# Botticelli - May 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 30, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367 "2023-04-30T13:08:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**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 24, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/301 "2023-05-24T00:14:45Z")
Fantastic job, DLR! I’d never heard of it, but Madame P. claims she watched in with her dad. She’d have been two, so it must have been in reruns. ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/302 "2023-05-24T03:13:50Z")
I think I picked it up from your using him here before. New letter: I am **F**. ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/303 "2023-05-24T12:18:19Z")
IQs: 1. Did Hamlet hear your approach as he was dying? 2. Did you edit an encyclopedia with Mr. Wagnalls? 3. Did you play the ruralized housewife Barbara Good on _The Good Life_ (US title _Good Neighbors_)? ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/304 "2023-05-24T13:26:36Z")
IQ1: Were you a suine detective? IQ2: Were you a king of Egypt? IQ3: Were you a king of Saudi Arabia? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > I think I picked it up from your using him here before. Yes. He’s one of the few Ys who come readily to mind. (To my mind, anyway. 😃) ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/305 "2023-05-24T13:46:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Hamlet hear your approach as he was dying? > 2. Did you edit an encyclopedia with Mr. Wagnalls? > 3. Did you play the ruralized housewife Barbara Good on _The Good Life_ (US title _Good Neighbors_)? 1. I am not Fortinbras. 2. I am not Funk. 3. Take a DQ. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a suine detective? > IQ2: Were you a king of Egypt? > IQ3: Were you a king of Saudi Arabia? IQ1: Take a DQ. IQ2: Take a DQ. IQ3: I am not Faisal. ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/306 "2023-05-24T15:03:13Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you a suine detective? > > IQ2: Were you a king of Egypt? > > IQ3: Were you a king of Saudi Arabia? > > IQ1: Take a DQ. > IQ2: Take a DQ. > IQ3: I am not Faisal. Freddy the Detective Fuad (I or II, take your pick) Not whom I had in mind, but valid DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? IQ1: Were you a Saudi king not named Faisal? IQ2: Were you one of “those meddling kids”? IQ3: Did you wish that someone felt like your big toe all over? ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/307 "2023-05-24T15:38:13Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did Hamlet hear your approach as he was dying? > > 2. Did you edit an encyclopedia with Mr. Wagnalls? > > 3. Did you play the ruralized housewife Barbara Good on _The Good Life_ (US title _Good Neighbors_)? > > 1. I am not Fortinbras. > 2. I am not Funk. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct, Correct and Felicity Kendal. DQ: Last name starts with F? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/308 "2023-05-24T15:39:28Z")
1. Did your main claim to fame come from your simple attempt at modeling the population growth of Rabbits? 2. Are you the father of Modern statistics (after whom I named my cat)? 3. If math books had wider margins would you probably not be as famous? ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/309 "2023-05-24T15:42:45Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Saudi king not named Faisal? > IQ2: Were you one of “those meddling kids”? > IQ3: Did you wish that someone felt like your big toe all over? IQ1: Take a DQ. IQ2: I am not Fred Jones. IQ3: Take a DQ. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 1. Did your main claim to fame come from your simple attempt at modeling the population growth of Rabbits? > 2. Are you the father of Modern statistics (after whom I named my cat)? > 3. If math books had wider margins would you probably not be as famous? 1. I am not Fibonacci. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Pierre de Fermat. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/310 "2023-05-24T15:52:59Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you a Saudi king not named Faisal? > > IQ2: Were you one of “those meddling kids”? > > IQ3: Did you wish that someone felt like your big toe all over? > > IQ1: Take a DQ. > IQ2: I am not Fred Jones. > IQ3: Take a DQ. Fahd correct Benjamin Franklin, in _1776_ Two DQs reserved. ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/311 "2023-05-24T15:56:39Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Jonathan Kent in the movie _Superman_? 2. Were you an early 20th Century novelist who wrote _The Good Soldier_? 3. Are you the title character of a short story by Saki? ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/312 "2023-05-24T16:24:16Z")
