# Botticelli - June 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 11, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899 "2018-06-11T17:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**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 19, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/381 "2018-07-19T19:00:18Z")
Previous IQs: Was your daughter a recent U.S. ambassador in Asia? - JFK; Caroline was ambassador to Japan Was your second husband a big fan of Winston Churchill’s, and often entertained him late in the former PM’s life? - Jacqueline Kennedy; Aristotle Onassis wined and dined the elderly Churchill and even took him cruising on his yacht Did you die in the same plane crash as your wife and her sister? - JFK Jr. DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with J? IQs: Did your teacher, partner and later rival have the first name Gilbert? Were you a Confederate general defeated at the Battle of Cedar Creek? Were you a bad guy on _Firefly_ of the same 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:** [July 19, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/382 "2018-07-19T19:14:26Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an NFL defensive end who played with the Carolina Panthers, then the Chicago Bears, then the Green Bay Packers, and currently with the Panthers again? > IQ2: Are you a SHIELD agent, blond & Caucasian in the comics, but played by a Hispanic in the TV series? > IQ3: Did you proclaim yourself “Emperor of the United States” in 1859? > > #3) I am not Joshua Norton. Take 2 DQs. Julius Peppers, Jasper Sitwell, correct holding 2 DQs IQ1: Are you the star of the first talking picture, _The Jazz Singer_? IQ2: Were you the lead singer for Big Brother and the Holding Company? IQ3: Was your first #1 hit “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me”? ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/383 "2018-07-19T19:42:45Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/384 "2018-07-19T19:44:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your teacher, partner and later rival have the first name Gilbert? > Were you a Confederate general defeated at the Battle of Cedar Creek? > Were you a bad guy on _Firefly_ of the same name? Take 3 DQs. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the star of the first talking picture, _The Jazz Singer_? > IQ2: Were you the lead singer for Big Brother and the Holding Company? > IQ3: Was your first #1 hit “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me”? 1. I am not Al Jolson. 2. I am not Janis Joplin. 3. I am not Billy Joel. ---
**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 20, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/385 "2018-07-20T02:20:05Z")
Previous IQs: Did your teacher, partner and later rival have the first name Gilbert? - The first dude named in the title of Susanna Clarke’s _Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell_ Were you a Confederate general defeated at the Battle of Cedar Creek? - Jubal Early Were you a bad guy on _Firefly_ of the same name? - Ditto DQs: American? Living? Best known for the Arts? IQs: Did you play the sap to the Red-Headed League? Were you a well-known early American potter west of the Appalachians? Were you the plucky lawyer and hack writer in Heinlein’s _Stranger in a Strange Land_? Heading out of town - my Internet access may be spotty for the next few days. And BTW, whoever starts the next round should start a new thread for July! ---
**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:** [July 20, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/386 "2018-07-20T02:22:14Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Not known for 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:** [July 20, 2018, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/387 "2018-07-20T02:24:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play the sap to the Red-Headed League? > Were you a well-known early American potter west of the Appalachians? > Were you the plucky lawyer and hack writer in Heinlein’s _Stranger in a Strange Land_? > > Heading out of town - my Internet access may be spotty for the next few days. > > And BTW, whoever starts the next round should start a new thread for July! #1. I am not Dr. John Watson (???) #2. I am not Jabez Vodrey. Take a DQ for #3. At this point, we might as well wait and start a new one for August. ---
**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 20, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/388 "2018-07-20T12:22:49Z")
See what you made me do? I have to go back to sports again. IQ1: Are you the current owner and former QB of the Denver Broncos? IQ2: Are you QB for the Baltimore Ravens? IQ3: Are you QB for the San Francisco 49ers? DQ: European? DQ: Died before 1900? ---
**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:** [July 20, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/389 "2018-07-20T14:54:47Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > See what you made me do? I have to go back to sports again. > > IQ1: Are you the current owner and former QB of the Denver Broncos? > IQ2: Are you QB for the Baltimore Ravens? > IQ3: Are you QB for the San Francisco 49ers? Take 3 DQs, of course. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/390 "2018-07-20T14:55:48Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. 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 20, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/391 "2018-07-20T21:55:55Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the current owner and former QB of the Denver Broncos? > IQ2: Are you QB for the Baltimore Ravens? > IQ3: Are you QB for the San Francisco 49ers? > > Take 3 DQs, of course. John Elway, Joe Flacco, Jimmy Garapolo DQ: From the UK? 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:** [July 21, 2018, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/392 "2018-07-21T12:37:55Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Died after 1900 9. Not from the U.K. ---
**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 21, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/393 "2018-07-21T13:10:53Z")
DQ: Politics/royalty? 1 DQ in tow ---
**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:** [July 21, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/394 "2018-07-21T13:57:08Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Died after 1900 9. Not from the U.K. 10. Not known for politics/royalty ---
**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 22, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/395 "2018-07-22T13:58:25Z")
DQ: Native speaker of a Romance language? IQ1: Were you a French peasant girl who convinced the Dauphin to renew attacking the occupying English forces? IQ2: Did you write “The two treatises of the government”? IQ3: Did you famously come, see, and conquer? ---
**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:** [July 22, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/396 "2018-07-22T14:01:20Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Died after 1900 9. Not from the U.K. 10. Not known for politics/royalty 11. I had to check, but not a native speaker of a Romance language ---
**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:** [July 22, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/397 "2018-07-22T14:02:21Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ: Native speaker of a Romance language? > > IQ1: Were you a French peasant girl who convinced the Dauphin to renew attacking the occupying English forces? > IQ2: Did you write “The two treatises of the government”? > IQ3: Did you famously come, see, and conquer? 1. I am not Joan of Arc. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Julius Caesar. ---
**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 22, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/398 "2018-07-22T22:31:18Z")
John Locke DQ: Known for business or product? ---
**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:** [July 23, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/399 "2018-07-23T00:02:27Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Died after 1900 9. Not from the U.K. 10. Not known for politics/royalty 11. I had to check, but not a native speaker of a Romance language 12. Not known for business or a product ---
**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 23, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/400 "2018-07-23T04:37:12Z")
I’m back! Previous IQs: Did you play the sap to the Red-Headed League? - Not Dr. Watson, but Jabez Wilson Were you a well-known early American potter west of the Appalachians? - Yes, Jabez Vodrey - very good! Were you the plucky lawyer and hack writer in Heinlein’s _Stranger in a Strange Land_? - Jubal Harshaw DQs: Born in or east of Vienna? Born in or north of Vienna? IQs: Were you a top Nazi general with a last name four letters long? Were you the Nazi propaganda minister? Was your death the subject of a recent black comedy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899.md?page=21)