# 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:** 5
**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 5, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/81 "2014-08-05T13:02:01Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in The Fly? > 2. Is your father the richest man in Riverdale? > 3. Did you play Ben Casey on TV? > > Not Vincent Price > Not Veronica’s dad, whoshisface > dunno Correct on Vincent and Veronica Lodge. #3 was Vince Edwards. DQ: Real? ---
**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 5, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/82 "2014-08-05T13:02:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a man who often wanted channel D opened? > IQ2: Are you the eponymous hero of a long-running newspaper strip? > IQ3: Did you coach the Packers in the '60s? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno, not Prince Valiant, not Vince Lombardi Robert Vaughn played UNCLE agent Napoleon Solo. Correct. Correct. DQ: Male? IQ1: Were you the Grandmother of Europe? IQ2: Did a large chunk of the British army spend WW I chasing you around Africa? IQ3: Did you paint _Wheatfield with Crows_? ---
**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 5, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/83 "2014-08-05T13:04:57Z")
IQs: 1. Did you say in a movie: “I don’t need a spear. It’s only a small lion.”? 2. Were you Danny Kaye’s love interest in _White Christmas_? 3. Were you one of Spider-Man’s original Sinister Six? ---
**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 5, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/84 "2014-08-05T14:58:23Z")
Previous IQs: Have you played an Amish man, a submarine officer, and a future monarch? - Viggo Mortensen, in _Witness, Crimson Tide_ and the _LOTR_ movies. Did you chop off Jaime Lannister’s hand? - Vargo Hoat. Did Chekov write about this relative? - The title character of _Uncle Vanya_. DQs: American? If real, alive today? If fictional, would be alive today? Last name start with V? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did Jimmy Smits play you on _L.A. Law_? Did your dad tell you to trust the _Baltimore Sun_? Did you once play Princess Irulan? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/85 "2014-08-05T15:22:15Z")
IQ1) Did you sing “We’ll Meet Again” as the world exploded in \*\*\* Dr. Strangelove\*\*\*? IQ2) Were you the first Latin American to win the American League MVP award? IQ3) Was Jerusalem crushed and Masada overrun on your watch? ---
**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 5, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/86 "2014-08-05T15:23:02Z")
DQ roundup: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Alive 5. Last name starts with V ---
**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 5, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/87 "2014-08-05T15:24:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the Grandmother of Europe? > IQ2: Did a large chunk of the British army spend WW I chasing you around Africa? > IQ3: Did you paint _Wheatfield with Crows_? Not Queen Victoria, dunno, not Rembrandt Van Rijn :o ---
**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 5, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/88 "2014-08-05T15:25:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you say in a movie: “I don’t need a spear. It’s only a small lion.”? > 2. Were you Danny Kaye’s love interest in _White Christmas_? > 3. Were you one of Spider-Man’s original Sinister Six? dunno, dunno, not the Vulture ---
**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 5, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/89 "2014-08-05T15:27:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Jimmy Smits play you on _L.A. Law_? > Did your dad tell you to trust the _Baltimore Sun_? > Did you once play Princess Irulan? 3 DQs 4 U ---
**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 5, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/90 "2014-08-05T15:29:41Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you sing “We’ll Meet Again” as the world exploded in \*\*\* Dr. Strangelove\*\*\*? > > IQ2) Were you the first Latin American to win the American League MVP award? > > IQ3) Was Jerusalem crushed and Masada overrun on your watch? dunno (thought that was Louis Armstrong singing What a Wonderful World) Not Roberto Valdez I just read about this the other day and can’t remember ---
**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 5, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/91 "2014-08-05T15:33:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you say in a movie: “I don’t need a spear. It’s only a small lion.”? > 2. Were you Danny Kaye’s love interest in _White Christmas_? > 3. Were you one of Spider-Man’s original Sinister Six? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno, dunno, not the Vulture #1 was Victor Mature as Samson. #2 was Vera Ellen. DQs: 1. Known for the performing arts? 2. Born after 1970? ---
**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 5, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/92 "2014-08-05T15:35:00Z")
DQs: 1. Are you a world-renowned Pet Detective? 2. Did Ernest tell you lots of stupid stuff? 3. Did you play Ernest? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/93 "2014-08-05T15:39:22Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno (thought that was Louis Armstrong singing What a Wonderful World) > Not Roberto Valdez > I just read about this the other day and can’t remember IQ1 was British singer Vera Lynn IQ2 was Minnesota Twins shortstop Zoilo Versalles IQ3 was the Roman emperor Vespasian DQ1: Are you white/Caucasian? DQ2: Were you born East of the Mississippi? DQ3: Are you involved in poliitics or governmenbt? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/94 "2014-08-05T16:08:50Z")
Explaination for #2: Jarah Mariano is friends with Brooklyn Decker, whose hubby Andy Roddick knows Fernando Verdasco. #3 Was Abe Vigoda DQ: Born south of the Mason-Dixon line? DQ2:.Involved in sports? ---
**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 5, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/95 "2014-08-05T17:44:19Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Alive 5. Last name starts with V 6. Known for performing arts 7. Born before 1970 8. White/caucasian 9. Was involved in politics/government 10. Born north of Mason/Dixon 11. Was involved in sports 12. Was born in a city divided by the Mississippi (cannot accurately answer which side) ---
**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 5, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/96 "2014-08-05T17:45:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQs: > > 1. Are you a world-renowned Pet Detective? > 2. Did Ernest tell you lots of stupid stuff? > 3. Did you play Ernest? Not Ace Ventura Not Vern, knowwhatImean? Not Jim Varney ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/97 "2014-08-05T17:53:31Z")
IQ: Do you share your name with a famous Gate? IQ2: Are you a former Fed chief who lent his name to a policy meant to avert a repeat of the 2008 economic collapse? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/98 "2014-08-05T18:30:02Z")
1. Did you play the hippie Superman Jesus in the movie version of _ **Godspell** _? 2. Did you write a series of mystery novels under the alias “Edgar Box”? 3. Were you the first European explorer to discover the island of Manhattan? ---
**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 5, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/99 "2014-08-05T18:48:39Z")
From a hometown divided by the Mississippi, eh? I think this is a Doper Botticelli first! Previous IQs: Did Jimmy Smits play you on _L.A. Law_? - Hotshot lawyer Victor Sifuentes. Did your dad tell you to trust the _Baltimore Sun_? - The little girl in the “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” tale. Did you once play Princess Irulan? - Virginia Madsen, in the David Lynch movie _Dune_. DQs (incl. one earlier reserved): Best known for a sport that uses a ball? A team sport? Retired from that sport since 2004? In the performing arts, best known as an actor? IQs: Were you a symbol of rich Colombian coffee? Were you the first white child born in what is now North Carolina? Did you first meet Jean-Luc Picard on Risa? ---
**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 5, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/100 "2014-08-05T18:51:58Z")
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