# Botticelli - June 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 30, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278 "2024-05-30T15:51:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/101 "2024-06-14T20:38:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write about The Culture? > Did you share a bed one night with Queequeg? > Did you celebrate wildlife but one time just got too damn close to it? I am not Iain Banks. I am not Ishmael. Take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you fake Howard Hughes’s autobiography? > 2. Were you Stephen Spielberg’s first wife? > 3. Did the media fixate on the number of shoes you had in the 1980’s? Dunno, I am not Amy Irving, and I am not Imelda Marcos. ---
**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, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/102 "2024-06-14T20:49:45Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you fake Howard Hughes’s autobiography? > > 2. Were you Stephen Spielberg’s first wife? > > 3. Did the media fixate on the number of shoes you had in the 1980’s? > > Dunno, I am not Amy Irving, and I am not Imelda Marcos. #1 was Clifford Irving. Correct on the others. DQ: Born after 1990? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/103 "2024-06-14T22:08:23Z")
# I 1. Real. 2. First name starts with I. 3. Male. 4. Not known for the arts. 5. Not American. 6. Not known for politics. 7. European. 8. Living. 9. Not known for business. 10. Not known for a crime or crimes. 11. Born after 1970. 12. Not from the British Isles. 13. Born west of Vienna. 14. Born south of Vienna. 15. Born before 1990. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/104 "2024-06-15T00:36:55Z")
DQ: Known for sports? Also, you swept me!! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/105 "2024-06-15T01:53:29Z")
# I 1. Real. 2. First name starts with I. 3. Male. 4. Not known for the arts. 5. Not American. 6. Not known for politics. 7. European. 8. Living. 9. Not known for business. 10. Not known for a crime or crimes. 11. Born after 1970. 12. Not from the British Isles. 13. Born west of Vienna. 14. Born south of Vienna. 15. Born before 1990. 16. Known for sports. ---
**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 15, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/106 "2024-06-15T11:12:22Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Miles Vorkosigan’s long-suffering cousin and self-described donkey? 2. Were you a prisioner in a Russian gulag, in a famous novel by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn? 3. Were you once the top-ranked singles tennis player in the world, for a record 270 weeks? Still reserving one DQ. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/107 "2024-06-15T14:46:36Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Miles Vorkosigan’s long-suffering cousin and self-described donkey? > 2. Were you a prisioner in a Russian gulag, in a famous novel by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn? > 3. Were you once the top-ranked singles tennis player in the world, for a record 270 weeks? Dunno (haven’t touched the saga). But perhaps an Ivan? I am not Ivan Denisovich. I am not Ivan Lendl. ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/108 "2024-06-15T14:48:43Z")
IQs: 1. Did you legendarily hock your jewels so Chris good have a boat? 2. Did you write _Joy To The World_? 3. Are you Jafar’s pet bird? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/109 "2024-06-15T15:24:57Z")
I am not Queen Isabella. I am not Isaac Watts. I am not Iago. ---
**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 15, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/110 "2024-06-15T15:30:14Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Did John Cleese once introduce you as “the funniest man alive today”? 2. Were you chained to fiery wheel for eternity in Tartarus? 3. Were you a French 20th Century print artist remembered for his representations of courtesans? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/111 "2024-06-15T17:14:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did John Cleese once introduce you as “the funniest man alive today”? > 2. Were you chained to fiery wheel for eternity in Tartarus? > 3. Were you a French 20th Century print artist remembered for his representations of courtesans? Hmmm… I am not… Eddie Izzard? No clue x 2. I may have been counter-swept! ---
**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 15, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/112 "2024-06-15T17:21:41Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did John Cleese once introduce you as “the funniest man alive today”? > > 2. Were you chained to fiery wheel for eternity in Tartarus? > > 3. Were you a French 20th Century print artist remembered for his representations of courtesans? > > Hmmm… I am not… Eddie Izzard? > No clue x 2. Correct on Eddie. #2 was Ixion, who had vainly attempted to seduce Zeus’s wife Hera. #3 was Louis Icart. DQs: 1. Known for the Olympics? 