# 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:** 24
**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 28, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/461 "2015-03-28T04:21:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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_? Not Ernest T. Worrell, dunno and dunno. > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > 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? D’oh! Dunno any of these. E. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. American 5. not known for the Arts 6. first name starts with E ---
**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 28, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/462 "2015-03-28T12:57:14Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 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? Don’t pull an astorian on me, EH. 🙂 ---
**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 28, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/463 "2015-03-28T13:17:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 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? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > D’oh! Dunno any of these. Ellis Peters (the Brother Cadfael mysteries). Edith Pargeter - she was a successful novelist under her real name as well. Buddy Ebsen. DQ1: Died after 1950? DQ2: Military/political figure? 2 DQs reserved. IQ1: Did you sing “Molasses to Rum”? IQ2: Are you a London businessman who has been portrayed on screen by Alistair Sim, George C Scott, and Michael Caine, amongst others? IQ3: Were you succeeded as king by your half-brother Aethelred? ---
**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 28, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/464 "2015-03-28T13:42:15Z")
> [@](#): > > 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? > Not Ernest T. Worrell, dunno and dunno. Correct on Ernest P. Worrell. #2 was Ernest T. Bass (“It’s me, it’s me, it’s Ernest T.!”) #3 was Tennessee Ernie Ford. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 28, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/465 "2015-03-28T13:46:24Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the eponymous protagonist of a poem by Longfellow? 2. Did you perform with John Ford Coley? 3. Are you the muse of lyric poetry? ---
**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 29, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/466 "2015-03-29T04:24:43Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 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? Sorry to have overlooked these. I’m not Jonathan Edwards or John Edwards; dunno the last. > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Did you sing “Molasses to Rum”? > IQ2: Are you a London businessman who has been portrayed on screen by Alistair Sim, George C Scott, and Michael Caine, amongst others? > IQ3: Were you succeeded as king by your half-brother Aethelred? Not Edward Rutledge in _1776_, Ebenezer Scrooge or… Edwin? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the eponymous protagonist of a poem by Longfellow? > 2. Did you perform with John Ford Coley? > 3. Are you the muse of lyric poetry? Not Evangeline, \_\_\_\_\_ England or Euterpe. E. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. American 5. not known for the Arts 6. first name starts with E 7. died before 1950 8. military/political figure ---
**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 29, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/467 "2015-03-29T13:24:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing “Molasses to Rum”? > IQ2: Are you a London businessman who has been portrayed on screen by Alistair Sim, George C Scott, and Michael Caine, amongst others? > IQ3: Were you succeeded as king by your half-brother Aethelred? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Edward Rutledge in _1776_, Ebenezer Scrooge or… Edwin? Correct. Correct. Edward the Martyr. (I don’t think there was an Edwin who was king of England, but I’m pretty sure at least one of the minor kingdoms - Wessex, perhaps - had a King Edwin.) DQ1: Died before 1850? DQ2: Best known for military service? DQ3: Born east of the Mississippi? IQ1: Were you a psychic known as “the Sleeping Prophet”? IQ2: Were you Lincoln’s SecWar? IQ3: Did you live at Brattahlid? ---
**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 29, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/468 "2015-03-29T13:29:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Were you a psychic known as “the Sleeping Prophet”? > IQ2: Were you Lincoln’s SecWar? > IQ3: Did you live at Brattahlid? Dunno, not the inimitable Edwin Stanton of Ohio, and dunno. E. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. American 5. not known for the Arts 6. first name starts with E 7. died before 1950 8. military/political figure 9. died after 1850 10. not best known today for military service 11. born east of the Mississippi ---
**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 29, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/469 "2015-03-29T13:35:25Z")
> [@](#): > > 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? > > Sorry to have overlooked these. I’m not Jonathan Edwards or John Edwards; dunno the last. It’s actually John Edward, without the s, but I’ll give it to you anyway. #3 is Edgar Allan Poe. holding a DQ IQ1: Did you originate the national security policy known as the New Look? IQ2: Were you a three-term governor of California before becoming Chief Justice to the Supreme Court? IQ3: Did you compose _It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)_? ---
