# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/41 "2014-01-02T03:39:38Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ1: Are you a poor North Dakotan seeking to join the upper class? Correct on Cuellar and Rogge. First one was Jay Gatsby. DQ reserved. IQ1: Were you archbishop of Krakow? IQ2: Did you win your last Masters Tournament in 1986? IQ3: Were you Prime Minister of Canada for 3 months? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/42 "2014-01-02T03:46:19Z")
Not: JPII Jack Nicklaus. DQ ---
**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 2, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/43 "2014-01-02T03:47:44Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your son allegedly smuggled into his mother’s bed in a warming pan? > IQ2: Was your son commonly known by a doubled version of his first name? > IQ3: Was your son replaced by Old Ironsides? > [@etv78](#): > > Not JFK Sr. 2 DQs James II of England. I was actually thinking of Jackie, but Jack will do. James I of England. DQ1: Considered a “good guy”? DQ2: Novel based on real events? Two DQs reserved. IQ1: Did you write about Chingachgook? IQ2: Did you write about Little Orphant Annie? IQ3: Did you write about Walter Mitty? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/44 "2014-01-02T03:55:02Z")
Not James Thurber, 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 2, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/45 "2014-01-02T03:56:56Z")
[quote=“etv78, post:40, topic:677669”] [quote=“etv78, post:37, topic:677669”] [quote=“etv78, post:33, topic:677669”] 1.Fictional 2.Male 3.Not living 4.From what is now USA 5.From a novel 6.Living when novel ends 7.Does participate in political/military activities 8.Created by an American 9.Not set in modern USA 10.Not set in 20th c. 11 “J” is his 1st initial 12. Not set in the future 13.Not set between 1/1/2000 and 1/1/2014 14. Novel written in 20th century. 15. Considered goog guy 16.Though fictional, does depict real people/events > [@](#): > > /QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/46 "2014-01-02T04:02:32Z")
The PM was John Turner DQs: During a world war? Is he the main character? IQ: Are you the main character of a novel set on the island of Pianosa? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/47 "2014-01-02T04:04:41Z")
DQ for Pianosa. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/48 "2014-01-02T04:06:17Z")
[quote=“etv78, post:45, topic:677669”] [quote=“etv78, post:40, topic:677669”] [quote=“etv78, post:37, topic:677669”] > [@etv78](#): > > 1.Fictional > 2.Male > 3.Not living > 4.From what is now USA > 5.From a novel > 6.Living when novel ends > 7.Does participate in political/military activities > 8.Created by an American > 9.Not set in modern USA > 10.Not set in 20th c. > 11 “J” is his 1st initial > 12. Not set in the future > 13.Not set between 1/1/2000 and 1/1/2014 > 14. Novel written in 20th century. > 15. Considered goog guy > 16.Though fictional, does depict real people/events > 17.Not during either world war > 18. He is the main character ---
**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 2, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/49 "2014-01-02T04:20:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about Chingachgook? > IQ2: Did you write about Little Orphant Annie? > IQ3: Did you write about Walter Mitty? > [@etv78](#): > > Not James Thurber, 2 DQs James Fenimore Cooper. James Whitcomb Riley. Correct on James Thurber. IQ: Were you a silversmith’s apprentice before taking a job with a newspaper? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/50 "2014-01-02T05:02:55Z")
Thought you would never ask! 😃 I am: Johnny Tremain. Well done SCA. ---
**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 2, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/51 "2014-01-02T05:17:04Z")
Well done, **SCAdian**! Looking forward to the next round! ---
**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 2, 2014, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/52 "2014-01-02T05:53:31Z")
Wow, I just found this thread. May I suggest that whoever wins and finishes one thread, then provides a link to the next? I’ve now done so for Dec. 2013. Congrats, **SCAdian**. The letter “I” next? ---
**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 2, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/53 "2014-01-02T13:51:18Z")
Guess I gave up and went to bed about five minutes too early last night. 🙂 **I** it is… ---
**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 2, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/54 "2014-01-02T15:14:14Z")
Well done again, SCAdian! IQs: 1. Did you learn the truth at seventeen? 2. Were you the most terrible of Russian monarchs? 3. Did you partner with Sid Caesar in a lot of his routines? ---
**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 2, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/55 "2014-01-02T15:33:20Z")
IQs: Were you a cleric who gave his name to an American school? Are you a novelist from a noted South American political family? Were you nicknamed after the family dog? ---
**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 2, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/56 "2014-01-02T15:38:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you learn the truth at seventeen? > 2. Were you the most terrible of Russian monarchs? > 3. Did you partner with Sid Caesar in a lot of his routines? DQ (though I have a feeling I should know this). Not Ivan IV. Not Imogene Coca. * * * 88 games in 2013, hosted by 14 people. **Prof Pepperwinkle** had the most with 22, I had 18, **Elendil’s Heir** had 10, **etv78** had 7, and **ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness** and **fanganga** had 5 each. Prof Pepperwinkle and I each had a run of three. X, Y and Z were used once each; all other letters were used at least twice. B was used seven times, L six, and D, J and K five times each. ---
**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 2, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/57 "2014-01-02T15:39:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a cleric who gave his name to an American school? > Are you a novelist from a noted South American political family? > Were you nicknamed after the family dog? Not Ignatius Loyola. DQ. Not Indiana Jones. ---
**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 2, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/58 "2014-01-02T15:57:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Well done again, SCAdian! > > IQs: > > 1. Did you learn the truth at seventeen? > 2. Were you the most terrible of Russian monarchs? > 3. Did you partner with Sid Caesar in a lot of his routines? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ (though I have a feeling I should know this). > Not Ivan IV. > Not Imogene Coca. > > . Right on Ivan and Imogene. Janis Ian learned the truth at 17 that love was made for beauty queens. DQ: 1. Real? And thanks for the statistical analysis! ---
**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 2, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/59 "2014-01-02T16:36:34Z")
Yes, that’s good to know. Previous IQs: Were you a cleric who gave his name to an American school? - Yes, Ignatius Loyola Are you a novelist from a noted South American political family? - Isabel Allende Were you nicknamed after the family dog? - Yes, Henry “Indiana” Jones Jr. DQ: Male? IQs: Are you a noted Windham Hill musician? Did you found a chain of Pittsburgh-area delis? Were you a Scandinavian playwright? ---
**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 2, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/60 "2014-01-02T18:19:35Z")
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