# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [June 2, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/241 "2016-06-02T11:45:43Z")
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**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:** [June 3, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/242 "2016-06-03T04:13:10Z")
Sorry for the delay. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Richard Darman - he had slicked-back hair, but he looked slender to me… Ah, yes, Richard Darman. As to his weight, you be the judge: [http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/dir-dick-darman-speaking-for-bush-admin-in-time-debate-on-economy-w-picture-id50471989](http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/dir-dick-darman-speaking-for-bush-admin-in-time-debate-on-economy-w-picture-id50471989) > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you Reagan’s chief speechwriter? 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:** [June 3, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/243 "2016-06-03T11:14:50Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ: Were you Reagan’s chief speechwriter? > Take a DQ. That was Tony Dolan. DQs: 1. Advisory position? 2. Name starts with DA-DI? 3. Caucasian? 4. Born before 1950? ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/244 "2016-06-03T12:12:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Sorry for the delay. > Ah, yes, Richard Darman. As to his weight, you be the judge: [http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/dir-dick-darman-speaking-for-bush-admin-in-time-debate-on-economy-w-picture-id50471989](http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/dir-dick-darman-speaking-for-bush-admin-in-time-debate-on-economy-w-picture-id50471989) His [wikipedia picture](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Richard_Darman_1983_9.jpg/220px-Richard_Darman_1983_9.jpg) was taken when he was younger and thinner. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/245 "2016-06-03T16:50:28Z")
So it was. Didn’t realize he died in 2008. Answer #14 altered. 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 14. Cabinet rank, I think, but not a Cabinet secretary 15. Republican 16. served in the 20th century 17. not an ambassador 18. served in the Reagan Administration 19. not just an advisory position 20. last name does not start with DA-DI 21. Caucasian 22. born before 1950 OK, you got two bonus DQs. Discuss amongst yourselves, and please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Sunday. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/246 "2016-06-03T17:13:29Z")
Are you Kenneth Duberstein? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/247 "2016-06-04T00:56:29Z")
Are you Dinesh D’Souza? That’s everybody. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/248 "2016-06-05T04:02:53Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Are you Kenneth Duberstein? Yes, I am indeed Kenneth Duberstein Ronald Reagan’s last White House chief of staff, and the first Jewish person to hold the post: [Kenneth Duberstein - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Duberstein) Congrats, **Knowed Out**! Good job. Thought I had you this time. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/249 "2016-06-05T11:49:59Z")
Good one, EH! Great work, KO! ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/250 "2016-06-05T15:31:42Z")
Woohoo! New month’s game in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19381825#post19381825). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458.md?page=12)