# 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:** 8
**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 18, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/141 "2016-06-18T15:01:29Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did LBJ once brag that he had your pecker in his pocket? > IQ2: Did you hand over publishing duties of your magazine to your daughter Christie in 1988? > IQ3: Did you play Nicholas Cage’s love interest in _Raising Arizona_? I am still not Hubert Humphrey. I am not Hugh Hefner. I am not Holly Hunter. ---
**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 18, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/142 "2016-06-18T16:53:05Z")
Previous IQs: With your last words, did you ask your platonic friend to kiss you? - Correct - Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson. Were you that friend? - Yes, Hardy. Were you that dying person’s mistress? - Lady Emma Hamilton, famous for her beauty: [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/George\_Romney\_-\_Lady\_Hamilton\_as\_Circe.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/George_Romney_-_Lady_Hamilton_as_Circe.jpg) DQ: In the arts, broadly speaking? IQs: Were you a conductor on the Underground Railroad? Was Ol’ Golly your best friend? Did your SCOTUS nomination badly flop? ---
**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 18, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/143 "2016-06-18T17:06:42Z")
IQ1: Did you captain the golden submarine _Leif Ericson_ in the _Illuminatus_ Trilogy? IQ2: Are you a hardboiled detective from Mickey Spillane’s _I, The Jury_? IQ3: Are you the father of psychohistory in Asimov’s _Foundation_ series? ---
**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 18, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/144 "2016-06-18T17:22:21Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Last Name starts with H 4. Male 5. American 6. Died since 1964 7. Not political/military 8. Died since 1990 9. In the Arts ---
**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 18, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/145 "2016-06-18T17:23:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a conductor on the Underground Railroad? > Was Ol’ Golly your best friend? > Did your SCOTUS nomination badly flop? Take 3 DQs. I should be able to come up with one for #3, but it’s not there. ---
**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 18, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/146 "2016-06-18T17:24:48Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you captain the golden submarine _Leif Ericson_ in the _Illuminatus_ Trilogy? > IQ2: Are you a hardboiled detective from Mickey Spillane’s _I, The Jury_? > IQ3: Are you the father of psychohistory in Asimov’s _Foundation_ series? It has been way too long since I read #1, take a DQ. I am not Mike Hammer. I am not Hari Seldon. ---
**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 18, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/147 "2016-06-18T18:30:05Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you captain the golden submarine Leif Ericson in the Illuminatus Trilogy? > IQ2: Are you a hardboiled detective from Mickey Spillane’s I, The Jury? > IQ3: Are you the father of psychohistory in Asimov’s Foundation series? > > It has been way too long since I read #1, take a DQ. > I am not Mike Hammer. > I am not Hari Seldon. Hagbard Celine DQ: 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 18, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/148 "2016-06-18T18:35:48Z")
IQ1: Are you a pizza chain CEO who sought the Republican nomination for President in 2011? IQ2: Did you found the Gestapo? IQ3: Did you write _The Caine Mutiny_? ---
**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 18, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/149 "2016-06-18T19:00:54Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Last Name starts with H 4. Male 5. American 6. Died since 1964 7. Not political/military 8. Died since 1990 9. In the Arts 10. Not an actor ---
**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 18, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/150 "2016-06-18T19:01:55Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a pizza chain CEO who sought the Republican nomination for President in 2011? > IQ2: Did you found the Gestapo? > IQ3: Did you write _The Caine Mutiny_? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Hermann Goering I am not Herman Wouk. ---
**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 18, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/151 "2016-06-18T22:51:53Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a pizza chain CEO who sought the Republican nomination for President in 2011? > IQ2: Did you found the Gestapo? > IQ3: Did you write The Caine Mutiny? > > Take a DQ for #1. > I am not Hermann Goering > I am not Herman Wouk. Herman Cain DQ: 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 18, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/152 "2016-06-18T23:07:57Z")
IQ1: Were you lead vocalist of Black Flag and afterward big for spoken word performances worldwide? IQ2: Even though unsuccessful in finding the Northwest Passage to Asia, did you have a river and bay named after you? IQ3: Did you confess to hundreds of murders, but only proved to have murdered three, including your mother? ---
**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 19, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/153 "2016-06-19T02:07:31Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Last Name starts with H 4. Male 5. American 6. Died since 1964 7. Not political/military 8. Died since 1990 9. In the Arts 10. Not an actor 11. 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 19, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/154 "2016-06-19T02:08:31Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you lead vocalist of Black Flag and afterward big for spoken word performances worldwide? > IQ2: Even though unsuccessful in finding the Northwest Passage to Asia, did you have a river and bay named after you? > IQ3: Did you confess to hundreds of murders, but only proved to have murdered three, including your mother? 1. I am not Henry Hudson. Take 2 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 19, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/155 "2016-06-19T04:18:36Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a conductor on the Underground Railroad? - Harriet Tubman. Was Ol’ Golly your best friend? - The title character in _Harriet the Spy_. Did your SCOTUS nomination badly flop? - Harriet Miers. Harriet x3! DQs: Fiction writer? Won the Pulitzer? One DQ reserved. IQs: Does one of your best-known novels discuss 19th C. political patronage at some length? Did you write _Heart-Shaped Box_? Did you coin the phrase “banana republic”? ---
**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 19, 2016, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/156 "2016-06-19T11:49:16Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you lead vocalist of Black Flag and afterward big for spoken word performances worldwide? > IQ2: Even though unsuccessful in finding the Northwest Passage to Asia, did you have a river and bay named after you? > IQ3: Did you confess to hundreds of murders, but only proved to have murdered three, including your mother? > 2. I am not Henry Hudson. > Take 2 DQs. Henry Rollins, correct, Henry Lee Lucas Henry x3! 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 19, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/157 "2016-06-19T12:42:16Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Last Name starts with H 4. Male 5. American 6. Died since 1964 7. Not political/military 8. Died since 1990 9. In the Arts 10. Not an actor 11. Writer 12. Fiction writer 13. Did not win a Pulitzer ---
**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 19, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/158 "2016-06-19T12:44:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Does one of your best-known novels discuss 19th C. political patronage at some length? > Did you write _Heart-Shaped Box_? > Did you coin the phrase “banana republic”? 1. I am not Joe Hill. Take 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 19, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/159 "2016-06-19T15:05:55Z")
DQ: SciFi/Fantasy genre? holding 1 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 19, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/160 "2016-06-19T15:57:23Z")
Previous IQs: Does one of your best-known novels discuss 19th C. political patronage at some length? - Nathaniel Hawthorne’s _The Scarlet Letter_. Did you write _Heart-Shaped Box_? - Yes, Joe Hill. Did you coin the phrase “banana republic”? - O. Henry. DQs: Any story of his adapted into a movie? Wealthy by the end of his life? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did Jason Robards play you, a noted writer? Was Clyde Tolson your BFF? Was your wife nicknamed “Lou”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577.md?page=9)