# 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:** 3
**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, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/41 "2018-05-14T17:04:16Z")
Well, here’s my last DQ: DQ: Are you Dr. Peter Parker, missionary-physician who introduced Western medicine to China? (and not secretly Spider-Man at all) ---
**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, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/42 "2018-05-14T17:29:17Z")
Are you noted economist Paul Samuelson? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/43 "2018-05-14T17:56:01Z")
Not either of those I’m afraid. I think I would have answered “yes” to science for a doctor or an economist. I’ll leave this open for another 12 hours in case MonkeyMensch or Knowed Out want to have a guess. ---
**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, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/44 "2018-05-14T22:05:32Z")
My best guess is LePetomaine. I concede. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/45 "2018-05-15T06:15:47Z")
Never heard of him. I am in fact Paul Morphy, American chess prodigy who was considered the best player in the world in his prime. Born in New Orleans, he spent most of 1857 beating all comers in New York, then Europe, before retiring from the game and dying back in New Orleans at the age of only 47. Surely someone has heard of this American chess icon? ---
**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, 2018, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/46 "2018-05-15T11:03:35Z")
Yes, I have heard of Paul. My father was a big chess enthusiast, and studied Edward Lasker’s books and games, but I heard about a number of chess prodigies, and Morphy certainly was one of them. Good job, DC! ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/47 "2018-05-15T12:38:55Z")
Thanks. For reference, here’s a list of the last few letters we have used: P F R K C A S H B M Let’s try W for the next round. ---
**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, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/48 "2018-05-15T12:57:12Z")
IQ1: Did you portray \*Blade \*in the Marvel movies about a vampire hunter? IQ2: Were you a much maligned boy genius in ST:TNG? IQ3: Are you the actor who played him? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/49 "2018-05-15T14:14:17Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you portray \*Blade \*in the Marvel movies about a vampire hunter? > IQ2: Were you a much maligned boy genius in ST:TNG? > IQ3: Are you the actor who played him? I am not Wesley Snipes (or has there been a Marvel series that differs from the original that I am thinking of?). Don’t know the other two but will guess Wil Wheaton for the last one, despite being pretty sure he only appears in later ST series. ---
**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, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/50 "2018-05-15T16:45:08Z")
Here’s a link to EH’s continuing thread of Letters We Have Used So Far: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20884349#post20884349](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20884349#post20884349) ---
**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, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/51 "2018-05-15T16:46:15Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a presidential candidate who wrote _One World_? 2. Are you Walter Lantz’s best known character? 3. Did you write _The Once and Future King_? ---
**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, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/52 "2018-05-15T17:02:33Z")
Thanks, **Prof. P.** I have heard of Morphy but wouldn’t have come up with his name in a million years. IQs: Did Daniel Day-Lewis say you were his last film role? Were you Lincoln’s SECSTATE? Were you DNC Chair in 2016? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/53 "2018-05-15T17:06:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a presidential candidate who wrote _One World_? > 2. Are you Walter Lantz’s best known character? > 3. Did you write _The Once and Future King_? 1. I am not Walter Mondale (complete guess). 2. Don’t know. 3. Darn, I’m sure this has come up before and I don’t remember the answer! I am not William Golding. Take DQs as appropriate. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Thanks, **Prof. P.** > > I have heard of Morphy but wouldn’t have come up with his name in a million years. > > IQs: > > Did Daniel Day-Lewis say you were his last film role? > Were you Lincoln’s SECSTATE? > Were you DNC Chair in 2016? I suspect your first question relates to _Gangs of New York_ but not having seen it, I can’t guess the answer. Or perhaps it’s his more recent film, which I can’t even remember the name of. And in terms of US politics past and present, I’m even more in the dark. Take 3 DQs. ---
**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, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/54 "2018-05-15T17:10:38Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I am not Wesley Snipes (or has there been a Marvel series that differs from the original that I am thinking of?). Don’t know the other two but will guess Wil Wheaton for the last one, despite being pretty sure he only appears in later ST series. correct, Wesley Krusher, correct DQ: Real? ---
**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, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/55 "2018-05-15T17:14:28Z")
IQ1: Did you play the first incarnation of Doctor Who? IQ2: Were you VP under Jimmy Carter? IQ3: In a Steely Dan song, “Are you really just a shadow of the man that I once knew? Are you crazy, are you high, or just an ordinary guy?” ---
**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, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/56 "2018-05-15T17:23:10Z")
Previous IQs: Did Daniel Day-Lewis say you were his last film role? - Reynolds Woodcock, temperamental Fifties fashion designer in _Phantom Thread_ Were you Lincoln’s SECSTATE? - William H. Seward Were you DNC Chair in 2016? - Debbie Wasserman-Schultz DQs: Male? American? First name start with W? IQs: Was Marcus Hanna your kingmaker? Your father was an ambassador. Is your fine home in Cincinnati now open for visitors? Did you give the “Cross of Gold” speech? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/57 "2018-05-15T17:29:42Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the first incarnation of Doctor Who? > IQ2: Were you VP under Jimmy Carter? > IQ3: In a Steely Dan song, “Are you really just a shadow of the man that I once knew? Are you crazy, are you high, or just an ordinary guy?” 1. I am not William Hartnell 2. I am not… Walter Mondale?! 3. Don’t know. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was Marcus Hanna your kingmaker? > Your father was an ambassador. Is your fine home in Cincinnati now open for visitors? > Did you give the “Cross of Gold” speech? You swept me again - take 3 more DQs. DQ answers: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with W ---
**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, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/58 "2018-05-15T17:37:59Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a presidential candidate who wrote One World? > 2. Are you Walter Lantz’s best known character? > 3. Did you write The Once and Future King? > 4. I am not Walter Mondale (complete guess). > 5. Don’t know. > 6. Darn, I’m sure this has come up before and I don’t remember the answer! I am not William Golding. Take DQs as appropriate. #1 is Wendell L. Willkie. #2 is Woody Woodpecker. #3 is T. H. White. DQs: 1. Originally from a work of prose fiction? 2. Created after 1899? 3. Created by an American author or authors? ---
**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, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/59 "2018-05-15T17:41:27Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a mayor of London who is perhaps best remembered for his cat? 2. Are you the title character in Gilbert & Sullivan’s _The Sorcerer_? 3. Was your last screen role the voice of a talking dog in a (mostly) non-animated comedy starring Simon Pegg? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/60 "2018-05-15T18:09:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a mayor of London who is perhaps best remembered for his cat? > 2. Are you the title character in Gilbert & Sullivan’s _The Sorcerer_? > 3. Was your last screen role the voice of a talking dog in a (mostly) non-animated comedy starring Simon Pegg? 1. I am not Dick Whittington 2. I am not John Wellington Wells 3. I’ll take a guess at Robin Williams DQ answers: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with W 5. Originally from a work of prose fiction 6. Created after 1899 7. Not created by an American author or authors [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813.md?page=4)