# 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:** 7
**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 12, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/121 "2019-06-12T17:24:31Z")
IQ1: Did you play Ron Swanson in the sitcom _Parks and Recreation_? IQ2: Did you write “Orpheus in the Underworld” which used the can-can dance, considered scandalous at the time? IQ3: Are you head coach of the Houston Texans? ---
**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 12, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/122 "2019-06-12T17:41:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3. I am not James Oglethorpe. > Take 2 DQs. Correct on Oglethorpe. #1, the singer-songwriter, is Beth Orton. #2 was Jan Oort, after whom the Oort Cloud - origin point of many periodic comets - is named. DQ1: Known for science? DQ2: Known for military? IQ1: Were you the character in _Catch-22_ who beat the war by rowing to Sweden? IQ2: Did you write _Metamorphoses_ and _The Art of Love_? IQ3: Were you a linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams, who, after his football career ended, played a farmer in Walnut Grove, Minnesota? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > (snip) > IQs: > > Were you an Old Testament figure known for spilling his seed? > Were you the nude _MPFC_ organist? > Were you Ike’s sole female Cabinet appointee? I’m very curious about **EH** ’s nude organist… ---
**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 12, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/123 "2019-06-12T18:40:16Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Born before 1925 5. Not British 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Dead 9. Not known for a business or product 10. Not known for politics 11. Not known for military 12. Known for Science ---
**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 12, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/124 "2019-06-12T18:41:16Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Ron Swanson in the sitcom _Parks and Recreation_? > IQ2: Did you write “Orpheus in the Underworld” which used the can-can dance, considered scandalous at the time? > IQ3: Are you head coach of the Houston Texans? #1. I know this guy. I just can’t bring his name around. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Offenbach. #3. 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:** [June 12, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/125 "2019-06-12T18:42:36Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Correct on Oglethorpe. #1, the singer-songwriter, is Beth Orton. #2 was > > IQ1: Were you the character in _Catch-22_ who beat the war by rowing to Sweden? > > IQ2: Did you write _Metamorphoses_ and _The Art of Love_? > > IQ3: Were you a linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams, who, after his football career ended, played a farmer in Walnut Grove, Minnesota? > #1. I’m a-gonna have to reread Catch-22. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Ovid. > #3. Take a DQ. > > I’m very curious about **EH** ’s nude organist… I think he was played by Terry Jones. Maybe it’s Nude Organist… ---
**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 12, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/126 "2019-06-12T21:33:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I think he was played by Terry Jones. Maybe it’s Nude Organist… Correct on Ovid. #1 was Yossarian’s tentmate Orr, who got shot down every mission he flew. #3 was Merlin Olsen. DQ1: Physicist? DQ2: Known for a particular discovery/invention? IQ1: Are you to blame for the ballads “Tie A Yellow Ribbon” and “Knock Three Times”? IQ2: Are you the hero of an medieval Italian epic by Ariosto? IQ3: Are you an actor known for his androgynous looks, whose most famous role was as an elf? ---
**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 12, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/127 "2019-06-12T21:40:39Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Born before 1925 5. Not British 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Dead 9. Not known for a business or product 10. Not known for politics 11. Not known for military 12. Known for Science 13. Physicist 14. Known for a particular discovery/invention ---
**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 12, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/128 "2019-06-12T21:41:41Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Are you to blame for the ballads “Tie A Yellow Ribbon” and “Knock Three Times”? > > IQ2: Are you the hero of an medieval Italian epic by Ariosto? > > IQ3: Are you an actor known for his androgynous looks, whose most famous role was as an elf? I am not Tony - Orlando - Bloom (though some might think Will Turner was his most famous role). ---
**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 13, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/129 "2019-06-13T02:05:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Tony - Orlando - Bloom (though some might think Will Turner was his most famous role). Oooh, nicely phrased! Takes the sting out of being swept. IQ1: Were you Western civilization’s first recorded case of a musician being harassed by fangirls? IQ2: Were you the subject of a famous painting by Millais? IQ3: Were you a physicist who famously quoted the _Bhagavad Gita_ on a particularly significant occasion? ---
**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 13, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/130 "2019-06-13T03:31:25Z")
Previous IQs: Were you an Old Testament figure known for spilling his seed? - Yes, Onan Were you the nude MPFC organist? - Also Onan, played by Terry Jones Were you Ike’s sole female Cabinet appointee? - Ovetta Culp Hobby DQs: Known for work on nuclear weapons? First name start with O? IQs: Were you played by Tilda Swinton? Did you recently write a tattletale book after leaving the White House? Were you once named by _Time_ magazine as one of America’s top five mayors? ---
