# \[GAME\] Botticelli Oct 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 1, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044 "2014-10-01T01:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 32
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/621 "2014-10-17T11:03:53Z")
SUMMARY: 1. Real person 2. Male ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/622 "2014-10-17T11:05:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the title character of a Herman Wouk novel? > IQ2: Are you a former Confederate officer working as a secret agent in Louisiana? > IQ3: Are you an Irish Nobel laureate? No idea on #1 or #2- take two DQs Not WIlliam Butler YEats ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/623 "2014-10-17T11:06:08Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a first baseman/left fielder for Boston Red Sox and 18 time All Star? > IQ2: Did Graham Chapman play you in a 1983 movie? > IQ3: Were you a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy? Not Carl Yastrzemski, not Yellowbeard, and not Yorick, alas. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/624 "2014-10-17T11:07:11Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ2 rev2: Did you scheme to avoid being sent into combat? Not Yossarian from _ **Catch 22** _ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/625 "2014-10-17T11:08:18Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a Dodger phenomenon with a compelling backstory? Not Yasiel Puig ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/626 "2014-10-17T11:10:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play a gunfighter, a monarch and a robot? > Were you, in a graphic novel series, the last man on Earth? > Did you write the excellent alternative history novel _Elleander Morning_? Take 3 DQs- I’m stumped ---
**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:** [October 17, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/627 "2014-10-17T12:29:42Z")
OK, no dupes this time… at least not of posts made outside the time it takes me to make this one. IQ1: Along with Shimon Peres, were you one of three 1994 Nobel Peace Prize winners for your contribution to the Oslo Accords? IQ2: Are you the other winner? IQ3: Are you a violinist and conductor whose name was inspired from when a prospective landlady told your parents “I don’t take Jews”? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/628 "2014-10-17T13:18:49Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the title character of a Herman Wouk novel? > IQ2: Are you a former Confederate officer working as a secret agent in Louisiana? > IQ3: Are you an Irish Nobel laureate? > [@astorian](#): > > No idea on #1 or #2- take two DQs > Not WIlliam Butler YEats Youngblood Hawke. Yancy Derringer, from the TV Western of that name. Correct. DQ1: Living? DQ2: American? IQ1: Were you the first President of the Russian Federation? IQ2: Did you star in a show about a talking horse? IQ3: Are you really Byron Barr? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/629 "2014-10-17T14:46:05Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > OK, no dupes this time… at least not of posts made outside the time it takes me to make this one. > > IQ1: Along with Shimon Peres, were you one of three 1994 Nobel Peace Prize winners for your contribution to the Oslo Accords? > IQ2: Are you the other winner? > IQ3: Are you a violinist and conductor whose name was inspired from when a prospective landlady told your parents “I don’t take Jews”? Not Yitzhak Rabin or Yassir Arafat. For #3, the only “Y” violinist I know… not Ytzakh Perlman? Take a DQ if that’s wrong. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/630 "2014-10-17T14:47:05Z")
SUMMARY: 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/631 "2014-10-17T14:48:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first President of the Russian Federation? > IQ2: Did you star in a show about a talking horse? > IQ3: Are you really Byron Barr? Not Boris Yeltsin or Alan Young Take a DQ for #3 ---
**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:** [October 17, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/632 "2014-10-17T14:53:42Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not Yitzhak Rabin or Yassir Arafat. > > For #3, the only “Y” violinist I know… not Ytzakh Perlman? > > Take a DQ if that’s wrong. Yehudi Menuhin. His first name means “The Jew.” DQ: Last name start with Y? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/633 "2014-10-17T15:00:17Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first President of the Russian Federation? > IQ2: Did you star in a show about a talking horse? > IQ3: Are you really Byron Barr? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Boris Yeltsin or Alan Young > > Take a DQ for #3 Correct. Correct. Gig Young. DQ: Died after 1950? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/634 "2014-10-17T15:11:29Z")
IQ1: Do you play lead guitar for _Styx_? IQ2: When you went on tour to promote your album _Nightcrawler_, did you precede every show with an instore acoustic appearance at an indie record shop in the town you were passing through? IQ3: Were you the first bassist for _Soundgarden_? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/635 "2014-10-17T15:11:42Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play a gunfighter, a monarch and a robot? - Yul Brynner, in _The Magnificent Seven, The King and I_ and _Westworld_. Were you, in a graphic novel series, the last man on Earth? - Another Yorick, in _Y: The Last Man_. Did you write the excellent alternative history novel _Elleander Morning_? - Jerry Yulsman. DQs: Born since 1900? Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line? Political/military? IQs: Did you costar in _The Black Hole_? In a movie, did you have sex with an armored man? Do those in the know refer to you by your three initials? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/636 "2014-10-17T15:17:24Z")
SUMMARY: 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. Died after 1950 6. Born before 1900 7. First name starts with Y ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/637 "2014-10-17T15:19:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Do you play lead guitar for _Styx_? > IQ2: When you went on tour to promote your album _Nightcrawler_, did you precede every show with an instore acoustic appearance at an indie record shop in the town you were passing through? > IQ3: Were you the first bassist for _Soundgarden_? Not James “JY” Young Take a DQ for #2 and #3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/638 "2014-10-17T15:20:48Z")
SUMMARY: 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. Died after 1950 6. Born before 1900 7. First name starts with Y 8. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line 9. Not a politician or military figure ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/639 "2014-10-17T15:23:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you costar in \* The Black Hole \*? > In a movie, did you have sex with an armored man? > Do those in the know refer to you by your three initials? Not Yvette Mimieux Not King Arthur’s mother Ygraine (loved _ **Excalibur** _!) Take a DQ for #3 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/640 "2014-10-17T15:29:53Z")
I asked about Yzerman 1st. DQ: In the Arts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044.md?page=33)