# 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:** 17
**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 15, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/321 "2014-01-15T01:05:12Z")
See these? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? Previously-reserved DQ: Plays a game often associated with casinos? ---
**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, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/322 "2014-01-15T01:08:20Z")
EH-guess I did miss those. :o. 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 15, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/323 "2014-01-15T01:17:30Z")
To update DQ info 1.Real 2.American 3.Male 4.Living 5.Not in Arts 6.Last, of 2, initial 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 single incident 14.Plays a game. 15.That game is usually played in a casino ---
**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 15, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/324 "2014-01-15T01:26:43Z")
IQ: Are you a Texas Hold-'em player known for wearing a cowboy hat and winning on a 10-2? ---
**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, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/325 "2014-01-15T01:40:37Z")
Congrats Spoons! I am Doyle Brunson! ---
**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 15, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/326 "2014-01-15T01:49:12Z")
Woo-hoo! Thanks, **etv**! I’ll be out for the next little while, but we’ll start the next round when I get back. (Besides, I need to think of somebody.) ---
**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 15, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/327 "2014-01-15T03:22:07Z")
Congrats, **Spoons**. Never heard of Brunson. Has anyone else? My IQs: Were once you a quirky, nonmusical comedic sidekick to a late-night talkshow host? - Larry “Bud” Mehlman, for David Letterman. Were you, in the past six years, rumored to be having an affair with a Canadian Member of Parliament? - Bill Clinton, according to _Game Change_. Did a helpful little bird tell you where to shoot? - Bard the Bowman, in _The Hobbit_. ---
**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 15, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/328 "2014-01-15T03:43:47Z")
I’ve never heard of him, but watching poker games sounds even more boring than watching baseball or golf… ---
**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 15, 2014, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/329 "2014-01-15T06:14:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Never heard of Brunson. Has anyone else? > [@SCAdian](#): > > I’ve never heard of him, but watching poker games sounds even more boring than watching baseball or golf… For a while, I was playing Texas Hold-'em in a local league. It was a friendly “just for fun” league and no money was at stake, though the evening’s winner got a $25 gift certificate at the pub where we played. It covered the evening’s tab and tip. At any rate, if you were dealt a 10-2, your hand was called a “Doyle Brunson.” Why? Because at some point, as I learned from other players, Doyle Brunson managed to bluff that hand, which isn’t that great, into a big win. I’ve subsequently seen him play on TV (TV poker can be interesting to watch, I find), and he does wear a big cowboy hat when he plays. And it looks like we’re on to A. ---
**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, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/330 "2014-01-15T06:16:24Z")
IQ: Are you famous for you fables? ---
**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 15, 2014, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/331 "2014-01-15T06:41:11Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you famous for you fables? I am not Aesop. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/332 "2014-01-15T09:19:27Z")
IQ: Are you best known for your work in connection with moles? ---
**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 15, 2014, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/333 "2014-01-15T09:56:43Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ: Are you best known for your work in connection with moles? No idea. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/334 "2014-01-15T10:31:12Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ: Are you best known for your work in connection with moles? Amadeo Avogadro, whose contributions to molecular theory resulted in the number of particles in a chemical mole being known as Avogadro’s constant. ---
**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 15, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/335 "2014-01-15T11:13:19Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > Amadeo Avogadro, whose contributions to molecular theory resulted in the number of particles in a chemical mole being known as Avogadro’s constant. And your DQ? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/336 "2014-01-15T11:29:51Z")
DQ: are you 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 15, 2014, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/337 "2014-01-15T12:08:15Z")
IQ1: Was the mysterious island named after you? IQ2: Did you play a man who lost a leg at Bastogne? IQ3: Were you an Austrian princess who was executed in France? ---
**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 15, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/338 "2014-01-15T16:10:12Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the Comte de le Fere? 2. Did you write _The Mousetrap_? 3. Are you Elendil’s Heir? ---
**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 15, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/339 "2014-01-15T22:09:40Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > DQ: are you real? I am real. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was the mysterious island named after you? > IQ2: Did you play a man who lost a leg at Bastogne? > IQ3: Were you an Austrian princess who was executed in France? No idea on 1 and 2; for 3 I am not Marie Antoinette. Two DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Comte de le Fere? > 2. Did you write _The Mousetrap_? > 3. Are you Elendil’s Heir? No idea on 1 and 3; for 2 I am not Agatha Christie. Two DQs. Summary for A: 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 15, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/340 "2014-01-15T22:47:29Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was the mysterious island named after you? > IQ2: Did you play a man who lost a leg at Bastogne? > IQ3: Were you an Austrian princess who was executed in France? > [@Spoons](#): > > No idea on 1 and 2; for 3 I am not Marie Antoinette. Two DQs. Abraham Lincoln. Kirk Acevedo played Joe Toye in _Band of Brothers_. Correct on Marie Antoinette. DQ1: Male? DQ2: American? IQ1: Did you have a lot of people filmed while they weren’t looking? IQ2: Were you an internationally known con man who has now reformed? IQ3: Did you fail to make a living as an artist, but become very successful (though only for a few years) in a top job? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=18)