# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/61 "2013-03-06T00:19:06Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Should the six-fingered man who killed your father prepare to die? > IQ2: Were you said to be the “last wild Indian” in America? > IQ3: Did you co-create one of the most famous characters in animation history? I am not Inigo Montoya, Ishi or Ub Iwerks. So far.. I. Real Not American Dead Male ---
**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 6, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/62 "2013-03-06T01:45:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? > [@guylevesque](#): > > …No, I’m not Constable Ichabod Crane or Imogene Coca. DQ to you for Dick Lugar question… Correct as to both of these. Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), while visiting the Philippines during the 1986 popular revolt against Ferdinand Marcos, advised the Reagan Administration not to back the strongman any more. Eventually, Imelda Marcos had to move out of the palace and leave behind all of her shoes. DQ: Last name start with I? IQs: Were you a doomed scientist in a _Star Trek_ episode? Did you give your last name to a major American university? Are you a very popular Midwestern basketball player? Please number your DQ answers from here on out. Thanks! ---
**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 6, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/63 "2013-03-06T02:19:23Z")
IQ1: Did you write a mystery about a murder at an American Booksellers Association convention? IQ2: Did Dr Donald Mallard look like you when he was younger? IQ3: Are you an admiral who was shot down over Bougainville? ---
**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 6, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/64 "2013-03-06T02:40:54Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Was going for Ishmael \ ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/65 "2013-03-06T02:47:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Correct as to both of these. Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), while visiting the Philippines during the 1986 popular revolt against Ferdinand Marcos, advised the Reagan Administration not to back the strongman any more. Eventually, Imelda Marcos had to move out of the palace and leave behind all of her shoes. > > DQ: > > Last name start with I? > > IQs: > > Were you a doomed scientist in a _Star Trek_ episode? > Did you give your last name to a major American university? > Are you a very popular Midwestern basketball player? > > Please number your DQ answers from here on out. Thanks! For your DQ, my last name does not start with I. I am not Andre Iguodala? I have no idea about the other two so 2 DQs to you. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write a mystery about a murder at an American Booksellers Association convention? > IQ2: Did Dr Donald Mallard look like you when he was younger? > IQ3: Are you an admiral who was shot down over Bougainville? Not Isaac Asimov or Isoroku Yamamoto. Take a DQ for question 2. I. 1. Real 2 Not American 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Last name doesn’t start with I ---
**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 6, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/66 "2013-03-06T03:44:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write a mystery about a murder at an American Booksellers Association convention? > IQ2: Did Dr Donald Mallard look like you when he was younger? > IQ3: Are you an admiral who was shot down over Bougainville? > [@guylevesque](#): > > Not Isaac Asimov or Isoroku Yamamoto. Take a DQ for question 2. Ilya Kuryakin. ([Yep.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFp-rsQEpxM)) (I figured the Asimov question was the one you were least likely to answer) DQ: European? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/67 "2013-03-06T04:04:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Ilya Kuryakin. ([Yep.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFp-rsQEpxM)) > > (I figured the Asimov question was the one you were least likely to answer) > DQ: European? Yes, European! I. 1. Real 2 Not American 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Last name doesn’t start with I 5. European ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/68 "2013-03-06T04:43:18Z")
IQ: Were you a “Terrible” czar? ---
**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 6, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/69 "2013-03-06T16:19:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > Were you a doomed scientist in a _Star Trek_ episode? > Did you give your last name to a major American university? > Are you a very popular Midwestern basketball player?.. > [@guylevesque](#): > > …I am not Andre Iguodala? I have no idea about the other two so 2 DQs to you… Dr. Ira Graves, ST:TNG “The Schizoid Man” Ignatius Loyola Denver’s not in the Midwest - it’s Allen Iverson of the Detroit Pistons DQs: British? Died before 1900? Best known for the creative arts, as usually defined? IQs: Are you an athlete with a Biblical name? Were you a noted British architect and designer? Did you tend to write about people in cold, austere places? ---
**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 6, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/70 "2013-03-06T16:48:54Z")
IQ1: Were you saved when God provided the ram? IQ2: Are you a Swedish film director? IQ3: Are you the composer of ‘The Unanswered Question’? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/71 "2013-03-06T17:04:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Denver’s not in the Midwest - it’s Allen Iverson of the Detroit Pistons That’s kind of pushing it, **EH**. [Iverson](http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/i/iversal01.html) played less than one full season of his 14 year NBA career in Detroit (54 of 914 career games) - he’s associated with Philadelphia more than anyone else. Plus, I already [used him](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16068571&postcount=53)! ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/72 "2013-03-06T17:13:48Z")
