# Botticelli - March 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 27, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978 "2017-02-27T20:47:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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 14, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/221 "2017-03-14T18:35:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a British doctor who allegedly killed over 200 of his patients during the 90’s? > IQ2: Are you a German serial killer who was also known as the “Butcher of Hanover?” > IQ3: Do you commit somewhere between 27 and 200 murders in a hotel you ran during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair? #3) I saw that episode of _Timeless_. I am not H. H. Holmes. Take 1 DQ for #2, since SCA already asked your #1. ---
**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 14, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/222 "2017-03-14T19:48:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > KO – I already asked your DQ1 Prof didn’t answer it in #241, so I thought it hadn’t been asked yet. ---
**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 14, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/223 "2017-03-14T19:54:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3) I saw that episode of _Timeless_. I am not H. H. Holmes. > > Take 1 DQ for #2, since SCA already asked your #1. Harold Shipman, Fritz Haarman, correct I haven’t seen _Timeless_. I remember Homes from _Bloodletters and Badmen_ by Jay Nash. SCAdian had already asked my DQ, not my IQ, so I actually have 2 DQs. DQ: European? DQ: Politics/Royalty? ---
**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 14, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/224 "2017-03-14T22:27:54Z")
Okay, I see. DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Last name starts with H 6. Born before 1964 7. Not known for the Arts 8. European 9. Not known for politics/royalty ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/225 "2017-03-15T00:20:07Z")
IQ1: On December 8, 1980, did you announce to a football audience that John Lennon had just been shot and killed? IQ2: Are you an NBA center for the Atlanta Hawks, your home town? IQ3: Were you the lead excavator of the tomb of King Tutankhamun? ---
**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 15, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/226 "2017-03-15T01:11:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: On December 8, 1980, did you announce to a football audience that John Lennon had just been shot and killed? > IQ2: Are you an NBA center for the Atlanta Hawks, your home town? > IQ3: Were you the lead excavator of the tomb of King Tutankhamun? #1. I am not Howard Cosell. #2. Take a Howard DQ. #3. I am not Howard Carter. ---
**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 15, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/227 "2017-03-15T01:58:06Z")
IQ1: Did you write _Noninterference_? IQ2: Did you write _Final Blackout_? IQ3: Did you write “The God in the Bowl”? ---
**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 15, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/228 "2017-03-15T01:59:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _Noninterference_? > IQ2: Did you write _Final Blackout_? > IQ3: Did you write “The God in the Bowl”? Take 3 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 15, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/229 "2017-03-15T03:36:24Z")
Previous IQs: Were you FDR’s cadaverous but invaluable aide? - Yes, Harry Hopkins Did you personally pick up trash left by tourists on your front yard? - Harry Truman, at his home in Independence, Mo. Did you play Parker’s colleague on the _Nostromo_? - Harry Dean Stanton played Brett in _Alien_ Harry x3! DQs: British? Scientist/inventor? IQs: Were you inspired by a Dr. Joseph Bell? Did you allegedly say to a national leader, “Get down, you damned fool”? Did you frequent the Diogenes Club? ---
**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 15, 2017, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/230 "2017-03-15T10:49:11Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Last name starts with H 6. Born before 1964 7. Not known for the Arts 8. European 9. Not known for politics/royalty 10. British, but not from birth 11. Scientist/inventor ---
**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 15, 2017, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/231 "2017-03-15T10:50:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you inspired by a Dr. Joseph Bell? > Did you allegedly say to a national leader, “Get down, you damned fool”? > Did you frequent the Diogenes Club? 1. I am not Sherlock Holmes. 2. I am not Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (That’s a guess. Take a DQ if wrong.) 3. I am not Mycroft Holmes. ---
**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 15, 2017, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/232 "2017-03-15T11:18:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _Noninterference_? > IQ2: Did you write _Final Blackout_? > IQ3: Did you write “The God in the Bowl”? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. Harry Turtledove. L Ron Hubbard. Robert E Howard. DQ1: Born in or north of Munich? DQ2: Born in or west of Munich? One 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 15, 2017, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/233 "2017-03-15T11:23:15Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Last name starts with H 6. Born before 1964 7. Not known for the Arts 8. European 9. Not known for politics/royalty 10. British, but not from birth 11. Scientist/inventor 12. Born north of Munich 13. Born west of Munich ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/234 "2017-03-15T12:06:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Howard Cosell. > #2. Take a Howard DQ. > #3. I am not Howard Carter. Dwight Howard DQ: Medical field? ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/235 "2017-03-15T12:15:01Z")
IQ1: Are you an immensely strong oversized duckling? IQ2: Did you co-found the militant Black Panther Party with Bobby Seale in 1966? IQ3: Are you a Depression-era Louisiana politician who was shot and killed in 1935? ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/236 "2017-03-15T12:15:25Z")
DQ: Native speaker of a Germanic language? ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/237 "2017-03-15T12:35:51Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Last name starts with H 6. Born before 1964 7. Not known for the Arts 8. European 9. Not known for politics/royalty 10. British, but not from birth 11. Scientist/inventor 12. Born north of Munich 13. Born west of Munich 14. Not from a medical field 15. Native speaker of a Germanic language ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/238 "2017-03-15T12:37:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an immensely strong oversized duckling? > IQ2: Did you co-found the militant Black Panther Party with Bobby Seale in 1966? > IQ3: Are you a Depression-era Louisiana politician who was shot and killed in 1935? 1. I am not Baby Huey. 2. I am not Huey Newton. 3. I am not Huey Long. (Once I remember Baby Huey, the other two fell into place.) ---
**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 15, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/239 "2017-03-15T14:02:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Sherlock Holmes. > 2. I am not Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (That’s a guess. Take a DQ if wrong.) > 3. I am not Mycroft Holmes. Oll korrect. O.W. Holmes, a young infantry officer, supposedly said that to Lincoln when the President came under Confederate fire at Ft. Stevens in 1864. IQs: Was “Leo Walsh” a fake name you once used? Were you a supersmart computer about which David Gerrold wrote? Was Trooper, a World War I veteran down on his luck, cut from a script you wrote? ---
**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 15, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/240 "2017-03-15T14:49:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > (Once I remember Baby Huey, the other two fell into place.) Curse my obsession with themes. IQ1: Were you and G. Gordon Liddy the chief operatives behind the Watergate break-in? IQ2: Were you the White House Chief of Staff during Watergate? IQ3: Were you the Senate investigation committee member who asked “What did the President know and when did he know it?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978.md?page=13)