# \[ GAME \] 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:** 2
**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 1, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/21 "2014-11-01T01:31:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a president with the nickname “Silent”? > IQ2: Are you an NFL football player with the nickname “Megatron”? > IQ3: Did you win a national championship in baton twirling in the 8th grade, and have the distinction of being the shortest NBA player inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame? Not Calvin Coolidge, dunno, and dunno. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the last Ptolemaic pharaoh? > IQ2: Were you #1’s father? > IQ3: Were you #1’s mother? Not Cheops, dunno, or Cleopatra? > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you reported as saying that your enemies “Would make a desert and call it peace?” > IQ2: Could Major-General Stanley recall every detail of your uniform? > IQ3: Did you bring Christianity to the North of England and wind up with a deity in the Greyhawk Pantheon sharing your name? Sheer guesses: not Julius Caesar, Charles I (from _Pirates of Penzance_, though) or St. Clement? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka The Tin Woodman? > 2. Did Mark Twain write a hilarious critique against your portrayal of Native Americans? > 3. Did you co-anchor with David Brinkley? Dunno, but not James Fenimore Cooper or Chet Brinkley. C. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with C 5. not known for the arts ---
**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 1, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/22 "2014-11-01T01:33:34Z")
The Tin Woodman’s actual name was Nick Chopper. Correct on the other two. DQ: American? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/23 "2014-11-01T01:43:37Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you reported as saying that your enemies “Would make a desert and call it peace?” > IQ2: Could Major-General Stanley recall every detail of your uniform? > IQ3: Did you bring Christianity to the North of England and wind up with a deity in the Greyhawk Pantheon sharing your name? 1:[Calgacus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgacus) 2: He could write a washing bill in Babylonic Cuneform, and tell you ev’ry detail of **Caractacus** ’ uniform. 3: [Saint Cuthbert of Lindesfarne](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuthbert). I also referred to [Saint Cuthbert of Greyhawk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Cuthbert_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)) ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/24 "2014-11-01T01:45:10Z")
DQ1: Are you known for political or military endeavours? DQ2: Were you born in the Northern Hemisphere? DQ3: Were you born West of the Greenwich Meridian? Just realised that Prof P’s DQ renders my number 2 and 3 redundant. Can I withhold them in the case that it’s answered in the affirmative? ---
**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 1, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/25 "2014-11-01T03:55:19Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the last Ptolemaic pharaoh? > IQ2: Were you #1’s father? > IQ3: Were you #1’s mother? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Cheops, dunno, or Cleopatra? Ptolemy XV is better known as Caesarion. Gaius Julius Caesar. Cleopatra VII, to be precise. Two DQs reserved pending answers to Prof P’s and fangangas. IQ1: Were you called “Old Ironsides”? IQ2: Were you that person’s son? IQ3: Did you write _The Old Man of Lochnagar_? ---
**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 1, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/26 "2014-11-01T04:08:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Were you called “Old Ironsides”? > IQ2: Were you that person’s son? > IQ3: Did you write _The Old Man of Lochnagar_? Not Oliver Cromwell, not Richard (?) Cromwell, and not… Arthur Conan Doyle? **fanganga** ’s second and third DQs withheld, as requested. C. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with C 5. not known for the arts 6. American 7. not known for political or military endeavours ---
**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 1, 2014, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/27 "2014-11-01T10:39:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you called “Old Ironsides”? > IQ2: Were you that person’s son? > IQ3: Did you write _The Old Man of Lochnagar_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Oliver Cromwell, not Richard (?) Cromwell, and not… Arthur Conan Doyle? Correct. Correct. Prince Charles. ([Click](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Man_of_Lochnagar).) DQ1: Died after 1900? DQ2: Born east of the Mississippi? DQ3: Known for science or a related field? IQ1: Are you the only black man a US submarine has been named for?? IQ2: Were you a Medal of Honor recipient who became governor of Maine? IQ3: Was a submarine named for you and your partner? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/28 "2014-11-01T13:21:01Z")
DQ1: Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line? DQ2: Died of natural causes? IQ1: Did you find you could get further with a kind word and a gun than a kind word alone? IQ2: For a period in 1969, were you further from any other human being than anyone else? IQ3: Did you discover many uses for the peanut? ---
**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 1, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/29 "2014-11-01T13:41:21Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a president with the nickname “Silent”? > IQ2: Are you an NFL football player with the nickname “Megatron”? > IQ3: Did you win a national championship in baton twirling in the 8th grade, and have the distinction of being the shortest NBA player inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame? > > Not Calvin Coolidge, dunno, and dunno. correct, Calvin Johnson, Calvin Murphy Calvin x 3! holding 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:** [November 1, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/30 "2014-11-01T15:56:47Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the Inkling who wrote _War in Heaven_? 2. Did you write _The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody_? 3. Were you a French author who “invented” the fairy tale? ---
**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 1, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/31 "2014-11-01T17:32:33Z")
IQ1: Are you a large-scale philanthropist who started the U. S. Steel corporation in 1901? IQ2: Are you aka Johnny Appleseed? IQ3: Are you a US Representative from Tennessee who fought and died at The Alamo? ---
