# Late October 2012 Botticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 17, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026 "2012-10-17T16:35:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/41 "2012-10-21T04:28:31Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Are you the shortest man to ever play in the NBA? > IQ2: Did your fame help to popularize the Arkansas toothpick? > IQ3: Did you unsuccessfully lobby the mayor to close the beaches? I am not Earl Boykins I am not James Black DQ > [@Spoons](#): > > DQ: Does B begin your first name? **The letter is B** 1. My last name begins with B ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/42 "2012-10-21T05:17:12Z")
IQ: Is an internet game named after you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/43 "2012-10-21T05:39:25Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Is an internet game named after you? 😉 You know what’s sad? I had to think about it for a minute. No, I am not Botticelli. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/44 "2012-10-21T05:56:29Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > You know what’s sad? I had to think about it for a minute. No, I am not Botticelli. Sorry **Miss** , but I LOLed! ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/45 "2012-10-21T06:03:08Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Sorry **Miss** , but I LOLed! I blame the alcohol. 😃 ---
**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:** [October 21, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/46 "2012-10-21T16:05:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you an sf writer perhaps best known for _Enemy Mine_? > Did you play a retro dad and a more recent priest? > Did your parents die in a boating accident? Yes, Barry Longyear. Tom Bosley, in _Happy Days_ and _Father Dowling Mysteries_. Frodo Baggins. DQs: Male? Real? IQs: Did you take part in an SNL B&W video spoof the same year you ran for President? Did you give an umbrella as an ironic gift? Did a young Helen Mirren play your girlfriend? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/47 "2012-10-21T17:52:54Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Are you the shortest man to ever play in the NBA? > IQ2: Did your fame help to popularize the Arkansas toothpick? > IQ3: Did you unsuccessfully lobby the mayor to close the beaches? > [@MissTake](#): > > I am not Earl Boykins > I am not James Black > DQ At 5’-5", Boykins is 2" taller than [Muggsy Bogues](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muggsy_Bogues). The third was Amity Island police chief Martin Brody in Jaws. DQ: Are you American? DQ: Are you associated with the arts? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/48 "2012-10-21T18:09:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you take part in an SNL B&W video spoof the same year you ran for President? > Did you give an umbrella as an ironic gift? > Did a young Helen Mirren play your girlfriend? I am not Bill Clinton Take 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/49 "2012-10-21T18:11:55Z")
The letter is B 1. My last name starts with B 2. I am female 3. I am real 4. I am not American 5. I am not associated with the Arts ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/50 "2012-10-21T19:07:48Z")
IQ: Are you a French feminist writer? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/51 "2012-10-21T19:09:35Z")
IQ: Were you the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state? IQ: Did your first video (for the “worst song ever”) go viral? IQ: Did you formulate a famous philosophical/apologetic gambit? ---
**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:** [October 21, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/52 "2012-10-21T21:37:59Z")
IQ1: Are you a German theologian? IQ2: Are you a regal astrophysicist? IQ3: Are you a knight of the round table? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/53 "2012-10-22T03:07:09Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a French feminist writer? I am not Elisabeth Badinter > [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ: Were you the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state? > IQ: Did your first video (for the “worst song ever”) go viral? > IQ: Did you formulate a famous philosophical/apologetic gambit? I am not Benazir Bhutto I am not Rebecca Black DQ > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you a German theologian? > IQ2: Are you a regal astrophysicist? > IQ3: Are you a knight of the round table? DQ DQ I am not Bedivere ---
**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:** [October 22, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/54 "2012-10-22T03:48:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > Did you take part in an SNL B&W video spoof the same year you ran for President? > Did you give an umbrella as an ironic gift? > Did a young Helen Mirren play your girlfriend? B&W? Clinton? No. It was Bruce Babbitt, in 1988, appearing in a fake video of him trying to get through a ten-items-or-less supermarket line with too many groceries. Bilbo Baggins, on his eleventy-first birthday, to a relative who was always borrowing and losing umbrellas. Bob Hoskins, in _The Long Good Friday_. DQs: European? Now living? Political/military? IQs: Did you create a famous choreography of _The Nutcracker_? Did you shoot John Wilkes Booth? Did you once spit grapes against a car window? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/55 "2012-10-22T03:53:24Z")
I was actually thinking Bovary. I’ll cede the DQ. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/56 "2012-10-22T04:12:54Z")
The letter is B 1. My last name starts with B 2. I am female 3. I am real 4. I am not American 5. I am not associated with the Arts 6. I am deceased 7. I am European 8. I, personally, am not involved in politics or the military ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/57 "2012-10-22T04:18:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you create a famous choreography of _The Nutcracker_? > Did you shoot John Wilkes Booth? > Did you once spit grapes against a car window? I am not George Balanchine DQ DQ ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/58 "2012-10-22T14:00:23Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ: Did you formulate a famous philosophical/apologetic gambit? Blaise Pascal (Pascal’s wager). DQ: Were you born before 1900? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/59 "2012-10-22T14:01:44Z")
The letter is B 1. My last name starts with B 2. I am female 3. I am real 4. I am not American 5. I am not associated with the Arts 6. I am deceased 7. I am European 8. I, personally, am not involved in politics or the military 9. I was born before 1900 ---
**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:** [October 22, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/60 "2012-10-22T14:14:04Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you a German theologian? > > IQ2: Are you a regal astrophysicist? > > IQ3: Are you a knight of the round table? > [@MissTake](#): > > DQ > DQ > I am not Bedivere **Bedivere** counts, indeed. 1. was **Dietrich Bonhoeffer** , the Lutheran pastor and theologian who opposed the Nazi regime. He was imprisoned in 1943 and hanged just before the end of World War II. 2. was **Brian May, Ph.D.** , guitarist for Queen who recently was awarded his doctorate in Astrophysics. DQ1: Did you die before 1950? DQ2: Are you German? IQ1: Were you and your recent husband found dead in a bunker? IQ2: Are you and your brother Lionel knights of the Round Table? IQ3: Do horses whinny in fear at the sound of your name? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026.md?page=4)