# \[GAME\] 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:** 8
**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, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/141 "2014-10-03T14:20:44Z")
> [@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? Not Pete Best ---
**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, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/142 "2014-10-03T14:21:45Z")
SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Not American but spent many years here 5. Died before 1950 6. Not involved in any of the arts 7. Last name starts with P ---
**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, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/143 "2014-10-03T14:24:18Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you of Haitian descent and a wide receiver for the Washington Redskins? > IQ2: Are you of Haitian descent and a running back for the New Orleans Saints? > IQ3: Are you a French doctor who pioneered drug tests in the Olympic Games and cycling? Not Pierre Garcon or Pierre THomas. Take a DQ for the doctor ---
**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, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/144 "2014-10-03T14:56:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 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? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Peter “Good morning, Mr. Phelps” Graves > But take two DQs for the others Peter O’Toole (_Lawrence of Arabia_, _Man of La Mancha_ and _The Lion in Winter_). Peter Ustinov was David Niven’s batman. (Militarily, this was the only way Pte Ustinov and Lt-Col Niven could associate so closely on a daily basis.) Correct on Peter Graves/Jim Phelps. DQ1: Died before 1850? DQ2: Originally European? IQ1: Were you a Scottish-born Russian admiral? IQ2: Are you better known as Ellis Peters? IQ3: Did you command an expedition to Mexico early in the 20th century? ---
**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, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/145 "2014-10-03T14:59:21Z")
SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Not American but spent many years here 5. Died before 1950 6. Not involved in any of the arts 7. Last name starts with P 8. Died after 1850 9. Born and raised in Europe ---
**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, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/146 "2014-10-03T15:01:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Scottish-born Russian admiral? > IQ2: Are you better known as Ellis Peters? > IQ3: Did you command an expedition to Mexico early in the 20th century? Not… John Paul Jones? (Only Scotsman I can think of who was an admiral in Russian navy) I love Ellis Peters’ Brother Cadfael stories, so I’m ashamed to admit I don’t know her real name! Take a DQ! Not Black Jack Pershing (who was going after another “P” figure! ---
**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, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/147 "2014-10-03T15:45:17Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in _Mrs. Wiggs and the Cabbage Patch_? 2. Are you the gruff editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet? 3. Did you compose _The Love For Three Oranges_? ---
**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, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/148 "2014-10-03T15:49:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _Mrs. Wiggs and the Cabbage Patch_? > 2. Are you the gruff editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet? > 3. Did you compose _The Love For Three Oranges_? Not Perry White or Sergei Prokofiev No idea on the cabbage patch! Take a DQ! ---
**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, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/149 "2014-10-03T16:29:45Z")
Zasu Pitts. DQ: known for politics/military? ---
**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, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/150 "2014-10-03T16:33:15Z")
SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Not American but spent many years here 5. Died before 1950 6. Not involved in any of the arts 7. Last name starts with P 8. Died after 1850 9. Born and raised in Europe 10. Never involved in politics or any branch of the military ---
**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, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/151 "2014-10-03T17:06:55Z")
IQ: Were you a 1 term President, who refused to run again because you accomplished everything you set out to? ---
**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, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/152 "2014-10-03T17:58:46Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not Pierre Garcon or Pierre THomas. > > Take a DQ for the doctor Pierre Dumas. Pierre x3! DQ: Noted for being an Athlete? ---
**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, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/153 "2014-10-03T18:30:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Scottish-born Russian admiral? > IQ2: Are you better known as Ellis Peters? > IQ3: Did you command an expedition to Mexico early in the 20th century? > [@astorian](#): > > Not… John Paul Jones? (Only Scotsman I can think of who was an admiral in Russian navy) > > I love Ellis Peters’ Brother Cadfael stories, so I’m ashamed to admit I don’t know her real name! Take a DQ! > > Not Black Jack Pershing (who was going after another “P” figure! Correct. Edith Pargeter. Correct. DQ: Native speaker of a Germanic language? IQ1: Did you marry the former Miss Virginia Pugh? IQ2: Did you marry the former Miss Maria Sklowska? IQ3: Did you die a couple weeks after breaking your neck in an automobile accident? ---
**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, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/154 "2014-10-03T18:36:46Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a candymaker named Halajian who named the company after himself? 2. Were you a Native American leader whose daughter married an Englishman? 3. Were you known as “the Samian”? ---
**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, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/155 "2014-10-03T18:38:00Z")
**ZDS** : IQ1: Did you marry the former Miss Virginia Pugh? IQ2: Did you marry the former Miss Maria Sklodowska? IQ3: Did you die a couple weeks after breaking your neck in an automobile accident? ---
**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, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/156 "2014-10-03T19:10:09Z")
SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Not American but spent many years here 5. Died before 1950 6. Not involved in any of the arts 7. Last name starts with P 8. Died after 1850 9. Born and raised in Europe 10. Never involved in politics or any branch of the military 11. No connection to the world of sports 12. Did not come from a country that speaks a Germanic language (Germany, Austria, Netherlands, England, Switzerland) ---
**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, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/157 "2014-10-03T19:11:15Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you a 1 term President, who refused to run again because you accomplished everything you set out to? Not James Polk ---
**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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/158 "2014-10-03T19:15:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you marry the former Miss Virginia Pugh? > IQ2: Did you marry the former Miss Maria Sklowska? > IQ3: Did you die a couple weeks after breaking your neck in an automobile accident? Not Pierre Curie or General George Patton Never heard of Virginia Pugh- 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, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/159 "2014-10-03T19:17:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a candymaker named Halajian who named the company after himself? > 2. Were you a Native American leader whose daughter married an Englishman? > 3. Were you known as “the Samian”? Not Powhatan (father of Pocahontas) Take DQs for the other 2 questions ---
**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, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/160 "2014-10-03T20:13:51Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a candymaker named Halajian who named the company after himself? > 2. Were you a Native American leader whose daughter married an Englishman? > 3. Were you known as “the Samian”? > Not Powhatan (father of Pocahontas) > > Take DQs for the other 2 questions #1 is Peter Paul Halajian (Peter Paul, maker of Mounds and Almond Joy) correct on #2 #3 is Pythagoras. 2 DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044.md?page=9)