# \[GAME\] Botticelli - Sep 2014

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353>\
**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:** 26

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**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, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/501 "2014-09-24T14:36:55Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> 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?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> #2. I am not Joseph Smith. Take 2 DQs for the others.

J E B Stuart.  
Correct.  
[Stonewall Jackson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stonewall_Jackson_(SSBN-634)). (The other two were Grant and Lee.)  
DQ1: Known for science?  
DQ2: Born east of the Mississippi?  
One DQ reserved.  
IQ1: Did the girl who allegedly saved your life marry John Rolfe?  
IQ2: Were you one of the members of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour?

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**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, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/502 "2014-09-24T15:14:16Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did the girl who allegedly saved your life marry John Rolfe?  
> IQ2: Were you one of the members of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour?

I am neither John Smith nor Jeff Foxworthy.

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**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, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/503 "2014-09-24T15:15:24Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. Dead
5. Not known for the Arts
6. Not known for Science
7. Born east of the Mississippi

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/504 "2014-09-24T16:07:03Z")

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IQ1) Was the leader of the Grateful Dead named after you, an idol of his father?

IQ2) Did you set up Tiger Woods with your kids’ nanny, whom he subsequently married?

IQ3) Did you take the title away from Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight boxing champ?

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**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, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/505 "2014-09-24T16:12:15Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> The remake? I watched a few episodes of the original, but never saw the new version.

Check it out some time. The series is an ongoing mystery, with little snippets being answered along the way that lead to more intrigue. The humans have complex relationships with military vs political vs tribe, and the Cylons experience similar societal snafus.

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**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, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/506 "2014-09-24T16:14:59Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> 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?

Jerry Jones (owner of the Dallas Cowboys), Jimmy Johnson, JJ Watts — All JJ answers. 😃

DQ1: Best known for Military?  
DQ2: Best known for Politics?

1 DQ in reserve

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**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, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/507 "2014-09-24T17:14:08Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. Dead
5. Not known for the Arts
6. Not known for Science
7. Born east of the Mississippi
8. Not best known for Military
9. Best known for Politics (and Law)

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**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, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/508 "2014-09-24T17:15:10Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> IQ1) Was the leader of the Grateful Dead named after you, an idol of his father?
> 
> IQ2) Did you set up Tiger Woods with your kids’ nanny, whom he subsequently married?
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> IQ3) Did you take the title away from Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight boxing champ?

Take 3 DQs.

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**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, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/509 "2014-09-24T17:29:25Z")

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IQ1: Are you the subject of a children’s song where they sing your name, then add “His name is my name too. Whenever we go out, The people always shout,” your name?  
IQ2: Are you best known for developing the Pontiac GTO muscle car, and a sports car used in a 1985 film?  
IQ3: Were you and Noël Wells recently booted from _SNL_?

DQ: Born after 1900?

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**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, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/510 "2014-09-24T17:31:41Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. Dead
5. Not known for the Arts
6. Not known for Science
7. Born east of the Mississippi
8. Not best known for Military
9. Best known for Politics (and Law)
10. Born before 1900

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**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, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/511 "2014-09-24T17:32:43Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the subject of a children’s song where they sing your name, then add “His name is my name too. Whenever we go out, The people always shout,” your name?  
> IQ2: Are you best known for developing the Pontiac GTO muscle car, and a sports car used in a 1985 film?  
> IQ3: Were you and Noël Wells recently booted from _SNL_?
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> DQ: Born after 1900?

I am not John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. Take 2 DQs for the others.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/512 "2014-09-24T19:51:22Z")

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Jerry Garcia was named after songwriter **Jerome Kern**

Tiger Woods’ ex-wife Elin was nanny for Swedish golfer \*\*Jesper Parnevik’s \*\*kids.

Jess Willard knocked out Jack Johnson in the 26th round of a fight in Havana (he later got a major whooping from Jack Dempsey!)  
DQ1) Last name start with J?  
DQ2) Born before 1800?  
DQ3) Did you ever serve in either house of the US Congress?

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**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/513 "2014-09-24T20:01:31Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. Dead
5. Not known for the Arts
6. Not known for Science
7. Born east of the Mississippi
8. Not best known for Military
9. Best known for Politics (and Law)
10. Born before 1900
11. First name starts with J
12. Born after 1800
13. Did not serve in the US Congress

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**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, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/514 "2014-09-24T20:10:46Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> I am not John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. Take 2 DQs for the others.

John Delorean, John Milheisner

DQ: Associated with the Civil War?

2 DQs in reserve

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**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, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/515 "2014-09-24T20:18:25Z")

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IQ1: Are you a Confederate Major General killed in combat at the Battle of Yellow Tavern?  
IQ2: Are you a Confederate Brigadier General that Robert E. Lee affectionately called his War Horse?  
IQ3: Are you a Confederate cavalry commander known as the Gray Ghost because of your speed and elusiveness?

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**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, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/516 "2014-09-24T23:56:04Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. Dead
5. Not known for the Arts
6. Not known for Science
7. Born east of the Mississippi
8. Not best known for Military
9. Best known for Politics (and Law)
10. Born before 1900
11. First name starts with J
12. Born after 1800
13. Did not serve in the US Congress
14. Associated with the Civil War

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**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, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/517 "2014-09-24T23:57:05Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a Confederate Major General killed in combat at the Battle of Yellow Tavern?  
> IQ2: Are you a Confederate Brigadier General that Robert E. Lee affectionately called his War Horse?  
> IQ3: Are you a Confederate cavalry commander known as the Gray Ghost because of your speed and elusiveness?

Take 3 DQs.

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**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 25, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/518 "2014-09-25T00:36:31Z")

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JEB Stuart, but SCAdian already asked about him, so never mind  
James Longstreet  
John Mosby

IQ: Are you the president of the Confederacy?  
IQ2: Did IQ1 remove you as military governor of Arizona Territory because of your murderous intentions towards the Apaches?  
IQ3: Did you assassinate Abraham Lincoln?

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**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 25, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/519 "2014-09-25T00:52:18Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you later confide to a friend that you were “positively grim” as a student? - James T. Kirk  
Despite having a huge wardrobe, did you immediately notice that an employee had borrowed one of your neckties? - John F. Kennedy  
Did you have several children with your sister? - I’ll rephrase

DQs:

Served the Confederacy during the Civil War?  
Lived beyond 1865?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

You are not mythological. Did you have several children with your sister?  
Did you flee the Confederacy, move to Great Britain and write a respected law treatise?  
Were you the hero of Little Round Top, winning the Medal of Honor 30 years later?

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**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 25, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/520 "2014-09-25T01:40:09Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ: Are you the president of the Confederacy?  
> IQ2: Did IQ1 remove you as military governor of Arizona Territory because of your murderous intentions towards the Apaches?  
> IQ3: Did you assassinate Abraham Lincoln?

I am not Jefferson Davis. I am not John Wilkes Booth. Take a DQ for 2.

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