**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 1, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/32 "2014-11-01T22:19:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Are you the only black man a US submarine has been named for?? > IQ2: Were you a Medal of Honor recipient who became governor of Maine? > IQ3: Was a submarine named for you and your partner? Not George Washington Carver, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (huzzah!) or [Lewis &] Clark. > [@fanganga](#): > > … > IQ1: Did you find you could get further with a kind word and a gun than a kind word alone? > IQ2: For a period in 1969, were you further from any other human being than anyone else? > IQ3: Did you discover many uses for the peanut? Not Samuel Clemens, Michael Collins of Apollo 11, or still G.W. Carver. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the Inkling who wrote _War in Heaven_? > 2. Did you write _The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody_? > 3. Were you a French author who “invented” the fairy tale? Not C.S. Lewis, dunno x2. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a large-scale philanthropist who started the U. S. Steel corporation in 1901? > IQ2: Are you aka Johnny Appleseed? > IQ3: Are you a US Representative from Tennessee who fought and died at The Alamo? Not Andrew Carnegie, John Chapman or… ooo, tip of my tongue… damn! Dunno. C. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with C 5. not known for the arts 6. American 7. not known for political or military endeavours 8. died after 1900 9. born west of the Mississippi 10. known for science or a related field 11. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 12. died of natural causes As far as I know as to #12. His manner of death was not significant, in any event. ---
**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 1, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/33 "2014-11-01T22:57:57Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the Inkling who wrote War in Heaven? > 2. Did you write The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody? > 3. Were you a French author who “invented” the fairy tale? > > Not C.S. Lewis, dunno x2. #1 isn’t Jack, but Charles Williams. #2 was Will Cuppy. #3 was Charles Perrault. DQ: Died after 2000? 2 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:** [November 1, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/34 "2014-11-01T23:33:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Q1: Are you a large-scale philanthropist who started the U. S. Steel corporation in 1901? > IQ2: Are you aka Johnny Appleseed? > IQ3: Are you a US Representative from Tennessee who fought and died at The Alamo? > > Not Andrew Carnegie, John Chapman or… ooo, tip of my tongue… damn! Dunno. correct x2, Davey… Davey Crockett… king of the wold frontier… DQ: Known for medical achievement? 3 DQs in reserve ---
**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 2, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/35 "2014-11-02T01:12:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the only black man a US submarine has been named for?? > IQ2: Were you a Medal of Honor recipient who became governor of Maine? > IQ3: Was a submarine named for you and your partner? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not George Washington Carver, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (huzzah!) or [Lewis &] Clark. Correct on all three. IQ1: Did you write and record “Tennessee Flat Top Box”? IQ2: Are you that person’s daughter who covered the song? IQ3: Were you that daughter’s husband? ---
**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 2, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/36 "2014-11-02T01:40:49Z")
Davy Crockett! Of course! :smack: > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Did you write and record “Tennessee Flat Top Box”? > IQ2: Are you that person’s daughter who covered the song? > IQ3: Were you that daughter’s husband? Dunno any of these. Three DQs. C. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with C 5. not known for the arts 6. American 7. not known for political or military endeavours 8. died after 1900 9. born west of the Mississippi 10. known for science or a related field 11. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 12. died of natural causes 13. died before 2000 14. not known for medical achievement Clarification: #10 is the least bad answer, but doesn’t tell the whole story. ---
**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 2, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/37 "2014-11-02T02:40:01Z")
Science is the least bad answer… that’s not confusing or misleading, no way. DQ: Associated with manufacturing? ---
**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 2, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/38 "2014-11-02T02:42:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Correct on all three. > IQ1: Did you write and record “Tennessee Flat Top Box”? > IQ2: Are you that person’s daughter who covered the song? > IQ3: Were you that daughter’s husband? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno any of these. Three DQs. Country singers Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, and Rodney Crowell. DQ: Born after 1900? Two DQs reerved. IQ1: Were you the pilot of _Aurora 7_? IQ2: Did you die in the Apollo 1 fire? DQ3: Are you a friendly spirit? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/39 "2014-11-02T12:42:29Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > DQ1: Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line? > DQ2: Died of natural causes? > > IQ1: Did you find you could get further with a kind word and a gun than a kind word alone? > IQ2: For a period in 1969, were you further from any other human being than anyone else? > IQ3: Did you discover many uses for the peanut? 1: I haven’t been able to find that quote attributed to Mark Twain - Al Capone was the person I was thinking of. 2: As you said, **Michael Collins** 3: As you said, **George Washington Carver** ---
**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 3, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/40 "2014-11-03T04:41:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > > IQ1: Were you the pilot of _Aurora 7_? > IQ2: Did you die in the Apollo 1 fire? > DQ3: Are you a friendly spirit? Dunno, not Roger Chaffee, and not Casper the Friendly Ghost. C. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with C 5. not known for the arts 6. American 7. not known for political or military endeavours 8. died after 1900 9. born west of the Mississippi 10. known for science or a related field 11. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 12. died of natural causes 13. died before 2000 14. not known for medical achievement 15. associated with manufacturing 16. born before 1900 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138.md?page=3)