# 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:** 28
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/541 "2014-01-29T15:34:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > I am not the Undertaker. > I am not Umberto Eco. #1 is Jane Urquart, poet/short fiction writer/novelist and author of ‘The Underpainter’. DQ: Are you European? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/542 "2014-01-29T15:38:05Z")
IQ1: Are you a country singer with an city name? IQ2: Are you a pope? IQ3: Did Andy Warhol cast you in a number of his films? ---
**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 29, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/543 "2014-01-29T15:40:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …EH, take a different DQ for your second. He’s not American (#6), so the “born east of the Mississippi” isn’t going to be a factor. Oops, thanks. Sorry, I missed that. One DQ reserved for now. ---
**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 29, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/544 "2014-01-29T16:33:08Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you a country singer with an city name? > IQ2: Are you a pope? > IQ3: Did Andy Warhol cast you in a number of his films? I am not **Keith** Urban. I am not Pope Urban I. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/545 "2014-01-29T19:46:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not **Keith** Urban. > I am not Pope Urban I. > Take a DQ for #3. Udo Kier was in Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein and Dracula films. DQ: Are you known for musical accomplishments? (Still waiting on the European DQ as well…) ---
**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 29, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/546 "2014-01-29T19:49:26Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Alive 3. Male 4. Last name starts with U 5. Known for the Arts 6. Not American 7. Born after 1960 8. Not a writer 9. Not known for the visual arts 10. Born before 1980 11. Not European 12. Not known for musical accomplishments ---
**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 29, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/547 "2014-01-29T20:41:48Z")
DQ: Asian? IQs: Did a late-night host mock both your name and that of another VIP? Were you Tolkien’s publisher? Were you arguably Hogwarts’s worst headmistress ever? ---
**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 29, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/548 "2014-01-29T21:06:54Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Alive 3. Male 4. Last name starts with U 5. Known for the Arts 6. Not American 7. Born after 1960 8. Not a writer 9. Not known for the visual arts 10. Born before 1980 11. Not European 12. Not known for musical accomplishments 13. Not Asian ---
**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 29, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/549 "2014-01-29T21:07:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: > > Asian? > > IQs: > > Did a late-night host mock both your name and that of another VIP? > Were you Tolkien’s publisher? > Were you arguably Hogwarts’s worst headmistress ever? Take DQs for 1 & 2. I am not Delores Umbridge. ---
**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 29, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/550 "2014-01-29T21:36:51Z")
Previous IQs: Did a late-night host mock both your name and that of another VIP? - David Letterman, hosting the Oscars, went back and forth repeating “Uma [Thurman]… Oprah!” Were you Tolkien’s publisher? - Edward Unwin. Were you arguably Hogwarts’s worst headmistress ever? - Yes, _her_. DQs: Born in the northern hemisphere? Received a major award in his field? ---
**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 29, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/551 "2014-01-29T22:42:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Roy Urquhart (portrayed by Sean Connery in _A Bridge Too Far_). > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a British military hero of the Arnhem campaign? - Col. Robert (I think, but not sure of the first name) Urquhart, from _A Bridge Too Far_. Seems to be a bit of an echo in here… 😃 (Major-General, by the way, not colonel.) ---
**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 29, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/552 "2014-01-29T22:58:36Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Alive 3. Male 4. Last name starts with U 5. Known for the Arts 6. Not American 7. Born after 1960 8. Not a writer 9. Not known for the visual arts 10. Born before 1980 11. Not European 12. Not known for musical accomplishments 13. Not Asian 14. Born in the southern hemisphere 15. Won major awards, but as part of a group ---
**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 30, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/553 "2014-01-30T04:47:20Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Seems to be a bit of an echo in here… 😃 > > (Major-General, by the way, not colonel.) Sorry - I missed yours. He was a colonel at the time, IIRC. ---
**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 30, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/554 "2014-01-30T13:45:42Z")
He was CO of the British 1st Airbourne Division. That makes him a general. (Colonels command regiments.) ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/555 "2014-01-30T20:42:21Z")
IQ1: Did you co-write one of the biggest charity relief singles of the 1980s? IQ2: Are you the alter-ego of Shoeshine Boy? IQ3: Are you the alter-ego of Principal Benjamin Krupp? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/556 "2014-01-30T20:56:57Z")
IQ: Was a city renamed in your honour? ---
**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 30, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/557 "2014-01-30T22:37:40Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you co-write one of the biggest charity relief singles of the 1980s? > IQ2: Are you the alter-ego of Shoeshine Boy? > IQ3: Are you the alter-ego of Principal Benjamin Krupp? Take DQs for #1 and #3. I am not Underdog ---
**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 30, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/558 "2014-01-30T22:39:15Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ: Was a city renamed in your honour? I do not know. Take a DQ. ---
**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 30, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/559 "2014-01-30T23:22:12Z")
IQ: Are you a filmmaker whose best-known film involves an empty Coke bottle? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/560 "2014-01-30T23:28:05Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ: Was a city renamed in your honour? Then you are not Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, for whom St. Petersburg was renamed Leningrad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=29)