# 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:** 5
**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 3, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/81 "2014-01-03T01:29:42Z")
IQ1: Were you an engineer who built railways, steamships, bridges and tunnels in 19th century Britain? IQ2: Did you play a character who moved on up to the east side? IQ3: Did you introduce TV viewers to such luminaries as Flipper, Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion, and Gentle Ben? ---
**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 3, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/82 "2014-01-03T01:54:53Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Were you an engineer who built railways, steamships, bridges and tunnels in 19th century Britain? > IQ2: Did you play a character who moved on up to the east side? > IQ3: Did you introduce TV viewers to such luminaries as Flipper, Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion, and Gentle Ben? Not Isambard Kingdom Brunel. I assume you mean Louise Jefferson, but no idea what the actress’s name was. DQ. DQ. ---
**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 3, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/83 "2014-01-03T03:38:03Z")
Ooo, Brunel, one of my British heroes! Previous IQs: Were you accused of perjury in a court-martial? - Sir Ian Hamilton, Lord Kitchener’s aide in _Breaker Morant_. In a cartoon, did you speak through a window to a guy you wanted to help? - Queen Isabella in the Bugs Bunny cartoon about Christopher Columbus. Did you keep something you really ought to have destroyed when you had the chance? - Isildur, son of Elendil, who would’ve been better off not hanging onto the One Ring. DQs: Best known for the visual arts (acting, directing, painting, sculpting, photography, etc.)? Born in the Northern Hemisphere? Born in the Western Hemisphere? IQs: Were you caught up in a recent NYC sexual harassment trial? Were you one of the most liberated women of your era? Was your last name included in the title of a _West Wing_ episode? ---
**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 3, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/84 "2014-01-03T03:47:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Isambard Kingdom Brunel. > I assume you mean Louise Jefferson, but no idea what the actress’s name was. DQ. > DQ. Correct on Brunel. Correct also on Louise Jefferson, who was played by Isabel Sanford. The TV producer was Ivan Tors, who seemed to have a knack for family-friendly animal-centered shows in the 1960s. Two DQs reserved pending the answers to **EH** ’s DQs. ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/85 "2014-01-03T03:47:55Z")
IQ1: Are you famous for designing the Louvres pyramid, among other architectural works? IQ2: Are you a Polish artist who became prime minister? IQ3: Are you a former Swedish boxer who was world champion in his category? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/86 "2014-01-03T04:11:02Z")
Guy, I asked your 2nd IQ. ---
**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 3, 2014, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/87 "2014-01-03T12:23:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > Best known for the visual arts (acting, directing, painting, sculpting, photography, etc.)? > Born in the Northern Hemisphere? > Born in the Western Hemisphere? > > IQs: > > Were you caught up in a recent NYC sexual harassment trial? > Were you one of the most liberated women of your era? > Was your last name included in the title of a _West Wing_ episode? > [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ1: Are you famous for designing the Louvres pyramid, among other architectural works? > IQ2: Are you a Polish artist who became prime minister? > IQ3: Are you a former Swedish boxer who was world champion in his category? Some very nice questions there, but to save time (I’m running late, and I need to dig my car out a bit before I can go to work) I’m only going to answer one of them - guylevesque’s first IQ: Yes, I am architect **Ieoh Ming Pei**. Incidentally, I did consider using Isildur, but figured he’d be a little too obvious in a game where one of the players is named Elendil’s Heir… ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/88 "2014-01-03T12:50:18Z")
Congratulations, guylevesque! > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Do you sometimes use your middle initial and sometimes not, depending on the genre you’re writing? > IQ2: Are you known for your three laws, and do you share a name with someone else who set down a famous set of three laws much earlier? Number one was Ian (M) Banks ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/89 "2014-01-03T17:16:13Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ1: Are you famous for designing the Louvres pyramid, among other architectural works? > IQ2: Are you a Polish artist who became prime minister? > IQ3: Are you a former Swedish boxer who was world champion in his category? Awesome :). The second one was Ignacy Jan Paderewski and the last one was Ingemar Johansson. I hope this one will be easier than the previous one. Let’s go with **H** ---
