# \[ GAME \] Botticelli - Nov. 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 31, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138 "2014-10-31T16:34:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**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:** [November 20, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/301 "2014-11-20T16:57:12Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with G 4. Alive 5. Has been involved in politics, but is not famous for it 6. Born before 1970 7. Not known for the performing arts 8. First name is not as common as “George” but more common than “Giuseppe” 9. Not American 10. Not known for the arts 11. Not known for athletic or sporting achievements (although “sporting” might be debatable) 12. Not European 13. Born after 1950 14. Caucasian 15. Not known for non-sporting physical endeavours (mountaineering, endurance sailing etc.) 16. Not Australasian ---
**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:** [November 20, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/302 "2014-11-20T16:59:36Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a character who was recognised as a king because he didn’t have poo all over him? > IQ2: Did you write Brighton Rock? > IQ3: Did you manage Glasgow Rangers Football Club? Not Mel Gibson (I’m sure that’s wrong, but I was thinking there was a scene in one of the _Mad Max_ movies where he avoided the turd bath), dunno x 2 ---
**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:** [November 20, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/303 "2014-11-20T17:02:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct on all 3. > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Saul of Tarsus’s rabbi? > 2. Were you Zeus’s cupbearer? > 3. Is your wife the sky goddess Nut? take 3 DQs, as I cannot recall any of these names ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/304 "2014-11-20T17:12:39Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a character who was recognised as a king because he didn’t have poo all over him? > IQ2: Did you write Brighton Rock? > IQ3: Did you manage Glasgow Rangers Football Club? 1: Graham Chapman, as King Arthur in Monty Python’s Holy Grail - “Ee, that were the King that were.” “'Ow d’you know 'e’s a king?” “'E ain’t got shit all over 'im”" 2: Graham Greene 3: Graeme Souness 2 Grahams and a Graeme. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/305 "2014-11-20T17:33:20Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a British general with an Oriental nickname? > IQ2: Are you a three-headed king? > IQ3: Did you say that all Gaul was divided into three parts? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Charles “Chinese” Gordon (I’m sure I thoroughly mangled that, but I do remember him from the _Flashman_ books), not Geryon, dunno Correct on Chinese Gordon. I’ll rephrase. 🙂 Gaius Julius Caesar. DQ: Known for science/technology? IQ1: Are you a non-Greek king with three heads? IQ2: Were you succeeded by two of your sons? IQ3: Were you the purser on a cruise ship? ---
**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:** [November 20, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/306 "2014-11-20T18:51:59Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Saul of Tarsus’s rabbi? > 2. Were you Zeus’s cupbearer? > 3. Is your wife the sky goddess Nut? > > take 3 DQs, as I cannot recall any of these names #1 was Gamaliel. #2 was Ganymede. #3 was Geb (or Gebeb). 4 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/307 "2014-11-20T19:08:06Z")
IQ: Are you a chess grandmaster who publicly opposed Putin? ---
**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:** [November 20, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/308 "2014-11-20T19:21:54Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ: Are you a chess grandmaster who publicly opposed Putin? Yes, I am [SIZE=“7”]Garry Kasparov![/SIZE] wtg fangaga! You get H! ---
**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:** [November 20, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/309 "2014-11-20T19:23:21Z")
Good job, fanganga! I’ve heard of him, but would not have thought of him. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/310 "2014-11-20T19:34:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a non-Greek king with three heads? > IQ2: Were you succeeded by two of your sons? > IQ3: Were you the purser on a cruise ship? King Ghidorah. George V. Gopher, on _The Love Boat_. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/311 "2014-11-20T19:57:40Z")
Alright, I’m ready. My letter is H. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/312 "2014-11-20T22:54:33Z")
IQ1: Did your girls help civilise the Wild West? IQ2: Did you write about the war between Ilios and the Achaeans? IQ3: Did you write about the invasion of Tosev 3? ---
