# Mid-July Botticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 14, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447 "2013-07-14T02:37:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/21 "2013-07-16T19:44:56Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ info > > 1.Fictional Character > 2.1st initial is “S” > 3.Yank > 4.Not from Literature > 5.Created by Yanks > 6.Created after 1900 > 7.From TV > 8.Show will return this fall > 9.It’s a drama More DQ answers ---
**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:** [July 16, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/22 "2013-07-16T19:56:13Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the world’s first consulting detective? 2. Were you the U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia when the country decided to split into two separate countries? 3. Did you write the “Series of Unfortunate Events” children’s books? ---
**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:** [July 16, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/23 "2013-07-16T20:00:49Z")
IQ1: Are you a violinist who founded a chain of music stores? IQ2: Did it take you almost three years to complete a nightly series of stories? IQ3: Did you claim to receive some golden plates from Moroni? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/24 "2013-07-16T20:16:45Z")
**Prof** and **Heady** -3 DQs apiece. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/25 "2013-07-16T20:19:22Z")
#1 - Sherlock Holmes, #2 - Shirley Temple Black (yes, the child star), #3 - Lemony Snicket I’ll wait a bit on the DQs. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/26 "2013-07-16T20:41:39Z")
**Prof** -Shoulda got 2 and 3. :smack::o ---
**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:** [July 16, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/27 "2013-07-16T20:48:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a ladies’ man played by someone who is anything but? > Did your teacup break just before an emergency? > Did you give your spy delicious pastries? > [@etv78](#): > > 3 DQs Barney Stinson on _How I Met Your Mother_, played by Neil Patrick Harris, who’s gay Capt. Hikaru Sulu in _Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country_ Salieri in _Amadeus_ had a housegirl in Mozart’s household spy for him; he gave her pastries when she reported to him DQs: Male? On one of the Big Four networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox)? Considered a “good guy/gal”? IQs: Were you the first person to bear the title “Chief Justice of the United States”? Are you a Swedish goth computer hacker and kickass private investigator? Were you the first director of the Peace Corps? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/28 "2013-07-16T20:53:21Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ info > > 1.Fictional Character > 2.1st initial is “S” > 3.Yank > 4.Not from Literature > 5.Created by Yanks > 6.Created after 1900 > 7.From TV > 8.Show returns this fall > 9.Drama > 10.Male > 11.From one of the Big 4 networks > 12.Considered “good guy” More DQs ---
**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:** [July 16, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/29 "2013-07-16T20:56:12Z")
IQ: Are the father of Temperance “Bones” Brennan’s child? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/30 "2013-07-16T20:58:47Z")
**Prof** -DQ for that ---
**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:** [July 16, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/31 "2013-07-16T22:30:59Z")
Seeley Booth. Thought I might’ve had a winner. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/32 "2013-07-17T07:38:46Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a violinist who founded a chain of music stores? > IQ2: Did it take you almost three years to complete a nightly series of stories? > IQ3: Did you claim to receive some golden plates from Moroni? Sam Ash Scheherazade, of 1001 Nights fame Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism. I’m not up on current broadcast network dramas. Are there any that aren’t police procedurals? DQ1: Is the show a crime procedural? i.e, something in the CSI/Law&Order/NCIS vein. I’ll hold onto the other DQs for now. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/33 "2013-07-17T08:20:16Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ info > > 1.Fictional Character > 2.1st initial is “S” > 3.Yank > 4.Not from Literature > 5.Created by Yanks > 6.Created after 1900 > 7.From TV > 8.Show returns in the fall > 9.Drama > 10.Male > 11.Airs on one of the Big 4 > 12.“Good guy” > 13.LE procedural More DQ info ---
**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:** [July 17, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/34 "2013-07-17T11:47:31Z")
IQ: Is your LE partner a guy who goes by his first initial because he doesn’t know his own name? ---
**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:** [July 17, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/35 "2013-07-17T12:56:29Z")
nm ---
**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:** [July 17, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/36 "2013-07-17T12:59:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the first person to bear the title “Chief Justice of the United States”? > Are you a Swedish goth computer hacker and kickass private investigator? > Were you the first director of the Peace Corps? > [@etv78](#): > > More DQs Salmon P. Chase, appointed by President Lincoln in 1864 (his predecessors were each “Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court”). Lisbeth Salander, from _The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_. Sargent Shriver. DQs: Are you a member of an official law enforcement agency (not a private investigator)? Do you live east of the Mississippi River? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/37 "2013-07-18T02:42:38Z")
Prof: DQ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/38 "2013-07-18T02:46:07Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ info > > 1.Fictional Character > 2.1st initial is “S” > 3.Yank > 4.Not from Literature > 5.Created by Yanks > 6.Created after 1900 > 7.From TV > 8.Show will return this fall > 9.Male > 10.Airs on one of the Big 4 > 11.“Good Guy” > 12.LE procedural > 13.Works for a LE agency > 14.Lives East of the Mississippi > 15.Drama Up to date DQ info ---
**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:** [July 18, 2013, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/39 "2013-07-18T10:42:54Z")
I was going with Sam Hanna from NCIS: Los Angeles. Well, that’s all the current LE shows I watch. I’ll keep thinking, but… ---
**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:** [July 18, 2013, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447/40 "2013-07-18T10:57:19Z")
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