# Botticelli - September 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916 "2015-09-04T17:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/281 "2015-09-13T17:58:14Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a former rhythm guitarist for _Guns ‘n’ Roses_ who now fronts the _Ju Ju Hounds_? > IQ2: Are you the leader of the band \*Anthrax \*and son-in-law of Meat Loaf? > IQ3: Are you a former bassist for Ozzy Osbourne who replaced Mike Starr in _Alice in Chains_? Not Izzy Stradlin, Scott Ian, or… Take a DQ for #3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/282 "2015-09-13T17:59:15Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/283 "2015-09-13T18:00:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was Richard Lugar partly to blame for your husband’s losing office? > Did your creator, as a babe in arms, allegedly meet the VIP after whom he was named? > Were you the young servant of Miss Trixie Delight? Not Imelda Marcos or Imogene Take a DQ for #2 ---
**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 13, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/284 "2015-09-13T18:10:46Z")
Is there any particular reason you skip my questions so often? > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Whilst on a shopping trip, did your aunt rescue infant you and your mother from assassins? > IQ2: Were you the antagonist in a book about kids in Missouri? > IQ3: Were you a Russian aircraft and helicopter designer? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/285 "2015-09-13T18:11:30Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you have an eidetic memory chip implanted in your brain? > IQ2: Was your mutant power to summon stepping discs to and from Limbo? > IQ3: Were you a live action television superhero in the '70s? Simon Illyan, Illyana Rasputin, and Isis. DQ1: American? DQ2: Alive? holding 1 DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/286 "2015-09-13T18:21:20Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a former rhythm guitarist for Guns ‘n’ Roses who now fronts the Ju Ju Hounds? > IQ2: Are you the leader of the band Anthrax and son-in-law of Meat Loaf? > IQ3: Are you a former bassist for Ozzy Osbourne who replaced Mike Starr in Alice in Chains? > > Not Izzy Stradlin, Scott Ian, or… > > Take a DQ for #3 Alex Inez holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/287 "2015-09-13T18:36:17Z")
IQ1: Were you a news reporter for NBC news known for wearing a bowtie and stressing the middle initial of your name during your signioff? IQ2: Did Shirley Temple make your song _Animal Cracks in My Soup_ famous in 1935? IQ3: Did you pretend to be Howard Hughes in the early seventies? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/288 "2015-09-13T18:53:48Z")
IQ1: Were you a senator from Hawaii? IQ2: Did you sing the Galaxy Song? IQ3: Did you write _The Gods Themselves_? ---
**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 13, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/289 "2015-09-13T21:36:01Z")
IQs: 1. Did Solzhenitsyn write about your daily life? 2. Were you a Polish pianist whose middle name was Jan? 3. Did Marty Feldman play you in a hysterical horror film? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/290 "2015-09-13T23:04:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Whilst on a shopping trip, did your aunt rescue infant you and your mother from assassins? > IQ2: Were you the antagonist in a book about kids in Missouri? > IQ3: Were you a Russian aircraft and helicopter designer? Not Igor Sikorsky Take two DQs for the others ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/291 "2015-09-13T23:06:16Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not alive 4. Not American ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/292 "2015-09-13T23:07:52Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a news reporter for NBC news known for wearing a bowtie and stressing the middle initial of your name during your signioff? > IQ2: Did Shirley Temple make your song _Animal Cracks in My Soup_ famous in 1935? > IQ3: Did you pretend to be Howard Hughes in the early seventies? Not Irving R. Levine Not CLifford Irving Take a DQ for #2, who I assume is also an Irving ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/293 "2015-09-13T23:08:57Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you a senator from Hawaii? > IQ2: Did you sing the Galaxy Song? > IQ3: Did you write _The Gods Themselves_? Not Daniel Inouye or Eric Idle Take a DQ for 3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/294 "2015-09-13T23:10:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Solzhenitsyn write about your daily life? > 2. Were you a Polish pianist whose middle name was Jan? > 3. Did Marty Feldman play you in a hysterical horror film? Not Ivan Denisovich Shukov or Igor Take a DQ for 2 ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/295 "2015-09-13T23:34:22Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you a senator from Hawaii? > IQ2: Did you sing the Galaxy Song? > IQ3: Did you write _The Gods Themselves_? Two correct, and Isaac Asimov wrote _The Gods Themselves_. DQ: Last name begins with I? reserving one 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 13, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/296 "2015-09-13T23:51:44Z")
DQ: Born after 1900? ---
**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 13, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/297 "2015-09-13T23:51:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Whilst on a shopping trip, did your aunt rescue infant you and your mother from assassins? > IQ2: Were you the antagonist in a book about kids in Missouri? > IQ3: Were you a Russian aircraft and helicopter designer? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Igor Sikorsky > Take two DQs for the others Ivan Vorpatril. Injun Joe (_The Adventures of Tom Sawyer_). Correct. DQ1: European? DQ2: Known for the Arts? IQ1: Were you the first tsar of Russia? IQ2: Were you Abraham and Hagar’s son? IQ3: Were you that person’s half-brother? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/298 "2015-09-14T01:01:31Z")
IQ1: Did Tom write a satirical song about you? IQ2: Did you devote much of your life to alchemy? IQ3: Were you fatally wounded while underwater? ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/299 "2015-09-14T01:42:49Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the daughter of Clytemnestra? 2. Did you marry the Silver Age Flash? 3. Were you a cornet player who worked with Kay Kyser? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/300 "2015-09-14T11:51:08Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you a news reporter for NBC news known for wearing a bowtie and stressing the middle initial of your name during your signioff? > IQ2: Did Shirley Temple make your song Animal Cracks in My Soup famous in 1935? > IQ3: Did you pretend to be Howard Hughes in the early seventies? > > Not Irving R. Levine > > Not CLifford Irving > > Take a DQ for #2, who I assume is also an Irving Irving Caesar holding 2 DQs [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=16)