# Boticelli March 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 28, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243 "2022-02-28T17:58:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/141 "2022-03-22T21:21:10Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you found a news reporting agency that still bears your name? Dingdingding! Yes, I am # Paul Reuter Quite the media baron and entrepreneur in his day: [Paul Reuter - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Reuter) Well done, **CFOHG**. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/142 "2022-03-22T21:25:35Z")
Great job! I know the agency but didn’t know the man or when it originated. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2022, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/143 "2022-03-23T09:10:57Z")
Great! Some catch up: > [@](#): > > IQ2: Were you the first pilot to cross the English Channel both ways without stopping to refuel? > IQ3: Did you envision your mother-in-law as a running hippo? Charles Rolls, of Rolls-Royce fame. Another of his aviation firsts was first British pilot to die in a plane crash. Reginald Perrin, from the 70s Britcom that bears his name. Next up. I am M [![](https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2020/09/13/19/11/letter-m-5569132_1280.png) ](https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2020/09/13/19/11/letter-m-5569132_1280.png) ---
**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:** [March 23, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/144 "2022-03-23T15:34:27Z")
IQs: Did you win a victory at the Battle of Anzio after your predecessor stumbled? Are you the Episcopal Bishop of Ohio? Did you costar in _Corvette Summer_? ---
**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:** [March 23, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/145 "2022-03-23T16:31:06Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Hercules Gritpipe-Thynne’s maladjusted henchmen on the astonishing 1950’s BBC all-leather radio series _The Good Show_? 2. On the same show, are you Henry Crum’s girlfriend? 3. Did you write the scripts for the aforesaid classic radio series? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/146 "2022-03-23T16:37:46Z")
IQs: 1. Are your notebooks radioactive? 2. Did you revamp the Doom Patrol and Animal Man? 3. In _A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum_ are you a braggart soldier–literally, it’s what your name means in Latin? ---
**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:** [March 23, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/147 "2022-03-23T18:27:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you win a victory at the Battle of Anzio after your predecessor stumbled? > Are you the Episcopal Bishop of Ohio? > Did you costar in _Corvette Summer_ ? 2 DQs Not Mark Hamill, who was also in some other movie around that time. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you Hercules Gritpipe-Thynne’s maladjusted henchmen on the astonishing 1950’s BBC all-leather radio series _The Good Show_ ? > 2. On the same show, are you Henry Crum’s girlfriend? > 3. Did you write the scripts for the aforesaid classic radio series? 2 DQs Not Spike Mulligan > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are your notebooks radioactive? > 2. Did you revamp the Doom Patrol and Animal Man? > 3. In _A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum_ are you a braggart soldier–literally, it’s what your name means in Latin? Not Marie Curie Not Grant Morrison? just guessing a comics guy with an ‘M’ Take a DQ ---
**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:** [March 23, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/148 "2022-03-23T18:42:50Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Are you Hercules Gritpipe-Thynne’s maladjusted henchmen on the astonishing 1950’s BBC all-leather radio series _The Good Show_ ? > > > > > 1. On the same show, are you Henry Crum’s girlfriend? > > > 2. Did you write the scripts for the aforesaid classic radio series? > > 2 DQs > Not Spike Mulligan #1 was Count Jim “Slippery Knees” Moriarty. #2 was the ever-naughty Minnie Bannister. Correct on Spike! DQs: 1. Real? 2. Last name starts with M? ---
**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:** [March 23, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/149 "2022-03-23T18:44:44Z")
IQs: 1. In _Of Thee I Sing_ did you win the President’s love with your corn muffins? 2. Were you Jack Benny’s wife? 3. Did you recently receive a replacement Oscar for one that was stolen decades ago? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/150 "2022-03-23T19:14:00Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Marie Curie > Not Grant Morrison? just guessing a comics guy with an ‘M’ > Take a DQ 2 was indeed Morrison; 3 was Miles Gloriosus. IQs: 1. Did you send Sacheen Littlefeather in your place? 2. Yo! Is a kids’ book about memorizing a certain list named after you? 3. Are you the protagonist of Sue Grafton’s Alphabet Mysteries? DQ: male? ---
