# 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:** 25
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/481 "2015-05-28T18:47:59Z")
IQ1. In the movie trilogy, did your friend become your archenemy after you killed his father? IQ2. Were you created by J.M. Barrie? IQ3. Are you the hero of a tongue-twister involving briny piperaceae? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/482 "2015-05-28T20:20:55Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with P ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/483 "2015-05-28T20:22:09Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > grats astorian (again) > > IQ1: Did you invent the first fully functional and complete all-electronic television system? > IQ2: Is a method of reducing pathogens in food named after you? > IQ3: Did you co-found Google Inc. with Sergey Brin? Not Philo Farnsworth, Louis Pasteur or… Take a DQ for 3, which I should know but don’t ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/484 "2015-05-28T20:25:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a U.S. Attorney General with the same last name as a noted general? > Although a famous warrior, did you die as a result of common car accident? > Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? Not George Patton Take DQs for 1 and 3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/485 "2015-05-28T20:26:17Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > IQ1. In the movie trilogy, did your friend become your archenemy after you killed his father? > IQ2. Were you created by J.M. Barrie? > IQ3. Are you the hero of a tongue-twister involving briny piperaceae? Not Peter Parker, Peter Pan or Peter Piper ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/486 "2015-05-28T20:33:32Z")
Oof, swept on the alliterative Peters. IQ1. Are you called the “Queen of the Indies”? IQ2. Are you the author and protagonist of _Orange is the New Black_? IQ3. Are you a Greek god whose name comes from the word for pasture? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/487 "2015-05-28T21:12:39Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > Oof, swept on the alliterative Peters. > > IQ1. Are you called the “Queen of the Indies”? > IQ2. Are you the author and protagonist of _Orange is the New Black_? > IQ3. Are you a Greek god whose name comes from the word for pasture? Not Parker Posey or Pan Take a DQ for #2 ---
**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 28, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/488 "2015-05-28T21:14:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Dr. Zhivago_? 2. Did you compose _The Love for Three Oranges_? 3. Was Knobby Walsh your manager? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/489 "2015-05-28T21:43:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Dr. Zhivago_? > 2. Did you compose _The Love for Three Oranges_? > 3. Was Knobby Walsh your manager? Not Boris Pasternak Or Sergei Profofiev (Not gonna get a Russophile with those!) Take a DQ for #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 28, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/490 "2015-05-28T21:56:56Z")
IQ1: Were you first officer aboard HMS Whelp, in Tokyo Wan at the time of the Japanese surrender? IQ2: Did you sing “Hot Diggity”? IQ3: Were you Draco Malfoy’s girlfriend? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/491 "2015-05-28T22:05:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you first officer aboard HMS Whelp, in Tokyo Wan at the time of the Japanese surrender? > IQ2: Did you sing “Hot Diggity”? > IQ3: Were you Draco Malfoy’s girlfriend? Take a DQ for 1 Not Perry Como or Pansy Parkinson ---
**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 28, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/492 "2015-05-28T22:21:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you first officer aboard HMS Whelp, in Tokyo Wan at the time of the Japanese surrender? > IQ2: Did you sing “Hot Diggity”? > IQ3: Were you Draco Malfoy’s girlfriend? > [@astorian](#): > > Take a DQ for 1 > > Not Perry Como or Pansy Parkinson Philip Mountbatten (now HRH the Duke of Edinburgh). Correct. Correct. DQ: Living? ---
**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 28, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/493 "2015-05-28T22:29:41Z")
IQ1: Did you and Bruce Woodley write “Red Rubber Ball”? IQ2: Were you a fictional RCMP officer portrayed on TV by Richard Simmons? IQ3: One of the Diadochi, were you especially associated with Egypt? ---
**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 28, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/494 "2015-05-28T23:15:46Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you invent the first fully functional and complete all-electronic television system? > IQ2: Is a method of reducing pathogens in food named after you? > IQ3: Did you co-found Google Inc. with Sergey Brin? > > Not Philo Farnsworth, Louis Pasteur or… > Take a DQ for 3, which I should know but don’t Larry Page DQ: American? ---
**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 28, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/495 "2015-05-28T23:26:59Z")
IQ1: Are you one of the Blue Wizards sent to the distant east of Middle Earth? IQ2: Are you Bellerophon’s winged horse? IQ3: Did you guard the center of the earth until slain by Apollo? ---
**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 28, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/496 "2015-05-28T23:34:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Dr. Zhivago_? > 2. Did you compose _The Love for Three Oranges_? > 3. Was Knobby Walsh your manager? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Boris Pasternak Or Sergei Profofiev (Not gonna get a Russophile with those!) > > Take a DQ for #3 Correctski on #1 and #2. #3 was Joe Palooka, from the comic strip. DQ: American? ---
**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 29, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/497 "2015-05-29T00:49:11Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in a movie as yourself wherein you fake your own death? 2. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_? 3. Did you lasso a tornado? ---
**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 29, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/498 "2015-05-29T01:12:06Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a U.S. Attorney General with the same last name as a noted general? - Philander Knox / Henry Knox. Although a famous warrior, did you die as a result of common car accident? - Yes, Gen. George Patton. Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? - Preem Palver, in the Asimov novels. DQs: Political/military? Born since 1950? IQs: Were you Lincoln’s SECTREAS? A young man, did you impress Liet Kynes? According to Robert Lawson, did you have a horse nicknamed Sherry? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/499 "2015-05-29T02:00:29Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > Oof, swept on the alliterative Peters. > > IQ1. Are you called the “Queen of the Indies”? > IQ2. Are you the author and protagonist of _Orange is the New Black_? > IQ3. Are you a Greek god whose name comes from the word for pasture? The alliterative Peter corollary: Parker Posey, Piper Kerman, and Pan. withholding DQ. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/500 "2015-05-29T10:43:24Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with P 4. Dead 5. Not American by birth, but became a US citizen late in life 6. Born before 1950 7. Not a soldier or politician of any kind… but had some relevance to political and military history [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=26)