# \[GAME\] Botticelli - Sep 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 3, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353 "2014-09-03T12:37:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/1 "2014-09-03T12:37:39Z")
Having just done ‘A,’ shall we take another trip through the alphabet? I am **B**. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/2 "2014-09-03T12:47:53Z")
IQ: Are you the namesake of this game? IQ2: Did you martyr the “Great Emancipator”? ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/3 "2014-09-03T13:11:51Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you the namesake of this game? > IQ2: Did you martyr the “Great Emancipator”? Not Sandro Botticelli. Not John Wilkes Booth. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/4 "2014-09-03T13:17:56Z")
IQ: Did you rise from butler to lieutenant governor? ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/5 "2014-09-03T13:41:08Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you rise from butler to lieutenant governor? Not Benson. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/6 "2014-09-03T14:30:37Z")
IQ1: Are you the primary founder and the first Prime Minister of Israel? IQ2: Are you a German composer whose favorite tavern was the Red Hedgehog? IQ3: Are you an English rock musician also known as _The God of Hellfire_? ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/7 "2014-09-03T14:57:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did you battle Grendel? 2. Did you accompany Dorothy in her battle against the Nome King? 3. Did you sing with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/8 "2014-09-03T15:02:19Z")
IQ: Were you the 1st American rock star to stage a full fledged rock concert in the USSR? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/9 "2014-09-03T15:26:30Z")
IQ1) Do you answer every request with the words, “I would prefer not to”? IQ2) Did you smash your guitar on stage in the movie _ **Blow Up** _? IQ3) Were you the first New York Yankee to win the Cy Young award? ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/10 "2014-09-03T16:38:02Z")
IQs: Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? Did you fake an assassination attempt on yourself? In trying to keep photos of your house from being published, did you draw much more attention to them? ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/11 "2014-09-03T17:24:49Z")
IQ) Are you an elephant king? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/12 "2014-09-03T17:32:16Z")
IQ: Did you write your iconic, misunderstood, hit after reading the memoir of previous Botticelli target Ron Kovic? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/13 "2014-09-04T03:28:46Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the primary founder and the first Prime Minister of Israel? > IQ2: Are you a German composer whose favorite tavern was the Red Hedgehog? > IQ3: Are you an English rock musician also known as _The God of Hellfire_? Not David Ben-Gurion. DQ. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you battle Grendel? > 2. Did you accompany Dorothy in her battle against the Nome King? > 3. Did you sing with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band? Not Beowulf. DQ. DQ. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you the 1st American rock star to stage a full fledged rock concert in the USSR? DQ. > [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Do you answer every request with the words, “I would prefer not to”? > > IQ2) Did you smash your guitar on stage in the movie _ **Blow Up** _? > > IQ3) Were you the first New York Yankee to win the Cy Young award? Three DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? > Did you fake an assassination attempt on yourself? > In trying to keep photos of your house from being published, did you draw much more attention to them? Not … Ambrose Burnside? DQ. Not Barbra Streisand. > [@Zyanthia](#): > > IQ) Are you an elephant king? Not Babar. Welcome to the game! > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you write your iconic, misunderstood, hit after reading the memoir of previous Botticelli target Ron Kovic? DQ. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/14 "2014-09-04T03:32:49Z")
Previous IQs: Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? - Yes, Ambrose Burnside. Did you fake an assassination attempt on yourself? - The title character in the political satire _Bob Roberts_. In trying to keep photos of your house from being published, did you draw much more attention to them? - Yes, Babs herself: [Streisand effect - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect) DQ: Real? IQs: Did The Capitol Steps joke that your Social Security number was 7? Did you write _Enemy Mine_? Did you front The Go-Gos? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2014, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/15 "2014-09-04T11:06:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did The Capitol Steps joke that your Social Security number was 7? > Did you write _Enemy Mine_? > Did you front The Go-Gos? DQ. Not Barry Longyear. DQ. **B** 1. Real ---
**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:** [September 4, 2014, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/16 "2014-09-04T12:06:13Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the primary founder and the first Prime Minister of Israel? > IQ2: Are you a German composer whose favorite tavern was the Red Hedgehog? > IQ3: Are you an English rock musician also known as The God of Hellfire? > Not David Ben-Gurion. > DQ. > DQ. correct, Johannes Brahms, Arthur Brown DQ: Male? DQ: Living? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/17 "2014-09-04T12:15:27Z")
IQ1: Did you play Milburn Drysdale in _The Beverly Hillbillies_ TV series? IQ2: Are you an actor who in 2005 was acquitted of charges of murdering your wife Bonnie Lee Bakley? IQ3: Are you the TV detective he played from 1975 to 1978? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/18 "2014-09-04T14:06:52Z")
Bartleby the Scrivener (title character of a famed Herman Melville story) replied “I would prefer not to” to every request his boss made. Bob Turley was the first Yankee pitcher to win the Cy Young award. The Yardbirds appeared in the movie _ **Blow Up** _, and Jeff Beck smashed his guitar on stage while the band played “Stroll On” (a new version of “The Train Kept a-Rolling” with different lyrics). I will reserve 3 DQs for a little later. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/19 "2014-09-04T14:11:16Z")
IQ1) Did you sing lead on “Tales of Brave Ulysses”? IQ2) Did you win the singles, doubles AND mixed doubles championships at Wimbledon in 1939? IQ3) Did you finally succeed where previous nominees Abe Fortas, Clement Haynsworth and G. Harold Carswell failed? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/20 "2014-09-04T14:18:48Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you battle Grendel? > 2. Did you accompany Dorothy in her battle against the Nome King? > 3. Did you sing with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band? > > Not Beowulf. > DQ. > DQ. Correct on Beowulf. Billina the hen appeared in _The Road to Oz_. (Eggs are poisonous to Nomes.) I really don’t wanna stop the show, but I thought you might like to know That the singer’s gonna sing a song, you he’d like you all to sing along. So let me introduce to you the one and only **Billy Shears**! with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. DQs: 1. American? 2. Last name starts with B? 3. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353.md?page=2)