# Botticelli May 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 8, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571 "2015-05-08T19:13:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 15, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/181 "2015-05-15T20:10:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: > > Were you a commander of troops who committed atrocities against American Indians at a single notorious place? Don’t know, but we’re at 20. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/182 "2015-05-15T21:02:45Z")
Are you Major Henry Rathbone, who was sitting with President Lincoln at Ford’s Theater on the night of Lincoln’s assassination? ---
**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 15, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/183 "2015-05-15T21:46:37Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Are you Major Henry Rathbone, who was sitting with President Lincoln at Ford’s Theater on the night of Lincoln’s assassination? Yes, I am Major (later Colonel) Henry Rathbone, who was in the President’s box with his fiancee and the Lincolns on the night of the assassination. Very good, astorian! ---
**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 16, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/184 "2015-05-16T02:04:44Z")
D’oh! I was thinking of him and his date, Clara Harris, just the other day. Good job, **astorian**! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/185 "2015-05-16T16:03:07Z")
Let’s try… the letter G ---
**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 16, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/186 "2015-05-16T18:38:03Z")
IQ1: Do you have an inordinate fondness for beetles? IQ2: Were you J S S P Vereker VC? IQ3: Did you sing “It’s My Party”? ---
**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 16, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/187 "2015-05-16T19:00:32Z")
IQs: 1. Were you supposed to be sitting in the theater box with Abe & Mary instead of Henry Rathbone and his fiancee? 2. Did Drew Carey star as you in a disastrous eponymous TV musical? 3. Did you team up with Bill Buchanan for a series of successful novelty records in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/188 "2015-05-16T20:43:25Z")
IQ1: Was one of your most famous plays named after a mythic Cypriot figure? IQ2: Did the French and the Brits try to stop you from nationalizing the Suez Canal? IQ3: Did you play an Alabaman lawyer who tried to support those who were victims of discrimination and prejudices? ---
**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 16, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/189 "2015-05-16T21:51:32Z")
Hey, Welcome back, guylevesque! ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/190 "2015-05-16T21:55:06Z")
IQ1: Were you the father of Henry Curtmantle? IQ2: Did you lose the Battle of Pharsalus? IQ3: Do you and your wife both have varieties of tea named after you? ---
**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 16, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/191 "2015-05-16T23:06:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Hey, Welcome back, guylevesque! What he said. ---
**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 16, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/192 "2015-05-16T23:42:33Z")
IQ1: Did Tom Bombadil capture and marry you? IQ2: Are you the Drúedain chief who led Théoden and his troops to Minas Tirith? IQ3: Did Legolas take your place in the animated version of Lord of the Rings, and Arwen take your place in the live-action version? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/193 "2015-05-17T02:25:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you have an inordinate fondness for beetles? > IQ2: Were you J S S P Vereker VC? > IQ3: Did you sing “It’s My Party”? Not God or Leslie GOre Take a DQ for 2 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/194 "2015-05-17T02:26:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you supposed to be sitting in the theater box with Abe & Mary instead of Henry Rathbone and his fiancee? > 2. Did Drew Carey star as you in a disastrous eponymous TV musical? > 3. Did you team up with Bill Buchanan for a series of successful novelty records in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s? Not Dickie Goodman. Take a DQ for 1 and 2 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/195 "2015-05-17T02:27:59Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ1: Was one of your most famous plays named after a mythic Cypriot figure? > IQ2: Did the French and the Brits try to stop you from nationalizing the Suez Canal? > IQ3: Did you play an Alabaman lawyer who tried to support those who were victims of discrimination and prejudices? Take a DQ for 1 Not Gamal Abdel Nasser or Gregory Peck ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/196 "2015-05-17T02:29:27Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > IQ1: Were you the father of Henry Curtmantle? > IQ2: Did you lose the Battle of Pharsalus? > IQ3: Do you and your wife both have varieties of tea named after you? Not Earl Grey. Take DQs for 1 and 2 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/197 "2015-05-17T02:30:46Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did Tom Bombadil capture and marry you? > IQ2: Are you the Drúedain chief who led Théoden and his troops to Minas Tirith? > IQ3: Did Legolas take your place in the animated version of Lord of the Rings, and Arwen take your place in the live-action version? Not GOldberry Take DQs for 2 and 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 17, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/198 "2015-05-17T02:58:17Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you have an inordinate fondness for beetles? > IQ2: Were you J S S P Vereker VC? > IQ3: Did you sing “It’s My Party”? > [@astorian](#): > > Not God or Leslie GOre > > Take a DQ for 2 Correct. Field Marshal the Viscount Gort (normally referred to simply as Field Marshal Lord Gort). Correct. DQ: Real? IQ1: Was a fellow with green teeth accused of having voted for you for president? IQ2: Were you the most famous man to come from Gath? IQ3: Were you the crewman aboard Jonas Grumby’s boat? ---
**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 17, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/199 "2015-05-17T03:48:48Z")
IQs: Were you buried in your wife’s hometown of Troy, N.Y.? Were you a Marine aviator, now noted for something else, whose wife’s name is Annie? Were you a Swiss-born early American financier? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/200 "2015-05-17T03:55:40Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > IQ1: Were you the father of Henry Curtmantle? > IQ2: Did you lose the Battle of Pharsalus? > IQ3: Do you and your wife both have varieties of tea named after you? 1. Geoffrey Plantagenet, who gave his name to the English royal house. 2. Gnaeus Pompeius, or Pompey the Great, whose loss to Caesar at Pharsalus forced him to flee to Egypt (and to his death). 3. Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey is correct. DQ: Male? DQ: American? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=11)