# Botticelli June 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875 "2023-06-01T14:47:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 11, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/81 "2023-06-11T00:58:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: You are not a member of the Hearst family. Were you a 19th-century California newspaperman and writer? > > IQ2: Were you the best-known member of the Barca family? > > IQ3: Were you the best-known member of the SLA? > > #1. I am not Horace Greeley. > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. I am not Patty Hearst. Bret Harte (Greeley stayed on the East Coast.) Hannibal correct DQ: Military? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 11, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/82 "2023-06-11T01:28:34Z")
Previous IQs: A young woman, are you a former Trump White House aide? - Yes, Hope Hicks Did you costar on _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_? - Yes, Valerie Harper Did you costar on the TV series of _Logan’s Run_? - Heather Menzies DQ: Born before 1955? IQs: Was Ole Golly your best friend? Were you perhaps the best-known conductor on the Underground Railroad? Did Dubya nominate you for SCOTUS but you crashed and burned? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/83 "2023-06-11T01:41:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. Did your ability to hear a microscopic voice no one else could, lead to your story being co-opted by the right to life movement. > > 2. are you a dog who’s quicker than a human eye? > > 3. Do you sell bands? > > 1. I am not Horton the Elephant. > 2. I am not Hong Kong Fooey (??) > 3. I am not Prof. Harold Hill. Swept me (2 is spelled Phooey) IQ: 1. Did you invent Blue Meth 2. Did you catch the answer to 1. 3. Did Susan try to explain your death the Big Bird. ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/84 "2023-06-11T02:44:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you suspected, but ultimately aquitted, of murdering your royal wife’s previous husband? > > 2. Are you the first actress to win an Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe for the same performance? > > 3. Were you an actress known for your clipped mid-Atlantic accent, red hair, and imperious manner? > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Helen Hayes (??) > #3. I am not Katherine Hepburn. No. 1 was James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, third husband of Mary Queen of Scots and suspected murderer of her previous husband Lord Darnley. No. 2 was Audrey Hepburn, for _Roman Holiday._ No. 3 was correct, Katherine Hepburn. A Hepburn threefer! DQs: 1. Known for politics? 2. Last name starts with Hi to Hy? ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/85 "2023-06-11T14:46:29Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Real 3. American 4. Living 5. Last name starts with H 6. Born before 1975. 7. Political/military 8. Not considered a beauty, but not bad looking either. 9. Not military 10. Born after 1955 11. Known for politics. 12. Last name starts with Ha to He ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/86 "2023-06-11T14:47:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Was Ole Golly your best friend? > Were you perhaps the best-known conductor on the Underground Railroad? > Did Dubya nominate you for SCOTUS but you crashed and burned? #2. I am not Harriet Tubman. Take 2 DQs. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQ: > > 1. Did you invent Blue Meth > 2. Did you catch the answer to 1. > 3. Did Susan try to explain your death the Big Bird. Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 11, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/87 "2023-06-11T20:01:35Z")
Previous IQs: Was Ole Golly your best friend? - The title character from _Harriet the Spy_ Were you perhaps the best-known conductor on the Underground Railroad? - Yes, Harriet Tubman Did Dubya nominate you for SCOTUS but you crashed and burned? - Harriet Miers ---
**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 11, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/88 "2023-06-11T20:04:31Z")
Previous IQs: Was Ole Golly your best friend? - The title character from _Harriet the Spy_ Were you perhaps the best-known conductor on the Underground Railroad? - Yes, Harriet Tubman Did Dubya nominate you for SCOTUS but you crashed and burned? - White House Counsel Harriet Miers Harriet x3! DQs: Currently holding elective office? A Democrat? IQs: Are you VPOTUS? Were you Florida Secretary of State in 2000? Was your drug-abusing uncle briefly the U.S. ambassador to China? ---
**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 11, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/89 "2023-06-11T21:12:42Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Real 3. American 4. Living 5. Last name starts with H 6. Born before 1975. 7. Political/military 8. Not considered a beauty, but not bad looking either. 9. Not military 10. Born after 1955 11. Known for politics. 12. Last name starts with Ha to He 13. Not currently holding an _elective_ office 14. Democrat ---
**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 11, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/90 "2023-06-11T21:13:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you VPOTUS? > Were you Florida Secretary of State in 2000? > Was your drug-abusing uncle briefly the U.S. ambassador to China? #1. I am not Kamala Harris. #2. Take a DQ. (I am not Firstnameunknown Harris.) #3. I am not Zonker Harris. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/91 "2023-06-11T21:43:16Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > - Did you invent Blue Meth > - Did you catch the answer to 1. > - Did Susan try to explain your death the Big Bird. 1. Heisenberg (the nom de Guerre of Walter White on breaking bad) 2. Hank Schrieder (Walts brother in law and DEA agent) 3. Mr. Hooper (after the actor who played him died the writers decided to have his character die as a teaching moment) DQ: 1. Elected to office? 