# Botticelli -- June 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 2, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923 "2020-06-02T13:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/201 "2020-06-30T16:57:12Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Hillary’s top healthcare task force aide? - Ira Magaziner Did you try to steal a robot in order to “live” longer? - The Death Star isn’t a robot, so no - I was thinking of Ira Graves on _ST:TNG_, who plotted to “possess” Data Were you and your brother both noted in American musical circles before 1973? - Ira Gershwin (and George) Ira x3! DQs: Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line? Best known as a solo artist? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you sing “Lust for Life”? Was an American university named after you? Were you Sid Caesar’s female costar? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/202 "2020-06-30T17:09:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you sing “Lust for Life”? > Was an American university named after you? > Were you Sid Caesar’s female costar? I am not Ignatius of Loyola or Imogene Coca, but I am indeed **Iggy Pop**! Next game goes to **Elendil’s Heir**. ---
**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, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/203 "2020-06-30T17:37:21Z")
Woohoo - thanks, **DLR**! For some reason I thought someone might’ve earlier asked about him, but thought I’d take a chance. An update: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #61 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/61) Our next letter is **L** (Is there no way to use differently-colored text, or to make letters bigger, on the new board? I don’t see it) ---
**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, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/204 "2020-06-30T17:54:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > (Is there no way to use differently-colored text, or to make letters bigger, on the new board? I don’t see it) \< big\> makes them bigger, but there’s only one size option. \< little\> can be used more than once to give several smaller sizes. Big Normal Little Little x2 Little x3 The lack of colours is by far my biggest complaint about the current board. ---
**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, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/205 "2020-06-30T18:05:26Z")
IQ1: Were you the Chief’s incompetent assistant? IQ2: Are you a professorial duck from Austria? IQ3: Were you credited with half as many kills as your more famous older brother? ---
**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, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/206 "2020-06-30T18:07:55Z")
CORRECTION: The opposite of \< big\> is \< small\>. ---
**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, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/207 "2020-06-30T19:11:49Z")
Thanks for the advice on sizing and (no) colors. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the Chief’s incompetent assistant? > IQ2: Are you a professorial duck from Austria? > IQ3: Were you credited with half as many kills as your more famous older brother? Dunno, not Ludwig von Duck and not Ludwig von Richthofen. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/208 "2020-06-30T19:36:12Z")
IQs: 1. Did you turn down royalties for a space-themed novelty song that became a hit? 2. Did you perform at the hungry i? 3. Did a clone of you appear in the TV show _Clone High_? ---
**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 30, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/209 "2020-06-30T20:25:39Z")
Good job, EH! 1. Have you been portrayed by Amy Adams, Noel Neill, Margot Kidder and Teri Hatcher? 2. Are you the captain of the Swinetrek? 3. Are you the librarian in Neil Gaiman’s _Sandman_ series? ---
**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 30, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/210 "2020-06-30T20:28:55Z")
no message ---
**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, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/211 "2020-06-30T22:09:29Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the Chief’s incompetent assistant? > IQ2: Are you a professorial duck from Austria? > IQ3: Were you credited with half as many kills as your more famous older brother? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Ludwig von Duck and not Ludwig von Richthofen. Larabee. Ludwig von Drake, but close enough. Lothar von Richthofen. Close, but not close enough, I think. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? ---
**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, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/212 "2020-06-30T22:10:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > no message You can delete posts here, you know… ---
**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, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/213 "2020-06-30T22:23:05Z")
IQ1: Did you have six children with your wife, and seven more with three mistresses? IQ2: Were you the king of the Bandar-log? IQ3: Did you play Major Reisman? ---
**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, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/214 "2020-07-01T13:51:47Z")
L it is. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you turn down royalties for a space-themed novelty song that became a hit? > 2. Did you perform at the hungry i? > 3. Did a clone of you appear in the TV show _Clone High_? Not Llewyn Davis, not Lenny Bruce, and not awkward teenage Abraham Lincoln. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > 1. Have you been portrayed by Amy Adams, Noel Neill, Margot Kidder and Teri Hatcher? > 2. Are you the captain of the Swinetrek? > 3. Are you the librarian in Neil Gaiman’s _Sandman_ series? Not Lois Lane, not Lance Pigsnout, and dunno. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you have six children with your wife, and seven more with three mistresses? > IQ2: Were you the king of the Bandar-log? > IQ3: Did you play Major Reisman? Not Louis XIV, dunno and dunno. L. 1. fictional 2. male ---
**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, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/215 "2020-07-01T14:02:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you have six children with your wife, and seven more with three mistresses? > IQ2: Were you the king of the Bandar-log? > IQ3: Did you play Major Reisman? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Louis XIV, dunno and dunno. Technically correct, since he had 13 with three mistresses (seven with one if them alone), but… Charles Lindbergh. King Louie (_The Jungle Book_, a la Disney) Lee Marvin (_The Dirty Dozen_). \*\* DQ1: Created after 1954? DQ2: Originally from prose fiction? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/216 "2020-07-01T14:23:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Llewyn Davis, not Lenny Bruce, and not awkward teenage Abraham Lincoln. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Did you get in trouble because of your “wide stance” in a bathroom? 2. A bounty hunter, are you the Main Man and the Last Czarnian? 3. Are you the bassist and lead singer of Primus? ---
**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, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/217 "2020-07-01T14:30:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you have six children with your wife, and seven more with three mistresses?.. > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Not Louis XIV… > > Technically correct, since he had 13 with three mistresses (seven with one if them alone), but… Charles Lindbergh… If I got it right, even if it’s not who you’re thinking of, you can always rephrase. I don’t think you earned a DQ with this one. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > 1. Did you get in trouble because of your “wide stance” in a bathroom? > 2. A bounty hunter, are you the Main Man and the Last Czarnian? > 3. Are you the bassist and lead singer of Primus? That creepy Republican politician whose name escapes me, dunno and dunno. L. 1. fictional 2. male 3. created after 1954 4. not originally from prose fiction ---
**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, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/218 "2020-07-01T15:37:56Z")
Hmmm. Does “seven X” mean “seven X”, or does it mean “seven or more X”? ---
**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, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/219 "2020-07-01T17:12:59Z")
I don’t understand. ---
**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 1, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/220 "2020-07-01T19:45:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > … > > > > > 1. Have you been portrayed by Amy Adams, Noel Neill, Margot Kidder and Teri Hatcher? > > > 2. Are you the captain of the Swinetrek? > > > 3. Are you the librarian in Neil Gaiman’s _Sandman_ series? > > Not Lois Lane, not Lance Pigsnout, and dunno. Correct on # 1. #2 is Link Hogthrob. #3 is Lucian. DQs: 1. Created by an American author or authors? 2. Created after 1989? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923.md?page=12)