# Botticelli, Sept. 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 1, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748 "2022-09-01T17:46:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/161 "2022-09-27T02:17:54Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the heroine of the book **Howl’s Moving Castle**? > 2. Were you an American archaeologist most famous for excavating Shanidar Cave? > 3. Are you the heroine of the Finishing School quartet of books by Gail Carriger? Correct, Ralph Solecki, Sophronia Temminnick DQs 1. Originally from print? 2. From a stand-alone? ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/162 "2022-09-27T02:23:46Z")
Good job, **DLR**! Previous IQs: Were you Bart’s idol? - Krusty the Klown Were you killed when the warship you were aboard was sunk at sea in WWI? - Lord Kitchener Did Daniel Radcliffe play your son Jack in a movie? - Rudyard Kipling On to S. IQs: Did Jonathan Pryce play you in the _POTC_ movies? Did Keira Knightley play you in those same movies? Were you a retired Steeler who ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Pennsylvania? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/163 "2022-09-27T02:34:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Jonathan Pryce play you in the _POTC_ movies? > Did Keira Knightley play you in those same movies? > Were you a retired Steeler who ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate? Respectively: I am not Governor Weatherby Swann. I am not Elizabeth Swann. Take a DQ. Maybe another Swann. DQs: 1. fictional 2. female 3. living at end of story 4. first part of name begins with S 5. originally from oral tradition, I think 6. from a stand-alone story ---
**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 27, 2022, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/164 "2022-09-27T07:17:49Z")
Swept me IQ1: Did you replace David Lee Roth in Van Halen? IQ2: Before IQ1 got the job, were you Eddie Van Halen’s first choice to replace Roth? IQ3: Were you the hot-shot guitarist on David Lee Roth’s first two solo albums? ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/165 "2022-09-27T14:50:06Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you have a couple of hit songs with Lee Hazelwood? > > 2. Did you invent the alphabet for your people? > > 3. Were you told to play it again? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Sequoyah. > 3. I am not Sam. #1 was Nancy Sinatra. (_Some Velvet Morning, Strawberry Wine_) The others are correct. DQ: From a story made into a movie? ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/166 "2022-09-27T16:27:00Z")
IQs: 1. In the Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse are you described as having a head like a pumpkin and a face like a slab of pink dough? 2. Were you aka the Mirror Master? 3. Are you aka Usagi Tsukino? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/167 "2022-09-27T17:08:43Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you replace David Lee Roth in Van Halen? > IQ2: Before IQ1 got the job, were you Eddie Van Halen’s first choice to replace Roth? > IQ3: Were you the hot-shot guitarist on David Lee Roth’s first two solo albums? IQ1: I am not Sammy Hagar. IQ2: Take a DQ. IQ3: I am not Slash? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In the Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse are you described as having a head like a pumpkin and a face like a slab of pink dough? > 2. Were you aka the Mirror Master? > 3. Are you aka Usagi Tsukino? 1. Aunt Agatha. Aunt Dahlia. Gussie Fink-Nottle. Biffy. Rocky Todd. “Catsmeat” Potter-Pirbright. Honoria Glossop. Oakshott. Uncle Tom Travers. Egbert. I am not Sir Roderick Glossop.\* 2. I am not Sam Scudder. 3. I am not Sailor Moon. DQs: 1. fictional 2. female 3. living at end of story 4. first part of name begins with S 5. originally from oral tradition, I think 6. from a stand-alone story 7. from a story made into a movie \*I _know_ that’s not how naming conventions work in this game, but as you can see I couldn’t think of anyone else. ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/168 "2022-09-27T17:26:56Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. In the Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse are you described as having a head like a pumpkin and a face like a slab of pink dough? > > 2. Were you aka the Mirror Master? > > 3. Are you aka Usagi Tsukino? > > 1. Aunt Agatha. Aunt Dahlia. Gussie Fink-Nottle. Biffy. Rocky Todd. “Catsmeat” Potter-Pirbright. Honoria Glossop. Oakshott. Uncle Tom Travers. Egbert. > > I am not Sir Roderick Glossop.\* > 2. I am not Sam Scudder. > 3. I am not Sailor Moon. #1 was D’Arcy “Stilton” Cheesewright. Correct on the others. DQ: Movie appeared after 1980? ---
