# Botticelli May 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 29, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458 "2016-04-29T22:14:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/201 "2016-05-24T15:44:16Z")
DQ: Mostly known for holding a federal office? 1 DQ left ---
**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 25, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/202 "2016-05-25T03:06:36Z")
D. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with D 4. living 5. not known for the arts 6. politics/government 7. American 8. mostly known for holding a federal office ---
**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, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/203 "2016-05-25T11:37:58Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Ike’s Secretary of State? 2. Did you design the Kansas-Nebraska Act? 3. Did you write _Hammer’s Slammers_? ---
**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 25, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/204 "2016-05-25T12:38:04Z")
IQ1: Were you Secretary of Defense under both Ford and W. Bush? IQ2: Were you Secretary of Commerce under Clinton and Obama’s Chief of Staff? IQ3: Did you defend police conduct in 1968, stating “Gentlemen, get the thing straight once and for all– the policeman isn’t there to create disorder, the policeman is there to preserve disorder”? ---
**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 25, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/205 "2016-05-25T14:18:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Ike’s Secretary of State? > 2. Did you design the Kansas-Nebraska Act? > 3. Did you write _Hammer’s Slammers_? Not John Foster Dulles (“Dull, duller, Dulles,” Churchill joked), Stephen Douglas or David Drake. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you Secretary of Defense under both Ford and W. Bush? > IQ2: Were you Secretary of Commerce under Clinton and Obama’s Chief of Staff? > IQ3: Did you defend police conduct in 1968, stating “Gentlemen, get the thing straight once and for all– the policeman isn’t there to create disorder, the policeman is there to preserve disorder”? Not Donald Rumsfeld, the younger Daley (William?) or his dad, Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago. ---
**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, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/206 "2016-05-25T14:28:30Z")
Correct x5. On previous page: Dolley Madison had the pet macaw. DQ: Currently in office? ---
**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, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/207 "2016-05-25T14:33:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write some of your works under the pen name “Boz”? 2. Were you a German artist and printmaker known for your harsh portrayals of Weimar society and the horrors of war? 3. Did you write _Ubik_? ---
**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 25, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/208 "2016-05-25T15:09:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write some of your works under the pen name “Boz”? > 2. Were you a German artist and printmaker known for your harsh portrayals of Weimar society and the horrors of war? > 3. Did you write _Ubik_? Not Charles Dickens; dunno x2. D. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with D 4. living 5. not known for the arts 6. politics/government 7. American 8. mostly known for holding a federal office 9. not currently in office ---
**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, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/209 "2016-05-25T16:18:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write some of your works under the pen name “Boz”? > 2. Were you a German artist and printmaker known for your harsh portrayals of Weimar society and the horrors of war? > 3. Did you write _Ubik_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Charles Dickens; dunno x2. Correct on Dickens. #2 was Otto Dix. #3 was Philip K. Dick. DQs: 1. Born after 1960? 2. Best known as a Congressman? ---
**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 25, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/210 "2016-05-25T17:13:15Z")
D. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with D 4. living 5. not known for the arts 6. politics/government 7. American 8. mostly known for holding a federal office 9. not currently in office 10. born before 1960 11. not best known as a Congressman ---
**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 25, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/211 "2016-05-25T18:18:12Z")
IQ1: Were you Gerald Ford’s running mate in the 1976 presidential election? IQ2: Do you have a puppet named Achmed the Dead Terrorist? IQ3: Do you write and star in the HBO series _Girls_? ---
**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, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/212 "2016-05-25T21:14:03Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the main character in a series of books by Jim Butcher? 2. Were you the most successful Richard Nixon impersonator of the 1970’s? 3. Did you play Mildred Krebs on _Remington Steele_? ---
**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 26, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/213 "2016-05-26T04:28:52Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you Gerald Ford’s running mate in the 1976 presidential election? > IQ2: Do you have a puppet named Achmed the Dead Terrorist? > IQ3: Do you write and star in the HBO series _Girls_? Not Bob Dole, dunno, and not Lena Dunham (an alum of my college). > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the main character in a series of books by Jim Butcher? > 2. Were you the most successful Richard Nixon impersonator of the 1970’s? > 3. Did you play Mildred Krebs on _Remington Steele_? Not Harry Dresden or Rich Little (or did you mean Dan Aykroyd?); dunno the last. ---
**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 26, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/214 "2016-05-26T10:53:40Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you Gerald Ford’s running mate in the 1976 presidential election? > IQ2: Do you have a puppet named Achmed the Dead Terrorist? > IQ3: Do you write and star in the HBO series Girls? > > Not Bob Dole, dunno, and not Lena Dunham (an alum of my college). Jeff Dunham DQ: Born east of the Mississippi? holding 1 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 26, 2016, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/215 "2016-05-26T11:01:27Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the main character in a series of books by Jim Butcher? 2. Were you the most successful Richard Nixon impersonator of the 1970’s? 3. Did you play Mildred Krebs on Remington Steele? Not Harry Dresden or Rich Little (or did you mean Dan Aykroyd?); dunno the last. Correct on Harry. For #2 I was thinking of Richard Dixon, but, yeah, Rich Little was a more successful impersonator, so I drop that. #3 was Doris Roberts. DQ: Known for serving in the executive branch of government? ---
**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 26, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/216 "2016-05-26T13:16:02Z")
D. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with D 4. living 5. not known for the arts 6. politics/government 7. American 8. mostly known for holding a federal office 9. not currently in office 10. born before 1960 11. not best known as a Congressman 12. born east of the Mississippi 13. best known for serving in the Executive Branch ---
**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 26, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/217 "2016-05-26T17:15:58Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Uncle Jesse on _The Dukes of Hazzard_? 2. Did you record _Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)_ with the Andrews Sisters? 3. Did you co-host _Candid Camera_ with Allen Funt in the 1960’s? ---
**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 26, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/218 "2016-05-26T17:58:26Z")
IQ1: Were you Reagan’s Secretary of Labor and thought to be connected to the Genovese family? IQ2: Were you QB for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999-2009? IQ3: Did you have a couple of Psychedelic Era hits with _Sunshine Superman_ and _Hurdy Gurdy Man_? ---
**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 26, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/219 "2016-05-26T20:28:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Uncle Jesse on _The Dukes of Hazzard_? > 2. Did you record _Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)_ with the Andrews Sisters? > 3. Did you co-host _Candid Camera_ with Allen Funt in the 1960’s? Dunno x3. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you Reagan’s Secretary of Labor and thought to be connected to the Genovese family? > IQ2: Were you QB for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999-2009? > IQ3: Did you have a couple of Psychedelic Era hits with _Sunshine Superman_ and _Hurdy Gurdy Man_? Not Ray Donovan; dunno x2. ---
**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 26, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/220 "2016-05-26T20:55:35Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Uncle Jesse on The Dukes of Hazzard? > 2. Did you record Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) with the Andrews Sisters? > 3. Did you co-host Candid Camera with Allen Funt in the 1960’s? > Dunno x3. #1 was Denver Pyle. #2 was Danny Kaye. #3 was Durward Kirby. DQs: 1. Cabinet member? 2. Republican? 1 DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458.md?page=12)