# Botticelli - October 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 3, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378 "2018-10-03T16:46:21Z")\ **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 16, 2018, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/81 "2018-10-16T01:15:02Z")
IQs: 1. Did you paint _A Studio at Les Batignolles_? 2. Did you compose _Clair de Lune_? 3. Did you write the Horatio Hornblower series? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/82 "2018-10-16T01:35:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the grandson in _The Princess Bride_? > IQ2: Did you head the Westboro Baptist Church protests at US soldier funerals? > IQ3: Are you vocalist for Limp Bizkit? IQ1: I am not Fred Savage. IQ2: I am not Fred Phelps. IQ3: I am not Fred Durst. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint _A Studio at Les Batignolles_? > 2. Did you compose _Clair de Lune_? > 3. Did you write the Horatio Hornblower series? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not C.S. Forrester. ---
**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 16, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/83 "2018-10-16T01:53:02Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint A Studio at Les Batignolles? > 2. Did you compose Clair de Lune? > 3. Did you write the Horatio Hornblower series? > 4. Take a DQ. > 5. Take a DQ. > 6. I am not C.S. Forrester. #1 was Henri de Fantin-Latour. #2 was Gabriel Faure. Correct on #3. DQs: 1. Known for the Arts? 2. Died after 2000? ---
**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 16, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/84 "2018-10-16T02:38:19Z")
Previous IQs: Were you chair of the RNC in the Eighties? - Frank Fahrenkopf Were you revived in Arthur C. Clarke’s _3001_? - Yes, astronaut Frank Poole, thought to have been killed by HAL Were you captain of Hill Street Station? - Frank Furillo, on _Hill Street Blues_ Frank x3! DQs: British? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you a subject of bobbysox crushes in the Fifties? Were you, too? Were you the first from a particular subgroup to take the top job in the overall organization, and honored that fact in your official insignia? ---
**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 16, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/85 "2018-10-16T16:03:50Z")
IQ1: Did you frequently partner with The Gray Mouser? IQ2: Did you write about the above’s exploits? IQ3: Did Prince Hal let you have credit for killing Hotspur? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/86 "2018-10-16T16:51:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a subject of bobbysox crushes in the Fifties? > Were you, too? > Were you the first from a particular subgroup to take the top job in the overall organization, and honored that fact in your official insignia? Respectively: I am not Frank Sinatra. I am not Frankie Avalon. I am not Pope Francis. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you frequently partner with The Gray Mouser? > IQ2: Did you write about the above’s exploits? > IQ3: Did Prince Hal let you have credit for killing Hotspur? IQ1: I am not Fafhrd. IQ2: I am not Fritz Leiber. IQ3: I am still not Falstaff. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/87 "2018-10-16T16:54:42Z")
DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. not American 5. not living 6. not involved in politics/the military 7. European 8. died after 1900 9. not known for the Arts 10. died before 2000 11. not British ---
**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 16, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/88 "2018-10-16T17:15:44Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create the world’s first nuclear reactor? 2. Did you use a pendulum to demonstrate the rotation of the earth? 3. Did you sometimes you the pseudonym Anthony Afterwit? ---
**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 16, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/89 "2018-10-16T17:37:36Z")
Swept me again, **DLR**. Damn, you’re good! As to the Pope: [Coat of arms of Pope Francis - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Pope_Francis) IQs: Was your disappearance part of the mystery in _Angel Heart_? Were you an emissary of the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV? Have you played a monarch, an astronaut’s spouse and a private eye? ---
**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 16, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/90 "2018-10-16T19:50:51Z")
Request: cool it with the “still not” answers. Sometimes we don’t read every line written. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/91 "2018-10-16T23:48:01Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Request: cool it with the “still not” answers. Will do. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your disappearance part of the mystery in _Angel Heart_? > Were you an emissary of the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV? > Have you played a monarch, an astronaut’s spouse and a private eye? Respectively: Take a DQ. Take a DQ. I am not Claire Foy. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create the world’s first nuclear reactor? > 2. Did you use a pendulum to demonstrate the rotation of the earth? > 3. Did you sometimes you the pseudonym Anthony Afterwit? 1. I am not Enrico Fermi. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a 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 17, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/92 "2018-10-17T02:30:16Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create the world’s first nuclear reactor? > 2. Did you use a pendulum to demonstrate the rotation of the earth? > 3. Did you sometimes you the pseudonym Anthony Afterwit? > 4. I am not Enrico Fermi. > 5. Take a DQ. > 6. Take a DQ. Correct on Enrico. #2 is Leon Foucault. #3 was Benjamin Franklin. DQs: 1. Known for science or business? 2. French? ---