**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 27, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/169 "2022-09-27T18:25:30Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you replace David Lee Roth in Van Halen? > > IQ2: Before IQ1 got the job, were you Eddie Van Halen’s first choice to replace Roth? > > IQ3: Were you the hot-shot guitarist on David Lee Roth’s first two solo albums? > > IQ1: I am not Sammy Hagar. > IQ2: Take a DQ. > IQ3: I am not Slash? Correct Patty Smyth, from Scandal Steve Vai DQ: From a fairy tale? Holding one DQ ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/170 "2022-09-27T18:27:36Z")
DQs: 1. fictional 2. female 3. living at end of story 4. first part of name begins with S 5. originally from oral tradition, I think 6. from a stand-alone story 7. from a story made into multiple movies 8. at least one movie made before 1980 9. from a fairy tale ---
**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 27, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/171 "2022-09-27T19:52:25Z")
IQ1: Are you the title character of Disney’s first feature length animated movie? IQ2: Are you the title character of a Tchaikovsky ballet, also known as Aurora? IQ3: Are you the female lead in the musical _Grease_? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/172 "2022-09-27T20:12:14Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you the title character of Disney’s first feature length animated movie? > IQ2: Are you the title character of a Tchaikovsky ballet, also known as Aurora? > IQ3: Are you the female lead in the musical _Grease_? I am not Sleeping Beauty or Sandy, but I am indeed Snow White! Chosen because it’s September, and “septem” means “seven”, and she hangs out with seven dwarves…okay, it’s not much of a connection, but I don’t care. Next game goes to Chock. ---
**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 27, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/173 "2022-09-27T21:43:51Z")
Nice job, **Chock!** ---
**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 27, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/174 "2022-09-27T21:55:57Z")
Next up… **C** [![](https://img.freepik.com/free-vector/botanical-font-letter-c_53876-89205.jpg?w=2000) ](https://img.freepik.com/free-vector/botanical-font-letter-c_53876-89205.jpg?w=2000) ---
**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 27, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/175 "2022-09-27T22:00:01Z")
Well done, **CFOHG**! Previous IQs: Did Jonathan Pryce play you in the _POTC_ movies? - Yes, Gov. Swann (kudos for remembering his first name, which I could not) Did Keira Knightley play you in those same movies? - Yes, the lovely Elizabeth Swann. Le sigh. Were you a retired Steeler who ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Pennsylvania? - Lynn Swann Swann x3! Right, then. On to C. IQs: Are you His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, among other nice places? Were you the hapless Prime Minister who succeeded Thatcher in the British _House of Cards_? Were you Lord Nelson’s #2 guy at Trafalgar? ---
**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 27, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/176 "2022-09-27T22:13:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, among other nice places? > Were you the hapless Prime Minister who succeeded Thatcher in the British _House of Cards_? > Were you Lord Nelson’s #2 guy at Trafalgar? Not the yet-to-be-coronated Charles III Take a DQ Not Cuthbert Collingwood (sp?) ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/177 "2022-09-27T23:00:09Z")
IQ1: Were you the London Bach? IQ2: Were you the Berlin Bach? IQ3: Were you #1’s brother? ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/178 "2022-09-27T23:11:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Q1: Were you the London Bach? > IQ2: Were you the Berlin Bach? > IQ3: Were you #1’s brother? Take 3 DQs Edited to delete a character so Discourse won’t “helpfully” remove the quote ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/179 "2022-09-27T23:32:58Z")
Here – a complete sentence! Now knock off the BS and save this, dammit! ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/180 "2022-09-27T23:39:08Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > Q1: Were you the London Bach? > > IQ2: Were you the Berlin Bach? > > IQ3: Were you #1’s brother? > > Take 3 DQs > > Edited to delete a character so Discourse won’t “helpfully” remove the quote (Not edited to change the above in any way.) Johann Christian Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (half-brother of #1 and #3) Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Were you the Young Pretender? IQ2: Were you #1’s great-uncle? IQ3: Were you #1’s great-grandfather? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748.md?page=10)