# Botticelli - March 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955 "2015-03-01T21:49:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/261 "2015-03-15T15:01:23Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the British hero of the Battle of Waterloo for whom Beef Wellington is named? > IQ2: Is a dish of diced chicken in a cream sauce most likely named after you? > IQ3: Is the process of transforming a community or society to resemble a theme park named after you? > > Not Arthur Wellesley or Walt Disney > Take DQ for 2 William King is mostly thought to have created the dish Chicken A La King. holding 2 DQs IQ1: Were you a manufacturer of sewing machines before acquiring Westinghouse’s line of household appliances? IQ2: Did you invent calculating machines in the 1880’s? IQ3: Did you invent the Pluto Platter in 1955, which later became known as the Frisbee? ---
**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 15, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/262 "2015-03-15T15:49:20Z")
All 3 correct, and thanks for the hint. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/263 "2015-03-16T14:40:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a manufacturer of sewing machines before acquiring Westinghouse’s line of household appliances? > IQ2: Did you invent calculating machines in the 1880’s? > IQ3: Did you invent the Pluto Platter in 1955, which later became known as the Frisbee? Not William Burroughs Take two DQs for the others ---
**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 16, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/264 "2015-03-16T15:12:12Z")
**Knowed Out** , wanna ask if he was in NYC at the peak of his career? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/265 "2015-03-16T15:46:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **Knowed Out** , wanna ask if he was in NYC at the peak of his career? I don’t know what to ask at this point. > [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you a manufacturer of sewing machines before acquiring Westinghouse’s line of household appliances? > IQ2: Did you invent calculating machines in the 1880’s? > IQ3: Did you invent the Pluto Platter in 1955, which later became known as the Frisbee? > Not William Burroughs > Take two DQs for the others Thomas H. White, Walter Frederick Morrison DQ: Product used by military? 3 DQs in reserve ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/266 "2015-03-16T16:37:17Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. First name starts with W 6. Not involved in the arts 7. Born between 1800 and 1950 8. Not a politician or military figure 9. Not famous for a single event. 10. Was a very wealthy and successful businessman 11. My first name isn’t extremely common, but it wouldn’t raise any eyebrows. 12. My name is well known and closely associated with one particular type of product 13. I had a very large manufacturing operation, but that’s not all I’m known for 14. Not involved with foods or beverages 15. Born before 1900 16. May have faced some kind of labor unrest at some point, but there’s no description of it in basic encyclopedia entries 17. Born well East of Mississippi 18. Born well north of the Mason-Dixon line 19. Product is used by practically EVERYBODY, not just the military I’ll drop some hints after the next DQ. But remember the earlier hint I gave. This person never sold or manufactured refrigerators, but his product/service was CLOSE enough to refrigeration that I had to double check the George Westinghouse question. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/267 "2015-03-16T17:19:27Z")
IQ: Did you invent the modern air conditioner? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/268 "2015-03-16T17:26:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ: Did you invent the modern air conditioner? YESSSSS! I am Willis Carrier, engineer and developer of the first modern air conditioner. Without me, the Sun Belt would never have existed, and there’s absolutely no way Astorian could live in Texas! The company that I founded, and which bears my name, now belongs to United Technologies. Bravo Knowed Out. ---
**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 16, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/269 "2015-03-16T18:30:49Z")
Way to go, **Knowed Out**! And a good name, **astorian**. ---
**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 16, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/270 "2015-03-16T18:34:36Z")
Ditto what EH said! Good one, both of you! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/271 "2015-03-16T19:44:32Z")
It never really occurred to me Carrier was somebody’s name. You are very merciful with your hints, **astorian**. With that in mind, let’s make the next letter C. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/272 "2015-03-16T19:55:09Z")
Interestingly (to me, anyway), Carrier’s family was in the USA for over 400 years. One of his ancestors was hanged as a witch in Salem. ---
**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 16, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/273 "2015-03-16T21:22:23Z")
IQs: 1. Were you The Little Tramp? 2. Are you a character from children’s literature based on a local cheese? 3. Were you the wife of Agamemnon? ---
**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 16, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/274 "2015-03-16T22:07:49Z")
IQ1: Do you associate with Medusa and Karnak? IQ2: Were you Shiera Hall’s husband? IQ3: Were you a WWII soldier who believed that any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed, and therefore carried a broadsword into combat? ---
**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 17, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/275 "2015-03-17T00:30:16Z")
IQs: Did you work at great length on listing the dead of Andersonville? Did a reporter zing your butler for his pomposity? Were you Governor of Maine and President of Bowdoin College? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/276 "2015-03-17T02:34:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you The Little Tramp? > 2. Are you a character from children’s literature based on a local cheese? > 3. Were you the wife of Agamemnon? not Charlie Chaplin, dunno, not Clytemnestra ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/277 "2015-03-17T02:56:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you associate with Medusa and Karnak? > IQ2: Were you Shiera Hall’s husband? > IQ3: Were you a WWII soldier who believed that any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed, and therefore carried a broadsword into combat? Not Crystal, dunno x2 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/278 "2015-03-17T02:58:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you work at great length on listing the dead of Andersonville? > Did a reporter zing your butler for his pomposity? > Were you Governor of Maine and President of Bowdoin College? not Clara Barton? dunnox2 ---
**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 17, 2015, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/279 "2015-03-17T04:56:09Z")
Previous IQs: Did you work at great length on listing the dead of Andersonville? - Yes, Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. Did a reporter zing your butler for his pomposity? - GOP candidate Charles Evans Hughes was, in 1916, thought to have won the Presidency in a very close vote. He turned in for the night. Late returns from California came in, showing that he had actually lost to the incumbent, Woodrow Wilson. A reporter called Hughes’s home to get a comment, and the butler said, “The President has retired for the evening.” The reporter said, “Yeah, well, when he wakes up, tell him he ain’t President anymore.” Were you Governor of Maine and President of Bowdoin College? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg. DQs: Male? Real? IQs: Are you Jack Ryan’s wife, a skilled physician? Are you the best-known person to hail from Pin Point, Ga.? Were you a great warrior who had a Starfleet vessel named after him? ---
**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 17, 2015, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/280 "2015-03-17T10:55:33Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you associate with Medusa and Karnak? > IQ2: Were you Shiera Hall’s husband? > IQ3: Were you a WWII soldier who believed that any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed, and therefore carried a broadsword into combat? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Not Crystal, dunno x2 Correct. Carter Hall (aka Katar Hol, aka Hawkman). “Mad Jack” Churchill, who at times also carried a longbow and arrows (which he once used to kill a German sentry). DQ1: First name starts with C? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did your supporters lose at Culloden? IQ2: Were you a French officer who was wounded several times during WW I, before spending almost three years as a POW? IQ3: Did you write “Tennessee Flat Top Box”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=15)