# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/121 "2021-09-19T01:42:23Z")
I was thinking Irma La Douce for the longest time. I am **A** ---
**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, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/122 "2021-09-19T02:36:43Z")
IQs: Were you the tailor’s muse in _Phantom Thread_? Did you lose badly at Fredericksburg in 1862? Is Leslie Odom Jr. the best-known actor to play you? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/123 "2021-09-19T02:43:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs > > Were you the tailor’s muse in _Phantom Thread_? > Did you lose badly at Fredericksburg in 1862? > Is Leslie Odom Jr. the best-known actor to play you? Dunno, dunno and I am not Alexander Hamilton. ---
**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, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/124 "2021-09-19T02:46:17Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the tailor’s muse in _Phantom Thread_? - Alma Did you lose badly at Fredericksburg in 1862? - Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside Is Leslie Odom Jr. the best-known actor to play you? - Close; Odom played Aaron Burr in the blockbuster musical _Hamilton_ DQs: Real? Male? First name start with A? IQs: Were you the husband of Gilraen? Were you their son? Were you the woman who would have been their daughter-in-law? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/125 "2021-09-19T03:14:40Z")
I am A 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with A. Take 3 DQs for your Tolkien IQs. ---
**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, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/126 "2021-09-19T03:18:50Z")
Thank you, and quite right. Previous IQs: Were you the husband of Gilraen? - Arathorn Were you their son? - Aragorn Were you the woman who would have been their daughter-in-law? - Arwen DQs: Alive? American? Best known for the Arts? IQs: Did you play Dr. Lazarus on _Galaxy Quest_? Were you the best-known King of Macedon? Were you Lt. Worf’s only known son? ---
**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, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/127 "2021-09-19T03:28:57Z")
IQs 1. Do you host a game show where the goal is the least amount of points? 2. Did you provide the voice for the “Scare 101” teacher? 3. Are you a musician who was once arrested for biting a security guard? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/128 "2021-09-19T05:04:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Thank you, and quite right. > > Previous IQs: > > Were you the husband of Gilraen? - Arathorn > Were you their son? - Aragorn > Were you the woman who would have been their daughter-in-law? - Arwen > > DQs: > > Alive? > American? > Best known for the Arts? > > IQs: > > Did you play Dr. Lazarus on _Galaxy Quest_? > Were you the best-known King of Macedon? > Were you Lt. Worf’s only known son? Not Alan Rickman/Alexander Dane, Alexander the Great or Alexander. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Do you host a game show where the goal is the least amount of points? > 2. Did you provide the voice for the “Scare 101” teacher? > 3. Are you a musician who was once arrested for biting a security guard? Take 3 DQs. I am A 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with A. 4. Alive 5. American 6. 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 19, 2021, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/129 "2021-09-19T07:01:55Z")
IQ1: Did you sing The Camp Grenada Song? IQ2: Did you say in the future everyone would be famous for 15 minutes? IQ3: Have you been played by both Sean Connery and Brian Cox? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/130 "2021-09-19T08:43:09Z")
I am not Alan someone, I am not Andy Warhol, I am not King Arthur or take a DQ. ---
**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, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/131 "2021-09-19T12:14:56Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@MissTake](#): > > > > > 1. Do you host a game show where the goal is the least amount of points? > > > 2. Did you provide the voice for the “Scare 101” teacher? > > > 3. Are you a musician who was once arrested for biting a security guard? > > Take 3 DQs. Alexander Armstrong (Pointless), Alfred Molina, Axl Rose DQs 1. Born after 1975? 2. Known for acting? 3. Caucasian? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/132 "2021-09-19T12:38:10Z")
I am A 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with A. 4. Alive 5. American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Born before 1975 8. Not known for acting 9. Caucasian ---
**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, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/133 "2021-09-19T16:36:48Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with the song _Skyfall_? 2. Did you write the play _The Birds_? 3. Did you write the hymn _Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me_? ---
**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, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/134 "2021-09-19T17:47:10Z")
Swept me! Alexander x3. IQs: Were you the more macho of the owners of The Birdcage gay nightclub? Were you the more feminine? Were you their Guatemalan houseboy? ---
**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 19, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/135 "2021-09-19T19:10:49Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing The Camp Grenada Song? > IQ2: Did you say in the future everyone would be famous for 15 minutes? > IQ3: Have you been played by both Sean Connery and Brian Cox? > [@kitap](#): > > I am not Alan someone, I am not Andy Warhol, I am not King Arthur or take a DQ. Allan Sherman Yes King Agammemnon DQ1: Known for music? Holding second DQ IQ1: Did you sing _Dick in a Box_ with Justin Timberlake? IQ2: Is a half-lemonade half-iced tea concoction named for you? IQ3: Are you a famous-for-being-famous billboard queen who recently finished in the Top 20 replacement governors in California’s governor’s recall election? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/136 "2021-09-19T23:32:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with the song _Skyfall_? > 2. Did you write the play _The Birds_? > 3. Did you write the hymn _Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me_? I am not Adele, Aristophanes or take a DQ and take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Swept me! Alexander x3. > > IQs: > > Were you the more macho of the owners of The Birdcage gay nightclub? > Were you the more feminine? > Were you their Guatemalan houseboy? Take 3 DQs. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing _Dick in a Box_ with Justin Timberlake? > IQ2: Is a half-lemonade half-iced tea concoction named for you? > IQ3: Are you a famous-for-being-famous billboard queen who recently finished in the Top 20 replacement governors in California’s governor’s recall election? Take a DQ, I am not Arnold Palmer, take a DQ. I am A 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with A. 4. Alive 5. American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Born before 1975 8. Not known for acting 9. Caucasian 10. Known for music ---
**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, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/137 "2021-09-19T23:40:58Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the more macho of the owners of The Birdcage gay nightclub? - Armand (Robin Williams) Were you the more feminine? - Auban (Nathan Lane) Were you their Guatemalan houseboy? - Agador (Hank Azaria, also an “A”) DQs: Best known as a singer? Ever won a Grammy? Best known as a solo artist? IQs: Were you a Carpetbagger governor of Mississippi? Did Sherlock Holmes run circles around you, a Scotland Yard detective, in _The Sign of Four_? Do you voice the mayor of Quahog? ---
**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, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/138 "2021-09-20T00:00:58Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you have a hit with the song _Skyfall_ ? > > > 2. Did you write the play _The Birds_ ? > > > 3. Did you write the hymn _Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me_ ? > > I am not Adele, Aristophanes or take a DQ and take a DQ. Correct, Correct and Augustus Toplady. DQ: Born before 1960? ---
**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, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/139 "2021-09-20T00:05:31Z")
IQs: 1. Did Tom Lehrer sing a song about your many marriages/? 2. Did you write _Fables in Slang_? 3. Were you called “the bulwark of the Achaeans”? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/140 "2021-09-20T00:08:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a Carpetbagger governor of Mississippi? > Did Sherlock Holmes run circles around you, a Scotland Yard detective, in _The Sign of Four_? > Do you voice the mayor of Quahog? Take 3 DQs. This game sure shows up what you don’t know! I am A 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with A. 4. Alive 5. American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Born before 1975 8. Not known for acting 9. Caucasian 10. Known for music 11. Not known as a singer 12. Grammy winner 13. Probably best known as half of a duo. Probably. 14. Born before 1960. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097.md?page=8)