# Botticelli - May 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 5, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159 "2024-05-05T15:21:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/61 "2024-05-09T22:28:22Z")
(belated) Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Did you direct _A Mighty Wind_? 2. Did you voice Alice on the animated version of _Dilbert_? 3. Did you found the Parents’ Music Resource Center? ---
**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, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/62 "2024-05-09T22:31:24Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:58, topic:1001159, full:true”] **DQ:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Dead 5. Not known from the arts 6. Last name begins with “G” **but** sometimes his last name is confused as being his first name. 7. Died before 1900 8. Not known for politics/military ---
**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, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/63 "2024-05-09T22:31:49Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you direct _A Mighty Wind_? > 2. Did you voice Alice on the animated version of _Dilbert_? > 3. Did you found the Parents’ Music Resource Center? 1. I am not Christopher Guest. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/64 "2024-05-09T23:07:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Christopher Guest. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Kathy Griffin; 3 was Tipper Gore. DQs: 1. European? 2. died after 1600? ---
**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 10, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/65 "2024-05-10T00:10:21Z")
**DQ:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Dead 5. Not known from the arts 6. Last name begins with “G” **but** sometimes his last name is confused as being his first name. 7. Died before 1900 8. Not known for politics/military 9. Not European 10. Died before 1600 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/66 "2024-05-10T00:25:20Z")
DQ: Died before 1 CE? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/67 "2024-05-10T01:47:44Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you write the Parasol Protectorate series? > 2. Were you a Wisconsin Senator who founded Earth Day? > 3. Did you play Nick Stokes on **CSI**? Correct, Gaylord Nelson, George Eads. DQ: Caucasian? One DQ 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 10, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/68 "2024-05-10T01:52:22Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:65, topic:1001159, full:true”] **DQ:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Dead 5. Not known from the arts 6. Last name begins with “G” **but** sometimes his last name is confused as being his first name. 7. Died before 1900 8. Not known for politics/military 9. Not European 10. Died before 1600 11. Died before 1 CE 12. Not Caucasian ---
**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 10, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/69 "2024-05-10T16:19:36Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the paterfamilias of a clan from Quahog, Rhode Island? 2. Did you play for the Edmonton Oilers? 3. Did you paint flowers, deserts, and cattle skulls? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/70 "2024-05-10T16:50:50Z")
IQs: 1. Were you shot at a constituent meeting on January 8, 2011? 2. Are you a mythical deity probably based on a Mesopotamian king? 3. Were you a mythical pirate reputed to have terrorized the early 19th century Florida Gulf Coast? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/71 "2024-05-10T16:56:43Z")
IQs: 1. If I meet you along the road, should I kill you? 2. Did your boss call you “Little Buddy”? 3. Are you a god of good fortune, arts and letters, the patron of beginnings and a remover of obstacles? ---
**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, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/72 "2024-05-10T17:00:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > @Elendil_s_Heir will ask a Botticelli question about Teleporno > > Or Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Heh. I _do_ have my go-to questions, it’s true. Previous IQs: Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? - Yes, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, during the Civil War In an HBO miniseries, did you advise a French ambassador to “Tread carefully, sir”? - George Washington, in _John Adams_ Did you tell Harry Truman he was too old to rejoin the Army? - Gen. George C. Marshall, who was Army Chief of Staff at the time, and later served both as Truman’s SECSTATE and also his SECDEF George x3! DQs: From the Bible? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you the aforementioned French ambassador? Did Enkidu become your best friend? Were you the oldest Took, and with a name to match? ---
**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 10, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/73 "2024-05-10T18:48:21Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. If I meet you along the road, should I kill you? But, after all, all Nature protects the Buddha. Well, you could try. But, yes, I am # Siddhartha Gautama, aka [Buddha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Buddha), founder of Buddhism! [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.464dd8de6374ba0fd8edd7662a11d349?rik=As%2bHzWgr8GfGmg&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.464dd8de6374ba0fd8edd7662a11d349?rik=As%2bHzWgr8GfGmg&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) Well done, **Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle**! And everyone, for that matter. I had thought it would’ve taken more’n a dozen DQs for this guy. ---
**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 11, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/74 "2024-05-11T22:22:38Z")
Good job, **SMV**! Previous IQs: Were you the aforementioned French ambassador? - Citizen Genet, as [seen here in _John Adams_](https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+john+adams+citizen+genet&oq=youtube+john+adams+citizen+genet&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRiPAjIHCAIQIRiPAtIBCDQ1MTBqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:58330cce,vid:a5wCl3aAMEQ,st:0) Did Enkidu become your best friend? - Gilgamesh Were you the oldest Took, and with a name to match? - Gerontius Took ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/75 "2024-05-12T18:17:34Z")
Good choice, **Prof**! Pure guess on my part. The answers to my other two questions were Gilligan (“Little Buddy”) and the Hindu god Ganesha. On to the next round: I am **Q** N.B. I have some small concern about the notability of this person, so at the end of the round, if y’all decide they’re too obscure, I’ll yield to someone else. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/76 "2024-05-12T18:48:41Z")
IQs: 1. Did you advice Mike Pence to not miscount electoral ballots from the 2020 election? 2. Are you a daughter of Andie McDowell who acted in _The Nice Guys_? 3. Did you write and direct another one of #2s movies? ---
**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, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/77 "2024-05-12T19:16:54Z")
IQs: 1. Once upon a time were you POTUS? 2. Are you aka Mr. Everyman? 3. Did you play Lucy in _The Goodbye Girl_? ---
**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 12, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/78 "2024-05-12T19:21:48Z")
Congrats, Vehicle! IQs: 1. Did you play Spock? 2. Is your last name synonymous with “traitor”? 3. Were you born Dana Owens? ---
**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 13, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/79 "2024-05-13T12:40:53Z")
IQ: Were you a werewolf played by David Selby? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/80 "2024-05-13T12:52:36Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you advice Mike Pence to not miscount electoral ballots from the 2020 election? > 2. Are you a daughter of Andie McDowell who acted in _The Nice Guys_? > 3. Did you write and direct another one of #2s movies? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not … someone named Quinn? 3. I am not Quentin Tarantino. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Once upon a time were you POTUS? > 2. Are you aka Mr. Everyman? > 3. Did you play Lucy in _The Goodbye Girl_? 1. I am not…Quavid Quice Quaitchison? 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not…someone named Quinn? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you play Spock? > 2. Is your last name synonymous with “traitor”? > 3. Were you born Dana Owens? 1. I am not Zachary Quinto. 2. I am not Vidkun Quisling. 3. Take a DQ. > [@SCAdian](#): > > Were you a werewolf played by David Selby? 1. Take a DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159.md?page=5)