# \[GAME\] 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:** 35
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/681 "2014-10-19T12:58:38Z")
DQ) Asian? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/682 "2014-10-19T13:01:41Z")
IQ1) Are you the longest serving conductor of the New York Philharmonic? IQ2) Did you inspire the name of the country rock group New Riders of the Purple Sage? IQ3) Are you the son of a music legend and the drummer of the Who? ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/683 "2014-10-19T14:07:55Z")
**Z**. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Best known for my artistic work 5. Last name does not start with Z 6. Not American 7. Not European 8. Not best known as an actor 9. Not an author 10. Not born since 1964 11. From the Northern Hemisphere 12. Have won major awards, not all restricted to my field 13. Artistic work I’m best known for is not primarily auditory 14. Asian. ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/684 "2014-10-19T14:20:14Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Is your middle name Unit? > IQ2: Are your first and middle names identical? > IQ3: Did you win a Nobel for femtosecond chemistry? Not Moon Unit Zappa. ?? ?? > [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Are you the longest serving conductor of the New York Philharmonic? > IQ2) Did you inspire the name of the country rock group New Riders of the Purple Sage? > IQ3) Are you the son of a music legend and the drummer of the Who? I’m not Zane Grey, and I’ve no idea who the drummer’s son might be, but yes, I am Parsi conductor **Z** ubin Mehta. Go ahead, astorian - pick a letter, any letter… ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/685 "2014-10-19T14:57:52Z")
Mine were Zeke Mowatt Billy Zane ---
**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:** [October 19, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/686 "2014-10-19T15:25:07Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ2: Are your first and middle names identical? > IQ3: Did you win a Nobel for femtosecond chemistry? Zsa Zsa Gabor Ahmed Zewail Congrats Astorian! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/687 "2014-10-20T11:03:42Z")
Ah, finally, I’m back. I didn’t know I’d won. Okay, I have an A character. Ask away! ---
**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 20, 2014, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/688 "2014-10-20T11:18:20Z")
IQ1: Was your name changed by inserting two letters when you were 99? IQ2: Were you a former Italian 97-pound weakling? IQ3: Are you a generic British soldier? ---
**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 20, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/689 "2014-10-20T13:17:36Z")
IQ1: Does your ministry operate a Boeing 747SP, named “Star Triple Seven”? IQ2: Did you found the publishing company _Arkham House_? IQ3: Are you the name given to _Sleeping Beauty_ in the Disney film version of the story? ---
**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 20, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/690 "2014-10-20T14:02:42Z")
Congrats, **astorian**! Previous IQs: Were you a sad-sack visitor to Babylon 5? - Zathras, who was quite the gloomy, put-upon alien Did you discover a notable mountain in North America? - Yes, Zebulon Pike of Pike’s Peak fame Were you in the running for the role of Scarlett O’Hara? - Yes, ZaSu Pitts Back to the beginning of the alphabet… Og, I love this game! IQs: Did you have a brother named Aberforth? Did Colin Farrell play you in a widely-panned biopic? Is one of your works displayed in the Pittsburgh Intl. Airport? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/691 "2014-10-20T14:12:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your name changed by inserting two letters when you were 99? > IQ2: Were you a former Italian 97-pound weakling? > IQ3: Are you a generic British soldier? Not Charles (Stop Getting Sand Kicked In Your Face) Atlas or Tommy (“For it’s Tommy This and Tommy That…”) Atkins. Take a DQ for #1 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/692 "2014-10-20T14:14:25Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Does your ministry operate a Boeing 747SP, named “Star Triple Seven”? > IQ2: Did you found the publishing company _Arkham House_? > IQ3: Are you the name given to _Sleeping Beauty_ in the Disney film version of the story? No idea on #1 or #2- take two DQs Not Princess Aurora ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/693 "2014-10-20T14:15:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you have a brother named Aberforth? > Did Colin Farrell play you in a widely-panned biopic? > Is one of your works displayed in the Pittsburgh Intl. Airport? Not Alexander the Great or Pittsburgh’s own Andy Warhol. Take a DQ for #1 ---
**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 20, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/694 "2014-10-20T15:27:43Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Does your ministry operate a Boeing 747SP, named “Star Triple Seven”? > IQ2: Did you found the publishing company Arkham House? > IQ3: Are you the name given to Sleeping Beauty in the Disney film version of the story? > > No idea on #1 or #2- take two DQs > > Not Princess Aurora Ernest, Angley, August Derleth, correct DQ: Fictional? DQ: Female? ---
**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 20, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/695 "2014-10-20T15:36:20Z")
IQ1: Are you Lorenzo Lamas’s actress mother? IQ2: Are you a socialite and frequent game show panelist, having appeared on What’s My Line from 1950-1975? IQ3: Are you the wife of a TV doctor and author of numerous children’s books, including _Sheep, Sheep Sheep, Help Me Fall Asleep_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/696 "2014-10-20T18:19:21Z")
SUMMARY 1. Real 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 20, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/697 "2014-10-20T18:20:41Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you Lorenzo Lamas’s actress mother? > IQ2: Are you a socialite and frequent game show panelist, having appeared on What’s My Line from 1950-1975? > IQ3: Are you the wife of a TV doctor and author of numerous children’s books, including _Sheep, Sheep Sheep, Help Me Fall Asleep_? Not Arlene Dahl or Arlene Francis Take. 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 20, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/698 "2014-10-20T19:50:20Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ3: Are you the wife of a TV doctor and author of numerous children’s books, including Sheep, Sheep Sheep, Help Me Fall Asleep? Arlene Alda, wife of Alan. Arlene x3! DQ: Alive? ---
**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 20, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/699 "2014-10-20T20:04:09Z")
IQ1: Are you considered the founder of science fiction fandom, credited with originating the term “Sci-fi”? IQ2: Are you a Canadian sci-fi writer who wrote three books about Null-A, aka non-Aristotelian logic? IQ3: Did you win the first Hugo Award in 1953 for _The Demolished Man_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/700 "2014-10-20T20:04:59Z")
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