# 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:** 18
**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:** [July 3, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/341 "2019-07-03T13:11:03Z")
IQ1: Did a President want to find out what you drank, so that he could send a cask of it to his other generals? IQ2: Are you the legendary namesake of IQ1? IQ3: Were you an assistant to the Master, and a member of the SDSAB? ---
**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 3, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/342 "2019-07-03T13:18:50Z")
IQ1: Were you a Mohegan chief for whom a town near here was named? IQ2: Did you and Igraine have a famous son? IQ3: Did you write a series of novels about Harry Angstrom? That name doesn’t look right with just a plain ‘A’… ---
**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 3, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/343 "2019-07-03T13:24:54Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Did a President want to find out what you drank, so that he could send a cask of it to his other generals? > > IQ2: Are you the legendary namesake of IQ1? > > IQ3: Were you an assistant to the Master, and a member of the SDSAB? 1. I am not Ulysses S. Grant. 2. I am not Ulysses. 3. I oughta know that one, but take a 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:** [July 3, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/344 "2019-07-03T13:25:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Mohegan chief for whom a town near here was named? > IQ2: Did you and Igraine have a famous son? > IQ3: Did you write a series of novels about Harry Angstrom? > That name doesn’t look right with just a plain ‘A’… 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Uther Pendragon. 3. I am not John Updike. ---
**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 3, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/345 "2019-07-03T13:57:44Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Mohegan chief for whom a town near here was named? > IQ2: Did you and Igraine have a famous son? > IQ3: Did you write a series of novels about Harry Angstrom? > That name doesn’t look right with just a plain ‘A’… > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Uther Pendragon. > 3. I am not John Updike. Uncas. (Beautiful, scenic [Uncasville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncasville,_Connecticut)) Correct. Correct. DQ: Real? ---
**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 3, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/346 "2019-07-03T14:23:29Z")
DQ: 1. Real ---
**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 3, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/347 "2019-07-03T14:32:58Z")
Huh. Never heard that Totenberg was the widow of a US senator - perhaps because he had already left office earlier in the year that he married her: [Floyd Haskell - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Haskell) On to U… IQs: Were you an ancient English king mentioned in passing in a Conan Doyle story? Is your Biblical scholarship mentioned in _Inherit the Wind_? Did the Alan Parsons Project include a tune about you on its first album? ---
**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 3, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/348 "2019-07-03T14:59:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Huh. Never heard that Totenberg was the widow of a US senator - perhaps because he had already left office earlier in the year that he married her: [Floyd Haskell - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Haskell) > > On to U… > > IQs: > > Were you an ancient English king mentioned in passing in a Conan Doyle story? > Is your Biblical scholarship mentioned in _Inherit the Wind_? > Did the Alan Parsons Project include a tune about you on its first album? 1. I am not Uther Pendragon. 2. I am not Bishop Ussher. 3. I am not Roderick Usher. ---
**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 3, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/349 "2019-07-03T17:26:18Z")
IQ1: Did you have a hit with “You Make Me Wanna…”? IQ2: Did you win the 4th season of American Idol? IQ3: Do you provide the voice of Dr. Venture on _The Venture Brothers_? ---
**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 3, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/350 "2019-07-03T17:42:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you have a hit with “You Make Me Wanna…”? > IQ2: Did you win the 4th season of American Idol? > IQ3: Do you provide the voice of Dr. Venture on _The Venture Brothers_? 1. I am not Usher. 2. I am not Carrie Underwood. 