**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:** [March 23, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/151 "2022-03-23T19:14:51Z")
**M** DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Last name starts with M 3. Male ---
**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:** [March 23, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/152 "2022-03-23T19:15:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. In _Of Thee I Sing_ did you win the President’s love with your corn muffins? > 2. Were you Jack Benny’s wife? > 3. Did you recently receive a replacement Oscar for one that was stolen decades ago? Take 2 DQs Not Hayley Mills > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you send Sacheen Littlefeather in your place? > 2. Yo! Is a kids’ book about memorizing a certain list named after you? > 3. Are you the protagonist of Sue Grafton’s Alphabet Mysteries? Not Marlon Brando DQ Not Kinsey Milhoune ---
**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:** [March 23, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/153 "2022-03-23T19:31:01Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. In _Of Thee I Sing_ did you win the President’s love with your corn muffins? > > > > > 1. Were you Jack Benny’s wife? > > > 2. Did you recently receive a replacement Oscar for one that was stolen decades ago? > > Take 2 DQs > Not Hayley Mills #1. Mary Turner. #2. Mary Livingstone. Correct on Hayley Mills. DQs: 1. Created by an American or Americans? 2. Originally from a work of prose? ---
**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:** [March 23, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/154 "2022-03-23T19:58:03Z")
**M** DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Last name starts with M 3. Male 4. Not created by an American or Americans 5. Not originally from a work of prose ---
**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:** [March 23, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/155 "2022-03-23T20:39:03Z")
Previous IQs: Did you win a victory at the Battle of Anzio after your predecessor stumbled? - Gen. Mark Clark Are you the Episcopal Bishop of Ohio? - Mark Hollingsworth Did you costar in _Corvette Summer_? - Yes, Mark Hamill (you didn’t want me to make it _too_ easy for you, did you?) Mark x3! DQs: Would be alive today, if real? American character? IQs: Were you AKA Tharkun and Olorin? Were you 007’s boss? Were you Keiko’s husband and Molly’s papa? ---
**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:** [March 23, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/156 "2022-03-23T20:44:12Z")
**M** DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Last name starts with M 3. Male 4. Not created by an American or Americans 5. Not originally from a work of prose 6. Could be alive today, if real 7. Not an American character ---
**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:** [March 23, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/157 "2022-03-23T20:45:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you AKA Tharkun and Olorin? > Were you 007’s boss? > Were you Keiko’s husband and Molly’s papa? Not Mithrandir AKA Gandalf Not M Not Miles O’Brian ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/158 "2022-03-24T02:14:51Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you send Sacheen Littlefeather in your place? > 2. Yo! Is a kids’ book about memorizing a certain list named after you? > 3. Are you the protagonist of Sue Grafton’s Alphabet Mysteries? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Marlon Brando > DQ > Not Kinsey Milhoune 2 was [Millard Fillmore](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61IvTx0Jw-L.jpg). DQ: from a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.)? IQs: 1. Did you write _H is for Hawk_ (_not_ a Kinsey Millhone-Spenser crossover, but a memoir about grief and falconry)? 2. Were you pen pals with T.S. Eliot for some time, and the two of you even got to meet in person? 3. Did you “say hey”? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/159 "2022-03-24T17:37:41Z")
IQs: 1. Did you lose your wife to Frank Sinatra? 2. Were you the female lead singer for The Fifth Dimension? 3. Were you Tom Terrific’s wonder dog sidekick? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/160 "2022-03-24T17:39:52Z")
Swept me (although it’s “O’Brien”). IQs: Did you lead the good-hearted aliens of _Galaxy Quest_? Did you own a creepy old house overlooking 'Salem’s Lot, Maine? Are you Jerry and Beth Smith’s son? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243.md?page=9)