# 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:** 17
**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 15, 2015, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/321 "2015-09-15T11:05:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is the unit of force named for you? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Isaac Newton Correct. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ2: Did you and your girlfriend commit a series of murders in England in the 1960s? > IQ3: Were you the prime minister of independent Rhodesia? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Ian SMith > DQ for #1 Ian Brady. COrrect. šŸ˜ƒ DQ: Native speaker of a Germanic language? ---
**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 15, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/322 "2015-09-15T12:13:55Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Ash in the first Alien movie and Sir William Gull in From Hell? > IQ2: Are you the front man for Jethro Tull? > IQ3: Are you Finley ā€œFinā€ Shepherd in the Sharknado movies? > > Not Ian Holm or Ian Anderson > > Take a DQ for 3 Ian Ziering DQ: Known for science? holding 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 15, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/323 "2015-09-15T13:56:01Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Kyle Radnerā€™s alter ego for awhile? > 2. Did you front for Mott the Hoople? > 3. Are you self-described as a tomboy transvestite? > > Not Ian Hunter > > Notā€¦ Eddie Izzard? > > Take a DQ for #1 Ion, correct, correct. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/324 "2015-09-15T16:14:35Z")
[quote=ā€œastorian, post:316, topic:729916ā€] # SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not alive 4. Not American 5. First name starts with I 6. Born before 1900 7. European 8. Not known for the arts 9. Died before 1950 10. Born before 1700 11. Did not speak a Germanic language 12. Not involved with science ---
**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 15, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/325 "2015-09-15T17:54:35Z")
Previous IQs: Did you write of the interrogation technique of the Hard Man and the Soft Man? - Ian Fleming. Did you write, ā€œCome, let us reason togetherā€? - Yes, the prophet Isaiah. Were you sued for sexual harrassment while heading Madison Square Garden? - Isaiah Thomas. DQs: Born in or east of Vienna? Born in or north of Vienna? IQs: Were you the less-well-known brother of a New England patriot? Were you a top Clinton policy aide? Did you try to mess with Data to your own advantage? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/326 "2015-09-15T18:55:45Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not alive 4. Not American 5. First name starts with I 6. Born before 1900 7. European 8. Not known for the arts 9. Died before 1950 10. Born before 1700 11. Did not speak a Germanic language 12. Not involved with science 13. Born West of Vienna 14. Born North of Vienna, but not much ---
**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 15, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/327 "2015-09-15T20:33:18Z")
DQ: Known for politics/government? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/328 "2015-09-15T20:37:39Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not alive 4. Not American 5. First name starts with I 6. Born before 1900 7. European 8. Not known for the arts 9. Died before 1950 10. Born before 1700 11. Did not speak a Germanic language 12. Not involved with science 13. Born West of Vienna 14. Born North of Vienna, but not much 15. Not involved in politics or government ---
**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 15, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/329 "2015-09-15T22:27:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Bald Soprano_? 2. Are you Mrs. David Bowie? 3. Did Dynamo regularly thwart you in the comic _T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents_? Oh, mea culpa, the Polish pianist mentioned earlier was Ignacy Jan Paderewsky. ---
**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 15, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/330 "2015-09-15T23:45:23Z")
DQ: Known for a single incident? holding a 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 15, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/331 "2015-09-15T23:48:06Z")
Ahem. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > ā€¦ > IQs: > > Were you the less-well-known brother of a New England patriot? > Were you a top Clinton policy aide? > Did you try to mess with Data to your own advantage? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/332 "2015-09-16T11:19:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Bald Soprano_? > 2. Are you Mrs. David Bowie? > 3. Did Dynamo regularly thwart you in the comic _T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents_? > > Oh, mea culpa, the Polish pianist mentioned earlier was Ignacy Jan Paderewsky. DQs for 1 and 3 Not Somalian fashion model Iman ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/333 "2015-09-16T11:20:28Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not alive 4. Not American 5. First name starts with I 6. Born before 1900 7. European 8. Not known for the arts 9. Died before 1950 10. Born before 1700 11. Did not speak a Germanic language 12. Not involved with science 13. Born West of Vienna 14. Born North of Vienna, but not much 15. Not involved in politics or government 16. Not known for a single incident ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/334 "2015-09-16T11:22:10Z")
\*\*IQs: Were you the less-well-known brother of a New England patriot? Were you a top Clinton policy aide? Did you try to mess with Data to your own advantage? \*\* Not Harold Ickes Take Dqs for 1 and 3 ---
**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 16, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/335 "2015-09-16T12:40:20Z")
IQ1: Are you a son of Ragnar Lodbrok, who faked your death so you could get into the French town of Luna and leap from your coffin to hack your way to the city gates? IQ2: Are you another son of Ragnar Lodbrok, who was carried into battle on a shield because of a genetic condition that made your bones fragile? IQ3: Are you a Russian-American aviation pioneer who innovated helicopters and flying boats? ---
**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 16, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/336 "2015-09-16T13:18:19Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write The Bald Soprano? > 2. Are you Mrs. David Bowie? > 3. Did Dynamo regularly thwart you in the comic T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents? > > Not Somalian fashion model Iman. > DQs for 1 and 3 #1 was Eugene Ionescu. Correct on 2. #3 is Iron Maiden. DQ: Known for commerce or exploration? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 16, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/337 "2015-09-16T14:23:37Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the less-well-known brother of a New England patriot? - Ira Allen, brother of Ethan. Were you a top Clinton policy aide? - Iā€™ll rephrase. Did you try to mess with Data to your own advantage? - Ira Graves, a scientist in a ST:TNG episode. DQs: Known as a thinker? Notable for how he died? IQs: Were you a top Clinton policy aide with a first name beginning with ā€œIā€? Did River Phoenix play you as a Boy Scout? Were you a noted Wall Street shark? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/338 "2015-09-16T15:17:32Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a son of Ragnar Lodbrok, who faked your death so you could get into the French town of Luna and leap from your coffin to hack your way to the city gates? > IQ2: Are you another son of Ragnar Lodbrok, who was carried into battle on a shield because of a genetic condition that made your bones fragile? > IQ3: Are you a Russian-American aviation pioneer who innovated helicopters and flying boats? Not Igor SIkorsky Take DQs for 1 and 2 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/339 "2015-09-16T15:18:32Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not alive 4. Not American 5. First name starts with I 6. Born before 1900 7. European 8. Not known for the arts 9. Died before 1950 10. Born before 1700 11. Did not speak a Germanic language 12. Not involved with science 13. Born West of Vienna 14. Born North of Vienna, but not much 15. Not involved in politics or government 16. Not known for a single incident 17. Not known for commerce; did a LITTLE exploration, but not known for that ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/340 "2015-09-16T15:24:26Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not alive 4. Not American 5. First name starts with I 6. Born before 1900 7. European 8. Not known for the arts 9. Died before 1950 10. Born before 1700 11. Did not speak a Germanic language 12. Not involved with science 13. Born West of Vienna 14. Born North of Vienna, but not much 15. Not involved in politics or government 16. Not known for a single incident 17. Not known for commerce; did a LITTLE exploration, but not known for that 18. Well educated in theology and philosophy, but not remembered as a thinker 19. The way he died is important part of why heā€™s remembered Well, thatā€™s 20. Darn, this is going to be hard, since the questions didnā€™t reveal as much as Iā€™d hoped. 1. Well, whatā€™s the first non-Germanic country due West of of Vienna? 2. In what field might one be honored and even revered for the way he died (BESIDES the military)? 3. Though the subject is European, heā€™s best known for what he did on another continent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=18)