# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/41 "2015-03-05T01:31:04Z")
- Originally Posted by astorian IQ1) For many years, did you appear on a unit of paper currency that had a picture of an automobile on the back? IQ2) Did you play slide guitar on “Layla”? IQ3) Before becoming a well known actress, did you write a kids’ storybook called “She Was Nice To Mice”?\* 1. Alexander Hamilton (there used to be a car parked in front of the TReasury Building on the back of the US 10 dollar bill) 2. Duane Allman was slide guitarist of Derek & the Dominos 3. Brat Pack actress Ally Sheedy wrote that book (it was about Queen Elizabeth I) DQ1) Are you from Australia or New Zealand? DQ2) Are you or have you been a head of state or head of government? DQ3) Would most people consider you “white”? ---
**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 5, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/42 "2015-03-05T01:47:47Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a prominent 19th century Mexican military leader and president known as “The Napoleon of the West”? > IQ2: Were you Emperor of Mexico before being forced out of power by IQ1? > IQ3: Are you the guitarist for the band Rush? > > Not Santa Anna, dunno, and dunno. correct, Agustin I, Alex Lifeson holding 2 DQs ---
**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 5, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/43 "2015-03-05T02:04:03Z")
A. 1. real 2. male 3. living 4. last name starts with A 5. not known for the Arts 6. known for military/political achievements, broadly speaking 7. born after 1960 8. not European 9. not known for a single historical event 10. not American 11. not Asian 12. not African 13. not from the Americas or the U.S. 14. known for government/monarchy, broadly speaking 15. not so active in politics or military these days 16. from Australia or New Zealand 17. is not and has not been a head of state or head of government 18. most people would consider him “white” Two DQs remaining. ---
**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 5, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/44 "2015-03-05T03:42:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a South American president overthrown by a CIA-backed coup? > IQ2: Were you the dictator who succeeded #1? > IQ3: Did Poe write a poem about you? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Salvador Allende, dunno, and not Annabel. Correct. Augusto Pinochet. Correct. Three DQs reserved. Hmm. I can only think of one Australian or Kiwi whose last name starts with A, and he’s a former soldier known for one incident… ---
**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 5, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/45 "2015-03-05T04:23:36Z")
IQ: Are you the current Prime Minister of Australia? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/46 "2015-03-05T15:24:49Z")
IQ1) Apart from Robert Fripp, have you appeared on more King Crimson recordings than anyone else? IQ2) Did you write _ **The Guns of Navarone** _? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/47 "2015-03-05T15:27:38Z")
IQ1) Did you turn Bradley Edward “Chelsea” Manning into a celebrity? ---
**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 5, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/48 "2015-03-05T17:53:04Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you turn Bradley Edward “Chelsea” Manning into a celebrity? Yes, I am Julian Assange > **[Julian Assange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange)** > > Julian Paul Assange (/əˈsɑːnʒ/ ⓘ ə-SAHNZH; né Hawkins; born 3 July 1971) is an Australian editor, publisher, and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. He came to international attention in 2010 after WikiLeaks published a series of leaks from Chelsea Manning, a United States Army intelligence analyst: footage of a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, U.S. military logs from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and U.S. diplomatic cables. Assange has won multiple awards for publishing and journalism. > Assang... Well done, **astorian**! ---
**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 5, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/49 "2015-03-05T18:21:30Z")
OK, so the “Are you involved with politics” type questions should be more specific to holding an actual office. I also thought Assange was Swedish. Grats, 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 5, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/50 "2015-03-05T19:47:38Z")
Well done, indeed, astorian! Never heard of Assange, myself. ---
**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 5, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/51 "2015-03-05T20:36:45Z")
I thought he was Swedish, too. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/52 "2015-03-06T02:08:37Z")
Okay, I have a new one. The letter is… S ---
**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 6, 2015, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/53 "2015-03-06T03:36:11Z")
IQs: 1. Were you condemned to roll a big rock uphill for eternity? 2. Are you one of the Leprechaun Brothers? 3. Are you secretly Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/54 "2015-03-06T04:50:37Z")
Well done astorian! Good choice Elendil’s Heir, I wish I’d thought of him. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/55 "2015-03-06T05:00:04Z")
IQ1: Is your catchphrase, “What a country!” IQ2: Were you a former MLB player who owned and operated a bar? IQ3: Did you play the role of Detective Nordberg? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/56 "2015-03-06T11:57:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you condemned to roll a big rock uphill for eternity? > 2. Are you one of the Leprechaun Brothers? > 3. Are you secretly Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper? Not Sisyphus or Superman. Take a DQ for #2 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/57 "2015-03-06T11:58:40Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Is your catchphrase, “What a country!” > IQ2: Were you a former MLB player who owned and operated a bar? > IQ3: Did you play the role of Detective Nordberg? Not Yakov Smirnoff, Sam Malone or OJ Simpson ---
**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 6, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/58 "2015-03-06T13:34:44Z")
IQ1: Are you the new version of Scotty and star of _Sean of the Dead_? IQ2: Are you the lead singer of Duran Duran? IQ3: Are you a Venezuelan general who helped liberate Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia from the Spanish Empire? ---
**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 6, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/59 "2015-03-06T14:42:33Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you condemned to roll a big rock uphill for eternity? > 2. Are you one of the Leprechaun Brothers? > 3. Are you secretly Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper? > > Not Sisyphus or Superman. > > Take a DQ for #2 Correct on Sis and Supes. For #2, listen [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMy-5J0OHT4)and be amazed at the vocal powers of… The Swedish Chef! DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/60 "2015-03-06T17:29:53Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the new version of Scotty and star of _Sean of the Dead_? > IQ2: Are you the lead singer of Duran Duran? > IQ3: Are you a Venezuelan general who helped liberate Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia from the Spanish Empire? Not SImon Pegg, Simon LeBon or SImon Bolivar [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=4)