# Botticelli - Nov. 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 21, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438 "2013-11-21T16:23:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [November 21, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/1 "2013-11-21T16:23:55Z")
Previous thread: [Botticelli - October 2013 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=703969) The next letter is T. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/2 "2013-11-21T16:55:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you call Lou Grant “big guy”? 2. Were you Maxwell Smart’s boss? 3. Were you present or nearby at three presidential assassinations? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/3 "2013-11-21T18:02:17Z")
IQ1: Is the largest moon of Uranus named after you? IQ2: Is the largest moon of Neptune named after you? IQ3: Are you a mathematician noted for writing songs? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/4 "2013-11-21T18:24:17Z")
IQ: Did you hold the top job in two branches of the federal government, the latter your dream job? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/5 "2013-11-21T20:37:36Z")
IQ1: Are you the eponymous heroine of a classic English novel? IQ2: Have you repeatedly tried to kill Bart Simpson? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/6 "2013-11-21T20:46:07Z")
IQ: Did you investigate Iran Contra, and later fail to become Secretary of Defense? ---
**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:** [November 22, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/7 "2013-11-22T03:40:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you call Lou Grant “big guy”? > 2. Were you Maxwell Smart’s boss? > 3. Were you present or nearby at three presidential assassinations? Not Ted Knight, Thaddeus LNU, or Robert Todd Lincoln. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is the largest moon of Uranus named after you? > IQ2: Is the largest moon of Neptune named after you? > IQ3: Are you a mathematician noted for writing songs? Not Titan or Titania (I forget which was which) or Tom Lehrer. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you hold the top job in two branches of the federal government, the latter your dream job? Not William Howard Taft of Ohio, President and later Chief Justice of the United States. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you the eponymous heroine of a classic English novel? > IQ2: Have you repeatedly tried to kill Bart Simpson? Dunno the first; not Robert Terwilliger AKA Sideshow Bob. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you investigate Iran Contra, and later fail to become Secretary of Defense? Not John Tower. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/8 "2013-11-22T03:58:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is the largest moon of Uranus named after you? > IQ2: Is the largest moon of Neptune named after you? > IQ3: Are you a mathematician noted for writing songs? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Titan or Titania (I forget which was which) or Tom Lehrer. Correct on Titania. Triton. (Titan is one of Saturn’s moons.) Correct on Tom Lehrer. DQ: Real? IQ1: Are you co-author of a series about people who can step from one parallel world to the next? IQ2: Are you Korak’s father? IQ3: Did you do the original illustrations for Dodgson’s best-known books? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/9 "2013-11-22T09:10:38Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you the eponymous heroine of a classic English novel? > IQ2: Have you repeatedly tried to kill Bart Simpson? 1 was Tess of the d’Urbervillles 2 was indeed Robert Underdog Terwilliger. I had to get some Us in, but I can see why you went straight to T. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/10 "2013-11-22T13:12:05Z")
Right on all 3. IQs: 1. Did you play the 4th Doctor? 2. Did you play Magnum, P.I.? 3. Are you the disputed author of The Hymn of the Pearl? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/11 "2013-11-23T02:20:20Z")
DQ: Real? IQ1: Does your curse supposedly lie on US Presidents inaugurated in particular years? IQ2: Did you chronicle the battle of Mons Graupius? IQ3: Were you a leading figure in an organisation that no-one expects? ---
**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:** [November 23, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/12 "2013-11-23T02:22:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ: Real? > [@fanganga](#): > > DQ: Real? Plagiarist. 😃 ---
**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:** [November 23, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/13 "2013-11-23T05:08:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > …IQ1: Are you co-author of a series about people who can step from one parallel world to the next? > IQ2: Are you Korak’s father? > IQ3: Did you do the original illustrations for Dodgson’s best-known books? Take three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Did you play the 4th Doctor? > 2. Did you play Magnum, P.I.? > 3. Are you the disputed author of The Hymn of the Pearl? Not Tom Baker, not Tom Selleck, and dunno. > [@fanganga](#): > > …IQ1: Does your curse supposedly lie on US Presidents inaugurated in particular years? > IQ2: Did you chronicle the battle of Mons Graupius? > IQ3: Were you a leading figure in an organisation that no-one expects? Not Tecumseh, dunno, and not Torquemada (“I’ll come in again”). T. 1. real ---
**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:** [November 23, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/14 "2013-11-23T12:26:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you co-author of a series about people who can step from one parallel world to the next? > IQ2: Are you Korak’s father? > IQ3: Did you do the original illustrations for Dodgson’s best-known books? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Take three DQs. _The Long Earth_ and its sequels are being written by Sir Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. Korak the Killer is the eponymous hero of _The Son of Tarzan_, the fourth Tarzan book. Sir John Tenniel illustrated the first editions of _Alice_ and _Through the Looking-Glass_. DQ1: Male? DQ2: American? DQ3: Living? IQ1: Did you work with Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman? IQ2: Did you write “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”? IQ3: Were you shot and killed in Dallas on 22 Nov 63? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/15 "2013-11-23T14:32:53Z")
Oops, sorry about that. **Tacitus** chronicled the battle of Mons Graupius DQ: Known for the arts? IQ1: Are you a quarterback who famously kneels in prayer on the field? IQ2: Are you simply the best? ---
**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:** [November 23, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/16 "2013-11-23T15:56:17Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Did you work with Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman? > IQ2: Did you write “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”? > IQ3: Were you shot and killed in Dallas on 22 Nov 63? Not Tim Conway, James Thurber, or Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit. > [@fanganga](#): > > … > IQ1: Are you a quarterback who famously kneels in prayer on the field? > IQ2: Are you simply the best? Not Tim Tebow or Tina Turner. T. 1. real 2. female 3. American 4. dead 5. not 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:** [November 23, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/17 "2013-11-23T16:34:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the 4th Doctor? > 2. Did you play Magnum, P.I.? > 3. Are you the disputed author of The Hymn of the Pearl? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > T > > Not Tom Baker, not Tom Selleck, and dunno. #3 was imputed to be by St. Thomas the Apostle (but it’s not the case). DQ: Died since 1900? ---
**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:** [November 23, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/18 "2013-11-23T23:10:45Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you work with Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman? > IQ2: Did you write “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”? > IQ3: Were you shot and killed in Dallas on 22 Nov 63? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Tim Conway, James Thurber, or Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit. Correct on all three. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/19 "2013-11-23T23:58:51Z")
T. 1. real 2. female 3. American 4. dead 5. not known for the arts 6. Died since 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:** [November 24, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/20 "2013-11-24T03:43:12Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the over-cosmetized wife of a philandering televangelist? 2. Did you portray Sarah Palin on SNL? 3. Are you a Doper mod? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438.md?page=2)