# Botticelli - June 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 5, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187 "2017-06-05T17:19:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**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, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/381 "2017-06-29T23:17:44Z")
I have to help Madame P. with a show, and won’t be back on the SDMB until Monday. If the game’s still going on, I’ll ask some IQ’s then. ---
**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 30, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/382 "2017-06-30T01:36:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I just did G, but ok… Yes – that’s why I stopped playing for a few days. As I said, I was planning a G, and didn’t want to have ‘G’ answers fresh in my mind when I finally got to do it. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the founder of the Mongolian Empire? > IQ2: Did you compose the Chattanoogah Choo-Choo? > IQ3: Were you Agent Mulder in _The X-Files_? Not Genghis Khan. DQ. DQ. (Mulder was the guy, right? But I’m not Gillian Whatsis, either, so don’t ask. :D) ---
**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 30, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/383 "2017-06-30T03:36:40Z")
Previous IQs: Was a military spaceship named after you mentioned in a recent Joe Haldeman sf novel? - Golda Meir, in _Marsbound_ Did your monarch complain, “He addresses me as if I were a public meeting”? - William Gladstone; Queen Victoria said this Were you a noted German tank commander? - Yes, Heinz Guderian DQs: Real? Male? IQs: Did your supporters come up with a humorous scientific way to state your last name? Did you serve as Secretary of Labor, UN Ambassador and on SCOTUS? Did you write the screenplay for _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_? ---
**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 30, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/384 "2017-06-30T11:59:27Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the founder of the Mongolian Empire? > IQ2: Did you compose the Chattanoogah Choo-Choo? > IQ3: Were you Agent Mulder in The X-Files? > > Not Genghis Khan. > DQ. > DQ. (Mulder was the guy, right? But I’m not Gillian Whatsis, either, so don’t ask. ) correct, Glenn Miller I screwed #3 up, so that one’s tossed out. DQ: Last name start with G? ---
**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 30, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/385 "2017-06-30T12:48:45Z")
IQ1: Did Emma Watson play you in the Harry Potter films? IQ2: Did Francis McDormand play you in _Fargo_? IQ3: Did you marry Rosie Cotton? ---
**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 30, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/386 "2017-06-30T21:45:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your supporters come up with a humorous scientific way to state your last name? > Did you serve as Secretary of Labor, UN Ambassador and on SCOTUS? > Did you write the screenplay for _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_? Three DQs. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did Emma Watson play you in the Harry Potter films? > IQ2: Did Francis McDormand play you in _Fargo_? > IQ3: Did you marry Rosie Cotton? Not Hermione Granger. DQ. DQ (though the name does sound familiar). **G** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with G ---
**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 30, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/387 "2017-06-30T23:23:50Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did Emma Watson play you in the Harry Potter films? > IQ2: Did Francis McDormand play you in Fargo? > IQ3: Did you marry Rosie Cotton? > > Not Hermione Granger. > DQ. > DQ (though the name does sound familiar). correct, Marge Gunderson, Samwise Gamgee DQ: Alive? DQ: American? ---
**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 30, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/388 "2017-06-30T23:34:14Z")
IQ1: Are you Howard Stern’s long time producer, nicknamed Baba Booey? IQ2: Are you a chameleon actor who has played Commissioner Gordon, Sid Vicious, Lee Harvey Oswald and Count Dracula? IQ3: Did you win a Best Actor award in 1978 for your portrayal of Buddy Holly? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/389 "2017-07-01T03:50:04Z")
Previous IQs: Did your supporters come up with a humorous scientific way to state your last name? - Barry Goldwater AKA Au H2O Did you serve as Secretary of Labor, UN Ambassador and on SCOTUS? - Arthur Goldberg Did you write the screenplay for _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_? - William Goldman DQs: Best known for the arts? Born since 1964? One DQ reserved. IQs: Was your creator not sure whether or not you’d been reincarnated? Did your husband have the unfortunate alternate name “Teleporno”? Are you a British dog who hangs out with a silly inventor? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2017, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/390 "2017-07-01T11:10:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you Howard Stern’s long time producer, nicknamed Baba Booey? > IQ2: Are you a chameleon actor who has played Commissioner Gordon, Sid Vicious, Lee Harvey Oswald and Count Dracula? > IQ3: Did you win a Best Actor award in 1978 for your portrayal of Buddy Holly? DQ. DQ. Not Gary Busey. