# Botticelli - June 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880 "2019-06-01T15:59:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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 25, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/221 "2019-06-25T02:08:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1. Did your 13-year-old girlfriend kill herself after you committed suicide because you thouight she was dead? > > IQ2. Were you a fictional American nobody who succeeded to the throne of the UK? > > IQ3. Did your asparagus cause problems in 1944? > > 1. I am not Romeo Montague. > 2. I am not King Ralph. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct. Correct. Erwin Rommel. DQ: Real? IQ1: Were you a British field marshal commonly called “Bobs”? IQ2: Did John Polidori write about you? IQ3: Were you the deputy sheriff of Conniption? ---
**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, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/222 "2019-06-25T04:22:22Z")
Wow, quick round - good work, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Did you command the _Protector_? - Capt. Peter Quincy Taggart in _Galaxy Quest_ Did Anthony Hopkins once play you? - John Quincy Adams in _Amistad_ Are you perhaps the most famous fictional Cayman Islander? - Yes, Quarrel, in Ian Fleming’s _Live and Let Die_ and _Doctor No_ On to R, then… IQs: Did you lose the Battle of the Bastards? Was your brother named Stannis? Was yours, too? ---
**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, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/223 "2019-06-25T11:42:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a British field marshal commonly called “Bobs”? > IQ2: Did John Polidori write about you? > IQ3: Were you the deputy sheriff of Conniption? Take 3 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you lose the Battle of the Bastards? > Was your brother named Stannis? > Was yours, too? #2. I am not Robert Baratheon. 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 25, 2019, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/224 "2019-06-25T11:43:08Z")
DQ: 1. Fictional ---
**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, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/225 "2019-06-25T12:30:08Z")
IQ1: Are you QB for the Pittsburgh Steelers? IQ2: Are you QB for the Seattle Seahawks? IQ3: Are you QB for the Green Bay Packers? ---
**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, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/226 "2019-06-25T12:42:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you QB for the Pittsburgh Steelers? > IQ2: Are you QB for the Seattle Seahawks? > IQ3: Are you QB for the Green Bay Packers? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/227 "2019-06-25T13:36:28Z")
Good heavens, “Q” didn’t last long, did it? The answers to my other two IQs were the literary critic Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, who compiled the massive _Oxford Book of English Verse_, and the writer, actor, and gay icon Quentin Crisp. “R”, huh? Okay, IQ1: Were you one of two historically attested female pirates, who, by odd coincidence, both belonged to the same ship? IQ2: Were you the captain of that ship, and one inspiration for the character of Captain Jack Sparrow? IQ3: Are you the narrator and protagonist of _Trainspotting_? ---
**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, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/228 "2019-06-25T14:15:48Z")
Previous IQs: Did you lose the Battle of the Bastards? - Ramsay Bolton, in _Game of Thrones_ Was your brother named Stannis? - Yes, Robert Baratheon, ditto Was yours, too? - Renly Baratheon DQs: Male? Last name start with R? IQs: Do you have an airplane, a police car and an SUV on display together in your museum? Are you that person’s wife? Are you that person’s best-known child? ---
**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 25, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/229 "2019-06-25T14:19:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a British field marshal commonly called “Bobs”? > IQ2: Did John Polidori write about you? > IQ3: Were you the deputy sheriff of Conniption? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. Who else would be called “Bobs” but a man named “Roberts”? 😃 Field Marshal Lord Roberts. Lord Ruthven, the vampyre. Rick O’Shay. DQs: 2) Male? 3) Originally appeared in prose fiction? 4) Created by an American (or by Americans)? ---
**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, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/230 "2019-06-25T17:09:05Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Good heavens, “Q” didn’t last long, did it? The answers to my other two IQs were the literary critic Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, who compiled the massive _Oxford Book of English Verse_, and the writer, actor, and gay icon Quentin Crisp. > > “R”, huh? Okay, > > IQ1: Were you one of two historically attested female pirates, who, by odd coincidence, both belonged to the same ship? > > IQ2: Were you the captain of that ship, and one inspiration for the character of Captain Jack Sparrow? > > IQ3: Are you the narrator and protagonist of _Trainspotting_? 