# 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:** 7
**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 14, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/121 "2012-05-14T01:30:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did your wife save a famous painting? > Were you supposedly born in Riverside, Iowa? > Were you a rustic British vet who wrote many books about your experiences? IQ1: I am not James Madison IQ2: I am not James T Kirk IQ3: No idea, DQ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/122 "2012-05-14T02:24:31Z")
Are you a model who’s gone from Victoria’s Secret to SI to American Eagle? ---
**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:** [May 14, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/123 "2012-05-14T04:26:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Botticelli has two "t"s, BTW, for future thread searches. > > IQs: > > Did your wife save a famous painting? > Were you supposedly born in Riverside, Iowa? > Were you a rustic British vet who wrote many books about your experiences? Correct as to James Madison’s wife Dolley and ol’ James Tiberius Kirk. James Herriot wrote _All Creatures Great and Small_ and a number of other books, most of which included at least one scene with his arm inserted in a bovine orifice up to the shoulder. DQ: Male? IQs: Probably due to authorial sloppiness, did you and your fictional brother both have the same first name? Did you avoid losing a war in a day, although one statesman acknowledged that you might have? Did you insist on doing things your way, despite your top assistant’s resistance? ---
**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 14, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/125 "2012-05-14T12:41:50Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Are you a model who’s gone from Victoria’s Secret to SI to American Eagle? No idea, DQ for you > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: Male? > > IQs: > Probably due to authorial sloppiness, did you and your fictional brother both have the same first name? > Did you avoid losing a war in a day, although one statesman acknowledged that you might have? > Did you insist on doing things your way, despite your top assistant’s resistance? DQ: Yes, I am male IQ1: I am not James Moriarity IQ2: DQ for you IQ3: Another DQ (and now I have “My Way” stuck in my head) > [@petarrew](#): > > nice Introduction misstake… > some days ago i use my cell phone signature ..you are my favorite misstake … > so when i sew your id I moved your thread…thanks for this … Uh, sure? ---
**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 14, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/126 "2012-05-14T12:42:56Z")
The letter is J 1: I am male ---
**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:** [May 14, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/127 "2012-05-14T13:22:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > Probably due to authorial sloppiness, did you and your fictional brother both have the same first name? > Did you avoid losing a war in a day, although one statesman acknowledged that you might have? > Did you insist on doing things your way, despite your top assistant’s resistance? Yes, the evil Prof. Moriarty and his brother were both named “James.” Adm. John Jellicoe, commanding the British fleet at the Battle of Jutland, as noted by Winston Churchill. Capt. Edward Jellico, in the _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ episode “Chain of Command.” He and Cmdr. Riker… didn’t get along too well. DQs: Real? Last name start with “J”? IQs: Do some think that you, and not your boss, wrote a letter prominently featured in a major war movie? Did a woman trying to reach an animal hospital speak to you by phone instead? Were you the adorable daughter of a frustrated inventor? ---
**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 14, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/128 "2012-05-14T14:24:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs:Real? > Last name start with “J”? > > IQs: > Do some think that you, and not your boss, wrote a letter prominently featured in a major war movie? > Did a woman trying to reach an animal hospital speak to you by phone instead? > Were you the adorable daughter of a frustrated inventor? DQ: Yes, I am real My first name starts with J And I am drawing blanks on all of your IQs. ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/129 "2012-05-14T15:07:13Z")
IQ1: Did you formulate some rather famous equations regarding classical electromagnetic theory? IQ2: Did you direct a movie where a six year old murders his sister in the opening sequence? IQ3: Are you known only by a pseudonym, famous for killing at least 5 women? ---
**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 14, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/130 "2012-05-14T15:41:24Z")
> [@PacifistPorcupine](#): > > IQ1: Did you formulate some rather famous equations regarding classical electromagnetic theory? > IQ2: Did you direct a movie where a six year old murders his sister in the opening sequence? > IQ3: Are you known only by a pseudonym, famous for killing at least 5 women? IQ1: No clue, DQ for you IQ2: I am not John Carpenter IQ3: I am not Jack the Ripper ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/131 "2012-05-14T15:45:26Z")
That was James Maxwell. DQ: Are you alive? ---