**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:** [November 20, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/313 "2014-11-20T23:06:48Z")
IQs: 1. were you a german physicist who originated quantum theory? 2. Were you a cartoon magpie? 3. Did you battle Green Lantern in the movie? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/314 "2014-11-20T23:49:33Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your girls help civilise the Wild West? > IQ2: Did you write about the war between Ilios and the Achaeans? > IQ3: Did you write about the invasion of Tosev 3? 1: Pass 2: I am not Homer. 3: I am not … Harry Turtledove? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. were you a german physicist who originated quantum theory? > 2. Were you a cartoon magpie? > 3. Did you battle Green Lantern in the movie? 1: I am not Werner Heisenberg 2: pass 3: Unless the Green Lantern movie was a psychological drama about Hal Jordan’s battles against himself, I’ve got nothin’. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/315 "2014-11-20T23:56:09Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. were you a german physicist who originated quantum theory? > 2. Were you a cartoon magpie? > 3. Did you battle Green Lantern in the movie? > > 1: I am not Werner Heisenberg > 2: pass > 3: Unless the Green Lantern movie was a psychological drama about Hal Jordan’s battles against himself, I’ve got nothin’. 1. Actually I had in mind Walter Planck, whose constant is “h”. I take no DQ for this either way. 2. The magpie’s Heckle of Heckle & Jeckle. 3. Hector Hammond fought GL in one of DC’s failed superhero movies. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Last name starts with H? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/316 "2014-11-21T00:32:53Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your girls help civilise the Wild West? > IQ2: Did you write about the war between Ilios and the Achaeans? > IQ3: Did you write about the invasion of Tosev 3? > [@fanganga](#): > > 1: Pass > 2: I am not Homer. > 3: I am not … Harry Turtledove? Fred [Harvey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Harvey_Company#Harvey_Girls). Correct. Correct. DQ: Male? IQ1: Did you play the COB of a US submarine in a war movie? IQ2: Did you discover the circulation of blood? IQ3: Did you have a dog named Ribsy? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/317 "2014-11-21T01:38:53Z")
IQ1: Did you write a whale of a novel in 1851? IQ2: Are you the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza who attempted to get the Republican nomination for president in 2012? IQ3: Did you write _The Caine Mutiny_? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/318 "2014-11-21T03:52:36Z")
IQs: Was Enkidu your best bud? Were you Elrond’s mother-in-law? Were you Ted Baxter’s girlfriend? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Gilgamesh, not Galadriel, not Georgette (don’t remember her last name) Correct as to all three - and I didn’t remember her last name, either, but Wiki says it was Franklin: [Georgia Engel - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Engel) On to H. IQs: Did you publish a pamphlet admitting to being an adulterer, but denying that you were a crook? Was your wife Stella, whom you fled to go deeper into space? Did Lovecraft say you were “unspeakable”? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/319 "2014-11-21T03:57:47Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write the hymn _Holy, Holy, Holy_? 2. Did you write the hymn _I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say_? 3. Were you romantically linked to Leander? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/320 "2014-11-21T11:44:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Actually I had in mind Walter Planck, whose constant is “h”. I take no DQ for this either way. > > DQs: > > 1. Real? > 2. Last name starts with H? I worded my question to allow a callback to Max Planck, then forgot when the question came up. I think you may be getting mixed up with a fictional character who took Heisenberg’s name. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the COB of a US submarine in a war movie? > IQ2: Did you discover the circulation of blood? > IQ3: Did you have a dog named Ribsy? 1: I am not … Harrison Ford? 2: I am not Christian Huygens. 3: pass > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you write a whale of a novel in 1851? > IQ2: Are you the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza who attempted to get the Republican nomination for president in 2012? > IQ3: Did you write _The Caine Mutiny_? 1: I am not Herman Melville 2: I am not Herman Cain 3: Pass > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you publish a pamphlet admitting to being an adulterer, but denying that you were a crook? > Was your wife Stella, whom you fled to go deeper into space? > Did Lovecraft say you were “unspeakable”? 1: Pass 2: Pass 3: I am not Hastur. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the hymn _Holy, Holy, Holy_? > 2. Did you write the hymn _I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say_? > 3. Were you romantically linked to Leander? 1: Pass 2: Pass 3: I am neither Hermia or Helena. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138.md?page=17)