**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, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/93 "2018-10-17T04:13:33Z")
Previous IQs: Was your disappearance part of the mystery in _Angel Heart_? - WWII-era crooner Johnny Favourite (very loosely based on Frank Sinatra) Were you an emissary of the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV? - Count Fenring, in _Dune_ Have you played a monarch, an astronaut’s spouse and a private eye? - Yes, Claire Foy, in _The Crown, First Man_ and _The Girl in the Spider’s Web_ DQs: Died before 1950? Best known for a single incident? IQs: Were you a ward of the famous person who eventually married you? Were you a skater whose hairstyle was widely admired? Did Churchill utter a three-word insult based on your name? ---
**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 17, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/94 "2018-10-17T13:43:26Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create a set of encyclopedia with Mr. Wagnalls? 2. Did you write _Penguin Island_? 3. Did you beat Robert Fulton to the patent office for your steamboat invention, but lost the credit for it due to Fulton’s marketing expertise? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/95 "2018-10-17T23:39:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a ward of the famous person who eventually married you? > Were you a skater whose hairstyle was widely admired? > Did Churchill utter a three-word insult based on your name? Take three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create a set of encyclopedia with Mr. Wagnalls? > 2. Did you write _Penguin Island_? > 3. Did you beat Robert Fulton to the patent office for your steamboat invention, but lost the credit for it due to Fulton’s marketing expertise? 1. I am not Funk. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. not American 5. not living 6. not involved in politics/the military 7. European 8. died after 1900 9. not known for the Arts 10. died before 2000 11. not British 12. known for a [soft science](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/soft-science), if we’re counting those 13. not French 14. died before 1950 15. not best known for a single incident ---
**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 18, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/96 "2018-10-18T04:01:37Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a ward of the famous person who eventually married you? - Frances Folsom married Grover Cleveland Were you a skater whose hairstyle was widely admired? - Peggy Fleming Did Churchill utter a three-word insult based on your name? - Churchill said of Ike’s SecState, “Dull, duller, Dulles.” DQs: Born in or east of Vienna? Born in or north of Vienna? Greatest fame before 1925? IQs: Were you a mathematician with a four-syllable-long last name? Did you and your nephew both play the same role? In a movie, did your father prefer your older brother to 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 18, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/97 "2018-10-18T12:30:24Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create a set of encyclopedia with Mr. Wagnalls? > 2. Did you write Penguin Island? > 3. Did you beat Robert Fulton to the patent office for your steamboat invention, but lost the credit for it due to Fulton’s marketing expertise? > 4. I am not Funk. > 5. Take a DQ. > 6. Take a DQ. Correct on Funk. #2 was Anatole France. #3 was John Fitch. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/98 "2018-10-19T00:29:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a mathematician with a four-syllable-long last name? > Did you and your nephew both play the same role? > In a movie, did your father prefer your older brother to you? Respectively: I am not Leonardo of Pisa, AKA Fibonacci. Take a DQ. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. not American 5. not living 6. not involved in politics/the military 7. European 8. died after 1900 9. not known for the Arts 10. died before 2000 11. not British 12. known for a soft science 13. not French 14. died before 1950 15. not best known for a single incident 16. born east of Vienna 17. born north of Vienna (but moved there at a young age) 18. greatest fame before 1925 ---
**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, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/99 "2018-10-19T14:24:34Z")
IQ: Are you the guy who came up with the idea of the Oedipus Complex? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/100 "2018-10-19T14:33:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Are you the guy who came up with the idea of the Oedipus Complex? Yes, I am Sigmund Freud! “What is conscious is conscious only for a moment.” Next game goes to Prof. Pepperwinkle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378.md?page=6)