# 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:** 18
**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 28, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/341 "2013-09-28T22:26:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your brother outscore you in World War I? > IQ2: Were you the millionaire’s wife? > IQ3: Did your army meet disaster in Egypt? > [@guylevesque](#): > > No idea. 3 DQs Lothar von Richthofen was a flying ace, but his score came nowhere near his brother Manfred’s total. Lovey Howell. “With Gilligan; the skipper, too; the millionaire and his wife…” Louis IX of France. DQ1: Known for the Arts, using our standard definition? DQ2: Native speaker of a Romance language? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Is your chief advisor named Odie Cologne? IQ2: Are you a cartoon character with a friend named Billy Bird? IQ3: Were you a mad king? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/342 "2013-09-28T22:55:44Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Known for the Arts, using our standard definition? > DQ2: Native speaker of a Romance language? > One DQ reserved. > IQ1: Is your chief advisor named Odie Cologne? > IQ2: Are you a cartoon character with a friend named Billy Bird? > IQ3: Were you a mad king? I am known for the arts but my mother tongue is not a Romance language, and there’s no way I am Ludwig II (of Bavaria) or King Leonardo. Have a DQ for #2. L. 1. Male 2. Dead 3. Not American 4. Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line 5. European 6. Last name starts with L 7. Died after 1900 8. Known for the arts 9. Not a native speaker of a Romance language ---
**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 29, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/343 "2013-09-29T01:56:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is your chief advisor named Odie Cologne? > IQ2: Are you a cartoon character with a friend named Billy Bird? > IQ3: Were you a mad king? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I am known for the arts but my mother tongue is not a Romance language, and there’s no way I am Ludwig II (of Bavaria) or King Leonardo. Have a DQ for #2. Correct on Leonardo and Ludwig. #2 was Linus the Lionhearted. DQ: Native language English? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 29, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/344 "2013-09-29T02:09:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you live in Vermont with two oddly-named siblings? > Did you not notice your son’s allergic reaction on Thanksgiving? > Were you a doctor featured in _1776_? > [@guylevesque](#): > > …Not Lyman Hall. Have 2 DQs… Bob Newhart’s friend Larry had two brothers, both named Darryl. Dr. Lilith Crane, in an episode _Frasier_. Correct as to Dr. Lyman Hall. DQs: British? Died after 1950? IQs: Did a bookshop owner in a movie not know who you were? Was a fort in Pennsylvania named after you? Were you noted for your skills at makeup and disguise? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/345 "2013-09-29T02:51:35Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > C > DQ: Native language English? > One DQ reserved. My native language is not English. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > British? > Died after 1950? > > IQs: > > Did a bookshop owner in a movie not know who you were? > Was a fort in Pennsylvania named after you? > Were you noted for your skills at makeup and disguise? Not British but I died after 1950. I am not Lachlan McIntosh. 2 DQs for #1 and #3. L. 1. Male 2. Dead 3. Not American 4. Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line 5. European 6. Last name starts with L 7. Died after 1900 8. Known for the arts 9. Not a native speaker of a Romance language 10. Native language is not English 11. Not British 12. Died after 1950 ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/346 "2013-09-29T09:43:03Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did conditions in your colonial holdings inspire Joseph Conrad to write Heart of Darkness? > IQ2: Did you propose one of the earliest iterations of big bang theory with your “primeval atom”? > IQ3: Did you propose a theory of evolution by inheritance of acquired characteristics, that was superseded by Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection? Correct on Leopold and Lemaitre. Number 3 was Jean Baptiste Lamarck. DQ: Known for composing or performing music? IQ: Are you a flamboyant pianist? ---
**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 29, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/347 "2013-09-29T14:35:54Z")
DQ: Native speaker of a Germanic language? IQ1: Did you write about Earthsea? IQ2: Did you star in films with the Howard brothers? IQ3: Were you an early experimenter with gliders? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/348 "2013-09-29T15:08:45Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > DQ: Known for composing or performing music? > > IQ: Are you a flamboyant pianist? Not known for music and have a DQ. > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ: Native speaker of a Germanic language? > > IQ1: Did you write about Earthsea? > IQ2: Did you star in films with the Howard brothers? > IQ3: Were you an early experimenter with gliders? I’m not Ursula Le Guin or Otto Lilienthal. Have a DQ for #2. And yes, my first language is a Germanic one. L. 1. Male 2. Dead 3. Not American 4. Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line 5. European 6. Last name starts with L 7. Died after 1900 8. Known for the arts 9. Not a native speaker of a Romance language 10. Native language is not English 11. Not British 12. Died after 1950 13. Not known for composing or performing music 14. Native speaker of a Germanic language ---
