# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/161 "2013-03-13T03:53:04Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ info > > 1.Real > 2.Female > 3.1st initial is “K” > 4.Living > 5.American > 6.Not best known an actress > 7.In the Arts > 8.Born after 1950 > 9.Beauty IMHO > 10.Singer Updated DQs again ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/162 "2013-03-13T04:20:01Z")
IQ1: Were you an American Idol? IQ2: Were you the wisecracking friend on _Full House_? IQ3: Did you die of heat stroke suffered in an NFL training camp? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/163 "2013-03-13T04:42:24Z")
Congrats to **Enginerd**! I am Kelly Clarkson! ---
**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:** [March 13, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/164 "2013-03-13T04:52:48Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Do you play an wannabe-actress who lives next door to a couple of nerds? > IQ2: An economist (among other things), did you write the book on capital? > IQ3: Is anybody more than six degrees removed from you? > [@etv78](#): > > I’m not Kaley Cuoco or Kevin Bacon DQ for the other one. Correct on Kaley Cuoco and Kevin Bacon. The economist who wrote the book “on capital” was Karl Marx, who wrote the appropriately-named _Das Kapital_. And on preview, I see that congratulations to **Enginerd** are in order. Well done! ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/165 "2013-03-13T04:56:26Z")
Thanks, folks! > [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Were you an American Idol? > IQ2: Were you the wisecracking friend on _Full House_? > IQ3: Did you die of heat stroke suffered in an NFL training camp? The other two here were Kimmy Gibbler and Korey Stringer. Let’s go ahead and move on to the letter **L**. I’ll be back in the morning to start answering IQs. ---
**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 13, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/166 "2013-03-13T04:56:29Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about Danny Dravot and Peachy Carnahan? > IQ2: Would you kiss me? > IQ3: Were you a second-stage Lensman? > [@etv78](#): > > SCA-3 DQs Rudyard Kipling wrote _The Man Who Would Be King_. _Kiss Me, Kate_. Kimball Kinnison. > [@etv78](#): > > Congrats to **Enginerd**! I am Kelly Clarkson! Whoever she might be… ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/167 "2013-03-13T04:58:53Z")
[Kelly Clarkson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Clarkson) ---
**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 13, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/168 "2013-03-13T05:08:04Z")
IQ1: Did Sugar Bear and Billy Bird appear on your show? IQ2: Were you the king of Bongo Congo? IQ3: Are you 16, going on 17? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/169 "2013-03-13T05:09:03Z")
Okay, moving on to **L** … IQ1: Were you known as “Pinto” during your time at Faber College? IQ2: Do you work at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant? IQ3: Were you the captain of the 1989 Stanley Cup-winning team? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/170 "2013-03-13T12:32:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did Sugar Bear and Billy Bird appear on your show? > IQ2: Were you the king of Bongo Congo? > IQ3: Are you 16, going on 17? I’m not Liesl von Trapp, but I don’t know the others - 2 DQs. > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Were you known as “Pinto” during your time at Faber College? > IQ2: Do you work at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant? > IQ3: Were you the captain of the 1989 Stanley Cup-winning team? I’m not Larry Kroger, Lenny, or… Mario Lemieux? Take a DQ if Lemieux is wrong. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/171 "2013-03-13T15:22:46Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > I’m not Larry Kroger, Lenny, or… Mario Lemieux? Take a DQ if Lemieux is wrong. Correct on Larry Kroger and Lenny, but the hockey player was Lanny McDonald–1989 was the year that the Calgary Flames won the Cup. DQ: Are you real? ---
