# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/341 "2015-05-23T03:17:08Z")
Summary: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. Only name begins with L ---
**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 23, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/342 "2015-05-23T03:39:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an archaeologist who died of injuries received in a motorcycle accident? > IQ2: Did you sing “Looking for Love” and “Cherokee Fiddle”? > IQ3: Did you write about Tell, Tyrel, Orrin, and their kin? > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > No bells are ringing. Take three DQs. T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). Johnny Lee. Louis L’Amour wrote about the Sacketts. DQ1: European? DQ2: Known for the Arts? One DQ 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:** [May 23, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/343 "2015-05-23T04:03:13Z")
Previous IQs: Did you take a carriage ride with your wife and discuss a visit to California on the day you were mortally wounded? - Yes, Abraham Lincoln, in the afternoon before they went to Ford’s Theatre. Were you a longtime aide to President Bartlet who died in an auto accident? - Mrs. Landingham, on _The West Wing_. Are you the general after whom the area was named in which that aide was killed? - Gen. John Logan (Logan Circle, Washington, D.C.). DQs: Born since 1900? One DQ reserved. IQs: Was your last major public appearance in 1922? Did the actress who played you in a recent movie have to put on a lot of weight to do so? Were you a long-lived Heinlein-created character? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/344 "2015-05-23T05:51:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Was your last major public appearance in 1922? > Did the actress who played you in a recent movie have to put on a lot of weight to do so? > Were you a long-lived Heinlein-created character? I’m not sure on the year, but I’m thinking 1922 is about right for Vladimir Lenin. Take a DQ. I’m not Lazarus Long. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/345 "2015-05-23T05:53:37Z")
Summary: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. Only name begins with L 5. European 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Born since 1900 ---
**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 23, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/346 "2015-05-23T12:17:01Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a hundred-headed serpent who guards the golden apples of the Hesperides? > IQ2: Are you an Argonaut and father to Odysseus? > IQ3: Did you throw a sling stone hard enough to knock the eye of Balor out of his socket? > > Ugh, that’s a sweep, 3 DQ for you. I really should remember IQ2. Ladon, Laertes, Lugh DQ: French? holding 2 DQs ---
**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 23, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/347 "2015-05-23T12:48:05Z")
IQ1: Did you assault a wedding party at Swamp Castle, believing a woman was being held hostage? IQ2: Did you play James Bond in _On Her Majesty’s Secret Service_? IQ3: Are you considered the world’s first computer programmer, having written an algorithm for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine? ---
**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 23, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/348 "2015-05-23T13:05:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have an exercise show on TV in the 1960’s? > 2. Were you a movie star of Westerns who was good with a whip? > 3. Are you Marjorie Buell’s best known creation? > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Take 3 DQs. #1 was Jack LaLanne. #2 was Lash LaRue. #3 is Little Lulu. DQ: Royalty? 2 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:** [May 23, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/349 "2015-05-23T13:30:11Z")
IQs: 1. Did you take Arthur to Avalon? 2. Were you Guinevere’s father? 3. Were you Sir Percival’s son? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/350 "2015-05-23T14:12:32Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you assault a wedding party at Swamp Castle, believing a woman was being held hostage? > IQ2: Did you play James Bond in _On Her Majesty’s Secret Service_? > IQ3: Are you considered the world’s first computer programmer, having written an algorithm for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine? DQ I’m not George Lazenby I’m not Ada Lovelace ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/351 "2015-05-23T14:18:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you take Arthur to Avalon? > 2. Were you Guinevere’s father? > 3. Were you Sir Percival’s son? I’m not the Lady of the Lake I’m not Lancelot (?) I’m not Lancelot (?) ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/352 "2015-05-23T14:20:17Z")
Summary: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. Only name begins with L 5. European 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Born since 1900 8. Not French 9. Not Royalty ---
**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 23, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/353 "2015-05-23T14:33:58Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you take Arthur to Avalon? > 2. Were you Guinevere’s father? > 3. Were you Sir Percival’s son? > > I’m not the Lady of the Lake > I’m not Lancelot (?) > I’m not Lancelot (?) Correct on #1. #2 was Leodegrance. #3 was Lohengrin. DQ: Died since 2000? 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/354 "2015-05-23T17:42:47Z")
Summary: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. Only name begins with L 5. European 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Born since 1900 8. Not French 9. Not Royalty 10. Died prior to 2000 ---
**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 23, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/355 "2015-05-23T18:10:14Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you assault a wedding party at Swamp Castle, believing a woman was being held hostage? > IQ2: Did you play James Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service? > IQ3: Are you considered the world’s first computer programmer, having written an algorithm for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine? > > DQ > I’m not George Lazenby > I’m not Ada Lovelace Sir Lancelot from _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_, correct x2 holding 3 DQs ---
**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 23, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/356 "2015-05-23T18:36:15Z")
IQ1: Are you the daughter of a pope who married three times into power? IQ2: Did you form The Commission, which organized organized NYC into five crime families? IQ3: Were you one of the Three Tenors with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras? DQ: Born east of the Rhine? holding 2 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 23, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/357 "2015-05-23T19:18:24Z")
DQ: Known for politics? 2 DQs reserved. IQs: 1. Are you Rerun van Pelt’s sister? 2. Did Zeus come to you disguised as a swan? 3. Did you write _The Rocking Horse Winner_? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/358 "2015-05-23T19:26:04Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the daughter of a pope who married three times into power? > IQ2: Did you form The Commission, which organized organized NYC into five crime families? > IQ3: Were you one of the Three Tenors with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras? DQ I’m not “Lucky” Luciano I’m not Luciano Pavarotti ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/359 "2015-05-23T19:30:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you Rerun van Pelt’s sister? > 2. Did Zeus come to you disguised as a swan? > 3. Did you write _The Rocking Horse Winner_? I’m not Lucy van Pelt Lamia? But I don’t think that was the swan one… DQ ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/360 "2015-05-23T19:43:38Z")
Summary: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. Only name begins with L 5. European 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Born since 1900 8. Not French 9. Not Royalty 10. Died prior to 2000 11. Born east of the Rhine 12. Not known for politics [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=19)