# Botticelli April 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 4, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845 "2015-04-04T23:29:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/441 "2015-04-29T13:04:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Watson to Rathbone’s Holmes? > 2. Were you Fu Manchu’s adversary? > 3. Did you play Lois Lane on TV? > [@SCAdian](#): > > The first one is Nigel Somebody, I think, but no idea on the surname so take three DQs. #1 was Nigel Bruce. #2 was Denis Nayland-Smith. #3 was Noel Neill. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name starts with N? ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/442 "2015-04-29T13:28:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > …Hmmm… Do the names Nancy Wake or Mush Morton mean anything to any of y’all?.. Haven’t heard of the first; I’ve heard of the second but can’t place it. Comics? IQs: Did a political foe say you “looked at foreign policy through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe”? Did you become Herbology professor at Hogwarts? Did you play a scientist, a conspirator and a great general? ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/443 "2015-04-29T13:40:30Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the eponymous character of an Elton John song? 2. Did Saul Panzer often work for you? 3. Did you play Nana Dawson on _Heroes_? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/444 "2015-04-29T13:46:46Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play a character who (along with his brother) recited a family prayer before dispensing vigilante justice, and later play a character whose brother was left chained to a rooftop? 2. Was your interpretation of your discoveries in optics coloured by your beliefs in numerology? 3. Did pissing off the internet cost you a million bucks in just a couple of days? ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/445 "2015-04-29T14:53:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > DQ. > Not Nancy Kerrigan. Nancy Wilson, Nancy Spungen, correct holding 2 DQs ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/446 "2015-04-29T15:26:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did a political foe say you “looked at foreign policy through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe”? > Did you become Herbology professor at Hogwarts? > Did you play a scientist, a conspirator and a great general? DQ. Not Neville Longbottom. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the eponymous character of an Elton John song? > 2. Did Saul Panzer often work for you? > 3. Did you play Nana Dawson on _Heroes_? DQ. Not Nero Wolfe. DQ. > [@Baffle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play a character who (along with his brother) recited a family prayer before dispensing vigilante justice, and later play a character whose brother was left chained to a rooftop? > 2. Was your interpretation of your discoveries in optics coloured by your beliefs in numerology? > 3. Did pissing off the internet cost you a million bucks in just a couple of days? DQ. Not … Sir Isaac Newton? DQ. **N** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with N. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/447 "2015-04-29T15:32:33Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the eponymous character of an Elton John song? > 2. Did Saul Panzer often work for you? > 3. Did you play Nana Dawson on Heroes? > > DQ. > Not Nero Wolfe. > DQ. #1 is Nikita. Correct on Mr. Wolfe. #3 is Nichelle Nichols, better known for playing Lt. Uhura. DQs: 1. Alive? 2. Known for the Arts? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/448 "2015-04-29T15:34:59Z")
IQ1) Are you an NBA star who married actress/dancer Debbie Allen? IQ2) Is your name synonymous with stupidity, even though the Bible described you as a mighty hunter? IQ3) Do you think roast chicken tastes much better when the birds have been fed blueberries? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/449 "2015-04-29T15:47:33Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > Not … Sir Isaac Newton? > DQ. Correct on Newton. 1 is Norman Reedus, who portrayed Murphy McManus in _The Boondock Saints_ and its sequel, and more recently Daryl Dixon on _The Walking Dead_. 3 is Gabe Newell, CEO of Valve Software, quoted essentially verbatim above after a recent fiasco. 2 DQs held. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/450 "2015-04-29T15:52:16Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the female lead in _Bell, Book and Candle_? 2. Were you the front man for Herman’s Hermits? 3. Did you curse your son because he laughed at your nakedness? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/451 "2015-04-29T16:18:43Z")
There are three vice-presidents that fit the category. Are you: IQ1: the first? IQ2: the second? IQ3: or the third? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/452 "2015-04-29T16:19:24Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Are you an NBA star who married actress/dancer Debbie Allen? > > IQ2) Is your name synonymous with stupidity, even though the Bible described you as a mighty hunter? > > IQ3) Do you think roast chicken tastes much better when the birds have been fed blueberries? Okay, skip #3, since Nero Wolfe has already been done ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/453 "2015-04-29T17:21:22Z")
