# January 2014, Botticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 2, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669 "2014-01-02T00:56:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/181 "2014-01-08T03:01:51Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Sca-would’ve been funnier if the “D” wasn’t capitalized. 😉 I was just thinking that as I reread my post, right before reading yours. 8) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/182 "2014-01-08T05:23:18Z")
IQs: Do soldiers cheer for you in a non-American movie featuring characters named Handcock and Witton? Are you the leading man in that movie? Is your long-ago acquisition still a major irritant between the U.K. and Greece? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/183 "2014-01-08T13:02:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a hypocritical preacher from a novel by Sinclair Lewis? > 2. Were you the Queen of Jazz? > 3. Did you write about relativity? 1: DQ 2: I am not Ella Fitzgerald 2: I am not Albert Einstein > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Were you the worst ski jumper at the 1988 Winter Olympics? > IQ2: Did you play the banjo on “The Ballad of Jed Clampett”? > IQ3: Did you invite the reader to accompany the narrator “when the evening is spread out against the sky, like a patient etherized upon a table”? 1: I am not Eddie the Eagle Edwards 2: DQ 3: DQ > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you eschew capitalization? > IQ2: Will you give me an answer that I’ll endorse? > IQ3: Did your musical brother die last week? 1: i am not e. e. cummings. 2: DQ 3: DQ (Should have been playing the death pool, then I’d have known…) > [@etv78](#): > > Sca-would’ve been funnier if the “D” wasn’t capitalized. 😉 > > IQ-Did your grandson marry your deputy’s daughter? DQ > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Do soldiers cheer for you in a non-American movie featuring characters named Handcock and Witton? > Are you the leading man in that movie? > Is your long-ago acquisition still a major irritant between the U.K. and Greece? 1: DQ 2: DQ 3: I am not Lord Elgin ---
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/184 "2014-01-08T15:41:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a hypocritical preacher from a novel by Sinclair Lewis? > 2. Were you the Queen of Jazz? > 3. Did you write about relativity? #1 is Elmer Gantry. Correct on #2 and #3. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/185 "2014-01-08T15:48:26Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Were you the worst ski jumper at the 1988 Winter Olympics? > IQ2: Did you play the banjo on “The Ballad of Jed Clampett”? > IQ3: Did you invite the reader to accompany the narrator “when the evening is spread out against the sky, like a patient etherized upon a table”? > [@fanganga](#): > > 1: I am not Eddie the Eagle Edwards > 2: DQ > 3: DQ Correct on Eddie the Eagle. The banjo player is Earl Scruggs; and number 3 was looking for poet T.S. Eliot. The quote is from the first few lines of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” DQ: Last name start with E? DQ: American? ---
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/186 "2014-01-08T17:45:58Z")
Previous IQs: Do soldiers cheer for you in a non-American movie featuring characters named Handcock and Witton? - King Edward VII, in _Breaker Morant_. Are you the leading man in that movie? - Edward Woodward. Is your long-ago acquisition still a major irritant between the U.K. and Greece? - Yes, Lord Elgin. DQs: Male? Living (or would be today, if fictional)? IQs: Did you play a kindly teacher in _Matilda_? A top military officer, did your son become mayor of a major city? Did you quit your job while at Fort Belvedere? ---
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/187 "2014-01-08T17:57:03Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the Wizard of Menlo Park? 2. Were you a Russian film director called the Father of Montage? 3. Are you the pseudonym of Romain de Tirtoff ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/188 "2014-01-08T19:37:01Z")
That was Eisenhower. DQ: In the Arts? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/189 "2014-01-08T22:14:14Z")
My inital is **E** and … 1: I am real 2: My last name does not start with E 3: I am not American 4: I am female 5: I am not currently alive 6: I am not known for the arts. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you play a kindly teacher in _Matilda_? > A top military officer, did your son become mayor of a major city? > Did you quit your job while at Fort Belvedere? 1: DQ 2: I am … still not Dwight D Eisenhower? 3: DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the Wizard of Menlo Park? > 2. Were you a Russian film director called the Father of Montage? > 3. Are you the pseudonym of Romain de Tirtoff I am not Thomas Edison I am not Sergei Eisenstein I don’t know to whom you refer ---
