# Botticelli - May 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 2, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823 "2022-05-02T17:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 3, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/21 "2022-05-03T18:52:20Z")
Thanks. Lestrade would have been born in the 1840s or so, but I expect much the same would be true. ---
**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 3, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/22 "2022-05-03T22:19:39Z")
Some catch up > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you have a big hit and win 4 Grammy Awards with _This Is America_ ? > IQ2: Did you portray an owner of the Millennium Falcon? Should have done these in the opposite order #2 - Donald Glover, as young Lando Calrissian in _Solo_ #1 - Glover’s musical alter-ego Childish Gambino Next up… **J** [https://www.grabo-balloons.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/290B-Letter-J-Blue.jpg](https://www.grabo-balloons.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/290B-Letter-J-Blue.jpg) ---
**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 4, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/23 "2022-05-04T14:34:36Z")
IQs: 1. Were you, according to Matthew, the father of Joseph, husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus? 2. Did your brother save the life of Robert Todd Lincoln when he was accidentally pushed into the path of an oncoming train? 3. Did you invent the concept of the collective unconscious? ---
**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 4, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/24 "2022-05-04T17:11:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you, according to Matthew, the father of Joseph, husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus? > 2. Did your brother save the life of Robert Todd Lincoln when he was accidentally pushed into the path of an oncoming train? > 3. Did you invent the concept of the collective unconscious? 2 DQs Not Carl Jung ---
**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 4, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/25 "2022-05-04T18:53:47Z")
#1 was Jacob. (but Luke says it was Eli) #2 was John Wilkes Booth, whose actor brother Edwin saved Lincoln’s son. Correct on Jung. DQs: 1. Real;? 2. Last name starts with J? ---
**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 4, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/26 "2022-05-04T18:55:32Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J ---
**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 4, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/27 "2022-05-04T20:05:39Z")
IQs: Was a large version of your signature painted on the stern of the US Navy warship that bore your name? Were you told not to use a phone you were perfectly entitled to use? Did Churchill joke about your name, revealing how he felt about you? ---
**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 4, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/28 "2022-05-04T20:07:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Was a large version of your signature painted on the stern of the US Navy warship that bore your name? > Were you told not to use a phone you were perfectly entitled to use? > Did Churchill joke about your name, revealing how he felt about you? Not John Hancock? 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 4, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/29 "2022-05-04T20:12:20Z")
Correct: [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/USS_John_Hancock_Stern.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/USS_John_Hancock_Stern.jpg) John F. Kennedy, while a very young-looking member of the House, was told by a US Capitol Police officer, “Those phones are just for Congressmen, son.” And Churchill joked about John Foster Dulles, Ike’s SECSTATE: “Dull, Duller, Dulles.” John x3! DQs: Male? Living? IQs: Did you work for Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems? Did you, too? And did you? ---
**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 4, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/30 "2022-05-04T22:06:32Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Male 4. Dead ---
**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 4, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/31 "2022-05-04T22:07:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you work for Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems? > Did you, too? > And did you? Not John Bigboote or any of the other Johns whose last names I forget. 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 5, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/32 "2022-05-05T13:59:22Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _A Pilgrim’s Progress_? 2. Are you the subject of Rabbi Gordis’s _The Book of God and Man_? 3. Are you the subject of the song _Suite Judy Blue Eyes_? (last name required) ---
**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 5, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/33 "2022-05-05T17:19:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you write _A Pilgrim’s Progress_ ? > 2. Are you the subject of Rabbi Gordis’s _The Book of God and Man_ ? > 3. Are you the subject of the song _Suite Judy Blue Eyes_ ? (last name required) 2 DQs Not Judy Collins ---
**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, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/34 "2022-05-05T18:38:54Z")
1 was John Bunyan. 2 was Job (from the Old Testament) Correct on Judy. DQs: 1. American? 2. Died after 1900? ---
**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 5, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/35 "2022-05-05T20:10:49Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Male 4. Dead 5. American 6. Did not die after 1900 ---
**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, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/36 "2022-05-06T17:15:31Z")
IQs: 1. Did you encourage your followers to drink Kool-Aid? 2. Did you play Stupefyin’ Jones in the original stage production of _Li’l Abner_? 3. Are you a Jamaican model who appeared in _A View to a Kill_? ---
**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 6, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/37 "2022-05-06T18:09:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you encourage your followers to drink Kool-Aid? > 2. Did you play Stupefyin’ Jones in the original stage production of _Li’l Abner_ ? > 3. Are you a Jamaican model who appeared in _A View to a Kill_ ? Not Jim Jones - pedant says “well, actually, it was Flavor-Aid” DQ Not Grace Jones ---
**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, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/38 "2022-05-06T18:16:45Z")
Correct, Julie Newmar, Correct. DQ: Known for the Arts? ---
**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 6, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/39 "2022-05-06T18:17:58Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Male 4. Dead 5. American 6. Did not die after 1900 7. 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 6, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/40 "2022-05-06T18:44:09Z")
Previous IQs: Did you work for Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems? - Yes, John Bigboote (“Tay! Tay!”) Did you, too? - John Yaya And did you? - John Smallberries Those are my favorites, anyway (I once, on a dare, made a dinner reservation under the name “John Yaya”), all of course from _Buckaroo Banzai_. For more: [Who are all the Lectroids named John?](https://www.figmentfly.com/bb/badguys3.html) John x3 redux! DQs: Political/military? Died after 1800? IQs: Did you say, “In the long run, we’re all dead”? Were you a young US Army general at the Battle of Gettysburg with a simian name? Are you Chief Justice of the United States? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823.md?page=3)