# Botticelli - Sept. 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097 "2021-09-04T14:42:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 23, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/181 "2021-09-23T17:20:36Z")
DQs: **O** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Only name starts with O 5. Died before 1900 6. Not known for politics/military 7. Died before 1600 8. European 9. Born south of Vienna ---
**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 24, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/182 "2021-09-24T03:05:13Z")
Previous IQs: Did you say, “I have done the state some service, and they know it”? - Yes, Othello Did you refuse to obey segregation laws in your native Nawlins? - Lee Harvey Oswald (maybe his only redeeming quality) Did you write _A Parliament of Whores_? - Yes, P.J. O’Rourke (correct spelling) DQ: Best known for the Arts? IQs: Do you not rust and are the subject of an Irish joke? Were you one of Drew Carey’s two best sitcom friends? Were you the nude organist on _Monty Python’s Flying Circus_? ---
**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 24, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/183 "2021-09-24T05:18:20Z")
DQs: **O** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Only name starts with O 5. Died before 1900 6. Not known for politics/military 7. Died before 1600 8. European 9. Born south of Vienna 10. Not best known for the Arts ---
**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 24, 2021, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/184 "2021-09-24T05:19:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Do you not rust and are the subject of an Irish joke? > Were you one of Drew Carey’s two best sitcom friends? > Were you the nude organist on _Monty Python’s Flying Circus_ ? Not Patty O’Furniture? Take a DQ, most likely Not Oswald Not Terry O’Jones - I’m guessing you mean the character’s name - take another DQ ---
**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 24, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/185 "2021-09-24T14:14:46Z")
IQs: 1. Did e. e. cummings sing of you? 2. Did Tom Lehrer sing a complex song about you? 3. Did you contribute a philosophical razor? ---
**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 25, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/186 "2021-09-25T02:27:20Z")
Previous IQs: Do you not rust and are the subject of an Irish joke? - Yes, Paddy (or Patty) O’Furniture Were you one of Drew Carey’s two best sitcom friends? - Yes, Oswald Were you the nude organist on _Monty Python’s Flying Circus_? - Onan, played by Terry Jones DQ: Died before 1000 AD? IQs: Did JFK award you the Presidential Medal of Freedom, after your earlier official disgrace? Did your sister Kate serve on the board of trustees of Oberlin College? Did you sing hymns to yourself while pitching for the Cleveland Indians? ---
**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 25, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/187 "2021-09-25T03:31:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did e. e. cummings sing of you? > 2. Did Tom Lehrer sing a complex song about you? > 3. Did you contribute a philosophical razor? Take 2 DQs Not Occam > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did JFK award you the Presidential Medal of Freedom, after your earlier official disgrace? > Did your sister Kate serve on the board of trustees of Oberlin College? > Did you sing hymns to yourself while pitching for the Cleveland Indians? Take 3 DQs ---
**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 25, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/188 "2021-09-25T03:32:34Z")
DQs: **O** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Only name starts with O 5. Died before 1900 6. Not known for politics/military 7. Died before 1600 8. European 9. Born south of Vienna 10. Not best known for the Arts 11. Died before 1000 AD ---
**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 25, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/189 "2021-09-25T13:19:12Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did e. e. cummings sing of you? > > > > > 1. Did Tom Lehrer sing a complex song about you? > > > 2. Did you contribute a philosophical razor? > > Take 2 DQs > Not Occam #1 was Olaf. ("I sing of Olaf, glad and big…) #2 was Oedipus Rex. Correct on Occam. DQs: 1. Known for science or philosophy? 2. Died before 100 A.D.? ---
**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 25, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/190 "2021-09-25T13:23:11Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Commissioner Gordon in three Batman movies? 2. Were you married to Vivian Leigh? 3. In Aztec mythology, did you discover the net and the harpoon? ---
**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 25, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/191 "2021-09-25T18:06:07Z")
DQs: **O** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Only name starts with O 5. Died before 1900 6. Not known for politics/military 7. Died before 1600 8. European 9. Born south of Vienna 10. Not best known for the Arts 11. Died before 1000 AD 12. Known _ **from** _ science or philosophy 13. Died before 100 A.D. ---
**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 25, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/192 "2021-09-25T18:07:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you play Commissioner Gordon in three Batman movies? > 2. Were you married to Vivian Leigh? > 3. In Aztec mythology, did you discover the net and the harpoon? Not Gary Oldman Not Laurence Olivier Take a DQ ---
**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 25, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/193 "2021-09-25T19:34:26Z")
Correct, Correct, Opochtli. DQ: From what is now Greece or Macedonia? ---
**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 25, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/194 "2021-09-25T20:36:32Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra? 2. Did you lead the Dwarfs in _The Hobbit_? 3. Are you the son of Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern? ---
**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 25, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/195 "2021-09-25T20:43:08Z")
DQs: **O** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Only name starts with O 5. Died before 1900 6. Not known for politics/military 7. Died before 1600 8. European 9. Born south of Vienna 10. Not best known for the Arts 11. Died before 1000 AD 12. Known _ **from** _ science or philosophy 13. Died before 100 A.D. 14. Not from what is now Greece or Macedonia ---
**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 25, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/196 "2021-09-25T20:46:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra? > 2. Did you lead the Dwarfs in _The Hobbit_ ? > 3. Are you the son of Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern? DQ Not Thorin Oakenshield DQ ---
**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 26, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/197 "2021-09-26T02:09:06Z")
Previous IQs: Did JFK award you the Presidential Medal of Freedom, after your earlier official disgrace? - Dr. Robert Oppenheimer Did your sister Kate serve on the board of trustees of Oberlin College? - Orville (and Wilbur) Wright Did you sing hymns to yourself while pitching for the Cleveland Indians? - Orel Hershiser DQs: Was an important principle or observation named after you? From Ancient Rome or its provinces? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you a person from antiquity, known for the humanities, with a single four-letter name? Did you write about Ender and the Buggers? Were you an Imperial officer who learned firsthand about Lord Vader’s short temper? ---
**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 26, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/198 "2021-09-26T03:30:28Z")
DQs: **O** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Only name starts with O 5. Died before 1900 6. Not known for politics/military 7. Died before 1600 8. European 9. Born south of Vienna 10. Not best known for the Arts 11. Died before 1000 AD 12. Known _ **from** _ science or philosophy 13. Died before 100 A.D. 14. Not from what is now Greece or Macedonia 15. No important principle or observation named after me 16. Based on the Wikipedia definition of Ancient Rome, not from Ancient Rome or its provinces WIkipedia definition: **ancient Rome** describes [Roman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_people) civilization from the founding of the Italian city of [Rome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome) in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the [Western Roman Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire) in the 5th century AD, in turn encompassing the [Roman Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Kingdom) (753–509 BC), [Roman Republic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic) (509–27 BC) and [Roman Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire) (27 BC–476 AD) until the fall of the western empire. ---
**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 26, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/199 "2021-09-26T03:37:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a person from antiquity, known for the humanities, with a single four-letter name? > Did you write about Ender and the Buggers? > Were you an Imperial officer who learned firsthand about Lord Vader’s short temper? Not Ovid Not Orson Scott Card Not Admiral “as clumsy as he is stupid” Ozzel ---
**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 26, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/200 "2021-09-26T12:39:45Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Were you the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra? > > > > > 1. Did you lead the Dwarfs in _The Hobbit_ ? > > > 2. Are you the son of Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern? > > DQ > Not Thorin Oakenshield > DQ #1 was Orestes. Correct on Thorin. #2 is Obsidian. DQ: Died before 500 B.C.? 1 DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097.md?page=11)