# New Boticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 7, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169 "2012-05-07T14:49:39Z")\ **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:** [May 8, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/41 "2012-05-08T20:04:31Z")
Baffle: 1: I am not Ronald Reagan 2: No idea, DQ for you 3: I think I have an idea? but no, it’s not me. Another DQ ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/42 "2012-05-08T20:06:24Z")
IQ2 was Roger Ebert, whose thumbs are the world’s most famous movie critics. IQ3 was Romulus, legendary founder of Rome. DQ1: Are you male? DQ2: Are you alive? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/43 "2012-05-08T20:08:43Z")
IQ1: Is there a method of numerical integration named after you? IQ2: Were you a catcher known for your sense of humor and the 1983 World Series MVP? IQ3: Are you an eclectic slide guitar virtuoso? ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/44 "2012-05-08T20:32:08Z")
IQ1: Were you a famous Norwegian polar explorer? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/45 "2012-05-08T20:35:24Z")
1. I am male 2. I am not living ---
**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:** [May 8, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/46 "2012-05-08T20:39:59Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Is there a method of numerical integration named after you? > IQ2: Were you a catcher known for your sense of humor and the 1983 World Series MVP? > IQ3: Are you an eclectic slide guitar virtuoso? IQ1: Math are hard. No idea. DQ IQ2: I am not Rick Dempsey IQ3: I am not Robert Johnson ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/47 "2012-05-08T20:40:19Z")
IQ1. Are you the most famous man to enter the Women’s US Open? IQ2. Were you sent for by a mother to cheer up her son? IQ3. Would the citizens of Rock Ridge give you 24 hours to come up with a solution? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/48 "2012-05-08T20:41:45Z")
> [@PacifistPorcupine](#): > > IQ1: Were you a famous Norwegian polar explorer? Uff da. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/49 "2012-05-08T20:43:56Z")
I was thinking of Roald Amundsen. DQ1: Were you real? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/50 "2012-05-08T20:46:04Z")
Well done, **MissTake**! IQ1: Is your best known accomplishment a long list of synonyms? IQ2: Are you one of France’s best known playwrights? IQ3: Did you depict the mythic character of Cyrano de Bergerac? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/51 "2012-05-08T20:48:05Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQ1: Math are hard. No idea. DQ > IQ2: I am not Rick Dempsey > IQ3: I am not Robert Johnson #1 was German mathematician Bernhard Riemann. I wasn’t thinking of Robert Johnson for #3, but it’s a valid answer, so I’ll rephrase the question. IQ3b: Are you a _contemporary_ eclectic slide guitar virtuoso? DQ: [del]Are you a real person (as opposed to a fictional character)?[/del] on preview: I’ll reserve the DQ until **PacifistProcupine’s** question is answered. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/52 "2012-05-08T20:49:21Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Did you claim your piano didn’t have any wrong notes? > > IQ2: Were you the leader of a big band whose plane went missing in action en route to Paris? > > IQ3: Were you the bass player and producer of Miles Davis’ hugely successful album ‘Tutu’? Just to clear up from the last round, these are 1. **Thelonious Sphere Monk** , the brilliant but eccentric jazz pianist and band leader. 2. **Glenn Miller** , missing in action from the Second World War, possibly a victim of friendly fire. 3. **Marcus Miller** , funkmeister, composer of most of the album ‘Tutu’, and Grammy award winning producer. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/53 "2012-05-09T00:56:45Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > IQ1. Are you the most famous man to enter the Women’s US Open? > > IQ2. Were you sent for by a mother to cheer up her son? > > IQ3. Would the citizens of Rock Ridge give you 24 hours to come up with a solution? I have no idea to any of these. I hear Rock Ridge and think **Blazing Saddles**. Take 3 DQs > [@PacifistPorcupine](#): > > I was thinking of Roald Amundsen. > > DQ1: Were you real? Yes, I was real > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Well done, **MissTake**! > > IQ1: Is your best known accomplishment a long list of synonyms? > > IQ2: Are you one of France’s best known playwrights? > > IQ3: Did you depict the mythic character of Cyrano de Bergerac? IQ1: No idea, DQ IQ2: I am not Racine IQ3: I am only familiar with Gerard Depardeau as Cyrano, so take a DQ > [@Enginerd](#): > > #1 was German mathematician Bernhard Riemann. I wasn’t thinking of Robert Johnson for #3, but it’s a valid answer, so I’ll rephrase the question. > > IQ3b: Are you a _contemporary_ eclectic slide guitar virtuoso? IQ3b: I am not Gary Rossington. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/54 "2012-05-09T00:57:46Z")
1. I am male 2. I am not living 3. I am/was a real person ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/55 "2012-05-09T02:51:31Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Well done, **MissTake**! > > IQ1: Is your best known accomplishment a long list of synonyms? > > IQ2: Are you one of France’s best known playwrights? > > IQ3: Did you depict the mythic character of Cyrano de Bergerac? > [@MissTake](#): > > IQ1: No idea, DQ > IQ2: I am not Racine > IQ3: I am only familiar with Gerard Depardeau as Cyrano, so take a DQ Jean Racine indeed! 1. is **Peter Mark Roget** , whose best known work is the Thesaurus that bears his name. 2. is the playwright who wrote ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’, **Edmond Rostand**. Cyrano was a real-life writer in the 1600s, but he is much better known as the central figure in Rostand’s play than for who he really was. So - DQ1 - Were you born before 1900 AD? DQ2 - Are you best known for your accomplishments in The Arts, being here defined so as to include all visual arts, cinema, theatre, dance, music, literature or other creative endeavours, whether done for the entertainment of others or for the sake of the creative act itself? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/56 "2012-05-09T03:10:54Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ1 - Were you born before 1900 AD? > > DQ2 - Are you best known for your accomplishments in The Arts, being here defined so as to include all visual arts, cinema, theatre, dance, music, literature or other creative endeavours, whether done for the entertainment of others or for the sake of the creative act itself? I only know Racine thanks to a silly decision to translate _Phaedra_ from English to Spanish in high school. _shudder_ DQ1: No, I was born after 1900 AD DQ2: Yes Yanno, I read the IQ, have no idea. Then, upon the answer being revealed, I say “OH!” I should have known Roget, for heaven’s sake! ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/57 "2012-05-09T03:12:33Z")
1. I am male 2. I am not living 3. I am/was a real person 4. I was born after 1900 AD 5. I am best known for my accomplishments in The Arts ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/58 "2012-05-09T03:16:02Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > on preview: I’ll reserve the DQ until **PacifistProcupine’s** question is answered. DQ: Are (were) you American? IQ (we’re going to keep this up until you get it or give up, damn it! ;)): Are you a contemporary, eclectic slide guitar virtuoso also known for recent collaborations with artists from around the world? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/59 "2012-05-09T03:20:50Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > DQ: Are (were) you American? No, not American > [@](#): > > IQ (we’re going to keep this up until you get it or give up, damn it! ;)): > Are you a contemporary, eclectic slide guitar virtuoso also known for recent collaborations with artists from around the world? I am not Ry Cooder, either. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/60 "2012-05-09T03:22:07Z")
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