# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 37
**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, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/721 "2013-11-20T23:22:03Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with V 4. Dead 5. American 6. Died after 1900 7. 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 21, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/722 "2013-11-21T01:32:50Z")
> [@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? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Vincent Price. Take 2 DQs (and I’m kicking myself already about #3). Cornelius Vanderbilt. Correct on Vincent Price. Miles Vorkosigan. DQ1: Known for music (musician, singer, conductor, songwriter, &c)? DQ2: Died after 1950? ---
**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 21, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/723 "2013-11-21T02:03:58Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with V 4. Dead 5. American 6. Died after 1900 7. Known for the arts 8. Not known for music 9. Died after 1950 [Yeah, I’m a big Bujold fan, too. Phooey, shoulda got Miles.] ---
**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 21, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/724 "2013-11-21T03:32:17Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the first baby of European ancestry born in North Carolina? - Yes, Virginia Dare, of Lost Colony fame. Did your dad’s praise of a particular newspaper lead you to write a famous letter? - Yes, that Virginia! Were you a prominent head of the New York Public Library?- Vartan Gregorian. DQs: Best known as a writer? IQs: Were you a great king of Gondor? Were you a noteworthy early Ohio potter? Are you the head of USDA? ---
**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 21, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/725 "2013-11-21T03:38:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a great king of Gondor? > Were you a noteworthy early Ohio potter? > Are you the head of USDA? Not early Ohio potter Jabez Vodrey. 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 21, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/726 "2013-11-21T03:41:44Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with V 4. Dead 5. American 6. Died after 1900 7. Known for the arts 8. Not known for music 9. Died after 1950 10. Not a writer ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/727 "2013-11-21T09:08:41Z")
IQ1: Did you play Batman? ---
**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 21, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/728 "2013-11-21T12:53:24Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Batman? I am not Val Kilmer. ---
**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 21, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/729 "2013-11-21T15:08:41Z")
I know the man was an actor, but I have no idea what movies he was in and therefore can’t ask the normal sort of IQ (“Did you play…?” or “Were you in…?”). So… IQ: Are you Van Heflin? ---
**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 21, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/730 "2013-11-21T15:12:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I know the man was an actor, but I have no idea what movies he was in and therefore can’t ask the normal sort of IQ (“Did you play…?” or “Were you in…?”). So… > > IQ: Are you Van Heflin? I am not Van Heflin (I remember he played Athos in one version of \*The Three Musketeers[/].) ---
**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 21, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/731 "2013-11-21T15:53:19Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a great king of Gondor? - Valandil Were you a noteworthy early Ohio potter? - Yes, Jabez Vodrey - well done! Are you the head of USDA? - Tom Vilsack, former governor of Iowa DQs: Actor? Died after 1975? IQs: Were you an actor with a name that indicated you were no immature kid? Were you an actor who shared a first name with that guy, and famously played a villain? Did a guy with whom you are closely associated once say, “Sometimes on the set, if you listen very closely, you can actually hear my brain cells dying”? ---
**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 21, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/732 "2013-11-21T16:09:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you an actor with a name that indicated you were no immature kid? Yes! I am Victor Mature! “I don’t need a spear, it’s only a small lion.” ---
**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 21, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/733 "2013-11-21T16:10:29Z")
Congratulations, EH! U’re next! ---
**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 21, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/734 "2013-11-21T16:28:15Z")
Woohoo - thanks! My other IQs: Were you an actor who shared a first name with that guy, and famously played a villain? - Victor Buono, who played King Tut on the old _Batman_ show. Did a guy with whom you are closely associated once say, “Sometimes on the set, if you listen very closely, you can actually hear my brain cells dying”? - Vanna White has spent a lot of time with Pat Sajak filming _Wheel of Fortune_ over the years. Since we’re deep into November, here’s a new thread: [Botticelli - Nov. 2013 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=708377) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=36)