# \[GAME\] 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:** 25
**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 24, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/481 "2014-09-24T00:40:42Z")
Family crisis just came up, so I may not be able to post for a few days.I’ll let Prof. Pepperwinkle take the next one. Wrap-up. 2: Iggy Pop 3: Itchy from the Simpsons show-within-a-show Itchy and Scratchy ---
**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 24, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/482 "2014-09-24T00:55:25Z")
Thanks, ChockFull! Hope the crisis goes well for all concerned. I am 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, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/483 "2014-09-24T01:13:21Z")
IQs: Did you later confide to a friend that you were “positively grim” as a student? Despite having a huge wardrobe, did you immediately notice that an employee had borrowed one of your neckties? Did you have several children with your sister? ---
**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 24, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/484 "2014-09-24T01:31:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the author of _Lecherous Limericks_? > IQ2: Were you the first tsar of all the Russias? > IQ3: Were you one of the Twelve? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Not Isaac Asimov (I just read a \*Cracked \*article that said he wrote dirty limericks) > Not Ivan > Not the character from BSG whose name I can’t remember > [@SCAdian](#): > > Which Ivan? There’ve been several… > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Ivan the Great? I have no idea what the last name would be, so take a DQ. Actually, I was expecting you to guess a number. 🙂 Correct on Asimov. Ivan IV, commonly known as Ivan the Terrible. Judas Iscariot. (What’s “BSG”?) ---
**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 24, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/485 "2014-09-24T01:38:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you later confide to a friend that you were “positively grim” as a student? > Despite having a huge wardrobe, did you immediately notice that an employee had borrowed one of your neckties? > Did you have several children with your sister? I’m not Jupiter. Take 2 DQs for the first two. ---
**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 24, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/486 "2014-09-24T02:01:01Z")
J… IQ1: Using an assumed name, did you become the mayor of Montreuil-sur-Mer? IQ2: Did you write about some men who went boating on the Thames with a dog? IQ3: Did they call you “Dingus”? ---
**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 24, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/487 "2014-09-24T02:43:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > J… > IQ1: Using an assumed name, did you become the mayor of Montreuil-sur-Mer? > IQ2: Did you write about some men who went boating on the Thames with a dog? > IQ3: Did they call you “Dingus”? Take a DQ for one. I have just read last month Jerome K. Jerome’s _Three Men In A Boat_, and I’m not him. I’d guess #3 is Dirty Dingus McGee, but I don’t know his actual name, so take a DQ. ---
**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 24, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/488 "2014-09-24T03:16:44Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Using an assumed name, did you become the mayor of Montreuil-sur-Mer? > IQ2: Did you write about some men who went boating on the Thames with a dog? > IQ3: Did they call you “Dingus”? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for one. I have just read last month Jerome K. Jerome’s _Three Men In A Boat_, and I’m not him. I’d guess #3 is Dirty Dingus McGee, but I don’t know his actual name, so take a DQ. Jean Valjean. Correct. I really must read that book someday. (I’ve been saying that for years…) Jesse James. I guess I’ll start with the standard pair… DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? IQ1: Were you an American missionary killed by the communist Chinese? IQ2: Were you Ahab’s wife? IQ3: Did you found several missions in California? ---
**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 24, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/489 "2014-09-24T03:18:07Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 24, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/490 "2014-09-24T03:19:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an American missionary killed by the communist Chinese? > IQ2: Were you Ahab’s wife? > IQ3: Did you found several missions in California? 1. I am not John Birch. 2. I am not Jezebel. Take a DQ for 3. ---
**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 24, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/491 "2014-09-24T03:41:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an American missionary killed by the communist Chinese? > IQ2: Were you Ahab’s wife? > IQ3: Did you found several missions in California? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not John Birch. > 2. I am not Jezebel. > Take a DQ for 3. Correct on the first two. Junipero Serra. DQ: American? IQ1: Did “Ned the Lad” name you as his successor? IQ2: Were you an important editor in the early days of SF? IQ3: Were you a WWII commando who often carried bagpipes and a broadsword into action? ---
**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 24, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/492 "2014-09-24T03:54:16Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American ---
**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 24, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/493 "2014-09-24T03:55:17Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did “Ned the Lad” name you as his successor? > IQ2: Were you an important editor in the early days of SF? > IQ3: Were you a WWII commando who often carried bagpipes and a broadsword into action? I really ought to know #2. Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 24, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/494 "2014-09-24T04:28:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did “Ned the Lad” name you as his successor? > IQ2: Were you an important editor in the early days of SF? > IQ3: Were you a WWII commando who often carried bagpipes and a broadsword into action? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I really ought to know #2. > Take 3 DQs. Lady Jane Grey. John W Campbell. “Mad Jack” Churchill. DQ1: Living? DQ2: Known for the Arts? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did you invent the saber hook, which was adopted by the US Army? IQ2: Did Moroni show you where to find a treasure? IQ3: Were you one of three USCW generals that had submarines named after them? ---
**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 24, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/495 "2014-09-24T12:14:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Judas Iscariot. (What’s “BSG”?) Shows how much of a heathen I am. I thought you meant the twelve humanoid Cylon models from _Battlestar Galactica_. ---
**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 24, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/496 "2014-09-24T12:27:08Z")
IQ1: Are you the subject of the 2008 book _Playing to Win_ by David Magee? IQ2: Were you the head football coach at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater and the University of Miami becoming the head football coach of the Dallas Cowboys? IQ3: After winning the Lott Trophy in 2010, did you forego your senior year at Wisconsin to play for the Houston Texans? ---
**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 24, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/497 "2014-09-24T12:27:45Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Shows how much of a heathen I am. I thought you meant the twelve humanoid Cylon models from _Battlestar Galactica_. The remake? I watched a few episodes of the original, but never saw the new version. ---
**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 24, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/498 "2014-09-24T13:00:47Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Not known for the Arts ---
**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 24, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/499 "2014-09-24T13:02:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you invent the saber hook, which was adopted by the US Army? > IQ2: Did Moroni show you where to find a treasure? > IQ3: Were you one of three USCW generals that had submarines named after them? #2. I am not Joseph Smith. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 24, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/500 "2014-09-24T13:03:26Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the subject of the 2008 book _Playing to Win_ by David Magee? > IQ2: Were you the head football coach at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater and the University of Miami becoming the head football coach of the Dallas Cowboys? > IQ3: After winning the Lott Trophy in 2010, did you forego your senior year at Wisconsin to play for the Houston Texans? Take 3 DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353.md?page=26)