# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/281 "2013-09-20T11:54:43Z")
> [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > Was it said that ye bathed in the blood of virgins? Yes, I am Elizabeth Bathory! Congrats to **Elendil’s Heir!** I should mention that I’m not Candice Bergen or Bob Campbell, and it’s too early for the thinking required for the rest of the questions. 😉 ---
**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 20, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/282 "2013-09-20T12:40:10Z")
Well done, EH! ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/283 "2013-09-20T21:07:55Z")
Mighty fine job, EH. I be tippin’ the last o’ me rum te ye. I been thinkin’ o’ her mesel’ but figgerin’ the bathin’ in blood thing fer another misconception o’ mine based on the syllable “bath” an’ not knowin’ how te be cluin’ her elsewise. Congrats again. Mine be spoilered in case Draelin be wantin’ te do the thinkin’ when it gets a bit later ‘twere Andreas Baader, who don’t be fittin’. I remembered one o’ Baader an’ Meinhof were a lass, but I be gettin’ wrong which one ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/284 "2013-09-20T21:35:10Z")
Well, that was quick. To wrap up the last round… Correct on Billy Barty. The stuttering sailor was Billy Budd, title character of Herman Melville’s final novella _Billy Budd, Sailor._ ---
**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 20, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/285 "2013-09-20T22:14:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your father work with as real dummy? > IQ2: Were you a dummy whose family included a gay man, a man who thought he could make himself invisible, and a small-time gangster? > IQ3: Did your teacher make multiple attempts to kill you after you broke off an affair with her? > [@Draelin](#): > > I should mention that I’m not Candice Bergen or Bob Campbell, and it’s too early for the thinking required for the rest of the questions. 😉 Correct on Candice Bergen and Bob Campbell. #3 was Bob’s stepcousin (so to speak), Billy Tate. ---
**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 21, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/286 "2013-09-21T01:35:41Z")
Thanks, all! I think we had Bathory as the mystery person a few years ago, as it happens. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > …Did ye play a spy and marry a musician? > Were ye likened by yer boss to a blunt instrument? Barbara Bach was in _The Spy Who Loved Me_ as a beautiful Soviet operative (mwowr!), and married Ringo Starr. James Bond (Pierce Brosnan at the time) was once told by M, “This country will sometimes need a blunt instrument.” The next letter is O. ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/287 "2013-09-21T02:18:30Z")
1. Are you an Ivorian economist who became a politician? 2. Are you a basketball player that lived in West Germany for a few years? 3. Are you the longest-serving Icelandic president? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/288 "2013-09-21T02:25:50Z")
IQ: Were you a WWII Allied general? IQ: Were you traded for the rights to Scottie Pippen? IQ: Are you a grouch who lives in a trashcan? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/289 "2013-09-21T10:08:11Z")
IQ1: Are you the titular heroine of a French work of sadomasochistic erotica? IQ2: Are you the lover of a prince who likes to talk of country matters? IQ3: Did another name by which you are known inspire the name of a month? ---
**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 21, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/290 "2013-09-21T15:35:03Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a woman painter known for very large close-up floral scenes? 2. Did you write _Metamorphosis_? 3. Were you the escaped slave that the apostle Paul sent back to Philemon, his master? ---
**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 21, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/291 "2013-09-21T20:24:45Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > 1. Are you an Ivorian economist who became a politician? > 2. Are you a basketball player that lived in West Germany for a few years? > 3. Are you the longest-serving Icelandic president? Take three DQs. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you a WWII Allied general? > IQ: Were you traded for the rights to Scottie Pippen? > IQ: Are you a grouch who lives in a trashcan? Not Omar Bradley, dunno the second, not Oscar the Grouch. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you the titular heroine of a French work of sadomasochistic erotica? > IQ2: Are you the lover of a prince who likes to talk of country matters? > IQ3: Did another name by which you are known inspire the name of a month? Not Onais Nin (sp?), dunno the second, not… Odin? