# Botticelli - October 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 5, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411 "2013-10-05T01:50:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 20, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/181 "2013-10-20T23:10:33Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is your girlfriend a real doll? > IQ2: Did you have a dream? > IQ3: Were you often Mildred Wirt Benson? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Ken Carson (former boyfriend to Barbara Roberts) of Mattel fame. > I’m not Martin Luther King, Jr. > Take a DQ for #3. I had somehow managed to escape noticing that Barbie and Ken had official surnames. Until now… :eek: Correct on MLK Jr. Carolyn Keene was a Stratemeyer pseudonym used on the Nancy Drew and Dana Girls books. Most of the books were written by Benson and/or Stratemeyer’s daughter. DQ: Real? IQ1: Are you the only member of royalty an American submarine was named for? IQ2: Were you usually Lester Dent? IQ3: Did you allegedly pound on your desk with your shoe during a speech at the UN? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/182 "2013-10-21T00:10:27Z")
IQ: Did you start a Super Bowl during the 70s for the Redskins? BTW, the one from last game was Teddy Pendergast. ---
**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 21, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/183 "2013-10-21T00:13:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the only member of royalty an American submarine was named for? > IQ2: Were you usually Lester Dent? > IQ3: Did you allegedly pound on your desk with your shoe during a speech at the UN? No idea on #1, take a DQ. I’m not Kenneth Robeson. I’m not Nikita Khrushchev. ---
**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 21, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/184 "2013-10-21T00:15:12Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you start a Super Bowl during the 70s for the Redskins? > > BTW, the one from last game was Teddy Pendergast. Take a DQ. ---
**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 21, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/185 "2013-10-21T00:33:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the only member of royalty an American submarine was named for? > IQ2: Were you usually Lester Dent? > IQ3: Did you allegedly pound on your desk with your shoe during a speech at the UN? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > No idea on #1, take a DQ. > I’m not Kenneth Robeson. > I’m not Nikita Khrushchev. USS _Kamehameha_, one of the 41 for Freedom, was named for Kamehameha I, King of Hawai`i. Correct on Robeson and Khrushchev. DQ: Male? IQ1: Were you a bushranger who used homemade armour? IQ2: Were you a children’s TV show host who allegedly served at Iwo Jima? IQ3: Were you head of the OKW during WW II? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/186 "2013-10-21T01:24:52Z")
DQ: Living? That was Billy Kilmer. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/187 "2013-10-21T01:26:07Z")
IQ: Did Tom Cruise play you in the movie based on your memoir? ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/188 "2013-10-21T11:58:42Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/189 "2013-10-21T11:59:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a bushranger who used homemade armour? > IQ2: Were you a children’s TV show host who allegedly served at Iwo Jima? > IQ3: Were you head of the OKW during WW II? Take 2 DQs. If #2 isn’t Bob Keeshan, take another DQ. ---
**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 21, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/190 "2013-10-21T12:00:45Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did Tom Cruise play you in the movie based on your memoir? 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 21, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/191 "2013-10-21T16:42:30Z")
That was Ron Kovic. DQ: 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 21, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/192 "2013-10-21T16:43:25Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Died after 1900. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/193 "2013-10-21T16:55:34Z")
IQ: Are you the author who coined the term “white man’s burden”? ---
**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 21, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/194 "2013-10-21T17:12:04Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you the author who coined the term “white man’s burden”? I’m not Rudyard Kipling. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/195 "2013-10-21T17:20:42Z")
IQ: Did you bring us to the brink of nuclear war in October of 1962? ---
**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 21, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/196 "2013-10-21T17:23:52Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you bring us to the brink of nuclear war in October of 1962? I’m not JFK and I’m not Khrushchev (again). ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/197 "2013-10-21T17:29:47Z")
:smack: I was going for Kruschev. And I almost used **SCA’s** question! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/198 "2013-10-21T17:46:30Z")
IQ: Did you pray with Nixon during the final hours of Watergate? ---
**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 21, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/199 "2013-10-21T17:47:16Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you pray with Nixon during the final hours of Watergate? I’m not Henry Kissinger. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/200 "2013-10-21T17:56:38Z")
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