# Botticelli - November 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 2, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440 "2015-11-02T17:55:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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 14, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/161 "2015-11-14T03:12:54Z")
DQ: Real ---
**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 14, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/162 "2015-11-14T03:46:26Z")
IQ1: Are you a daughter of Ares and ruler of the Amazons? IQ2: Was Puck supposed to make Demetrius fall back in love with you in _A Midsummer’s Night Dream_? IQ3: Are you IQ2’s friend and intended betrothed of Demetrius? ---
**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 14, 2015, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/163 "2015-11-14T05:24:20Z")
Never heard of MacNeal or that song before. Aaaaaand now I never need to again. IQs: Did Frank Sinatra tell you, “Hands off the threads, creep”? Did Gregory Peck play you, a non-American, in a movie? Did you have a thing for nymphets? ---
**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 14, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/164 "2015-11-14T14:52:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a daughter of Ares and ruler of the Amazons? > IQ2: Was Puck supposed to make Demetrius fall back in love with you in _A Midsummer’s Night Dream_? > IQ3: Are you IQ2’s friend and intended betrothed of Demetrius? 1. I am not Hippolyta. 2. I am not Hermia. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 14, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/165 "2015-11-14T14:53:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Frank Sinatra tell you, “Hands off the threads, creep”? > Did Gregory Peck play you, a non-American, in a movie? > Did you have a thing for nymphets? I am not Humbert Humbert. Take 2 DQs for the first two. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/166 "2015-11-14T18:45:07Z")
IQ1: Did you famously have your sons swear an oath of enmity after you had mostly won the war for Sicily but your government gave it up in the peace treaty? IQ2: Are you the more famous son of IQ1, who acted on the oath to great effect? IQ3: Are you known for your Code? ---
**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 14, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/167 "2015-11-14T18:49:02Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you famously have your sons swear an oath of enmity after you had mostly won the war for Sicily but your government gave it up in the peace treaty? > IQ2: Are you the more famous son of IQ1, who acted on the oath to great effect? > IQ3: Are you known for your Code? I am not Hammurabi. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 14, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/168 "2015-11-14T19:36:15Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a daughter of Ares and ruler of the Amazons? > IQ2: Was Puck supposed to make Demetrius fall back in love with you in A Midsummer’s Night Dream? > IQ3: Are you IQ2’s friend and intended betrothed of Demetrius? > > 1. I am not Hippolyta. > 2. I am not Hermia. > Take a DQ for #3. Helena DQ: Alive? ---
**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 14, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/169 "2015-11-14T19:42:21Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead ---
**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 14, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/170 "2015-11-14T19:42:59Z")
IQ1: Are you a British recording artist whose breakthrough album was _To Bring You My Love_ in 1995? IQ2: Were you an autobiographical comics writer from Cleveland OH and a frequent guest on the _David Letterman Show_? IQ3: Did you and your brother Bob found the Miramax Film Corporation? ---
**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 14, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/171 "2015-11-14T20:15:32Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a British recording artist whose breakthrough album was _To Bring You My Love_ in 1995? > IQ2: Were you an autobiographical comics writer from Cleveland OH and a frequent guest on the _David Letterman Show_? > IQ3: Did you and your brother Bob found the Miramax Film Corporation? Take 3 DQs. Unless #2 is Fred Hembeck. I’m not him. ---
**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 14, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/172 "2015-11-14T21:32:25Z")
IQ1: Were you Priam’s eldest son? IQ2: Did you write about Umslopogaas? IQ3: Were you a 19th-century author of historical adventure stories for children? ---
**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 14, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/173 "2015-11-14T21:45:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Priam’s eldest son? > IQ2: Did you write about Umslopogaas? > IQ3: Were you a 19th-century author of historical adventure stories for children? 1. I am not Hector. 2. I am not H. Rider Haggard. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 14, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/174 "2015-11-14T22:14:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Hector. > 2. I am not H. Rider Haggard. > Take a DQ for #3. Corret. Correct. G A Henty. DQ: 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:** [November 14, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/175 "2015-11-14T22:31:38Z")
Previous IQs: Did Frank Sinatra tell you, “Hands off the threads, creep”? - Hubert Humphrey, who was invading Frankie’s personal space at a party. Did Gregory Peck play you, a non-American, in a movie? - Horatio Hornblower. Did you have a thing for nymphets? - Yes, Humbert Humbert in _Lolita_. DQs: American? Last name starts with H? IQs: Did you appear in a TV scene with Einstein and Newton? Were you a famous jazzman with the first name of Coleman? Have you played a mobster, a pirate and a Soviet leader? ---
**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 14, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/176 "2015-11-14T22:51:26Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. American 5. Last name starts with H ---
**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 14, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/177 "2015-11-14T22:53:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you appear in a TV scene with Einstein and Newton? > Were you a famous jazzman with the first name of Coleman? > Have you played a mobster, a pirate and a Soviet leader? The only jazz player named Coleman that comes to mind is Ornette Coleman, and that’s obviously not it. Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/178 "2015-11-15T00:39:52Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you famously have your sons swear an oath of enmity after you had mostly won the war for Sicily but your government gave it up in the peace treaty? > IQ2: Are you the more famous son of IQ1, who acted on the oath to great effect? > IQ3: Are you known for your Code? Hamilcar and Hannibal Barca, who really did not like those Romans, and of course Hammurabi is correct. DQ1: Born before 1950? DQ2: Known for the Arts? IQ1: Did a US President to whom you were not married sire (at least one of) your children? IQ2: Were you the source of the best known human immortal cell line? IQ3: Did you figure out a better way to fix nitrogen? ---
**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 15, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/179 "2015-11-15T00:42:39Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a British recording artist whose breakthrough album was To Bring You My Love in 1995? > IQ2: Were you an autobiographical comics writer from Cleveland OH and a frequent guest on the David Letterman Show? > IQ3: Did you and your brother Bob found the Miramax Film Corporation? > > Take 3 DQs. Unless #2 is Fred Hembeck. I’m not him. PJ Harvey, Harvey Pekar, Harvey Weinstein Harvey Trifecta! DQ: Born east of the Mississippi? Holding 2 DQs ---
**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 15, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/180 "2015-11-15T00:50:59Z")
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