# Botticelli, Oct. 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 30, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516 "2022-09-30T17:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**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 25, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/321 "2022-10-25T19:28:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did soldiers give you three cheers at lights-out in _Breaker Morant_? > Were you a noted music producer of Turkish descent? > Was one of your songs an important plot point in _Inception_? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 25, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/322 "2022-10-25T19:52:16Z")
Hey, yeah - happy birthday, **Prof. P.** , and many happy returns! Previous IQs: Did soldiers give you three cheers at lights-out in _Breaker Morant_? - King Edward VII Were you a noted music producer of Turkish descent? - Ahmet Ertegun Was one of your songs an important plot point in _Inception_? - Edith Piaf: [Inception soundtrack created entirely from Edith Piaf song | Music | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jul/29/inception-soundtrack-edith-piaf) DQs: Best known for the Arts? Considered a beauty? White? IQs: Does a famous painting of you show you wearing a dress with eyes all over it? Were you Duke of Normandy in both 1977 and 2019? Were you a second daughter who married a man with the first name Fitzwilliam? ---
**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 25, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/323 "2022-10-25T19:57:27Z")
IQs: 1. Did you paint _The Gross Clinic_? 2. Were you leader of Albania for 41 years? 3. Did you play Jessica Marbles in _Murder by Death_, about forty years after your most famous and iconic film role? ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/324 "2022-10-25T20:13:08Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:320, topic:972516”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. American 5. Died since 1900 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the arts 8. Not considered a beauty 9. White ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/325 "2022-10-25T20:16:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Does a famous painting of you show you wearing a dress with eyes all over it? > Were you Duke of Normandy in both 1977 and 2019? > Were you a second daughter who married a man with the first name Fitzwilliam? #1. I am not J. Edgar Hoover. 😆 Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint _The Gross Clinic_? > 2. Were you leader of Albania for 41 years? > 3. Did you play Jessica Marbles in _Murder by Death_, about forty years after your most famous and iconic film role? 1. I am not Thomas Eakins. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Elsa Lanchester. ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/326 "2022-10-25T20:18:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Thomas Eakins. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Elsa Lanchester. 2 was Enver Hoxha. DQ: last name begins with E? ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/327 "2022-10-25T20:22:00Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. American 5. Died since 1900 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the arts 8. Not considered a beauty 9. White 10. Last name begins with E ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/328 "2022-10-25T20:30:07Z")
IQ1: Are you the only singer of a Bond-movie theme to appear on-screen singing the song during the opening credits? IQ2: Did you appear between Kathy Gale and Tara King? IQ3: Did your father’s company name one of its biggest marketing failures after you? ---
**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 25, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/329 "2022-10-25T21:23:20Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Q1: Are you the only singer of a Bond-movie theme to appear on-screen singing the song during the opening credits? > IQ2: Did you appear between Kathy Gale and Tara King? > IQ3: Did your father’s company name one of its biggest marketing failures after you? #3. I am not Edsel Ford. Take 2 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:** [October 25, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/330 "2022-10-25T21:27:08Z")
DQ: Known for the performing 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:** [October 25, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/331 "2022-10-25T21:29:57Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. American 5. Died since 1900 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the arts 8. Not considered a beauty 9. White 10. Last name begins with E 11. Not known for the performing arts ---
**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 25, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/332 "2022-10-25T21:52:38Z")
Previous IQs: Does a famous painting of you show you wearing a dress with eyes all over it? - Queen Elizabeth I: [The Eyes have It - streetsofsalem](https://streetsofsalem.com/2013/08/26/the-eyes-have-it/) Were you Duke of Normandy in both 1977 and 2019? - Queen Elizabeth II: [Duke of Normandy - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Normandy#Modern_title) Were you a second daughter who married a man with the first name Fitzwilliam? - Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in Austen’s _Pride and Prejudice_, who married Mr. Darcy Elizabeth x3! DQs: Best known for politics/military? Won a top award in her field? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you and your ship transformed into what we now know as Venus? Were you that person’s son? Were you either of _that_ person’s twin sons? ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/333 "2022-10-25T22:02:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you the only singer of a Bond-movie theme to appear on-screen singing the song during the opening credits? > > IQ2: Did you appear between Kathy Gale and Tara King? > > IQ3: Did your father’s company name one of its biggest marketing failures after you? > > #3. I am not Edsel Ford. > Take 2 DQs. Sheena Easton - _For Your Eyes Only_ Emma Peel, from the Avengers Correct DQ: Known for writing? Holding one DQ ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/334 "2022-10-25T22:02:44Z")
IQs: 1. Did you call genius 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration? 2. Were you Amelia, the single mom of a troubled child, in _The Babadook_? 3. Does one of your paintings depict a person making [this sort](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Wilhelm_Scream.ogg) of noise? ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/335 "2022-10-25T23:26:18Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:331, topic:972516, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. American 5. Died since 1900 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the arts 8. Not considered a beauty 9. White 10. Last name begins with E 11. Not known for the performing arts 12. Not known for politics/military 13. Won top awards in her field 14. Known mainly for writing, but not exclusively ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/336 "2022-10-25T23:28:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you and your ship transformed into what we now know as Venus? > Were you that person’s son? > Were you either of _that_ person’s twin sons? Take 3 DQs. This smacks of the Silmarillon, but I don’t know exactly who. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you call genius 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration? > 2. Were you Amelia, the single mom of a troubled child, in _The Babadook_? > 3. Does one of your paintings depict a person making [this sort](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Wilhelm_Scream.ogg) of noise? 1. I am not Thomas Edison. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Edvard Munch. The person shown in _The Scream_, BTW, is NOT screaming. He is reacting to the scream of nature in a cruel world. ---
**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 26, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/337 "2022-10-26T01:25:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Thomas Edison. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Edvard Munch. 2 was Essie Davis. DQ: died after 2000? ---
**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 26, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/338 "2022-10-26T07:19:10Z")
Held DQ: Mostly known for writing genre fiction? ---
**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 26, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/339 "2022-10-26T12:38:58Z")
] DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. American 5. Died since 1900 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the arts 8. Not considered a beauty 9. White 10. Last name begins with E 11. Not known for the performing arts 12. Not known for politics/military 13. Won top awards in her field 14. Known mainly for writing, but not exclusively 15. Died after 2000 16. Not known for genre fiction ---
**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 26, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/340 "2022-10-26T19:02:50Z")
Previous IQs: Were you and your ship transformed into what we now know as Venus? - Earendil the Mariner in, yes, Tolkien’s _The Silmarillion_ Were you that person’s son? - Elrond Were you either of _that_ person’s twin sons? - Elladan and Elrohir, Arwen’s older brothers DQs: Greatest fame after 1970? TV personality? Noted for social activism? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you the outspoken wife of a 2004 VP candidate? Did you play a very nice teacher in _Matilda_? Did you rant about things that you hadn’t heard very clearly in the first place? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516.md?page=18)