# 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:** 8
**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 22, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/141 "2024-06-22T16:02:02Z")
IQs: 1. During the late 18th Century did you accompany America’s Russian ambassador to be his translator? 2. Did you have a hit with the song _Rehab_? 3. Did you play Endora on _Bewitched_? ---
**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 22, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/142 "2024-06-22T19:16:55Z")
1. Are you the hero of one of the two arguably best-known tales from _The Arabian Nights_? 2. Are you the hero of the other? 3. Were you musically enjoined to retrieve your firearm? ---
**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 23, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/143 "2024-06-23T02:10:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. During the late 18th Century did you accompany America’s Russian ambassador to be his translator? > > 2. Did you have a hit with the song _Rehab_? > > 3. Did you play Endora on _Bewitched_? Not John Quincy Adams, dunno, and not Agnes Moorhead (sp?). ---
**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 23, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/144 "2024-06-23T02:11:43Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. Are you the hero of one of the two arguably best-known tales from _The Arabian Nights_? > 2. Are you the hero of the other? > 3. Were you musically enjoined to retrieve your firearm? Dunno, dunno and not Annie Oakley. A. 1. real 2. male ---
**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 23, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/145 "2024-06-23T14:07:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. During the late 18th Century did you accompany America’s Russian ambassador to be his translator? > > 2. Did you have a hit with the song _Rehab_? > > 3. Did you play Endora on _Bewitched_? > > Not John Quincy Adams, dunno, and not Agnes Moorhead (sp?). Correct on John Quincy Adams. #2 was Amy Winehouse. Correct on Agnes Moorehead. DQ: Last name starts with A? ---
**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 23, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/146 "2024-06-23T14:13:35Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first king of the Visigoths? 2. Did you suffer from nephritis while POTUS? 3. Were you Mickey Rooney’s first wife? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/147 "2024-06-23T14:39:01Z")
IQs: 1. Did you voice Joy in the _Inside Out_ movies? 2. Did you act alongside Mickey Rooney in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_? 3. Were you a World War II correspondent whose _60 Minutes_ segments replaced “Point/Counterpoint”? ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/148 "2024-06-23T16:45:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first king of the Visigoths? > 2. Did you suffer from nephritis while POTUS? > 3. Were you Mickey Rooney’s first wife? Not Alaric, Andrew Jackson or Anne Rooney. ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/149 "2024-06-23T16:46:25Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you voice Joy in the _Inside Out_ movies? > 2. Did you act alongside Mickey Rooney in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_? > 3. Were you a World War II correspondent whose _60 Minutes_ segments replaced “Point/Counterpoint”? Not Amy Poehler, Audrey Hepburn (le sigh) or Andy Rooney. ---
**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 23, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/150 "2024-06-23T17:10:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the first king of the Visigoths? > > 2. Did you suffer from nephritis while POTUS? > > 3. Were you Mickey Rooney’s first wife? > > Not Alaric, Andrew Jackson or Anne Rooney. #1 is correct. #2 was Chester A. Arthur. #3 was Ava Gardner. DQs: 1. Known for the Arts? 2. Living? ---
**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 23, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/151 "2024-06-23T17:15:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 1. Are you the hero of one of the two arguably best-known tales from _The Arabian Nights_? > > 2. Are you the hero of the other? > > 3. Were you musically enjoined to retrieve your firearm? > > Dunno, dunno and not Annie Oakley. The first two, which I would have taken in either order, are Aladdin and Ali Baba (from _Ali Baba and the Fourty Thieves_). Correct on Annie Oakley. DQs: 1. Living? 2. Known for politics/military? IQs: 1. Are you a Phoenician goddess of fertility, possibly the consort of Yahweh in early Hebrew religion? 2. Are you the founder and eponym of one of the best-known of the “Big Five” accounting firms, that collapsed in the wake of the Enron scandal? 3. Were you Muhammed’s youngest wife, who became an important leader and teacher in the early Muslim community? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/152 "2024-06-23T20:44:18Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you write, among other books, **The Classics Reclassified**? > 2. On **Supernatural** were you Dean Winchester’s main torturer in Hell? > 3. Are you the main character of the book **This Time of Darkness**? Richard Armour, correct and Amy. 2 DQs held ---
**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 24, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/153 "2024-06-24T04:12:03Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Phoenician goddess of fertility, possibly the consort of Yahweh in early Hebrew religion? > 2. Are you the founder and eponym of one of the best-known of the “Big Five” accounting firms, that collapsed in the wake of the Enron scandal? > 3. Were you Muhammed’s youngest wife, who became an important leader and teacher in the early Muslim community? Dunno, not Arthur Anderson and not Alyssa. ---
**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 24, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/154 "2024-06-24T04:13:22Z")
A. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with A 4. not known for the Arts 5. dead 6. known for politics/military **SMV** , take another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/155 "2024-06-24T05:54:20Z")
Ah, swept me! IQs: 1. Did you command the 20th Maine before Joshua Chamberlain? 2. Did you patent an invention for buoying vessels over shoals in a river? 3. Was your death in battle considered by your president to be “the turning point of our fate”? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/156 "2024-06-24T08:12:59Z")
DQs: 1. American? 2. Caucasian? IQs: 1. Did you write, among other books, **The Ship Who Sang**? 2. Did you write, among other books, **Forerunner Foray**? 3. Do you host the US version of **Lego Masters**? ---
**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 24, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/157 "2024-06-24T12:48:36Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Charley’s love interest in _Where’s Charley?_ 2. Were you the receptionist for the Blue Moon Detective Agency in _Moonlighting_? 3. Were you a presidential candidate known as “the Happy Warrior”? ---
**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 24, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/158 "2024-06-24T13:14:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you a Phoenician goddess of fertili ty, possibly the consort of Yahweh in early Hebrew religion? > > 2. Are you the founder and eponym of one of the best-known of the “Big Five” accounting firms, that collapsed in the wake of the Enron scandal? > > 3. Were you Muhammed’s youngest wife, who became an important leader and teacher in the early Muslim community? > > Dunno, not Arthur Anderson and not Alyssa. 1 was Astarte/Ashtoreth, also called Ishtar. Correct on Arthur Andersen. 3 was A’isha. DQs: 1. Military officer? 2. Born before 1900 CE? 3. Last name begins “A” - “M”? IQs: 1. Were you the child of Satan, destined to be the Antichrist and bring about Armageddon, but because of a clerical mix-up at your birth were raised by a middle-class family in rural England? 2. Were you right, it _was_ a trap? 3. Was your biggest hit a song called “Criminal”? ---
**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 26, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/159 "2024-06-26T04:12:03Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you command the 20th Maine before Joshua Chamberlain? > 2. Did you patent an invention for buoying vessels over shoals in a river? > 3. Was your death in battle considered by your president to be “the turning point of our fate”? Not Adelbert Ames, not Abraham Lincoln and dunno. > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write, among other books, **The Ship Who Sang**? > 2. Did you write, among other books, **Forerunner Foray**? > 3. Do you host the US version of **Lego Masters**? Not Anne McCaffrey (sp?), dunno and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Charley’s love interest in _Where’s Charley?_ > 2. Were you the receptionist for the Blue Moon Detective Agency in _Moonlighting_? > 3. Were you a presidential candidate known as “the Happy Warrior”? Not Annabel, Adelaide or Adlai Stevenson. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the child of Satan, destined to be the Antichrist and bring about Armageddon, but because of a clerical mix-up at your birth were raised by a middle-class family in rural England? > 2. Were you right, it _was_ a trap? > 3. Was your biggest hit a song called “Criminal”? Not Adamien Athorne, not Admiral Akbar and dunno. A. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with A 4. not known for the Arts 5. dead 6. known for politics/military 7. American 8. Caucasian 9. military officer, among other things 10. born before 1900 CE 11. last name begins “A” - “M” ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/160 "2024-06-26T05:19:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you command the 20th Maine before Joshua Chamberlain? > > 2. Did you patent an invention for buoying vessels over shoals in a river? > > 3. Was your death in battle considered by your president to be “the turning point of our fate”? > > Not Adelbert Ames, not Abraham Lincoln and dunno. Correct on #s 1 & 2; #3 was Albert Sidney Johnston, one of the few men (along with Braxton Bragg) that Jefferson Davis could never find fault with. DQ: Born before 1800? IQs: 1. Did you get the Medal of Honor for bravery in attacking Missionary Ridge? 2. Did you survive a famous duel with a former Treasury Secretary? 3. Did you survive a slightly less-famous duel with a man who insulted your wife? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278.md?page=9)