**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 3, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/90 "2014-01-03T17:36:26Z")
Way to go, **guy**! Previous IQs: Were you caught up in a recent NYC sexual harassment trial? - Isaiah Thomas, now in the Knicks front office. Were you one of the most liberated women of your era? - Isadora Duncan. Was your last name included in the title of a _West Wing_ episode? - Isoroku Yamamoto. H it is. IQs: Did your future husband forget his name when you first spoke to him? Does Kate Atkinson’s novel _Life After Life_ begin with your shooting? Did your American wife not let Jews come in the house? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/91 "2014-01-03T17:44:12Z")
IQ: Did you write the 1st code of law? ---
**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 3, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/92 "2014-01-03T17:49:39Z")
Well done, guylevesque! IQs: 1. Did Green Lantern fight you in his movie? 2. Were you the son of Isis? 3. Were you married to Anna Livia Plurabelle? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/93 "2014-01-03T18:02:20Z")
IQ: Were you FDR’s aide at Yalta? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/94 "2014-01-03T19:43:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your future husband forget his name when you first spoke to him? > Does Kate Atkinson’s novel _Life After Life_ begin with your shooting? > Did your American wife not let Jews come in the house? 3 DQs > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you write the 1st code of law? Not Hammurabi. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Well done, guylevesque! > > IQs: > > 1. Did Green Lantern fight you in his movie? > 2. Were you the son of Isis? > 3. Were you married to Anna Livia Plurabelle? Not Hector Hammond or Horus. DQ. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you FDR’s aide at Yalta? DQ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/95 "2014-01-03T19:59:50Z")
That was Hopkins DQ: Real. ---
**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 3, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/96 "2014-01-03T20:03:35Z")
Previous IQs: Did your future husband forget his name when you first spoke to him? - Hillary Rodham. Does Kate Atkinson’s novel _Life After Life_ begin with your shooting? - Adolf Hitler (it’s… complicated). Did your American wife not let Jews come in the house? - Harry S. Truman. DQs: Male? American? Last name start with H? IQs: Did Bob & Ray joke about your change of plans? Although born overseas, did you spend some time in Cleveland as a kid? Were you Nelson Rockefeller’s last wife? ---
**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 3, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/97 "2014-01-03T20:06:23Z")
Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle View Post Well done, guylevesque! IQs: 1. Did Green Lantern fight you in his movie? 2. Were you the son of Isis? 3. Were you married to Anna Livia Plurabelle? Not Hector Hammond or Horus. DQ. Right. #3 is Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker (aka HCE) from _Finnegans Wake_. I’ll wait on my DQ until EH’s are answered. ---
**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 3, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/98 "2014-01-03T22:11:50Z")
IQ1: Were you a major influence in sportscasting? IQ2: Are you an old maid in pursuit of a cowboy? IQ3: Did you learn to shoot so you could hunt down the men who raped you and killed your husband? ---
**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 3, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/99 "2014-01-03T22:33:33Z")
Well done, **Guy**! IQ1: Are you a prime minister who likes to play the piano? IQ2: Were you the kindly old storekeeper on Sesame Street? IQ3: Did you write the book on card games? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/100 "2014-01-03T23:12:32Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ: Real. Yes, real. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > Male? > American? > Last name start with H? > > IQs: > > Did Bob & Ray joke about your change of plans? > Although born overseas, did you spend some time in Cleveland as a kid? > Were you Nelson Rockefeller’s last wife? Male, not American, last name starts with H. Not Happy Rockefeller. 2 DQs > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a major influence in sportscasting? > IQ2: Are you an old maid in pursuit of a cowboy? > IQ3: Did you learn to shoot so you could hunt down the men who raped you and killed your husband? Not Howard Cosell. 2 DQs > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Are you a prime minister who likes to play the piano? > IQ2: Were you the kindly old storekeeper on Sesame Street? > IQ3: Did you write the book on card games? Not Vaclav Havel or Mr Hooper. DQ H 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with H [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=6)