hurt by fire in a pre-1970 on-set sfx accident? - Margaret Hamilton, during _The Wizard of Oz_. Did Alex Kingston’s early career get a big boost by playing you? - Moll Flanders. Is your tomb only a block away from your birthplace? - MLK Jr., in Atlanta. Hmmm. Dunno what to ask next. ---
**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 29, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/484 "2015-06-29T03:03:45Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Well, the hint rules out my ideas of biographer, historian, or scientist… (Well, actually, he was ALSO a scientist.) ---
**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 29, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/485 "2015-06-29T03:04:46Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I’m stuck, so I’ll just ask more IQs. > > IQ1: Do you have dogs on your farm to keep young Hobbits from stealing your mushrooms? > IQ2: Are you a Black Númenórean who haggled with the Army of the West in front of the Black Gate? > IQ3: Were you the Dark Lord of Middle Earth before Sauron? I am not Farmer Maggot. Take 2 DQs for the 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 29, 2015, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/486 "2015-06-29T12:01:59Z")
Mouth of Sauron, Melkor or Morgoth holding 3 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 29, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/487 "2015-06-29T12:39:44Z")
DQ: Known for education? holding 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 29, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/488 "2015-06-29T13:27:38Z")
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 13. Not a poet 14. Not a songwriter, nor known for music in any way 15. Not known for writing plays or screenplays 16. Not known as an essayist or critic 17. Not known for news or journalism 18. Not known as a diarist of a witnessed event 19. Not known for education Tim’s guesses in post 480 are pretty much on the money. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/489 "2015-06-29T14:06:01Z")
My last DQ) Did you invent a comic strip or comic book character? ---
**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 29, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/490 "2015-06-29T14:09:53Z")
I have a feeling it will be someone I’ve never heard of, but I’ve heard of his best-known characters. ---
**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 29, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/491 "2015-06-29T14:43:30Z")
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 13. Not a poet 14. Not a songwriter, nor known for music in any way 15. Not known for writing plays or screenplays 16. Not known as an essayist or critic 17. Not known for news or journalism 18. Not known as a diarist of a witnessed event 19. Not known for education 20. Invented a very famous comic strip or comic book character And that’s 20. It’s the usual DQs in “Are you Firstname Lastname?”, or I’ll do the reveal tomorrow about 10 a.m. ---
**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 29, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/492 "2015-06-29T15:30:36Z")
Are you Winsor McKay, artist of _Dream of the Rarebit Fiend_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/493 "2015-06-29T15:43:43Z")
Are you William Moulton Marston, creator of Wonder Woman? ---
**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 29, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/494 "2015-06-29T15:46:28Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Are you Winsor McKay, artist of _Dream of the Rarebit Fiend_? Great guess, but no. ---
**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 29, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/495 "2015-06-29T15:48:15Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Are you William Moulton Marston, creator of Wonder Woman? Once again the amazing mind of astorian has prevailed. Yes, I am lawyer and inventor William Moulton Marston, creator of Wonder Woman, and, according to some, the inventor of the lie detector! Good job, astorian! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/496 "2015-06-29T17:12:18Z")
I needed all those hints. Let’s see, how about… **L** ---
**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 29, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/497 "2015-06-29T17:59:15Z")
I never knew that about Wonder Woman’s origins. I just assumed any comic book character is the product of a roomful of sweaty nerds and marketing slime. wtg, **astorian**. I was so sure I had it. On to L… IQ1: Are you a recording artist whose real name is Elizabeth Woolridge Grant? IQ2: Are you a member of NSYNC who trained to be a cosmonaut? IQ3: Are you an actor who pioneered makeup techniques so effectively you came to be known as “The Man of a Thousand Faces?” ---
**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 29, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/498 "2015-06-29T18:33:49Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a French Cubist painter, sculptor and filmmaker? 2. Did you name oxygen? 3. Did you appear in a number of notable commercials for Lay’s chips? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/499 "2015-06-29T18:56:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I never knew that about Wonder Woman’s origins. I just assumed any comic book character is the product of a roomful of sweaty nerds and marketing slime. > > wtg, **astorian**. I was so sure I had it. On to L… > > IQ1: Are you a recording artist whose real name is Elizabeth Woolridge Grant? > IQ2: Are you a member of NSYNC who trained to be a cosmonaut? > IQ3: Are you an actor who pioneered makeup techniques so effectively you came to be known as “The Man of a Thousand Faces?” Not Lance Bass or Lon Chaney Take a DQ for 1 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/500 "2015-06-29T18:59:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a French Cubist painter, sculptor and filmmaker? > 2. Did you name oxygen? > 3. Did you appear in a number of notable commercials for Lay’s chips? Not Antoine Lavoisier Take DQs for 1 and 3 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445.md?page=26)