# 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:** 12
**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 23, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/221 "2016-06-23T23:25:17Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Not European 7. Northern Hemisphere 8. Died before 1964 9. Eastern Hemisphere 10. Known for the Arts 11. Not a musician ---
**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 24, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/222 "2016-06-24T02:05:57Z")
You swept my three previous IQs. Good job. IQs: Were you Caractacus Potts’s son? Were you his daughter? Were you the Confederate Secretary of State? ---
**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 24, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/223 "2016-06-24T02:16:58Z")
DQ: Actor? holding 1 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 24, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/224 "2016-06-24T02:21:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You swept my three previous IQs. Good job. > > IQs: > > Were you Caractacus Potts’s son? > Were you his daughter? > Were you the Confederate Secretary of State? I am not Jeremy, neither am I Jemima. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 24, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/225 "2016-06-24T02:22:37Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Not European 7. Northern Hemisphere 8. Died before 1964 9. Eastern Hemisphere 10. Known for the Arts 11. Not a musician 12. Not an actor ---
**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 24, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/226 "2016-06-24T12:12:26Z")
IQ1: Are you the principal owner of the Carolina Panthers? IQ2: Are you the owner and General Manager of the Dallas Cowboys? IQ3: Are you the owner and CEO of the Indianapolis Colts? DQ: Writer? ---
**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 24, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/227 "2016-06-24T12:47:10Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the principal owner of the Carolina Panthers? > IQ2: Are you the owner and General Manager of the Dallas Cowboys? > IQ3: Are you the owner and CEO of the Indianapolis Colts? > > DQ: Writer? #3. I am not Jim Irsay. (I live near Indianapolis, so I got that one.) Take 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 24, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/228 "2016-06-24T12:48:11Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Not European 7. Northern Hemisphere 8. Died before 1964 9. Eastern Hemisphere 10. Known for the Arts 11. Not a musician 12. Not an actor 13. Writer ---
**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 24, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/229 "2016-06-24T17:05:18Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the principal owner of the Carolina Panthers? > IQ2: Are you the owner and General Manager of the Dallas Cowboys? > IQ3: Are you the owner and CEO of the Indianapolis Colts? > > DQ: Writer? > #3. I am not Jim Irsay. (I live near Indianapolis, so I got that one.) > Take 2 DQs. See? There’s hope for you yet. 🙂 Jerry Richardson, Jerry Jones DQ: Any of your works adapted to film or TV? holding 1 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 24, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/230 "2016-06-24T17:18:18Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Not European 7. Northern Hemisphere 8. Died before 1964 9. Eastern Hemisphere 10. Known for the Arts 11. Not a musician 12. Not an actor 13. Writer 14. Nonfiction writer, whose works have been used in some form in some movies and TV, but really not known for that ---
**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 25, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/231 "2016-06-25T02:38:30Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Caractacus Potts’s son? - Yes, Jeremy, from _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_. Were you his daughter? - Yes, Jemima. Were you the Confederate Secretary of State? - Judah P. Benjamin. DQ: Born in or latitudinally anywhere east of Bangladesh? IQs: Were you the hero of _Mr. Smith Goes to Washington_? Did you say that, given a choice between newspapers and government, you’d take newspapers? Are you the best-known prisoner held in Fortress Monroe? ---
**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 25, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/232 "2016-06-25T11:15:37Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Not European 7. Northern Hemisphere 8. Died before 1964 9. Eastern Hemisphere 10. Known for the Arts 11. Not a musician 12. Not an actor 13. Writer 14. Nonfiction writer, whose works have been used in some form in some movies and TV, but really not known for that 15. Born west of Bangladesh ---
**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 25, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/233 "2016-06-25T11:17:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the hero of _Mr. Smith Goes to Washington_? > Did you say that, given a choice between newspapers and government, you’d take newspapers? > Are you the best-known prisoner held in Fortress Monroe? 1. I am not James Stewart. I am not Jefferson Smith. 2. I am not Thomas Jefferson. (I wouldn’t have gotten this if the other two names hadn’t been Jefferson.) 3. I am not Jefferson Davis. ---
**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 25, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/234 "2016-06-25T17:56:10Z")
IQ1: Were you the Baltimore Colts QB from 1956-1972, considered the prototype of the modern era marquee quarterback? IQ2: Were you a Dallas Cowboys Defensive End whose nicknamed referred to your height? IQ3: Were you a Running Back for the Steelers who retired after winning the 2006 Super Bowl, nicknamed “The Bus”? DQ: 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 25, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/235 "2016-06-25T18:20:17Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Not European 7. Northern Hemisphere 8. Died before 1964 9. Eastern Hemisphere 10. Known for the Arts 11. Not a musician 12. Not an actor 13. Writer 14. Nonfiction writer, whose works have been used in some form in some movies and TV, but really not known for that 15. Born west of Bangladesh 16. Not a scientist or science writer ---
**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 25, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/236 "2016-06-25T18:21:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you the Baltimore Colts QB from 1956-1972, considered the prototype of the modern era marquee quarterback? > IQ2: Were you a Dallas Cowboys Defensive End whose nicknamed referred to your height? > IQ3: Were you a Running Back for the Steelers who retired after winning the 2006 Super Bowl, nicknamed “The Bus”? Guess what? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/237 "2016-06-25T21:50:19Z")
I can take those without a second’s thought or a resort to google…Johnny Unitas, Ed “Too-Tall” Jones, and Jerome Bettis. 😃 ---
**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 25, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/238 "2016-06-25T22:17:16Z")
Johnny, come join the game! We need more players. ---
**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 25, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/239 "2016-06-25T22:55:02Z")
Good, don’t have to answer the DQs. 🙂 DQ: Asian? 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 26, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/240 "2016-06-26T01:14:12Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Not European 7. Northern Hemisphere 8. Died before 1964 9. Eastern Hemisphere 10. Known for the Arts 11. Not a musician 12. Not an actor 13. Writer 14. Nonfiction writer, whose works have been used in some form in some movies and TV, but really not known for that 15. Born west of Bangladesh 16. Not a scientist or science writer 17. Asian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577.md?page=13)