# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/141 "2015-06-08T19:57:48Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Was _Star Wars_ based on your film, The _Hidden Fortress_? > IQ2: Did you rule mainland China for 22 years, and then Taiwan for 30 years? > IQ3: In Xanadu, did you a stately pleasure-dome decree? DQ. I am not Chiang Kai-shek. I am not Kubla Khan. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you joke, “The constitutional we do right away. The unconstitutional takes a little longer”? > Did you meet with a notable rival only once, in Vienna? > Did you head the SEC and serve as an ambassador? I am not Henry Kissinger. DQ. I am not Joe Kennedy, Sr. * * * DQ Summary: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. Last name starts with K. 4. Dead. 5. Not American. 6. Not known for the arts. 7. Has not held elected office. 8. Not European. 9. Known for politics/military. 10. Died after 1900. 11. Asian. ---
**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 8, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/142 "2015-06-08T21:55:55Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Was Star Wars based on your film, The Hidden Fortress? > IQ2: Did you rule mainland China for 22 years, and then Taiwan for 30 years? > IQ3: In Xanadu, did you a stately pleasure-dome decree? > > DQ. > I am not Chiang Kai-shek. > I am not Kubla Khan. Akira Kurosawa, correct x2 DQ: Known from WWII? holding 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/143 "2015-06-09T01:07:40Z")
DQ Summary: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. Last name starts with K. 4. Dead. 5. Not American. 6. Not known for the arts. 7. Has not held elected office. 8. Not European. 9. Known for politics/military. 10. Died after 1900. 11. Asian. 12. Not known from WWII. ---
**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 9, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/144 "2015-06-09T02:05:54Z")
Previous IQs: Did you joke, “The constitutional we do right away. The unconstitutional takes a little longer”? - Yes, Henry Kissinger (spoofing the Seebee motto). Did you meet with a notable rival only once, in Vienna? - Nikita Khrushchev, who met with JFK there. Did you head the SEC and serve as an ambassador? - Yes, Joe Kennedy Sr. DQ: Born in or north of Beijing? IQs: Did you write the novel from which the movie _Breaker Morant_ was adapted? Did you give your name to a memory game about which a British author wrote? Were you that author? ---
**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 9, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/145 "2015-06-09T02:13:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you chief of the OKW during most of WW II? > IQ2: Did you play the COB in a movie set in the Atlantic during WW II? > IQ3: Was it rumored that you would be chosen to replace Gen McClellan? > [@Baffle](#): > > Too many acronyms… not enough civil war knowledge. Wilhelm [Keitel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Keitel). Harvey Keitel (_U-571_). Gen Phil Kearney. DQ: Born west of Delhi? Two DQs reserved. IQ: Were you the first president of Turkey? ---
**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 9, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/146 "2015-06-09T13:23:02Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the founder of the company that eventually became K-Mart? 2. Is your mom “a big, fat bitch”? 3. Are some of the Psalms dedicated to your sons? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/147 "2015-06-09T16:03:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write the novel from which the movie _Breaker Morant_ was adapted? > Did you give your name to a memory game about which a British author wrote? > Were you that author? The only British K author coming to mind today is Rudyard Kipling, who I am not. If that’s wrong, take 3 DQs. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Were you the first president of Turkey? I am not Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the founder of the company that eventually became K-Mart? > 2. Is your mom “a big, fat bitch”? > 3. Are some of the Psalms dedicated to your sons? DQ. I am not Kyle Broflovski. DQ. * * * DQ Summary: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. Last name starts with K. 4. Dead. 5. Not American. 6. Not known for the arts. 7. Has not held elected office. 8. Not European. 9. Known for politics/military. 10. Died after 1900. 11. Asian. 12. Not known from WWII. 13. Not born in or north of Beijing. 14. Born west of Delhi. ---
**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 9, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/148 "2015-06-09T16:22:00Z")
IQ1: Were you the supreme leader of Iran from 1979-1989? ---
**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 9, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/149 "2015-06-09T19:00:23Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the founder of the company that eventually became K-Mart? > 2. Is your mom “a big, fat bitch”? > 3. Are some of the Psalms dedicated to your sons? > > DQ. > I am not Kyle Broflovski. > DQ. #1 was S. S. Kresge. #3 was Korah. DQs: 1. Died after 2000? 2. Hostile to the U.S.? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/150 "2015-06-09T22:18:13Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you the supreme leader of Iran from 1979-1989? Yes! I am Ayatollah Ruhollah Moosavi Khomeini, revolutionary, politician, and founder of the first Islamic government in the modern age. Congratulations, **Knowed Out**! ---
**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 9, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/151 "2015-06-09T23:49:08Z")
Good job, KO! ---
**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 10, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/152 "2015-06-10T00:06:12Z")
The geographical clues reminded me of my college newspaper with a center fold-out of the Ayatollah’s face with the words IRAN SUCKS below it I am P. ---
**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 10, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/153 "2015-06-10T00:36:23Z")
IQ1: Were you a Greek/Danish prince who is now much better known as a British one? IQ2: Were you a resident of Anatolia whose name originally began with a different letter? IQ3: Are you really T’challa, son of T’chaka? ---
**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 10, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/154 "2015-06-10T00:39:54Z")
IQs: 1. Was your motto “Have gun, will travel”? 2. Were you Mr. Scarlet’s kid sidekick? 3. Did William Powell play you in a movie about a mermaid? ---
**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 10, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/155 "2015-06-10T04:17:06Z")
Way to go, **KO**! Previous IQs: Did you write the novel from which the movie _Breaker Morant_ was adapted? - Kit Denton. Did you give your name to a memory game about which a British author wrote? - Kim: [Kim's Game - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%27s_Game). Were you that author? - Yes, Rudyard Kipling. On to P… Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? Were you an Indian aide to U.S. Grant? Did you surrender Vicksburg to U.S. Grant? ---
**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 10, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/156 "2015-06-10T12:17:05Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Greek/Danish prince who is now much better known as a British one? > IQ2: Were you a resident of Anatolia whose name originally began with a different letter? > IQ3: Are you really T’challa, son of T’chaka? dunno x2, not Black Panther ---
**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 10, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/157 "2015-06-10T12:18:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your motto “Have gun, will travel”? > 2. Were you Mr. Scarlet’s kid sidekick? > 3. Did William Powell play you in a movie about a mermaid? not Paladin, dunno x2 ---
**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 10, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/158 "2015-06-10T12:22:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? > Were you an Indian aide to U.S. Grant? > Did you surrender Vicksburg to U.S. Grant? not Han Pritcher(?), dunno x2 (my brother the Civil War historian would have nailed these) ---
**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 10, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/159 "2015-06-10T12:32:15Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your motto “Have gun, will travel”? > 2. Were you Mr. Scarlet’s kid sidekick? > 3. Did William Powell play you in a movie about a mermaid? > > not Paladin, dunno x2 Correct on Paladin. #2 was Pinky. #3 was Mr. Peabody (in _Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid_). DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 10, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/160 "2015-06-10T14:38:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Greek/Danish prince who is now much better known as a British one? > IQ2: Were you a resident of Anatolia whose name originally began with a different letter? > IQ3: Are you really T’challa, son of T’chaka? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno x2, not Black Panther HRH the Prince Philip was originally Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark. St Paul was originally known as Saul of Tarsus. Correct. I used to work with a guy named T’Challa. He said his father had been a Black Panther. Two DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445.md?page=9)