# 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:** 2
**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 5, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/21 "2013-10-05T22:52:21Z")
IQs: 1. Did you discover Uranus? 2. Did you battle Green Lantern in his movie? 3. Are you the best known of all of the Japanese ukiyo-e artists? ---
**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 6, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/22 "2013-10-06T01:49:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your dog get his name because he was so scrawny when you found him? > IQ2: Are you a bald kid in an old newspaper strip? > IQ3: Did you want people to join the British army during WW I? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I am not Lord Herbert Kitchener or Henry. Have a DQ for IQ1 Ribsy belonged to Henry Huggins (from Henry Huggins and its sequels, by Beverly Cleary). DQ: Male? IQ1: Did you claim to have trouble seeing flags at Copenhagen? IQ2: Are you famous for defending Rome from Lars Porsena’s army? IQ3: Were you a VC recipient shot down by von Richthofen? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/23 "2013-10-06T02:00:26Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Is your name used to mean once per second? Heinrich Hertz, for whom the SI Unit of frequency Hz, corresponding to a frequency of once per second is named > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ2: Did you die shortly after trying to demonstrate how well you could take a punch? Harry Houdini > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ3: Did you voice the love interest of Moe Syzlak? I was going for Helen Hunt, who voiced Renee in the episode where Homer commits insurance fraud to help Moe pay off the huge bills he ran up courting her. It’s possible that there’s an episode where Hank Azaria (who voices Moe) also voices his love interest, so I’ll withhold the DQ until I know. DQ1: Died since 1500? DQ2: Known for political or military endeavours? IQ1: Are you a female mathematician who was killed by a mob? IQ2: Did you swear by Apollo to do no harm? IQ3: Did you create a sphere that was rotated by steam jets? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/24 "2013-10-06T02:01:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you discover Uranus? > 2. Did you battle Green Lantern in his movie? > 3. Are you the best known of all of the Japanese ukiyo-e artists? No, I am not William Herschel or Hokusai. Take a DQ for the Green Lantern question. > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ: Male? > IQ1: Did you claim to have trouble seeing flags at Copenhagen? > IQ2: Are you famous for defending Rome from Lars Porsena’s army? > IQ3: Were you a VC recipient shot down by von Richthofen? I am not Lanoe Hawker or Horatius Cocles. Take a DQ for number 1. H. 1. Real 2. Not American 3. Not a Yank 4. Dead 5. European 6. Male ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/25 "2013-10-06T02:09:13Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > DQ1: Died since 1500? > DQ2: Known for political or military endeavours? > > IQ1: Are you a female mathematician who was killed by a mob? > IQ2: Did you swear by Apollo to do no harm? > IQ3: Did you create a sphere that was rotated by steam jets? I am not Hypatia, Hippocrates (that is Hippocratic Oath I suppose) and Hero (of Alexandria). H. 1. Real 2. Not American 3. Not a Yank 4. Dead 5. European 6. Male 7. Died after 1500 8. I was known for my political endeavours ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/26 "2013-10-06T02:10:02Z")
You got all 3. ---
**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 6, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/27 "2013-10-06T02:25:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you claim to have trouble seeing flags at Copenhagen? > IQ2: Are you famous for defending Rome from Lars Porsena’s army? > IQ3: Were you a VC recipient shot down by von Richthofen? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I am not Lanoe Hawker or Horatius Cocles. Take a DQ for number 1. Horatio Nelson was ordered (by flag signal) to withdraw from combat at Copenhagen, but he held his telescope to his blind eye and said that he couldn’t see the signal. Correct on Horatius Cocles and Lanoe Hawker VC (which was the one I expected you to miss - I thought I was making it too easy by using “Horatio” and “Horatius” in the same set of questions). DQ: Died after 1800? IQ1: Were you an early 20th-century PM of the UK? IQ2: Were you a gunslinger whose best friend was the sheriff of Conniption? IQ3: Were you a young female spy? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/28 "2013-10-06T11:10:34Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Were you going to travel to India to meet Colonel Pickering, when you met him at Covent Garden? > IQ2: Are you sometimes called ‘The Father of History’, and sometimes called ‘The Father of Lies’? > IQ3: Did you slay Patroclus? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I’m not Herodotus or Henry Higgins. Have a DQ for question 3. Right on Henry Higgins and Herodotus. #3 is **Hector** of Troy, son of Priam, slayer of Patroclus, who is in turn slain by Achilles. DQ: From the British Isles (thereby including England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, the Orkneys, the Shetlands, the Isle of Man and the Isle of Wight)? ---
**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 6, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/29 "2013-10-06T14:01:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you discover Uranus? > 2. Did you battle Green Lantern in his movie? > 3. Are you the best known of all of the Japanese ukiyo-e artists? > [@guylevesque](#): > > No, I am not William Herschel or Hokusai. Take a DQ for the Green Lantern question. I had in mind Hiroshige, but I’ll accept Hokusai. #2 was Hector Hammond. I’ll wait on my DQ. ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/30 "2013-10-06T21:54:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Horatio Nelson was ordered (by flag signal) to withdraw from combat at Copenhagen, but he held his telescope to his blind eye and said that he couldn’t see the signal. > Correct on Horatius Cocles and Lanoe Hawker VC (which was the one I expected you to miss - I thought I was making it too easy by using “Horatio” and “Horatius” in the same set of questions). > DQ: Died after 1800? > IQ1: Were you an early 20th-century PM of the UK? > IQ2: Were you a gunslinger whose best friend was the sheriff of Conniption? > IQ3: Were you a young female spy? I’m not Herbert Henry Asquith or Mata Hari. Have a DQ for the second one. > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Right on Henry Higgins and Herodotus. #3 is **Hector** of Troy, son of Priam, slayer of Patroclus, who is in turn slain by Achilles. > > DQ: From the British Isles (thereby including England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, the Orkneys, the Shetlands, the Isle of Man and the Isle of Wight)? H. 1. Real 2. Not American 3. Not a Yank 4. Dead 5. European 6. Male 7. Died after 1500 8. I was known for my political endeavours 9. Died after 1800 10. Not from the British Isles ---
**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 6, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/31 "2013-10-06T22:50:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an early 20th-century PM of the UK? > IQ2: Were you a gunslinger whose best friend was the sheriff of Conniption? > IQ3: Were you a young female spy? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I’m not Herbert Henry Asquith or Mata Hari. Have a DQ for the second one. Correct on Herbert Asquith. Hipshot Percussion, from the _Rick O’Shay_ comic strip. I wouldn’t call Mata Hari young - 40ish, as I recall - but I’ll rephrase. DQ: Native speaker of a Germanic language? IQ1: Are you a fictional young, female American spy? IQ2: Are you a fictional internationally known detective with two sons? IQ3: Did Lewis Carroll write a poem about your work as a photographer? ---
**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 7, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/32 "2013-10-07T12:22:56Z")
DQ: Last name start with an H? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/33 "2013-10-07T15:49:36Z")
IQ1: Was King George II moved to stand at the first performance of your most famous composition? IQ2: Was your poetry set to music by both Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann? IQ3: Were you one of ‘Les Six’? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/34 "2013-10-08T00:23:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ: Native speaker of a Germanic language? > IQ1: Are you a fictional young, female American spy? > IQ2: Are you a fictional internationally known detective with two sons? > IQ3: Did Lewis Carroll write a poem about your work as a photographer? 3 DQS if the second one is not Sherlock Holmes because I don’t recall him as having two sons… > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Last name start with an H? > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Was King George II moved to stand at the first performance of your most famous composition? > IQ2: Was your poetry set to music by both Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann? > IQ3: Were you one of ‘Les Six’? I’m not Henrich Heine. I would say the first one is Handel, but I’m not sure so have a DQ if I’m wrong there. Have a DQ for number three though. H. 1. Real 2. Not American 3. Not a Yank 4. Dead 5. European 6. Male 7. Died after 1500 8. I was known for my political endeavours 9. Died after 1800 10. Not from the British Isles 11. Native speaker of a Germanic language 12. Last name starts with an 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 8, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/35 "2013-10-08T00:33:21Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the Fuhrer? 2. Were you #1’s head of the SS? 3. Were you Lincoln’s first VP? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/36 "2013-10-08T01:03:35Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Was King George II moved to stand at the first performance of your most famous composition? > IQ2: Was your poetry set to music by both Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann? > IQ3: Were you one of ‘Les Six’? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I’m not Henrich Heine. I would say the first one is Handel, but I’m not sure so have a DQ if I’m wrong there. Have a DQ for number three though. George Frederick Handel is indeed who I was after, along with Henrich Heine. #3 is **Artur Honegger**. ‘Les Six’ drop off steeply in terms of their renown, with Poulenc, Milhaud and Honegger on the ‘at least I’ve heard of them’ side, and Auric, Tailleferre and Durey being real stumpers. DQ: Are you a member of a royal family? ---
**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 8, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/37 "2013-10-08T01:44:29Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a fictional young, female American spy? > IQ2: Are you a fictional internationally known detective with two sons? > IQ3: Did Lewis Carroll write a poem about your work as a photographer? > [@guylevesque](#): > > 3 DQS if the second one is not Sherlock Holmes because I don’t recall him as having two sons… Harriet, from the children’s book _Harriet the Spy_. Fenton Hardy, father of Frank and Joe. [Hiawatha](http://people.virginia.edu/~ds8s/carroll/hia.html). DQ: Scandinavian? Two DQs reserved… IQ1: Were you president of Germany when Hitler became chancellor? IQ2: Were you a WWI ace who later became Master of the German Forests? IQ3: Were you head of the US Army Air Forces during WW II? ---
**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 8, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/38 "2013-10-08T13:56:01Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Correct on all three. I’d only just heard of Halldor Laxness yesterday… 🙂 Join the club! :rolleyes: 😉 > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Was King George II moved to stand at the first performance of your most famous composition?.. Handel’s _Messiah_ was first performed in Dublin, and His Majesty was not in attendance. I believe the story about him standing at a later performance remains apocryphal. IQs: Were you the only chubby Elf in the LOTR movies? Did you watch firefighters put out a Christmas fire in your workplace? Was one of your most famous tunes a fake folk song? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/39 "2013-10-08T15:49:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Handel’s _Messiah_ was first performed in Dublin, and His Majesty was not in attendance. I believe the story about him standing at a later performance remains apocryphal. Aye, fair enough. I should have said ‘rumoured to have stood’ and then we’d have been fine. (Apocryphal or not, just try being the only soloist not to stand for the Hallelujah chorus in performance; I dare you!) ---
**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 9, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/40 "2013-10-09T00:53:23Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Aye, fair enough. I should have said ‘rumoured to have stood’ and then we’d have been fine. (Apocryphal or not, just try being the only soloist not to stand for the Hallelujah chorus in performance; I dare you!) I go to a _Messiah_ performance just about every Christmas. Care to make it interesting? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=3)