# Botticelli - May 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 30, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098 "2021-04-30T14:06:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/302 "2021-05-19T04:34:34Z")
IQ1: Did you play a bigot’s daughter and a meathead’s wife? IQ2: Did you gush that right now, the Oscar voters like you? IQ3: Were you created by Dr. Finkelstein? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/303 "2021-05-19T13:20:19Z")
IQs 1. Did your diary offer a lot of information about both the English Plague and the Great Fire of London? 2. Were you best known for writing \*“Waiting for Godot”? 3. Did you have a problem with reptiles on a flying conveyance? ---
**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 19, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/304 "2021-05-19T13:44:06Z")
Bella, bella, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Did a historian say that, on not your best day, you expected to be surprised? - U.S. Grant, caught flat-footed by a Confederate attack on the first day of the Battle of Shiloh (but he won on the second) Were you that person’s spouse, who loved to travel? - Julia Grant; after leaving the White House, they went on a gala round-the-world trip Did Ryan O’Neal give you a sly salute in the San Francisco airport? - Cary Grant; O’Neal said his apocryphal catchphrase “Judy, Judy, Judy” there in _What’s Up, Doc?_ Grant x3! On to S. IQs: Did you often visit your sweetie at Ft. Belvedere? Did you and your family do more than anyone to ruin a fictional gubernatorial campaign? Were you that person’s wife? ---
**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 19, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/305 "2021-05-19T15:09:24Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Q1: Did you play a bigot’s daughter and a meathead’s wife? > IQ2: Did you gush that right now, the Oscar voters like you? > IQ3: Were you created by Dr. Finkelstein? 1. I am not Sally Struthers. 2. I am not Sally Field. 3. I am not Sally from _Nightmare Before Christmas_. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did your diary offer a lot of information about both the English Plague and the Great Fire of London? > 2. Were you best known for writing \*“Waiting for Godot”? > 3. Did you have a problem with reptiles on a flying conveyance? 1. I am not Samuel Pepys. 2. I am not Samuel Beckett. 3. I am not Samuel L. Jackson. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you often visit your sweetie at Ft. Belvedere? > Did you and your family do more than anyone to ruin a fictional gubernatorial campaign? > Were you that person’s wife? 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 19, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/306 "2021-05-19T16:28:41Z")
Previous IQs: Did you often visit your sweetie at Ft. Belvedere? - Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII: [Fort Belvedere, Surrey - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Belvedere,_Surrey) Did you and your family do more than anyone to ruin a fictional gubernatorial campaign? - Homer Simpson, when Mr. Burns ran Were you that person’s wife? - Marge Simpson, who served a mutated three-eyed fish at dinner Simpson x3! DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with S? IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? Were you his second? Were your brothers Robert and Renly? ---
**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 19, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/307 "2021-05-19T16:38:47Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with 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:** [May 19, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/308 "2021-05-19T16:40:41Z")
Qs: Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? Were you his second? Were your brothers Robert and Renly? [/quote] I am not Simon Cameron. I am not Edwin Stanton. I am not Stannis. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/309 "2021-05-19T18:19:59Z")
IWs: 1. Did you portray a policemen who went back 33 years after a car accident? 2. Are you the character in #1? 3. Are you a heavily made up bassist? ---
**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 19, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/310 "2021-05-19T18:27:31Z")
#3. I am not Gene Simmons. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/311 "2021-05-19T18:40:54Z")
1. John Simm, playing 2. Sam Tyler in _Life on Mars_ DQs: Alive? Known for The Arts? ---
**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 19, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/312 "2021-05-19T19:06:07Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:307, topic:941098, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with S 4. Dead 5. Not known for 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 19, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/313 "2021-05-19T20:11:38Z")
Swept me! IQs: Were you lured into an underground hideout and killed by a horrible older man? Did a relative of yours found Kenyon College? A Democrat, were you a Governor of Vermont in the 1970s? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/314 "2021-05-19T20:18:07Z")
Sweep! IQ1: Have you played an engineering technician, a repo man and a major saint? IQ2: Were you forced to leave your prosthetic leg behind at the Battle of Cerro Gordo? IQ3: Did you write _The Art of War_? ---
**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 19, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/315 "2021-05-19T22:39:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you lured into an underground hideout and killed by a horrible older man? > Did a relative of yours found Kenyon College? > A Democrat, were you a Governor of Vermont in the 1970s? Take 3 DQs. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Have you played an engineering technician, a repo man and a major saint? > IQ2: Were you forced to leave your prosthetic leg behind at the Battle of Cerro Gordo? > IQ3: Did you write _The Art of War_ ? #3. I am not Sun Tzu. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/316 "2021-05-19T23:00:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Have you played an engineering technician, a repo man and a major saint? > > > IQ2: Were you forced to leave your prosthetic leg behind at the Battle of Cerro Gordo? > > > IQ3: Did you write _The Art of War_ ? > > #3. I am not Sun Tzu. Harry Dean Stanton, in _Alien_, _Repo Man_, and _The Last Temptation of Chris_t, respectively. Mexican General Santa Anna Correct DQ1: Died after 1950? DQ2: Known for sports? ---
**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 20, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/317 "2021-05-20T00:05:10Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with S 4. Dead 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Died before 1950 7. Not known for sports ---
**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 20, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/318 "2021-05-20T13:38:26Z")
Previous IQs: Were you lured into an underground hideout and killed by a horrible older man? - Susie Salmon, in _The Lovely Bones_ Did a relative of yours found Kenyon College? - Salmon P. Chase A Democrat, were you a Governor of Vermont in the 1970s? - Tom Salmon Salmon x3! DQs: American? Political/military? Died before 1866? IQs: Were you a sf writer with a fishy name? Were you the Man with the Golden Gun? Did you command the notorious commerce raider CSS _Alabama_? ---
**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 20, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/319 "2021-05-20T13:57:06Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:317, topic:941098, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with S 4. Dead 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Died before 1950 7. Not known for sports 8. American 9. Not political/military 10. Died after 1866 ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/320 "2021-05-20T14:23:02Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first person to mass produce whirlybirds? 2. Did you design the Gateway Arch? 3. Did you create a hypothetical regarding a dead/not dead cat? ---
**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 20, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/321 "2021-05-20T15:14:06Z")
#3. I am not Erwin Schrodinger. Take 2 DQ’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098.md?page=17)