# Botticelli - October 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 2, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528 "2016-10-02T21:11:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 2, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/1 "2016-10-02T21:11:38Z")
And this round, I am A. ---
**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 2, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/2 "2016-10-02T23:06:10Z")
IQ1: Did you introduce yourself palindromically to your new help meet? IQ2: Were you the hero of Shakespeare’s bloodiest play? IQ3: Were you the losing commander at Actium? ---
**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 3, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/3 "2016-10-03T00:06:08Z")
IQ1: Did you introduce yourself palindromically to your new help meet? IQ2: Were you the hero of Shakespeare’s bloodiest play? IQ3: Were you the losing commander at Actium? I am not Adam. I am not Titus Andronicus. I am not Mark Antony. ---
**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 3, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/4 "2016-10-03T04:14:29Z")
September thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=803313](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=803313) IQs: Are you a key figure in the new HBO _Westworld_ series? Are you her malfunctioning father? Did Lorne Greene and Edward James Olmos both play 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 3, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/5 "2016-10-03T13:26:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > September thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=803313](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=803313) > > IQs: > > Are you a key figure in the new HBO _Westworld_ series? > Are you her malfunctioning father? > Did Lorne Greene and Edward James Olmos both play you? I don’t get HBO. Take 2 DQs for the first two. I am not Commander Adama. ---
**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 3, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/6 "2016-10-03T20:31:25Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a key figure in the new HBO _Westworld_ series? - Dolores Abernathy Are you her malfunctioning father? - Horace Abernathy Did Lorne Greene and Edward James Olmos both play you? - Yes, Commander Adama DQs: Real? Male? IQs: Did the song “Girl of My Dreams” haunt you? Did you defend soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre? Will you appear in the upcoming miniseries _Sharp Objects_? ---
**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 3, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/7 "2016-10-03T21:06:18Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female ---
**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 3, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/8 "2016-10-03T21:07:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did the song “Girl of My Dreams” haunt you? > Did you defend soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre? > Will you appear in the upcoming miniseries _Sharp Objects_? #2: I am not John Adams. Take 2 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 3, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/9 "2016-10-03T21:30:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ1: Did you introduce yourself palindromically to your new help meet? > IQ2: Were you the hero of Shakespeare’s bloodiest play? > IQ3: Were you the losing commander at Actium? > > I am not Adam. > I am not Titus Andronicus. > I am not Mark Antony. Correct on all three. IQ1: Was Anna Anderson proven to not be you? IQ2: Were two of your great-grandchildren kings of the same country? IQ3: Were the Diadochi your successors? ---
**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 4, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/10 "2016-10-04T00:06:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Correct on all three. > IQ1: Was Anna Anderson proven to not be you? > IQ2: Were two of your great-grandchildren kings of the same country? > IQ3: Were the Diadochi your successors? #1. I am not Anastasia. (? Take a DQ if I’m wrong.) Take 2 DQs anyway. ---
**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 4, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/11 "2016-10-04T03:52:54Z")
Previous IQs: Did the song “Girl of My Dreams” haunt you? - Harry Angel, in _Angel Heart_ Did you defend soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre? - Yes, John Adams Will you appear in the upcoming miniseries _Sharp Objects_? - Amy Adams DQs: Living? Last name begin with A? IQs: Do you deserve credit for the Monroe Doctrine? Did you get notoriously tipsy in March 1865? Was your catchphrase “Keep the faith, baby”? ---
**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 4, 2016, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/12 "2016-10-04T10:43:24Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Last name starts with A ---
**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 4, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/13 "2016-10-04T10:44:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Do you deserve credit for the Monroe Doctrine? > Did you get notoriously tipsy in March 1865? > Was your catchphrase “Keep the faith, baby”? I am not John Quincy Adams. I am not Andrew Johnson. I am not Adam Clayton Powell. ---
**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 4, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/14 "2016-10-04T14:48:54Z")
Swept 'em. IQs: Were you a helicopter pilot during the 1982 Falklands War? Does your cross appear on the flag of Scotland? Were you Jimmy Carter’s UN ambassador? ---
**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 4, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/15 "2016-10-04T16:10:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Swept 'em. > > IQs: > > Were you a helicopter pilot during the 1982 Falklands War? > Does your cross appear on the flag of Scotland? > Were you Jimmy Carter’s UN ambassador? #2. I am not St. Andrew. Take 2 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 4, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/16 "2016-10-04T22:02:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Anastasia. (? Take a DQ if I’m wrong.) > Take 2 DQs anyway. Correct. Prince Albert. (The g’grandsons were Edward VIII and George VI.) Alexander the Great. IQ1: Did you have a camel named Clyde? IQ2: Were you played by Leo G Carroll and Hugh Grant? IQ3: Were you the inspiration for two novels illustrated by Sir John Tenniel? ---
**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 5, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/17 "2016-10-05T00:19:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Correct. > Prince Albert. (The g’grandsons were Edward VIII and George VI.) > Alexander the Great. > IQ1: Did you have a camel named Clyde? > IQ2: Were you played by Leo G Carroll and Hugh Grant? > IQ3: Were you the inspiration for two novels illustrated by Sir John Tenniel? I am not Ahab the Arab. Take a DQ for #2. I am not Alice Liddell. ---
**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 5, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/18 "2016-10-05T02:47:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you have a camel named Clyde? > IQ2: Were you played by Leo G Carroll and Hugh Grant? > IQ3: Were you the inspiration for two novels illustrated by Sir John Tenniel? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Ahab the Arab. > Take a DQ for #2. > I am not Alice Liddell. Correct. Alexander Waverly, head of UNCLE. Correct. DQ: Known for the Arts? ---
**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 5, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/19 "2016-10-05T02:48:55Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a helicopter pilot during the 1982 Falklands War? - Prince Andrew Does your cross appear on the flag of Scotland? - Yes, St. Andrew Were you Jimmy Carter’s UN ambassador? - Andrew Young Andrew x3! DQs: Considered a beauty? Born since 1964? IQs: Were you Truman’s SECSTATE? Did Brock Peters play your client? Were you the first CO of the 20th Maine, and later a Reconstruction-era Governor of Mississippi? ---
**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 5, 2016, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/20 "2016-10-05T10:47:58Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Last name starts with A 5. Known for the Arts 6. Considered a beauty 7. Born since 1964 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528.md?page=2)