# 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:** 24
**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 30, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/461 "2015-04-30T12:18:58Z")
IQ1: Were you the first female gymnast to achieve a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic event in 1976? IQ2: Are you the only tennis player to have held the top spot in both singles and doubles for over 200 weeks? IQ3: Do you portray Ron Swanson on _Parks and Recreation_? DQ: Born west of the Rhine? holding a DQ ---
**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, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/462 "2015-04-30T12:41:28Z")
**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 10. Not born west of the Rhine > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is your father the Mikado? > 2. Are you one “in whom there is no guile”? > 3. Are you the protagonist in Connie Willis’s _To Say Nothing Of The Dog_? Not Nanki-Poo. DQ, but… Not Ned Whatsisface. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first female gymnast to achieve a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic event in 1976? Well, that was quick. Yes, I am Romanian gymnast **Nadia Comăneci**! ---
**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, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/463 "2015-04-30T12:50:00Z")
Oh, good job, 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:** [April 30, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/464 "2015-04-30T15:04:41Z")
Hah, didn’t expect that. Let’z go with O. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/465 "2015-04-30T15:37:24Z")
IQ1) Are you a popular pop/country singer whose real first name is Olive (you go by your middle and last names)? IQ2) Are you the most famous singer ever to come from the town of Wink, Texas? IQ3) Were you arrested for the murder of J.D. Tippitt? ---
**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, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/466 "2015-04-30T16:28:50Z")
Oh, BTW… > [@SCAdian](#): > > Hmmm… Do the names Nancy Wake or Mush Morton mean anything to any of y’all? [Nancy Wake](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Wake) - the White Mouse - was an SOE agent in France during WW II. Fascinating story. [“Mush” (short for “Mushmouth”) Morton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_W._Morton) was one of the top US submarine skippers in WW II. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/467 "2015-04-30T16:47:11Z")
Well done, **Knowed Out**! IQ1: Did your wife’s bloodline allow you to rule over both the UK and the Netherlands? IQ2: Did you discover the relationship between electric potential and electric current in a conductor? IQ3: Are you the founder of a dynasty that reigned for over 600 years before being overthrown in 1922? ---
**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 30, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/468 "2015-04-30T17:09:24Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Are you a popular pop/country singer whose real first name is Olive (you go by your middle and last names)? > > IQ2) Are you the most famous singer ever to come from the town of Wink, Texas? > > IQ3) Were you arrested for the murder of J.D. Tippitt? dunno x2, not Lee Harvey Oswald ---
**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 30, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/469 "2015-04-30T17:10:41Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > IQ1: Did your wife’s bloodline allow you to rule over both the UK and the Netherlands? > IQ2: Did you discover the relationship between electric potential and electric current in a conductor? > IQ3: Are you the founder of a dynasty that reigned for over 600 years before being overthrown in 1922? not William of Orange, not Frederick Ohm, dunno ---
**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, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/470 "2015-04-30T17:38:57Z")
IQs: 1. Were you aka Tippetarius? 2. Were you a Marvel comics robot whose “life” mirrored Superman’s? 3. Did you write “Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker”? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/471 "2015-04-30T18:43:39Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not William of Orange, not Frederick Ohm, dunno William and Ohm are correct. #3 was Osman I (sometimes known as Ottoman I), founder of his namesake empire. DQ: Are you real? PS: from previous game, the first N veep was John Nance Garner, FDR’s first VP. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/472 "2015-04-30T18:50:44Z")
\*\*\*Originally Posted by astorian IQ1) Are you a popular pop/country singer whose real first name is Olive (you go by your middle and last names)? IQ2) Are you the most famous singer ever to come from the town of Wink, Texas? IQ3) Were you arrested for the murder of J.D. Tippitt? \*\*\* Lee Harvey Oswald is correct. Singer #1 is Olive Marie Osmond, and singer #2 is Roy Orbison. DQ1) Male? DQ2) Last name start with 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:** [April 30, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/473 "2015-04-30T18:57:02Z")
Way to go, **Knowed Out**! Previous IQs: Were you married to the very thin, stylish and high-strung Maris? - Niles Crane, on _Frasier_. Are you the owner/manager of the Springfield Quik-E-Mart? - Apu Nashamatupatellon (sp?). Was your caregiver very upset when you had to leave? - Hagrid didn’t want Norbert his pet dragon to go. On to O… Did you once say, “I have relatives who look like Margaret Thatcher, and I have relatives who look like Bernie Mac”? Are you a famous American woman who got kissed by a Doper in October 2010? Did Mork report to you? ---
**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, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/474 "2015-04-30T19:00:20Z")
IQ1: Were a pair of moons named after you and your consort? IQ2: Did you play the oldest girl in a show about a largish family? IQ3: Did you write the songs for a film about a largish family? ---
**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, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/475 "2015-04-30T19:08:52Z")
Make that “… songs used in a film…” ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/476 "2015-04-30T19:11:38Z")
IQ1: Were you exiled to the Black Sea because of “a poem and a mistake”? IQ2: Are you responsible for the law of parsimony? IQ3: Were you the head of a shipping company who married a famous widow? ---
**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 30, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/477 "2015-04-30T20:26:15Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last names starts with O ---
**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 30, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/478 "2015-04-30T22:55:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you aka Tippetarius? > 2. Were you a Marvel comics robot whose “life” mirrored Superman’s? > 3. Did you write “Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker”? take 3 DQs I thought #3 was just something that came up out of the blue. Didn’t know it was an actual quote. ---
**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 30, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/479 "2015-04-30T23:02:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you once say, “I have relatives who look like Margaret Thatcher, and I have relatives who look like Bernie Mac”? > Are you a famous American woman who got kissed by a Doper in October 2010? > Did Mork report to you? Not Barack Obama, dunno x2 ---
**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 30, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/480 "2015-04-30T23:05:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were a pair of moons named after you and your consort? > IQ2: Did you play the oldest girl in a show about a largish family? > IQ3: Did you write the songs for a film about a largish family? not Orion(?), dunno, not Oscar Hammerstein maybe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845.md?page=25)