# Botticelli June 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 5, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577 "2016-06-05T15:30:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 5, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/1 "2016-06-05T15:30:35Z")
For the first game in June, let’s start with E. ---
**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 5, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/2 "2016-06-05T21:36:27Z")
The May thread: [Botticelli May 2016 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=791692) E it is. IQs: Is your desk in the possession of the Jefferson County, Ohio Historical Society? Was your ship turned into what we know as Venus? Did you wield Narsil? ---
**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, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/3 "2016-06-06T00:31:21Z")
IQ: 1. Were you the Wizard of Menlo Park? 2. Did you discover the Theory of Relativity? 3. Are you not-so-secretly Ralph Dibny? ---
**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 6, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/4 "2016-06-06T11:19:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Is your desk in the possession of the Jefferson County, Ohio Historical Society? > Was your ship turned into what we know as Venus? > Did you wield Narsil? DQ, DQ, not Elendil 🙂 ---
**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 6, 2016, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/5 "2016-06-06T11:21:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: > > 1. Were you the Wizard of Menlo Park? > 2. Did you discover the Theory of Relativity? > 3. Are you not-so-secretly Ralph Dibny? not Thomas Edison, not Albert Einstein, DQ ---
**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, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/6 "2016-06-06T12:41:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: > > 1. Were you the Wizard of Menlo Park? > 2. Did you discover the Theory of Relativity? > 3. Are you not-so-secretly Ralph Dibny? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Thomas Edison, not Albert Einstein, DQ Correct, correct, and the Elongated Man. DQ: Real? ---
**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, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/7 "2016-06-06T12:44:50Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a young Muppet who hasn’t mastered pronouns? 2. Were you the first movie Tarzan? 3. Are you the patron saint of sailors? ---
**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 6, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/8 "2016-06-06T13:32:10Z")
Previous IQs: Is your desk in the possession of the Jefferson County, Ohio Historical Society? - Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s SECWAR. Was your ship turned into what we know as Venus? - Earendil the Mariner, in Tolkien’s _The Silmarillion_. Did you wield Narsil? - Yes, Elendil the Tall. DQs: Male? Last name start with E? IQs: Famous in your own right, was your son later elected mayor of a major city? Were you U.S. Solicitor General under Johnson and Nixon? Are you a noted legal writer with a four-syllable last name? ---
**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 6, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/9 "2016-06-06T15:12:39Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with E ---
**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 6, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/10 "2016-06-06T15:13:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a young Muppet who hasn’t mastered pronouns? > 2. Were you the first movie Tarzan? > 3. Are you the patron saint of sailors? me not Elmo, me not Ron Ely, 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 6, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/11 "2016-06-06T15:33:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Famous in your own right, was your son later elected mayor of a major city? > Were you U.S. Solicitor General under Johnson and Nixon? > Are you a noted legal writer with a four-syllable last name? 3 DQs ---
**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 6, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/12 "2016-06-06T16:04:29Z")
Previous IQs: Famous in your own right, was your son later elected mayor of a major city? - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel; his son was later a very popular mayor of Hamburg, West Germany. Were you U.S. Solicitor General under Johnson and Nixon? - Erwin Griswold (also dean of Harvard Law School). Are you a noted legal writer with a four-syllable last name? - Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky. Erwin x3! DQs: American? Would be alive today, if real? First appeared since 1964? IQs: Were you comically hard of hearing? Were you the subject of a one-woman show on Broadway? Was your “Americanization” the subject of a film? ---
**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, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/13 "2016-06-06T16:05:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a young Muppet who hasn’t mastered pronouns? > 2. Were you the first movie Tarzan? > 3. Are you the patron saint of sailors? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > me not Elmo, me not Ron Ely, DQ #1 was indeed Elmo. #2 was not Ely, but Elmo Lincoln (silent film). #3 was St. Elmo. Elmo X3! 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 6, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/14 "2016-06-06T21:14:35Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with E 4. Not American 5. Would not be alive if real 6. First appeared since 1964 ---
**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 6, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/15 "2016-06-06T21:26:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you comically hard of hearing? > Were you the subject of a one-woman show on Broadway? > Was your “Americanization” the subject of a film? not Echo (let me make a case that she is a deaf person in the comics), not Ethel Merman(?), DQ ---
**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, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/16 "2016-06-06T22:57:30Z")
DQs: 1. Originally from TV or a movie? 2. By an American author? ---
**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, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/17 "2016-06-06T22:58:51Z")
IQs: 1. Were you one of the Monty Python troupe? 2. Did you star on _CHiPs_? 3. Were you the distaff member of the Fatal Five? ---
**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 7, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/18 "2016-06-07T02:46:37Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with E 4. Not American 5. Would not be alive if real 6. First appeared since 1964 7. Not originally from TV or movies 8. By an American author ---
**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 7, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/19 "2016-06-07T02:48:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you one of the Monty Python troupe? > 2. Did you star on _CHiPs_? > 3. Were you the distaff member of the Fatal Five? not Eric Idle, not Eric Estrada, DQ ---
**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 7, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/20 "2016-06-07T04:30:22Z")
Previous IQs: Were you comically hard of hearing? - Not Echo, but Emily “Never mind!” Litella. Were you the subject of a one-woman show on Broadway? - Emily Dickinson. Was your “Americanization” the subject of a film? - Emily: [The Americanization of Emily - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Americanization_of_Emily) Emily x3! DQs: European? First appeared since 1980? Considered a “good guy”? IQs: Does Cate Blanchett hope to play you several more times? Did a blacksmith initially refuse to call you by your first name? Were you from the Bowes-Lyon family? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577.md?page=2)