# 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:** 36
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/701 "2013-11-19T23:33:14Z")
IQ1: Were you a legendary Gaulish leader? IQ2: Did you lose three legions in Tuetoberg Forest? IQ3: Were you the counterpart of Hephaestus from another culture? ---
**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 19, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/702 "2013-11-19T23:42:43Z")
IQ1: Are you the hero of a long-running comic strip set in Arthurian times? IQ2: Did your concerts include songs sung by Marilyn Mulvey? IQ3: Was your son the last king of Italy? ---
**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 19, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/703 "2013-11-19T23:53:17Z")
Way to go, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Were you a top Catholic prelate, but not a Pope, profiled in _The New Yorker_? - Rembert Weakland, Archbishop of Milwaukee back in the 1980s. Did someone close to you very often express bafflement at your remarks? - “Whatchoo talkin’ about, Willis?” Was Geraldine your alter ego? - Yes, Flip Wilson. New IQs: Did someone show you a ring featuring the Cross of Lorraine? Did your husband, anguished but polite, wait outside the house while you were with your lover? Did you write _Assassination Vacation_? ---
**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 20, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/704 "2013-11-20T00:59:52Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Were you a legendary Gaulish leader? > IQ2: Did you lose three legions in Tuetoberg Forest? > IQ3: Were you the counterpart of Hephaestus from another culture? I’m not Vercingetorix. Take a DQ for #2. I’m not Vulcan. ---
**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 20, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/705 "2013-11-20T01:00:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the hero of a long-running comic strip set in Arthurian times? > IQ2: Did your concerts include songs sung by Marilyn Mulvey? > IQ3: Was your son the last king of Italy? I’m not Prince Valiant. Take a DQ for #2. Take a DQ for Umberto II’s dad. ---
**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 20, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/706 "2013-11-20T01:02:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Way to go, **Prof. P.**! > > Previous IQs: > > Were you a top Catholic prelate, but not a Pope, profiled in _The New Yorker_? - Rembert Weakland, Archbishop of Milwaukee back in the 1980s. > Did someone close to you very often express bafflement at your remarks? - “Whatchoo talkin’ about, Willis?” > Was Geraldine your alter ego? - Yes, Flip Wilson. > > New IQs: > > Did someone show you a ring featuring the Cross of Lorraine? > Did your husband, anguished but polite, wait outside the house while you were with your lover? > Did you write _Assassination Vacation_? I’m not Victor Laszlo. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 20, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/707 "2013-11-20T01:54:36Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the hero of a long-running comic strip set in Arthurian times? > IQ2: Did your concerts include songs sung by Marilyn Mulvey? > IQ3: Was your son the last king of Italy? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Prince Valiant. > Take a DQ for #2. > Take a DQ for Umberto II’s dad. Correct on Prince Valiant. Victor Borge (it was Marilyn who sang the aria by “Joe Green”). Victor Emmanuel. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? IQ1: Is one of the United Kingdom’s highest-ranking awards named after you? IQ2: Did you star in _The Sheikh_? IQ3: Were your ships the first to sail directly from Europe to India? ---
**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 20, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/708 "2013-11-20T03:45:56Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. 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 20, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/709 "2013-11-20T03:47:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is one of the United Kingdom’s highest-ranking awards named after you? > IQ2: Did you star in _The Sheikh_? > IQ3: Were your ships the first to sail directly from Europe to India? Take a DQ for #1. I’m not Rudolph Valentino. I’m not Vasco de Gama (not sure about this one). ---
**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 20, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/710 "2013-11-20T04:54:38Z")
Previous IQs: Did someone show you a ring featuring the Cross of Lorraine? - Yes, Victor Laszlo in _Casablanca_. Did your husband, anguished but polite, wait outside the house while you were with your lover? - Vivien Leigh; her husband Laurence Olivier did not want to cause a scene. Did you write _Assassination Vacation_? - Writer and NPR commentator Sarah Vowell. DQs: Last name start with V? Living? IQs: Were you the first baby of European ancestry born in North Carolina? Did your dad’s praise of a particular newspaper lead you to write a famous letter? Were you a prominent head of the New York Public Library? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/711 "2013-11-20T09:10:22Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Were you a legendary Gaulish leader? > IQ2: Did you lose three legions in Tuetoberg Forest? > IQ3: Were you the counterpart of Hephaestus from another culture? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Vercingetorix. Take a DQ for #2. I’m not Vulcan. 1. Is indeed Vercingetorix 2: "Thus cried mighty Caesar as he caught his head a crack, **Varrus, Varrus, General Varrus** , give me my three legions back! 3: Is indeed Vulcan. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/712 "2013-11-20T09:25:02Z")