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a woman painter known for very large close-up floral scenes? > 2. Did you write _Metamorphosis_? > 3. Were you the escaped slave that the apostle Paul sent back to Philemon, his master? Dunno the first two; not… Onan? ---
**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 21, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/292 "2013-09-21T21:45:43Z")
IQ1: Were you played by the man who played Clayton? IQ2: Did you fly through airports? IQ3: Were you Elastic Lad? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/293 "2013-09-21T21:51:34Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > 1. Are you an Ivorian economist who became a politician? > 2. Are you a basketball player that lived in West Germany for a few years? > 3. Are you the longest-serving Icelandic president? 1. Alassane Ouattara. 2. Shaquille O’Neal. He spent his childhood in West Germany where his stepfather was stationed at a military base 3. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson DQ1: Male? DQ2: Alive? DQ3: American? IQ1: Are you the Big O? IQ2: Are you a green-skinned god? IQ3: Are you the spiritual leader of the Talibans? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/294 "2013-09-21T22:48:53Z")
My other one was Olden Polynice DQ: Born after 1900? IQ: Are you an actor who took up bridge? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/295 "2013-09-21T23:06:13Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you the titular heroine of a French work of sadomasochistic erotica? I hadn’t heard of Onais Nin, and googling that name turns up Anais Nin, whom I suspect you were thinking of. I was thinking of O, from L’Histoire d’O. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ2: Are you the lover of a prince who likes to talk of country matters? Ophelia was the lover of Hamlet, who spoke to her of country matters when he laid his head upon her lap. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ3: Did another name by which you are known inspire the name of a month? Octavian, also know as Augustus, for whom the month of August is named. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/296 "2013-09-21T23:09:10Z")
DQ1: Real? DQ2: Known for athletic or sporting accomplishments? DQ3: Held back for now. ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/297 "2013-09-21T23:47:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you played by the man who played Clayton? > IQ2: Did you fly through airports? > IQ3: Were you Elastic Lad? Not \_\_\_\_ Ocean (George Clooney) or O.J. Simpson. Dunno the third. > [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Big O? > IQ2: Are you a green-skinned god? > IQ3: Are you the spiritual leader of the Talibans? Not Jackie Onassis, dunno the second, not Sheik Omar. > [@etv78](#): > > …IQ: Are you an actor who took up bridge? Not Omar Sharif. O. 1. male 2. alive 3. American (dual citizenship) 4. born after 1900 5. real 6. not known for athletic or sporting accomplishments ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/298 "2013-09-22T00:24:25Z")
nevermind ---
**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 22, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/299 "2013-09-22T00:38:35Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you played by the man who played Clayton? > IQ2: Did you fly through airports? > IQ3: Were you Elastic Lad? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not \_\_\_\_ Ocean (George Clooney) or O.J. Simpson. Dunno the third. It’s Danny Ocean (I remember it came up in a recent game), and I guess I’ll take your word for it that Clooney once played someone named Clayton. Correct on O J Simpson. Superman’s buddy Jimmy Olsen was Elastic Lad. DQ: Known for the arts? IQ1: Were you played by a man who was not George Clooney, who also played Clayton? IQ2: Were you the only sister of a group of singing brothers? IQ3: Did you sing about a woman asking a man not to play a certain song on the jukebox? ---
**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 22, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/300 "2013-09-22T01:17:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a woman painter known for very large close-up floral scenes? > 2. Did you write _Metamorphosis_? > 3. Were you the escaped slave that the apostle Paul sent back to Philemon, his master? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno the first two; not… Onan? #1 is [Georgia O’Keeffe](http://www.allposters.com/-st/Georgia-O-Keeffe-Posters_c27073_.htm) #2 is Ovid #3 is Onesimus (as recorded in Paul’s letter to Philemon) I’ll save my DQs for now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928.md?page=16)