# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/341 "2013-10-30T17:46:21Z")
Yup, Buchanan, who I assume you are not. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/342 "2013-10-30T17:47:31Z")
IQ: Were you a Civil War nurse who went on to found a major humanitarian agency? ---
**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 30, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/343 "2013-10-30T17:52:43Z")
> [@The Severed Head of Prof. P](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the original (and best) film Dracula? > 2. Were you an animated bat companion of Rasputin? > 3. Were you a witty Lady famous for ordering “one dozen double damask dinner napkins”? > [@fanganga](#): > > 1: Bela Lugosi > 2: Pass > 3: Pass Bela is, of course, correct. Bartok was Rasputin’s companion in _Anastasia_. Comedic actress Beatrice Lillie was also the Lady Peel in real life. DQs: 1. Known for scientific work? 2. Born after 1850? ---
**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 30, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/344 "2013-10-30T19:59:02Z")
> [@Elendil's Scabrous Hair](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a Texan who played an android? > Have you played a network exec, a computer whiz and a music impresario? > Did you sing about geometric shapes in a granular medium? :: ahem :: ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/345 "2013-10-30T20:09:00Z")
> [@Elendil's Scabrous Hair](#): > > Are you a Texan who played an android? > Have you played a network exec, a computer whiz and a music impresario? > Did you sing about geometric shapes in a granular medium? Oops. Thought I had. 1: Pass 2: I’m not … Bill Murray? 3: Pass ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/346 "2013-10-30T20:10:03Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you a Civil War nurse who went on to found a major humanitarian agency? Pass ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/347 "2013-10-30T20:11:34Z")
DQ1: I am real. DQ2: I am American. DQ3: I am not currently alive. DQ4: I am not male. DQ5: I am not known for the arts DQ6: I was born east of the Mississippi DQ7: I died before 1950 DQ8: My last name starts with B DQ9: I am not known for scientific work DQ10: I was born after 1850 ---
**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 30, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/348 "2013-10-30T20:38:52Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > 1: Betsy Ross > 2: Barney Gumble > 3: Sandra Bullock Correct on all. IQ1: Did you sing a song that told the story of Lola, Tony, and Rico (who wore a diamond)? IQ2: Did you know Paul, the real estate novelist who never had time for a wife? IQ3: Did you play a detective who had a pet cockatoo named Fred? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/349 "2013-10-30T22:26:06Z")
That was Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross. DQ: Born South of the Mason-Dixon line? ---
**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 30, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/350 "2013-10-30T22:28:20Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was an Egyptian town used as the place name in your title of nobility? > IQ2: Were you a villain in a Jay Ward cartoon series? > IQ3: Was said villain’s name a play on yours? > [@fanganga](#): > > I’m embarrassed to pass on all 3 Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. Boris Badenov, frequent opponent of Moose and Squirrel. Boris Godunov, Russian tsar. DQ: Military or political figure? Two DQs reserved. IQ1: Were you the Confederate commander during the attack on Fort Sumter? IQ2: Were you a 19th-century American botanist? IQ3: Did you carve mountains into artwork? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/351 "2013-10-30T22:49:23Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Correct on all. > > IQ1: Did you sing a song that told the story of Lola, Tony, and Rico (who wore a diamond)? > IQ2: Did you know Paul, the real estate novelist who never had time for a wife? > IQ3: Did you play a detective who had a pet cockatoo named Fred? 1: I am not Barry Manilow 2: I don’t know to whom you refer 3: I don’t know to whom you refer > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the Confederate commander during the attack on Fort Sumter? > IQ2: Were you a 19th-century American botanist? > IQ3: Did you carve mountains into artwork? 1: I am not … Nathaniel Bedford Forrest? 2: The only name that comes to mind is George Washington Carver, and he doesn’t fit the letter, so - DQ 3: I’m guessing this is a Mount Rushmore reference, but I don’t know who did that so - DQ. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/352 "2013-10-30T22:50:25Z")
DQ1: I am real. DQ2: I am American. DQ3: I am not currently alive. DQ4: I am not male. DQ5: I am not known for the arts DQ6: I was born east of the Mississippi DQ7: I died before 1950 DQ8: My last name starts with B DQ9: I am not known for scientific work DQ10: I was born after 1850 DQ11: I was not born south of the Mason-Dixon line DQ12: I was not a political or military figure. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/353 "2013-10-30T23:25:49Z")
IQ: Were you a producer known for grand musical productions? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/354 "2013-10-30T23:35:30Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you a producer known for grand musical productions? I am not … Irving Berlin? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/355 "2013-10-30T23:45:41Z")
That’s Busby Berkley DQ: Business figure? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/356 "2013-10-30T23:47:16Z")
My initial is **B** and… DQ1: I am real. DQ2: I am American. DQ3: I am not currently alive. DQ4: I am not male. DQ5: I am not known for the arts DQ6: I was born east of the Mississippi DQ7: I died before 1950 DQ8: My last name starts with B DQ9: I am not known for scientific work DQ10: I was born after 1850 DQ11: I was not born south of the Mason-Dixon line DQ12: I was not a political or military figure. DQ13: I was not a business figure ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/357 "2013-10-30T23:51:14Z")
IQ: Were you a “Cinderella Man”? ---
**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 31, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/358 "2013-10-31T00:03:02Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > 1: I am not Barry Manilow > 2: I don’t know to whom you refer > 3: I don’t know to whom you refer Correct on Manilow. You undoubtedly recognized Lola, Tony, and Rico from his song, “Copacabana.” IQ2 was another song lyric reference: Paul, the real estate novelist, was a character in “Piano Man,” by Billy Joel. Finally, Robert Blake played Baretta the cockatoo-owning detective. Two DQs reserved for now. ---
**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 31, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/359 "2013-10-31T02:17:08Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a Texan who played an android? - Brent Spiner played Data on _Star Trek: The Next Generation_. Have you played a network exec, a computer whiz and a music impresario? - Bob Balaban, in _Seinfeld, 2010: The Year We Make Contact_ and _A Mighty Wind_. Did you sing about geometric shapes in a granular medium? - That was Belinda Carlisle: [Belinda Carlisle - Circle in the sand - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ9NDRYguoA) DQs: Better known in your own right, or as someone’s wife? Died before 1900? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you have to wear fur in your best-known role? Were you known for belting out a particular patriotic song? Were you briefly known as “Mrs. Nesbit”? ---
**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 31, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/360 "2013-10-31T02:47:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the Confederate commander during the attack on Fort Sumter? > IQ2: Were you a 19th-century American botanist? > IQ3: Did you carve mountains into artwork? > [@fanganga](#): > > 1: I am not … Nathaniel Bedford Forrest? > 2: The only name that comes to mind is George Washington Carver, and he doesn’t fit the letter, so - DQ > 3: I’m guessing this is a Mount Rushmore reference, but I don’t know who did that so - DQ. P G T Beauregard. Luther Burbank. Gutzon Borglum (who was responsible for Stone Mountain, as well as for Mount Rushmore). Psst - Nathan Forrest, not Nathaniel… Five DQs reserved… IQ1: Is a style of women’s drawers known by your name? IQ2: Did you give your mother forty whacks? IQ3: Is it said that you waved a US flag to annoy Confederate troops? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=19)