# 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:** 5
**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, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/81 "2016-10-21T11:15:01Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. Correct on #1 and #2. #3 was Forrest Gump. DQ: Known for science? ---
**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, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/82 "2016-10-21T11:52:09Z")
**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 9. Not known for science ---
**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, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/83 "2016-10-21T13:59:36Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Gepetto’s pet cat? 2. Did you and your friend Gideon lure Pinocchio away from Jiminy Cricket? 3. Were you married to Lee Majors for a number of years? ---
**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 21, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/84 "2016-10-21T15:27:19Z")
Previous IQs: Were you RNC Chair in the Eighties? - Frank Fahrenkopf (sp?) Was the only known movie footage of you taken at someone else’s wedding? - Anne Frank Did your coworkers watch the home movie of your wedding and riff on it? - Frank Burns (in one of my favorite _M_A_S_H\* episodes) Frank x3! DQs: Born before 1964? European? Known as a businessman/entrepreneur? IQs: Was your second family revealed only after you died? Were you an admired Alsatian pastor considered the Gandhi of your day? Did Truman appoint you Chief Justice of the United States? ---
**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, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/85 "2016-10-21T16:28:20Z")
I am no longer holding a spare DQ as I now realize EH asked an Anne Frank IQ prior to mine. IQ1: Did the car you were in stall outside a deli wherein your would-be assassin happened to be eating, resulting in him killing you and your wife? IQ2: Did you state that God is dead? IQ3: Were you a co-author with Marx? ---
**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, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/86 "2016-10-21T21:05:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Gepetto’s pet cat? > 2. Did you and your friend Gideon lure Pinocchio away from Jiminy Cricket? > 3. Were you married to Lee Majors for a number of years? DQ. DQ. Not Farrah Fawcett. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > Was your second family revealed only after you died? > Were you an admired Alsatian pastor considered the Gandhi of your day? > Did Truman appoint you Chief Justice of the United States? Three DQs. > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did the car you were in stall outside a deli wherein your would-be assassin happened to be eating, resulting in him killing you and your wife? > IQ2: Did you state that God is dead? > IQ3: Were you a co-author with Marx? Not Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Not Friedrich Nietzsche. Not Friedrich Engels. I like this guy – he asks questions I can answer! 😃 **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 9. Not known for science 10. Born before 1964 11. European 12. Businessman/entrepreneur, but not known for that ---
**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, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/87 "2016-10-21T21:34:12Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Gepetto’s pet cat? > 2. Did you and your friend Gideon lure Pinocchio away from Jiminy Cricket? > 3. Were you married to Lee Majors for a number of years? > DQ. > DQ. > Not Farrah Fawcett. #1 was Figaro. #2 was John Foulfellow. Correct on Farrah. DQs: 1. British? 2. Born after 1920? ---
**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, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/88 "2016-10-21T22:21:00Z")
**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 9. Not known for science 10. Born before 1964 11. European 12. Businessman/entrepreneur, but not famous for that 13. British 14. Not born after 1920 ---
**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, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/89 "2016-10-22T05:04:29Z")
Previous IQs: Was your second family revealed only after you died? - Francois Mitterrand Were you an admired Alsatian pastor considered the Gandhi of your day? - John Frederick Oberlin, after whom the Ohio college was named Did Truman appoint you Chief Justice of the United States? - Fred Vinson DQs: Of royal or noble blood? English? Associated with London? IQs: Were you a pre-1900 Englishman who shared a last (non-F) name with a famous American actor? Did you succeed Collingwood as PM? Were you an explorer after whom a Starfleet vessel was named? ---
**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, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/90 "2016-10-22T13:00:05Z")
IQs: 1. Was your steamship named “The North Atlantic River Explorer”? 2. Were you one of the fairies who guarded Princess Aurora in Disney’s _Sleeping Beauty_? 3. Were you another of the fairies who guarded Princess Aurora in Disney’s _Sleeping Beauty_? ---
