# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/61 "2015-09-07T22:05:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint _The Wreck of the Medusa_? > 2. Were you the plucky comedy relief in _Galaxy Quest_? > 3. Were you an old-time comedian whose catchphrase was: “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird.”? DQ I am not Guy, the unnamed redshirt background crewmember 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 7, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/62 "2015-09-07T22:11:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint _The Wreck of the Medusa_? > 2. Were you the plucky comedy relief in _Galaxy Quest_? > 3. Were you an old-time comedian whose catchphrase was: “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird.”? > [@glowacks](#): > > DQ > I am not Guy, the unnamed redshirt background crewmember > DQ #1 was Theodore Gericault. Correct on #2, Guy Fleegman. #3 was “Lonesome” George Gobel. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/63 "2015-09-07T22:17:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you have a dog named Nelson and a horse named Sweetlips? > Were you nicknamed, among other things, “Pap” and “Old Slow Trot”? > A man, did you tell a reporter, “I save my feelings for Mrs. [his last name]”? 3 DQs The host had to do research to verify that I was not the person who said the last one, and he isn’t going to take credit for knowing it that way. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/64 "2015-09-07T22:18:05Z")
1. Real - Yes 2. Male - Yes ---
**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 8, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/65 "2015-09-08T00:29:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a cavalry general whose brother was awarded the Medal of Honor twice? > IQ2: Were you the current Earl of Wessex’s maternal grandfather? > IQ3: Did the mayor of Chicago promise to give you a poke in the snoot if you ever visited his city? > [@glowacks](#): > > DQ, I am not King George of the United Kingdom, father of Elizabeth II (I have no idea what number he is without research), DQ George Armstrong Custer. Correct (George VI). George V. DQ1: Living? DQ2: Known for the Arts? Another house rule - “the Arts” is a very broad category that, amongst other things, includes performance arts (actors, singers, comedians, supermodels, &c), visual arts (sculptors, painters, &c), creative arts (including cooks), writers, &c, &c. I like to ask this question early in the game because it can take a while to narrow down what sort of artist we’re talking about. ---
**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 8, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/66 "2015-09-08T00:55:28Z")
IQ1: Were you called the Teflon Don? IQ2: Could Major General Stanley tell Raphael’s works from yours? IQ3: Were you the first king of the United Kingdom? ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/67 "2015-09-08T02:44:54Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. Living - Yes 4. Known for “Arts” - Yes > [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you called the Teflon Don? > IQ2: Could Major General Stanley tell Raphael’s works from yours? > IQ3: Were you the first king of the United Kingdom? DQ. (I can’t get any G mafia name to come to mind other than Gambino, and I know that’s not right. I remember the guy, but his name escapes me) I am not Giotto. (random guess as to whether it’s what you intended to refer to, and since I don’t know what exactly you’re referring to, I don’t know if Giotto has any possibility of working even if it wasn’t who you had in mind) I am not George I of the United Kingdom, son of Electress Sophia of Hanover (I _think_ the UK started under Anne) ---
**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 8, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/68 "2015-09-08T03:12:54Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you called the Teflon Don? > IQ2: Could Major General Stanley tell Raphael’s works from yours? > IQ3: Were you the first king of the United Kingdom? > [@glowacks](#): > > DQ. (I can’t get any G mafia name to come to mind other than Gambino, and I know that’s not right. I remember the guy, but his name escapes me) > I am not Giotto. (random guess as to whether it’s what you intended to refer to, and since I don’t know what exactly you’re referring to, I don’t know if Giotto has any possibility of working even if it wasn’t who you had in mind) > I am not George I of the United Kingdom, son of Electress Sophia of Hanover (I _think_ the UK started under Anne) John Gotti. (Who actually was head of the Gambino family, so you were sort of close…) Gerard Dow. (It’s from the major general’s song in _The Pirates of Penzance_ - “When I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies”) George III - Anne was the first ruler of Great Britain. DQ1: Known for the performing arts? DQ2: American? One 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 8, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/69 "2015-09-08T03:17:35Z")
IQ1) Does your best-known opera include a complete performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner”? IQ2) Did you win the National League MVP award in a year your team beat the Yankees in a thrilling 7 game World Series? IQ3) Did you lose your job to Harry Connick Senior? ---
