# Botticelli - May 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 5, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186 "2020-05-05T15:47:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 5, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/1 "2020-05-05T15:47:49Z")
Onwards! I am D! Link to April thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=22287251#post22287251](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=22287251#post22287251) ---
**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 6, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/2 "2020-05-06T03:18:05Z")
IQs: Were you a Civil War governor of Ohio? Were you an early admiral of the U.S. Navy? Were you, too? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/3 "2020-05-06T09:06:25Z")
IQs: Are you a former Green Bay Packers wide receiver who won his season of **Dancing with the Stars**? Are you an actress best known for playing Abby Cunningham on **Knot’s Landing**? Did you play Lucas Deranian in the 1975 movie **Escape to Witch Mountain**? ---
**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 6, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/4 "2020-05-06T12:49:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a Civil War governor of Ohio? > Were you an early admiral of the U.S. Navy? > Were you, too? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 6, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/5 "2020-05-06T12:50:59Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a former Green Bay Packers wide receiver who won his season of **Dancing with the Stars**? > Are you an actress best known for playing Abby Cunningham on **Knot’s Landing**? > Did you play Lucas Deranian in the 1975 movie **Escape to Witch Mountain**? #2. I am not Donna Mills. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 6, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/6 "2020-05-06T18:21:25Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a Civil War governor of Ohio? - David Tod, whom Lincoln described as having “a big head full of brains” in offering him Treasury Were you an early admiral of the U.S. Navy? - David Glasgow Farragut Were you, too? - His adoptive brother, David Dixon Porter David x3! DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with D? IQs: Did a fictionalized version of you appear in _Inherit the Wind_? Were you always present, at least in spirit, for roll calls in the Space Patrol of Heinlein’s writings? Did Emma Thompson play you in _Sense and Sensibility_? ---
**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 6, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/7 "2020-05-06T20:29:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > Real? > Male? > Last name start with D? > > IQs: > > Did a fictionalized version of you appear in _Inherit the Wind_? > Were you always present, at least in spirit, for roll calls in the Space Patrol of Heinlein’s writings? > Did Emma Thompson play you in _Sense and Sensibility_? 1. I am not Clarence Darrow. Take 2 DQs. I know #3, but it’s not coming around. * * * Someday I’m a-gonna have to sit down and memorize all the governors of Ohio. DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last Name Starts with D ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/8 "2020-05-07T01:18:40Z")
IQs: Are you a rapper without an advanced degree? Were you formerly a Grand Wizard? Are you a French composer? This is the first time I have played this so I have no idea what I’m doing 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/9 "2020-05-07T01:24:05Z")
Is there a FAQ for local rules? ---
**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 7, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/10 "2020-05-07T01:38:37Z")
Hi, Cooking, welcome! Glad to have you with us! Yes, there is indeed a sortofa FAQ Thread: [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=22127328#post22127328) IQs: Are you a rapper without an advanced degree? Were you formerly a Grand Wizard? Are you a French composer? Take a DQ for #1. I am not David Duke. I am not Paul Dukas. ---
**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 7, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/11 "2020-05-07T04:14:36Z")
Yes, welcome, **Cooking**! Hope you’ll stick around and play. Previous IQs: Did a fictionalized version of you appear in _Inherit the Wind_? - Yes, Clarence Darrow (called Henry Drummond in the play and movie) Were you always present, at least in spirit, for roll calls in the Space Patrol of Heinlein’s writings? - Lt. Dahlquist, whose name is always mentioned in roll calls, heroically gave his life to stop an attempted military coup Did Emma Thompson play you in _Sense and Sensibility_? - Elinor Dashwood (Thompson also won an Oscar for her screenplay) DQs: Living? American? IQs: Did the actors who played your parents also play a starship captain and a barrister? Are you the best-known entertainer from Steubenville, Ohio? Did your world try to join the Second Empire of Humanity on particularly favorable terms? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/12 "2020-05-07T08:21:43Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a former Green Bay Packers wide receiver who won his season of **Dancing with the Stars**? > Are you an actress best known for playing Abby Cunningham on **Knot’s Landing**? > Did you play Lucas Deranian in the 1975 movie **Escape to Witch Mountain**? Donald Driver Correct Donald Pleasence DQs: Are you still alive? American? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/13 "2020-05-07T11:14:02Z")
Bah! I overlooked that my DQs had already been asked! Can I substitute? ---
**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 7, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/14 "2020-05-07T11:14:07Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last Name Starts with D 4. Deceased 5. Not American **kitap** , take 2 more DQs, because EH asked the same questions first. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/15 "2020-05-07T11:16:23Z")
Cross posted! Thanks. I was a nitwit. DQs: Born before 1900? Famous for politics? ---
**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 7, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/16 "2020-05-07T11:16:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, welcome, **Cooking**! Hope you’ll stick around and play. > > IQs: > > Did the actors who played your parents also play a starship captain and a barrister? > Are you the best-known entertainer from Steubenville, Ohio? > Did your world try to join the Second Empire of Humanity on particularly favorable terms? #2. I am not Dean Martin. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 7, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/17 "2020-05-07T11:17:53Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last Name Starts with D 4. Deceased 5. Not American 6. Born before 1900 7. Not famous for politics You are not a nitwit,\*\* kitap\*\*. Inattention happens to us all. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/18 "2020-05-07T11:38:48Z")
Dean Martin was from Steubenville, Ohio? It seems so…UnRat Pack. Ahem. Anyhow. IQs: 1. Were you an actor probably best known for playing Uncle Charley on **My Three Sons**? 2. Are you an actress probably best known for playing Corinne Tate Flotsky on **Soap**? 3. Did you play Father Marcus on the TV series **The Exorcist**? ---
**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 7, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/19 "2020-05-07T14:56:54Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Dean Martin was from Steubenville, Ohio? It seems so…UnRat Pack. > > Ahem. Anyhow. > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an actor probably best known for playing Uncle Charley on **My Three Sons**? > 2. Are you an actress probably best known for playing Corinne Tate Flotsky on **Soap**? > 3. Did you play Father Marcus on the TV series **The Exorcist**? #1. I am not William Demarest. #2. I am not Diana Canova. Take a DQ. ---
**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 7, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/20 "2020-05-07T16:13:45Z")
Previous IQs: Did the actors who played your parents also play a starship captain and a barrister? - Draco Malfoy (the actors also appeared in _Star Trek: Discovery_ and _The Queen_) Are you the best-known entertainer from Steubenville, Ohio? - Yes, indeed, Dean Martin (as was Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s second SECWAR, whose statue stands outside the county courthouse) Did your world try to join the Second Empire of Humanity on particularly favorable terms? - The title character of Jerry Pournelle’s _King David’s Spaceship_ DQs: European? Best known for the Arts? IQs: Did Augustus Saint-Gaudens sculpt you in the nude? Did you play a scientist and later a doctor on two versions of the same TV show? Were you supporting your father more than the other way 'round when you got married? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186.md?page=2)