# 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:** 9
**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 21, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/161 "2021-09-21T20:14:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a third-tier celebrity, with movie and TV credits, who has become a Doper meme? > Were you AKA Tharkun and Mithrandir? > Were you a Civil War general who later had a HBCU named after you? DQ Not Olorin AKA Gandalf DQ ---
**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 21, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/162 "2021-09-21T20:15:05Z")
DQs: **O** 1. Real ---
**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, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/163 "2021-09-21T20:25:45Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a third-tier celebrity, with movie and TV credits, who has become a Doper meme? - Orson Bean (thus, Orson x3 for my first three IQs) Were you AKA Tharkun and Mithrandir? - Yes, Olorin AKA Gandalf Were you a Civil War general who later had a HBCU named after you? - Oliver O. Howard DQs: Male? Living? IQs: Did you say, “I have done the state some service, and they know it”? Did you refuse to obey segregation laws in your native Nawlins? Did you write _A Parliament of Whores_? ---
**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 21, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/164 "2021-09-21T21:35:34Z")
DQs: **O** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead ---
**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 21, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/165 "2021-09-21T21:36:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you say, “I have done the state some service, and they know it”? > Did you refuse to obey segregation laws in your native Nawlins? > Did you write _A Parliament of Whores_ ? Not Othello Take a DQ Not P.J. O’Roarke ---
**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, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/166 "2021-09-21T21:46:14Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Are you the 44th President’s youngest daughter? > > > > > 1. Did you play Sofia in _The Color Purple_ ? > > > 2. Did you write _Waiting for Lefty_ ? > > Not Sasha Obama (at least I think Sasha is the younger one - 50/50 chance) > Not Oprah Winfrey > Take a DQ Correct, Correct, Clifford Odets. DQ: Last name starts with O? ---
**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, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/167 "2021-09-21T21:47:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Art of Love_? 2. Did you paint large paintings of flowers with an innately sexual element? 3. Did Fagin ultimately fail to tell you of your parentage? ---
**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 22, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/168 "2021-09-22T00:48:53Z")
DQs: **O** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Only name starts with O ---
**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 22, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/169 "2021-09-22T00:49:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you write _The Art of Love_ ? > 2. Did you paint large paintings of flowers with an innately sexual element? > 3. Did Fagin ultimately fail to tell you of your parentage? Not Ovid Not Georgia O’Keefe Not Oliver Twist ---
**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, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/170 "2021-09-22T12:20:17Z")
Swept me. 1. Are you one of the Minor Prophets of the Old Testament? 2. Did Paul send you back to Philemon? 3. Were you known for awhile as Tippetarius? ---
**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 22, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/171 "2021-09-22T16:50:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you one of the Minor Prophets of the Old Testament? > 2. Did Paul send you back to Philemon? > 3. Were you known for awhile as Tippetarius? Not Obadiah (sp?) Take a DQ - it’s Philemon’s slave, but I can’t remember his 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 22, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/172 "2021-09-22T18:33:21Z")
Correct on Obadiah. #2 was Onesimus. #3 was Queen Ozma of Oz. DQs: 1. Died before 1900? 2. Known for politics/military? ---
**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 22, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/173 "2021-09-22T18:37:24Z")
DQs: **O** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Only name starts with O 5. Died before 1900 6. Not known for politics/military ---
**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, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/174 "2021-09-22T19:41:52Z")
IQs: 1. Did Percy B. Shelley write a poem about you? 2. Did you write _The Rubaiyat_? 3. Were you a 3rd Century Christian scholar? ---
**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 22, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/175 "2021-09-22T20:49:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did Percy B. Shelley write a poem about you? > 2. Did you write _The Rubaiyat_ ? > 3. Were you a 3rd Century Christian scholar? Not Ozymandas Take 2 DQs ---
**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, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/176 "2021-09-22T22:18:23Z")
Correct on Ozy. #2 was Omar Khayyam. #3 was Origen of Alexandria. DQs: 1. Died before 1600? 2. European? ---
**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 22, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/177 "2021-09-22T22:31:58Z")
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 ---
**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 23, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/178 "2021-09-23T11:43:22Z")
IQs: 1. Are you married to Katy Perry? 2. Did you create Buster Brown and The Yellow Kid? 3. Were you the first Lord Protector of England during the Commonwealth? ---
**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, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/179 "2021-09-23T16:48:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you married to Katy Perry? > 2. Did you create Buster Brown and The Yellow Kid? > 3. Were you the first Lord Protector of England during the Commonwealth? Not Orlando Bloom Take a DQ Not Oliver Cromwell? ---
**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 23, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/180 "2021-09-23T17:15:09Z")
Correct, Mr. (something-or-other) Outcault, Correct. Where is everybody? DQ: Born north of Vienna? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097.md?page=10)