# Botticelli - May 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 1, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433 "2014-05-01T13:15:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/221 "2014-05-24T18:46:23Z")
IQ: Did you contract HIV during heart surgery, and was this fact concealed until your death? ---
**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 24, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/222 "2014-05-24T18:46:25Z")
DQ: Known as an 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:** [May 24, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/223 "2014-05-24T18:49:33Z")
Welcome back, **etv78!** We missed you. IQs: 1. Is the book _Good Omens_ about, at least in part, your prophecies? 2. Did you have a chain of fish & chips shops? 3. Are you a noted living Israeli sculptor? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/224 "2014-05-24T18:56:56Z")
Yay! Moderator issues got to me. Wanted to wait for June, just couldn’t! 😉 BTW, has my IQ guy been covered? ---
**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 24, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/225 "2014-05-24T22:10:54Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you contract HIV during heart surgery, and was this fact concealed until your death? Welcome back, and take a DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Known as an inventor? No > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is the book _Good Omens_ about, at least in part, your prophecies? > 2. Did you have a chain of fish & chips shops? > 3. Are you a noted living Israeli sculptor? Take 3 DQs. For #2 I came up with H. Salt and Long John Silver, neither of which is a A. Summary: A 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with A 4. Alive 5. Author, but not what I’m best known for 6. American 7. Not born since 1940 8. Not known for the performing arts, although I have acted. 9. Born since 1920 10. Born east of the Mississippi River 11. Known for a scientific achievement 12. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line 13. Not known for biology or medicine 14. Not known for physics specifically, but a related field 15. Not a Nobel Prize winner 16. Not now in academia 17. –see post 220 for answer to “popularizer of science” 18. Not known as an 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:** [May 25, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/226 "2014-05-25T00:05:49Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is the book Good Omens about, at least in part, your prophecies? > 2. Did you have a chain of fish & chips shops? > 3. Are you a noted living Israeli sculptor? > > Take 3 DQs. For #2 I came up with H. Salt and Long John Silver, neither of which is a A. #1 is Agnes Nutter. #2 was British actor Arthur Treacher. #3 is Yaakov Agam. 3 DQs reserved for now. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/227 "2014-05-25T00:08:08Z")
That was Asimov. DQ: Astrophysicist? ---
**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 25, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/228 "2014-05-25T17:46:01Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ: Astrophysicist? No, but getting closer Summary: A 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with A 4. Alive 5. Author, but not what I’m best known for 6. American 7. Not born since 1940 8. Not known for the performing arts, although I have acted. 9. Born since 1920 10. Born east of the Mississippi River 11. Known for a scientific achievement 12. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line 13. Not known for biology or medicine 14. Not known for physics specifically, but a related field 15. Not a Nobel Prize winner 16. Not now in academia 17. –see post 220 for answer to “popularizer of science” 18. Not known as an inventor 19. Not an astrophysicist ---
**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:** [May 26, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/229 "2014-05-26T00:16:47Z")
1. Are you the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open? 2. Are you a mystery writer who disappeared for 11 days shortly after your spouse left you? 3. Were you an Egyptian pharaoh married to Nefertiti? ---
**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 26, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/230 "2014-05-26T01:20:59Z")
Welcome back, **etv**. Previous IQs: Did you succeed Westmoreland? - Gen. Creighton Abrams took over after Westmoreland as the top U.S. general in Vietnam. The M-1 Abrams tank is named after him. Were you a creepy lady from a Lovecraft story? - Asenath Waite, from “The Thing on the Doorstep.” Did you die violently before you could see your son become a very important guy? - Arathorn, Aragorn’s dad, was killed by orcs while his son was still but a lad. Only one DQ left. What should I ask? From the clues we have now, I’m drawing a blank as to who this guy is. Hmm. On a hunch: IQs: Are you the first man to walk on the Moon? Are you the second? ---
**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:** [May 26, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/231 "2014-05-26T01:48:21Z")
I was going to ask if he was an astronaut for my DQ, El. 🙂 ---
**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 26, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/232 "2014-05-26T02:15:52Z")
Yeah. Those are really good guesses, EH. ---
**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 26, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/233 "2014-05-26T03:44:11Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 1. Are you the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open? > 2. Are you a mystery writer who disappeared for 11 days shortly after your spouse left you? > 3. Were you an Egyptian pharaoh married to Nefertiti? Not Arthur Ashe Not Agatha Christie Dunno > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > Are you the first man to walk on the Moon? > Are you the second? Not Neil Armstrong, but… Yes, I am **Buzz Aldrin**. My (real, not honorary) doctorate from MIT is in astronautics, which involves physics, but is specific to space travel. My acting included voice acting on _The Simpsons_ and a cameo in the last \*Transformers \*movie. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/234 "2014-05-26T04:46:55Z")
Well done, **EH**! ---
**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:** [May 26, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/235 "2014-05-26T17:59:25Z")
Grats, EH. Nefertiti was the wife of Akhenaten or Amenhotep, before he changed his name. So, you had two chances. Not that it mattered. 🙂 ---
**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 26, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/236 "2014-05-26T18:07:35Z")
Congratulations, EH! ---
**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 27, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/237 "2014-05-27T02:45:26Z")
Thanks, **ChockFull**. That was a good one. Next round to start tomorrow. G’night, all! ---
**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 27, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/238 "2014-05-27T16:14:43Z")
OK, next I’ll go with Q ---
**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 27, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/239 "2014-05-27T16:38:51Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a U.S. president and the son of a U.S. president? 2. Did you have a burro for a sidekick? 3. Did you portray Mama in the movie version of _Chicago_? ---
**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 27, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/240 "2014-05-27T20:27:37Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Yes, I am **Buzz Aldrin**. My (real, not honorary) doctorate from MIT is in astronautics, which involves physics, but is specific to space travel. My acting included voice acting on _The Simpsons_ and a cameo in the last \*Transformers \*movie. And “Author, but not what I’m best known for” includes a very good SF novel (co-authored with John Barnes) called _Encounter with Tiber_. Q, eh? 1. Did you have a horse named Rocinante? 2. Was Frederic Dannay half of you? 3. Were you the alleged author of a series starring a boy named Djuna? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433.md?page=13)