IQ1: Did you conduct illegal secret marriages? IQ2: Do Chevrolet sell a car indirectly named after you? IQ3: Were you a Roman emperor? ---
**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 20, 2013, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/713 "2013-11-20T12:23:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is one of the United Kingdom’s highest-ranking awards named after you? > IQ2: Did you star in _The Sheikh_? > IQ3: Were your ships the first to sail directly from Europe to India? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > I’m not Rudolph Valentino. > I’m not Vasco de Gama (not sure about this one). Queen Victoria (the Victoria Cross). Correct on Valentino and Vasco da Gama. DQ: American? IQ1: Were you killed in a plane crash in Iowa? IQ2: Did you play a man whose mother reincarnated in a very strange form? IQ3: Did you play a chimney sweep, a crackpot inventor, and a museum security guard? ---
**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 20, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/714 "2013-11-20T12:56:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > IQs: > > Were you the first baby of European ancestry born in North Carolina? > Did your dad’s praise of a particular newspaper lead you to write a famous letter? > Were you a prominent head of the New York Public Library? I am not Virginia Dare. I am not “Yes, Virginia…” Take a DQ for the third. ---
**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 20, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/715 "2013-11-20T12:57:56Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you conduct illegal secret marriages? > IQ2: Do Chevrolet sell a car indirectly named after you? > IQ3: Were you a Roman emperor? I’m not Vespasian. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 20, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/716 "2013-11-20T12:59:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you killed in a plane crash in Iowa? > IQ2: Did you play a man whose mother reincarnated in a very strange form? > IQ3: Did you play a chimney sweep, a crackpot inventor, and a museum security guard? Take a DQ for #1. I’m neither Jerry nor Dick van Dyke. ---
**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 20, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/717 "2013-11-20T13:00:04Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with V 4. Dead 5. American ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/718 "2013-11-20T19:26:20Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you conduct illegal secret marriages? > IQ2: Do Chevrolet sell a car indirectly named after you? > IQ3: Were you a Roman emperor? 1 - **Saint Valentine** , who secretly conducted Christian marriages in defiance of the Roman authorities. 2 - The Chevy Volt is named after the unit of potential difference, which in turn is named after **Alessandro Volta** 3 - Is indeed Vespasian DQ1: Died since 1900? DQ2: Known for the arts? ---
**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 20, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/719 "2013-11-20T22:32:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you killed in a plane crash in Iowa? > IQ2: Did you play a man whose mother reincarnated in a very strange form? > IQ3: Did you play a chimney sweep, a crackpot inventor, and a museum security guard? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > I’m neither Jerry nor Dick van Dyke. Ritchie Valens, who died in the same crash as Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and (the man no one ever mentions) their pilot. Correct on the Van Dyke brothers. DQ held pending answers to fanganga’s questions. IQ1: Were you called “the Commodore”? IQ2: Did you play Dr Phibes? IQ3: Were you a young noble with a secret identity as the admiral commanding a mercenary fleet? ---
**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 20, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/720 "2013-11-20T23:21:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you called “the Commodore”? > IQ2: Did you play Dr Phibes? > IQ3: Were you a young noble with a secret identity as the admiral commanding a mercenary fleet? I’m not Vincent Price. Take 2 DQs (and I’m kicking myself already about #3). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=37)