**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 14, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/132 "2012-05-14T15:59:07Z")
> [@PacifistPorcupine](#): > > DQ: Are you alive? Yes, I am alive The letter is J: 1: I am male 2: I am real 3: My first name starts with J 4: I am alive ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/133 "2012-05-14T16:14:30Z")
IQ1: Did you throw 5 interceptions on your birthday to doom your team in the playoffs? IQ2: Are you an Academy Award winning actor who once smashed somebody’s windshield because they cut you off in traffic? IQ3: Did you win 2 Olympic gold medals in the heptathlon and were named Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th century? ---
**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 14, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/134 "2012-05-14T16:23:12Z")
> [@PacifistPorcupine](#): > > IQ1: Did you throw 5 interceptions on your birthday to doom your team in the playoffs? > IQ2: Are you an Academy Award winning actor who once smashed somebody’s windshield because they cut you off in traffic? > IQ3: Did you win 2 Olympic gold medals in the heptathlon and were named ? IQ1: No idea - DQ IQ2: I am not Jack Nicholson IQ3: I am not Jackie Joyner-Kersey ---
**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:** [May 14, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/135 "2012-05-14T16:29:15Z")
IQ1: Do you sum things up with a final thought, after your guests have finished throwing chairs at each other? IQ2: Have you played roles as varied as a space alien studying Earth, a preacher who hates dancing, and a transsexual? IQ3: Did you front an American punk band? ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/136 "2012-05-14T16:38:26Z")
Five interceptions guy was Jake Delhomme. DQ: Are you an athlete? ---
**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:** [May 14, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/137 "2012-05-14T16:50:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > Do some think that you, and not your boss, wrote a letter prominently featured in a major war movie? > Did a woman trying to reach an animal hospital speak to you by phone instead? > Were you the adorable daughter of a frustrated inventor? White House aide John Hay, and not Abraham Lincoln, is credited by some with writing the famous “Letter to Mrs. Bixby” featured in _Saving Private Ryan_: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMS9aeAqk\_o](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMS9aeAqk_o) Theodore Sorenson wrote that, early in John F. Kennedy’s administration, he and the President were talking in one of the rooms of the White House residence. A concealed phone rang - they weren’t even aware of it being there before then. With a raised eyebrow, JFK picked up and said “Hello?” The caller asked for the vet, angrily rejected JFK’s explanation that she had a wrong number, and didn’t recognize his voice. Jemima Potts, daughter of Caractacus, in _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_. DQs: American? Born in or since 1950? I’ll reserve my third DQ to see if he’s an athlete. IQs: Did you warn that a particular woman might “get her tit caught in a wringer”? Did you insist that you and your colleagues live and dine together to encourage a better team spirit? Did you most famously play a long-suffering dad and a bluff admiral? ---
**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 14, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/138 "2012-05-14T18:16:04Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Do you sum things up with a final thought, after your guests have finished throwing chairs at each other? > IQ2: Have you played roles as varied as a space alien studying Earth, a preacher who hates dancing, and a transsexual? > IQ3: Did you front an American punk band? IQ1: I am not Jerry Springer IQ2: DQ IQ3: I am not Joey Ramone > [@PacifistPorcupine](#): > > DQ: Are you an athlete? I was an athlete at one time. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > American? > Born in or since 1950? > > IQs: > Did you warn that a particular woman might “get her tit caught in a wringer”? > Did you insist that you and your colleagues live and dine together to encourage a better team spirit? > Did you most famously play a long-suffering dad and a bluff admiral? DQ: Yes, I am American Born since 1950 IQ: 1. John Mitchell (TheKid just watched _All the President’s Men_ in school 🙂 2. No idea 3. No idea ---
**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 14, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/139 "2012-05-14T18:17:20Z")
The letter is J: 1: I am male 2: I am real 3: My first name starts with J 4: I am alive 5: I was an athlete at one time 6: I am American 7: I was born after 1950 ---
**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:** [May 14, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/140 "2012-05-14T18:24:27Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ2: Have you played roles as varied as a space alien studying Earth, a preacher who hates dancing, and a transsexual? > [@MissTake](#): > > IQ2: DQ Correct on Springer and Ramone. The person I was looking for in IQ2 is actor John Lithgow, who played a space alien in “Third Rock from the Sun,” a preacher in “Footloose,” and a transsexual in “The World According to Garp.” DQ: While you may have once been an athlete, are you better known for your accomplishments in another field? ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/141 "2012-05-14T18:28:36Z")
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