# Boticelli Oct. 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 2, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166 "2019-10-02T18:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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:** [October 16, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/221 "2019-10-16T14:55:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first Tsar of Russia? > IQ2: Are you a tennis pro originally from Czechoslovakia, famous for your temper tantrums? > IQ3: Did you direct the first \*Ghostbusters \*movie? I am not Ivan Reitman, but I am Ivan the Terrible! Next game goes to Knowed Out. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/222 "2019-10-16T14:58:39Z")
Dammit! I was just about to guess that. Good one, **KO**. I would say any ruler or head of state is “political” for Botticelli purposes. Previous IQs: Were you known for your decorative structural columns? - Got my wires crossed - I was thinking Doric, Corinthian and Iconian. Were you shot full of arrows while in a river? - Isildur, when the One Ring betrayed him and fell off his finger, exposing him to attack by orcs in _LOTR_ Were you David Bowie’s wife? - Yes, Iman ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/223 "2019-10-16T15:16:24Z")
That would have thrown me off, if I was even thinking of Ivan the Terrible. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/224 "2019-10-16T15:19:23Z")
Good one, KO! ---
**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:** [October 16, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/225 "2019-10-16T19:55:28Z")
IQ2 was Ivan Lendl. Next up is 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:** [October 16, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/226 "2019-10-16T22:09:00Z")
IQs: 1. Have you played Batman? 2. Have you played Alfred Pennyworth? 3. Have you played Catwoman? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/227 "2019-10-16T23:10:14Z")
IQ1: Were you the daughter of Paul and Jamie Buchman? IQ2: Did you try to say goodbye, and you choked? IQ3: Are you a singer/actor with failed marriages to another actor and a director? ---
**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:** [October 16, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/228 "2019-10-16T23:34:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you played Batman? > 2. Have you played Alfred Pennyworth? > 3. Have you played Catwoman? not Michael Keaton, not Michael Caine, not Lee Meriwether? ---
**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:** [October 16, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/229 "2019-10-16T23:37:17Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > IQ1: Were you the daughter of Paul and Jamie Buchman? > IQ2: Did you try to say goodbye, and you choked? > IQ3: Are you a singer/actor with failed marriages to another actor and a director? not Mallory Archer? DQ, not Madonna (Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie HAH!) ---
**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:** [October 16, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/230 "2019-10-16T23:39:40Z")
Swept me. IQs: 1. Are you the Say Hey Kid? 2. Did you have a novelty act in the 1960’s where you sang _Downtown_ badly? 3. Did you just release an album titled _Christmas in the City_? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/231 "2019-10-16T23:41:33Z")
1 was Mabel Buchman, on Mad About You. 2 was Macy Gray. _I try to say goodbye and I choke, try to walk away and I stumble_ Anyway… Male? Real? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/232 "2019-10-17T01:10:12Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Female 2. Real ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/233 "2019-10-17T01:11:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Swept me. > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Say Hey Kid? > 2. Did you have a novelty act in the 1960’s where you sang _Downtown_ badly? > 3. Did you just release an album titled _Christmas in the City_? OK, fine, sweep me back. Take 3 DQs. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/234 "2019-10-17T01:18:41Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Say Hey Kid? > 2. Did you have a novelty act in the 1960’s where you sang Downtown badly? > 3. Did you just release an album titled Christmas in the City? > OK, fine, sweep me back. Take 3 DQs. #1 was Willie Mays. #2 was the disastrous Mrs. Miller. #3 is Lea Michelle. DQs: 1. Last name starts with M? 2. Living? 3. American? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/235 "2019-10-17T01:21:17Z")
IQ1: Were you the voice of Betty Boop? IQ2: Are you the sister of the actor who played the son in City Slickers? IQ3: Did you get your kicks on Route 66 for three seasons? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/236 "2019-10-17T01:45:56Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create _Saturday Night Live_? 2. Were you AKA Deep Throat? 3. Do you announce your wares by singing “Cockles and mussels, alive alive-o”? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/237 "2019-10-17T04:14:10Z")
IQs: Did your theories of naval power influence TR? Did you play Insp. Adam Dalglish for many years on British TV? Were you a frustrated Jewish housewife who discovered she had a flair for standup comedy? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/238 "2019-10-17T12:05:12Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Female 2. Real 3. First name starts with M 4. Dead 5. Not American ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/239 "2019-10-17T12:07:53Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > IQ1: Were you the voice of Betty Boop? > IQ2: Are you the sister of the actor who played the son in City Slickers? > IQ3: Did you get your kicks on Route 66 for three seasons? take 3 DQs ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/240 "2019-10-17T12:09:26Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create _Saturday Night Live_? > 2. Were you AKA Deep Throat? > 3. Do you announce your wares by singing “Cockles and mussels, alive alive-o”? not Lorne Michaels, DQ, DQ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166.md?page=13)