**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, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/91 "2016-10-22T19:30:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a pre-1900 Englishman who shared a last (non-F) name with a famous American actor? > Did you succeed Collingwood as PM? > Were you an explorer after whom a Starfleet vessel was named? DQ. DQ. Not … Sir Francis Drake? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your steamship named “The North Atlantic River Explorer”? > 2. Were you one of the fairies who guarded Princess Aurora in Disney’s _Sleeping Beauty_? > 3. Were you another of the fairies who guarded Princess Aurora in Disney’s _Sleeping Beauty_? Not Robert Fulton. DQ. DQ. **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 9. Not known for science 10. Born before 1964 11. European 12. Businessman/entrepreneur, but not famous for that 13. British 14. Not born after 1920 15. Not of royal or noble blood 16. English 17. Not associated with London ---
**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, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/92 "2016-10-22T20:55:28Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your steamship named “The North Atlantic River Explorer”? > 2. Were you one of the fairies who guarded Princess Aurora in Disney’s Sleeping Beauty? > 3. Were you another of the fairies who guarded Princess Aurora in Disney’s Sleeping Beauty? > Not Robert Fulton. > DQ. > DQ. Correct on Fulton. Flora and Fauna were the fairies. 2 DQs reserved. Hmmm… ---
**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 23, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/93 "2016-10-23T02:54:02Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a pre-1900 Englishman who shared a last (non-F) name with a famous American actor? - Francis Bacon Did you succeed Collingwood as PM? - Francis Urquhart, in the British original _House of Cards_ Were you an explorer after whom a Starfleet vessel was named? - Yes, Francis Drake (the USS _Drake_ was mentioned in an early ST:TNG episode) Francis x3! Two DQs reserved. Hmmm. An English male, dead, first name starts with F, born between 1850 and 1920. Businessman/entrepreneur, but not famous for that. Not known for the arts, politics, the military or science. Think think think… ---
**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 24, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/94 "2016-10-24T22:24:50Z")
IQ1: Were you typically portrayed by several different performers within each individual television episode, though within the plot you were the same character? IQ2: Were you an architect famous for your domes? IQ3: Did you drop a ring into a glass of water in a Senate hearing? I’m not coming up with any good ideas at this point. ---
**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 24, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/95 "2016-10-24T23:08:48Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you typically portrayed by several different performers within each individual television episode, though within the plot you were the same character? > IQ2: Were you an architect famous for your domes? > IQ3: Did you drop a ring into a glass of water in a Senate hearing? DQ. I’m guessing you mean Brunelleschi, but I don’t know his first name – DQ. Not Richard Feynman. ---
**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 25, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/96 "2016-10-25T00:53:20Z")
DQ: Common first name? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 25, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/97 "2016-10-25T01:07:33Z")
**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 9. Not known for science 10. Born before 1964 11. European 12. Businessman/entrepreneur, but not famous for that 13. British 14. Not born after 1920 15. Not of royal or noble blood 16. English 17. Not associated with London 18. Formerly common first name (in the US it peaked in popularity in the early 1920s, hasn’t been in the top 100 names since 1955, and now isn’t in the top 600) ---
**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 25, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/98 "2016-10-25T01:49:21Z")
DQ: known for criminal activity? ---
**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 25, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/99 "2016-10-25T03:07:15Z")
**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 9. Not known for science 10. Born before 1964 11. European 12. Businessman/entrepreneur, but not famous for that 13. British 14. Not born after 1920 15. Not of royal or noble blood 16. English 17. Not associated with London 18. Formerly common first name (in the US it peaked in popularity in the early 1920s, hasn’t been in the top 100 names since 1955, and now isn’t in the top 600) 19. Not known for criminal activity ---
**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 25, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/100 "2016-10-25T03:08:06Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you typically portrayed by several different performers within each individual television episode, though within the plot you were the same character? > IQ2: Were you an architect famous for your domes? > IQ3: Did you drop a ring into a glass of water in a Senate hearing? 1 and 2 were Flipper and Buckminster Fuller, correct on Feynman. DQ1: Known for your death or for events that directly caused it? DQ2: Is your first name Francis? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528.md?page=6)