# \[GAME\] 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:** 7
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/121 "2014-10-03T02:11:49Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I only know the cartoon. 😉 > > IQ: Are you the son-in-law of Hollywood’s most famous philanthropist? Miss this? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/122 "2014-10-03T02:14:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you also known as Cephas? > 2. Were you Underdog’s girlfriend? > 3. Did you star in _The Perils of Pauline_? > [@astorian](#): > > Not St Peter or Polly Purebred. > > Take a dq for #3 That was Pearl White. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/123 "2014-10-03T02:16:33Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I only know the cartoon. 😉 > > IQ: Are you the son-in-law of Hollywood’s most famous philanthropist? Take a DQ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/124 "2014-10-03T02:17:33Z")
SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Dead ---
**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 3, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/125 "2014-10-03T02:20:48Z")
IQ1: Did you star as Bolivar Trask in _X-Men: Days of Future Past_? IQ2: Were you Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of All Russia from 1682-1721? IQ3: In 1980, did you release the anti-apartheid single “Biko”? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/126 "2014-10-03T02:21:49Z")
Phil Donahue DQ: American? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/127 "2014-10-03T02:28:17Z")
IQ: Did you leave the greatest band of all-time right before they became huge, thus lending your name to any artist this happens to? ---
**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 3, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/128 "2014-10-03T04:07:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you marry Margaret Houlihan? > IQ2: Did you sing with Miss Travers? > IQ3: Did you sing with Miss Travers? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Peter Yarrow or (Noel) Paul Stookey. > > Take a da for #1 Lt Col Donald Penobscot. Correct. Correct. DA: Male? IQ1: Is your nickname a type of apple? IQ2: Were you the father of Charles the Great? IQ3: Were you James’s wife and Harry’s mother? ---
**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 3, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/129 "2014-10-03T05:16:28Z")
Good job, **astorian**! Previous IQs: Were you a noted Philadelphia conductor? - Eugene Ormandy Were you a football player who became an actor and sports commentator? - Merlin Olsen In a recent movie, was your corpse seen in a tent? - Osama bin Laden, in _Zero Dark Thirty_ On to P… IQs: Are you arguably the best-known person ever born on Corfu? Due to your elegant mustache and generally ornery attitude, were you likened to Yosemite Sam when you played for the Pittsburgh Pirates? Do you play a smart, media-savvy defense lawyer in _Gone Girl_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/130 "2014-10-03T05:39:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you star as Bolivar Trask in _X-Men: Days of Future Past_? > IQ2: Were you Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of All Russia from 1682-1721? > IQ3: In 1980, did you release the anti-apartheid single “Biko”? Not Peter the Great or Peter Gabriel. 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 3, 2014, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/131 "2014-10-03T05:41:02Z")
SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Not American but spent many years here ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/132 "2014-10-03T05:45:20Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you star as Bolivar Trask in _X-Men: Days of Future Past_? > IQ2: Were you Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of All Russia from 1682-1721? > IQ3: In 1980, did you release the anti-apartheid single “Biko”? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Lt Col Donald Penobscot. > Correct. > Correct. > DA: Male? > IQ1: Is your nickname a type of apple? > IQ2: Were you the father of Charles the Great? > IQ3: Were you James’s wife and Harry’s mother? Not Pepin the Short or Lily Potter. Take a DQ for the apple ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/133 "2014-10-03T05:51:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you arguably the best-known person ever born on Corfu? > Due to your elegant mustache and generally ornery attitude, were you likened to Yosemite Sam when you played for the Pittsburgh Pirates? > Do you play a smart, media-savvy defense lawyer in _Gone Girl_? Not Prince Philip or Tyler Perry Take a DQ for Yosemite Sam ---
**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 3, 2014, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/134 "2014-10-03T06:44:17Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is your nickname a type of apple? > IQ2: Were you the father of Charles the Great? > IQ3: Were you James’s wife and Harry’s mother? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Pepin the Short or Lily Potter. > > Take a DQ for the apple Peregrin “Pippin” Took. Correct. Correct. DQ: Died after 1950? IQ1: Did you play an archaeologist working outside his field, an author and his main character, and the head of a very dysfunctional family? IQ2: Were you officially an actor’s servant, as that was officially the only way you could work together? IQ3: Did you begin by listening to a taped message that didn’t last long? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/135 "2014-10-03T11:08:51Z")
SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Not American but spent many years here 5. Died before 1950 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/136 "2014-10-03T11:11:33Z")
_IQ1: Did you play an archaeologist working outside his field, an author and his main character, and the head of a very dysfunctional family? IQ2: Were you officially an actor’s servant, as that was officially the only way you could work together? IQ3: Did you begin by listening to a taped message that didn’t last long?_ Not Peter “Good morning, Mr. Phelps” Graves But take two DQs for the others ---
**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 3, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/137 "2014-10-03T12:12:33Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you star as Bolivar Trask in X-Men: Days of Future Past? > IQ2: Were you Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of All Russia from 1682-1721? > IQ3: In 1980, did you release the anti-apartheid single “Biko”? > > Not Peter the Great or Peter Gabriel. > > Take a DQ for #1 Peter Dinklage, currently Tyrion Lannister of _Game of Thrones_. Peter x3! DQ: Known for the arts? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/138 "2014-10-03T12:31:06Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you leave the greatest band of all-time right before they became huge, thus lending your name to any artist this happens to? Miss this? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/139 "2014-10-03T13:36:15Z")
DQ: Last name starts with P? ---
**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 3, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/140 "2014-10-03T14:12:34Z")
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