IQ1: Are you an American economist, known in the SCA as the king who declared war on himself, and lost? IQ2: Were you the Noble-laureate economist who was #1’s father? IQ3: Does a SETI paradox (if intelligent life is as common in the galaxy as it seems it should be, why don’t we have proof of extraterrestrial visits?) bear your name? DQ1: Living? DQ2: Known for the Arts? I’m assuming none of you are familiar with the Agent of TERRA series… ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/313 "2023-05-24T16:25:36Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. I am not Fibonacci. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Pierre de Fermat. 1. Correct 2. Roland Fisher 3. Correct DQ: 1. Known for the arts? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/314 "2023-05-24T16:42:35Z")
These will probably result in a clean sweep but its too fun to resist IQ1. Were you Scrooge’s former employer? IQ2. Did you play the part of the answer to IQ1 in “a Muppet Christmas Carol”? IQ3. Did you play the part of the answer to IQ2? (IQ2 and IQ3 should have distinct answers) ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/315 "2023-05-24T16:51:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Jonathan Kent in the movie _Superman_? > 2. Were you an early 20th Century novelist who wrote _The Good Soldier_? > 3. Are you the title character of a short story by Saki? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Ford Maddox Ford. 3. Take a DQ. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you an American economist, known in the SCA as the king who declared war on himself, and lost? > IQ2: Were you the Noble-laureate economist who was #1’s father? > IQ3: Does a SETI paradox (if intelligent life is as common in the galaxy as it seems it should be, why don’t we have proof of extraterrestrial visits?) bear your name? IQ1: I swear I read about this but can’t remember the name. Take a DQ. IQ2: Same as above. IQ3: I am not [Frank Drake](https://xkcd.com/384/). > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQ1. Were you Scrooge’s former employer? > IQ2. Did you play the part of the answer to IQ1 in “a Muppet Christmas Carol”? > IQ3. Did you play the part of the answer to IQ2? IQ1. I am not Fezziwig. IQ2. I am not Fozzie-wig. IQ3. I am not Frank Oz-iwig. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. dead 5. not known for the arts 6. no, seriously, not known for the arts Buck, since you asked the same DQ as someone else, ask something different. ---
**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 24, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/316 "2023-05-24T17:08:50Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play Jonathan Kent in the movie _Superman_? > > 2. Were you an early 20th Century novelist who wrote _The Good Soldier_? > > 3. Are you the title character of a short story by Saki? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Ford Maddox Ford. > 3. Take a DQ. #1 was Glenn Ford. #3 was Filboyd Studge (the Mouse who Helped). Correct on FMF. DQs: 1. American? 2. Died before 1960? ---
**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 24, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/317 "2023-05-24T17:16:43Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you an American economist, known in the SCA as the king who declared war on himself, and lost? > > IQ2: Were you the Noble-laureate economist who was #1’s father? > > IQ3: Does a SETI paradox (if intelligent life is as common in the galaxy as it seems it should be, why don’t we have proof of extraterrestrial visits?) bear your name? > > IQ1: I swear I read about this but can’t remember the name. Take a DQ. > IQ2: Same as above. > IQ3: I am not [Frank Drake](https://xkcd.com/384/). David Friedman (Duke Cariadoc of the Bow) Milton Friedman Enrico Fermi (the XKCD neither asks or answers the “where are they?” question) DQ: Known for science? Two DQs 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 24, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/318 "2023-05-24T17:25:20Z")
IQs: Were you a sex droid referred to on _Archer_? Were you the action guy on _FYI_? Did your callous dad say he wished you, and not your older brother, had died? ---
**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 24, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/319 "2023-05-24T17:32:20Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Enrico Fermi Aw, hell. I skimmed the question and did not think about my answer enough, because of course the Fermi paradox is “where are all the aliens”, while the Drake equation is the _estimate_ of how many alien civilizations there are. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a sex droid referred to on _Archer_? > Were you the action guy on _FYI_? > Did your callous dad say he wished you, and not your older brother, had died? Respectively: I am not Fred the sex droid. I am not Frank Fontana. I am not Faramir? If not Faramir, take a DQ. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. dead 5. not known for the arts 6. American 7. died after 1960 8. not known for science I’m going out for grocery shopping now. ---
**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 24, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/320 "2023-05-24T17:40:45Z")
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