# Botticelli: Late June, 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 25, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209 "2012-06-25T03:03:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/101 "2012-06-28T04:03:05Z")
I misunderstood the arts clue so I will take my 3 DQ’s DQ1: Did you die after 1950? DQ2: Were you famous for athletic achievement? DQ3: Was a film made about your life? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/102 "2012-06-28T14:20:37Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQ1: Did you work with Harper Lee? > IQ2: Were you the creator of what became a mass market crap on canvas? > IQ3: Did you befriend a volleyball? 1. I’m not Truman Capote. 2. No idea, take a DQ. 3. I’m not Tom Hanks from _Castaway._ > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you have a historic encounter with future colleagues? No idea, have a DQ. DQ Summary 1. I am male. 2. I am currently dead. 3. I was a real person. 4. I am American. 5. My last name does not begin with T. 6. I died after 1900. 7. I am not noted for my contribution to The Fine Arts. 8. I died before 1950. 9. I am not famous for athletic achievement. 10. I am not aware of any film made about my life. ---
**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 28, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/103 "2012-06-28T14:23:49Z")
IQ2 was Thomas Kinkaide, “artist”. DQ: Were you involved in politics? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/104 "2012-06-28T14:39:58Z")
DQ Summary 1. I am male. 2. I am currently dead. 3. I was a real person. 4. I am American. 5. My last name does not begin with T. 6. I died after 1900. 7. I am not noted for my contribution to The Fine Arts. 8. I died before 1950. 9. I am not famous for athletic achievement. 10. I am not aware of any film made about my life. 11. I personally was not involved in politics, but some of my work was cited by political figures. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/105 "2012-06-28T17:10:09Z")
I was thinking Thurgood Marshall, who argued _Brown_ at the SCOTUS. DQ: Were you an academic? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/106 "2012-06-28T17:36:24Z")
DQ Summary 1. I am male. 2. I am currently dead. 3. I was a real person. 4. I am American. 5. My last name does not begin with T. 6. I died after 1900. 7. I am not noted for my contribution to The Fine Arts. 8. I died before 1950. 9. I am not famous for athletic achievement. 10. I am not aware of any film made about my life. 11. I personally was not involved in politics, but some of my work was cited by political figures. 12. I was noted for my academic work. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/107 "2012-06-28T18:17:49Z")
IQ1: Did your name become a verb for the act of an athlete praying? IQ2: Did you, a computer researcher, loan your name to a test that shows whether a machine is thinking like a human? IQ3: Did you and your friends (one of whom wore a knitted cap) have wacky TV adventures in the 1960s, in between making hit records? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/108 "2012-06-28T18:19:15Z")
Side question to fellow players: Am I the only one who mentally answers IQs? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/109 "2012-06-28T18:48:11Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did your name become a verb for the act of an athlete praying? > > IQ2: Did you, a computer researcher, loan your name to a test that shows whether a machine is thinking like a human? > > IQ3: Did you and your friends (one of whom wore a knitted cap) have wacky TV adventures in the 1960s, in between making hit records? 1. I’m not Tim Tebow. 2. I’m not Alan Turing. 3. I’m not Peter Tork of The Monkees. Edit: **etv78** , I also answer the IQs to myself when I’m guessing. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/110 "2012-06-28T19:02:37Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > 1. I’m not Tim Tebow. > > 2. I’m not Alan Turing. > > 3. I’m not Peter Tork of The Monkees. > Edit: **etv78** , I also answer the IQs to myself when I’m guessing. Correct on all. And I also answer the IQs. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/111 "2012-06-28T20:43:49Z")
IQ1: Was the reporter who interrupted the President’s speech on immigration in your employ? IQ2: Did you and your wife star on L.A. Law? IQ3: Was a movie made about your experience building cars? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/112 "2012-06-28T22:58:52Z")
> [@denquixote](#): > > IQ1: Was the reporter who interrupted the President’s speech on immigration in your employ? > IQ2: Did you and your wife star on L.A. Law? > IQ3: Was a movie made about your experience building cars? 1. No idea. so a DQ. 2. I’m not Mr. Jill Eikenberry - AKA Michael Tucker. 3. I don’t know the first name of Mr. Tucker, the inventor of the Tucker Torpedo, so I’m not sure if that counts. Take a DQ if you feel like it. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/113 "2012-06-29T04:58:15Z")
IQ1: Was the reporter who interrupted the President’s speech on immigration in your employ? 1. No idea. so a DQ. IQ1: Tucker Carlson DQ1: Was your work in hard sciences? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/114 "2012-06-29T11:28:37Z")
DQ Summary 1. I am male. 2. I am currently dead. 3. I was a real person. 4. I am American. 5. My last name does not begin with T. 6. I died after 1900. 7. I am not noted for my contribution to The Fine Arts. 8. I died before 1950. 9. I am not famous for athletic achievement. 10. I am not aware of any film made about my life. 11. I personally was not involved in politics, but some of my work was cited by political figures. 12. I was noted for my academic work. 13. My work was not in the hard sciences, such as chemistry, physics, math, etc. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/115 "2012-06-29T12:52:38Z")
IQ1: Did you write “The Magnificent Ambersons?” IQ2: Were you possibly the greatest British bridge player when you were caught cheating? IQ3: Were you The New York Times bridge writer who was a witness to the cheating and who later wrote a book on the evnts that took place at a World Championship? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/116 "2012-06-29T14:49:49Z")
> [@denquixote](#): > > IQ1: Did you write “The Magnificent Ambersons?” > IQ2: Were you possibly the greatest British bridge player when you were caught cheating? > IQ3: Were you The New York Times bridge writer who was a witness to the cheating and who later wrote a book on the evnts that took place at a World Championship? 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/117 "2012-06-29T15:12:24Z")
IQ: Have you written books about how the Earth’s shape effects economics? ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/118 "2012-06-29T15:24:06Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > 3 DQs. IQ1: Booth Tarkington IQ2: Terrence Reese IQ3: Alan Truscott DQ1: Are you an economist? DQ2: Was your work done for an Ivy League university? DQ3: Did you die after 1920? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/119 "2012-06-29T16:01:20Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Have you written books about how the Earth’s shape effects economics? No idea, a DQ. Edit: I don’t know what you are getting at here, could you be a little more specific? (Since it may impact the correctness/incorrectness of my answer). Edit 2: Specifically, what do you mean by 'Earth’s shape"? DQ Summary 1. I am male. 2. I am currently dead. 3. I was a real person. 4. I am American. 5. My last name does not begin with T. 6. I died after 1900. 7. I am not noted for my contribution to The Fine Arts. 8. I died before 1950. 9. I am not famous for athletic achievement. 10. I am not aware of any film made about my life. 11. I personally was not involved in politics, but some of my work was cited by political figures. 12. I was noted for my academic work. 13. My work was not in the hard sciences, such as chemistry, physics, math, etc. 14. I was not an economist. 15. I was not associated with an Ivy League university, and I am unaware of any work done at such an institution. 16. I died before 1920 (so, I died between 1900 and 1920). ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209/120 "2012-06-29T16:08:00Z")
I was going for Tom Friedman (The “Earth is Flat and Crowded” author) DQ: Were you a political scientist? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-june-2012/626209.md?page=7)