IQ1: Are you a god also known as The Crawling Chaos? IQ2: Are you the wife of Geb, goddess of the sky and stars? IQ3: Are you the Roman god of the sea? ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/454 "2015-04-29T17:37:54Z")
Previous IQs: Did a political foe say you “looked at foreign policy through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe”? - Winston Churchill said this of Neville Chamberlain. Did you become Herbology professor at Hogwarts? - Yes, Neville Longbottom. Did you play a scientist, a conspirator and a great general? - British actor John Neville, in _Star Trek: The Next Generation, The X-Files: Fight the Future_ and _The Churchills_. Neville x3! DQs: American? Born since 1900? IQs: Did John Neville play you just once on a TV show? Were you an unpleasant cat at a school? Do some blame you for a massacre at Ft. Pillow? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/455 "2015-04-30T02:15:16Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Are you an NBA star who married actress/dancer Debbie Allen? > IQ2) Is your name synonymous with stupidity, even though the Bible described you as a mighty hunter? > IQ3) Do you think roast chicken tastes much better when the birds have been fed blueberries? > [@astorian](#): > > Okay, skip #3, since Nero Wolfe has already been done DQ. Not Nimrod. 😃 I’ve never really understood why “Nimrod” is used to describe a stupid person. My theory is that people mixed the name up with Mork’s “nimnul.” > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the female lead in _Bell, Book and Candle_? > 2. Were you the front man for Herman’s Hermits? > 3. Did you curse your son because he laughed at your nakedness? DQ. Not Peter Noone. Not Noah. > [@Baffle](#): > > There are three vice-presidents that fit the category. Are you: > > IQ1: the first? > IQ2: the second? > IQ3: or the third? DQ. Not Richard Nixon. Not Nelson Rockefeller. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a god also known as The Crawling Chaos? > IQ2: Are you the wife of Geb, goddess of the sky and stars? > IQ3: Are you the Roman god of the sea? Not … Nyarlathotep? Not Nut. Not Neptune. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did John Neville play you just once on a TV show? > Were you an unpleasant cat at a school? > Do some blame you for a massacre at Ft. Pillow? DQ. Not Mrs Norris. Not … Nathan Bedford Forrest? **N** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with N. 4. Alive 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Not American 7. Born since 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:** [April 30, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/456 "2015-04-30T02:58:16Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the female lead in Bell, Book and Candle? > 2. Were you the front man for Herman’s Hermits? > 3. Did you curse your son because he laughed at your nakedness? > > DQ. > Not Peter Noone. > Not Noah. 1 is Kim Novak. Correct on 2 and 3. DQ: European? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/457 "2015-04-30T03:06:14Z")
**N** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with N. 4. Alive 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Not American 7. Born since 1900 8. European ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/458 "2015-04-30T03:56:41Z")
Previous IQs: Did John Neville play you just once on a TV show? - Sir Isaac Newton: [Star Trek Stephen Hawking - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEa7CfPaCRw) Were you an unpleasant cat at a school? - Yes, Mrs. Norris, at Hogwarts. Do some blame you for a massacre at Ft. Pillow? - Yes, Nathan Bedford Forrest. DQ: British? IQs: Were you married to the very thin, stylish and high-strung Maris? Are you the owner/manager of the Springfield Quik-E-Mart? Was your caregiver very upset when you had to leave? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/459 "2015-04-30T05:05:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did John Neville play you just once on a TV show? - Sir Isaac Newton: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEa7CfPaCRw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEa7CfPaCRw) Sir Isaac has already been used (ZUI post 449). > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you married to the very thin, stylish and high-strung Maris? > Are you the owner/manager of the Springfield Quik-E-Mart? > Was your caregiver very upset when you had to leave? The only Maris I know is Roger, I think #2 is a Simpsons reference, and I have no idea on #3. Three DQs. Make that two, and I’ll answer the one already asked. 🙂 **N** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with N. 4. Alive 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Not American 7. Born since 1900 8. European 9. Not British ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/460 "2015-04-30T12:17:50Z")
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