# 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:** 18
**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 27, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/341 "2017-03-27T11:15:38Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the brother of Menelaus and the husband of Clytemnestra? > IQ2: Did you kill Hector outside the gates of Troy? > IQ3: Did you and Hector duel until Zeus declared it a draw? > > Still not Agamemnon. Not Achilles, and not… Adonis? Ajax DQ: From the UK? ---
**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 27, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/342 "2017-03-27T13:17:00Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was Pogo Possum your best friend? > 2. Did you write Fables in Slang? > 3. Was your newspaper column titled The Conning Tower? > Dunno, not Aesop, and not Capt. Anderson. #1 was Albert Alligator. #2 was George Ade. #3 was Franklin P. Adams. DQ: Known for politics/military? 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 27, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/343 "2017-03-27T13:32:58Z")
A 1. real 2. first name begins with A 3. alive 4. not American 5. male 6. European 7. not known for the Arts 8. born before 1977 9. born before 1960 10. not from the UK 11. known for politics/military, loosely speaking ---
**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 27, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/344 "2017-03-27T13:39:34Z")
DQ: Native speaker of a Romance language? ---
**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 27, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/345 "2017-03-27T13:50:57Z")
A. 1. real 2. first name begins with A 3. alive 4. not American 5. male 6. European 7. not known for the Arts 8. born before 1977 9. born before 1960 10. not from the UK 11. known for politics/military, loosely speaking 12. native speaker of a Romance 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 27, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/346 "2017-03-27T14:22:24Z")
A living European male whose FIRST name starts with A, born before 1960, native speaker of a Romance language, known for politics or military, loosely speaking. DQ: Known for politics? ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/347 "2017-03-27T14:24:50Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Quest of the Historical Jesus_? 2. Did you write _The City of God_? 3. Did you write _Summa Theologica_? ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/348 "2017-03-27T14:38:25Z")
IQ1: Did Donald Trump allegedly send you a bill for 3 billion euros? IQ2: Did you conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra from 1937-1954? IQ3: Did you compose _The Four Seasons_? ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/349 "2017-03-27T14:55:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Quest of the Historical Jesus_? > 2. Did you write _The City of God_? > 3. Did you write _Summa Theologica_? Dunno, dunno, and not St. Augustine. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did Donald Trump allegedly send you a bill for 3 billion euros? > IQ2: Did you conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra from 1937-1954? > IQ3: Did you compose _The Four Seasons_? Not Angela Merkel, not Arturo Toscanini, and not Antonio Vivaldi. A. 1. real 2. first name begins with A 3. alive 4. not American 5. male 6. European 7. not known for the Arts 8. born before 1977 9. born before 1960 10. not from the UK 11. known for politics/military, loosely speaking 12. native speaker of a Romance language 13. known for politics, loosely speaking ---
**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 27, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/350 "2017-03-27T15:26:36Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write The Quest of the Historical Jesus? > 2. Did you write The City of God? > 3. Did you write Summa Theologica? > Dunno, dunno, and not St. Augustine. #1 was Dr. Albert Schweitzer. #2 was St. Augustine, correct. #3 was St. Thomas Aquinas. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 27, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/351 "2017-03-27T17:11:59Z")
IQ1: Did you conceive of sociology as two categories: social statistics and social dynamics? IQ2: Did you sculpt _The Thinker_? IQ3: Did you and your brother Louis invent the Cinematographe, the first type of film projector that could be viewed by more than one person? ---
**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 27, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/352 "2017-03-27T19:04:09Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you conceive of sociology as two categories: social statistics and social dynamics? > IQ2: Did you sculpt _The Thinker_? > IQ3: Did you and your brother Louis invent the Cinematographe, the first type of film projector that could be viewed by more than one person? Not Hannah Arendt, Auguste Renoir or Alphonse Lumiere. A. 1. real 2. first name begins with A 3. alive 4. not American 5. male 6. European 7. not known for the Arts 8. born before 1977 9. born before 1960 10. not from the UK 11. known for politics/military, loosely speaking 12. native speaker of a Romance language 13. known for politics, loosely speaking ---
**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 27, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/353 "2017-03-27T19:10:04Z")
DQ: French? ---
**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 27, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/354 "2017-03-27T20:02:20Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you conceive of sociology as two categories: social statistics and social dynamics? > IQ2: Did you sculpt The Thinker? > IQ3: Did you and your brother Louis invent the Cinematographe, the first type of film projector that could be viewed by more than one person? > > Not Hannah Arendt, Auguste Renoir or Alphonse Lumiere. Auguste Comte, correct x 2 DQ: Best known from a single event? ---
**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 27, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/355 "2017-03-27T20:04:28Z")
Excuse me. Auguste **Rodin** sculpted _The Thinker_. Pierre-Auguste Renoir was strictly a painter. ---
**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 28, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/356 "2017-03-28T01:22:07Z")
Good catch Professor. That gives me 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 28, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/357 "2017-03-28T11:38:49Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an Israeli artist known for his 3D wall hangings? 2. Were you an ornithologist born on a sugar plantation in Haiti? 3. Have you been called “France’s Frank Sinatra”? ---
**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 28, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/358 "2017-03-28T16:04:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an Israeli artist known for his 3D wall hangings? > 2. Were you an ornithologist born on a sugar plantation in Haiti? > 3. Have you been called “France’s Frank Sinatra”? Dunno x2; not Georges Aznavourian. A. 1. real 2. first name begins with A 3. alive 4. not American 5. male 6. European 7. not known for the Arts 8. born before 1977 9. born before 1960 10. not from the UK 11. known for politics/military, loosely speaking 12. native speaker of a Romance language 13. known for politics, loosely speaking 14. not French 15. not best known from a single event ---
**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 28, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/359 "2017-03-28T16:14:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an Israeli artist known for his 3D wall hangings? > 2. Were you an ornithologist born on a sugar plantation in Haiti? > 3. Have you been called “France’s Frank Sinatra”? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x2; not Georges Aznavourian. #1 is Yaacov Agam. #2 was John James Audubon. #3 is Charles Aznavour. 4 DQs 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 29, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/360 "2017-03-29T16:37:35Z")
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