# 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:** 14
**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 12, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/261 "2014-01-12T18:07:50Z")
DQ: 1. Real ---
**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 12, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/262 "2014-01-12T18:20:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you known as Karl der Grosse in Germany? > IQ2: Was your father executed, and your brother forced out of his job? > IQ3: Did you play Chon Wang? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Y’know, my first thought was Charlemagne, but I’m not him. > Take a DQ for #2. > I’m not Jackie Chan. Correct on Charlemagne and Jackie Chan. Charles II of England. DQ: Male? IQ1: Did you find in Spain what you didn’t find in Portugal or England? IQ2: Did you play a DJ, a bounty hunter and a cop? IQ3: Did you learn to shoot so you could get revenge on the men who raped you and killed your husband? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/263 "2014-01-12T19:11:46Z")
IQ: Is your nickname “Coco”? ---
**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 12, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/264 "2014-01-12T19:57:04Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Is your nickname “Coco”? I’m not Coco Chanel. ---
**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 12, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/265 "2014-01-12T20:05:03Z")
1: Did you always end your monologue with a golf swing? 2: Were you the aide to a blind, retired Army colonel during a weekend in New York City? 3: Were you the deaf son of a high school music teacher? ---
**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 12, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/266 "2014-01-12T20:15:32Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > 1: Did you always end your monologue with a golf swing? > 2: Were you the aide to a blind, retired Army colonel during a weekend in New York City? > 3: Were you the deaf son of a high school music teacher? 1. I’m not Johnny Carson. 2. I’m not Chris O’Donnell (actor, take a DQ if you meant the character in _Scent of a Woman_). 3. Take a DQ: it’s been too long since I’ve seen _Mr. Holland’s Opus_. ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/267 "2014-01-12T20:22:28Z")
IQ1: Were you a painter born in what was then the Danish West Indies? IQ2: Did you maintain a relationship with French writer George Sand for a decade? IQ3: Were you a prominent socialist politician in your South American country? ---
**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 12, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/268 "2014-01-12T20:24:14Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ1: Were you a painter born in what was then the Danish West Indies? > IQ2: Did you maintain a relationship with French writer George Sand for a decade? > IQ3: Were you a prominent socialist politician in your South American country? 1. I’m not Camille Pissarro. 2. I’m not Frederic Chopin. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 12, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/269 "2014-01-12T20:24:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I’m not Johnny Carson. > 2. I’m not Chris O’Donnell (actor, take a DQ if you meant the character in _Scent of a Woman_). > 3. Take a DQ: it’s been too long since I’ve seen _Mr. Holland’s Opus_. Correct on Carson. You got the movies right. I was looking for the character Charles Simms, who was played by O’Donnell in “Scent of a Woman”; and for the character Cole Holland in “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” DQ: Alive today? DQ: American? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/270 "2014-01-12T20:33:35Z")
That was Colbie Callait DQ: In 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:** [January 12, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/271 "2014-01-12T20:43:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ: Male? > IQ1: Did you find in Spain what you didn’t find in Portugal or England? > IQ2: Did you play a DJ, a bounty hunter and a cop? > IQ3: Did you learn to shoot so you could get revenge on the men who raped you and killed your husband? Ahem. ---
**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 12, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/272 "2014-01-12T21:57:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you find in Spain what you didn’t find in Portugal or England? > IQ2: Did you play a DJ, a bounty hunter and a cop? > IQ3: Did you learn to shoot so you could get revenge on the men who raped you and killed your husband? How’d I miss these? 1. Unless it’s Columbus (I’m not him), take a DQ. 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:** [January 12, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/273 "2014-01-12T21:59:00Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. American, but only if you stretch our usual meaning 5. 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 12, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/274 "2014-01-12T22:45:48Z")
IQ: Did you paint a self-portrait with a moustache and a unibrow? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/275 "2014-01-12T22:47:04Z")
IQ: Are you a performer who shares her last name with someone arrested in Arizona, whose arrest was challenged at SCOTUS? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/276 "2014-01-12T22:50:02Z")
Fan-that’s a “K” ---
**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 12, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/277 "2014-01-12T23:02:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you find in Spain what you didn’t find in Portugal or England? > IQ2: Did you play a DJ, a bounty hunter and a cop? > IQ3: Did you learn to shoot so you could get revenge on the men who raped you and killed your husband? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Unless it’s Columbus (I’m not him), take a DQ. > Take 2 DQs for the others. Correct on Columbus. Clint Eastwood (_Play Misty for Me_, _For a Few Dollars More_, _Dirty Harry_). Hannie Caulder (from the movie of the same name). DQ1: Known for music? DQ2: From North America? IQ1: Were you a 17th-century Spanish author? IQ2: Were you an 11th-century Spanish hero? IQ3: Did you drive ducks to the water every morning? ---
**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 12, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/278 "2014-01-12T23:22:04Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ: Did you paint a self-portrait with a moustache and a unibrow? [ [/QUOTE] Take a DQ. ---
**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 12, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/279 "2014-01-12T23:23:04Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a performer who shares her last name with someone arrested in Arizona, whose arrest was challenged at SCOTUS? Take a DQ. ---
**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 12, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/280 "2014-01-12T23:24:06Z")
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