# 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:** 23
**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 25, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/441 "2015-03-25T15:16:57Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a sf editor who gave his name to a publishing house? - Lester Del Rey Did your brother Thomas serve with you but later become an alcoholic? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, hero of Gettysburg Did you run simultaneously for two Federal offices in 1988, as permitted by state law? - Yes, Lloyd Bentsen DQs: Irish? Considered a “good guy”? IQs: Did you like to hang around Nighttown, in a book many people can’t get through? Were you a barechested, tattooed prisoner in _The Grand Budapest Hotel_? Have you been nominated to be Attorney General of the United States? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/442 "2015-03-25T21:05:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > \*Note to other players: that would most probably be Ireland. \* > > Reasking: > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Mrs. Rolf Scamander? > 2. Are you one of #1’s sons? > 3. Are you the second of #1’s sons? Take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/443 "2015-03-25T21:24:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > Irish? > Considered a “good guy”? > > IQs: > > Did you like to hang around Nighttown, in a book many people can’t get through? Yes, I’m Irish. Yes, I’m a reasonably good guy. And more importantly… YESSS, I am LEOPOLD BLOOM, Irish-Jewish protagonist of James Joyce’s _ **Ulysses** _! Elendil must have been carrying his lucky potato today. ---
**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 25, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/444 "2015-03-25T21:31:59Z")
Way to go, EH! ---
**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 26, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/445 "2015-03-26T00:48:35Z")
Thanks! A good Botticelli person, and good hints. Nicely done, **astorian**. I’ll start the next round tomorrow, most likely. My other IQs: Were you a barechested, tattooed prisoner in _The Grand Budapest Hotel_? - Ludwig (Harvey Keitel): [http://i.ytimg.com/vi/gbYkGiuI\_ZU/maxresdefault.jpg](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/gbYkGiuI_ZU/maxresdefault.jpg) Have you been nominated to be Attorney General of the United States? - Loretta Lynch ---
**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 26, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/446 "2015-03-26T15:45:53Z")
OK, our next letter is E. Have at it! ---
**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 26, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/447 "2015-03-26T16:13:53Z")
IQs: 1. Did you manage New York’s Winter Garden Theater? 2. Were you a 20th century Russian-French artist and designer known best by your pseudonym? 3. Is one of your best known prints titled _Relativity_? ---
**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 26, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/448 "2015-03-26T17:19:57Z")
IQ1: Are you the first High King of Arnor and Gondor? IQ2: Are you the second High King of the Reunited Kingdom? IQ3: Does your name mean “Star-spray” in Sindarin? ---
**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 26, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/449 "2015-03-26T19:28:55Z")
IQ1: Are you known for paintings of ballerinas? IQ2: Were you governor of the Bahamas during most of WW II? IQ3: Did you write Ronnie Milsap’s #1 hit “Pure Love”? ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/450 "2015-03-27T01:47:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you manage New York’s Winter Garden Theater? > 2. Were you a 20th century Russian-French artist and designer known best by your pseudonym? > 3. Is one of your best known prints titled _Relativity_? Dunno, not Erte, and not Escher. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the first High King of Arnor and Gondor? > IQ2: Are you the second High King of the Reunited Kingdom? > IQ3: Does your name mean “Star-spray” in Sindarin? Definitely not Elendil the Tall of blessed memory, Eldarion or Earendil. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you known for paintings of ballerinas? > IQ2: Were you governor of the Bahamas during most of WW II? > IQ3: Did you write Ronnie Milsap’s #1 hit “Pure Love”? Not Edouard Degas, Prince Edward the Duke of Windsor, and dunno. ---
