# Botticelli October 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 30, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263 "2012-09-30T00:55:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/101 "2012-10-07T04:20:05Z")
That guy would be Matthew Lesko. Correct on Lee and Nessman, of course. DQ: Does your first name start with L? ---
**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 7, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/102 "2012-10-07T04:23:46Z")
Way to go, **Enginerd**. IQs: Did you eulogize George Washington as “First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen”? Were you the “Welsh Wizard”? Have you played a translator, an astronaut and an amoral rich guy? ---
**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 7, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/103 "2012-10-07T13:54:45Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > I’m not Lou Gehrig or Vince Lombardi. Take a deep blue DQ. Deep blue is Osama bin Laden, and while I was thinking Lambeau, Lombardi works. DQ1: Were you best known for you participation in sports? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/104 "2012-10-07T14:20:51Z")
Letter L: 1. Male 2. Not currently alive 3. Not involved in the arts 4. A real person 5. American 6. Last name starts with L 7. Not known for participation in sports > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you eulogize George Washington as “First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen”? > Were you the “Welsh Wizard”? > Have you played a translator, an astronaut and an amoral rich guy? I’m not Harry Lee or Tommy Lee Jones(?). Take a wizarding DQ, and a second if Jones is wrong. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/105 "2012-10-07T15:54:59Z")
IQ: Did Jefferson borrow heavily from you when writing the DoI? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/106 "2012-10-07T16:35:19Z")
Not John Locke. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/107 "2012-10-07T16:38:07Z")
IQ: Are you closely IDed with a vehicle named after a city known for its Redbirds? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/108 "2012-10-07T16:45:08Z")
Not Charles Lindbergh. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/109 "2012-10-07T17:14:38Z")
IQ: Did you almost come to blows at the WSOP over a missing chip? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/110 "2012-10-07T17:16:42Z")
No idea - take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/111 "2012-10-07T17:20:31Z")
DQ: are you a scientist? (I was going for Jeff Lisandro) Hoped that’d earn a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/112 "2012-10-07T17:27:52Z")
Letter L: 1. Male 2. Not currently alive 3. Not involved in the arts 4. A real person 5. American 6. Last name starts with L 7. Not known for participation in sports 8. Not a scientist ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/113 "2012-10-07T17:35:33Z")
IQ: Were you a future SCOTUS Justice written about by JFK? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/114 "2012-10-07T17:46:56Z")
The only “L” justice I can come up with is Louis Brandeis, so unless “future” was a mistake you get another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/115 "2012-10-07T17:49:10Z")
DQ: Were you a political figure? (I was going for Lucius Lamar) ---
**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 7, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/116 "2012-10-07T17:54:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you eulogize George Washington as “First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen”? > Were you the “Welsh Wizard”? > Have you played a translator, an astronaut and an amoral rich guy? Correct as to “Light-Horse Harry” Lee, Robert E.'s dad. David Lloyd George, British PM during WWI. This was Larry Hagman, in _Fail-Safe, I Dream of Genie_ and _Dallas_. DQs: Best known for a single incident? Born since 1900? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/117 "2012-10-07T18:32:47Z")
IQ1: Did you deliver a memorable speech at a Pennsylvania battlefield? IQ2: Are you the teen heartthrob role in a Broadway musical based on a John Waters movie starring Sonny Bono and Debbie Harry? IQ3: Did you direct a movie that had the tagline, “Where were you in '62”? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/118 "2012-10-07T19:03:24Z")
Letter L: 1. Male 2. Not currently alive 3. Not involved in the arts 4. A real person 5. American 6. Last name starts with L 7. Not known for participation in sports 8. Not a scientist 9. A political figure 10. Not best known for a single incident 11. Born after 1900 > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did you deliver a memorable speech at a Pennsylvania battlefield? > > IQ2: Are you the teen heartthrob role in a Broadway musical based on a John Waters movie starring Sonny Bono and Debbie Harry? > > IQ3: Did you direct a movie that had the tagline, “Where were you in '62”? I’m not Abraham Lincoln or George Lucas. I’m pretty sure #2 is referring to Hairspray, but I can’t come up with the answer, so take a DQ for that one. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/119 "2012-10-07T19:19:35Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > I’m not Abraham Lincoln or George Lucas. I’m pretty sure #2 is referring to Hairspray, but I can’t come up with the answer, so take a DQ for that one. Correct on Lincoln and Lucas. The show is indeed Hairspray, and the teen heartthrob role is Link Larkin. DQ: Did you die after 1980? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/120 "2012-10-07T19:24:48Z")
Letter L: 1. Male 2. Not currently alive 3. Not involved in the arts 4. A real person 5. American 6. Last name starts with L 7. Not known for participation in sports 8. Not a scientist 9. A political figure 10. Not best known for a single incident 11. Born after 1900 12. Died after 1980 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263.md?page=7)