# 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:** 8
**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 14, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/141 "2015-05-14T02:00:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. I am not Rag Doll. I am not Pete Ross. Radiation Roy, correct x2 DQ: Known from politics? ---
**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 14, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/142 "2015-05-14T02:10:15Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. Last name starts with R 6. Not known for the arts 7. While briefly held political office, not best known for that ---
**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 14, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/143 "2015-05-14T02:10:15Z")
IQ1: Are you the pharaoh that served as the basis of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias?” IQ2: Were you the quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1985 to 1995? IQ3: Are you Richie Cunningham’s red-haired pal? ---
**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 14, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/144 "2015-05-14T02:11:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Correct on all three. > IQ1: Did a cousin (who had married another cousin) succeed you in a top job? > IQ2: Were you that cousin? > IQ3: Were you the other cousin? I am not Theodore, nor Franklin D., nor Eleanor Roosevelt. ---
**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 14, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/145 "2015-05-14T02:12:38Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the pharaoh that served as the basis of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias?” > IQ2: Were you the quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1985 to 1995? > IQ3: Are you Richie Cunningham’s red-haired pal? 1. I am not Ramses the Great 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Ralph Malph. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/146 "2015-05-14T02:37:01Z")
Well done, Prof P! IQ1. Are you the Walkin’ Dude? IQ2. Are you responsible for the _Micrographia_ and the law of restoring force? IQ3. Were you known as the _Coeur de Lion_? ---
**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 14, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/147 "2015-05-14T03:56:24Z")
Previous Qs: Did you dream of a unicorn? - Rick Deckard, in _Blade Runner._ Were you that person’s lover? - Rachael. Are you the best-known person to come from Dixon, Ill.? - Yes, Ronald Reagan. DQs: Born since 1900? Born east of Miss. River? IQs: Is your grave marked by an obelisk in Cleveland’s Lakeview Cemetery? Did you expire in the presence of your mistress and have your body moved by aides before your death was reported? Did an exasperated Pilate order your welease, er, release? ---
**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 14, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/148 "2015-05-14T12:10:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Ramses the Great > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Ralph Malph. Randall Cunningham DQ: Known for a historical event? ---
**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 14, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/149 "2015-05-14T12:43:20Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. Last name starts with R 6. Not known for the arts 7. While briefly held political office, not best known for that 8. Born before 1900 9. Born east of the Mississippi River 10. Known for a historical event ---
**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 14, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/150 "2015-05-14T12:44:28Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > Well done, Prof P! > > IQ1. Are you the Walkin’ Dude? > IQ2. Are you responsible for the _Micrographia_ and the law of restoring force? > IQ3. Were you known as the _Coeur de Lion_? Take DQs for the first two. I am not Richard the Lionhearted. ---
**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 14, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/151 "2015-05-14T12:48:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Is your grave marked by an obelisk in Cleveland’s Lakeview Cemetery? > Did you expire in the presence of your mistress and have your body moved by aides before your death was reported? > Did an exasperated Pilate order your welease, er, release? Take a DQ for #1. I am still not F.D.R. #3 is most probably from _Life of Brian_, but take a DQ, 'cause I can’t think of the name. ---
**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 14, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/152 "2015-05-14T14:19:45Z")
IQ1: Are you associated with the phrase “Believe It or Not!” IQ2: Is the first analog synthesizer named after you? IQ3: Are you the crack cocaine-smoking mayor of Toronto? ---
**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 14, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/153 "2015-05-14T14:42:01Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you associated with the phrase “Believe It or Not!” > IQ2: Is the first analog synthesizer named after you? > IQ3: Are you the crack cocaine-smoking mayor of Toronto? 1. I am not Robert Ripley. 2. I am not Robert Moog. 3. I am not Rob Ford. ---
**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 14, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/154 "2015-05-14T15:18:51Z")
IQ1: Are you the deputy sheriff of Conniption? IQ2: Did you play a detective, a jungle guide, and a boxing trainer? IQ3: Did a raging river keep you from being with the one you loved? ---
**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 14, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/155 "2015-05-14T16:04:48Z")
IQ1: Did you write the detective novels _The Big Sleep_ and _The Long Goodbye_? IQ2: Did you star as one of IQ1’s protagonists in _Farewell, My Lovely_? IQ3: Did you direct the movie version of _The Long Goodbye_ in 1973? ---
**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 14, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/156 "2015-05-14T18:18:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the deputy sheriff of Conniption? > IQ2: Did you play a detective, a jungle guide, and a boxing trainer? > IQ3: Did a raging river keep you from being with the one you loved? I am not Running Bear. Take 2 DQs for the first 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 14, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/157 "2015-05-14T18:20:44Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you write the detective novels _The Big Sleep_ and _The Long Goodbye_? > IQ2: Did you star as one of IQ1’s protagonists in _Farewell, My Lovely_? > IQ3: Did you direct the movie version of _The Long Goodbye_ in 1973? 1. I am not Raymond Chandler. 2. I am not Robert Mitchum. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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 14, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/158 "2015-05-14T19:11:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the deputy sheriff of Conniption? > IQ2: Did you play a detective, a jungle guide, and a boxing trainer? > IQ3: Did a raging river keep you from being with the one you loved? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Running Bear. Take 2 DQs for the first two. Rick O’Shay. Richard Roundtree (_Shaft_, _George of the Jungle_, _Joe and Max_). Correct. DQ1: Died before 1900? DQ2: Historical event took place in wartime? IQ1: Did you sing “Forever and Ever, Amen”? IQ2: Did you star in _Tammy and the Bachelor_? IQ3: Did pre-rolled cigarettes make you the richest man in North Carolina? ---
**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 14, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/159 "2015-05-14T19:20:33Z")
Previous IQs: Is your grave marked by an obelisk in Cleveland’s Lakeview Cemetery? - John D. Rockefeller: [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Rockefeller\_grave\_2.JPG](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Rockefeller_grave_2.JPG) Did you expire in the presence of your mistress and have your body moved by aides before your death was reported? - FDR was with his mistress, but his body wasn’t moved. This was Nelson Rockefeller. Did an exasperated Pilate order your welease, er, release? - “Welease Wodewick!” (Roderick) at 2:35 here: [Monty Python's Life of Brian - I shall release Brian - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lc86JUAwwg) DQs: Born before 1800? Best known for a single event? Best known as a businssman? IQs: Much to your surprise were you, although young, named to command His Imperial Majesty’s Battlecruiser _MacArthur_? Do you have a medical degree but not an undergraduate degree? Were you a British politico who wrote bios of both Gladstone and Churchill? ---
**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 14, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/160 "2015-05-14T20:02:19Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. Last name starts with R 6. Not known for the arts 7. While briefly held political office, not best known for that 8. Born before 1900 9. Born east of the Mississippi River 10. Known for a historical event 11. Died after 1900 12. Historical event took place during wartime, at least according to some historians 13. Born after 1800 14. Not known as a businessman EH, take another DQ, as #10 already answers one of your DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=9)