# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/521 "2013-11-11T12:24:06Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Were you a proponent of preserving natural land whose eyesight was damaged? > IQ2: Was your case used to establish a precedent for how arrests are handled in America? > IQ3: Did you pull yourself out of a bog by your hair? 1:Then you are not **John Muir** , Scottish-born American founder of the Sierra Club and the John Muir Trust, whose name occurred to me immediately after I made my guess. 2: As you say, you are not Ernesto Miranda - had to get that name out of the way. 3: Then you are not **Baron von Munchausen** , whose implausible exploits are legendary. DQ 1: Are you real? DQ 2: Are you male? ---
**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:** [November 11, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/522 "2013-11-11T15:07:03Z")
IQs: 1. Are you coming to save the day? 2. Were you a one-eyed Israeli military leader and politician? 3. Did you once delay departure of a train so that you could paint its smoke? ---
**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:** [November 11, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/523 "2013-11-11T15:20:17Z")
IQs: Were you a military man who ended up heading a Southern institution of higher learning? Did you get a Medal of Honor even though many military historians think you shouldn’t? Were The Shadows’ ambassador and liaison? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/524 "2013-11-11T16:56:40Z")
Mine were: Manny Machado Jarah Mariano DQ1)Living? DQ2)American? ---
**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:** [November 11, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/525 "2013-11-11T23:56:18Z")
IQ1: Are you the filmmaker who made “Canadian Bacon”? IQ2: Did your mother invent Liquid Paper? IQ3: Did you shoot down 80 aircraft in WWI? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/526 "2013-11-12T02:34:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you coming to save the day? > 2. Were you a one-eyed Israeli military leader and politician? > 3. Did you once delay departure of a train so that you could paint its smoke? Not Mighty Mouse. Not Moshe Dayan. Not … Matisse? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a military man who ended up heading a Southern institution of higher learning? > Did you get a Medal of Honor even though many military historians think you shouldn’t? > Were The Shadows’ ambassador and liaison? DQ (for which I will probably kick myself). Not … Mary Walker? DQ. > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Are you the filmmaker who made “Canadian Bacon”? > IQ2: Did your mother invent Liquid Paper? > IQ3: Did you shoot down 80 aircraft in WWI? DQ. Not Mike Nesmith. Not Manfred Frhr von Richthofen. **M** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/527 "2013-11-12T02:38:45Z")
IQ: Did your “Plan” rebuild postwar Europe? IQ2: Did you have a momentus encounter with future colleagues? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/528 "2013-11-12T03:25:52Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did your “Plan” rebuild postwar Europe? > IQ2: Did you have a momentus encounter with future colleagues? Not George C Marshall. DQ. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/529 "2013-11-12T03:33:46Z")
That was Thurgood Marshall (He argued _Brown_ at the SCOTUS) DQ: Died after 1950? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/530 "2013-11-12T03:54:48Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a military man who ended up heading a Southern institution of higher learning? - Gen. Mark Clark ended up as superintendent of The Citadel. Did you get a Medal of Honor even though many military historians think you shouldn’t? - Dr. Mary Walker is an excellent guess; I’ll rephrase. Were The Shadows’ ambassador and liaison? - Mr. Morden on _Babylon 5_. DQs: Last name end with M? Died since 1950? IQs: Did you get a Medal of Honor since 1941 even though many military historians think you shouldn’t? Are you usually depicted in military uniform even though you’re not associated with military endeavors? Did you and your husband enjoy Arby’s food in a movie? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/531 "2013-11-12T03:56:47Z")
**Elendil** -I already asked your 2nd DQ. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/532 "2013-11-12T03:58:38Z")
IQ: Did you pick a historic running mate in your ill-fated Presidential run? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2013, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/533 "2013-11-12T06:10:20Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. The filmmaker who made “Canadian Bacon” was Michael Moore. DQ: Are you best known for your work in the arts, as we describe them here? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/534 "2013-11-12T06:16:50Z")
IQ1: Are you one of Vito Corleone’s sons? IQ2: Did you play quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1980s? IQ3: Do you like Life cereal? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/535 "2013-11-12T11:02:54Z")
IQ1: Are you Vito Corleone’s creator? IQ2: Did you conduct an experiment that disproved the luminiferous ether? (I only know the last name, so that’s all I’m looking for) IQ3: Are you the other person who conducted the experiment above? (Again, I only know the last name, so that’s all I’m looking for) ---
**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:** [November 12, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/536 "2013-11-12T11:56:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you get a Medal of Honor since 1941 even though many military historians think you shouldn’t? > Are you usually depicted in military uniform even though you’re not associated with military endeavors? > Did you and your husband enjoy Arby’s food in a movie? Not Douglas MacArthur. DQ. DQ. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you pick a historic running mate in your ill-fated Presidential run? DQ. > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Are you one of Vito Corleone’s sons? > IQ2: Did you play quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1980s? > IQ3: Do you like Life cereal? Not Michael Corleone. DQ. Not Mikie. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you Vito Corleone’s creator? > IQ2: Did you conduct an experiment that disproved the luminiferous ether? (I only know the last name, so that’s all I’m looking for) > IQ3: Are you the other person who conducted the experiment above? (Again, I only know the last name, so that’s all I’m looking for) Not Mario Puzo. DQ. DQ. **M** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. Died after 1950 6. Last name does not start with M 7. Best known for work in the 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:** [November 12, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/537 "2013-11-12T13:01:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you coming to save the day? > 2. Were you a one-eyed Israeli military leader and politician? > 3. Did you once delay departure of a train so that you could paint its smoke? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Mighty Mouse. > Not Moshe Dayan. > Not … Matisse? Right on #1 and #2. Claude Monet is #3. DQ: Actor/Entertainer? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/538 "2013-11-12T13:03:44Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you Vito Corleone’s creator? > IQ2: Did you conduct an experiment that disproved the luminiferous ether? (I only know the last name, so that’s all I’m looking for) > IQ3: Are you the other person who conducted the experiment above? (Again, I only know the last name, so that’s all I’m looking for) As you said, Mario Puozo. Then you are neither Michelson or Moreley, of Michelson-Morely experiment fame. DQ1: Best known for the performing arts? DQ2: Born west of the Mississipi? IQ1: Are you Vito Corleone’s actor? IQ2: Are you bad (aaaaooow)? IQ3: Are you a no-talent assclown who started winning Grammies? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/539 "2013-11-12T13:27:29Z")
IQs: 1. Can you turn the world on with your smile? 2. Are you Prof. Pepperwinkle’s robot friend? 3. Are you Erle Stanley Gardner’s best known creation? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/540 "2013-11-12T15:50:53Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **Elendil** -I already asked your 2nd DQ. So you did - thanks. Withdrawn. Previous IQs: Did you get a Medal of Honor since 1941 even though many military historians think you shouldn’t? - Yes, “Dugout Doug”: [Gen. Douglas MacArthur As Recipient of the Medal of Honor: Worthy or Not? - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=357382). Are you usually depicted in military uniform even though you’re not associated with military endeavors? - Black nationalist Marcus Garvey: [http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sayitplain/images/mgarvey.jpg](http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sayitplain/images/mgarvey.jpg). Did you and your husband enjoy Arby’s food in a movie? - Sheriff Marge Gunderson in _Fargo_. Three DQs reserved (waiting on answers to those already asked). IQs: Did David Sedaris make a joke about you in his short story “Town and Country”? Are you a red witch in _Game of Thrones_? Are you perhaps the most prominent current member of your famous family? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=28)