**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 27, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/451 "2015-03-27T02:13:02Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you manage New York’s Winter Garden Theater? > 2. Were you a 20th century Russian-French artist and designer known best by your pseudonym? > 3. Is one of your best known prints titled Relativity? > Dunno, not Erte, and not Escher. Correct on 2 and 3. #1 was actor Edwin Booth, he of the notorious brother. DQ: Real? ---
**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 27, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/452 "2015-03-27T02:15:17Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Hoosier Schoolmaster_? 2. Did you play Chief Screaming Chicken on _Batman_? 3. Are you aka John Whorfin? ---
**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 27, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/453 "2015-03-27T02:26:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you known for paintings of ballerinas? > IQ2: Were you governor of the Bahamas during most of WW II? > IQ3: Did you write Ronnie Milsap’s #1 hit “Pure Love”? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Edouard Degas, Prince Edward the Duke of Windsor, and dunno. Edgar Degas, but close enough. Correct. Eddie Rabbitt. DQ: Female? IQ1: Did you succeed Aethelred the Unready as king of England? IQ2: Did you, your siste, and your cousin visit the Dufflepuds? IQ3: Were you that cousin? ---
**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 27, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/454 "2015-03-27T17:23:22Z")
IQ1: Are you a TV host who “crosses over” to answer audience questions? !Q2: Are you a former NC Senator and VP candidate who escaped 5 counts of violating campaign contribution laws to cover up an extramarital affair? IQ3: Did you report on Monck Mason’s trip across the Atlantic Ocean in only three days in a gas balloon? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/455 "2015-03-27T17:42:57Z")
IQ1) Did you head the Senate’s committee investigating the Watergate scandal? IQ2) Did you and your band burn the American flag on stage at the Royal Albert Hall while playing “America” from _ **West Side Story** _? IQ3) Were you both a real-life political figure and the primary character in William F. Buckley’s (fictional) spy novel _ **See You Later, Alligator** _? ---
**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 27, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/456 "2015-03-27T19:25:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Hoosier Schoolmaster_? > 2. Did you play Chief Screaming Chicken on _Batman_? > 3. Are you aka John Whorfin? Dunno, dunno, and not Dr. Emilio “Laugh-a while you can, monkey boy!” Lizardo. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you succeed Aethelred the Unready as king of England? > IQ2: Did you, your siste, and your cousin visit the Dufflepuds? > IQ3: Were you that cousin? Not Edwin, dunno and dunno. > [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you head the Senate’s committee investigating the Watergate scandal? > > IQ2) Did you and your band burn the American flag on stage at the Royal Albert Hall while playing “America” from _ **West Side Story** _? > > IQ3) Were you both a real-life political figure and the primary character in William F. Buckley’s (fictional) spy novel _ **See You Later, Alligator** _? Not Sen. Sam Ervin, dunno and dunno. E. 1. real 2. male ---
**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 27, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/457 "2015-03-27T19:34:19Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write The Hoosier Schoolmaster? > 2. Did you play Chief Screaming Chicken on Batman? > 3. Are you aka John Whorfin? > > Dunno, dunno, and not Dr. Emilio “Laugh-a while you can, monkey boy!” Lizardo. Correct on #3. You will be duly enshrined in the miserable annals of the earth! #1 was Edward Eggleston. #2 was Edward Everett Horton. DQs: 1. Alive? 2. American? ---
**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 27, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/458 "2015-03-27T19:37:11Z")
IQs: 1. Hey, Vern, did you save Christmas? 2. Are you a mountain man who livened up the lives of the good folks of Mayberry? 3. Did you record _The Star Carol_? ---
**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 27, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/459 "2015-03-27T20:56:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you succeed Aethelred the Unready as king of England? > IQ2: Did you, your siste, and your cousin visit the Dufflepuds? > IQ3: Were you that cousin? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Edwin, dunno and dunno. Edmund Ironside. Edmund Pevensie (_The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_). “There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.” DQ1: Known for the Arts? DQ2: Last name starts with E? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did you write about a Welshman who was a soldier, a sailor, and a Benedictine monk? IQ2: Are you #1’s real name? IQ3: Were you a Coast Guard officer who later starred as a millionaire and a detective on TV? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/460 "2015-03-27T21:40:08Z")
Before founding the rock trio Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Keith Emerson and his previous band, the Nice, burned the US flag on stage at the Royal Albert Hall. Ernesto “Che” Guevara was the main character of _ **See You Later, Alligator.** _ Will save my DQs until a few others are answered. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=24)