IQ1: Did you design the first helicopter to reach production? IQ2: Are you a Czech athlete who now coaches a top player in the individual sport you used to dominate? IQ3: Are you a Chinese-American modern architect? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/73 "2013-03-06T17:18:40Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you a “Terrible” czar? I am not Ivan IV the Terrible > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dr. Ira Graves, ST:TNG “The Schizoid Man” > Ignatius Loyola > Denver’s not in the Midwest - it’s Allen Iverson of the Detroit Pistons > > DQs: > British? > Died before 1900? > Best known for the creative arts, as usually defined? > > IQs: > > Are you an athlete with a Biblical name? > Were you a noted British architect and designer? > Did you tend to write about people in cold, austere places? I am not British. I died after 1900. I am known for the creative arts but not only for that. I am not Inigo Jones. 2 DQs for the first and third question. > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Were you saved when God provided the ram? > IQ2: Are you a Swedish film director? > IQ3: Are you the composer of ‘The Unanswered Question’? I am not Isaac the son of Abraham, Ingmar Bergman or Charles Ives. > [@Enginerd](#): > > That’s kind of pushing it, **EH**. [Iverson](http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/i/iversal01.html) played less than one full season of his 14 year NBA career in Detroit (54 of 914 career games) - he’s associated with Philadelphia more than anyone else. Plus, I already [used him](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16068571&postcount=53)! 1. Real 2 Not American 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Last name doesn’t start with I 5. European 6. Not British 7. Died after 1900. 8. Known for creative arts but not only for that ---
**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 6, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/74 "2013-03-06T17:20:54Z")
IQ1: Do you habitually throw bricks at your unwanted suitor’s head? IQ2: Did a friend help you out financially by recording extremely commercial versions of your songs? IQ3: Did you play guitar on the highest selling debut album of all time? ---
**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 6, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/75 "2013-03-06T18:29:06Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > That’s kind of pushing it, **EH**. [Iverson](http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/i/iversal01.html) played less than one full season of his 14 year NBA career in Detroit (54 of 914 career games) - he’s associated with Philadelphia more than anyone else. Plus, I already [used him](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16068571&postcount=53)! I stand corrected. Withdrawn. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you an athlete with a Biblical name? > Were you a noted British architect and designer? > Did you tend to write about people in cold, austere places? > [@guylevesque](#): > > …I am not Inigo Jones. 2 DQs for the first and third question… Isaiah Thomas. Yes, Inigo Jones, whose Banqueting House in Whitehall I once visited. Henrik Ibsen. Just one DQ asked, due to my Iverson error: French? IQs: Are you a French actress known for your willingness to get naked on screen? Were you Charles Bronson’s pretty wife? Were you a Texas socialite with an unflattering name? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/76 "2013-03-06T19:03:15Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Did you design the first helicopter to reach production? > IQ2: Are you a Czech athlete who now coaches a top player in the individual sport you used to dominate? > IQ3: Are you a Chinese-American modern architect? Not Igor Sikorsky or Ioh Ming Pei. Take a DQ for question 2. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Do you habitually throw bricks at your unwanted suitor’s head? > IQ2: Did a friend help you out financially by recording extremely commercial versions of your songs? > IQ3: Did you play guitar on the highest selling debut album of all time? I’m not Izzy Stradlin? 2 DQs for first 2 questions. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I stand corrected. Withdrawn. > > Isaiah Thomas. > Yes, Inigo Jones, whose Banqueting House in Whitehall I once visited. > Henrik Ibsen. > > Just one DQ asked, due to my Iverson error: > > French? > > IQs: > > Are you a French actress known for your willingness to get naked on screen? > Were you Charles Bronson’s pretty wife? > Were you a Texas socialite with an unflattering name? I’m not Jill Ireland and for the actress not Isabelle Adjani maybe? DQ to you for Texas socialite question. I’m not French. 1. Real 2 Not American 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Last name doesn’t start with I 5. European 6. Not British 7. Died after 1900. 8. Known for creative arts but not only for that 9. Not French ---
**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 6, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/77 "2013-03-06T21:44:47Z")
IQ1: Are you a character in a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta? IQ2: Are you a character from Sir Walter Scott? IQ3: Are you a film director? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/78 "2013-03-06T22:05:10Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you a character in a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta? > IQ2: Are you a character from Sir Walter Scott? > IQ3: Are you a film director? I am not Iolanthe, Ivanhoe or Ingmar Bergman. ---
**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 6, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/79 "2013-03-06T22:08:03Z")
I knew you weren’t Ingmar Bergman - I’d asked about him before. There’s a different film director that I’m asking about… ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/80 "2013-03-06T22:11:59Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > I knew you weren’t Ingmar Bergman - I’d asked about him before. There’s a different film director that I’m asking about… Then I have no idea who you are referring to. Have a DQ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774.md?page=5)