# Botticelli, April 2014
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [April 6, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513 "2014-04-06T23:17:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 9
### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/161 "2014-04-19T03:02:12Z")
> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you the Beatles’ producer for most of their albums?
> 2. Did you star in The Last Remake of Beau Geste?
> 3. Were you a noted British art pottery designer?
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> Not George Martin or Marty Feldman; dunno the third.
Right, of course, on 1 and 2. #3 is William Moorcroft.
DQ: From a series of books?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/162 "2014-04-19T03:07:16Z")
IQs:
1. Were you the top box office star of 1940 and 1941?
2. Did you play the Catwoman in the movie _Batman_ opposite Adam West?
3. Were you the hero in the Firesign Theatre’s _Fools In Space_?
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### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/163 "2014-04-19T14:03:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Is your code name Eric?
> IQ2: Were you the head of the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional)?
> IQ3: Did your friend Lothar wear a fez and a leopard skin?
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno any of these (although I have a hunch the second one pertains to the A-bombing B-29s at the end of WWII).
Matt Helm, from the secret-agent series by Donald Hamilton.
Frank Merrill. The 5307th was the jungle-warfare group commonly known as Merrill’s Marauders.
Mandrake the Magician.
DQ: Story set in the 20th century?
Four DQs reserved.
IQ1: Have you played a British army officer, a con man in India, and a London businessman, all in movies set in the 19th century?
IQ2: Are you orange, furry, and a finicky eater?
IQ3: Do you abstain, courteously?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/164 "2014-04-19T18:04:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Were you the top box office star of 1940 and 1941?
> 2. Did you play the Catwoman in the movie _Batman_ opposite Adam West?
> 3. Were you the hero in the Firesign Theatre’s _Fools In Space_?
Not Marlene Dietrich, dunno and dunno.
> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> …
> IQ1: Have you played a British army officer, a con man in India, and a London businessman, all in movies set in the 19th century?
> IQ2: Are you orange, furry, and a finicky eater?
> IQ3: Do you abstain, courteously?
Not Michael Caine, Morris the cat, or Robert Morris in _1776_.
M.
1. fictional
2. male
3. first name starts with M
4. from a work of literature
5. alive as of the end of his canon
6. could conceivably (and easily) have existed in the real world
7. from a work of American origin
8. created after 1900
9. literary work in which he appeared has been adapted for the screen, either television or cinema
10. protagonist (but not the only one)
11. created after 1960
12. from a genre, rather than from general fiction
13. not from a series of books
14. story set in the 20th century
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/165 "2014-04-19T20:10:04Z")
> [@](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Were you the top box office star of 1940 and 1941?
> 2. Did you play the Catwoman in the movie Batman opposite Adam West?
> 3. Were you the hero in the Firesign Theatre’s Fools In Space?
>
> Not Marlene Dietrich, dunno and dunno.
#1 is the recently deceased Mickey Rooney. It was the peak of his Andy Hardy series of movies.
DQ: From Science-Fiction?
2 DQs reserved.
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### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/166 "2014-04-20T00:36:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Have you played a British army officer, a con man in India, and a London businessman, all in movies set in the 19th century?
> IQ2: Are you orange, furry, and a finicky eater?
> IQ3: Do you abstain, courteously?
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Michael Caine, Morris the cat, or Robert Morris in _1776_.
Lewis Morris, actually, but close enough. (The other delegate from New York, Livingston, was Robert.)
Correct on the other two. For anyone who might be wondering, the three films I had in mind were _Zulu_, _The Man Who Would Be King_, and _The Muppet Christmas Carol_.
Four DQs still reserved.
IQ1: Were you and another person getting kind of itchy?
IQ2: Did you write “Eve’s Diary”?
IQ3: Did you demonstrate the effectiveness of aircraft against ships?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/167 "2014-04-20T04:03:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> #1 is the recently deceased Mickey Rooney. It was the peak of his Andy Hardy series of movies…
Ah, of course. So who were the Catwoman and the Firesign Theatre star?
> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> …
> IQ1: Were you and another person getting kind of itchy?
> IQ2: Did you write “Eve’s Diary”?
> IQ3: Did you demonstrate the effectiveness of aircraft against ships?
Dunno the first two; not Billy Mitchell.
M.
1. fictional
2. male
3. first name starts with M
4. from a work of literature
5. alive as of the end of his canon
6. could conceivably (and easily) have existed in the real world
7. from a work of American origin
8. created after 1900
9. literary work in which he appeared has been adapted for the screen, either television or cinema
10. protagonist (but not the only one)
11. created after 1960
12. from a genre, rather than from general fiction
13. not from a series of books
14. story set in the 20th century
15. not from science fiction
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### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/168 "2014-04-20T15:14:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> IQ1: Were you and another person getting kind of itchy?
> IQ2: Did you write “Eve’s Diary”?
> IQ3: Did you demonstrate the effectiveness of aircraft against ships?
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Dunno the first two; not Billy Mitchell.