**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 29, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/470 "2015-03-29T14:01:12Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the eponymous protagonist of a poem by Longfellow? > 2. Did you perform with John Ford Coley? > 3. Are you the muse of lyric poetry? > Not Evangeline, \_\_\_\_\_ England or Euterpe. Correct on 1 and 3. #2 is “England Dan”, which is close enough for me. DQ: First name start with “Ed” (as Edward, Edgar, Edmund, etc.)? 1 DQ reserved? ---
**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 29, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/471 "2015-03-29T14:05:07Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a living greeting card and children’s book illustrator who has started her own successful magazine? 2. Did you portray the Ninth Doctor? 3. Did you edit the first complete Greek New Testament? ---
**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 29, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/472 "2015-03-29T22:06:49Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a psychic known as “the Sleeping Prophet”? > IQ2: Were you Lincoln’s SecWar? > IQ3: Did you live at Brattahlid? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not the inimitable Edwin Stanton of Ohio, and dunno. Edgar Cayce. Correct. Erik the Red. ---
**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 30, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/473 "2015-03-30T01:05:38Z")
Two DQs reserved. IQ1: Was a type of so-called “asparagus” named after you? IQ2: Did you see the wheel, way up in the middle of the air? IQ3: Did you write the Enigma Variations? ---
**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 30, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/474 "2015-03-30T03:19:08Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > … > IQ1: Did you originate the national security policy known as the New Look? > IQ2: Were you a three-term governor of California before becoming Chief Justice to the Supreme Court? > IQ3: Did you compose _It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)_? Not Dwight D. Eisenhower, not Earl Warren (and the title was and is “Chief Justice of the United States”), and not Duke Ellington. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a living greeting card and children’s book illustrator who has started her own successful magazine? > 2. Did you portray the Ninth Doctor? > 3. Did you edit the first complete Greek New Testament? Not Mary Engelbreit (whom my wife loves), not \_\_\_\_ Eccleston, and dunno. > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Was a type of so-called “asparagus” named after you? > IQ2: Did you see the wheel, way up in the middle of the air? > IQ3: Did you write the Enigma Variations? Dunno, not Elijah, and not Edward Elgar. E. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. American 5. not known for the Arts 6. first name starts with E 7. died before 1950 8. military/political figure 9. died after 1850 10. not best known today for military service 11. born east of the Mississippi 12. first name starts with “Ed” (as Edward, Edgar, Edmund, etc.) ---
**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 30, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/475 "2015-03-30T03:57:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was a type of so-called “asparagus” named after you? > IQ2: Did you see the wheel, way up in the middle of the air? > IQ3: Did you write the Enigma Variations? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Elijah, and not Edward Elgar. Erwin Rommel. Ezekiel. Correct. DQ1: Held an elected post in the federal government? DQ2: Held an elected post in a state government? Two DQs reserved. ---
**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 30, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/476 "2015-03-30T12:47:11Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a living greeting card and children’s book illustrator who has started her own successful magazine? > 2. Did you portray the Ninth Doctor? > 3. Did you edit the first complete Greek New Testament? > Not Mary Engelbreit (whom my wife loves), not \_\_\_\_ Eccleston, and dunno. Correct on Mary Engelbreit and Christopher Eccleston. #3 was Desiderius Erasmus. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 30, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/477 "2015-03-30T13:13:25Z")
E. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. American 5. not known for the Arts 6. first name starts with E 7. died before 1950 8. military/political figure 9. died after 1850 10. not best known today for military service 11. born east of the Mississippi 12. first name starts with “Ed” (as Edward, Edgar, Edmund, etc.) 13. held an elected post in the Federal government 14. held an elected post in a state government ---
**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 30, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/478 "2015-03-30T13:20:03Z")
DQs: 1. Senator? 2. Last name starts with A-M? ---
**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 30, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/479 "2015-03-30T13:23:50Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an artist, teacher and photographer known for your studies in motion? 2. According to Prof. Peter Schickele, were you Elvis Presley’s lesser-known brother? 3. Are you aka Amora? ---
**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 30, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/480 "2015-03-30T15:26:00Z")
IQ1: Were you the Democratic nominee for VP in 1968 and a Democratic candidate for Pres in 1972? IQ2: Are you a Minnesotan Democrat senator who ran for US President in 1972, then dropped out of the Dems and ran as a write-in candidate in 1976? IQ3: Were you a US senator from Illinois who was nicknamed “The Wizard of Ooze”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=25)