**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 13, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/172 "2013-03-13T15:33:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did Sugar Bear and Billy Bird appear on your show? > IQ2: Were you the king of Bongo Congo? > IQ3: Are you 16, going on 17? > [@Enginerd](#): > > I’m not Liesl von Trapp, but I don’t know the others - 2 DQs. [Linus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_the_Lionhearted) the Lionhearted. King [Leonardo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Leonardo_and_His_Short_Subjects). Correct on Liesl. DQ1: American? DQ2: Male? IQ1: Do you abstain, courteously? IQ2: Were you Angel Eyes? IQ3: Are you an Etruscan king who attacked Rome? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/173 "2013-03-13T15:50:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you abstain, courteously? > IQ2: Were you Angel Eyes? > IQ3: Are you an Etruscan king who attacked Rome? I’m not Lee van Cleef - take two more DQs. DQs: 1. Real 2. Not American 3. 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 13, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/174 "2013-03-13T16:31:49Z")
Congrats, **Enginerd**! From the previous round: > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a “teenage dream”? > Did you leave Space Station K-7 in a hurry? > Did you sing in the rain? > [@etv78](#): > > …EH-Not Katy Perry 2 DQs Yes, Katy Perry. Koloth, the Klingon captain in _Star Trek_’s “The Trouble with Tribbles” Gene Kelly. So… on to L: IQs: Did you get along surprisingly well with your racist older neighbor? Was a warship named after you in a Jules Verne tale? Did your husband’s aides refer to you as “the Hell-cat”? ---
**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 13, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/175 "2013-03-13T16:53:47Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you a tenor noted for your Wagner roles? > IQ2: Were you the founder of the Merry Pranksters? > IQ3: Did you go from goalie for The Habs to Canadian Member of Parliament? Just to clear up from the last round, these are **Jonas Kaufmann** , who is currently singing ‘Parsifal’ at The Met. **Ken Kesey** , perhaps better known as the author of ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ and ‘Sometimes a Great Notion’. **Ken Dryden** , who was a goalie with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1970s, and a Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011. Congratulations, **Enginerd**! ---
**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 13, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/176 "2013-03-13T17:39:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you abstain, courteously? > IQ2: Were you Angel Eyes? > IQ3: Are you an Etruscan king who attacked Rome? > [@Enginerd](#): > > I’m not Lee van Cleef - take two more DQs. Lewis Morris, representative from New York, in _1776_. Correct on Lee Van Cleef. Lars Porsena. DQ1: Living? DQ2: European? IQ1: Were you an agent for APE? IQ2: Were you a Bavarian king who built ornate castles? IQ3: Did you write about a Jewish slave in Rome? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/177 "2013-03-13T20:06:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you get along surprisingly well with your racist older neighbor? > Was a warship named after you in a Jules Verne tale? > Did your husband’s aides refer to you as “the Hell-cat”? I’m not Lionel Jefferson - take 2 DQs. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an agent for APE? > IQ2: Were you a Bavarian king who built ornate castles? > IQ3: Did you write about a Jewish slave in Rome? No ideas here - take 3 more DQs. DQs: 1. Real 2. Not American 3. Male 4. Dead 5. European ---
**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 13, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/178 "2013-03-13T21:01:12Z")
IQ1: Are you the son of Percival? IQ2: Did you accuse your wife Hermione of adultery with Polixines? IQ3: Did you fight a duel without knowing there was poison on the tip of your blade? ---
**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 13, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/179 "2013-03-13T21:13:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you get along surprisingly well with your racist older neighbor? > Was a warship named after you in a Jules Verne tale? > Did your husband’s aides refer to you as “the Hell-cat”? Yes, Lionel Jefferson. The USS _Abraham Lincoln_ is in _Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea_. Nancy Todd Lincoln. DQs: British? Last name start with “L”? IQs: Did you die an untimely death in a motorcycle accident? Was your wife not at all peppery? Were you part of _The Mod Squad_? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/180 "2013-03-13T21:14:45Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you the son of Percival? > IQ2: Did you accuse your wife Hermione of adultery with Polixines? > IQ3: Did you fight a duel without knowing there was poison on the tip of your blade? I’m not Leontes or Laertes - take a DQ for Percy’s kid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774.md?page=10)