# 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:** 29
**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 25, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/561 "2015-09-25T23:43:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you really Tom Riddle? > IQ2: Did you star in a TV show about a helicopter and its pilot? > IQ3: Did you play a caveman, a dentist, and a long-haired strongman? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno x2, not Victor Mature Lord Voldemort. Jan-Michael Vincent (_Airwolf_). Correct. I’m impressed. DQ1: Died after 1900? DQ2: Known for political/military actions? IQ1: Did you paint a portrait of your slave, Juan? IQ2: Did you play Number One in Section Two? IQ3: Did you record _The First Family_? ---
**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 26, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/562 "2015-09-26T01:01:28Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with V 4. Dead 5. American 6. Not known for the arts 7. Died before 1900 8. Not known for political/military actions ---
**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 26, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/563 "2015-09-26T01:06:53Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you paint a portrait of your slave, Juan? > IQ2: Did you play Number One in Section Two? > IQ3: Did you record _The First Family_? take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/564 "2015-09-26T01:26:57Z")
Dq) Known as a scientist or inventor? DQ2) Born in or after 1800? Saving one 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 26, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/565 "2015-09-26T04:09:58Z")
IQs: Did you become top dude when Isildur and his sons perished? Were you pals with “Stinky” Mahmoud? Did you look right at the camera when a BLT was mentioned? ---
**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 26, 2015, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/566 "2015-09-26T10:07:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you paint a portrait of your slave, Juan? > IQ2: Did you play Number One in Section Two? > IQ3: Did you record _The First Family_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > take 3 DQs Diego Velazquez (_Portrait of Juan de Pareja_). Robert Vaughn - that was Napoleon Solo’s position at UNCLE. Vaughn Meader. Three DQs reserved. ---
**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 26, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/567 "2015-09-26T17:00:11Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with V 4. Dead 5. American 6. Not known for the arts 7. Died before 1900 8. Not known for political/military actions 9. Not a scientist or inventor 10. Born before 1800 ---
**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 26, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/568 "2015-09-26T17:02:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you become top dude when Isildur and his sons perished? > Were you pals with “Stinky” Mahmoud? > Did you look right at the camera when a BLT was mentioned? dunno, not Michael Valentine Smith, dunno ---
**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 26, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/569 "2015-09-26T20:00:40Z")
IQ1: Were you a shipping and railroad magnate known as “Commodore”? IQ2: Did you write about Tschai? IQ3: Were you Jimmy Carter’s SecState? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/570 "2015-09-26T23:12:23Z")
DQ) Known as an explorer or colonizer? ---
**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, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/571 "2015-09-27T00:53:31Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the Captain of _The Flying Dutchman_? 2. Were you a business tycoon and philanthropist of the early-to-mid 19th Centuiry? 3. Did you discover red blood cells? ---
**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, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/572 "2015-09-27T03:51:36Z")
Ahhhh. I bet **SCAdian** has it. Previous IQs: Did you become top dude when Isildur and his sons perished? - Valandil, in the LOTR appendices. Were you pals with “Stinky” Mahmoud? - Yes, Valentine Michael Smith, in Heinlein’s _Stranger in a Strange Land._ Did you look right at the camera when a BLT was mentioned? - Billy Ray Valentine, in _Trading Places_, getting a patronizing lesson on commodity futures from the Duke Brothers: [Trading Places - Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emvySA1-3t8). DQs: Born before 1700s? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 27, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/573 "2015-09-27T03:52:29Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with V 4. Dead 5. American 6. Not known for the arts 7. Died before 1900 8. Not known for political/military actions 9. Not a scientist or inventor 10. Born before 1800 11. Not known as an explorer or colonizer ---
**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 27, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/574 "2015-09-27T03:53:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a shipping and railroad magnate known as “Commodore”? > IQ2: Did you write about Tschai? > IQ3: Were you Jimmy Carter’s SecState? not Cornelius Vanderbilt, dunno, not Cyrus Vance ---
**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 27, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/575 "2015-09-27T03:55:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the Captain of _The Flying Dutchman_? > 2. Were you a business tycoon and philanthropist of the early-to-mid 19th Centuiry? > 3. Did you discover red blood cells? not Van Der Decker(?), not Cornelius Vanderbilt, dunno ---
**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 27, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/576 "2015-09-27T03:56:47Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with V 4. Dead 5. American 6. Not known for the arts 7. Died before 1900 8. Not known for political/military actions 9. Not a scientist or inventor 10. Born before 1800 11. Not known as an explorer or colonizer 12. Not born before 1700 ---
**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, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/577 "2015-09-27T11:32:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a shipping and railroad magnate known as “Commodore”? > IQ2: Did you write about Tschai? > IQ3: Were you Jimmy Carter’s SecState? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Cornelius Vanderbilt, dunno, not Cyrus Vance Correct. SF author Jack Vance. Correct. DQ1: Known as a businessman? DQ2: Married to someone famous? Two DQs reserved. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ahhhh. I bet **SCAdian** has it. Alas… ---
**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, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/578 "2015-09-27T12:02:17Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the Captain of The Flying Dutchman? > 2. Were you a business tycoon and philanthropist of the early-to-mid 19th Centuiry? > 3. Did you discover red blood cells? > not Van Der Decker(?), not Cornelius Vanderbilt, dunno #1 was Vandervecken (or, alternatively, Vanderdecken, Van Der Vecker, Van Der Decker), so correct. #2 is correct. #3 is van Leeuwenhoek. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 27, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/579 "2015-09-27T12:50:31Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with V 4. Dead 5. American 6. Not known for the arts 7. Died before 1900 8. Not known for political/military actions 9. Not a scientist or inventor 10. Born before 1800 11. Not known as an explorer or colonizer 12. Not born before 1700 13. Not known as a businessman 14. Not married to someone famous ---
**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, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/580 "2015-09-27T12:56:17Z")
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