# Botticelli - Oct. 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 5, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262 "2020-10-05T13:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/281 "2020-10-22T18:12:25Z")
IQs: 1. Are there more things in heaven and earth than are found in your philosophy? 2. Were you Shakespeare’s young son who died in childhood? 3. Does Jim Butcher write a series of books about you? ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/282 "2020-10-22T18:28:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you hope to lead the Continental Army but did not object to Washington doing so? > Were you called “the Superb” during the American Civil War? > Were you shot along with Breaker Morant? Respectively: I am not John Hancock. Take a DQ. Take a DQ. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQs: > Are you considered the father of history? > Did you briefly legally change your name to Max Power? > Did you allegedly attempt to bribe both LBJ and Nixon into halting nuclear testing in Nevada? Respectively: I am not Herodotus. I am not Homer J. Simpson. This sounds like something Howard Hughes would do. I am not him. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are there more things in heaven and earth than are found in your philosophy? > 2. Were you Shakespeare’s young son who died in childhood? > 3. Does Jim Butcher write a series of books about you? 1. I am not Horatio. 2. I am not Hamnet. 3. I am not Harry Dresden. DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. not living ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/283 "2020-10-22T18:43:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I think guessing the person after just two DQs had been answered might be a record. Does anyone remember a faster round? Yes I do. We were doing alphabetical and decided to do a Christmas theme. I had T and the Professor guessed Tiny Tim in his first IQ. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/284 "2020-10-22T18:49:36Z")
IQ1: Were you dubbed “The King of Calypso”? IQ2: Did you partner with Mike Wallace to launch 60 Minutes? IQ3: Are you aka Blondie? ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/285 "2020-10-22T19:10:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > I think guessing the person after just two DQs had been answered might be a record. Does anyone remember a faster round? > > Yes I do. We were doing alphabetical and decided to do a Christmas theme. I had T and the Professor guessed Tiny Tim in his first IQ. Ah, yes, thanks. Good stuff. Previous IQs: Did you hope to lead the Continental Army but did not object to Washington doing so? - Yes, John Hancock Were you called “the Superb” during the American Civil War? - Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock Were you shot along with Breaker Morant? - Peter Handcock Han[d]cock x3! DQs: American? Died since 1900? IQs: Were you “the Happy Warrior”? Have you played a Commie, a mobster, a pirate and a private eye? Were you Stonewall Jackson’s cartographer? ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/286 "2020-10-22T19:19:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I think guessing the person after just two DQs had been answered might be a record. Does anyone remember a faster round? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Yes I do. We were doing alphabetical and decided to do a Christmas theme. I had T and the Professor guessed Tiny Tim in his first IQ. I got one with my third IQ, which I think was the first set of IQs in that round. Knew someone had done it with his first IQ just a few weeks later, but couldn’t remember who, ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/287 "2020-10-22T20:38:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you dubbed “The King of Calypso”? > IQ2: Did you partner with Mike Wallace to launch 60 Minutes? > IQ3: Are you aka Blondie? IQ1: I am not Harry Belefonte. IQ2: Take a DQ. IQ3: I am not Debbie Harry. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you “the Happy Warrior”? > Have you played a Commie, a mobster, a pirate and a private eye? > Were you Stonewall Jackson’s cartographer? Respectively: I am not the aforementioned Hubert H. Humphrey. I am not Bob Hoskins. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. not living 4. American 5. died after 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:** [October 22, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/288 "2020-10-22T21:16:16Z")
Swept me again. 1. Did you write the hymn _From Greenland’s Icy Mountains_? 2. Did you write the poem _Plain Language from Truthful James_? 3. Were you Ra’s mother? ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/289 "2020-10-22T21:30:46Z")
Clean sweep. IQs: 1. Are you unable to drive 55 mph? 2. Do medical doctors take an oath named for you? 3. Are you rumored to be part of Giants Stadium? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/290 "2020-10-22T22:34:50Z")
IQs 1. Were one of the Lost Boys? 2. Did you pilot an ill-fated three hour tour? 3. Did you give away many things to uniquely dressed people? ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/291 "2020-10-22T22:56:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you write the hymn _From Greenland’s Icy Mountains_? > 2. Did you write the poem _Plain Language from Truthful James_? > 3. Were you Ra’s mother? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Hathor? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you unable to drive 55 mph? > 2. Do medical doctors take an oath named for you? > 3. Are you rumored to be part of Giants Stadium? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Hippocrates. 3. I am not Jimmy Hoffa. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were one of the Lost Boys? > 2. Did you pilot an ill-fated three hour tour? > 3. Did you give away many things to uniquely dressed people? 1. Was Captain Hook a former Lost Boy? If so, I’m not him. 2. I am not Alan Hale. 3. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. not living 4. American 5. died after 1900 ---
**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:** [October 23, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/292 "2020-10-23T00:05:30Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Are you unable to drive 55 mph? Sammy Hagar, singer of his 80s solo hit “I Can’t Drive 55”. Correct on the other two. DQ: Known for the arts? ---
**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:** [October 23, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/293 "2020-10-23T00:47:52Z")
IQs 1. When you use a word, does it mean just what you choose it to mean - neither more nor less? 2. Have you painted a lot of swimming pools? 3. Did you forcefully take over the Nakatomi Plaza? ---
**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:** [October 23, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/294 "2020-10-23T01:44:37Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you dubbed “The King of Calypso”? > > > IQ2: Did you partner with Mike Wallace to launch 60 Minutes? > > > IQ3: Are you aka Blondie? > > IQ1: I am not Harry Belefonte. > IQ2: Take a DQ. > IQ3: I am not Debbie Harry. Harry Reasoner DQ: Last name start 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:** [October 23, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/295 "2020-10-23T10:39:47Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you write the hymn _From Greenland’s Icy Mountains_ ? > > > > > 1. Did you write the poem _Plain Language from Truthful James_ ? > > > 2. Were you Ra’s mother? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Hathor? #1 was Reginald Heber. #2 was Bret Harte. Correct on Hathor. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/296 "2020-10-23T12:01:15Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Was Captain Hook a former Lost Boy? If so, I’m not him. > 2. I am not Alan Hale. > 3. Take a DQ. Corey Haim Yes Monty Hall 2 DQs reserved ---
**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:** [October 23, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/297 "2020-10-23T15:04:05Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQs > > 1. When you use a word, does it mean just what you choose it to mean - neither more nor less? > 2. Have you painted a lot of swimming pools? > 3. Did you forcefully take over the Nakatomi Plaza? 1. I am not Humpty Dumpty. 2. I am not David Hockney. 3. I am not Hans Gruber. DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. not living 4. American 5. died after 1900 6. known for the arts 7. last name starts with H > [@MissTake](#): > > Corey Haim > Yes > Monty Hall Oh, right, _Let’s Make a Deal_ was the game show with contestants in attention-getting outfits. I kept thinking it was _The Price is Right_. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/298 "2020-10-23T16:06:25Z")
My unused DQs 1. Died after 1960? 2. Known for theater? ---
**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:** [October 23, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/299 "2020-10-23T16:32:37Z")
IQ1: Were you noted for your defence of a bridge? IQ2: Is one of your best-known books about a Filipino soldier?? IQ3: Does your “law” say that an SF story should contain only one extraordinary assumption? ---
**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:** [October 23, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/300 "2020-10-23T16:38:10Z")
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