# \[GAME\] 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:** 24
**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 23, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/461 "2014-09-23T03:13:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your first album _Acoustic Soul_? > 2. Did you team up with Sid Caesar on _Your Show of Shows_? > 3. Are you the Teutonic goddess of youth? dunno, not Imogene Coca, dunno ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/462 "2014-09-23T03:15:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a female novelist with Latin American political connections? > Was a major university named after you? > Were you a noted Texas socialite? take 3 DQs ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/463 "2014-09-23T03:24:35Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your first album Acoustic Soul? > 2. Did you team up with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows? > 3. Are you the Teutonic goddess of youth? > > dunno, not Imogene Coca, dunno #1 is India.Arie. #3 is Idunn. DQs: 1. Alive? 2. Known for the Arts? ---
**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 23, 2014, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/464 "2014-09-23T11:12:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ2: Were you the first tsar of all the Russias? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Not Ivan Which Ivan? There’ve been several… ---
**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 23, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/465 "2014-09-23T12:34:38Z")
DQ roundup 1. Real 2. First name starts with I 3. Female 4. North American 5. Dead 6. Known for the arts ---
**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 23, 2014, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/466 "2014-09-23T12:35:49Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Which Ivan? There’ve been several… Ivan the Great? I have no idea what the last name would be, so 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:** [September 23, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/467 "2014-09-23T14:16:15Z")
_IQ1) Were you the leader of The Jaggerz, who sang “The Rapper”?_ Donnie “Ah Leah!” Iris _IQ2) Did you win a Nobel Prize for works like Invisible Cities and the Our Ancestors trilogy?_ Italo Calvino \* IQ3) Are you an actress whose grandfather won two Oscars as Best Supporting Actor in the Sixties and Seventies?[/I Ileana Douglas (her grandfather was Melvyn Douglas, who won Oscars for\*\*\* Hud \*\*\*and _**Being There]**_ DQ1) Born after 1900? DQ2) An actress? DQ3) Born in the USA? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/468 "2014-09-23T14:26:48Z")
IQ1) Did you play a TV maid who was always trading witty insults with the butler? IQ2) Were you a world famous ballroom dancer who also designed the logo on the Chicago Blackhawks’ jerseys? IQ3) Did you write the world’s best known non-existent book, _ **The Yellow River** _? ---
**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 23, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/469 "2014-09-23T16:32:36Z")
IQs: 1. Did you avenge your father’s murder in one of the greatest sword duels of the silver screen? 2. Are you the eponymous character of a Sir Walter Scott novel? 3. Were you Agamemnon’s sacrificed daughter? ---
**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 23, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/470 "2014-09-23T17:07:03Z")
DQ roundup 1. Real 2. First name starts with I 3. Female 4. North American 5. Dead 6. Known for the arts 7. Born before 1900 8. Not an actress 9. Born in the USA ---
**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 23, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/471 "2014-09-23T17:08:10Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you play a TV maid who was always trading witty insults with the butler? > IQ2) Were you a world famous ballroom dancer who also designed the logo on the Chicago Blackhawks’ jerseys? > IQ3) Did you write the world’s best known non-existent book, _ **The Yellow River** _? dunno x 2, not IP Freely 😃 ---
**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 23, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/472 "2014-09-23T17:09:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you avenge your father’s murder in one of the greatest sword duels of the silver screen? > 2. Are you the eponymous character of a Sir Walter Scott novel? > 3. Were you Agamemnon’s sacrificed daughter? Not Inego Montoya, prepare to take 2 DQs ---
**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 23, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/473 "2014-09-23T17:19:23Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you avenge your father’s murder in one of the greatest sword duels of the silver screen? > 2. Are you the eponymous character of a Sir Walter Scott novel? > 3. Were you Agamemnon’s sacrificed daughter? > > Not Inego Montoya, prepare to take 2 DQs Correct on Inigo. #2 was Ivanhoe. #3 was Iphigenia. DQs: 1. Known for the creative arts (rather than the performing arts)? 2. Born before 1850? ---
**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 23, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/474 "2014-09-23T19:18:51Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a female novelist with Latin American political connections? - Isabel Allende Was a major university named after you? - Ignatius Loyola Were you a noted Texas socialite? - Ima Hogg (yes, really) DQs: Married to a famous man? Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you a noted director of disaster films? Were you a fictional Duchess of Cornwall? Were you a Boy Scout in your fictional youth? ---
**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 23, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/475 "2014-09-23T20:14:52Z")
DQ roundup 1. Real 2. First name starts with I 3. Female 4. North American 5. Dead 6. Known for the arts 7. Born before 1900 8. Not an actress 9. Born in the USA 10. Not known for the creative arts (rather than the performing arts) 11. Born after 1850 12. Husband was not famous in America 13. Not born north of the Mason-Dixon line ---
**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 23, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/476 "2014-09-23T20:17:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a noted director of disaster films? > Were you a fictional Duchess of Cornwall? > Were you a Boy Scout in your fictional youth? Not Irwin Kirshner, dunno x 2 ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/477 "2014-09-23T20:31:25Z")
IQ1: Did you have a fatal accident involving your scarf? IQ2: Did David Bowie help you out financially by rerecording some songs he cowrote with you? IQ3: Are you part of a team that fight and bite and fight and bite and fight? ---
**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 23, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/478 "2014-09-23T20:33:42Z")
IQs: 1. Did you dance with your husband and “revive” modern dancing? 2. Were you an American dancer who lived in the USSR because of your Communist sympathies? 3. Are you one of the few frequently recurring characters in _Monty Python’s Flying Circus_? ---
**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 23, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/479 "2014-09-23T23:42:51Z")
I am [SIZE=“7”]Isadora Duncan![/SIZE] **ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness** beat **Prof. Pepperwinkle** by two minutes. Grats Chock! You get the letter J. ---
**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 24, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/480 "2014-09-24T00:24:25Z")
All right, **ChockFull**! Congrats. Previous IQs: Were you a noted director of disaster films? - Irwin Allen Were you a fictional Duchess of Cornwall? - Igraine (sometimes spelled Ygraine), mother of King Arthur Were you a Boy Scout in your fictional youth? - Indiana Jones [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353.md?page=25)