# 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:** 3
**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 10, 2020, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/41 "2020-05-10T04:59:57Z")
Previous IQs: Did you marry your first cousin, who worried about the fate of your soul? - Charles Darwin; his wife wasn’t crazy about his theory of evolution Did you give your name to the test of whether scientific evidence would be accepted in U.S. courts? - From the _Daubert_ case Did people dip their handkerchiefs in your blood for souvenirs after you were shot and killed? - John Dillinger Three DQs reserved. Hmm. What shall I ask about next? ---
**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 10, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/42 "2020-05-10T05:02:02Z")
dp ---
**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 12, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/43 "2020-05-12T00:31:12Z")
With EH having 3 DQs left (and there may be others I missed), I’m callin’ a halt to more IQs. Please ask all remaining DQs by 6 p.m. EDT tomorrow, the twelfth. ---
**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 12, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/44 "2020-05-12T22:01:55Z")
Qs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last Name Starts with D 4. Deceased 5. Not American 6. Born before 1900 7. Not famous for politics 8. European 9. Best known for the Arts 10. Not best known for the visual arts 11. Born on the British Isles 12. Not a music composer 13. Not known for poetry 14. Born after 1850 15. Titled, but not knighted 16. Best known for prose 17. Greatest fame after 1900 18. Not best known for a single work 19. Greatest fame after 1914 20. Known forworks in the fantasy genre Please place all DQs in the form of “Are you FirstName LastName?” by 6 p.m. ECT tomorrow, the 13th. Thank yew. ---
**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 13, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/45 "2020-05-13T15:43:04Z")
Where’d everybody go? ---
**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 13, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/46 "2020-05-13T15:50:09Z")
I, for one, have no DQ credits. Nor any idea what they would be if I did. ---
**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 13, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/47 "2020-05-13T16:04:12Z")
Cooking, you have earned one DQ in the course of the game, so you are entitled to ask one “Who is So-and-So?” question anyway. ---
**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 13, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/48 "2020-05-13T17:02:59Z")
Sorry, this didn’t show up for me as a thread in which there had been recent posts. Can’t figure out who this is - I yield. ---
**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 13, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/49 "2020-05-13T23:49:48Z")
All righty then, I am Baron Edward Plunkett, better known as Lord Dunsany! (pronounced dun-SAY-nee) Author of _The King of Elfland’s Daughter_, _The Charwoman’s Shadow_ and numerous other stories, short stories, plays and poems. ---
**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, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/50 "2020-05-14T04:27:59Z")
Ah, yes. I’ve heard of him but couldn’t remember him. Good job, **PP**. Start the next round? ---
**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, 2020, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/51 "2020-05-14T10:19:27Z")
Next up, I am H! ---
**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, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/52 "2020-05-14T13:26:43Z")
IQs: Did you serve in the Maine militia as well as hold down your somewhat more high-profile day job? Were you by far the most dangerous patron of the Baltimore Orchestra? Did a short story have you making love with your mistress and later calmly waiting to be assassinated? ---
**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, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/53 "2020-05-15T12:16:58Z")
Take 3 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 15, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/54 "2020-05-15T17:42:06Z")
Previous IQs: Did you serve in the Maine militia as well as hold down your somewhat more high-profile day job? - Hannibal Hamlin, Lincoln’s first Vice President, the only man to hold the post and also serve simultaneously in the military Were you by far the most dangerous patron of the Baltimore Orchestra? - Dr. Hannibal Lecter Did a short story have you making love with your mistress and later calmly waiting to be assassinated? - Hannibal of Carthage Hannibal x3! DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with H? IQs: Was your American wife notoriously anti-Semitic? Was your wife featured in ads for the hotel chain you owned? Were you a famous celebrity jeweler? ---
**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, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/55 "2020-05-15T18:04:50Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name starts with H ---
**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, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/56 "2020-05-15T18:05:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > P > IQs: > > Was your American wife notoriously anti-Semitic? > Was your wife featured in ads for the hotel chain you owned? > Were you a famous celebrity jeweler? #2. I am not Conrad Hilton. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/57 "2020-05-15T20:34:53Z")
IQs: 1. Were you known as “The First Lady of the American Theater”? 2. Were you an actor whose characters almost always had his first name as his first name? 3. Were you dubbed “The King of Calypso”? ---
**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, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/58 "2020-05-15T20:53:08Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you known as “The First Lady of the American Theater”? > 2. Were you an actor whose characters almost always had his first name as his first name? > 3. Were you dubbed “The King of Calypso”? #1. I am not Helen Hayes. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Harry Belafonte. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/59 "2020-05-15T21:30:39Z")
IQs: 1. Were you known as “The First Lady of the American Theater”? 2. Were you an actor whose characters almost always had his first name as his first name? 3. Were you dubbed “The King of Calypso”? ---
**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, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/60 "2020-05-15T22:04:02Z")
? I just answered these. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186.md?page=4)