2. Known for a team sport? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/113 "2024-06-15T17:34:37Z")
# I 1. Real. 2. First name starts with I. 3. Male. 4. Not known for the arts. 5. Not American. 6. Not known for politics. 7. European. 8. Living. 9. Not known for business. 10. Not known for a crime or crimes. 11. Born after 1970. 12. Not from the British Isles. 13. Born west of Vienna. 14. Born south of Vienna. 15. Born before 1990. 16. Known for sports. 17. Not known for the Olympics. 18. Known for a team sport. ---
**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 15, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/114 "2024-06-15T19:23:38Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Dunno (haven’t touched the saga). But perhaps an Ivan? > I am not Ivan Denisovich. > I am not Ivan Lendl. You spotted the pattern - it was an Ivan 3fer. The first was Ivan Vorpatril, commonly referred to as Ivan You Idiot. Swept, by crikey! IQs: 1. Are you a fairy who married a mortal, in a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta? 2. Do you not only play, but now write _Ms. Marvel_ as well? 3. Were you a bishop and Doctor of the Church, best known for attacking Gnosticism in your tract _Against Heresies_? Reserved DQ: known for soccer? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/115 "2024-06-15T20:48:11Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a fairy who married a mortal, in a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta? > 2. Do you not only play, but now write _Ms. Marvel_ as well? > 3. Were you a bishop and Doctor of the Church, best known for attacking Gnosticism in your tract _Against Heresies_? I am not Iolanthe. I should remember her, but I don’t. Take a DQ. I am not… Ignatius? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/116 "2024-06-15T20:48:45Z")
# I 1. Real. 2. First name starts with I. 3. Male. 4. Not known for the arts. 5. Not American. 6. Not known for politics. 7. European. 8. Living. 9. Not known for business. 10. Not known for a crime or crimes. 11. Born after 1970. 12. Not from the British Isles. 13. Born west of Vienna. 14. Born south of Vienna. 15. Born before 1990. 16. Known for sports. 17. Not known for the Olympics. 18. Known for a team sport. 19. Known for soccer. ---
**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 16, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/117 "2024-06-16T01:49:02Z")
Previous IQs: Did you write about The Culture? - Yes, Iain Banks Did you share a bed one night with Queequeg? - Yes, Ishmael, in _Moby-Dick_ Did you celebrate wildlife but one time just got too damn close to it? - Steve Irwin, killed by a stingray DQ: Known as a big scorer? IQs: Was perhaps your best-known character nicknamed “Ser Friendzone” by fans? Did you write _The End_, about the last year of the Third Reich? Did you officiate at Sir Patrick’s Stewart’s most recent wedding? ---
**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 16, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/118 "2024-06-16T03:29:44Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not Iolanthe. > I should remember her, but I don’t. Take a DQ. > I am not… Ignatius? Correct on Iolanthe. 2 is the charming Imam Vellani, and your guess for 3 was about thirteen centuries too late; Irenaeus was a 2nd c. CE bishop of Lyon. DQs: 1. Surname starts A - M? 2. Italian? Guessing this is some famous soccer player, but I know bupkis about soccer, so it’s open for anyone who does. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/119 "2024-06-16T04:23:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was perhaps your best-known character nicknamed “Ser Friendzone” by fans? > Did you write _The End_, about the last year of the Third Reich? > Did you officiate at Sir Patrick’s Stewart’s most recent wedding? I know the character, but have no idea who plays him. Take a DQ. I am not… ugh… David Irving? Don’t know. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/120 "2024-06-16T04:29:07Z")
# I 1. Real. 2. First name starts with I. 3. Male. 4. Not known for the arts. 5. Not American. 6. Not known for politics. 7. European. 8. Living. 9. Not known for business. 10. Not known for a crime or crimes. 11. Born after 1970. 12. Not from the British Isles. 13. Born west of Vienna. 14. Born south of Vienna. 15. Born before 1990. 16. Known for sports. 17. Not known for the Olympics. 18. Known for a team sport. 19. Known for soccer. 20. Definitely not known as a big scorer. 21. Last name starts with A-M. 22. Not Italian. Any outstanding DQs should be asked by midnight EDT tomorrow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278.md?page=7)