# Botticelli - Sept. 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 2, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574 "2020-09-02T04:51:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/181 "2020-09-18T02:46:04Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a noted African-American tennis player? 2. Were you possibly the first person to die from AIDS? 3. Did you write and perform _The Hanukkah Song_? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/182 "2020-09-18T03:31:13Z")
IQs 1. Are you a Viking turned Supreme Court Justice? 2. Did you pen a moving letter to Kobe after his death? 3. Did you create the fictional Dogpatch? ---
**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, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/183 "2020-09-18T03:59:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a noted African-American tennis player? > 2. Were you possibly the first person to die from AIDS? > 3. Did you write and perform _The Hanukkah Song_? Not Arthur Ashe, that flight attendant whose name escapes me, and not Adam Sandler. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you a Viking turned Supreme Court Justice? > 2. Did you pen a moving letter to Kobe after his death? > 3. Did you create the fictional Dogpatch? Dunno, dunno and not Al Capp. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/184 "2020-09-18T11:55:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Al Capp. Alan Page, Allen Iverson, and yes. DQ: Known for politics? Born after 1980? ---
**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, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/185 "2020-09-18T13:25:50Z")
A. 1. real 2. male 3. living 4. first name starts with A 5. born after 1960 6. known for positive contributions 7. not known for the arts 8. has not, to my knowledge, been in the news in the past two years 9. not known for politics 10. born after 1980 ---
**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, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/186 "2020-09-18T16:29:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you a noted African-American tennis player? > > > 2. Were you possibly the first person to die from AIDS? > > > 3. Did you write and perform _The Hanukkah Song_ ? > > Not Arthur Ashe, that flight attendant whose name escapes me, and not Adam Sandler. Correct, Arvid Noe, and Correct. DQ: Known from sports? ---
**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, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/187 "2020-09-18T16:49:48Z")
A. 1. real 2. male 3. living 4. first name starts with A 5. born after 1960 6. known for positive contributions 7. not known for the arts 8. has not, to my knowledge, been in the news in the past two years 9. not known for politics 10. born after 1980 11. known from sports ---
**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, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/188 "2020-09-18T17:48:12Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a two-time winner of the Indy 500, and the son of a multiple-time winner of that same race? 2. Did you win the gold medal in the 1994 Olympics for men’s single figure skating? 3. Did you famously not invent baseball? ---
**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, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/189 "2020-09-18T17:50:43Z")
Not Al Unser, dunno, and not Abner Doubleday. ---
**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, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/190 "2020-09-18T17:56:54Z")
#1 was Al Unser, Jr. I’ll count it. #2 was Alexai Urmanov. #3 is correct. DQ: American? ---
**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, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/191 "2020-09-18T18:29:43Z")
A. 1. real 2. male 3. living 4. first name starts with A 5. born after 1960 6. known for positive contributions 7. not known for the arts 8. has not, to my knowledge, been in the news in the past two years 9. not known for politics 10. born after 1980 11. known from sports 12. American ---
**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, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/192 "2020-09-18T18:40:31Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Lysistrata_? 2. Did you edit _The Oxford Book of English Verse_? 3. Did you recently divorce from Johnny Depp? ---
**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, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/193 "2020-09-18T18:45:01Z")
Not Aristophanes (sp?), dunno and dunno. ---
**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, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/194 "2020-09-18T19:10:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Lysistrata_ ? > 2. Did you edit _The Oxford Book of English Verse_ ? > 3. Did you recently divorce from Johnny Depp? 1. Correct on Aristophanes. 2 was Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. 3 is Amber Heard. DQs: 1. Known for a team sport? 2. Caucasian? ---
**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 19, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/195 "2020-09-19T02:10:46Z")
A. 1. real 2. male 3. living 4. first name starts with A 5. born after 1960 6. known for positive contributions 7. not known for the arts 8. has not, to my knowledge, been in the news in the past two years 9. not known for politics 10. born after 1980 11. known from sports 12. American 13. partly known for team sport 14. mixed race ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/196 "2020-09-19T03:02:49Z")
IQs (And here we exhaust my knowledge of sports) 1. Are you a former tennis pro married to an actress / ex SI swim model? 2. Are you a former tennis pro who was married to Brooke Shields? ---
**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 19, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/197 "2020-09-19T04:49:52Z")
I’m not Andre Agassi either time. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/198 "2020-09-19T12:47:11Z")
Andy Roddick and Andre Agassi DQ: Does the sport involve a round ball? ---
**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 19, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/199 "2020-09-19T13:46:49Z")
IQs: 1. Were you shot through with arrows after your hair was caught on a low-hanging branch, which pulled you off of your horse? 2. Were you commander of King Saul’s army? 3. In the Koran, did you nearly sacrifice Ishmael? ---
**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 20, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/200 "2020-09-20T02:11:42Z")
I’m not Absalom, Athanasius or Abraham. A. 1. real 2. male 3. living 4. first name starts with A 5. born after 1960 6. known for positive contributions 7. not known for the arts 8. has not, to my knowledge, been in the news in the past two years 9. not known for politics 10. born after 1980 11. known from sports 12. American 13. partly known for team sport 14. mixed race 15. sport does not involve a round ball [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574.md?page=11)