# Botticelli - November 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 30, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196 "2017-10-30T00:21:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**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, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/261 "2017-11-25T14:31:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you also known as Tharkun and Mithrandir? > Were Elladan and Elrohir your grandsons? > Was a battering ram named after you? 1. I am not Gandalf. 2. I am not Elbereth Githoniel. (?) 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 25, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/262 "2017-11-25T14:33:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the lead singer of Depeche Mode? > IQ2: Are you a horror-fantasy cartoonist whose work has appeared in _Playboy_, _National Lampoon_ and _The New Yorker_? > IQ3: Are you Dennis Mitchell’s neighbor and frequent victim of his pranks? #2. I am not Gahan Wilson. 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 25, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/263 "2017-11-25T15:20:13Z")
Dave Gahan, correct, George Wilson (Dennis the Menace) DQ: Known for a product or service? holding 2 DQs ---
**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, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/264 "2017-11-25T15:42:52Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with G 4. American 5. Deceased 6. Died before 1950 7. Known for the Arts, but not best known for them 8. Considered somewhat a beauty 9. Greatest fame before 1941 10. Greatest fame after 1900 11. Did not have a famous husband 12. Not known for a product or a service ---
**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 26, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/265 "2017-11-26T03:24:32Z")
DQ: Known primarily for a single event? 1 DQ left ---
**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 26, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/266 "2017-11-26T14:40:48Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with G 4. American 5. Deceased 6. Died before 1950 7. Known for the Arts, but not best known for them 8. Considered somewhat a beauty 9. Greatest fame before 1941 10. Greatest fame after 1900 11. Did not have a famous husband 12. Not known for a product or a service 13. Not known primarily for a single event ---
**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 26, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/267 "2017-11-26T16:16:37Z")
DQ: Journalist? ---
**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 26, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/268 "2017-11-26T16:21:32Z")
IQ1: Were you publisher of The Washington Post during the Watergate era? IQ2: Are you one of the members of Monty Python? IQ3: Do you host _The Galloping Gourmet_? ---
**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 26, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/269 "2017-11-26T16:42:38Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with G 4. American 5. Deceased 6. Died before 1950 7. Known for the Arts, but not best known for them 8. Considered somewhat a beauty 9. Greatest fame before 1941 10. Greatest fame after 1900 11. Did not have a famous husband 12. Not known for a product or a service 13. Not known primarily for a single event 14. Not a journalist ---
**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 26, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/270 "2017-11-26T16:43:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you publisher of The Washington Post during the Watergate era? > IQ2: Are you one of the members of Monty Python? > IQ3: Do you host _The Galloping Gourmet_? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Graham Chapman. #3. I am not Graham Kerr. ---
**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 27, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/271 "2017-11-27T05:14:18Z")
Previous IQs: Were you also known as Tharkun and Mithrandir? - Yes, Gandalf Were Elladan and Elrohir your grandsons? - Good guess, but this was Galadriel Was a battering ram named after you? - Grond (used by the orc army against Minas Tirith) DQs: Associated with NYC? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you an ancient figure indirectly referred to in _Watchmen_? Did you end up at NORAD HQ with Nixon in _Watchmen_? Did you, also? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/272 "2017-11-27T11:24:44Z")
DQ (held over from Friday): known for politics? IQ1: Were you the world’s first female prime minister? IQ2: Do you hate Mondays, despite having no real reason to (according to Sheldon Cooper)? IQ3: Does your first name and the country you were president of differ by only one letter? ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/273 "2017-11-27T14:50:07Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with G 4. American 5. Deceased 6. Died before 1950 7. Known for the Arts, but not best known for them 8. Considered somewhat a beauty 9. Greatest fame before 1941 10. Greatest fame after 1900 11. Did not have a famous husband 12. Not known for a product or a service 13. Not known primarily for a single event 14. Not a journalist 15. Not associated with NYC 16. Not known for politics ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/274 "2017-11-27T14:51:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you an ancient figure indirectly referred to in _Watchmen_? > Did you end up at NORAD HQ with Nixon in _Watchmen_? > Did you, also? #1. I am not Gilgamesh. (?) Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/275 "2017-11-27T14:53:07Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ1: Were you the world’s first female prime minister? > IQ2: Do you hate Mondays, despite having no real reason to (according to Sheldon Cooper)? > IQ3: Does your first name and the country you were president of differ by only one letter? 1. I am not Sirimavo Bandaranaike… I’m also neither Golda Meir nor Indira Gandhi. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/276 "2017-11-27T14:58:08Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you publisher of The Washington Post during the Watergate era? > IQ2: Are you one of the members of Monty Python? > IQ3: Do you host The Galloping Gourmet? > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Graham Chapman. > #3. I am not Graham Kerr. Katherine Graham DQ: Known for a crime or scandal? ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/277 "2017-11-27T14:59:54Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with G 4. American 5. Deceased 6. Died before 1950 7. Known for the Arts, but not best known for them 8. Considered somewhat a beauty 9. Greatest fame before 1941 10. Greatest fame after 1900 11. Did not have a famous husband 12. Not known for a product or a service 13. Not known primarily for a single event 14. Not a journalist 15. Not associated with NYC 16. Not known for politics 17. Known for a crime or scandal ---
**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 27, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/278 "2017-11-27T15:58:25Z")
IQ1: Did you frequently star as the grizzled sidekick to the hero in westerns? IQ2: Are you a rodeo performer and western film star named after an owl? IQ3: Did you star as Bret Maverick on TV? ---
**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 27, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/279 "2017-11-27T16:21:49Z")
Previous IQs: Were you an ancient figure indirectly referred to in _Watchmen_? - Ozymandias has a big picture of Alexander the Great, whom he admires, cutting the Gordian Knot Did you end up at NORAD HQ with Nixon in _Watchmen_? - Gerald Ford Did you, also? - G. Gordon Liddy DQs: Victim of crime? Died violently? 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:** [November 27, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/280 "2017-11-27T17:26:49Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with G 4. American 5. Deceased 6. Died before 1950 7. Known for the Arts, but not best known for them 8. Considered somewhat a beauty 9. Greatest fame before 1941 10. Greatest fame after 1900 11. Did not have a famous husband 12. Not known for a product or a service 13. Not known primarily for a single event 14. Not a journalist 15. Not associated with NYC 16. Not known for politics 17. Known for a crime or scandal 18. Not a victim of a crime 19. Did not die violently [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196.md?page=15)