# Botticelli - October 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 1, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156 "2015-10-01T16:53:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/321 "2015-10-20T22:08:18Z")
Whee, the practice of throwing out IQs that match the midgame clues and hoping for a lucky hit actually works once in a while! Oh, and IQ3 was Poul Anderson, who didn’t match the clues at the time but I thought I needed a DQ 🙂 I am 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 20, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/322 "2015-10-20T22:15:54Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write the hymn _I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say_? 2. Did you paint _The Garden of Earthly Delights_? 3. Were you a radio and newspaper gossip columnist known for your hats? ---
**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 21, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/323 "2015-10-21T02:17:18Z")
IQ1: Were you the first son of Priam and Hecuba? IQ2: Did you tell the world about #1? IQ3: Are you a boy who lives in Centerburg? ---
**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 21, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/324 "2015-10-21T04:09:45Z")
All right, **Tim**! Well done. Previous IQs: Did you donate a big New Mexico ranch to the Boy Scouts of America? - Waite Phillips, of Phillips Petroleum - it became Philmont. Did Tom Hanks play you in a recent movie? - The title character of _Captain Phillips_. Are you the best-known living person born on Corfu? - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Phillip(s) x3! On to H… IQs: Is a big Roman fortification named after you? Were you “the Unspeakable” in Lovecraft’s works? Were you McKinley’s kingmaker? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/325 "2015-10-21T04:31:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the hymn _I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say_? > 2. Did you paint _The Garden of Earthly Delights_? > 3. Were you a radio and newspaper gossip columnist known for your hats? That’s a sweep, take 3 DQs. I feel like I should know 2, but the name is not coming to me. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/326 "2015-10-21T04:32:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first son of Priam and Hecuba? > IQ2: Did you tell the world about #1? > IQ3: Are you a boy who lives in Centerburg? I’m not Hector or Homer, take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/327 "2015-10-21T04:34:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Is a big Roman fortification named after you? > Were you “the Unspeakable” in Lovecraft’s works? > Were you McKinley’s kingmaker? I’m not Hadrian or Hastur, and take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/328 "2015-10-21T10:49:23Z")
IQ1: Did you compose _Symphonie fantastique_? IQ2: Did you compose _The Planets_ suite? IQ3: Did you compose _Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser_, the melody of which later became that of _Das Lied der Deutschen_, Germany’s national anthem? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/329 "2015-10-21T13:15:04Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you compose _Symphonie fantastique_? > IQ2: Did you compose _The Planets_ suite? > IQ3: Did you compose _Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser_, the melody of which later became that of _Das Lied der Deutschen_, Germany’s national anthem? take a DQ, Holst, and Haydn? ---
**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 21, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/330 "2015-10-21T13:16:58Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the hymn I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say? > 2. Did you paint The Garden of Earthly Delights? > 3. Were you a radio and newspaper gossip columnist known for your hats? > That’s a sweep, take 3 DQs. I feel like I should know 2, but the name is not coming to me. #1 was Honorius Bonar. #2 was Hieronymus Bosch. #3 was Hedda Hopper. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name starts with 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 21, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/331 "2015-10-21T13:20:46Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Jim Nabors’s character in _Cannonball Run 2_? 2. Did you attempt to assassinate Ronald Reagan? 3. Were you the French magician known as The Father of Modern Magic? ---
**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 21, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/332 "2015-10-21T13:57:33Z")
Previous IQs: Is a big Roman fortification named after you? - Yes, Hadrian. Were you “the Unspeakable” in Lovecraft’s works? - Yes, Hastur. Were you McKinley’s kingmaker? - Mark Hanna, later a U.S. senator himself. DQ: American? IQs: Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? Were you derided as “a glorified clerk”? Were you Lincoln’s first VP? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/333 "2015-10-21T14:27:08Z")
I am H: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with H 4. Not American ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/334 "2015-10-21T14:29:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Jim Nabors’s character in _Cannonball Run 2_? > 2. Did you attempt to assassinate Ronald Reagan? > 3. Were you the French magician known as The Father of Modern Magic? DQ, John Hinckley Jr, and Houdin (If that’s enough to count, I don’t remember the rest of his name) ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/335 "2015-10-21T14:32:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > Is a big Roman fortification named after you? - Yes, Hadrian. > Were you “the Unspeakable” in Lovecraft’s works? - Yes, Hastur. > Were you McKinley’s kingmaker? - Mark Hanna, later a U.S. senator himself. > > DQ: > > American? > > IQs: > > Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? > Were you derided as “a glorified clerk”? > Were you Lincoln’s first VP? And that’s a sweep. 3 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 21, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/336 "2015-10-21T16:06:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Jim Nabors’s character in _Cannonball Run 2_? > 2. Did you attempt to assassinate Ronald Reagan? > 3. Were you the French magician known as The Father of Modern Magic? > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > DQ, John Hinckley Jr, and Houdin (If that’s enough to count, I don’t remember the rest of his name) Correct on Hinckley and Robert Houdin. #1 was Homer Pyle. DQ: Alive? ---
**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 21, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/337 "2015-10-21T16:10:07Z")
DQs: 1. Did you write _Theogony_? 2. Were you a historian from Halicarnassus? 3. Did you have a thing for Lolita? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/338 "2015-10-21T16:12:02Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you compose Symphonie fantastique? > IQ2: Did you compose The Planets suite? > IQ3: Did you compose Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser, the melody of which later became that of Das Lied der Deutschen, Germany’s national anthem? > > take a DQ, Holst, and Haydn? Hector Berlioz holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/339 "2015-10-21T16:25:54Z")
IQ1: Did your killer claim the infamous “Twinkie Defense” during his murder trial? IQ2: Was your first business selling rubber tires for carriages? IQ3: Were you a recurring guest of David Letterman who wrote autobiographical comics called _American Splendor_? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/340 "2015-10-21T16:37:43Z")
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