# 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:** 9
**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, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/161 "2015-05-14T20:03:20Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 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? 1. I am not Randy Travis. 2. I am not Debbie Reynolds 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/162 "2015-05-14T20:04:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? Take 3 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 14, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/163 "2015-05-14T20:29:47Z")
I now also see DQ 13 wasn’t necessary due to the answer to DQ 11. D’oh! Previous IQs: Much to your surprise were you, although young, named to command His Imperial Majesty’s Battlecruiser _MacArthur_? - Roderick, Lord Blaine, in _The Mote in God’s Eye_. Do you have a medical degree but not an undergraduate degree? - Rand Paul. Were you a British politico who wrote bios of both Gladstone and Churchill? - Roy Jenkins (both are very good books, too). DQs: Scientist/inventor? Event took place in or after 1918? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Were you Samwell Tarly’s not-very-nice dad? Did you hang out near Rhosgobel? Clad in black and white, did you appear to James T. Kirk while he was on shore leave? ---
**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, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/164 "2015-05-14T20:36:00Z")
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 15. Not a scientist/inventor 16. Event took place before 1918 ---
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/165 "2015-05-14T20:37:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Samwell Tarly’s not-very-nice dad? > Did you hang out near Rhosgobel? > Clad in black and white, did you appear to James T. Kirk while he was on shore leave? Take 2 DQs for 1 and 2. I am not the White Rabbit. (If I’m wrong on 3, take another DQ.) ---
**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, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/166 "2015-05-14T22:05:59Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. Robert Altman DQ: Was the event criminal in nature? ---
**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, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/167 "2015-05-14T22:39:55Z")
IQ1: Did you wait 2000 years while your fiancee was imprisoned in stasis? IQ2: Are you IQ1’s daughter? IQ3: Were you a Puerto Rican right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 to 1972? ---
**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, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/168 "2015-05-14T23:24:28Z")
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 15. Not a scientist/inventor 16. Event took place before 1918 17. Event was criminal in nature Regarding #12, some historians make a case that the war in question had just ended. ---
**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, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/169 "2015-05-14T23:26:04Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you wait 2000 years while your fiancee was imprisoned in stasis? > IQ2: Are you IQ1’s daughter? > IQ3: Were you a Puerto Rican right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 to 1972? #1: I am not Rory. #2: I am not River Song. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/170 "2015-05-15T01:04:46Z")
> [@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_? IQ1. Randall Flagg, from Stephen King’s _The Stand_ IQ2. Robert Hooke, whose work on springs resulted in Hooke’s Law. IQ3. Richard I is correct. DQ: Did the historical event occur inside the borders of the USA? Saving a DQ ---
**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 15, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/171 "2015-05-15T01:30:53Z")
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, but shortly after wartime according to others 13. Born after 1800 14. Not known as a businessman 15. Not a scientist/inventor 16. Event took place before 1918 17. Event was criminal in nature 18. Event occurred within the borders of the USA ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/172 "2015-05-15T02:20:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 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? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Randy Travis. > 2. I am not Debbie Reynolds > 3. Take a DQ. Correct. Correct. R J Reynolds, of the R J Reynolds Tobacco Company. DQ reserved. ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/173 "2015-05-15T02:26:02Z")
Dead American male, last name starting with R, born east of the Mississippi in the 1800s, died after 1900. Briefly held political office, but not best known for that. Not in the Arts, science, or business. Best known for a criminal event that occurred in the US during or immediately after a war, before 1918. Mexican War, USCW, Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, Pancho Villa Expedition… ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/174 "2015-05-15T02:38:24Z")
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**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 15, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/175 "2015-05-15T11:58:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1: I am not Rory. > #2: I am not River Song. > Take a DQ for #3. Roberto Clemente holding a DQ ---
**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 15, 2015, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/176 "2015-05-15T13:01:55Z")
IQ1: Were you one the participants of the Great Train Robbery of 1870, given immunity for your testimony? IQ2: Are you the author of _Portnoy’s Complaint_, the monologue of “a lust-ridden, mother-addicted young Jewish bachelor?” IQ3: Did you portray Portnoy in the 1972 film version? ---
**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 15, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/177 "2015-05-15T17:16:43Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you one the participants of the Great Train Robbery of 1870, given immunity for your testimony? > IQ2: Are you the author of _Portnoy’s Complaint_, the monologue of “a lust-ridden, mother-addicted young Jewish bachelor?” > IQ3: Did you portray Portnoy in the 1972 film version? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Philip Roth. I am not Richard Benjamin. ---
**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 15, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/178 "2015-05-15T18:47:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > I am not Philip Roth. > I am not Richard Benjamin. Chat Roberts DQ: Did the event involve loss of life? holding a DQ ---
**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 15, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/179 "2015-05-15T19:59:17Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Samwell Tarly’s not-very-nice dad? - Randall Tarly on _Game of Thrones_, who told his son to join the Night’s Watch or he would have a “hunting accident.” Did you hang out near Rhosgobel? - The wizard Radagast the Brown, in LOTR. Clad in black and white, did you appear to James T. Kirk while he was on shore leave? - Not him, [White Rabbit | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/White_Rabbit), but her: [Ruth | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Ruth) and [http://www.startrek.com/legacy\_media/images/200303/tos-017-one-of-kirk-s-old-flam/320x240.jpg](http://www.startrek.com/legacy_media/images/200303/tos-017-one-of-kirk-s-old-flam/320x240.jpg). DQs: Event took place between 1861-1865? Two DQs reserved. IQ: Were you a commander of troops who committed atrocities against American Indians at a single notorious place? ---
**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 15, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/180 "2015-05-15T20:07:19Z")
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, but shortly after wartime according to others 13. Born after 1800 14. Not known as a businessman 15. Not a scientist/inventor 16. Event took place before 1918 17. Event was criminal in nature 18. Event occurred within the borders of the USA 19. Event took place in 1865. 20. Event did result in the loss of life. Given DQ#12, there’s no reason to put the range of 1861-1865. Note that the person is not necessarily the victim of the crime nor the criminal. And that’s 20, so we’re down to the final “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=10)