# 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:** 25
**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 31, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/481 "2015-03-31T03:48:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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? Not Eadweard Muybridge (sp?), Edward Presley, and dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you the Democratic nominee for VP in 1968 and a Democratic candidate for Pres in 1972? > IQ2: Are you a Minnesotan Democrat[ic] 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”? Not Ed Muskie, dunno, and not Everett Dirksen. 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 15. senator 16. last name didn’t start with A-M ---
**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 31, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/482 "2015-03-31T12:45:45Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you the Democratic nominee for VP in 1968 and a Democratic candidate for Pres in 1972? > IQ2: Are you a Minnesotan Democrat[ic] 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”? > > Not Ed Muskie, dunno, and not Everett Dirksen. Eugene McCarthy is actually the answer to the first question and Ed Muskie the answer to the second, Editor’s Heir. I’ll just take 1 DQ anyway. DQ: Died after 1900? holding a DQ ---
**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 31, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/483 "2015-03-31T12:45:57Z")
> [@](#): > > 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? > Not Eadweard Muybridge (sp?), Edward Presley, and dunno. Correct on Eadward Muybridge. #2 was Enis Presley (who did not care for it when the papers called his brother “Elvis the Pelvis”) #3 is the Enchantress in Marvel comics. 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 31, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/484 "2015-03-31T12:50:03Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Eugene McCarthy is actually the answer to the first question and Ed Muskie the answer to the second, Editor’s Heir. I’ll just take 1 DQ anyway… I don’t know about Eugene McCarthy’s career after 1968, but you are mistaken as to Muskie. Check Wiki. I answered your first IQ correctly. 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 15. senator 16. last name didn’t start with A-M 17. died after 1900 ---
**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 31, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/485 "2015-03-31T13:02:46Z")
DQ: Served in the Senate during the Civil War? 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 31, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/486 "2015-03-31T13:06:33Z")
IQ: Are you the Senator whose vote caused Pres. Andrew Johnson to remain in office? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/487 "2015-03-31T13:41:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Are you the Senator whose vote caused Pres. Andrew Johnson to remain in office? Ooooh, good one… I bet that’s it. ---
**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 31, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/488 "2015-03-31T15:03:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I don’t know about Eugene McCarthy’s career after 1968, but you are mistaken as to Muskie. Check Wiki. I answered your first IQ correctly. Humble apologies, you are correct. I wrote it down in the wrong order. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/489 "2015-04-01T02:23:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Are you the Senator whose vote caused Pres. Andrew Johnson to remain in office? Dunno this one. 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 15. senator 16. last name didn’t start with A-M 17. died after 1900 18. served in the Senate after the Civil War ---
**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:** [April 1, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/490 "2015-04-01T03:01:43Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ: Are you the Senator whose vote caused Pres. Andrew Johnson to remain in office? > Dunno this one. Senator Edmund G. Ross. I thought I had it that time. 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:** [April 1, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/491 "2015-04-01T16:20:22Z")
IQ: Were you the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who originated the term “Rule of Reason”? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/492 "2015-04-02T03:59:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who originated the term “Rule of Reason”? Not… Edward White? (and the title was “Chief Justice of the United States” after Salmon P. Chase’s 1864 appointment). ---
**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:** [April 2, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/493 "2015-04-02T12:51:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not… Edward White? (and the title was “Chief Justice of the United States” after Salmon P. Chase’s 1864 appointment). Correct. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/494 "2015-04-02T16:37:12Z")
DQ: Best known for being a Senator? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/495 "2015-04-02T17:29:11Z")
DQ: Republican? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/496 "2015-04-02T18:05:35Z")
IQ: Are you a newspaper editor who was shot and killed by your opponent, Duncan Brown Cooper, in the 1908 Tennessee Governor election? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/497 "2015-04-03T03:14:25Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ: Are you a newspaper editor who was shot and killed by your opponent, Duncan Brown Cooper, in the 1908 Tennessee Governor election? Dunno. I’ll let you ask a 21st DQ. 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 15. senator 16. last name didn’t start with A-M 17. died after 1900 18. served in the Senate after the Civil War 19. not best known for being a senator 20. not a Republican ---
**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:** [April 3, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/498 "2015-04-03T12:36:30Z")
Edward Carmack I really don’t have a clue to the identity of the mystery guest. Anybody who wants my guess can take it. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/499 "2015-04-03T12:40:31Z")
I give up. Edmund Ross was my best bet. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/500 "2015-04-03T12:50:36Z")
OK. All other earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions should be asked in the next 24 hours, then. If no one gets it, I’ll reveal the answer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=26)