**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 8, 2015, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/70 "2015-09-08T04:10:53Z")
May I suggest you simplify your answers to: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. Known for “Arts” Previous IQs: Did you have a dog named Nelson and a horse named Sweetlips? - George Washington. Were you nicknamed, among other things, “Pap” and “Old Slow Trot”? - George H. Thomas, a noted Civil War general. A man, did you tell a reporter, “I save my feelings for Mrs. [his last name]”? - George C. Marshall, when asked by a reporter “How do you feel about [some upcoming bill in Congress]?” George x3! DQs: Last name start with G? Born since 1975? Has received a major award in his field? IQs: Were you Jonathan Strange’s mentor and later enemy? Did Bognor seek special recognition from you? Did Sherlock Holmes have a portrait of you hanging in his rooms? ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/71 "2015-09-08T05:45:52Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. Known for “Arts” 5. NOT known for performing arts 6. American 7. Last name starts with G 8. NOT born since 1975 9. Has possibly won a “major” award, depending on how one defines “major”. > [@](#): > > IQ1) Does your best-known opera include a complete performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner”? > > IQ2) Did you win the National League MVP award in a year your team beat the Yankees in a thrilling 7 game World Series? > > IQ3) Did you lose your job to Harry Connick Senior? > [@](#): > > Were you Jonathan Strange’s mentor and later enemy? > Did Bognor seek special recognition from you? > Did Sherlock Holmes have a portrait of you hanging in his rooms? 6x DQ, although I suspect the last one is an English king named George. ---
**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 8, 2015, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/72 "2015-09-08T06:56:02Z")
Another house rule of note, though in your current role it only affects you indirectly - we may not ask IQs with an intended answer being someone who has already been used by a previous IQ. If this happens inadvertently and the you can answer neither, only the first to be asked will be awarded a DQ. As host, you may repeat answers as you like if they fit the questions. This is relevant as you’ll probably only get six or so King of England questions at most. I hope. IQ1: Did you write _A Time to Kill_? IQ2: Did you write _Life in Hell_? IQ3: Are you best known for a work created in collaboration with Dave Arneson? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/73 "2015-09-08T10:44:25Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Does your best-known opera include a complete performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner”? > > IQ2) Did you win the National League MVP award in a year your team beat the Yankees in a thrilling 7 game World Series? > > IQ3) Did you lose your job to Harry Connick Senior? Giacomo Puccini (“The Star-Spangled Banner” is played in its entirety in _**Madama Butterfly)**_ Dick Groat, Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop, in 1960 Jim Garrison, hero of Oliver Stone’s _ **JFK** _, lost his job as New Orleans D.A. to Harry Connick Sr. DQ1) A writer of any kind? DQ2) Caucasian? Will save one DQ ---
**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 8, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/74 "2015-09-08T11:39:22Z")
IQ1: Did you serve as prime minister of the UK four times? IQ2: Are you currently third in line for the throne of the UK? IQ3: Did you design a new sabre to be used by the US Army? ---
**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 8, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/75 "2015-09-08T12:13:05Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a glam rocker who sang sang “Rock and Roll, Parts One and Two.”? > IQ2: Were you the announcer for Laugh-In and the voice of Space Ghost? > IQ3: Did you portray the title character in The Buddy Holly Story? > > I am not Gary Glitter, DQ, DQ correct, Gary Owens, Gary Busey Gary x3! (I like themes) DQ: Known for writing? 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 8, 2015, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/76 "2015-09-08T12:26:09Z")
IQ1: Is your best friend Beegle Beagle? IQ2: Are you Donald Duck’s insufferably lucky cousin? IQ3: Are you a Dick Tracy character married to B. O. Plenty? ---
**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 8, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/77 "2015-09-08T13:16:56Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Buffy Summers on TV? 2. Did you write _Stardust_ (the novel, not the song)? 3. Were you a cobbler in the comic strip _Thimble Theatre_ who often loudly demanded the death of another character in the strip? ---
**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 8, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/78 "2015-09-08T13:36:30Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Jonathan Strange’s mentor and later enemy? - Gilbert Norrell, in the book and TV miniseries _Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell._ Did Bognor seek special recognition from you? - King George V. The king had spent some time there and the seaside town later sought royal recognition, to which His Majesty supposedly replied “Bugger Bognor,” but nevertheless bestowed the name “Bognor Regis” on it. Did Sherlock Holmes have a portrait of you hanging in his rooms? - Not another British king, but Gen. George “Chinese” Gordon, killed by the Mahdi’s forces in Khartoum. DQ: Born since 1950? Born east of the Miss. River? One DQ reserved. IQs: According to one source, did your friend Elphaba later become your bitter foe? Was your dad Archie and your husband Michael? Were you one of Washington’s best generals? ---
**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 8, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/79 "2015-09-08T14:47:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did Bognor seek special recognition from you? - King George V. The king had spent some time there and the seaside town later sought royal recognition, to which His Majesty supposedly replied “Bugger Bognor,” but nevertheless bestowed the name “Bognor Regis” on it. Um, George V [had already been used.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18667744&postcount=65) Is that house rule no longer in effect? ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/80 "2015-09-08T14:58:45Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _A Time to Kill_? > IQ2: Did you write _Life in Hell_? > IQ3: Are you best known for a work created in collaboration with Dave Arneson? I am not John Grisham. DQx2 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=5)