# 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:** 4
**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 17, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/61 "2016-10-17T03:53:40Z")
I didn’t know her name, so I guess it should go back to **SCAdian**. ---
**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 19, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/62 "2016-10-19T01:29:07Z")
If y’all are in agreement, then: I am **F**. ---
**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 19, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/63 "2016-10-19T01:53:30Z")
IQs: Were you RNC Chair in the Eighties? Was the only known movie footage of you taken at someone else’s wedding? Did your coworkers watch the home movie of your wedding and riff on it? ---
**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 19, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/64 "2016-10-19T02:00:15Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Walter Mondale’s VP candidate? 2. Did you write _Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening_? 3. Did you play Porthos in _The Three Musketeers_ opposite Michael York, Oliver Reed & Richard Chamberlain? ---
**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 19, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/65 "2016-10-19T21:36:14Z")
**F**! How’d that F get in there? I wanted to be **E** , dammit! > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you RNC Chair in the Eighties? > Was the only known movie footage of you taken at someone else’s wedding? > Did your coworkers watch the home movie of your wedding and riff on it? Three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Walter Mondale’s VP candidate? > 2. Did you write _Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening_? > 3. Did you play Porthos in _The Three Musketeers_ opposite Michael York, Oliver Reed & Richard Chamberlain? Not … Geraldine Ferarro? Not Robert Frost. DQ. Go ahead and ask your DQs and next set of IQs while I think of an F… ---
**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, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/66 "2016-10-20T11:18:04Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Walter Mondale’s VP candidate? > 2. Did you write Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening? > 3. Did you play Porthos in The Three Musketeers opposite Michael York, Oliver Reed & Richard Chamberlain? > > Not … Geraldine Ferarro? > Not Robert Frost. > DQ. Correct on Geraldine and Robert. #3 was Frank Finlay. DQ: Real? ---
**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 20, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/67 "2016-10-20T11:37:32Z")
**F** 1. 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 20, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/68 "2016-10-20T16:02:23Z")
IQ1: Is the second-most populous county in Washington state named for you? IQ2: Do you occasionally wear the number 4 1/2? IQ3: Were you the one who arbitrarily-at-the-time labeled one type of electric charge as ‘positive’ and the other as ‘negative’ (and are thus the reason why we do the math with imaginary electric current flowing in the opposite direction as do the actual electrons)? ---
**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, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/69 "2016-10-20T16:08:52Z")
Welcome back…, Tim! IQs: 1. Were you Bambi’s skunk friend? 2. Were you called “the poor man’s Ricardo Montalban”? 3. Are you Sheldon’s girlfriend on _The Big Bang Theory_? ---
**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 20, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/70 "2016-10-20T19:21:20Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Is the second-most populous county in Washington state named for you? > IQ2: Do you occasionally wear the number 4 1/2? > IQ3: Were you the one who arbitrarily-at-the-time labeled one type of electric charge as ‘positive’ and the other as ‘negative’ (and are thus the reason why we do the math with imaginary electric current flowing in the opposite direction as do the actual electrons)? DQ. DQ. Not … Faraday? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Bambi’s skunk friend? > 2. Were you called “the poor man’s Ricardo Montalban”? > 3. Are you Sheldon’s girlfriend on _The Big Bang Theory_? Not Flower. DQ. 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 20, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/71 "2016-10-20T19:35:07Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Bambi’s skunk friend? > 2. Were you called “the poor man’s Ricardo Montalban”? > 3. Are you Sheldon’s girlfriend on The Big Bang Theory? > Not Flower. > DQ. > DQ. > Reply With Quote #1 is correct. #2 was Fernando Lamas. #3 is Amy Farrah Fowler. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Alive? ---
**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, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/72 "2016-10-20T21:42:50Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Is the second-most populous county in Washington state named for you? > IQ2: Do you occasionally wear the number 4 1/2? > IQ3: Were you the one who arbitrarily-at-the-time labeled one type of electric charge as ‘positive’ and the other as ‘negative’ (and are thus the reason why we do the math with imaginary electric current flowing in the opposite direction as do the actual electrons)? Pierce County is named for Franklin Pierce, who was the President at the time. Rumor had it that the honor was intended to smooth the path to statehood(s) within Oregon Territory. Franklin Richards, son of Reed and Sue Richards of the Fantastic Four comics. And 3 was actually Benjamin Franklin, who did a lot of the early scientific work with electricity. Franklin x3! DQ1: First name beginning with F? DQ2: Known for the Arts? Holding one 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 20, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/73 "2016-10-20T22:11:30Z")
DQ1: Did you leave your estate 20%-20%-30%-30% to your four children, and have they since had bitter trademark disputes over the use of your/their last name? DQ2: Did you write a book that is now very well known before you died at age 15? DQ3: Were you an athlete and sportscaster whose family posthumously revealed that you had suffered all your life from traumatic brain injuries from playing pro football? ---
**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, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/74 "2016-10-21T01:30:53Z")
**F** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. First name begins with F 5. Not known for the Arts ---
**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, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/75 "2016-10-21T01:48:54Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > DQ1: Did you leave your estate 20%-20%-30%-30% to your four children, and have they since had bitter trademark disputes over the use of your/their last name? > DQ2: Did you write a book that is now very well known before you died at age 15? > DQ3: Were you an athlete and sportscaster whose family posthumously revealed that you had suffered all your life from traumatic brain injuries from playing pro football? DQ. DQ. Not … Fran Tarkington? ---
**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, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/76 "2016-10-21T02:08:21Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the president with the New Deal? 2. Were you a talking mule? 3. Are you a fictional ping-pong player who met Nixon and a lot of other people? ---
**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, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/77 "2016-10-21T02:33:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the president with the New Deal? > 2. Were you a talking mule? > 3. Are you a fictional ping-pong player who met Nixon and a lot of other people? Not FDR. Not Francis. 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, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/78 "2016-10-21T02:58:55Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > DQ1: Did you leave your estate 20%-20%-30%-30% to your four children, and have they since had bitter trademark disputes over the use of your/their last name? > DQ2: Did you write a book that is now very well known before you died at age 15? > DQ3: Were you an athlete and sportscaster whose family posthumously revealed that you had suffered all your life from traumatic brain injuries from playing pro football? Frank Zappa, Anne Frank, and Frank Gifford. (Is Fran Tarkenton dead?) Dweezil Zappa has been forbidden by his two younger, majority-owning siblings from advertising his performances as “Zappa plays Zappa”, citing trademark infringement. Ugly. DQ1: Born before 1850? DQ2: Known for politics and/or the military? DQ3: American? holding one 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, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/79 "2016-10-21T03:14:20Z")
IQ1: Did your widow become infamous for her enormous collection of shoes? IQ2: Were a Large and a Small Cloud named after you? IQ3: Did you write a song about a siege during the War of 1812? ---
**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, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/80 "2016-10-21T03:26:47Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did your widow become infamous for her enormous collection of shoes? > IQ2: Were a Large and a Small Cloud named after you? > IQ3: Did you write a song about a siege during the War of 1812? Not Ferdinand Marcos. Not Ferdinand Magellan. Not Francis Scott Key. **F** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. First name begins with F 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Not born before 1850 7. Not Known for politics and/or the military 8. Not American No idea if Tarkenton is dead or not – he was the only football-playing ‘F’ I could think of… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528.md?page=5)