# Botticelli - May 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 8, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813 "2018-05-08T13:30:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/262 "2018-05-31T01:39:04Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a former **LA Rams** Owner? 2. Did you lead the **US 3rd Army** in _WWII_? 3. Did you play the newspaperman in 1961’s _Mysterious Island_? ---
**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 31, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/263 "2018-05-31T04:33:44Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a former **LA Rams** Owner? > 2. Did you lead the **US 3rd Army** in _WWII_? > 3. Did you play the newspaperman in 1961’s _Mysterious Island_? Dunno, not George S. Patton, and dunno. G. 1. real 2. dead 3. male 4. last name starts with G 5. not American by birth 6. died before 1900 7. European by birth 8. not known from sports/athletics 9. not known for the Arts 10. known from politics/military 11. died after 1800 12. native speaker of a Romance language 13. known from politics, and something else ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/264 "2018-05-31T04:49:12Z")
Originally Posted by **MonkeyMensch** IQs: 1. Are you a former **LA Rams** Owner? Not Georgia Frontiere 2. Did you lead the **US 3rd Army** in _WWII_? George S. Patton: correct 3. Did you play the newspaperman in 1961’s _Mysterious Island_? Not Gary Merrill 2 DQs: 4. Are you French? 5. Are you Italian? ---
**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 31, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/265 "2018-05-31T04:55:07Z")
G. 1. real 2. dead 3. male 4. last name starts with G 5. not American by birth 6. died before 1900 7. European by birth 8. not known from sports/athletics 9. not known for the Arts 10. known from politics/military 11. died after 1800 12. native speaker of a Romance language 13. known from politics, and something else 14. born French I’ll let you ask another DQ, **MM** , if you wish, since the Italian question is superfluous. ---
**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 31, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/266 "2018-05-31T16:21:20Z")
IQ1: Were you the 20th US President? IQ2: Did you assassinate IQ1? IQ3: Did Sara Jane Moore attempt to assassinate you? ---
**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 31, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/267 "2018-05-31T18:17:50Z")
Not James A. Garfield, Charles Geiteau (sp?) or Gerald Ford. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/268 "2018-05-31T19:43:14Z")
DQ Were you a French ambassador to the US? ---
**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 1, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/269 "2018-06-01T03:20:43Z")
nm ---
**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 1, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/270 "2018-06-01T03:26:45Z")
G. 1. real 2. dead 3. male 4. last name starts with G 5. not American by birth 6. died before 1900 7. European by birth 8. not known from sports/athletics 9. not known for the Arts 10. known from politics/military 11. died after 1800 12. native speaker of a Romance language 13. known from politics, and something else 14. born French 15. was a French ambassador to the U.S. ---
**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 1, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/271 "2018-06-01T20:20:01Z")
As a good Citizen (and student of Genetics), I think I’ve figured this one out. But, since Madame P. has one of her shows this weekend, I won’t be around until Sunday evening. If it’s still unsolved, I’ll ask a question or two then. Play on! ---
**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 2, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/272 "2018-06-02T15:37:52Z")
I’m already stumped. I don’t know from French ambassadors. ---
**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, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/273 "2018-06-04T15:24:14Z")
IQ: Are you the Revolutionary Ambassador Citizen Genet? ---
**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, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/274 "2018-06-05T13:08:59Z")
Dingdingding! Yes, I am indeed Citizen Genet Revolutionary France’s envoy to the U.S., who quickly annoyed everyone, was recalled to France (where he almost certainly would’ve been executed during the Reign of Terror) and was eventually granted asylum and lived out the rest of his days in America: [Edmond-Charles Genêt - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond-Charles_Gen%C3%AAt) And see this brief scene from HBO’s excellent _John Adams_ miniseries: [Avoiding the European Conflict.wmv - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5wCl3aAMEQ) Well done, **PP**! ---
**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, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/275 "2018-06-05T13:29:20Z")
Thanks! I want to commend my teammates for some truly inspired DQs. Finding out he was a French ambassador to the U.S. who died in the 19th Century in only 15 questions is amazing. Now, I am S. ---
**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, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/276 "2018-06-05T15:28:55Z")
IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? Were you his second? Were you his only SECSTATE? ---
**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, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/277 "2018-06-05T15:47:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? > Were you his second? > Were you his only SECSTATE? 1. I am not Simon Cameron. 2. I am not Edwin Stanton. 3. I am not William Seward. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/278 "2018-06-05T16:41:19Z")
IQs: 1. Were you noted for tearing up on your children’s funds commercials? 2. Were you the greatest thoroughbred of all time? 3. Were you the evil antagonist of _Uncle Tom’s Cabin_? ---
**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, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/279 "2018-06-05T16:45:23Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you noted for tearing up on your children’s funds commercials? > 2. Were you the greatest thoroughbred of all time? > 3. Were you the evil antagonist of _Uncle Tom’s Cabin_? 1. I am not Sally Struthers (???) Take a DQ if I’m wrong. 2. I am not Secretariat. 3. I am not Simon Legree. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/280 "2018-06-05T19:45:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Sally Struthers (???) Take a DQ if I’m wrong. > 2. I am not Secretariat. > 3. I am not Simon Legree. NO DQ for me, I’ve been nicely swept… ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/281 "2018-06-05T19:53:26Z")
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