# Botticelli - Nov 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 2, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569 "2020-11-02T18:22:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**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:** [November 24, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/382 "2020-11-24T18:30:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Are you secretly Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper? > - Were you condemned to roll a great boulder uphill for eternity? > - Did you recently accuse a voting machine company of having intentionally flipped thousands of votes for Trump over to Biden? Not Superman Not Sisyphus (sp?) Not Sidney Powell > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? > Were you his second? > Were your brothers Renly and Robert? Not William Seward. Take 2 DQs > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > - Are you QB for the Detroit Lions? > - Are you QB for the Washington Football Team? > - Are you head coach of the New Orleans Saints? Take 3 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:** [November 24, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/383 "2020-11-24T18:37:20Z")
IQ1: Did aliens think you got your powers from eating soup? IQ2: Are you a Thai composer and SF author? IQ3: Were you a human boy who looked like a mouse? ---
**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 24, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/384 "2020-11-24T18:43:05Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? - William Seward was his SECSTATE, not SECWAR; this was Simon Cameron Were you his second? - Edwin Stanton Were your brothers Renly and Robert? - Stannis Baratheon, in _Game of Thrones_ DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with S? IQs: Were you a non-British aunt of Queen Elizabeth II? Did you win an Emmy, propose _another_ fake kidnapping and become an astronaut? Did you costar in the movie version of _The Dukes of Hazzard_? ---
**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, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/385 "2020-11-24T19:40:23Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Did you write the Prose Edda? 2. Were you a jotunn with a bright sword who was destined to battle Frey at Ragnarok? 3. Did you star with Rock Hudson on _MacMillan & Wife_? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/386 "2020-11-24T19:44:45Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with S ---
**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:** [November 24, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/387 "2020-11-24T19:46:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Q1: Did aliens think you got your powers from eating soup? > IQ2: Are you a Thai composer and SF author? > IQ3: Were you a human boy who looked like a mouse? Take 2 DQs Not Stuart Little > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a non-British aunt of Queen Elizabeth II? > Did you win an Emmy, propose _another_ fake kidnapping and become an astronaut? > Did you costar in the movie version of _The Dukes of Hazzard_ ? Take 2 DQs Not Jessica Simpson > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you write the Prose Edda? > - Were you a jotunn with a bright sword who was destined to battle Frey at Ragnarok? > - Did you star with Rock Hudson on _MacMillan & Wife_ ? Take 2 DQs Not Susan St. James ---
**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, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/388 "2020-11-24T19:47:52Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did you write the Prose Edda? > > > > > - Were you a jotunn with a bright sword who was destined to battle Frey at Ragnarok? > > > - Did you star with Rock Hudson on _MacMillan & Wife_ ? > > Take 2 DQs > Not Susan St. James #1 was Snorri Sturluson. #2 was Surtr. Correct on Susan. DQs 1. Living? 2. American? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/389 "2020-11-24T20:30:52Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with S 4. Not living 5. American ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/390 "2020-11-24T22:15:25Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > > > - Are you QB for the Detroit Lions? > > > - Are you QB for the Washington Football Team? > > > - Are you head coach of the New Orleans Saints? > > Take 3 DQs Matthew Stafford, Alex Smith, Sean Payton DQ: Known for the Arts? holding 2 DQs ---
**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:** [November 24, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/391 "2020-11-24T22:31:38Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with S 4. Not living 5. American 6. Not known for the Arts ---
**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 24, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/392 "2020-11-24T23:48:31Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > Q1: Did aliens think you got your powers from eating soup? > > IQ2: Are you a Thai composer and SF author? > > IQ3: Were you a human boy who looked like a mouse? > > Take 2 DQs > Not Stuart Little Souperboy. Somtow Sucharitkul (AKA S P Somtow). ✅ DQ1: Died after 1975? DQ2: Known for science? ---
**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 24, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/393 "2020-11-24T23:57:09Z")
IQ1: Did you write _Catriona_, a sequel to one of your better-known books? IQ2: Did the loss of your ship in the Antarctic ice cause you to make a journey of over 800 miles in the lifeboats? IQ3: Did you write _The Faerie Queene_? ---
**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 25, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/394 "2020-11-25T00:05:03Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Book of Swords_ series? 2. Were you known as El Libertador? 3. Were you Madonna’s first husband? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/395 "2020-11-25T00:11:37Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with S 4. Not living 5. American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Died after 1975 8. Known for science ---
**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:** [November 25, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/396 "2020-11-25T00:17:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _Catriona_ , a sequel to one of your better-known books? > IQ2: Did the loss of your ship in the Antarctic ice cause you to make a journey of over 800 miles in the lifeboats? > IQ3: Did you write _The Faerie Queene_ ? Take a DQ Not Shackleton Not Edmund Spenser > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you write _The Book of Swords_ series? > - Were you known as El Libertador? > - Were you Madonna’s first husband? 2 DQs, Not Sean Penn ---
**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 25, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/397 "2020-11-25T01:43:59Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did you write _The Book of Swords_ series? > > > > > - Were you known as El Libertador? > > > - Were you Madonna’s first husband? > > 2 DQs, > Not Sean Penn #1 was Robert Silverberg. #2 was Simon Bolivar. Correct on Sean. DQs: 1. Died after 2000? 2. Known for medical science? ---
**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 25, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/398 "2020-11-25T01:57:28Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a non-British aunt of Queen Elizabeth II? - Wallis Simpson LKA the Duchess of Windsor Did you win an Emmy, propose _another_ fake kidnapping and become an astronaut? - Homer Simpson Did you costar in the movie version of _The Dukes of Hazzard_? - Yes, Jessica Simpson Simpson x3! DQs: Has won a Nobel Prize? Greatest fame since 1960? IQs: Did you come up with an effective polio vaccine? Did you, too? Did Gary Larson depict you, a future scientist, as a child? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/399 "2020-11-25T02:35:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you come up with an effective polio vaccine? > Did you, too? > Did Gary Larson depict you, a future scientist, as a child **YES!!** I am **Jonas Salk** IQ2 would have been a DQ, and not Carl Sagan Guess I don’t need to post this part, but I already started. DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with S 4. Not living 5. American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Died after 1975 8. Known for science 9. Died before 2000 10. Known for medical science ---
**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 25, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/400 "2020-11-25T02:40:34Z")
Congrats, EH! ---
**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 25, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/401 "2020-11-25T02:44:17Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you write _Catriona_ , a sequel to one of your better-known books? > > > > > IQ2: Did the loss of your ship in the Antarctic ice cause you to make a journey of over 800 miles in the lifeboats? > > > IQ3: Did you write _The Faerie Queene_ ? > > Take a DQ > Not Shackleton > Not Edmund Spenser Robert Louis Stevenson (sequel tp _Kidnapped_). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569.md?page=21)