# 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:** 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:** [October 8, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/81 "2019-10-08T13:44:09Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with T (last name unknown) 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Character not originally from movie/TV, but was eventually in movie/TV 6. Character from literature 7. Not from a novel 8. Antagonist ---
**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 8, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/82 "2019-10-08T13:46:07Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the subject of an incorrect Chicago _Tribune_ headline? > 2. Are you the other subject? > 3. Were you the yellow Power Ranger? 1. I am not Thomas Dewey. 2. I am not Harry Truman. 3. Take a DQ. > [@atimnie](#): > > IQ1: Did you allegedly turn down a role in Shock Treatment because you couldn’t do an American accent? > IQ2: Are you a successful actor once teamed with not so successful comic Tom Dreesen? > IQ3: Were you a member of the Eagles who encouraged “Playing it Cool”? 1. I am not Tim Curry. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Timothy Schmidt. ---
**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 8, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/83 "2019-10-08T14:11:25Z")
IQ1: Are you a former Steelers strong safety who now displays his flowing mane in shampoo commercials? IQ2: Are you a former Dallas Cowboys QB who now does color for Fox NFL? IQ3: Do you play the opposite term of your last name in _The Goldbergs_? DQ: Children’s lit genre? ---
**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 8, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/84 "2019-10-08T14:21:42Z")
September thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=881389](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=881389) Sorry to be gone a few days - crazy busy here. My thanks to **Prof. P.** for his PM. T it is! IQs: Did you write, “These are the times that try men’s souls”? Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? Did you rant about the American obsession with bosoms? ---
**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 8, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/85 "2019-10-08T14:25:01Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with T (last name unknown) 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Character not originally from movie/TV, but was eventually in movie/TV 6. Character from literature 7. Not from a novel 8. Antagonist 9. Not from children’s literature ---
**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 8, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/86 "2019-10-08T14:26:29Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a former Steelers strong safety who now displays his flowing mane in shampoo commercials? > IQ2: Are you a former Dallas Cowboys QB who now does color for Fox NFL? > IQ3: Do you play the opposite term of your last name in _The Goldbergs_? Take 3 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write, “These are the times that try men’s souls”? > Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? > Did you rant about the American obsession with bosoms? 1. I am not Thomas Paine. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Thomas Titbasher. Okay, take a DQ. ---
**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 8, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/87 "2019-10-08T15:46:34Z")
_IQ2: Are you a successful actor once teamed with not so successful comic Tom Dreesen?_ That was Tim Reid, Venus Flytrap from WKRP. DQ: Live action, as opposed to animated, in movie/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:** [October 8, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/88 "2019-10-08T17:47:10Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with T (last name unknown) 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Character not originally from movie/TV, but was eventually in movie/TV 6. Character from literature 7. Not from a novel 8. Antagonist 9. Not from children’s literature 10. Usually live action in movie/TV, but there are animated versions ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/89 "2019-10-08T18:10:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Tam O’Shanter. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Tamerlaine. Correct on Tam o’ Shanter and Tamburlaine (to use Marlowe’s spelling). IQ2 was River Tam, Summer Glau’s character from _Firefly_. IQ1: Are you a literal watchdog, who guards against wasting time? IQ2: Are you a cartoon and live-action superhero whose battlecry is “Spooon!”? IQ3: Were you a virulently racist South Carolina senator, nicknamed “Pitchfork Ben” for your boast to go to Washington and pitchfork the guts out of Grover Cleveland? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 8, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/90 "2019-10-08T18:56:00Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Correct on Tam o’ Shanter and Tamburlaine (to use Marlowe’s spelling). IQ2 was River Tam, Summer Glau’s character from _Firefly_. > > IQ1: Are you a literal watchdog, who guards against wasting time? > IQ2: Are you a cartoon and live-action superhero whose battlecry is “Spooon!”? > IQ3: Were you a virulently racist South Carolina senator, nicknamed “Pitchfork Ben” for your boast to go to Washington and pitchfork the guts out of Grover Cleveland? > > One DQ reserved. 1. I am not Tock. 2. I am not the Tick. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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 8, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/91 "2019-10-08T20:30:08Z")
