# 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:** 2
**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, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/21 "2016-10-05T10:48:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? I am not Dean Acheson. 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 5, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/22 "2016-10-05T19:48:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you the first CO of the 20th Maine, and later a Reconstruction-era Governor of Mississippi? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 2 DQs. I think we can safely assume that it isn’t Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain again… 😃 IQ1: Did you disappear for a few days in 1926? IQ2: Did you disappear for a few weeks in 1926? IQ3: Did you disappear permanently in 1928? ---
**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, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/23 "2016-10-05T22:14:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I think we can safely assume that it isn’t Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain again… 😃 > IQ1: Did you disappear for a few days in 1926? > IQ2: Did you disappear for a few weeks in 1926? > IQ3: Did you disappear permanently in 1928? I am not Agatha Christie. 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 6, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/24 "2016-10-06T02:04:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you disappear for a few days in 1926? > IQ2: Did you disappear for a few weeks in 1926? > IQ3: Did you disappear permanently in 1928? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Agatha Christie. Take 2 DQs. But you didn’t say which one you thought was Christie… Agatha Christie. Aimee Semple McPherson. Roald Amundsen. DQ1: American? DQ2: Known for the performing 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 6, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/25 "2016-10-06T02:06:42Z")
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 8. American 9. Known for the performing 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 6, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/26 "2016-10-06T03:25:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I think we can safely assume that it isn’t Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain again… :D… Correct. I have asked about this guy in previous rounds. Previous IQs: Were you Truman’s SECSTATE? - Yes, Dean Acheson. Did Brock Peters play your client? - Atticus Finch’s client Tom Robinson was played by Brock Peters in _To Kill A Mockingbird_. Were you the first CO of the 20th Maine, and later a Reconstruction-era Governor of Mississippi? - Adelbert Ames (Chamberlain was the second CO of the unit). DQs: Actress? Has won a top award? IQs: Were you a star of _WKRP in Cincinnati_? Did you sometimes fill in for Dr. Watson when he went off on adventures with Sherlock Holmes? Did you once play Vin Diesel’s sweetie? ---
**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 6, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/27 "2016-10-06T12:33:11Z")
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 8. American 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Actress 11. Nominated, but hasn’t won a top award ---
**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 7, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/28 "2016-10-07T02:29:08Z")
See my IQs? ---
**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 7, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/29 "2016-10-07T12:18:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a star of _WKRP in Cincinnati_? > Did you sometimes fill in for Dr. Watson when he went off on adventures with Sherlock Holmes? > Did you once play Vin Diesel’s sweetie? oops. 1. I am not Loni Anderson. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Riddick, Groot, Fast and Furious, nope. Take a 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 7, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/30 "2016-10-07T19:57:50Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a star of _WKRP in Cincinnati_? - Yes, Loni Anderson. Did you sometimes fill in for Dr. Watson when he went off on adventures with Sherlock Holmes? - Dr. Anstruther. Did you once play Vin Diesel’s sweetie? - Asia Argento in _XXX_. DQs: Best known for comedy? Greatest fame since 2006? IQs: Were you Adama’s daughter in the first BSG? Did you spring forth from Zeus’s brow? Is Gloria Vanderbilt your mom? ---
**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 7, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/31 "2016-10-07T21:36:06Z")
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 8. American 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Actress 11. Nominated, but hasn’t won a top award 12. Not best known for comedy 13. Greatest fame since 2006 ---
**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 7, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/32 "2016-10-07T21:37:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Adama’s daughter in the first BSG? > Did you spring forth from Zeus’s brow? > Is Gloria Vanderbilt your mom? #2: I am not Athena. #3: I am not Anderson Cooper. Take a 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 8, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/33 "2016-10-08T19:06:40Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Adama’s daughter in the first BSG? - Athena Did you spring forth from Zeus’s brow? - Yes, another Athena Is Gloria Vanderbilt your mom? - Yes, Anderson Cooper DQ: Best known for movies? IQs: Did you play a Republican senator from California? Are you that senator? Are you the best-known person to come from Graz? ---
**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 10, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/34 "2016-10-10T13:45:04Z")
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 8. American 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Actress 11. Nominated, but hasn’t won a top award 12. Not best known for comedy 13. Greatest fame since 2006 14. Known both for movies and TV; nominated for an Oscar ---
**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 10, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/35 "2016-10-10T13:52:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play a Republican senator from California? > Are you that senator? > Are you the best-known person to come from Graz? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 10, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/36 "2016-10-10T17:11:46Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play a Republican senator from California? - Alan Alda, on _The West Wing_ Are you that senator? - Arnold Vinick Are you the best-known person to come from Graz? - Ahnuld DQ: Has a famous spouse? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Are you the scary steel-magnolia mom in Gillian Flynn’s _Sharp Objects_? Are you her mean-girl younger daughter? Did your son own Hildene? ---
**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 10, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/37 "2016-10-10T18:21:59Z")
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 8. American 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Actress 11. Nominated, but hasn’t won a top award 12. Not best known for comedy 13. Greatest fame since 2006 14. Known both for movies and TV; nominated for an Oscar 15. Unmarried ---
**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 10, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/38 "2016-10-10T18:22:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the scary steel-magnolia mom in Gillian Flynn’s _Sharp Objects_? > Are you her mean-girl younger daughter? > Did your son own Hildene? …and take 3 more DQs. ---
**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, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/39 "2016-10-11T03:55:43Z")
Previous IQs: Are you the scary steel-magnolia mom in Gillian Flynn’s _Sharp Objects_? - Adora Preaker Are you her mean-girl younger daughter? - Amity Preaker, called Ama Did your son own Hildene? - Abraham Lincoln’s eldest son, Robert: [Hildene - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildene). The house is well worth a visit. Five DQs reserved. Can’t figure out who this is. Other players may use my DQs, one per customer. ---
**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, 2016, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/40 "2016-10-11T10:46:05Z")
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