Michelle Phillips. This was another refernce to “Creeque Alley,” the first line of which is _John and Mitchie were getting kind of itchy…_.
Mark Twain. (He also wrote “Adam’s Diary.”)
Correct on Billy Mitchell.
DQ: Mystery/detective/spy story?
IQ1: Was the name of an African town included in your title of nobility?
IQ2: Did you and your partner disappear whilst trying to climb Everest in the 1920s?
IQ3: Were you a Roman general in Britain who usurped the imperial throne?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/169 "2014-04-20T15:50:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> …
> IQ1: Was the name of an African town included in your title of nobility?
> IQ2: Did you and your partner disappear whilst trying to climb Everest in the 1920s?
> IQ3: Were you a Roman general in Britain who usurped the imperial throne?
Not Montgomery of El Alamein, Mallory or… Marcellus?
M.
1. fictional
2. male
3. first name starts with M
4. from a work of literature
5. alive as of the end of his canon
6. could conceivably (and easily) have existed in the real world
7. from a work of American origin
8. created after 1900
9. literary work in which he appeared has been adapted for the screen, either television or cinema
10. protagonist (but not the only one)
11. created after 1960
12. from a genre, rather than from general fiction
13. not from a series of books
14. story set in the 20th century
15. not from science fiction
16. not from a mystery/detective/spy story
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/170 "2014-04-20T18:21:32Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Are you an animated character who was named “Mortimer” until your creator’s wife convinced you to change the name?
Mickey Mouse
DQ: Is the literary work a novel?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/171 "2014-04-20T19:09:31Z")
Oops.
> [@](#):
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> 1. Did you play the Catwoman in the movie Batman opposite Adam West?
> 2. Were you the hero in the Firesign Theatre’s Fools In Space?
#2 was Lee Meriwether. #3 was Mark Time.
DQ: from a work of Fantasy?
1 DQ reserved.
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### Author:  [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/172 "2014-04-20T21:33:10Z")
IQ1: Did you use the name “James Cromwell” on an undercover operation?
IQ2: Are you a police detective who ended up owing an armed robber a favour after he helped you recover a fellow officer’s missing weapon?
IQ3: Did you employ a hitwoman named Snoop?
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### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/173 "2014-04-20T23:10:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> IQ1: Was the name of an African town included in your title of nobility?
> IQ2: Did you and your partner disappear whilst trying to climb Everest in the 1920s?
> IQ3: Were you a Roman general in Britain who usurped the imperial throne?
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Not Montgomery of El Alamein, Mallory or… Marcellus?
Correct on Montgomery (though note that he was Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - no ‘El’).
Correct on George Mallory.
Magnus Maximus.
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### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/174 "2014-04-20T23:27:56Z")
Seven DQs reserved, so there’s not much point in asking IQs about people that aren’t possibilities for the right person. Thinking…
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/175 "2014-04-20T23:54:25Z")
> [@fanganga](#):
>
> IQ1: Did you use the name “James Cromwell” on an undercover operation?
> IQ2: Are you a police detective who ended up owing an armed robber a favour after he helped you recover a fellow officer’s missing weapon?
> IQ3: Did you employ a hitwoman named Snoop?
You got me on all three. Take three DQs.
M.
1. fictional
2. male
3. first name starts with M
4. from a work of literature
5. alive as of the end of his canon
6. could conceivably (and easily) have existed in the real world
7. from a work of American origin
8. created after 1900
9. literary work in which he appeared has been adapted for the screen, either television or cinema
10. protagonist (but not the only one)
11. created after 1960
12. from a genre, rather than from general fiction
13. not from a series of books
14. story set in the 20th century
15. not from science fiction
16. not from a mystery/detective/spy story
17. literary work was a novel
18. not a work of fantasy
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### Author:  [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/176 "2014-04-21T00:05:44Z")
> [@fanganga](#):
>
> IQ1: Did you use the name “James Cromwell” on an undercover operation?
> IQ2: Are you a police detective who ended up owing an armed robber a favour after he helped you recover a fellow officer’s missing weapon?
> IQ3: Did you employ a hitwoman named Snoop?
I guess you didn’t watch _the Wire_ then.
Number 1 was Jimmy McNulty
Number 2 was his partner, Bunk Moreland
Number 3 was Marlo Stansfeld.
DQs reserved while I think of some useful ones.
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### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/177 "2014-04-21T01:34:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> 1. from a genre, rather than from general fiction
>
> As to the last, definitions vary and it’s kind of a close call, but I think this is the most accurate answer.
Hmmmm…
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/178 "2014-04-21T14:50:38Z")
Romances, alternate histories, westerns, horror…
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### Author:  [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/179 "2014-04-21T16:07:31Z")
IQ: Did you treasure a red stapler?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/180 "2014-04-21T18:16:18Z")
> [@fanganga](#):
>
> IQ: Did you treasure a red stapler?
I know that’s from _Office Space_, but I never saw it and don’t know any of the character names. Take a DQ.
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