**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 13, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/131 "2019-06-13T12:12:21Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Ron Swanson in the sitcom Parks and Recreation? > IQ2: Did you write “Orpheus in the Underworld” which used the can-can dance, considered scandalous at the time? > IQ3: Are you head coach of the Houston Texans? > > #1. I know this guy. I just can’t bring his name around. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Offenbach. > #3. Take a DQ. Nick Offerman, correct, Bill O’Brien holding 2 DQs IQ: Did you say “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds”? ---
**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 13, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/132 "2019-06-13T13:25:14Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Born before 1925 5. Not British 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Dead 9. Not known for a business or product 10. Not known for politics 11. Not known for military 12. Known for Science 13. Physicist 14. Known for a particular discovery/invention 15. Not known for work on nuclear weapons 16. Last name starts with O ---
**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 13, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/133 "2019-06-13T13:27:07Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Were you Western civilization’s first recorded case of a musician being harassed by fangirls? > > IQ2: Were you the subject of a famous painting by Millais? > > IQ3: Were you a physicist who famously quoted the _Bhagavad Gita_ on a particularly significant occasion? #3. I am not Oppenheimer. Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you played by Tilda Swinton? > Did you recently write a tattletale book after leaving the White House? > Were you once named by _Time_ magazine as one of America’s top five mayors? #1. I am not Orlando. Take 2 DQs. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ: Did you say “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds”? Nope, I am not Oppenheimer. ---
**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 13, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/134 "2019-06-13T17:35:02Z")
DQ: Discovery made before WWII? holding 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:** [June 13, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/135 "2019-06-13T18:09:47Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Born before 1925 5. Not British 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Dead 9. Not known for a business or product 10. Not known for politics 11. Not known for military 12. Known for Science 13. Physicist 14. Known for a particular discovery/invention 15. Not known for work on nuclear weapons 16. Last name starts with O 17. Discovery made long before WWII ---
**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 13, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/136 "2019-06-13T19:12:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3. I am not Oppenheimer. Take 2 DQs. > > (snip) Correct on J. Robert. #1, the musician who was ripped apart by maenads consumed with his playing, was Orpheus. #2 was Ophelia, who was painted floating in a river by Sir John Everett Millais, of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. DQ1: Born before 1400? Holding one 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:** [June 13, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/137 "2019-06-13T19:23:26Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Born before 1925 5. Not British 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Dead 9. Not known for a business or product 10. Not known for politics 11. Not known for military 12. Known for Science 13. Physicist 14. Known for a particular discovery/invention 15. Not known for work on nuclear weapons 16. Last name starts with O 17. Discovery made long before WWII 18. Born after 1400 [I remembered the Ophelia painting about 5 minutes after I’d posted. Oh, well.] ---
**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 14, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/138 "2019-06-14T03:44:03Z")
Previous IQs: Were you played by Tilda Swinton? - Yes, Orlando Did you recently write a tattletale book after leaving the White House? - Omarosa Were you once named by _Time_ magazine as one of America’s top five mayors? - Martin O’Malley, when he was Mayor of Baltimore DQs: German? Born after 1750? ---
**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 14, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/139 "2019-06-14T12:24:54Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Born before 1925 5. Not British 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Dead 9. Not known for a business or product 10. Not known for politics 11. Not known for military 12. Known for Science 13. Physicist 14. Known for a particular discovery/invention 15. Not known for work on nuclear weapons 16. Last name starts with O 17. Discovery made long before WWII 18. Born after 1400 19. Not German 20. Born after 1750 That’s 20. Please have all unasked DQ’s in by 9 pm EST tonight. ---
**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 14, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/140 "2019-06-14T12:34:13Z")
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