# 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:** 25
**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 29, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/481 "2015-10-29T15:31:49Z")
Hmmm. Can’t figure out who this dude is. I release my three earned DQs to other players, one per customer. ---
**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 29, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/482 "2015-10-29T17:50:41Z")
DQ: Known for a discovery or invention? 1 DQ left ---
**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 29, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/483 "2015-10-29T18:10:26Z")
I am R: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name does not start with R 5. American 6. Born since 1950 7. Not best known for the Arts 8. Not known for sports 9. Not known for politics 10. Not known for my death 11. Not born since 1975 12. Not known for science 13. Known for a single event and the aftermath 14. What I was referring to by my answer to #13 was not a crime 15. Not known for breaking a record of some kind 16. First name starts with R 17. Not known for business 18. Not known for a discovery or invention ---
**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 29, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/484 "2015-10-29T18:12:14Z")
IQ: Known as a poster child for fighting HIV/AIDS? ---
**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 29, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/485 "2015-10-29T18:18:30Z")
There’s a reason why it was hard for me to answer #14, why I was looking for the specifics in how the input question was phrased in order to evaluate the truth of it. ---
**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 29, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/486 "2015-10-29T18:19:54Z")
I am R: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name does not start with R 5. American 6. Born since 1950 7. Not best known for the Arts 8. Not known for sports 9. Not known for politics 10. Not known for my death 11. Not born since 1975 12. Not known for science 13. Known for a single event and the aftermath 14. What I was referring to by my answer to #13 was not a crime 15. Not known for breaking a record of some kind 16. First name starts with R 17. Not known for business 18. Not known for a discovery or invention 19. Not known as a poster child for fighting HIV/AIDS ---
**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 29, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/487 "2015-10-29T18:39:41Z")
I am R: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name does not start with R 5. American 6. Born since 1950 7. Not best known for the Arts 8. Not known for sports 9. Not known for politics 10. Not known for my death 11. Not born since 1975 12. Not known for science 13. Known for a single event and the aftermath 14. What I was referring to by my answer to #13 was not a crime 15. Not known for breaking a record of some kind 16. First name starts with R 17. Not known for business 18. Not known for a discovery or invention … and I’m not Ryan White, sorry for missing the D vs I on the question, hehe ---
**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 29, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/488 "2015-10-29T21:00:32Z")
I’m guessing Tim’s mystery guest has a criminal background, but the event for which he is known is not a crime. I still haven’t a clue though. DQ: Known for military service? IQ1: Are you a Welsh fighter pilot who wrote _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_? IQ2: Did you write _The Jungle Book_ in 1894? IQ3: Are you a British philosopher who served 6 months in jail for lecturing against the US entering WWI? ---
**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 29, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/489 "2015-10-29T21:21:56Z")
I am R: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name does not start with R 5. American 6. Born since 1950 7. Not best known for the Arts 8. Not known for sports 9. Not known for politics 10. Not known for my death 11. Not born since 1975 12. Not known for science 13. Known for a single event and the aftermath 14. What I was referring to by my answer to #13 was not a crime 15. Not known for breaking a record of some kind 16. First name starts with R 17. Not known for business 18. Not known for a discovery or invention 19. Not known for military service ---
**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 29, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/490 "2015-10-29T21:23:01Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Welsh fighter pilot who wrote _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_? > IQ2: Did you write _The Jungle Book_ in 1894? > IQ3: Are you a British philosopher who served 6 months in jail for lecturing against the US entering WWI? I’m not Roald Dahl or Rudyard Kipling, and 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 29, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/491 "2015-10-29T21:34:39Z")
Congratulations on a real puzzler, Tim! [I have no clue…] ---
**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 29, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/492 "2015-10-29T23:25:51Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > I’m not Roald Dahl or Rudyard Kipling, and DQ. Bertrand Russell All these no answers. Maybe this guy was noted for falling off the grid. ---
**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 30, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/493 "2015-10-30T01:21:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I’m guessing Tim’s mystery guest has a criminal background, but the event for which he is known is not a crime. I still haven’t a clue though. In addition to not committing any crimes during the event, there’s no record I can find of our guest ever committing a crime. I did the best I could with 13 and 14. My judgement was that answering yes to question 14 would have been more deceptive than answering no was, but there’s a reason I agonized over that response. ---
**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 30, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/494 "2015-10-30T01:41:41Z")
IQ1: Are you the founder of Virgin Galactic, a space tourism industry? IQ2: Are you the subject of the joke “What’s the difference between Michael Jackson and” you? (Answer; Michael Jackson got burned while doing Pepsi, you got burned while doing coke.) IQ3: Were your remains discovered in 2012 in a car centre lot? ---
**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 30, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/495 "2015-10-30T01:52:18Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the founder of Virgin Galactic, a space tourism industry? > IQ2: Are you the subject of the joke “What’s the difference between Michael Jackson and” you? (Answer; Michael Jackson got burned while doing Pepsi, you got burned while doing coke.) > IQ3: Were your remains discovered in 2012 in a car centre lot? I’m not Richard Branson, or Richard Pryor?, and 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 30, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/496 "2015-10-30T18:06:56Z")
DQ: Known as a Boorstin-defined celebrity (“someone who is famous for being famous”)? ---
**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 30, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/497 "2015-10-30T22:31:12Z")
I am R: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name does not start with R 5. American 6. Born since 1950 7. Not best known for the Arts 8. Not known for sports 9. Not known for politics 10. Not known for my death 11. Not born since 1975 12. Not known for science 13. Known for a single event and the aftermath 14. What I was referring to by my answer to #13 was not a crime. This was made clear when I received a formal letter from a federal US attorney announcing that I was not the subject of any criminal investigation. 15. Not known for breaking a record of some kind 16. First name starts with R 17. Not known for business 18. Not known for a discovery or invention 19. Not known for military service 20. Not famous for being famous … and that’s 20! In addition to the bit I added above to #14, let me also mention that there’s a biopic of me currently under development, with A-list names attached. You all know the drill, Prof. Pepperwinkle, Knowed Out, Elendil’s Heir, and SCAdian all receive one last DQ of the form are you Firstname Lastname. ---
**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 31, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/498 "2015-10-31T02:24:07Z")
Pass. I have no idea. ---
**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 31, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/499 "2015-10-31T03:05:24Z")
Also drawing a blank. Think think think… ---
**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 31, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/500 "2015-10-31T11:11:38Z")
That addition to #14 sounds familiar, but… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156.md?page=26)