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your creator not sure whether or not you’d been reincarnated? > Did your husband have the unfortunate alternate name “Teleporno”? > Are you a British dog who hangs out with a silly inventor? DQ. DQ. Not Gromit. **G** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with G 4. Dead 5. Not originally American, but known for things done in America 6. Known, but probably not best known, for the Arts 7. Not born after 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:** [July 1, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/391 "2017-07-01T12:03:05Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you Howard Stern’s long time producer, nicknamed Baba Booey? > IQ2: Are you a chameleon actor who has played Commissioner Gordon, Sid Vicious, Lee Harvey Oswald and Count Dracula? > IQ3: Did you win a Best Actor award in 1978 for your portrayal of Buddy Holly? > > DQ. > DQ. > Not Gary Busey. Gary Dell’Abate, Gary Oldman, correct Gary x 3! DQ: Known for a product, business, or service? holding a DQ ---
**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:** [July 1, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/392 "2017-07-01T22:44:26Z")
**G** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with G 4. Dead 5. Not originally American, but known for things done in America 6. Known, but probably not best known, for the Arts 7. Not born after 1964 8. Not known for a product, business, or service ---
**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:** [July 1, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/393 "2017-07-01T23:40:34Z")
IQ1: Are you the first African-American cast member of SNL? IQ2: Did you play a maid named Florence Johnston on a 70s/80s sitcom? IQ3: Are you Florence Johnston’s boss? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/394 "2017-07-01T23:44:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the first African-American cast member of SNL? > IQ2: Did you play a maid named Florence Johnston on a 70s/80s sitcom? > IQ3: Are you Florence Johnston’s boss? DQ. DQ – I can picture her, but can’t remember her name. Not George Jefferson. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/395 "2017-07-02T01:54:31Z")
Previous IQs: Was your creator not sure whether or not you’d been reincarnated? - J.R.R. Tolkien wrote this of the Elf-lord Glorfindel Did your husband have the unfortunate alternate name “Teleporno”? - Galadriel’s husband was AKA Celeborn Are you a British dog who hangs out with a silly inventor? - Yes, Gromit DQs: Better known for politics or the military? Died after 1900? IQs: Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson? Was John Schofield a subordinate of yours? Was your son the only Duke of Sussex to date? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/396 "2017-07-02T02:30:33Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the first African-American cast member of SNL? > IQ2: Did you play a maid named Florence Johnston on a 70s/80s sitcom? > IQ3: Are you Florence Johnston’s boss? > > DQ. > DQ – I can picture her, but can’t remember her name. > Not George Jefferson. Garrett Morris, Marla Gibbs, correct holding 3 DQs ---
**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:** [July 2, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/397 "2017-07-02T11:29:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson? > Was John Schofield a subordinate of yours? > Was your son the only Duke of Sussex to date? DQ. Not U S Grant. Not George … III? **G** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with G 4. Dead 5. Not originally American, but known for things done in America 6. Known, but probably not best known, for the Arts 7. Not born after 1964 8. Not known for a product, business, or service 9. Not better known for politics or the military 10. Died after 1900 ---
**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:** [July 2, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/398 "2017-07-02T12:36:35Z")
DQ: Primarily known for a single event? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/399 "2017-07-02T16:42:57Z")
Previous IQs: Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson? - George Washington Was John Schofield a subordinate of yours? - Not U.S. Grant by that point in the Civil War, but George H. Thomas Was your son the only Duke of Sussex to date? - Yes, George III George x3! DQs: Born in Europe? Considered a “good guy” in history? IQs: Are you the best-known person from New Rumley, Ohio? Did the same actor play you as played U.S. Grant and Prof. Moriarty? Did the same actor play you as played a Minnesota murder victim? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/400 "2017-07-02T17:24:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the best-known person from New Rumley, Ohio? > Did the same actor play you as played U.S. Grant and Prof. Moriarty? > Did the same actor play you as played a Minnesota murder victim? Three DQs. **G** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with G 4. Dead 5. Not originally American, but known for things done in America 6. Known, but probably not best known, for the Arts 7. Not born after 1964 8. Not known for a product, business, or service 9. Not better known for politics or the military 10. Died after 1900 11. Not primarily known for a single event 12. Born in Europe 13. Considered a “good guy” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187.md?page=21)