**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 29, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/349 "2013-09-29T15:13:03Z")
DQs: 1. Known for your writing? 2. Name more than 2 syllables long? ---
**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 29, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/350 "2013-09-29T15:18:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about Earthsea? > IQ2: Did you star in films with the Howard brothers? > IQ3: Were you an early experimenter with gliders? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I’m not Ursula Le Guin or Otto Lilienthal. Have a DQ for #2. Correct on Le Guin and Lilienthal. #2 was Larry Fine, who was one of the Three Stooges (the others being Moe, Shemp and Curly Howard). DQ reserved while I think a little… ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/351 "2013-09-29T16:00:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQs: > > 1. Known for your writing? > 2. Name more than 2 syllables long? Yes, I’m known for my writing and my name is 2 syllables long! L. 1. Male 2. Dead 3. Not American 4. Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line 5. European 6. Last name starts with L 7. Died after 1900 8. Known for the arts 9. Not a native speaker of a Romance language 10. Native language is not English 11. Not British 12. Died after 1950 13. Not known for composing or performing music 14. Native speaker of a Germanic language 15. Known for his writing 16. Name is two syllables long ---
**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 29, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/352 "2013-09-29T17:48:27Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write the poem _The Song of the Chattahoochee_? 2. Did you play one of Dorothy’s co-travelers in _The Wizard of Oz_? 3. Were you portrayed by W. C. Fields in _You Can’t Cheat An Honest Man_? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/353 "2013-09-29T19:39:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the poem _The Song of the Chattahoochee_? > 2. Did you play one of Dorothy’s co-travelers in _The Wizard of Oz_? > 3. Were you portrayed by W. C. Fields in _You Can’t Cheat An Honest Man_? I’m not Bert Lahr. Have 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/354 "2013-09-29T21:18:35Z")
My flamboyant pianist was Liberace. I can’t think of how to use the DQ. ---
**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 29, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/355 "2013-09-29T21:25:08Z")
DQ: Native speaker of German? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/356 "2013-09-29T22:03:45Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ: Native speaker of German? Not a native speaker of German! L. 1. Male 2. Dead 3. Not American 4. Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line 5. European 6. Last name starts with L 7. Died after 1900 8. Known for the arts 9. Not a native speaker of a Romance language 10. Native language is not English 11. Not British 12. Died after 1950 13. Not known for composing or performing music 14. Native speaker of a Germanic language 15. Known for his writing 16. Name is two syllables long 17. Not a native speaker of German ---
**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 29, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/357 "2013-09-29T22:47:34Z")
IQ: Did you create ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?’ ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/358 "2013-09-29T23:19:26Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Did you create ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?’ I’m not Stieg Larsson. ---
**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 29, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/359 "2013-09-29T23:25:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the poem _The Song of the Chattahoochee_? > 2. Did you play one of Dorothy’s co-travelers in _The Wizard of Oz_? > 3. Were you portrayed by W. C. Fields in _You Can’t Cheat An Honest Man_? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I’m not Bert Lahr. Have 2 DQs. #1 is poet Sidney Lanier. Right on #2. #3 is Larsen E. Whipsnade. “That’s Larsen…E. Not Larceny, and It’s Whipsnade, not snake!” Saving my DQs for now. ---
**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 30, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/360 "2013-09-30T00:01:08Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > I’m not Stieg Larsson. Dang! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928.md?page=19)