# Botticelli - September 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 2, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600 "2019-09-02T20:16:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/61 "2019-09-04T14:48:50Z")
1. Real 2. Female 3. American 4. Not living 5. First name starts with Z 6. Died before 2000 7. Known for the arts 8. Died after 1950 9. Not known for the performing arts ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/62 "2019-09-04T16:42:37Z")
Previous IQs: IQ1: Did you found a cymbal company in the 17th century, which is still manufacturing cymbals today, making it one of the oldest companies in the world? (Surname will suffice). - Avedis Zildjian. IQ2: Were you the German Foreign Secretary whose telegram to Mexico, offering an alliance against the United States if the US entered World War I on the Allied side, was intercepted and decyphered and indeed caused the US to go to war against Germany? George Zimmerman. IQ3: Were you the founder of the Stoic school? Zeno of Citium. > [@atimnie](#): > > I’m thinking Zinfar for 1, take 2 or 3 DQs. New IQs: IQ1: Were you Jimmy Carter’s foreign affairs advisor? IQ2: Are you a DCU superhero with magical powers? IQ3: Were you a Greek philosopher known for posing paradoxes? DQ1: Known for the literary arts? DQ2: Known for the visual arts? Holding one DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one of two title characters in a book by J. D. Salinger? > 2. Did your husband refer to you as “the first American flapper”? > 3. Does the hymn _Dies Irae_ quote your book? Psst. See post #39. ---
**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 4, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/63 "2019-09-04T16:44:51Z")
{Okay, I picked the OTHER minor prophet. :)} ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/64 "2019-09-04T16:53:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > {Okay, I picked the OTHER minor prophet. :)} “ ‘E’s not a minor prophet. ‘E’s a very naughty boy!” ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/65 "2019-09-04T17:37:14Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > New IQs: > IQ1: Were you Jimmy Carter’s foreign affairs advisor? > IQ2: Are you a DCU superhero with magical powers? > IQ3: Were you a Greek philosopher known for posing paradoxes? > > DQ1: Known for the literary arts? > DQ2: Known for the visual arts? > > Holding one DQ. Not the unspellable Zbignew Brzinski, take two DQs. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/66 "2019-09-04T17:40:50Z")
1. Real 2. Female 3. American 4. Not living 5. First name starts with Z 6. Died before 2000 7. Known for the arts 8. Died after 1950 9. Not known for the performing arts 1. Not known for the literary arts 2. Known for the visual arts ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/67 "2019-09-04T19:58:02Z")
Previous IQs: IQ1: Were you Jimmy Carter’s foreign affairs advisor? - Correct, Zbignew…something with a “B” and more consonants than vowels. IQ2: Are you a DCU superhero with magical powers? - Zatana. IQ3: Were you a Greek philosopher known for posing paradoxes? -Another Zeno, this one of Elea. > [@atimnie](#): > > Not the unspellable Zbignew Brzinski, take two DQs. New IQs: IQ1: Are you a folklorist and author who wrote _Their Eyes Were Watching God_? IQ2: Were you twice an Olympic gold medal winner in track and field, before becoming a champion golfer? IQ3: Where you one of only four U.S. Presidents from the Whig Party? DQ1: Painter? DQ2: Photographer? Holding one DQ. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/68 "2019-09-04T20:39:43Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Previous IQs: > > IQ1: Were you Jimmy Carter’s foreign affairs advisor? - Correct, Zbignew…something with a “B” and more consonants than vowels. > IQ2: Are you a DCU superhero with magical powers? - Zatana. > IQ3: Were you a Greek philosopher known for posing paradoxes? -Another Zeno, this one of Elea. > > New IQs: > > IQ1: Are you a folklorist and author who wrote _Their Eyes Were Watching God_? > IQ2: Were you twice an Olympic gold medal winner in track and field, before becoming a champion golfer? > IQ3: Where you one of only four U.S. Presidents from the Whig Party? > DQ1: Painter? > DQ2: Photographer? > > Holding one DQ. Guessing Fuzzy Zoeller for 2, Zachary Taylor for 3, take DQs for 1 and any wrong guesses. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/69 "2019-09-04T20:40:48Z")
1. Real 2. Female 3. American 4. Not living 5. First name starts with Z 6. Died before 2000 7. Known for the arts 8. Died after 1950 9. Not known for the performing arts 1. Not known for the literary arts 2. Known for the visual arts 3. Painter 4. Not a photographer ---
