# Botticelli -- Mar 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991 "2021-03-01T01:27:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [March 29, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/282 "2021-03-29T03:51:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you the first vampire described as having teeth like fangs? > > IQ2: Was a common rum drink named for you? > > IQ3: Did you paint _Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild_ ? > > Not Vlad Dracul, not Vesper Lynd, and not Vermeer. Varney. Never heard of it, or of him/her. I’ll rephrase. Rembrandt van Rijn. DQ1: Native speaker of a Germanic language? DQ2: Known for sports? IQ1: You are a real, deceased person. Was a common rum drink named for you? IQ2: Did your grandfather invent a new kind of baking powder? IQ3: Did you play Col Mortimer and Sabata? ---
**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:** [March 29, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/283 "2021-03-29T11:55:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you an Arverni tribal chieftain? > > > 2. Are you the title character of a satire by Ben Jonson? > > > 3. Did you write _Candide_ ? > > Not Vortigern, dunno, and not Voltaire. #1 was Vercingetorix. (Vortigern was a Briton, but not Arverni.) #2 was Volpone. Correct on Voltaire. DQ: Died before 1700? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/284 "2021-03-29T14:00:30Z")
IQs: 1. Did you appear in _UHF_ alongside Weird Al? 2. Are a New Jersey rest stop and sports trophy named after you? 3. Were you Wendy’s emo boyfriend on _Gravity Falls_? ---
**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:** [March 29, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/285 "2021-03-29T16:32:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > > IQ1: You are a real, deceased person. Was a common rum drink named for you? > IQ2: Did your grandfather invent a new kind of baking powder? > IQ3: Did you play Col Mortimer and Sabata? Dunno x3. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you appear in _UHF_ alongside Weird Al? > 2. Are a New Jersey rest stop and sports trophy named after you? > 3. Were you Wendy’s emo boyfriend on _Gravity Falls_? Not Victoria Principal, Vince Lombardi or Vic. V. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. first name began with V 5. not known for the Arts 6. Caucasian 7. military/political, but not best known for that 8. not American 9. not from the British Isles 10. died before 1900 11. not known for science 12. native speaker of a Germanic language 13. not known for sports 14. died after 1700 ---
**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:** [March 29, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/286 "2021-03-29T18:41:03Z")
DQ: Known for writings? ---
**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:** [March 29, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/287 "2021-03-29T18:48:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: You are a real, deceased person. Was a common rum drink named for you? > > IQ2: Did your grandfather invent a new kind of baking powder? > > IQ3: Did you play Col Mortimer and Sabata? > > Dunno x3. Admiral “Old Grog” Vernon. Vincent Price. Lee Van Cleef (_For a Few Dollars More_ and two(?) Sabata films). DQ1: Died after 1800? DQ2: Known for religion? 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:** [March 29, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/288 "2021-03-29T19:05:27Z")
IQs: 1. Were you born Vladimir Ulyanov? 2. Did you win a gold medal for skating at Albertville? 3. Were you a novelist who was friends with Liszt and Berlioz? ---
**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:** [March 30, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/289 "2021-03-30T03:15:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Victoria Principal, Vince Lombardi or Vic. 1 was Victoria Jackson; 3 was Robbie Valentino. Two DQs 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:** [March 30, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/290 "2021-03-30T14:32:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you born Vladimir Ulyanov? > 2. Did you win a gold medal for skating at Albertville? > 3. Were you a novelist who was friends with Liszt and Berlioz? Not Lenin, dunno and dunno. V. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. first name began with V 5. not known for the Arts 6. Caucasian 7. military/political, but not best known for that 8. not American 9. not from the British Isles 10. died before 1900 11. not known for science 12. native speaker of a Germanic language 13. not known for sports 14. died after 1700 15. not known for writings 16. died before 1800 17. not known for religion No more IQs, please, as there are three DQs outstanding. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/291 "2021-03-30T15:50:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you born Vladimir Ulyanov? > > > 2. Did you win a gold medal for skating at Albertville? > > > 3. Were you a novelist who was friends with Liszt and Berlioz? > > Not Lenin, dunno and dunno. Correct on Vladimir Lenin, Viktor Petrenko and Victor Hugo. DQs: 1. First name starts with Va - to - Vi? 2. Scandinavian? ---
**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:** [March 30, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/292 "2021-03-30T16:02:34Z")
V. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. first name began with V 5. not known for the Arts 6. Caucasian 7. military/political, but not best known for that 8. not American 9. not from the British Isles 10. died before 1900 11. not known for science 12. native speaker of a Germanic language 13. not known for sports 14. died after 1700 15. not known for writings 16. died before 1800 17. not known for religion 18. first name starts with Va - to - Vi 19. Scandinavian ---
**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:** [March 30, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/293 "2021-03-30T17:05:31Z")
DQ: Vitus Bering? (This is my last reserved DQ, not my Firstname-Lastname DQ.) ---
**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:** [March 30, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/294 "2021-03-30T19:16:09Z")
Dingdingding! Yes, I am # **Vitus Bering** The Danish explorer and cartographer, and namesake of the Bering Strait: [Vitus Bering - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitus_Bering) Well done. Thought I had you there. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/295 "2021-03-30T20:16:13Z")
I don’t think I knew his first name. Great job, **SCA**! ---
**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:** [March 31, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/296 "2021-03-31T01:42:54Z")
Thanks. I’d about run out of ideas when I thought of explorers… I am **E**! ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/297 "2021-03-31T02:56:25Z")
Congrats! 1. Are you Nancy Drew’s aunt? 2. Did you write the book **Gone-Away Lake** , among others? 3. Were you a prolific writer who wrote, among other things, the _Famous Five_ series? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/298 "2021-03-31T03:31:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **Vitus Bering** Never heard of him. I mean, I’ve heard of the Bering Strait, but I’d never guess him. Anyway: 1. In the Purim story, did you replace Vashti? 2. Did you write a poem about the Statue of Liberty? 3. Did you found Yale? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/299 "2021-03-31T11:51:54Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write **Brideshead Revisited**? 2. Did you create the character of Weary Willie? 3. Were you wives’ names Elsa and Mileva? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/300 "2021-03-31T14:01:45Z")
E it is. IQs: Were you a noted Irish freedom-fighter of the 1790s? A former FBI agent, were you the first elected County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio? Were you the first in your high office to use a rubber stamp for signing the piles of documents which came your way? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/301 "2021-03-31T16:07:50Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you Nancy Drew’s aunt? > 2. Did you write the book **Gone-Away Lake** , among others? > 3. Were you a prolific writer who wrote, among other things, the _Famous Five_ series? DQ. (All I remember is the housekeeper, Hannah Gruen.) Not Elizabeth Enright. Not Enid Blyton. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. In the Purim story, did you replace Vashti? > 2. Did you write a poem about the Statue of Liberty? > 3. Did you found Yale? Not Esther. Not Emma Whosywhatsy. Not … Edward Yale? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write **Brideshead Revisited**? > 2. Did you create the character of Weary Willie? > 3. Were you wives’ names Elsa and Mileva? Not Evelyn Waugh. Not Emmett Kelly. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a noted Irish freedom-fighter of the 1790s? > A former FBI agent, were you the first elected County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio? > Were you the first in your high office to use a rubber stamp for signing the piles of documents which came your way? DQ. DQ. Not Eisenhower. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991.md?page=16)