# 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:** 4
**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 11, 2013, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/61 "2013-10-11T11:35:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you good-naturedly insult your wife’s family for putting on airs? > Did your husband’s aides refer to you behind your back as “the hellcat”? > Did your dad say he liked his preachers “to look as if they fighting bees”? Not Abraham Lincoln. DQs for #2 and 3 (though I’m going to kick myself for #3, as you’ve used that question before…). > [@etv78](#): > > **Sca** -You’re obviously not a SNL fan (or are too young to remember Church Lady) He would dress up like like a prissy old lady and ask,“Could it be… Satan!?” > > BTW, that was indeed Locke. Last time I watched SNL, the Coneheads were passing out beer and fried eggs for Hallowe’en… > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Was Jerry Jones’ 1st act as owner of the Cowboys firing you? Cowboys … that’s football, right? 😛 DQ. ---
**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 11, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/62 "2013-10-11T11:49:29Z")
Did you good-naturedly insult your wife’s family for putting on airs? - Yes, Abraham Lincoln, who said God just needed one “d,” but the Todds needed two. Did your husband’s aides refer to you behind your back as “the hellcat”? - Mary Todd Lincoln. Did your dad say he liked his preachers “to look as if they [were] fighting bees”? - Robert Todd Lincoln. DQs: Last name start with L? Died since 1900? IQs: Did a detective fall in love with you, thinking you were dead? Did Monty Python reimagine you as a gunfighter? Was a fort in western Penna. named after you? ---
**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 11, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/63 "2013-10-11T11:59:22Z")
Right on all three. New IQs: 1. Were you a contemporary of Andy Warhol known for creating paintings based on romance comic book art? 2. Did you create Woody Woodpecker? 3. Were you the foremost jazz vibraphonist? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/64 "2013-10-11T12:10:41Z")
That was Tom Landry DQ: Died after 1950? ---
**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 11, 2013, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/65 "2013-10-11T12:21:39Z")
IQ1: Did you give your name to points in space where gravitational fields cancel each other out? IQ2: Despite the excesses of your musical youth, did you take Holy Orders before your death? IQ3: Are you a classical pianist with a ‘repetitive’ name? ---
**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 11, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/66 "2013-10-11T22:42:57Z")
**L** 1. Real 2. Dead 3. American 4. Last name does not start with L 5. Died since 1900 6. Died after 1950 ---
**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 11, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/67 "2013-10-11T22:46:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did a detective fall in love with you, thinking you were dead? > Did Monty Python reimagine you as a gunfighter? > Was a fort in western Penna. named after you? DQ. DQ. Not Ligonier. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > New IQs: > > 1. Were you a contemporary of Andy Warhol known for creating paintings based on romance comic book art? > 2. Did you create Woody Woodpecker? > 3. Were you the foremost jazz vibraphonist? Not Roy Lichtenstein. Not Walter Lantz. DQ. > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Did you give your name to points in space where gravitational fields cancel each other out? > IQ2: Despite the excesses of your musical youth, did you take Holy Orders before your death? > IQ3: Are you a classical pianist with a ‘repetitive’ name? Not Lagrange. DQ. DQ. ---
**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 11, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/68 "2013-10-11T23:57:19Z")
Lionel Hampton was the vibraphonist. DQ: Famous for the Arts as we lovingly call them? ---
**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 11, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/69 "2013-10-11T23:58:22Z")
Lionel Hampton was the vibraphonist. DQ: Famous for the Arts as we lovingly call them? ---
**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 12, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/70 "2013-10-12T00:11:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Lionel Hampton was the vibraphonist. > > DQ: Famous for the Arts as we lovingly call them? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Lionel Hampton was the vibraphonist. > > DQ: Famous for the Arts as we lovingly call them? There seems to be an echo in here tonight… **L** 1. Real 2. Dead 3. American 4. Last name does not start with L 5. Died since 1900 6. Died after 1950 7. Not famous for 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:** [October 12, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/71 "2013-10-12T00:21:34Z")
Stereo. ---
**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 12, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/72 "2013-10-12T01:43:11Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the king of Bongo Congo? 2. Are you Pozzo’s slave? 3. Did you portray Mr. Greenjeans? ---
**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 12, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/73 "2013-10-12T01:57:31Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Did you give your name to points in space where gravitational fields cancel each other out? > IQ2: Despite the excesses of your musical youth, did you take Holy Orders before your death? > IQ3: Are you a classical pianist with a ‘repetitive’ name? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Lagrange. > DQ. > DQ. Yes, Joseph-Louis Lagrange. #2. is **Franz Liszt**. Considering his reputation as a wild thing in his youth, it surprised many that he took Orders late in life. #3. is **Lang Lang**. I am told that with the correct intonation, the two halves of his name are different. For most English speaking people who see the Romanization of his name, it looks like the same thing twice. DQ1: Male? DQ2: Famous for scientific advancements (or failures)? ---
**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 12, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/74 "2013-10-12T02:40:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the king of Bongo Congo? > 2. Are you Pozzo’s slave? > 3. Did you portray Mr. Greenjeans? Not King Leonardo. DQ. DQ. **L** 1. Real 2. Dead 3. American 4. Last name does not start with L 5. Died since 1900 6. Died after 1950 7. Not famous for the Arts 8. Female 9. Not famous for scientific advancements (or failures) ---
**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 12, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/75 "2013-10-12T14:53:48Z")
Did a detective fall in love with you, thinking you were dead? - The title character in the noir mystery _Laura_ Did Monty Python reimagine you as a gunfighter? - Henri “No time” Toulouse Latrec Was a fort in western Penna. named after you? - Yes, General Ligonier DQs: Political? Born east of the Mississippi River? IQs: Over the years, were both your father and your husband Presidential candidates? Were you a European cleric who gave his name to an American university? Did Hugh Grant not know who you were in _Notting Hill_? ---
**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 12, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/76 "2013-10-12T14:54:34Z")
Lucky was Pozzo’s slave in Beckett’s play _Waiting for Godot_. Lumpy Brannam was Mr. Greenjeans opposite Bob Keeshan’s Captain Kangaroo. ETA: Ninja’d by EH, so I’ll wait on my DQs. ---
**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 12, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/77 "2013-10-12T21:53:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Over the years, were both your father and your husband Presidential candidates? > Were you a European cleric who gave his name to an American university? > Did Hugh Grant not know who you were in _Notting Hill_? Three DQs. **L** 1. Real 2. Dead 3. American 4. Last name does not start with L 5. Died since 1900 6. Died after 1950 7. Not famous for the Arts 8. Female 9. Not famous for scientific advancements (or failures) 10. Political 11. Not born east of the Mississippi River ---
**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 12, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/78 "2013-10-12T22:14:48Z")
DQs: 1. Died since 2000? 2. Caucasian? ---
**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 12, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/79 "2013-10-12T23:58:19Z")
**L** 1. Real 2. Dead 3. American 4. Last name does not start with L 5. Died since 1900 6. Died after 1950 7. Not famous for the Arts 8. Female 9. Not famous for scientific advancements (or failures) 10. Political 11. Not born east of the Mississippi River 12. Died since 2000 13. Caucasian ---
**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 13, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/80 "2013-10-13T00:44:56Z")
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