# Botticelli - Sep 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 3, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928 "2013-09-03T22:04:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/201 "2013-09-18T10:16:17Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you hold the top position in 2 branches of the Federal government, the latter your dream job? I’m not Wm. Howard Taft. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/202 "2013-09-18T10:20:28Z")
DQs: 1. Real ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/203 "2013-09-18T10:31:13Z")
IQ1: Did you own CNN? IQ2: Are you simply the best? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/204 "2013-09-18T10:57:37Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you own CNN? > IQ2: Are you simply the best? I’m not Ted Turner. I’m not Tina Turner. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/205 "2013-09-18T11:03:45Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you think that feeling was believing? > IQ2: Did you carry Robin halfway across the river? > IQ3: Were you Austria’s top-scoring submarine captain? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Maybe it’s just early. Take 3 DQs. St Thomas, who wouldn’t believe Christ had risen until he was able to touch the wounds from the crucifixion. Friar Tuck, who carried Robin Hood halfway across the river, then dumped him in. Georg Ritter von Trapp. DQ1: Male? DQ2: American? DQ3: 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:** [September 18, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/206 "2013-09-18T11:47:16Z")
IQ1: Are you bound to die, poor boy? IQ2: Are you a Robert Burns hero who gave his name to a type of hat? IQ3: Did you and your soon-to-be husband start your business association as attempted blackmailers? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/207 "2013-09-18T11:55:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you bound to die, poor boy? > IQ2: Are you a Robert Burns hero who gave his name to a type of hat? > IQ3: Did you and your soon-to-be husband start your business association as attempted blackmailers? I’m not Tom Dooley. I’m not Tam o’Shanter Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/208 "2013-09-18T11:56:55Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Not American 4. Known for the arts ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/209 "2013-09-18T12:45:19Z")
IQ: Are you not for turning? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/210 "2013-09-18T12:49:05Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ: Are you not for turning? That’s a fascinating question. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/211 "2013-09-18T13:40:15Z")
An alliterative assemblage for the asking… IQ1: Though not a member, are you commonly associated with the Group of Seven? IQ2: Are you a tap dancer? IQ3: Are you a choreographer? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/212 "2013-09-18T13:48:12Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > An alliterative assemblage for the asking… > > IQ1: Though not a member, are you commonly associated with the Group of Seven? > IQ2: Are you a tap dancer? > IQ3: Are you a choreographer? Take a DQ for #1. I’m not Shirley Temple. I’m not Tommy Tune. BTW, do you know of Theodore Gericault? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/213 "2013-09-18T14:36:56Z")
VERY GOOD getting Taft! 😉 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/214 "2013-09-18T14:49:22Z")
[The Lady](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher) is not for turning. DQ: Are you a political or military figure? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/215 "2013-09-18T14:56:56Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Not American 4. Known for the arts 5. Not a political/military figure ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/216 "2013-09-18T15:36:44Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > An alliterative assemblage for the asking… > > IQ1: Though not a member, are you commonly associated with the Group of Seven? > IQ2: Are you a tap dancer? > IQ3: Are you a choreographer? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > I’m not Shirley Temple. > I’m not Tommy Tune. Tommy Tune was actually the tap dancer I was after, though Shirley Temple will do nicely and Mr. Tune is now a choreographer. #1. is **Tom Thomson** , the iconic Canadian painter who died in 1917, three years before the Group of Seven formed. He and Emily Carr were not among the ten people who were members, though they are often (mistakenly) included. DQ: Are you alive? > [@](#): > > BTW, do you know of Theodore Gericault? We discussed ‘The Raft of the Medusa’ in art history class, and I remember the chapter on it in Julian Barnes’ book “A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters”. I might have even remembered that Delacroix was one of the models for the painting, but I don’t think I could have dredged Gericault’s name up under hypnosis. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/217 "2013-09-18T15:40:45Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Not American 4. Known for the arts 5. Not a political/military figure 6. Alive ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/218 "2013-09-18T15:43:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Type “Gericault” in a Google Search and you’ll get close to half a million hits… The test is if any other Botticelli players have heard of him or her. No one has said they have. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/219 "2013-09-18T15:57:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The test is if any other Botticelli players have heard of him or her. No one has said they have. But most of us at least did admit to recognizing _The Raft of the Medusa,_ so I’m all for it counting. (Not that I would actually recognize the painting, but I remember the name.) IQ1: Have you played an angel, a witch, and a man? IQ2: Did a small cartoon start out as part of your show and end up a standalone that’s been on the air for decades? IQ3: Does your son see dead people? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/220 "2013-09-18T16:16:09Z")
Well, I’ve always played fair. So, if three people say Gericault was famous enough for me to continue with T, I will. Otherwise the game reverts to the person who hosted before me: Elendil’s Heir. Fair enough? ETA: First vote: Draelin’s vote counts for me continuing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928.md?page=12)