# Botticelli March 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 29, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512 "2016-02-29T16:12:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 7, 2016, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/101 "2016-03-07T11:44:10Z")
DQ: Famous husband? 1 DQ left ---
**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 7, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/102 "2016-03-07T21:43:23Z")
**E** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with E 4. Dead 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Not born before 1900 7. American 8. Not political/military (but definitely political associations) 9. Not born after 1964 10. Not known for business 11. Not best known for work for a particular social reform 12. Born east of the Miss. River 13. Born north of the Mason Dixon line 14. Not an athlete 15. Famous husband (All of the above DQ answers, with the exception of #2, apply to him as well.) ---
**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 7, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/103 "2016-03-07T23:53:00Z")
IQ1: Were you and your husband executed for crime(s) related to espionage? ---
**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 8, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/104 "2016-03-08T00:56:52Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you and your husband executed for crime(s) related to espionage? Yes! I am **E** thel Rosenberg. My husband and I were the only American citizens executed during the Cold War for espionage; we went to the electric chair together in 1953 for selling atomic secrets to the Russians, though many think that I was innocent, and that my brother framed me to protect his wife. ---
**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 8, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/105 "2016-03-08T05:57:58Z")
Ah, good one. Well done, **Tim**! ---
**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 8, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/106 "2016-03-08T07:40:18Z")
… and I am F. ---
**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 8, 2016, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/107 "2016-03-08T12:10:37Z")
IQ1: Were you a monarch who composed flute sonatas and other music? IQ2: Did you write about Lord Grandrith and Kickaha? IQ3: Was a fictional army doctor named after you? ---
**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 8, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/108 "2016-03-08T13:46:57Z")
IQ1: Are you the dashing one of the Warriors Three? IQ2: Are you an alien from Kakaranathara who took the form of a Chinese dragon? IQ3: Are you the mascot of Marvel’s parody magazine _Not Brand Ecch_? ---
**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 8, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/109 "2016-03-08T16:01:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a monarch who composed flute sonatas and other music? > IQ2: Did you write about Lord Grandrith and Kickaha? > IQ3: Was a fictional army doctor named after you? 2xDQ, and I’m not Benjamin Franklin \<“Hawkeye” Pierce\>. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the dashing one of the Warriors Three? > IQ2: Are you an alien from Kakaranathara who took the form of a Chinese dragon? > IQ3: Are you the mascot of Marvel’s parody magazine _Not Brand Ecch_? No fair, Volstagg doesn’t begin with an F! I’m blanking on the actually dashing one’s name, alas. DQ. I’m not Fin Fang Foom, and DQ. ---
**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 8, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/110 "2016-03-08T18:55:59Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > No fair, Volstagg doesn’t begin with an F! I’m blanking on the actually dashing one’s name, alas. DQ. > I’m not Fin Fang Foom, and DQ. Volstagg is indeed dashing, but Fandral officially made it part of his moniker. Hogun went with “the Grim.” The last one is Irving Forbush. DQ: Real? DQ: Last name begin with F? ---
**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 8, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/111 "2016-03-08T19:03:08Z")
IQ1: Does a November 5 holiday in the UK commemorate you? IQ2: Are you a comic strip duck that comments on conservative issues? IQ3: Did you bully Peter Parker in high school? ---
**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 8, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/112 "2016-03-08T19:20:21Z")
I am F: 1. Real 2. Last name begins with F ---
**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 8, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/113 "2016-03-08T19:28:12Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Does a November 5 holiday in the UK commemorate you? > IQ2: Are you a comic strip duck that comments on conservative issues? > IQ3: Did you bully Peter Parker in high school? I’m not Guy Fawkes, nor Mallard Fillmore, nor Flash. I don’t need to remember his last name, right? I mean, how many comic book characters named Flash could there be? ---
**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 8, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/114 "2016-03-08T21:33:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a monarch who composed flute sonatas and other music? > IQ2: Did you write about Lord Grandrith and Kickaha? > IQ3: Was a fictional army doctor named after you? > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > 2xDQ, and I’m not Benjamin Franklin \<“Hawkeye” Pierce\>. Frederick the Great. (I’m listening to one of his flute concerti right now.) Philip Jose Farmer. Correct. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Living? ---
**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 8, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/115 "2016-03-08T22:41:02Z")
I am F: 1. Real 2. Last name begins with F \ 3. Dead Please ask another DQ for the repeat. ---
**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 8, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/116 "2016-03-08T23:29:54Z")
Dammit. That was supposed to be: IQ1: Male? ---
**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 8, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/117 "2016-03-08T23:38:04Z")
IQ1: Is a cage used to block electrical fields named after you? IQ2: Are you a senator from Minnesota who used to perform on SNL? IQ3: Are you just a sweet transvestite from Transexual, Transylvania? ---
**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 8, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/118 "2016-03-08T23:47:16Z")
IQs: Did you write about Riverworld? Did you play Atty. Douglas Wambaugh? Did a Supreme Court justice say you had “a second-rate intellect but a first-rate temperament”? ---
**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 8, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/119 "2016-03-08T23:48:41Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Is a cage used to block electrical fields named after you? > IQ2: Are you a senator from Minnesota who used to perform on SNL? > IQ3: Are you just a sweet transvestite from Transexual, Transylvania? I’m not Michael Faraday, Al Franken, or Dr. Frank N. Furter. ---
**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 8, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/120 "2016-03-08T23:52:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write about Riverworld? > Did you play Atty. Douglas Wambaugh? > Did a Supreme Court justice say you had “a second-rate intellect but a first-rate temperament”? I’m still not Philip Jose Farmer, but at least this time I get to demonstrate that I know who he was. 2xDQ for the other two though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=7)