2 DQ’s reserved IQ: 1. Do you have a magic writiing implement which you use to illustrate your imagination 2. Was pictures of your meat impacted colon used in an art exhibition without your permission 3. Do you keep your horns trimmed lest you turn evil ---
**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, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/92 "2023-06-12T00:35:26Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > DQ: > > 1. Elected to office? > > 2 DQ’s reserved > > **This is a repeat of #13 above. Guess again.** > > IQ: > > 1. Do you have a magic writiing implement which you use to illustrate your imagination > 2. Was pictures of your meat impacted colon used in an art exhibition without your permission > 3. Do you keep your horns trimmed lest you turn evil 1. I am not Harold of the Purple Crayon. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Hellboy. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/93 "2023-06-12T02:42:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. Do you have a magic writiing implement which you use to illustrate your imagination > > 2. Was pictures of your meat impacted colon used in an art exhibition without your permission > > 3. Do you keep your horns trimmed lest you turn evil > > 1. I am not Harold of the Purple Crayon. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Hellboy. 2 Hank Hill of King of the Hill Other two correct. My question was different from #13. That asked whether the person currently held an elected office, I was asking if the person was ever elected to office, for example, Obama would be no to the first but yes to the second, while Susan B Anthony would be no to both but still political. 3 total DQs resevered ---
**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, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/94 "2023-06-12T13:34:22Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Real 3. American, also has secondary citizenship 4. Living 5. Last name starts with H 6. Born before 1975. 7. Political/military 8. Not considered a beauty, but not bad looking either. 9. Not military 10. Born after 1955 11. Known for politics. 12. Last name starts with Ha to He 13. Not currently holding an _elective_ office 14. Democrat 15. Has been elected to office Please note the addition to #2 above. ---
**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, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/95 "2023-06-12T15:38:46Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first female Presidential candidate for a major party? 2. Does a playwright wish that you, like yourself, assume the port of Mars, and leashed in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, crouch for employment? 3. Did you burn the topless towers of Illium? ---
**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, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/96 "2023-06-12T15:50:47Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > - Were you the first female Presidential candidate for a major party? > - Does a playwright wish that you, like yourself, assume the port of Mars, and leashed in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, crouch for employment? > - Did you burn the topless towers of Illium? 1. I am not Hilary Clinton. 2. Taketh a DQ. 3. I am not Hector. ---
**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, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/97 "2023-06-12T16:41:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > - Were you the first female Presidential candidate for a major party? > > - Does a playwright wish that you, like yourself, assume the port of Mars, and leashed in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, crouch for employment? > > - Did you burn the topless towers of Illium? > > 1. I am not Hilary Clinton. > 2. Taketh a DQ. > 3. I am not Hector Correct on No. 1. No. 2 was “the warlike Harry”, Henry V, from the Prologue of the eponymous play. No. 3 was the face that launched a thousand ships and burned th’ topless towers of Illium: Helen of Troy. DQs: 1. Currently holding a Federal office? One DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/98 "2023-06-12T17:06:23Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Real 3. American, also has secondary citizenship 4. Living 5. Last name starts with H 6. Born before 1975. 7. Political/military 8. Not considered a beauty, but not bad looking either. 9. Not military 10. Born after 1955 11. Known for politics. 12. Last name starts with Ha to He 13. Not currently holding an _elective_ office 14. Democrat 15. Has been elected to office 16. Currently holding a federal office ---
**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, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/99 "2023-06-12T17:21:36Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an actress whose husband Charles MacArthur, upon meeting you, handed you a bowl of peanuts and said “I wish they were emeralds”; then many years later presented you with an emerald brooch, with the comment, “I wish they were peanuts”? 2. Does your filmography include both a film that won you an Oscar, and a porno? 3. Is one of your most famous lines of dialogue the single word “Cow”? Reserved DQ: 1. Native American? ---
**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, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/100 "2023-06-12T18:40:00Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Real 3. American, also has secondary citizenship 4. Living 5. Last name starts with H 6. Born before 1975. 7. Political/military 8. Not considered a beauty, but not bad looking either. 9. Not military 10. Born after 1955 11. Known for politics. 12. Last name starts with Ha to He 13. Not currently holding an _elective_ office 14. Democrat 15. Has been elected to office 16. Currently holding a federal office 17. Native American [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875.md?page=6)