# 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:** 6
**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 8, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/101 "2023-05-08T18:48:28Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 8, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/102 "2023-05-08T20:01:47Z")
Previous IQs: Did you win the unwelcome nickname “Commissary” during the Civil War? - Gen. Nathaniel Banks, after Confederate troops captured a lot of supplies from him in a raid Did you win a victory, of sorts, at the Battle of Guilford Court House? - Gen. Nathanael Greene, who inflicted serious casualties on Lord Cornwallis’s army but was obliged to retreat afterwards Did you get a less silly name for the movie based on the book of which you were the hero? - Nathaniel Poe, “Natty Bumppo” in Cooper’s original novel, _The Last of the Mohicans_ Nathaniel/ael x3! DQs: American? Living? First name starts with N? IQs: Did you set your doting owner’s beard afire? Did you marry Maris and then Daphne? Are you a Dem political operative featured on _Succession_? ---
**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 8, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/103 "2023-05-08T20:03:25Z")
IQs: 1. Are you considered to be the first pharaoh of a unified Egypt? 2. Did you have a cameo in a cut and eventually reinserted scene in the 1978 _Superman_ movie (“Oh, Lois Lane. You have a writer’s gift for invention”)? 3. Are you one of Ben Grimm’s adopted kids? ---
**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 8, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/104 "2023-05-08T20:03:49Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you die on Lincoln Island? > 2. Were you murdered in Yekaterinburg? > 3. Were you Nancy Drew’s boyfriend? Ahem. ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/105 "2023-05-08T21:06:05Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. First name starts with N ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/106 "2023-05-08T21:08:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you die on Lincoln Island? > 2. Were you murdered in Yekaterinburg? > 3. Were you Nancy Drew’s boyfriend? Take 3 DQs. and Oops. I’m blaming this on my cataract surgery, along with having picked N so close to the last time. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you set your doting owner’s beard afire? > Did you marry Maris and then Daphne? > Are you a Dem political operative featured on _Succession_? #2. I am not Nevil Crane. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you considered to be the first pharaoh of a unified Egypt? > 2. Did you have a cameo in a cut and eventually reinserted scene in the 1978 _Superman_ movie (“Oh, Lois Lane. You have a writer’s gift for invention”)? > 3. Are you one of Ben Grimm’s adopted kids? 1. I am not Narmer. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/107 "2023-05-08T21:32:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQs > > > > 1. Did you die on Lincoln Island? > > 2. Were you murdered in Yekaterinburg? > > 3. Were you Nancy Drew’s boyfriend? > > Take 3 DQs. Captain Nemo (_The Mysterious Island_) Tsar Nicholas II Ned Nickerson DQ1: Known for the Arts? DQ2: Died after 1950? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/108 "2023-05-08T21:35:31Z")
IQs: 1. Were you part of a love triangle involving Sue and Reed Richards? 2. Is the street on which NBC headquarters resides named after you? 3. Were you known for your revolutionary theories connecting language and psychology? ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/109 "2023-05-08T21:45:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Narmer. > Take 2 DQs. 2 (_Superman_ cameo) was Noel Neill; 3 (Ben Grimm’s adopted kid) is N’Kalla, AKA Nicki. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 8, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/110 "2023-05-08T22:43:20Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Is the street on which NBC headquarters resides named after you? Scratch that one I mixed up two people and the correct one doesn’t start with N. Instead replace it with IQ: Were the the title character of an early 20th century comic strip about your dreams? ---
**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 8, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/111 "2023-05-08T23:01:09Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. First name starts with N 6. Known for the Arts 7. Died after 1950 ---
**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 8, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/112 "2023-05-08T23:02:08Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you part of a love triangle involving Sue and Reed Richards? > 2. Is the street on which NBC headquarters resides named after you? > 3. Were you known for your revolutionary theories connecting language and psychology? 1. I am not Namor. 2. Skipping. 3. I am not Noam Chomsky. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQ: > Were the the title character of an early 20th century comic strip about your dreams? I am not Little Nemo. ---
**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 8, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/113 "2023-05-08T23:33:31Z")
All Correct. ---
**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 9, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/114 "2023-05-09T14:39:24Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a computer programmer who jumps around in time in Netflix’s _Russian Doll_? 2. Do you play the above person? 3. Did you found a hot dog stand-turned-chain of restaurants? ---
**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 9, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/115 "2023-05-09T15:08:06Z")
DQ: Actor? ---
**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 9, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/116 "2023-05-09T15:14:01Z")
IQ1: Are you the only person to win the Newbery Medal and its British equivalent, the Carnegie Medal, for the same book? IQ2: Were you an actress who became Charles II’s mistress? IQ3: Were you an alliteratively-named Dickens character ? ---
**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 9, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/117 "2023-05-09T16:03:44Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a computer programmer who jumps around in time in Netflix’s _Russian Doll_? > 2. Do you play the above person? > 3. Did you found a hot dog stand-turned-chain of restaurants? Take 3 DQs. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the only person to win the Newbery Medal and its British equivalent, the Carnegie Medal, for the same book? > IQ2: Were you an actress who became Charles II’s mistress? > IQ3: Were you an alliteratively-named Dickens character ? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Nell Gwynn. #3. I am not Nicholas Nickleby. ---
**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 9, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/118 "2023-05-09T16:04:02Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. First name starts with N 6. Known for the Arts 7. Died after 1950 8. Not an actor ---
**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 9, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/119 "2023-05-09T16:14:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you the only person to win the Newbery Medal and its British equivalent, the Carnegie Medal, for the same book? > > IQ2: Were you an actress who became Charles II’s mistress? > > IQ3: Were you an alliteratively-named Dickens character ? > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Nell Gwynn. > #3. I am not Nicholas Nickleby. Neil Gaiman (_The Graveyard Book_) correct correct One DQ reserved. ---
**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 9, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/120 "2023-05-09T17:24:40Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a computer programmer who jumps around in time in Netflix’s _Russian Doll_? > 2. Do you play the above person? > 3. Did you found a hot dog stand-turned-chain of restaurants? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Nadia; 2 was Natasha Lyonne; 3 was Nathan Handwerker. DQs: 1. died after 1985? 2. known for the performing arts? 1 DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367.md?page=7)