# 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:** 4
**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 10, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/61 "2015-05-10T22:17:56Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you a specific real person whose name was used as the title of a Monty Python song? > IQ2: Did you write _The Planets?_ > IQ3: Does one of the two works you’re primarily known for star Achilles? Take a DQ each for 1 and 3. I am not Holst. ---
**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 10, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/62 "2015-05-10T22:18:58Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > IQ: Were you a paleontologist and geologist who was the first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain? > IQ: Did you invent a “cover-up method” for finding partial fraction coefficients? > IQ: Are you often, but erroneously, credited with the composition of _Greensleeves_? I am not Henry VIII. Take DQs for the other two. ---
**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 10, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/63 "2015-05-10T22:20:39Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Hayfoot Henry > > DQ: Composer? > > IQ1: Are you Roderick Rose, an entomologist who can transform into a superpowered grasshopper? > IQ2: Are you an old west bounty hunter with a hideously scarred face? > IQ3: Are you the lupine member of the Marvel family? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Jonah Hex. I am not Hoppy the Marvel Bunny. ---
**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 10, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/64 "2015-05-10T22:21:42Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with H 7. European 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Not a composer ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/65 "2015-05-10T23:09:42Z")
1. Henry de la Beche, distinguished scientist, one of the first people to recognize the existence of “deep time” and also famous as the first person to describe the plesiosaurus and ichthyosaurus. 2. Oliver Heaviside, inventor of the Heaviside cover-up method, predictor of the ionosphere, and first person to use complex numbers in electrical engineering. 3. Henry VIII is correct. DQ: Alive in the 20th century? DQ: Born in Western Europe (as delineated by the eastern borders of Finland, Germany, Austria and Italy)? IQ1: Are you considered the father of history? IQ2: Were you a classical poet and friend to Augustus Caesar? IQ3: Did you win the Battle of the Teutoberg Forest? ---
**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 10, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/66 "2015-05-10T23:41:21Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with H 7. European 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Not a composer 10. Alive before the 20th Century 11. Born in Western Europe ---
**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 10, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/67 "2015-05-10T23:43:22Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > IQ1: Are you considered the father of history? > IQ2: Were you a classical poet and friend to Augustus Caesar? > IQ3: Did you win the Battle of the Teutoberg Forest? I am not Herodotus. Take a DQ for #2. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 11, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/68 "2015-05-11T01:00:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > I am not Jonah Hex. > I am not Hoppy the Marvel Bunny. Hellgrammite DQ: Known for visual arts? IQ1: Do you, Jeff Smith, and Bonnie and Corky Baxter go adventuring in your Time-Sphere? IQ2: Did you discover the new vitamin Miraclo and become one of the founding members of the JSA? IQ3: Is one of your versions a reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian prince named Khufu? ---
**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 11, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/69 "2015-05-11T01:19:59Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you a specific real person whose name was used as the title of a Monty Python song? > IQ2: Did you write _The Planets?_ > IQ3: Does one of the two works you’re primarily known for star Achilles? Holst is correct for 2, 1 is Henry Kissinger, 3 is Homer (_The Illiad_) One clarification request: In response to the question, “DQ: Alive in the 20th century?” you responded “Alive before the 20th century.” Would you please answer the question posed with a yes or a no, so that it is clear whether or not the person’s life extended beyond 1900? Thanks. holding three DQs. ---
**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 11, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/70 "2015-05-11T01:21:53Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a title character in a Woody Allen film? - Yes, Hannah Were you the young title character in a recent spy thriller? - Hanna: [http://www.digdia.com/cinemacon11/hanna.jpg](http://www.digdia.com/cinemacon11/hanna.jpg) Were you a DA who lost his bid for reelection early in the Scott Turow novel _Presumed Innocent_? - Horgan DQs: Born in or north of Berlin? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you a goddess who married her brother? Were you the top scientist on the mission to Mote Prime? Did your creator originally plan to call you Sherrinford? ---
**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 11, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/71 "2015-05-11T01:40:04Z")
IQ1: Did you paint _The Ambassadors_, with its bizarrely distorted skull? IQ2: Were you that person’s father? IQ3: Did you discover the manner in which blood circulates? ---
**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 11, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/72 "2015-05-11T03:56:42Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with H 7. European 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Not a composer 10. Alive before the 20th Century 11. Born in Western Europe 12. Known for the visual arts 13. Born south of Berlin ---
**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 11, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/73 "2015-05-11T03:57:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Hellgrammite > > DQ: Known for visual arts? > > IQ1: Do you, Jeff Smith, and Bonnie and Corky Baxter go adventuring in your Time-Sphere? > IQ2: Did you discover the new vitamin Miraclo and become one of the founding members of the JSA? > IQ3: Is one of your versions a reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian prince named Khufu? I am not Rip Hunter (who will be in a TV series next year along with the Atom, Firestorm and Hawkgirl). I am not Hourman. I am not Hawkman. ---
**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 11, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/74 "2015-05-11T04:00:46Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > One clarification request: In response to the question, “DQ: Alive in the 20th century?” you responded “Alive before the 20th century.” Would you please answer the question posed with a yes or a no, so that it is clear whether or not the person’s life extended beyond 1900? Thanks. Okay, 10) BORN AND DIED PRIOR TO 1900. ---
**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 11, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/75 "2015-05-11T04:02:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a goddess who married her brother? > Were you the top scientist on the mission to Mote Prime? > Did your creator originally plan to call you Sherrinford? I am not Hera. It’s been too long since I’ve read any Niven. Take 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 11, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/76 "2015-05-11T04:03:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you paint _The Ambassadors_, with its bizarrely distorted skull? > IQ2: Were you that person’s father? > IQ3: Did you discover the manner in which blood circulates? I am not Hans Holbein the Elder nor the Younger. I am not Christiaan Huygens. ---
**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 11, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/77 "2015-05-11T04:04:14Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with H 7. European 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Not a composer 10. Born and died before 1900 11. Born in Western Europe 12. Known for the visual arts 13. Born south of Berlin Clarification of #10. ---
**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 11, 2015, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/78 "2015-05-11T06:03:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you paint _The Ambassadors_, with its bizarrely distorted skull? > IQ2: Were you that person’s father? > IQ3: Did you discover the manner in which blood circulates? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Hans Holbein the Elder nor the Younger. > I am not Christiaan Huygens. Correct on the Holbeins. #3 was William Harvey. DQ: Native speaker of a Romance language? ---
**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 11, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/79 "2015-05-11T12:36:46Z")
IQ1: Are you chief of the New Gods of New Genesis in the Fourth World? IQ2: Did you discover Element X and create the Mother Box? IQ3: Did you form a unit of military prisoners known as the Hellcats? ---
**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 11, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/80 "2015-05-11T12:46:39Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with H 7. European 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Not a composer 10. Born and died before 1900 11. Born in Western Europe 12. Known for the visual arts 13. Born south of Berlin 14. Not a native speaker of a Romance language [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=5)