# \[GAME\] 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:** 27
**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, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/521 "2014-09-25T01:41:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? 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 25, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/522 "2014-09-25T01:42:16Z")
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 15. Did not serve the Confederacy in the Civil War 16. Lived beyond 1865 ---
**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, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/523 "2014-09-25T02:40:35Z")
IQs: You are not mythological. Did you have several children with your sister? - Jaime Lannister in _Game of Thrones_ Did you flee the Confederacy, move to Great Britain and write a respected law treatise? - Judah P. Benjamin, the Confederacy’s Secretary of State, among other gigs Were you the hero of Little Round Top, winning the Medal of Honor 30 years later? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of the 20th Maine DQs: Served in uniform during the Civil War? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Were you a top Lincoln aide, not in the Cabinet? Were you another top Lincoln aide, not in the Cabinet? Were you an oft-quoted SCOTUS member before 1900 who did not serve as Chief Justice? ---
**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 25, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/524 "2014-09-25T02:42:14Z")
IQ: Were you the first US president to be impeached? ---
**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 25, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/525 "2014-09-25T02:53:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you the hero of Little Round Top, winning the Medal of Honor 30 years later? Speaking of Gettysburg and the Medal of Honor, have you heard about [this](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/us/politics/medal-of-honor-for-a-civil-war-hero-150-years-in-the-grave.html)? ---
**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, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/526 "2014-09-25T07:37:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Speaking of Gettysburg and the Medal of Honor, have you heard about [this](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/us/politics/medal-of-honor-for-a-civil-war-hero-150-years-in-the-grave.html)? Yes, I did. And I’ve long thought his brother deserved a Medal of Honor, too: [William B. Cushing - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Cushing) ---
**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, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/527 "2014-09-25T11:17:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a top Lincoln aide, not in the Cabinet? > Were you another top Lincoln aide, not in the Cabinet? > Were you an oft-quoted SCOTUS member before 1900 who did not serve as Chief Justice? It’s early, 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 25, 2014, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/528 "2014-09-25T11:18:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Were you the first US president to be impeached? I am not Andrew Johnson. ---
**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, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/529 "2014-09-25T11:20:14Z")
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 15. Did not serve the Confederacy in the Civil War 16. Lived beyond 1865 17. Did not serve in uniform during the Civil War ---
**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 25, 2014, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/530 "2014-09-25T11:57:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, I did. And I’ve long thought his brother deserved a Medal of Honor, too: [William B. Cushing - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Cushing) I agree. (I remember reading about the _Albemarle_ sinking when I was a kid, though I didn’t remember Cushing’s name.) ---
**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, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/531 "2014-09-25T12:44:33Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ2: Did IQ1 remove you as military governor of Arizona Territory because of your murderous intentions towards the Apaches? John Baylor Bunch of DQs reserved IQ1: Are you the only US President who was a lifelong bachelor? IQ2: Did you sponsor the Land Grant College Act, which established federal funding for higher education in every state of the country? IQ3: Were you governor of Massachusetts from 1861-1866? ---
**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, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/532 "2014-09-25T14:39:33Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > John Baylor > > Bunch of DQs reserved > > IQ1: Are you the only US President who was a lifelong bachelor? > IQ2: Did you sponsor the Land Grant College Act, which established federal funding for higher education in every state of the country? > IQ3: Were you governor of Massachusetts from 1861-1866? I am not James Buchanan. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/533 "2014-09-25T16:21:02Z")
Justin Smith Morrill, John Albion Andrew DQ: Ever held any sort of political office? ---
**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, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/534 "2014-09-25T17:18:04Z")
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 15. Did not serve the Confederacy in the Civil War 16. Lived beyond 1865 17. Did not serve in uniform during the Civil War 18. Held political office ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/535 "2014-09-25T19:23:12Z")
IQ) Were you one of Abe Lincoln’s Attorneys General? ---
**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, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/536 "2014-09-25T19:24:33Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ) Were you one of Abe Lincoln’s Attorneys General? Yes! I am James Speed… Congrats, astorian! You now have “K”. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/537 "2014-09-25T19:45:37Z")
K, hmmm? All righty then… I got one for K ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/538 "2014-09-25T19:52:25Z")
IQ: Did Wayne Campbell torturously quote you in an effort to woo Cassandra? IQ2:Was your death the subject of the song “Pride (in the name of love)”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/539 "2014-09-25T20:03:53Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did Wayne Campbell torturously quote you in an effort to woo Cassandra? > IQ2:Was your death the subject of the song “Pride (in the name of love)”? Not Martin Luther King. I used to know all the lines in Wayne’s World, but not that one, apparently. Take a DQ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/540 "2014-09-25T20:08:00Z")
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