# Botticelli March 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525 "2023-03-01T03:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/461 "2023-03-23T16:07:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. DId you write the music for the musical “Strike up the band” which was a satire of world war 1? > > 2. Speaking of musical,s were you the subject of a musical about your innovative post-impressionistic art style? > > 3. Speaking of artists, are you known for among other things your landscape paintings of Ghost Ranch New Mexico. > > DQ > DQ > Not Georgia O’Keefe 1. George Gershwin 2. George Surat (the subject of “Sunday in the park with George”) 3. Correct 2 DQ Reserved ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/462 "2023-03-23T16:27:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint Maya clothed and nude? > 2. Did you write the Kinsey Milhone alphabet mysteries? > 3. Is your recent book on climate change on the best seller lists? ZUJ… **G** 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name begins with G ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/463 "2023-03-23T16:37:10Z")
IQs: 1. Did you not want to be part of any club that would have you as a member? 2. Are you the reclusive gangster played by the above person in 1968’s _Skidoo_? 3. Did you co-found the Parents Music Resource Council? DQ: living? ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/464 "2023-03-23T16:44:41Z")
Okay, I give up. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint Maya clothed and nude? > 2. Did you write the Kinsey Milhone alphabet mysteries? > 3. Is your recent book on climate change on the best seller lists? Assuming you mean la Maja (the girl), I am not Goya. If not, DQ. DQ. DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you not want to be part of any club that would have you as a member? > 2. Are you the reclusive gangster played by the above person in 1968’s _Skidoo_? > 3. Did you co-found the Parents Music Resource Council? Three DQs. **G** 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name begins with G 4. Living ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/465 "2023-03-23T17:05:27Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you not want to be part of any club that would have you as a member? > 2. Are you the reclusive gangster played by the above person in 1968’s _Skidoo_? > 3. Did you co-found the Parents Music Resource Council? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Three DQs. 1 was Groucho Marx; 2 was God; 3 was Tipper Gore. DQs: 1. known for the arts? 2. American? 3. born after 1970? ---
**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 23, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/466 "2023-03-23T18:08:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you paint Maya clothed and nude? > > 2. Did you write the Kinsey Milhone alphabet mysteries? > > 3. Is your recent book on climate change on the best seller lists? > > Assuming you mean la Maja (the girl), I am not Goya. If not, DQ. > DQ. > DQ. I did. Goya’s correct. 2 is Sue Grafton. 3 is Greta Thunberg. 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 23, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/467 "2023-03-23T19:06:18Z")
Wow, I missed the X round entirely! 🫤 Previous IQs from the C round: Did Van Dyck create a painting that showed three views of your face? - Yes, it was [Charles I | Van Dyck, Anthony (Sir) | V&A Explore The Collections](https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O77684/charles-i-oil-painting-van-dyck-anthony/) Were you a Tory grandee in the Jeffrey Archer political novel _First Among Equals_? - Charles Seymour Did you succeed Margaret Thatcher as PM in the original _House of Cards_? - Charles Collingridge Charles x3! On to G. IQs: Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson? Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? Does a statue of you stand in Times Square? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/468 "2023-03-23T19:10:30Z")
IQs: 1. Did your guitar say “This machine kills fascists”? 2. Were you one of Mabel’s friends on _Gravity Falls_? 3. Were you a boxer? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/469 "2023-03-23T19:15:35Z")
IQs: 1. Do you have a loyal dog named Rufferto, who for a long time you thought of only as an eventual meal? 2. Despite being a tough security officer do you have a strong affinity for Daffy Duck. 3. Are you a Zap gun for hire? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/470 "2023-03-23T20:36:22Z")
IQ1: Did you found Ms. magazine? IQ2: Were you married to Meathead? IQ3: Are you an example of how history shows again and again how nature points out the folly of men? ---
**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 23, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/471 "2023-03-23T20:37:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson? > Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? > Does a statue of you stand in Times Square? DQ x3! > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your guitar say “This machine kills fascists”? > 2. Were you one of Mabel’s friends on _Gravity Falls_? > 3. Were you a boxer? DQ DQ Not Gene Tunney > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you have a loyal dog named Rufferto, who for a long time you thought of only as an eventual meal? > 2. Despite being a tough security officer do you have a strong affinity for Daffy Duck. > 3. Are you a Zap gun for hire? Three DQs > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you found Ms. magazine? > IQ2: Were you married to Meathead? > IQ3: Are you an example of how history shows again and again how nature points out the folly of men? Not … Gloria Steinem? Not Gloria Bunker DQ **G** 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name begins with G 4. Living 5. Known for the arts 6. Not American 7. Born after 1970 ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/472 "2023-03-23T20:46:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ > DQ > Not Gene Tunney 1 was Woody Guthrie; 2 was Grenda. DQs: 1. born after 1990? 2. European? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/473 "2023-03-23T20:46:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you found Ms. magazine? > > IQ2: Were you married to Meathead? > > IQ3: Are you an example of how history shows again and again how nature points out the folly of men? > > Not … Gloria Steinem? > Not Gloria Bunker > DQ Yes Yes (her and Meathead’s last name was Stivic) Godzilla, as claimed in the Blue Oyster Cult song ETA: Holding a DQ (mine was a duplicate of DLR’s) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/474 "2023-03-23T20:47:12Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you have a loyal dog named Rufferto, who for a long time you thought of only as an eventual meal? > 2. Despite being a tough security officer do you have a strong affinity for Daffy Duck. > 3. Are you a Zap gun for hire? 1.Groo the wanderer 2. Michael Garibaldi Security chief of Babylon 5. 3. Yours truly [Buck Godot.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Godot) DQs: 1. Known primarily for Acting? 2. Famous before the year 2000? Total reserve DQ’s = 3 ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/475 "2023-03-24T00:52:00Z")
**G** 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name begins with G 4. Living 5. Known for the Arts 6. Not American 7. Born after 1970 8. Born after 1990 9. European 10. Known primarily for Acting 11. Not famous before the year 2000 ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/476 "2023-03-24T00:56:57Z")
DQ: From the British isles? ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/477 "2023-03-24T14:17:23Z")
**G** 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name begins with G 4. Living 5. Known for the Arts 6. Not American 7. Born after 1970 8. Born after 1990 9. European 10. Known primarily for Acting 11. Not famous before the year 2000 12. From the British Isles ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/478 "2023-03-24T15:08:17Z")
DQ: Known for television? Remaining reserve DQs = 2 ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/479 "2023-03-24T15:57:08Z")
Previous IQs: Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson? - George Washington Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? - Gen. George H. Thomas, during the Civil War Does a statue of you stand in Times Square? - George M. Cohan: [Statue of George M. Cohan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_George_M._Cohan) George x3! DQs: English? Best known for movies? White? IQs: Were you the Harvard U. commencement speaker in 1947? A Cub Scout, did your mom take you to see JFK in a parade a few days before he died? Were you that person’s father? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/480 "2023-03-24T16:09:44Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a living former boxer? 2. Did you play rational FBI agent Dana Scully on _The X-Files_? 3. Have you been Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz, and Jessica Cruz? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525.md?page=25)