# Botticelli - March 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774 "2013-03-01T22:59:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 5, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/41 "2013-03-05T05:20:48Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I actually meant Howard Hughes (_Aviator_) Next time, I hope you’ll rephrase your IQ. My answer was accurate. > [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ: Were you a philanthropist [who] gave [his] name to many famous institutions in Maryland? Damn, you’re good! Yes, I’m Johns Hopkins > **[Johns Hopkins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins)** > > Johns Hopkins (May 19, 1795 – December 24, 1873) was an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist. Born on a plantation, he left his home to start a career at the age of 17, and settled in Baltimore, Maryland, where he remained for most of his life. > Hopkins invested heavily in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), which eventually led to his appointment as finance director of the company. He was also president of Baltimore-based Merchants' National Bank.\[a\] Hopkins was a staunch support... On to “I” next? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/42 "2013-03-05T08:17:17Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > 1. Did you make use of your thumb while eating a Yuletide dessert? > 2. Were you obsessed with Dolores Haze? > 3. Do you use your tongue prettier than a $20 whore? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno the first two; but I’m not Hedy, er, _Hedley_ Lamarr. Dang, that was quick. This being employed thing is interfering with my Botticelli time! To wrap up. 1 - Little Jack Horner of nursery rhyme fame 2 - Humbert Humbert, the narrator of Nabakov’s Lolita 3 - Correct on Hedley Lamarr ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/43 "2013-03-05T14:41:03Z")
Yes, let’s go with **I**. ---
**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 5, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/44 "2013-03-05T16:35:14Z")
IQs: Were you named after the dog? Are you an author descended from a powerful South American family? Are you a cross-dressing standup comic? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/45 "2013-03-05T16:57:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you named after the dog? > Are you an author descended from a powerful South American family? > Are you a cross-dressing standup comic? Not Indiana Jones or Eddie Izzard. Don’t know the second one, have a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/46 "2013-03-05T18:18:15Z")
IQ1: Are you the main character of two books written by Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson? IQ2: Were you Tristan’s lover in a Wagner opera? IQ3: Were you a Pima Indian immortalized in [this photograph](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/WW2_Iwo_Jima_flag_raising.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/47 "2013-03-05T18:27:42Z")
IQ1: Are you the author of ‘Out of Africa’? IQ2: Are you a princess of Britain in Shakespeare? IQ3: Did your father almost sacrifice you on the altar? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/48 "2013-03-05T18:33:26Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Are you the main character of two books written by Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson? > IQ2: Were you Tristan’s lover in a Wagner opera? > IQ3: Were you a Pima Indian immortalized in [this photograph](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/WW2_Iwo_Jima_flag_raising.jpg)? I am not Iseult or Ira Hayes. Take a DQ for the main character of the books. > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you the author of ‘Out of Africa’? > IQ2: Are you a princess of Britain in Shakespeare? > IQ3: Did your father almost sacrifice you on the altar? I am not Isak Dinesen or Iphignia (sp?). Have a DQ for the princess. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/49 "2013-03-05T19:07:40Z")
IQ: Was your boss obsessed with the animal who crippled him? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/50 "2013-03-05T19:21:38Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Are you the main character of two books written by Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson? Dickinson wrote about Lord Iffy Boatrace. DQ: Are you real? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/51 "2013-03-05T19:26:49Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Was your boss obsessed with the animal who crippled him? No idea, DQ to you. > [@Enginerd](#): > > Dickinson wrote about Lord Iffy Boatrace. > DQ: Are you real? Yes, I am real. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/52 "2013-03-05T19:29:31Z")
IQ1: Were you imprisoned for insider trading? IQ2: Are you “talkin’ ‘bout practice, man. Not the game, the actual game, when it matters… talkin’ 'bout practice”? IQ3: Are you a British actor who played a Baltimore drug lord? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/53 "2013-03-05T19:44:41Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Were you imprisoned for insider trading? > IQ2: Are you “talkin’ ‘bout practice, man. Not the game, the actual game, when it matters… talkin’ 'bout practice”? > IQ3: Are you a British actor who played a Baltimore drug lord? Not Allen Iverson. No idea for first and third so 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/54 "2013-03-05T20:00:25Z")
Was going for Ishmael DQ: American? ---
**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 5, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/55 "2013-03-05T20:43:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you named after the dog? > Are you an author descended from a powerful South American family? > Are you a cross-dressing standup comic? > [@guylevesque](#): > > Not Indiana Jones or Eddie Izzard. Don’t know the second one, have a DQ. Correct as to both; the second is Isabel Allende. DQ: Real? IQs: Did Johnny Depp play you as an ahistorical detective? Did Dick Lugar play a key role in your husband’s downfall? Was Sid Caesar often seen in your company? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/56 "2013-03-05T20:49:03Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you the author of ‘Out of Africa’? > IQ2: Are you a princess of Britain in Shakespeare? > IQ3: Did your father almost sacrifice you on the altar? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I am not Isak Dinesen or Iphignia (sp?). Have a DQ for the princess. Quite right on Isak Dinesen. I wasn’t thinking of Iphiginia, but she fits! In Shakespeare’s ‘Cymbeline’, **Imogen** is the British princess. DQ: Are you alive? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/57 "2013-03-05T20:59:58Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Were you imprisoned for insider trading? > IQ3: Are you a British actor who played a Baltimore drug lord? Ivan Boesky (stock trader) and Idris Elba (Stringer Bell on the Wire) DQ: Are you American? DQ: Are you male? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/58 "2013-03-05T21:09:03Z")
**nerd** -I already asked your 1st DQ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/59 "2013-03-05T21:45:33Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Was going for Ishmael > > DQ: American? Not American. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Correct as to both; the second is Isabel Allende. > > DQ: > > Real? > > IQs: > > Did Johnny Depp play you as an ahistorical detective? > Did Dick Lugar play a key role in your husband’s downfall? > Was Sid Caesar often seen in your company? Yes, real. No, I’m not Constable Ichabod Crane or Imogene Coca. DQ to you for Dick Lugar question. > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Quite right on Isak Dinesen. I wasn’t thinking of Iphiginia, but she fits! > > In Shakespeare’s ‘Cymbeline’, **Imogen** is the British princess. > > DQ: Are you alive? I’m not alive. > [@Enginerd](#): > > Ivan Boesky (stock trader) and Idris Elba (Stringer Bell on the Wire) > DQ: Are you American? > DQ: Are you male? I am not American. I am male. So far… I. Real Not American Dead Male ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/60 "2013-03-05T23:51:45Z")
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