# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/121 "2015-03-09T04:06:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the character that promoted Julie Newmar to stardom? > 2. Did Cliff Robertson portray you on _Batman_? > 3. Were you co-creator of Captain America with Jack Kirby? Not Selina Kyle or Shame If #3 isn’t Stan Lee, take a DQ ---
**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 9, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/122 "2015-03-09T04:47:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Correct on all three. > IQ1: Did you report having found channels on Mars? > IQ2: Were you a noted Arctic explorer from Canada? > IQ3: Were you one of the designers of the Great Panjandrum? > [@astorian](#): > > Three DQs for you Giovanni Schiaparelli. Vilhjalmur Stefansson. Nevil Shute. Three DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/123 "2015-03-09T11:12:24Z")
Let me know when to start dropping hints. ---
**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 9, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/124 "2015-03-09T12:18:33Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you executed at Nuremberg for performing harmful experiments on human subjects at Dachau? > IQ2: Are you a gay call-in show DJ in Doonesbury? > IQ3: Did you win a Nobel Peace Prize in 1952 for your philosophy of Reverence for Life? > > Not Mark Slackmeyer > > Take two DQs for the others Wolfram Sievers, correct, Albert Schweitzer DQ: Known for religion? holding a DQ ---
**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 9, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/125 "2015-03-09T14:04:29Z")
Previous IQs: Did you write a book about the experience of playing Shakespeare’s Richard III? - Simon Callow. Were you the Tory hero of Jeffrey Archer’s political thriller _First Among Equals_? - Simon Kerslake. Are you a newscaster with a hard first name? - Stone Phillips. DQ: Last name start SO-ST? Two DQs reserved. Can’t figure out who this is. ---
**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 9, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/126 "2015-03-09T14:06:25Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the character that promoted Julie Newmar to stardom? > 2. Did Cliff Robertson portray you on Batman? > 3. Were you co-creator of Captain America with Jack Kirby? > Not Selina Kyle or Shame > > If #3 isn’t Stan Lee, take a DQ #1 wasn’t Selina. Ms. Newmar first gained attention in the non-speaking part of [Stupefyin’ Jones](http://www.cinemaretro.com/uploads/julienewmanlilabner.jpg) in the Broadway musical _Li’l Abner_. Correct on Shame. #3 was Joe Simon. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/127 "2015-03-09T15:07:16Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Last name starts with S 6. European 7. Not involved in the arts 8. Not involved in politics 9. Died well after 1700 10. Spoke a language that was Germanic in origin 11. Not known for science or technology 12. Died after 1900 13. Not a businessman 14. Born far west and well north of Vienna 15. Not a military figure 16. Was a prominent clergyman and theologian in my time… but almost nobody today remembers me for my religious activities! (proper DQ answer AND a bit of a hint) 17. Last name starts with SO-ST ---
**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 9, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/128 "2015-03-09T15:40:37Z")
DQ: Died after 1990? 1 DQ left. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/129 "2015-03-09T15:47:37Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Last name starts with S 6. European 7. Not involved in the arts 8. Not involved in politics 9. Died well after 1700 10. Spoke a language that was Germanic in origin 11. Not known for science or technology 12. Died after 1900 13. Not a businessman 14. Born far west and well north of Vienna 15. Not a military figure 16. Was a prominent clergyman and theologian in my time… but almost nobody today remembers me for my religious activities! (proper DQ answer AND a bit of a hint) 17. Last name starts with SO-ST 18. Died long before 1990. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/130 "2015-03-09T16:58:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1 wasn’t Selina. Ms. Newmar first gained attention in the non-speaking part of Ahhhh… I remembered her first as Catwoman on the campy Adam West \*\*\*Batman \*\*\*series. Nobody ever called her Selina Kyle on that show, but I had to try SOMETHING. ---
**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 9, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/131 "2015-03-09T17:13:54Z")
IQ1: Were you a London-based Reformed Baptist minister renowned for you oratory skills and noted for coining the term “downgrading” when referring to the New Theology? IQ2: Did you write _Gulliver’s Travels_? IQ3: Are you the leader of Aum Shinrikyo, responsible for masterminding the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway? DQ: From a Nordic country? (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) ---
**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 9, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/132 "2015-03-09T17:24:15Z")
Hmm. Think think think… ---
**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 9, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/133 "2015-03-09T17:48:24Z")
Last DQ: Remembered as a criminal? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/134 "2015-03-09T19:13:30Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Last name starts with S 6. European 7. Not involved in the arts 8. Not involved in politics 9. Died well after 1700 10. Spoke a language that was Germanic in origin 11. Not known for science or technology 12. Died after 1900 13. Not a businessman 14. Born far west and well north of Vienna 15. Not a military figure 16. Was a prominent clergyman and theologian in my time… but almost nobody today remembers me for my religious activities! (proper DQ answer AND a bit of a hint) 17. Last name starts with SO-ST 18. Died long before 1990. 19. Not known as a criminal or bad guy- FAR from it. I was almost universally regarded as a very nice man. 20. Not from any Scandinavian land. Okay, time for a few hints: 1. As noted earlier, my “day job” was as a clergyman, theologian and scholar… but almost nobody remembers me for that. Everyone remembers me for something I’d rather NOT be remembered for (and which SOME sources claim I rarely or never really did) 2. There’s a word in the dictionary that comes from my name (but I find that word more than a bit embarrassing) 3. There’s a much more obvious country whose language is Germanic in origin. ---
**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 9, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/135 "2015-03-09T20:11:49Z")
DQ 20 was a mistake because I frequently confuse east and west. However, I would like to take a guess, as this man is named after another one of my flawquent fres. Are you the Reverend William Archibald Spooner? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/136 "2015-03-09T20:21:17Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ 20 was a mistake because I frequently confuse east and west. > > However, I would like to take a guess, as this man is named after another one of my flawquent fres. > > Are you the Reverend William Archibald Spooner? YES!!! Well done! I am Reverend William Archibald Spooner, a don at Oxford University, where I taught philosophy, divinity and history. I was well respected, well liked, a capable college administrator. But no one much remembers my genuine accomplishments- all they remember is my (alleged) malapropisms… such as referring to Victoria as “our Queer Old Dean.” Of course, as Yogi Berra put it so well, I didn’t really say all the things I said. Congratulations, KnowedOut. ---
**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 9, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/137 "2015-03-09T21:33:08Z")
Ah, good choice! And, well done, Owed Nowt! ---
**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 10, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/138 "2015-03-10T04:18:44Z")
Excellent choice. Way to go, **Old Newt**! ---
**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 10, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/139 "2015-03-10T14:06:15Z")
Reverend Spooner is sometimes used in cryptic crosswords, thus my familiarity with him. The new letter is D. ---
**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 10, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/140 "2015-03-10T14:25:30Z")
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