# August 2014 Botticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 3, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690 "2014-08-03T00:37:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/341 "2014-08-12T22:21:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not … Portnoy? > Not Peter Pan. > DQ. Yup, from _Portney’s Complaint_. correct Alden Pyle holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/342 "2014-08-12T22:29:52Z")
IQ1: Did you save Hogwarts from Voldemort? IQ2: Are you the protagonist of _Slaughterhouse Five_? IQ3: Are you a Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/343 "2014-08-13T00:47:43Z")
IQs: (Hey, SCA, what time is it?) 1. Were you the mayor on the Howdy Doody Show? 2. Did you create Howdy Doody? 3. Are you one of Jeff Dunham’s popular puppets? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/344 "2014-08-13T01:11:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did the same man who wrote bios of Mao and Mitterrand also write one about you? > Did you know the ways of a foreign people as if born to them? > Were you a large, doomed X-Wing pilot? DQ. DQ. Not Porkins. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you save Hogwarts from Voldemort? > IQ2: Are you the protagonist of _Slaughterhouse Five_? > IQ3: Are you a Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie? Not Harry Potter. DQ. Not Hercule Poirot. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > (Hey, SCA, what time is it?) > > 1. Were you the mayor on the Howdy Doody Show? > 2. Did you create Howdy Doody? > 3. Are you one of Jeff Dunham’s popular puppets? Three DQs. (We didn’t have a TV when that show was still on the air.) **P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name does not start with P 4. From literature 5. By an American author 6. Created after 1950 7. Not from a work of science fiction or fantasy 8. Creator not still alive 9. American character 10. Could be alive today, if 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:** [August 13, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/345 "2014-08-13T01:27:39Z")
Previous IQs: Did the same man who wrote bios of Mao and Mitterrand also write one about you? - Philip Short also wrote about Pol Pot. Did you know the ways of a foreign people as if born to them? - Paul Atreides, according to the Fremen prophecy in _Dune_. Were you a large, doomed X-Wing pilot? - Yes, Porkins. DQs: Considered a “good guy”? Associated with NYC? IQs: Were you a detective about whom Raymond Chandler wrote? Has it been suggested that your youngest son someday get your current title? Were you entitled to be slain by the sword, and were? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/346 "2014-08-13T01:46:20Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > (Hey, SCA, what time is it?) > > 1. Were you the mayor on the Howdy Doody Show? > 2. Did you create Howdy Doody? > 3. Are you one of Jeff Dunham’s popular puppets? > > Three DQs. (We didn’t have a TV when that show was still on the air.) #1 was Phineas T. Bluster. #2 was Frank Paris. #3 is Peanuts. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/347 "2014-08-13T02:15:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Harry Potter. > DQ. > Not Hercule Poirot. Billy Pilgrim DQ: Crime genre? DQ in reserve ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/348 "2014-08-13T02:37:58Z")
IQ1: Was your nickname Pip in _Great Expectations_? IQ2: Did Humphrey Bogart play you in _The Big Sleep_? IQ3: Are you the protagonist of Charles Dickens’s first novel? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/349 "2014-08-13T04:34:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a detective about whom Raymond Chandler wrote? > Has it been suggested that your youngest son someday get your current title? > Were you entitled to be slain by the sword, and were? Not Philip Marlowe. Not Prince Philip. DQ. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Was your nickname Pip in _Great Expectations_? > IQ2: Did Humphrey Bogart play you in _The Big Sleep_? > IQ3: Are you the protagonist of Charles Dickens’s first novel? Philip Something, I think, but I can’t remember the last name so take a DQ. Still not Philip Marlowe. Still not Pickwick. **P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name does not start with P 4. From literature 5. By an American author 6. Created after 1950 7. Not from a work of science fiction or fantasy 8. Creator not still alive 9. American character 10. Could be alive today, if real 11. Considered a “good guy” 12. Not associated with NYC 13. Not crime genre ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/350 "2014-08-13T12:05:13Z")
DQ: Protagonist? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/351 "2014-08-13T12:29:21Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Philip Something, I think, but I can’t remember the last name so take a DQ. Pirrip DQ: Adapted to visual medium such as film or TV? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/352 "2014-08-13T12:57:20Z")
IQ1: Did you fulfill an ancient prophecy in _The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe_ and become King Edmund the Just? IQ2: Are you a Douglas Adams character named after a British vehicle? IQ3: Are you Don Quixote’s squire? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/353 "2014-08-13T13:26:20Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you fulfill an ancient prophecy in _The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe_ and become King Edmund the Just? > IQ2: Are you a Douglas Adams character named after a British vehicle? > IQ3: Are you Don Quixote’s squire? Neither Edmund Pevensie, Ford Prefect, nor Sancho Panza. **P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name does not start with P 4. From literature 5. By an American author 6. Created after 1950 7. Not from a work of science fiction or fantasy 8. Creator not still alive 9. American character 10. Could be alive today, if real 11. Considered a “good guy” 12. Not associated with NYC 13. Not crime genre 14. Protagonist 15. Adapted to visual medium such as film or TV ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/354 "2014-08-13T13:37:55Z")
IQ: Did you have a Complaint? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/355 "2014-08-13T13:39:50Z")
IQ: Are you arguably the greatest Hold 'em player of all time? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/356 "2014-08-13T14:11:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did you have a Complaint? Still not Portnoy. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you arguably the greatest Hold 'em player of all time? DQ. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/357 "2014-08-13T14:14:58Z")
That’s Phil Hellmuth. DQ: TV show still on the air? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/358 "2014-08-13T16:11:11Z")
IQ1: Did you drive the Convert-a-Car #3 in _Wacky Races_? IQ2: Did Jack Nicholson play you in _One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest_? IQ3: Are you a preacher who has the words “LOVE” tattooed on the knuckles of one hand and “HATE” tattooed on the other? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/359 "2014-08-13T22:04:25Z")
DQ: in a film created after 1990? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/360 "2014-08-14T02:39:31Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you drive the Convert-a-Car #3 in _Wacky Races_? > IQ2: Did Jack Nicholson play you in _One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest_? > IQ3: Are you a preacher who has the words “LOVE” tattooed on the knuckles of one hand and “HATE” tattooed on the other? Not … Penelope Pitstop? (I don’t really think that’s right, but she’s the only ‘P’ I can think of from that show.) DQ. DQ. **P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name does not start with P 4. From literature 5. By an American author 6. Created after 1950 7. Not from a work of science fiction or fantasy 8. Creator not still alive 9. American character 10. Could be alive today, if real 11. Considered a “good guy” 12. Not associated with NYC 13. Not crime genre 14. Protagonist 15. Adapted to visual medium such as film or TV 16. TV show not still on the air 17. Not in a film created after 1990 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=19)