# 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:** 30
**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, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/581 "2015-09-27T17:39:49Z")
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 15. Known for activities that were considered criminal at the time ---
**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, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/582 "2015-09-27T18:31:08Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in _Gunga Din_ alongside Cary Grant? 2. Are you the Roman counterpart to Hesta? 3. Were you a 1950’s cartoonist who signed his work _VIP_? ---
**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, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/583 "2015-09-27T19:58:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _Gunga Din_ alongside Cary Grant? > 2. Are you the Roman counterpart to Hesta? > 3. Were you a 1950’s cartoonist who signed his work _VIP_? dunno, not Vesta, dunno ---
**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, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/584 "2015-09-27T20:34:54Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in Gunga Din alongside Cary Grant? > 2. Are you the Roman counterpart to Hesta? > 3. Were you a 1950’s cartoonist who signed his work VIP? > dunno, not Vesta, dunno #1 was Victor McLaglen. Correct on 2. #3 was Virgil Partch. DQ: Known for events that took place in the 19th Century? 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, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/585 "2015-09-27T22:11:29Z")
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 12. Not born before 1700 13. Not known as a businessman 14. Not married to someone famous 15. Known for activities that were considered criminal at the time 16. Known for events that took place in the 19th Century ---
**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, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/586 "2015-09-27T23:43:36Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a freed slave who was the leader of “the Rising”? 2. Are you a foe of Batman who cuts himself for every victim he kills? 3. Are you a foe of Batman who seems to be scared of his own puppet? ---
**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 28, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/587 "2015-09-28T00:08:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a freed slave who was the leader of “the Rising”? Yes, I am Denmark [SIZE=“7”]Vesey![/SIZE] I was a free black for over 20 years before being accused and hanged in 1822 as the ringleader of “the rising,” a major potential Charleston, South Carolina slave revolt. Congrats Perfesser! ---
**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 28, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/588 "2015-09-28T00:14:48Z")
Okay, now THAT was obscure. Have to think of another one now… ---
**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 28, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/589 "2015-09-28T03:11:27Z")
All right, **Prof. P.**! Coulda sworn it was gonna be the Commodore. ---
**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 28, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/590 "2015-09-28T14:03:12Z")
And this time I’m W. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/591 "2015-09-28T17:08:45Z")
IQ) Were you a pitcher in the original Hall of Fame class? IQ2) Did you have a long, memorable and largely unscripted dinner conversation in a Louis Malle film? IQ3) Were you the only public person to stand against fascistic President Charles Lindbergh in Philip Roth’s “The Plot Against America”? ---
**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 28, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/592 "2015-09-28T17:33:15Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ) Were you a pitcher in the original Hall of Fame class? > > IQ2) Did you have a long, memorable and largely unscripted dinner conversation in a Louis Malle film? > > IQ3) Were you the only public person to stand against fascistic President Charles Lindbergh in Philip Roth’s “The Plot Against America”? 1. I am not Honus Wagner. Take 2 DQs. 3 if Honus is wrong. ---
**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 28, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/593 "2015-09-28T18:16:32Z")
IQ1: Are you the only resident of the Other Side of the World? IQ2: Are you a Flash villain whose real name is Mark Mardon? IQ3: Are you a Bulletman villain whose real name is Mortimer Gloom? ---
**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 28, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/594 "2015-09-28T19:22:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the only resident of the Other Side of the World? > IQ2: Are you a Flash villain whose real name is Mark Mardon? > IQ3: Are you a Bulletman villain whose real name is Mortimer Gloom? Take a DQ for #1. I am not the Weather Wizard. I am not the Weeper. ---
**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 28, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/595 "2015-09-28T20:27:18Z")
IQs: Did you sometimes nap even though you knew VIPs were waiting for you? According to a magazine profile, did you particularly enjoy the card game Oh Hell? Were you a prominent British abolitionist? ---
**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 28, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/596 "2015-09-28T21:19:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > I am not the Weather Wizard. > I am not the Weeper. The Warlock of Ys DQ: Real? ---
**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 28, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/597 "2015-09-28T21:31:04Z")
IQ1: Are you the timid archer member of the _Inferior Five_? IQ2: Are you the Asian valet for the Crimson Avenger? IQ3: Are you the inept sidekick of Golden Age Plastic Man? ---
**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 28, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/598 "2015-09-28T21:41:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you sometimes nap even though you knew VIPs were waiting for you? > According to a magazine profile, did you particularly enjoy the card game Oh Hell? > Were you a prominent British abolitionist? Take 3 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 28, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/599 "2015-09-28T21:42:08Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the timid archer member of the _Inferior Five_? > IQ2: Are you the Asian valet for the Crimson Avenger? > IQ3: Are you the inept sidekick of Golden Age Plastic Man? I am not White Feather. I am not Wing. I am not Woozy Winks. ---
**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 28, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/600 "2015-09-28T21:43:12Z")
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