# 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:** 6
**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, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/101 "2018-10-19T14:35:33Z")
Yay! This time I’m **A.** ---
**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 20, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/102 "2018-10-20T00:45:21Z")
All right, **Prof. P.**! Well done. Previous IQs: Were you a mathematician with a four-syllable-long last name? - Yes, Fibonacci Did you and your nephew both play the same role? - Ralph Fiennes and his nephew played an adult and a young Voldemort In a movie, did your father prefer your older brother to you? - Faramir, son of Denethor and brother of Boromir in _LOTR_ On to A… IQs: Did you joke that you would be burying your wallet as well as a fictional creation of yours? Is your cute puppy named Pal? Did your father say “One land, one king” in a movie? ---
**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, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/103 "2018-10-20T16:28:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > On to A… > > IQs: > > Did you joke that you would be burying your wallet as well as a fictional creation of yours? > Is your cute puppy named Pal? > Did your father say “One land, one king” in a movie? Take 3 DQs. By the way, it’s been awhile since we did an A-Z alphabetic run. Does everyone want to? ---
**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, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/104 "2018-10-21T02:59:15Z")
Sure, let’s do it! Previous IQs: Did you joke that you would be burying your wallet as well as a fictional creation of yours? - Arthur Conan Doyle, in killing off Sherlock Holmes in “The Final Problem” Is your cute puppy named Pal? - Arthur, in the PBS kids’ cartoon of the same name Did your father say “One land, one king” in a movie? - Said by Uther, father of Arthur, King of the Britons, in _Excalibur_ Arthur x3! DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with A? IQs: Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s commanding officer at the outset of the Civil War? Was Gilraen your mother? Did your wife teach you to read? ---
**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 21, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/105 "2018-10-21T03:35:28Z")
IQs: 1. Is your band the Tijuana Brass? 2. Were you nicknamed the “Austrian Oak”? 3. Were you on the (US) dollar coin? ---
**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, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/106 "2018-10-21T18:22:09Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. First 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 21, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/107 "2018-10-21T18:23:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s commanding officer at the outset of the Civil War? > Was Gilraen your mother? > Did your wife teach you to read? #3. I am not Andrew Jackson (???). Take 2 DQs for the others. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is your band the Tijuana Brass? > 2. Were you nicknamed the “Austrian Oak”? > 3. Were you on the (US) dollar coin? #1. I am not Herb Alpert. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Susan B. Anthony. ---
**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, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/108 "2018-10-22T04:37:43Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s commanding officer at the outset of the Civil War? - Col. Adelbert Ames, later a Carpetbagger governor of Mississippi Was Gilraen your mother? - Aragorn, in _LOTR_ Did your wife teach you to read? - Almost; it was Andrew Johnson DQs: Living? American? Best known for the Arts? IQs: Were you a leonine Christ figure? Have you been played by Welsh, English (twice) and Swiss actors? Did you meet your fictional future royal husband in Warsaw? ---
**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, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/109 "2018-10-22T12:12:54Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name starts with A 4. Living 5. American 6. Not known for the Arts, but known from the 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 22, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/110 "2018-10-22T12:13:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a leonine Christ figure? > Have you been played by Welsh, English (twice) and Swiss actors? > Did you meet your fictional future royal husband in Warsaw? 1. I am not Aslan. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 22, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/111 "2018-10-22T12:59:35Z")
IQ1: Did you write a book titled “Steal This Book”? IQ2: Were you a socialite who frequently appeared as a panelist on _What’s My Line_? IQ3: Does a certain telephone prank ask that you be released before you suffocate? ---
**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, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/112 "2018-10-22T13:02:25Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you write a book titled “Steal This Book”? > IQ2: Were you a socialite who frequently appeared as a panelist on _What’s My Line_? > IQ3: Does a certain telephone prank ask that you be released before you suffocate? #1. I am not Abbie Hoffman. Take a DQ for #2. I’m only coming up with Dorothy Kilgallen. #3. I am not Prince Albert. ---
**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, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/113 "2018-10-22T14:14:07Z")
Not sure I understand the answer to DQ6. Previous IQs: Were you a leonine Christ figure? - Yes, Aslan, in the C.S. Lewis books Have you been played by Welsh, English (twice) and Swiss actors? - Adolf Hitler, played over the years by Anthony Hopkins, David Bamber, Alec Guinness and Bruno Ganz Did you meet your fictional future royal husband in Warsaw? - Irene Adler, the only woman known to have bested Sherlock Holmes DQs: Born since 1950? Considered a beauty? IQs: Were you a notorious FBI turncoat? Did your theories on naval power influence TR? Were you US minister to the UK during the American Civil War? ---
**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 22, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/114 "2018-10-22T14:42:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Herb Alpert. > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. I am not Susan B. Anthony. #2 (the “Austrian Oak” ) is Arnold Schwarzenegger. DQ: The subject of an artistic, dramatic etc. work? IQs: 1. Do you own Garfield? 2. Did you succeed Garfield? 3. Did you play Spider-Man in 2012? ---
**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 22, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/115 "2018-10-22T17:20:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Abbie Hoffman. > Take a DQ for #2. I’m only coming up with Dorothy Kilgallen. > #3. I am not Prince Albert. Arlene Francis DQ: Known for a business or product? ---
**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 22, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/116 "2018-10-22T17:25:58Z")
IQ1: Did you compose the Symphony _From the New World_? IQ2: Did you compose _Fanfare for the Common Man_? IQ3: Did you compose _Sabre Dance_? ---
**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, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/117 "2018-10-22T19:48:02Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name starts with A 4. Living 5. American 6. Not known for the Arts, but known from the Arts 7. Born before 1950 8. Not considered a beauty 9. The subject of an artistic, dramatic, etc. work 10. Known for a business or product ---
**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, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/118 "2018-10-22T19:50:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a notorious FBI turncoat? > Did your theories on naval power influence TR? > Were you US minister to the UK during the American Civil War? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you own Garfield? > 2. Did you succeed Garfield? > 3. Did you play Spider-Man in 2012? #1. I am not Jon Arbuckle. #2. I am not Chester A. Arthur. #3. I am not Andrew Garfield. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you compose the Symphony _From the New World_? > IQ2: Did you compose _Fanfare for the Common Man_? > IQ3: Did you compose _Sabre Dance_? #1. I am not Antonin Dvorak. #2. I am not Aaron Copeland. #3. I am not Aram Khatchaturian. ---
**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 23, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/119 "2018-10-23T12:42:05Z")
Not only did he sweep me, he spelled all the names right. IQ1: Are you head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs? IQ2: Are you head coach of the LA Chargers? IQ3: Are you head coach of the Miami Dolphins? ---
**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, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/120 "2018-10-23T14:09:48Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a notorious FBI turncoat? - Aldrich Ames Did your theories on naval power influence TR? - Alfred Thayer Mahan Were you US minister to the UK during the American Civil War? - Henry Adams DQs: Subject of a song? Greatest fame before 1980? Associated with either NYC or LA? IQs: Were you a rocker with an alliterative name? Were you a lunar rebel? Were you the longtime Congressman from Harlem? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378.md?page=7)