**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 4, 2019, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/70 "2019-09-04T22:16:12Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a wizard with his own castle created by E. Gary Gygax? 2. Were you Queen of Ix? 3. Are you the final supermenace in the A-Z Who’s Who of Marvel monsters? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/71 "2019-09-04T22:27:48Z")
No clue, 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 4, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/72 "2019-09-04T22:30:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a wizard with his own castle created by E. Gary Gygax? > 2. Were you Queen of Ix? > 3. Are you the final supermenace in the A-Z Who’s Who of Marvel monsters? > [@atimnie](#): > > No clue, take 3 DQs. #1 was Zagyg (from the Castle Zagyg D&D module). #2 was Queen Zixi of Ix, from L. Frank Baum’s Oz series. #3 is Zzzax, an energy monster. DQ: First name starts with Za or Ze? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/73 "2019-09-04T22:51:18Z")
Technically, that’s two questions. Want to take an extra DQ? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/74 "2019-09-04T22:59:33Z")
Previous IQs: IQ1: Are you a folklorist and author who wrote _Their Eyes Were Watching God_? - Zora Neale Hurston. IQ2: Were you twice an Olympic gold medal winner in track and field, before becoming a champion golfer? - Good guess, but the answer is actually a “babe” - Babe Didrikson Zacharias. IQ3: Where you one of only four U.S. Presidents from the Whig Party? - Correct, Zachary Taylor. > [@atimnie](#): > > Guessing Fuzzy Zoeller for 2, Zachary Taylor for 3, take DQs for 1 and any wrong guesses. DQ1: Known for single piece, or body of work? DQ2: Majority of career after 1950? Holding one DQ. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/75 "2019-09-04T23:11:52Z")
1. Real 2. Female 3. American 4. Not living 5. First name starts with Z 6. Died before 2000 7. Known for the arts 8. Died after 1950 9. Not known for the performing arts 1. Not known for the literary arts 2. Known for the visual arts 3. Painter 4. Not a photographer 5. Not known for just one piece of work 6. Most active in the 40s and 50s ---
**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 4, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/76 "2019-09-04T23:38:51Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > Technically, that’s two questions. Want to take an extra DQ? No. Let’s put it this way: DQ: First name alphabetically between Za and Zh (inclusive)? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/77 "2019-09-04T23:59:00Z")
1. Real 2. Female 3. American 4. Not living 5. First name starts with Z 6. Died before 2000 7. Known for the arts 8. Died after 1950 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Not known for the literary arts 11. Known for the visual arts 12. Painter 13. Not a photographer 14. Not known for just one piece of work 15. Most active in the 40s and 50s 16. First name does not start with Za - Zh ---
**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 5, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/78 "2019-09-05T01:11:33Z")
DQ: Known for abstracts? 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 5, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/79 "2019-09-05T01:40:59Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a much-put-upon alien on _Babylon 5_ who always referred to himself in the third person? - Zathras Did the Tijuana Brass famously cover your song? - Yes, Zorba - my sisters and I use to madly dance around to this when we were kids: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy9y_FmbBQY) Were you a badass DI in _Starship Troopers_? - Sgt. Zim DQs: Has a work hanging in the National Gallery of Art in Washington? Her works sell for big bucks these days? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/80 "2019-09-05T04:11:01Z")
1. Real 2. Female 3. American 4. Not living 5. First name starts with Z 6. Died before 2000 7. Known for the arts 8. Died after 1950 9. Not known for the performing arts 1. Not known for the literary arts 2. Known for the visual arts 3. Painter 4. Not a photographer 5. Not known for just one piece of work 6. Most active in the 40s and 50s 1. Not known for abstracts 2. No works in the National Gallery of Art (as far as I know) 3. Some her work can sell for thousands [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600.md?page=5)