# 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:** 18
**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, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/341 "2015-10-21T16:39:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQs: > > 1. Did you write _Theogony_? > 2. Were you a historian from Halicarnassus? > 3. Did you have a thing for Lolita? … and we’re back to the sweep. DQx3. ---
**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, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/342 "2015-10-21T16:40:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 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_? DQ, though I suspect I’ll wince when I learn who it is. Henry Ford? Harvey Pekar ---
**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, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/343 "2015-10-21T16:49:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQs: > > 1. Did you write _Theogony_? > 2. Were you a historian from Halicarnassus? > 3. Did you have a thing for Lolita? > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > … and we’re back to the sweep. DQx3. 1. Hesiod. 2. Herodotus. 3. Humbert H. Humbert. DQs: 1. Died before 1900? 2. European? 3. Known for the Arts? ---
**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, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/344 "2015-10-21T19:36:41Z")
I am H: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with H 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Died before 1900 7. Not European 8. Not known 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 21, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/345 "2015-10-21T20:19:47Z")
IQs: 1. Did you say “No one ever steps in the same river twice.”? 2. Did you write _Go Set A Watchman_? 3. Do you write a series of mysteries featuring Gregor Demarkian? ---
**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, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/346 "2015-10-21T20:40:23Z")
> [@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? > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > I’m not Hector or Homer, take a DQ. Correct. Correct. Homer Price. DQ: Asian? IQ1: Were you the best-known member of the Barca family? IQ2: Were you #1’s father? IQ3: Were you famous for defending a bridge? ---
**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, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/347 "2015-10-21T20:56:22Z")
> [@](#): > > 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? > DQ, though I suspect I’ll wince when I learn who it is. > > Henry Ford? > Harvey Pekar Harvey Milk, Harvey Firestone, correct for Harvey x3! DQ: Known for politics/military? Died before 1700? holding 1 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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/348 "2015-10-21T22:26:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the best-known member of the Barca family? > IQ2: Were you #1’s father? > IQ3: Were you famous for defending a bridge? Yes, I’m [COLOR=“Navy”]Hannibal Barca[/COLOR], of Carthage, arguably the greatest general of all time. I was surprised how many questions were about the ancient world well before the DQs pointed there. ---
**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, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/349 "2015-10-21T22:31:06Z")
Good job, SCAdian! ---
**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 22, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/350 "2015-10-22T04:27:19Z")
I didn’t even know Hannibal had a “last name.” Well done, **SCAdian**! Previous IQs: Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? - George Henry Thomas. Were you derided as “a glorified clerk”? - Henry Halleck. Were you Lincoln’s first VP? - Hannibal Hamlin (hey, another Hannibal!). ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/351 "2015-10-22T13:16:29Z")
I am **C**. ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/352 "2015-10-22T13:22:20Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a “lean and hungry look”? 2. Did you routinely say “delenda est Carthago”? 3. Did you write (in Latin) “Big book, big evil”? ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/353 "2015-10-22T13:29:00Z")
IQs: Were you the Tory villain of Jeffrey Archer’s political thriller _First Among Equals_? Was the biggest ship you ever commanded a minesweeper? Did you give a speech in front of a giant poster of yourself? ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/354 "2015-10-22T13:59:55Z")
IQ1: Were you elected Dictator, twice? IQ2: Was your second-in-command known only as Number One? IQ3: Did you lead the majority in the Senate to refuse to ratify a peace treaty, in spite of concentrated efforts by the President to get you to pass it? ---
**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 22, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/355 "2015-10-22T14:39:55Z")
IQ1: Are you a Romantic Era German composer who traveled to England in 1826 to write the opera _Oberon_, then died two months after it premiered? IQ2: Are you known for composing the concert hall versions of Polish mazurkas (dances )? IQ3: Did you compose _Ave Maria_ and the opera _Faust_? ---
**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 22, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/356 "2015-10-22T15:10:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a “lean and hungry look”? > 2. Did you routinely say “delenda est Carthago”? > 3. Did you write (in Latin) “Big book, big evil”? Not Cassius. Not Cato the Elder. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the Tory villain of Jeffrey Archer’s political thriller _First Among Equals_? > Was the biggest ship you ever commanded a minesweeper? > Did you give a speech in front of a giant poster of yourself? DQ. Not Prince Charles. DQ (even though you’ve asked this many tmes before :D). > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you elected Dictator, twice? > IQ2: Was your second-in-command known only as Number One? > IQ3: Did you lead the majority in the Senate to refuse to ratify a peace treaty, in spite of concentrated efforts by the President to get you to pass it? Not … Cincinnatus? Not Christopher Pike. DQ. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Romantic Era German composer who traveled to England in 1826 to write the opera _Oberon_, then died two months after it premiered? > IQ2: Are you known for composing the concert hall versions of Polish mazurkas (dances )? > IQ3: Did you compose _Ave Maria_ and the opera _Faust_? DQ. Not Frederic Chopin. 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 22, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/357 "2015-10-22T15:23:28Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a “lean and hungry look”? > 2. Did you routinely say “delenda est Carthago”? > 3. Did you write (in Latin) “Big book, big evil”? > Not Cassius. > Not Cato the Elder. > DQ. Correct, Correct, Callimachus. DQ: Real? ---
**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 22, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/358 "2015-10-22T18:16:07Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you elected Dictator, twice? > IQ2: Was your second-in-command known only as Number One? > IQ3: Did you lead the majority in the Senate to refuse to ratify a peace treaty, in spite of concentrated efforts by the President to get you to pass it? Correct on Cincinnatus and Pike, and Henry Cabot Lodge thwarted Wilson by refusing to ratify the Treaty of Versailles. DQ: Male? ---
**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 22, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/359 "2015-10-22T19:00:04Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the Tory villain of Jeffrey Archer’s political thriller _First Among Equals_? - Charles Seymour. Was the biggest ship you ever commanded a minesweeper? - Yes, Prince Charles (HMS _Bronington_). Did you give a speech in front of a giant poster of yourself? - Aw, you know the guy: [http://cdn8.openculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/kane-borges.jpg](http://cdn8.openculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/kane-borges.jpg). Charles x3! DQs: American? Last name start with C? IQs: Were you a noted USR&MMC robopsychologist? In a _Robot Chicken_ short, did your toy tell you to kill your family? Were you a prominent early Protestant leader? ---
**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 22, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/360 "2015-10-22T19:05:24Z")
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