Previous IQs: Did you write, “These are the times that try men’s souls”? - Yes, Thomas Paine Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, who won a great victory there in 1864 Did you rant about the American obsession with bosoms? - Terry-Thomas: [Milton Berle and Terry-Thomas discuss America, England and bosoms - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrKMJ8u94gc) Thomas x3! DQs: First appeared before 1950? Considered evil? IQs: Were you the weird servant in _Manos: Hands of Fate_? Were you a schoolmate of young Flashman’s? Were you the longtime Governor of Illinois? ---
**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 8, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/92 "2019-10-08T20:59:35Z")
IQ1: Did you appear in the last few seasons of Love Boat, Happy Days, and Married with Children on TV while also dealing with nerds in the movies? IQ2: Were you known for your old man character on a popular variety show? IQ3: Were you the egotistical football player killed by a falling goal post on Daria? ---
**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 8, 2019, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/93 "2019-10-08T22:16:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Thomas Dewey. > 2. I am not Harry Truman. > 3. Take a DQ. 3 (the yellow Power Ranger) was Trini. IQs: 1. Were you one of the leads on _Sister, Sister_? 2. Were you the other lead? 3. Was your tomb discovered by Howard Carter? DQ: from American literature? ---
**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 8, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/94 "2019-10-08T22:58:47Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with T (last name unknown) 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Character not originally from movie/TV, but was eventually in movie/TV 6. Character from literature 7. Not from a novel 8. Antagonist 9. Not from children’s literature 10. Usually live action in movie/TV, but there are animated versions 11. First appeared before 1950 12. Not considered evil 13. Not from American literature ---
**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 8, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/95 "2019-10-08T23:00:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the weird servant in _Manos: Hands of Fate_? > Were you a schoolmate of young Flashman’s? > Were you the longtime Governor of Illinois? 1. I am not Torgo. Take 2 DQs. > [@atimnie](#): > > IQ1: Did you appear in the last few seasons of Love Boat, Happy Days, and Married with Children on TV while also dealing with nerds in the movies? > IQ2: Were you known for your old man character on a popular variety show? > IQ3: Were you the egotistical football player killed by a falling goal post on Daria? 1. I am not Tim Conway. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you one of the leads on _Sister, Sister_? > 2. Were you the other lead? > 3. Was your tomb discovered by Howard Carter? 1. I am not King Tut. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 9, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/96 "2019-10-09T01:16:03Z")
_IQ1: Did you appear in the last few seasons of Love Boat, Happy Days, and Married with Children on TV while also dealing with nerds in the movies? IQ2: Were you known for your old man character on a popular variety show? IQ3: Were you the egotistical football player killed by a falling goal post on Daria?_ Tim Conway is correct. 1 is Ted McGinley, often referred to as the series killer for all the shows he helped to Kevorkian. He was also in the Revenge of the Nerds movies. 3 was Tommy Sherman. DQs: Comic book character? French speaking? ---
**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 9, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/97 "2019-10-09T02:34:18Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a former Steelers strong safety who now displays his flowing mane in shampoo commercials? > IQ2: Are you a former Dallas Cowboys QB who now does color for Fox NFL? > IQ3: Do you play the opposite term of your last name in The Goldbergs? > Take 3 DQs. Troy Polamalu, Troy Akiman, Troy Gentile Troy x 3! DQ: Human? holding 2 DQs ---
**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 9, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/98 "2019-10-09T03:21:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not King Tut. Take 2 DQs. The first two were Tia and Tamera Mowry. IQs: 1. Are you a Calvin Trillin protagonist who is not going out? 2. Do you host _State of the Union_ on CNN? 3. Did you create a plastic storage container? DQ: created after 1900? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 9, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/99 "2019-10-09T10:09:36Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with T (last name unknown) 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Character not originally from movie/TV, but was eventually in movie/TV 6. Character from literature 7. Not from a novel 8. Antagonist 9. Not from children’s literature 10. Usually live action in movie/TV, but there are animated versions 11. First appeared before 1950 12. Not considered evil 13. Not from American literature 14. Not a comic book character, though there have been comic book adaptations of the story 15. Not French speaking 16. Created before 1900 ---
**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 9, 2019, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/100 "2019-10-09T10:10:47Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Calvin Trillin protagonist who is not going out? > 2. Do you host _State of the Union_ on CNN? > 3. Did you create a plastic storage container? 1. I am not Earl Tupper. Take 2 DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166.md?page=6)