# 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:** 18
**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, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/341 "2014-01-15T22:52:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Male? > DQ2: American? I am male. I am 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? I’m neither Allen Funt nor Frank Abagnale. For number 3, that sounds like it could be Adolf Hitler–take a DQ if I’m wrong. Summary for A: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. American. ---
**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, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/342 "2014-01-15T22:54:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Comte de le Fere? > 2. Did you write _The Mousetrap_? > 3. Are you Elendil’s Heir? > [@Spoons](#): > > No idea on 1 and 3; for 2 I am not Agatha Christie. Two DQs. > > . #1 is Athos. #3 is Aragorn from _Lord of the Rings_. DQs: 1. Alive? 2. Is A the first letter of your last name? ---
**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, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/343 "2014-01-15T22:54:56Z")
IQ: Were you a notorious spy during the Cold War? ---
**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, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/344 "2014-01-15T23:01:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1 is Athos. #3 is Aragorn from _Lord of the Rings_. I must be the only person alive who has neither read or seen _Lord of the Rings_. > [@](#): > > DQs: > > 1. Alive? > 2. Is A the first letter of your last name? Not alive. Letter A does not begin my last name. Summary for A: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. American. 4. Not alive. 5. Letter A does not begin my last name. ---
**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, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/345 "2014-01-15T23:03:36Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you a notorious spy during the Cold War? No idea. 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:** [January 16, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/346 "2014-01-16T00:51:22Z")
Aldrich Ames. DQ: Political figure? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/347 "2014-01-16T00:52:39Z")
IQ: Did you take the most famous home movie in history? ---
**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 16, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/348 "2014-01-16T00:55:52Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ: Political figure? Not a political figure. Summary for A: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. American. 4. Not alive. 5. Letter A does not begin my last name. 6. Not a political figure. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you take the most famous home movie in history? I’m not Abraham Zapruder. ---
**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 16, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/349 "2014-01-16T00:58:17Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 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? > [@Spoons](#): > > I’m neither Allen Funt nor Frank Abagnale. For number 3, that sounds like it could be Adolf Hitler–take a DQ if I’m wrong. Correct on all three. IQ1: Were you an American general in the Revolution? IQ2: Were you an American general who had problems with a bridge? IQ3: Did you write “The Damned Thing”? ---
**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 16, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/350 "2014-01-16T01:16:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an American general in the Revolution? > IQ2: Were you an American general who had problems with a bridge? > IQ3: Did you write “The Damned Thing”? I’m not Benedict Arnold. Take DQs for 2 and 3. ---
**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 16, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/351 "2014-01-16T01:29:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an American general in the Revolution? > IQ2: Were you an American general who had problems with a bridge? > IQ3: Did you write “The Damned Thing”? > [@Spoons](#): > > I’m not Benedict Arnold. Take DQs for 2 and 3. Not whom I had in mind, but he’ll do. Ambrose Burnside. Ambrose Bierce. DQ1: Died after 1900? DQ2: Known for the Arts? IQ1: Were you a general serving in the American army at the end of the Revolution? IQ2: Were you a Russian Cold War spy? IQ3: Did Anna Anderson claim to be you? ---
**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 16, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/352 "2014-01-16T01:46:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Died after 1900? > DQ2: Known for the Arts? Died after 1900. Not known for the arts. Summary for A: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. American. 4. Not alive. 5. Letter A does not begin my last name. 6. Not a political figure. 7. Died after 1900. 8. Not known for the arts. > [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you a general serving in the American army at the end of the Revolution? > IQ2: Were you a Russian Cold War spy? > IQ3: Did Anna Anderson claim to be you? No idea for 1; DQ. For 2, I’ll guess Anthony Blunt (English, but a spy for the USSR); if I’m wrong, DQ. For 3, I’m not Anastasia Romanova, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II. ---
**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 16, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/353 "2014-01-16T02:23:35Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a general serving in the American army at the end of the Revolution? > IQ2: Were you a Russian Cold War spy? > IQ3: Did Anna Anderson claim to be you? > [@Spoons](#): > > No idea for 1; DQ. > > For 2, I’ll guess Anthony Blunt (English, but a spy for the USSR); if I’m wrong, DQ. > > For 3, I’m not Anastasia Romanova, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II. “Mad” Anthony Wayne. Rudolf Abel. Correct on Anastasia Nikolaevna. Two DQs reserved - let somebody else ask a couple. 🙂 IQ1: Were you a leader of Murder, Inc? IQ2: Did you break the Babe’s record? IQ3: Are you Mr Tiger? ---
**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 16, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/354 "2014-01-16T02:39:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a leader of Murder, Inc? > IQ2: Did you break the Babe’s record? > IQ3: Are you Mr Tiger? I’m not Albert Anastasia, Hank Aaron, or Al Kaline. ---
**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 16, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/355 "2014-01-16T02:53:33Z")
IQs: Did you have a fateful encounter in Hackensack, N.J.? Did you authorize the 54th Mass., the black infantry unit featured in the movie _Glory_? Are you the current Duke of York? ---
**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 16, 2014, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/356 "2014-01-16T12:33:39Z")
IQ1: Did you and your son both receive the Medal of Honor, in wars eight decades apart? IQ2: Were you a Filipino leader fighting against Spain and the US? IQ3: Were you killed at the Battle of Azanulbizar? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/357 "2014-01-16T12:41:45Z")
IQ1: Was your daughter tried for your murder and acquitted? IQ2: Did you find that you could get further with a kind word and a gun than a kind word alone? IQ3: Is there a conversational test named after you? ---
**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 16, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/358 "2014-01-16T15:46:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you have a fateful encounter in Hackensack, N.J.? > Did you authorize the 54th Mass., the black infantry unit featured in the movie _Glory_? > Are you the current Duke of York? DQs for 1 and 2; for 3, I am not Prince Andrew. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you and your son both receive the Medal of Honor, in wars eight decades apart? > IQ2: Were you a Filipino leader fighting against Spain and the US? > IQ3: Were you killed at the Battle of Azanulbizar? Three DQs. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Was your daughter tried for your murder and acquitted? > IQ2: Did you find that you could get further with a kind word and a gun than a kind word alone? > IQ3: Is there a conversational test named after you? For 1, I’m not Andrew Borden; and for 3, I have no idea. But all the DQs in this post are rendered moot, because number 2 indicates that I am… Al Capone! Nicely done,\*\* fanganga\*\*! ---
**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 16, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/359 "2014-01-16T16:21:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you and your son both receive the Medal of Honor, in wars eight decades apart? > IQ2: Were you a Filipino leader fighting against Spain and the US? > IQ3: Were you killed at the Battle of Azanulbizar? Arthur MacArthur. Emilio Aguinaldo. Azog. ---
**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 16, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/360 "2014-01-16T16:22:48Z")
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