# 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:** 20
**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 24, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/381 "2015-05-24T15:36:18Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you often perform while dressed as a schoolboy? > IQ2: Did you finally complete your contractual obligations with your recent album, your fourteenth? > IQ3: Are you and your son’s boss the last two members of your World War 2 unit to survive to this day? Two correct, and “Weird Al” Yankovic is finally free of his RCA contract after only fourteen albums. DQ: Last name starts with A? ---
**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 24, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/382 "2015-05-24T15:42:10Z")
IQ1: Did you collaborate with Charles Babbage? IQ2: Did you marry Walter Gropius? IQ3: Did your husband have you executed? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/383 "2015-05-24T17:57:20Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you name your horse “Oxhead”? > IQ2: Did you and your wife change your names at a very advanced age? > IQ3: Were you Lew Alcindor? 1. Not Alexander the Great. 2. DQ. 3. Not Kareem Abdul-Jabaar. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the A-Rod that everybody likes who’s married to _Sports Illustrated_ swimwear model Brooklyn Decker? > IQ2: Did fellow NewsRadio regular Jon Lovitz despise you because you gave cocaine to Phil Hartman’s wife Brynn 6 months before she shot and killed Phil and herself? > IQ3: Are you the starting QB for the Cincinnati Bengals? Oof. DQ x 3. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you best remembered for your _Sabre Dance_? > 2. Did you play Endora on _Bewitched_? > 3. Were you a WWII aviator in the comic books who served as the inspiration for Alan Moore’s Jetlad? Apparently not well enough remembered by me… DQ x 3. > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you collaborate with Charles Babbage? > IQ2: Did you marry Walter Gropius? > IQ3: Did your husband have you executed? IQ1. I am not Ada Lovelace. IQ2. DQ. IQ3. I am not Anne Boleyn. * * * DQ Summary: 1. Real. 2. Not male. 3. Not living. 4. Not American. 5. Not known for the Arts. 6. European. 7. Last name starts with A. ---
**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 24, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/384 "2015-05-24T18:12:45Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the A-Rod that everybody likes who’s married to Sports Illustrated swimwear model Brooklyn Decker? > IQ2: Did fellow NewsRadio regular Jon Lovitz despise you because you gave cocaine to Phil Hartman’s wife Brynn 6 months before she shot and killed Phil and herself? > IQ3: Are you the starting QB for the Cincinnati Bengals? > > Oof. DQ x 3. Andy Roddick, Andy Dick, Andy Dalton, Andy x3! DQ: Known for politics/government? DQ: Born west of the Rhine? holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/385 "2015-05-24T18:18:41Z")
DQ Summary: 1. Real. 2. Not male. 3. Not living. 4. Not American. 5. Not known for the Arts. 6. European. 7. Last name starts with A. 8. Not known for politics/government. 9. Born west of the Rhine. ---
**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, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/386 "2015-05-24T18:21:52Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you best remembered for your Sabre Dance? > 2. Did you play Endora on Bewitched? > 3. Were you a WWII aviator in the comic books who served as the inspiration for Alan Moore’s Jetlad? > Apparently not well enough remembered by me… > > DQ x 3. #1 is Aram Khatchaturian. #2 was Agnes Moorehead. #3 was Airboy. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**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 24, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/387 "2015-05-24T19:04:34Z")
IQ1: Are you the patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, and the alleviation of sore eyes? IQ2: Did Frank Zappa write a song about your pancake breakfast? IQ3: Were you captured after the Battle of San Jacinto by Texas militia? ---
**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, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/388 "2015-05-24T19:06:46Z")
DQs: 1. Born after 1900? 2. Known for Science? 1 DQ 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 24, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/389 "2015-05-24T19:11:59Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you collaborate with Charles Babbage? > IQ2: Did you marry Walter Gropius? > IQ3: Did your husband have you executed? Correct on 1 and 3, 2 was [Alma Mahler (Gropius Werfel)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH4J8CIBc7Q) Holding one DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/390 "2015-05-24T19:13:29Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, and the alleviation of sore eyes? > IQ2: Did Frank Zappa write a song about your pancake breakfast? > IQ3: Were you captured after the Battle of San Jacinto by Texas militia? IQ1. I am not St. Francis of Assisi. IQ2. DQ. IQ3. I am not Santa Anna (the Mexican general). * * * DQ Summary: 1. Real. 2. Not male. 3. Not living. 4. Not American. 5. Not known for the Arts. 6. European. 7. Last name starts with A. 8. Not known for politics/government. 9. Born west of the Rhine. 10. Not born after 1900. 11. Known for Science. ---