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/190 "2014-01-08T22:50:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the Wizard of Menlo Park? > 2. Were you a Russian film director called the Father of Montage? > 3. Are you the pseudonym of Romain de Tirtoff Correct on Edison and Eisenstein. #3 is Erte. I’ll wait on the 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:** [January 8, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/191 "2014-01-08T23:19:53Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you eschew capitalization? > IQ2: Will you give me an answer that I’ll endorse? > IQ3: Did your musical brother die last week? > [@fanganga](#): > > 1: i am not e. e. cummings. > 2: DQ > 3: DQ (Should have been playing the death pool, then I’d have known…) Correct on E E Cummings. Mr Ed. (“Go right to the source / And ask the horse. / He’ll give you an answer that you’ll endorse.”) Don Everly. (The death pool was the only reason I knew Phil died…) DQ1: Known for science? DQ2: European? IQ1: Were you mooned by someone who didn’t have nothin’ on but a smile? IQ2: Are you the current “Duke of Lancaster”? IQ3: Were you Gloriana? ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/192 "2014-01-09T05:52:57Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play a kindly teacher in _Matilda_? - That was actress Embeth Davidtz. A top military officer, did your son become mayor of a major city? - Erwin Rommel’s son entered German politics after WWII and became mayor of Hamburg, IIRC. Did you quit your job while at Fort Belvedere? - King Edward VIII, who became the Duke of Windsor after his abdication. DQs: Died since 1950? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Did you speak before Lincoln at Gettysburg? Did you fall for Mr. Darcy? Did you write a poem about a very large structure that was later inscribed at its base? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/193 "2014-01-09T12:34:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you speak before Lincoln at Gettysburg? > Did you fall for Mr. Darcy? > Did you write a poem about a very large structure that was later inscribed at its base? 0 for 3 > [@SCAdian](#): > > Correct on E E Cummings. > IQ1: Were you mooned by someone who didn’t have nothin’ on but a smile? > IQ2: Are you the current “Duke of Lancaster”? > IQ3: Were you Gloriana? 1: Dunno 2: Prince Edward? 3: Renders them all irrelevant, for I am Elizabeth I ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/194 "2014-01-09T14:03:41Z")
All right, **SCAdian**! Previous IQs: Did you speak before Lincoln at Gettysburg? - Edward Everett. Did you fall for Mr. Darcy? - Elizabeth Bennet in _Pride and Prejudice_. Did you write a poem about a very large structure that was later inscribed at its base? - Emma Lazarus, about the Statue of Liberty (“huddled masses yearning to breathe free” etc.). ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/195 "2014-01-09T15:52:48Z")
Good job, **SCAdian**! ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/196 "2014-01-09T16:21:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you mooned by someone who didn’t have nothin’ on but a smile? > IQ2: Are you the current “Duke of Lancaster”? > IQ3: Were you Gloriana? > [@fanganga](#): > > 1: Dunno > 2: Prince Edward? > 3: Renders them all irrelevant, for I am Elizabeth I Ethel, from the Ray Stevens song “The Streak.” Elizabeth II. (Note that the title is in quotes - it’s not official, but she is referred to as such within the duchy.) That was indeed whom I had in mind. I am **D** ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/197 "2014-01-09T17:33:33Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Barry Hansen’s better known radio alter ego? 2. Is your horse named Horse? 3. Does your boyfriend wear a sailor shirt but no pants? ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/198 "2014-01-09T17:43:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Barry Hansen’s better known radio alter ego? > 2. Is your horse named Horse? > 3. Does your boyfriend wear a sailor shirt but no pants? Not … Doctor Demento? Not Dudley Do-Right. Not Daisy Duck. It’s a jumper, not a shirt. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/199 "2014-01-09T18:39:40Z")
IQs: Were you a fictional monarch who wanted his people to travel in space as soon as possible? Did your weapon become a metaphor? Were you a political symbol of a small republic? ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/200 "2014-01-09T19:01:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a fictional monarch who wanted his people to travel in space as soon as possible? > Did your weapon become a metaphor? > Were you a political symbol of a small republic? Not King David (of _King David’s Spaceship_, by Pournelle). Not Damocles. All I can think of is Dandolo, a doge of Venice. If that’s not right, have a DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=11)