3. Take 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 3, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/351 "2019-07-03T19:44:42Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir;21730179Never heard that Totenberg was the widow of a US senator - perhaps because he had already left office earlier in the year that he married her: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd\_Haskell[/QUOTE]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Haskell%5B/QUOTE%5D) Never heard of either her or him. IQ1: Were you a '70s terrorist? IQ2: Did you play H Ryder? IQ3: Did you write the ‘Chronicles of the Western Shore’ trilogy? ---
**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:** [July 3, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/352 "2019-07-03T21:17:29Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Did a President want to find out what you drank, so that he could send a cask of it to his other generals? > > IQ2: Are you the legendary namesake of IQ1? > > IQ3: Were you an assistant to the Master, and a member of the SDSAB? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Ulysses S. Grant. > 2. I am not Ulysses. > 3. I oughta know that one, but take a DQ. IQ3 is **Una Persson** , of course. DQ: Female? ---
**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 3, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/353 "2019-07-03T22:50:12Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you have a hit with “You Make Me Wanna…”? > IQ2: Did you win the 4th season of American Idol? > IQ3: Do you provide the voice of Dr. Venture on The Venture Brothers? > > 1. I am not Usher. > 2. I am not Carrie Underwood. > 3. Take a DQ. James Urbaniak DQ: Alive? ---
**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 3, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/354 "2019-07-03T23:18:26Z")
IQ1: Are you Dormammu’s sister? IQ2: Are you a beekeeper played by Peter Fonda? IQ3: Did Thor sleep in one of your glove fingers, thinking it was a cave? ---
**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 4, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/355 "2019-07-04T05:19:18Z")
Whoever wins this round should start a new thread for July. Previous IQs: Were you an ancient English king mentioned in passing in a Conan Doyle story? - Not Uther, but Uffa (in “The Five Orange Pips”) Is your Biblical scholarship mentioned in _Inherit the Wind_? - Yes, Bishop Ussher, who estimated that the world was 6,000 years old Did the Alan Parsons Project include a tune about you on its first album? - Yes, Roderick Usher, as in “The Fall of the House of…” DQ: Last name start with U? IQs: Were you a noted Burmese diplomat? Were you a very nasty giant spider? Were you Tolkien’s publisher and friend? ---
**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 4, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/356 "2019-07-04T12:16:52Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with U ---
**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 4, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/357 "2019-07-04T12:18:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Never heard of either her or him. > IQ1: Were you a '70s terrorist? > IQ2: Did you play H Ryder? > IQ3: Did you write the ‘Chronicles of the Western Shore’ trilogy? 1. I am not the Unabomber. 2. I am not Ursula K. LeGuin (??). 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:** [July 4, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/358 "2019-07-04T12:21:01Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you Dormammu’s sister? > IQ2: Are you a beekeeper played by Peter Fonda? > IQ3: Did Thor sleep in one of your glove fingers, thinking it was a cave? 1. I am not Umar. 2. I am not Ulee. 3. I am not Utgard-Loki. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Whoever wins this round should start a new thread for July. > > Previous IQs: > > Were you an ancient English king mentioned in passing in a Conan Doyle story? - Not Uther, but Uffa (in “The Five Orange Pips”) > Is your Biblical scholarship mentioned in _Inherit the Wind_? - Yes, Bishop Ussher, who estimated that the world was 6,000 years old > Did the Alan Parsons Project include a tune about you on its first album? - Yes, Roderick Usher, as in “The Fall of the House of…” > > DQ: > > Last name start with U? > > IQs: > > Were you a noted Burmese diplomat? > Were you a very nasty giant spider? > Were you Tolkien’s publisher and friend? 1. I am not U Thant. 2. I am not Ungoliant. 3. Take 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 4, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/359 "2019-07-04T13:16:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a '70s terrorist? > IQ2: Did you play H Ryder? > IQ3: Did you write the ‘Chronicles of the Western Shore’ trilogy? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not the Unabomber. > 2. I am not Ursula K. LeGuin (??). > Take 1 or 2 DQs. Hadn’t realised he was active that early. Ursula Andress (Honey Ryder in _Dr No_). Correct. DQ: 5) American? IQ1: Were you a '70s terrorist who wasn’t named Kaczynski? IQ2: Were you really Frodo Baggins? IQ3: Did the Austrian imperial court use your products? ---
**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 4, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/360 "2019-07-04T13:22:12Z")
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