# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/301 "2014-01-13T17:12:27Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > Right enough. Late at night and I missed that one. > > IQ1: Were you the Thunderbolt Kid? > IQ2: ARE YOU A VERY LOUD ACTOR? > IQ3: Do you have a troublesome relative called Lobelia? 1: **Bill Bryson** titled his book of childhood recollections, _The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid_ 2:AS YOU SAID, BRIAN BLESSED! 3: Lobelia Sackville-Baggins troubled **Bilbo Baggins of Bag End** DQ1: Known for sporting or athletic achievements? DQ2: Last name begins with B? IQ1: Are you a controversial baseball player? IQ2: Are you a US civil servant who had responsibility for economic stimulus? IQ3: Did you play the Starkiller? ---
**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 13, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/302 "2014-01-13T17:19:47Z")
Previous IQs: Have you played a cutthroat prosecutor, a network exec and a folk music impresario? - Bob Balaban, in _Absence of Malice, Seinfeld_ and _A Mighty Wind_. Did you like drinking mead and killing monsters? - Beowulf. Are you perhaps the most famous person to come from Tarth? - Brienne, an ugly but honest knight in _Game of Thrones_. DQs: Consistent with our new rule, which name starts with B? Born east of the Miss. River? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you a notable female Took? Did you give an odd speech at an award show last night? Did you fake an assassination attempt? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/303 "2014-01-13T17:24:13Z")
EH-Your 1st DQ was asked above. 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/304 "2014-01-13T17:33:03Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Sca-3 DQs > > 1.Real > 2.American > 3.Male > 4.Living > 5.Not in Arts > 6.Last (of 2) initials “B” > 7.In a competitive, though not athletic, field > Born West of the Mississippi More 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:** [January 13, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/305 "2014-01-13T23:10:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were Caspar and Melchior your associates? > IQ2: Are you also known as William Bonney? > IQ3: Were you the top-scoring US flying ace? > [@etv78](#): > > Sca-not Billy the Kid, 2 DQs Balthasar (the traditional names for the three wise men). Correct on Billy the Kid. Richard Ira Bong. DQ: Born after 1950? Two DQs reserved. IQ1: Were you opponent of Moose and Squirrel? IQ2: Was #1’s name a pun on yours? IQ3: Did you leave on a rainy evening, with nothing but a comb? ---
**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 13, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/306 "2014-01-13T23:12:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Consistent with our new rule, which name starts with B? When did we agree on that? ---
**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 13, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/307 "2014-01-13T23:34:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > When did we agree on that? Posts 253-254, to which no one other than you objected? ---
**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 13, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/308 "2014-01-13T23:38:53Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a notable female Took? - Belladonna Took, who IIRC was Pippin’s mother. Did you give an odd speech at an award show last night? - Jacqueline Bisset. Did you fake an assassination attempt? - Bob Roberts, in the movie of the same name. DQs: Political/military? Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line? One DQ reserved. IQs: Are you an American billionaire who’s fond of playing cards? Are you a younger American billionaire who’s also fond of playing cards? Were you the storied head of the OSS? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/309 "2014-01-13T23:51:03Z")
Sca and EH-3 DQs each, though I should know Sca’s ---
**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 14, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/310 "2014-01-14T00:12:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you opponent of Moose and Squirrel? > IQ2: Was #1’s name a pun on yours? > IQ3: Did you leave on a rainy evening, with nothing but a comb? > [@etv78](#): > > Sca and EH-3 DQs each, though I should know Sca’s Boris Badenov. Boris Godunov. Bill Bailey. Five DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/311 "2014-01-14T00:36:19Z")
1.Real 2.American 3.Male 4.Living 5.Not in the Arts 6.Last (of 2) initials is “B” 7.In a competitive, though not athletic, endeavor 8.Born West of the Mississippi 9.Born before 1950 10.Not a Political/Military figure 11.Born South of the Mason-Dixon line ---
**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 14, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/312 "2014-01-14T01:18:54Z")
Previous IQs: Are you an American billionaire who’s fond of playing cards? - Warren Buffett. Are you a younger American billionaire who’s also fond of playing cards? - Bill Gates (they sometimes play bridge together) Were you the storied head of the OSS? - Bill Donovan. DQs: Businessman? Known mostly for one incident or event? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/313 "2014-01-14T01:33:54Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > 1.Real > 2.American > 3.Male > 4.Living > 5.Not in the Arts > 6.Last (of 2) initials is “B” > 7.In a competitive, though not athletic, endeavor > 8.Born West of the Mississippi > 9.Born before 1950 > 10.Not a Political/Military figure > 11.Born South of the Mason-Dixon line > 12.Not a business man > 13.Not known for singular incident Up to date DQs ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/314 "2014-01-14T09:34:03Z")
I’m not aware that many people agreed to that rule either, and think that without mass support we should stick with what we’ve had in the past > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you a controversial baseball player? > IQ2: Are you a US civil servant who had responsibility for economic stimulus? > IQ3: Did you play the Starkiller? ---
**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 14, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/315 "2014-01-14T14:36:40Z")
IMHO it’s a waste of a question to have to figure out if the letter in question is a first, middle or last initial (there are even people who routinely use four initials, such as Samuel F.B. Morse, George R.R. Martin and J.R.R. Tolkien), but whatevs. IQs: Were once you a quirky comedic sidekick to a late-night talkshow host? Are you noted for your painting of a goddess? Were you a denizen of Nighttown? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/316 "2014-01-14T17:37:56Z")
EH-Not Doc Seversein, 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/317 "2014-01-14T17:39:04Z")
Fan-3 DQ ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/318 "2014-01-14T18:06:28Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you a controversial baseball player? > IQ2: Are you a US civil servant who had responsibility for economic stimulus? > IQ3: Did you play the Starkiller? Then you are not Barry Bonds, Ben Bernanke or Bruce Boxleitner. ---
**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 14, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/319 "2014-01-14T18:33:01Z")
Previous IQs: Were once you a quirky comedic sidekick to a late-night talkshow host? - Not who I was thinking of, so I’ll rephrase. Are you noted for your painting of a goddess? - Sandro Botticelli painted Venus. Were you a denizen of Nighttown? - Leo Bloom in James Joyce’s _Ulysses_. DQs: Known for being a player of games? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were once you a quirky, nonmusical comedic sidekick to a late-night talkshow host? Were you, in the past six years, rumored to be having an affair with a Canadian Member of Parliament? Did a helpful little bird tell you where to shoot? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/320 "2014-01-15T00:45:49Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > 1.Real > 2.American > 3.Male > 4.Living > 5.Not in the Arts > 6.Last (of 2) initials is “B” > 7.In a competitive, though not athletic, endeavor > 8.Born West of the Mississippi > 9.Born before 1950 > 10.Not a Political/Military figure > 11.Born South of the Mason-Dixon line > 12.Not businessman > 13.Not known for singular incident > 14.Plays a game More DQ info [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=17)