1. I am not Mary Read. 2. I am not Keith Richards (???) Take 1 or 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 25, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/231 "2019-06-25T17:10:08Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with R 4. Originally appeared in prose fiction 5. Not by an American author SCA take another DQ. EH already asked about gender. ---
**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, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/232 "2019-06-25T17:12:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Do you have an airplane, a police car and an SUV on display together in your museum? > Are you that person’s wife? > Are you that person’s best-known child? Take 3 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 25, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/233 "2019-06-25T17:25:48Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you QB for the Pittsburgh Steelers? > IQ2: Are you QB for the Seattle Seahawks? > IQ3: Are you QB for the Green Bay Packers? > Take 3 DQs. Ben Rothlesberger, Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers DQ: Human? DQ: Adapted to film? DQ: From children’s lit? ---
**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, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/234 "2019-06-25T20:13:02Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with R 4. Originally appeared in prose fiction 5. Not by an American author 6. Nonhuman 7. Adapted to film 8. From children’s lit ---
**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, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/235 "2019-06-25T21:26:59Z")
Previous IQs: Do you have an airplane, a police car and an SUV on display together in your museum? - Ronald Reagan: [https://fthmb.tqn.com/g4Wi6qcae5E8KgkBTPfUaEyvKks=/960x0/filters:no\_upscale():max\_bytes(150000):strip\_icc()/ronald-reagan-air-force-one-with-motorcade-522678754-5a5c2874980207003706bf37.jpg](https://fthmb.tqn.com/g4Wi6qcae5E8KgkBTPfUaEyvKks=/960x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ronald-reagan-air-force-one-with-motorcade-522678754-5a5c2874980207003706bf37.jpg) Are you that person’s wife? - Nancy Reagan Are you that person’s best-known child? - Ron Jr. DQs: First appeared in the English language? An Earth animal? First appeared since 1950? IQs: Are you the only child of a fictional kangaroo? Did you write the sentence, “‘Shut up,’ he explained”? Did you play a bad guy from the first episode of _Alias_? ---
**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 25, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/236 "2019-06-25T21:32:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > SCA take another DQ. EH already asked about gender. Yes – he seems to have snuck a post in while I was typing mine. 1. First appeared in 1950 or later? IQ1: Were you a 1920s canine movie star, or one of the several who were named after said movie star? IQ2: Did you hang out with a mole? ---
**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 25, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/237 "2019-06-25T21:34:05Z")
And now he’s done it again… ☹ DQ reserved. ---
**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 25, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/238 "2019-06-25T21:38:12Z")
IQ3: Are you Lester Dent under a commonly used pseudonym? ---
**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, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/239 "2019-06-25T22:50:45Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with R 4. Originally appeared in prose fiction 5. Not by an American author 6. Nonhuman 7. Adapted to film 8. From children’s lit 9. First appeared in English 10. Earth animal 11. First appeared before 1950 ---
**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, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/240 "2019-06-25T22:51:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > Do you have an airplane, a police car and an SUV on display together in your museum? - Ronald Reagan: [https://fthmb.tqn.com/g4Wi6qcae5E8KgkBTPfUaEyvKks=/960x0/filters:no\_upscale():max\_bytes(150000):strip\_icc()/ronald-reagan-air-force-one-with-motorcade-522678754-5a5c2874980207003706bf37.jpg](https://fthmb.tqn.com/g4Wi6qcae5E8KgkBTPfUaEyvKks=/960x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ronald-reagan-air-force-one-with-motorcade-522678754-5a5c2874980207003706bf37.jpg) > Are you that person’s wife? - Nancy Reagan > Are you that person’s best-known child? - Ron Jr. > > I almost guessed Reagan, but the SUV threw me off. > > IQs: > > Are you the only child of a fictional kangaroo? > Did you write the sentence, “‘Shut up,’ he explained”? > Did you play a bad guy from the first episode of _Alias_? 1. I am not Roo. 2. I am not Ring Lardner. Take a DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880.md?page=13)