# Botticelli - June 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330 "2021-06-01T03:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 2, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/41 "2021-06-02T17:02:51Z")
Good job, **DLR**! Previous IQs: Were you a noted member of the Spanish Inquisition? - Cardinal Ximenez Did you head a school for unusual children in upstate New York? - Prof. Charles Xavier Were you the U.S. Marine Corps commandant in the 1980s? - Paul X. Kelley Right, then. On to J! IQs: Did William Styron write, 30-some years later, about how much he enjoyed smoking cigars with you? Were you that person’s spouse? Were you that person’s son? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/42 "2021-06-02T17:06:31Z")
IQs: 1. Did you portray Catwoman? 2. Did you receive your most recent Emmy nomination in 2019 for your role in a Ryan Murphy show? 3. Is his name my name, 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 2, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/43 "2021-06-02T17:11:09Z")
IQs: 1. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? 2. On the highly acclaimed 1950’s all-leather BBC radio series _The Goon Show_ did you regularly report when someone had fallen in the wa-ter? 3. Did you star in _Cinderfella_? ---
**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 2, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/44 "2021-06-02T17:17:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did William Styron write, 30-some years later, about how much he enjoyed smoking cigars with you? > Were you that person’s spouse? > Were you that person’s son? Respectively: I am not John F. Kennedy. I am not Jacqueline Kennedy. I am not John F. Kennedy, Jr. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you portray Catwoman? > 2. Did you receive your most recent Emmy nomination in 2019 for your role in a Ryan Murphy show? > 3. Is his name my name, too? 1. I am not Julie Newmar. 2. I am not Jessica Lange? 3. I am not John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt DA DA DA DA DA DA DA > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? > 2. On the highly acclaimed 1950’s all-leather BBC radio series _The Goon Show_ did you regularly report when someone had fallen in the wa-ter? > 3. Did you star in _Cinderfella_? 1. I am not J. Wellington Wimpy. 2. Take a DQ. James Moriarty? 3. I am not Jerry Lewis. ---
**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 2, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/45 "2021-06-02T17:33:00Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? > > > 2. On the highly acclaimed 1950’s all-leather BBC radio series _The Goon Show_ did you regularly report when someone had fallen in the wa-ter? > > > 3. Did you star in _Cinderfella_ ? > > 1. I am not J. Wellington Wimpy. > 2. Take a DQ. James Moriarty? > 3. I am not Jerry Lewis. Correct on Wimpy. Not Count Jim “Eraserneck” Moriarty, but Little Jim. Correct on Jerry. DQ: 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:** [June 2, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/46 "2021-06-02T17:33:32Z")
Swept me! IQs: Were you Lincoln’s senior White House aide? Were you another one? Does a painting of you in colorful robes hang in the U.S. Supreme Court building? ---
**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 2, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/47 "2021-06-02T17:36:50Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write the hymn _Christ the Lord is risen today_? 2. Did you write the Gregor Demarkian series of detective stories? 3. Did you have a hit with the song _Diamonds and Rust_? ---
**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 2, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/48 "2021-06-02T18:02:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Lincoln’s senior White House aide? > Were you another one? > Does a painting of you in colorful robes hang in the U.S. Supreme Court building? Respectively: Take a DQ. Take a DQ. I am not Justice? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the hymn _Christ the Lord is risen today_? > 2. Did you write the Gregor Demarkian series of detective stories? > 3. Did you have a hit with the song _Diamonds and Rust_? Take 3 DQs. 1. 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:** [June 2, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/49 "2021-06-02T18:39:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the hymn _Christ the Lord is risen today_ ? > 2. Did you write the Gregor Demarkian series of detective stories? > 3. Did you have a hit with the song _Diamonds and Rust_ ? #1 was John Wesley. #2 was Jane Haddam. #3 was Joan Baez. DQs: 1. Male? 2. American? 3. Living? ---
**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 2, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/50 "2021-06-02T18:49:17Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Lincoln’s senior White House aide? - John Nicolay Were you another one? - John Hay Does a painting of you in colorful robes hang in the U.S. Supreme Court building? - This dude (and I have stood in front of this very painting: [John Jay - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jay#/media/File:Gilbert_Stuart,_John_Jay,_1794,_NGA_75023.jpg)) John x3! DQs: First name start with J? Political/military? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did Elizabeth Banks play your secretary? Were you taken in by the Red-Headed League? Were you cloned from a slain President who sounded an awful lot like, but was never actually named as, JFK? ---
**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 2, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/51 "2021-06-02T21:45:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Elizabeth Banks play your secretary? > Were you taken in by the Red-Headed League? > Were you cloned from a slain President who sounded an awful lot like, but was never actually named as, JFK? Respectively: I am not J. Jonah Jameson. I am not Jabez Stone. I am not Joshua Kellogg. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. American 4. living 5. first name starts with J 6. political/military ---
**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 3, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/52 "2021-06-03T13:09:48Z")
Correct on the first and third, but the second was Jabez Wilson. DQ: Best known for politics? IQs: A fictional bad guy, did you and your brother have the same first name? Were you the first SECDEF in the Trump Cabinet? Did Records Officer Finney hate you? ---
**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 3, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/53 "2021-06-03T13:39:48Z")
IQs: 1. Did you serve as translator to the U.S. Ambassador to Russia while a teenager? 2. Did you write _Born Free_? 3. Were you an American painter whose work inspired the Pop Art movement? ---
**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 3, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/54 "2021-06-03T14:24:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > A fictional bad guy, did you and your brother have the same first name? > Were you the first SECDEF in the Trump Cabinet? > Did Records Officer Finney hate you? Respectively: I am not James Moriarty. I am not James Mattis. I am not J. Tiberius Kirk. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you serve as translator to the U.S. Ambassador to Russia while a teenager? > 2. Did you write _Born Free_? > 3. Were you an American painter whose work inspired the Pop Art movement? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not John Barry. 3. I am not Jasper Johns. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. American 4. living 5. first name starts with J 6. political/military 7. best known for politics ---
**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 3, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/55 "2021-06-03T14:31:16Z")
Swept me! James x3. IQs: Were you a longtime Republican senator from Alabama? Are you the second Catholic man elected President of the United States? Are you his wife? ---
**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 3, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/56 "2021-06-03T15:30:17Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you serve as translator to the U.S. Ambassador to Russia while a teenager? > > > 2. Did you write _Born Free_ ? > > > 3. Were you an American painter whose work inspired the Pop Art movement? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not John Barry. > 3. I am not Jasper Johns. #1 was John Quincy Adams. #2 was Joy Adamson. Correct on Jasper. DQs: 1. Born before 1960? 2. Federal office holder? ---
**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 3, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/57 "2021-06-03T15:35:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a longtime Republican senator from Alabama? > Are you the second Catholic man elected President of the United States? > Are you his wife? I am not Jeff Sessions, but I am indeed Joe Biden! (I’m also not Dr. Jill Biden.) Next game goes to Elendil’s Heir. ---
**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 3, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/58 "2021-06-03T15:45:21Z")
Good one, EH! ---
**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 3, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/59 "2021-06-03T15:53:52Z")
Thanks, **DLR**! Haven’t had a President as a Botticelli subject in quite awhile - and the incumbent, I think, never. I was thinking of Jeremiah Denton for the senator from Alabama, but Jefferson Beauregard Sessions works, too. For our next letter let’s go with # L ---
**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 3, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/60 "2021-06-03T16:01:07Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the title character in a book by Vladimir Nabokov? 2. Did you do the farm reports on _WKRP in Cincinnati_? 3. Did you create a collection of puzzles over a hundred years ago that is still in print today? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330.md?page=4)