**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, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/391 "2015-05-24T19:45:18Z")
IQ: Were you the first person to publish a book with photographs? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/392 "2015-05-24T20:18:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you the first person to publish a book with photographs? No, I am not Anna Atkins. ---
**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, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/393 "2015-05-24T20:25:00Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a cockroach who writes vers libre? 2. Are you Nero Wolfe’s secretary? 3. Did Mike Myers play you in a trilogy of lowbrow comedies? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/394 "2015-05-24T21:14:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a cockroach who writes vers libre? > 2. Are you Nero Wolfe’s secretary? > 3. Did Mike Myers play you in a trilogy of lowbrow comedies? I am not Austin Powers. Take two DQ (and call me in the morning). * * * DQ Summary: 1. Real. 2. Not male. 3. Not living. 4. Not American. 5. Not known for the Arts. 6. European. 7. Last name starts with A. 8. Not known for politics/government. 9. Born west of the Rhine. 10. Not born after 1900. 11. Known for Science. ---
**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, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/395 "2015-05-24T21:43:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a cockroach who writes vers libre? > 2. Are you Nero Wolfe’s secretary? > 3. Did Mike Myers play you in a trilogy of lowbrow comedies? #1 was archie from Don Marquis’s _archie and mehitabel_. #2 is Archie Goodwin. Correct on Austin Powers. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**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 24, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/396 "2015-05-24T23:23:09Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, and the alleviation of sore eyes? > IQ2: Did Frank Zappa write a song about your pancake breakfast? > IQ3: Were you captured after the Battle of San Jacinto by Texas militia? > > IQ1. I am not St. Francis of Assisi. > IQ2. DQ. > IQ3. I am not Santa Anna (the Mexican general). correct, St Alfonso, correct holding 2 DQs IQ1: Did you create one of the largest empires in the ancient world by the time you were 30? IQ2: Were you IQ1’s tutor? IQ3: Did you synthesize IQ2’s philosophy with the principles of Christianity? ---
**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 24, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/397 "2015-05-24T23:41:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you name your horse “Oxhead”? > IQ2: Did you and your wife change your names at a very advanced age? > IQ3: Were you Lew Alcindor? > [@Baffle](#): > > 1. Not Alexander the Great. > 2. DQ. > 3. Not Kareem Abdul-Jabaar. Correct. Abram, who was 99 when YHWH told him and his wife Sarai to change their names to Abraham and Sarah. Correct. DQ: French? IQ1: Did you claim to be a grand duchess whose fate was uncertain? IQ2: Were you that grand duchess? IQ3: Are you known for discovering the fossils of marine reptiles? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/398 "2015-05-25T00:13:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you create one of the largest empires in the ancient world by the time you were 30? > IQ2: Were you IQ1’s tutor? > IQ3: Did you synthesize IQ2’s philosophy with the principles of Christianity? Still not Alexander. Nor am I Aristotle, or St. Thomas Aquinas. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you claim to be a grand duchess whose fate was uncertain? > IQ2: Were you that grand duchess? > IQ3: Are you known for discovering the fossils of marine reptiles? IQ1. I don’t remember this story, but… IQ2. I am not Anastasia Romanov. IQ3. I am, however, known for discovering the fossils of marine reptiles. I really wanted to type here “No, I’m not Louis Agassiz,” but I think you’ve got me figured out. I am Mary Anning, fossil collector, respected palaeontologist, and one of the earliest women in modern science. Congratulations, SCAdian! ---
**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, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/399 "2015-05-25T00:54:06Z")
Good job, SCAdian! I don’t remember ever hearing about her… ---
**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 25, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/400 "2015-05-25T01:27:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Good job, SCAdian! I don’t remember ever hearing about her… All those books about palaeontology I read when I was a kid… 🙂 > [@Baffle](#): > > I really wanted to type here “No, I’m not Louis Agassiz,” but I think you’ve got me figured out. Agassiz and his fish certainly would have been a good answer, but you would have just been delaying the inevitable. 😃 Anning is indeed the one I was thinking of. So… I am **J**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=21)