# Botticelli - May, 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 2, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330 "2013-05-02T17:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 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:** [May 4, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/41 "2013-05-04T03:53:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > From a country east of the Rhine? > Served as head of government (prime minister, premier, president, etc.)? > > One DQ reserved. **U** 1. Dead 2. First name (the name I am best known by) starts with ‘U’ 3. Male 4. Real 5. Not a religious figure 6. European 7. Political figure 8. Not British 9. Died since 1975 10. Not notable for just one incident or event 11. Not known for artistic accomplishments 12. From a country largely east of the Rhine (for certain definitions of “East of the Rhine”) 13. Served as head of government ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/42 "2013-05-04T04:24:18Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ: Did you come to power democratically? Miss this? ---
**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:** [May 4, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/43 "2013-05-04T04:26:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a Burmese diplomat who held a top UN post? > Did you spear your friend’s discarded cigar on a city street? > Did Stephen King say you were a wonderful villain? Yes, U Thant. Felix Unger in _The Odd Couple_ opening credits. Dolores Umbridge from the _Harry Potter_ books. DQs: Born north of Vienna? Usually regarded in the West as a “good guy”? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did your sister surprise you and kill you? Were you J.R.R. Tolkien’s longtime publisher? Did a fan accidentally kick you onstage? ---
**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:** [May 4, 2013, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/44 "2013-05-04T08:55:40Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a film director notorious for terrible adaptations of video games? > IQ2: Did you write a series of novels about Sparrowhawk? > IQ3: Did you carry the message that ordered your own murder? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Ursula LeGuin. > 2 DQs. 1. Uwe Boll 2. Uriah the Hittite, husband of Bathsheba from the biblical story of David and Bathsheba I’ll need to think about my DQs ---
**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:** [May 4, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/45 "2013-05-04T21:55:35Z")
Well, my DQ was for Uwe Boll, but since ChockFull did him already, I’ll pass on that one. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/46 "2013-05-05T00:34:10Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ: Did you come to power democratically? > [@etv78](#): > > Miss this? What was your author’s name? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/47 "2013-05-05T00:47:36Z")
Going for Uris. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/48 "2013-05-05T01:49:59Z")
DQ: From a country that was part of the Soviet Union or the Soviet Union itself? IQs 1. Did a character you portrayed kill Bill? 2. Did your career start as a stand-in for Lillian Gish? 3. Were you swallowed by a space whale? ---
**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:** [May 5, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/49 "2013-05-05T13:35:05Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Going for Uris. Argh. And I really enjoyed _Battle Cry_… > [@etv78](#): > > DQ: Did you come to power democratically? U 1. Dead 2. First name (the name I am best known by) starts with ‘U’ 3. Male 4. Real 5. Not a religious figure 6. European 7. Political figure 8. Not British 9. Died since 1975 10. Not notable for just one incident or event 11. Not known for artistic accomplishments 12. From a country largely east of the Rhine (for certain definitions of “East of the Rhine”) 13. Served as head of government 14. Did not come to power democratically > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: From a country that was part of the Soviet Union or the Soviet Union itself? I’m going to pretend you didn’t ask this. Reread DQ12. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/50 "2013-05-05T13:40:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did a character you portrayed kill Bill? > 2. Did your career start as a stand-in for Lillian Gish? > 3. Were you swallowed by a space whale? Not Uma Thurman. Two DQs. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/51 "2013-05-05T13:46:27Z")
Thanks for not counting my DQ. Somehow I missed #12. Una Merkel, and Ultra-Boy (aka Jo-Nah, of the Legion of Superheroes). …thinking in my usually frustrated manner… ---
**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:** [May 5, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/52 "2013-05-05T21:49:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Uma Thurman. > Two DQs. I already used Uma in my post 27. Still waiting for answers to these, if you please: > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your sister surprise you and kill you? > Were you J.R.R. Tolkien’s longtime publisher? > Did a fan accidentally kick you onstage? ---
**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:** [May 6, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/53 "2013-05-06T01:11:54Z")
Sorry about that. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your sister surprise you and kill you? > Were you J.R.R. Tolkien’s longtime publisher? > Did a fan accidentally kick you onstage? Three DQs. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2013, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/54 "2013-05-07T12:03:45Z")
Well, it’s been nice and quiet here lately, lots of time to think. Not to solve this puzzle, of course, but lots of time to think. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/55 "2013-05-07T13:52:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your sister surprise you and kill you? > Were you J.R.R. Tolkien’s longtime publisher? > Did a fan accidentally kick you onstage? Roderick Usher, in Poe’s story. Raymond Unwin. Singer/songwriter Usher: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=918qjJQUwo0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=918qjJQUwo0) DQs: Serving as head of government at time of death? Died violently? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Were you a noted Scandinavian actress? Did you star in _Jericho_? Were you a secondary character who came to dominate the TV show you were on? ---
**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:** [May 7, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/56 "2013-05-07T14:04:17Z")
I already used the Ushers. See posts 4 and 7. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/57 "2013-05-07T20:20:51Z")
I"ll use my DQs to try to narrow it down a little. DQ1: Alive in 2000? DQ2: Does the country whose government you headed exist today with the same boundaries and name as when you were the head? ---
**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:** [May 7, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/58 "2013-05-07T20:25:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I already used the Ushers. See posts 4 and 7. Ooops! My mistake. Withdrawn. I’ll just use my two previously-reserved DQs, then, to ask: Serving as head of government at time of death? Died violently? ---
**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:** [May 7, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/59 "2013-05-07T23:05:47Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > I"ll use my DQs to try to narrow it down a little. > > DQ1: Alive in 2000? > DQ2: Does the country whose government you headed exist today with the same boundaries and name as when you were the head? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’ll just use my two previously-reserved DQs, then, to ask: > > Serving as head of government at time of death? > Died violently? **U** 1. Dead 2. First name (the name I am best known by) starts with ‘U’ 3. Male 4. Real 5. Not a religious figure 6. European 7. Political figure 8. Not British 9. Died since 1975 10. Not notable for just one incident or event 11. Not known for artistic accomplishments 12. From a country largely east of the Rhine (for certain definitions of “East of the Rhine”) 13. Served as head of government 14. Did not come to power democratically 15. Died before 2000 16. The country whose government I headed exists today with the same boundaries and common name as when I was the head 17. Was not serving as head of government at time of death 18. Did not die violently ---
**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:** [May 7, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/60 "2013-05-07T23:36:06Z")
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