# Botticelli - May 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 3, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407 "2019-05-03T03:22:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**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 30, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/261 "2019-05-30T18:17:22Z")
See post #257. ---
**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 30, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/262 "2019-05-30T19:19:09Z")
DQs: 1. Died before 1900? 2. American? ---
**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 30, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/263 "2019-05-30T19:21:11Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Daisy Moses’s son-in-law’s banker? 2. Were you part of a comedy duo with a singer named Rossi? 3. Did you play the protagonist in the movie _Serial_? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/264 "2019-05-30T19:51:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Mr. Mxptxl (sp?), not Mao Zedong and dunno. 1 was Mr. Mxyzptlk; 3 was Desmond Morris. IQs: 1. Does your lone narrative film have a cameo from Dan Aykroyd as a Mountie? 2. Is a kind of dessert and toast named after you? 3. Do you keep getting dragged off by your grandfather for high-concept sci-fi rigmarole? DQ: known from the arts? ---
**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 30, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/265 "2019-05-30T19:59:08Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > See post #257. See post #260. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Daisy Moses’s son-in-law’s banker? > 2. Were you part of a comedy duo with a singer named Rossi? > 3. Did you play the protagonist in the movie _Serial_? Dunno, not Martini, and not… Matthew McConnahey? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Does your lone narrative film have a cameo from Dan Aykroyd as a Mountie? > 2. Is a kind of dessert and toast named after you? > 3. Do you keep getting dragged off by your grandfather for high-concept sci-fi rigmarole?.. Not Michael Moore, Dame Melba or Morty Smith. M. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with M 5. died before 1900 6. American 7. known, in part, from the Arts ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/266 "2019-05-30T21:16:23Z")
Previous IQs: IQ1: Did you write _Billy Budd_? - Correct, Herman Melville. IQ2: Were you an earlier First Sea Lord (under Pitt), and the last person in the UK to be impeached (for improper use of public money)? - Another Melville; Henry Dundas, first Viscount Dundas. I thought you might know him if you were at all familiar with Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin novels. IQ3: Were a possibly-apocryphal American colonist who jumped in to take her husband’s place on a gun crew, when he was killed in the Battle of Monmouth? - Correct, Moll Pitcher. IQ1: Are you the embodiment of France, akin to Uncle Sam and John Bull? IQ2: Are you a character in the BBC’s _Sherlock_ who does not come from the Conan Doyle canon? IQ3: Were you an American surrealist artist, whose most famous artwork depicts a woman’s nude back with a pair of f-holes? DQ1: Visual arts? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/267 "2019-05-30T21:56:14Z")
Whoops! Henry Dundas was the the Viscount of Melville. ---
**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 30, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/268 "2019-05-30T21:57:37Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write the carol _Angels From The Realms Of Glory_? 2. Did you play False Face on the 1960’s _Batman_ TV show? 3. Were you Larry Hagman’s mother? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/269 "2019-05-31T04:29:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Michael Moore, Dame Melba or Morty Smith. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Does the movie _Southside with You_ depict you and your husband’s first date? 2. Are you the feline friend of archy the cockroach? 3. According to production notes, do you have a “garden of deadly nightshade, henbane and dwarf’s hair”? ---
**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, 2019, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/270 "2019-05-31T04:41:33Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > > IQ1: Are you the embodiment of France, akin to Uncle Sam and John Bull? > > IQ2: Are you a character in the BBC’s _Sherlock_ who does not come from the Conan Doyle canon? > > IQ3: Were you an American surrealist artist, whose most famous artwork depicts a woman’s nude back with a pair of f-holes?.. Not Marianne, dunno, and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the carol _Angels From The Realms Of Glory_? > 2. Did you play False Face on the 1960’s _Batman_ TV show? > 3. Were you Larry Hagman’s mother? Not Gregor Mendel, dunno, and not Mary Martin. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Does the movie _Southside with You_ depict you and your husband’s first date? > 2. Are you the feline friend of archy the cockroach? > 3. According to production notes, do you have a “garden of deadly nightshade, henbane and dwarf’s hair”? Not Michelle Robinson, dunno, and dunno. M. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with M 5. died before 1900 6. American 7. known, in part, from the Arts 8. visual arts ---
**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 31, 2019, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/271 "2019-05-31T11:27:16Z")
IQ1: Is your name – — .-. … .? ---
**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, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/272 "2019-05-31T12:03:10Z")
Morse code? > [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you QB for the Atlanta Falcons? > IQ2: Are you QB for the Cleveland Browns? > IQ3: Are you QB for the Kansas City Chiefs? > Dunno x3. Matt Ryan, Baker Mayfield, Patrick Mahomes DQ: Died before 1850? DQ: Born east of the Mississippi? DQ: Born north of Mason-Dixon line? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/273 "2019-05-31T14:41:13Z")
Previous IQs: IQ1: Are you the embodiment of France, akin to Uncle Sam and John Bull? - Correct, Marianne. IQ2: Are you a character in the BBC’s _Sherlock_ who does not come from the Conan Doyle canon? - Molly Hooper. IQ3: Were you an American surrealist artist, whose most famous artwork depicts a woman’s nude back with a pair of f-holes? - Man Ray. The work in question is of a woman’s back shaped roughly like a cello, with two f-holes painted along her spine. New IQs: IQ1: Did you write _The Magic Mountain_? IQ2: Did you zhank heaven for leetle girls, because leetle girls get bigger everi day? IQ3: Are you a Hall of Fame pitcher, ironically nicknamed “Mad Dog”, who earned a Cy Young Award with the Braves? DQ1: Painter? DQ2: Best known for single work? ---
**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, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/274 "2019-05-31T16:48:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is your name – — .-. … .? Dunno. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > > New IQs: > > IQ1: Did you write _The Magic Mountain_? > > IQ2: Did you zhank heaven for leetle girls, because leetle girls get bigger everi day? > > IQ3: Are you a Hall of Fame pitcher, ironically nicknamed “Mad Dog”, who earned a Cy Young Award with the Braves?.. Not Montreasieux (sp?), not Maurice Chevalier, and not Greg Maddux. M. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with M 5. died before 1900 6. American 7. known, in part, from the Arts 8. visual arts 9. died after 1850 10. born east of the Mississippi 11. born north of Mason-Dixon Line 12. painter 13. not best known for a single work ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/275 "2019-05-31T17:32:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Michelle Robinson, dunno, and dunno. 2 was Mehitabel; 3 was Morticia Addams. IQs: 1. Are you one of a certain group with a mustache? 2. Are you one of the same group with an accent? 3. Are you one of this group who never talks? DQ: Known primarily from the arts? One DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/276 "2019-05-31T17:58:35Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one of a certain group with a mustache? > 2. Are you one of the same group with an accent? > 3. Are you one of this group who never talks?.. Not Groucho, Chico or Harpo Marx. M. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with M 5. died before 1900 6. American 7. known, in part, from the Arts 8. visual arts 9. died after 1850 10. born east of the Mississippi 11. born north of Mason-Dixon Line 12. painter 13. not best known for a single work 14. not known primarily from the Arts ---
**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 31, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/277 "2019-05-31T18:37:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is your name – — .-. … .? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno. You don’t know what your name is? Painter and inventor Samuel Finley Breese Morse. DQ: Died a natural death? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/278 "2019-05-31T20:07:12Z")
Previous IQs: IQ1: Did you write _The Magic Mountain_? - Thomas Mann. IQ2: Did you zhank heaven for leetle girls, because leetle girls get bigger everi day? - Correct, Maurice Chevalier. IQ3: Are you a Hall of Fame pitcher, ironically nicknamed “Mad Dog”, who earned a Cy Young Award with the Braves? - Correct, Greg Maddux, who was known for his control; thus the irony of his nickname. New IQs: IQ1: Were you a 16th c. philosopher, known for his essays? IQ2: Were you a famous composer and pianist, whose catalog includes the immortal canto “Leck mich im Arsch” (“Lick Me In The Ass”)?. IQ3: Are you a French-Canadian hockey player who made history when you donned goalie pads for the Atlanta Knights, a farm team for the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning, becoming the first woman to play professional hockey for a men’s league? DQ: Primarily known for politics? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/279 "2019-05-31T22:50:18Z")
Another clean sweep! IQs: 1. Are you Chuck’s injured cousin? 2. Are your notebooks radioactive? 3. Did you write _Letters from the Earth_? ---
**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, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/280 "2019-06-01T03:14:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > You don’t know what your name is? > > Painter and inventor Samuel Finley Breese Morse… Dingdingding! I am indeed Samuel F.B. Morse A noted painter and inventor, best remembered today for the code that still bears his name: [Samuel Morse - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Morse) Good job, **SCA**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407.md?page=15)