# 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:** 25
**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, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/481 "2015-04-30T23:07:09Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > 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? My brain synapses aren’t working. Take 3 DQs. ---
**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, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/482 "2015-04-30T23:35:16Z")
**Knowed Out** , is the plural “names” in DQ answer #3 purposeful? Previous IQs: Did you once say, “I have relatives who look like Margaret Thatcher, and I have relatives who look like Bernie Mac”? - Yes, Barack Obama. Are you a famous American woman who got kissed by a Doper in October 2010? - Michelle Obama: [In which I meet the President and smooch the First Lady - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=582317) Did Mork report to you? - Orson. DQs: American? Living? IQs: Were you Frank Lloyd Wright’s imperious second wife? Were you a favorite dress designer of Jackie Kennedy’s? Did David Mamet name a play after 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:** [May 1, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/483 "2015-05-01T00:19:24Z")
> [@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? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Orion(?), dunno, not Oscar Hammerstein maybe Oberon and Titania are the two largest moons of Uranus. Lani O’Grady (Mary Bradford in _Eight Is Enough_). Oscar Hammerstein II, to be exact (_The Sound of Music_). DQ: Known for the Arts? One DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/484 "2015-05-01T00:31:01Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O 4. American 5. Living 6. Not known for the arts ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/485 "2015-05-01T00:37:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you a famous American woman who got kissed by a Doper in October 2010? - Michelle Obama: [In which I meet the President and smooch the First Lady - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=582317) > IQs: > > Were you Frank Lloyd Wright’s imperious second wife? > Were you a favorite dress designer of Jackie Kennedy’s? > Did David Mamet name a play after you? You are full of surprises. 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:** [May 1, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/486 "2015-05-01T01:37:57Z")
> [@](#): > > 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”? > take 3 DQs > > I thought #3 was just something that came up out of the blue. Didn’t know it was an actual quote. #1 was Queen Ozma of Oz. Tip was the name she went by when the evil witch Mombi turned her into a boy. #2 was Omega, in a limited series comic. #3 is the whole of a very short poem by Ogden Nash. DQs: 1. Born after 1980? 2. Known for politics or military? 1 DQ remaining. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/487 "2015-05-01T01:41:32Z")
Heheheheh. Previous IQs: IQs: Were you Frank Lloyd Wright’s imperious second wife? - Oligivana (sp?) Wright Were you a favorite dress designer of Jackie Kennedy’s? - Oleg Cassini Did David Mamet name a play after you? - _Oleanna_ DQs: Born east of the Miss. River? Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line? Best known for a single incident? IQs: Did you team up with David Boies to take on Prop 8? Did you say you had “done some small service to the state, and they know it”? Are you a financial advisor often featured on PBS? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/488 "2015-05-01T03:25:38Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Metamorphosis_ and _The Art of Love_? 2. Are you aka Roy Raymond, Jr.? 3. Do you have a moon named after you? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/489 "2015-05-01T10:39:58Z")
IQ1) Were you the subject of Michael Korda’s book _ **Queenie** _? IQ2) Were you the voice of Bert, on _ **Sesame Street** _? IQ3) Is \*\*\*Juno and the Paycock \*\*\*considered your masterpiece? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/490 "2015-05-01T12:19:35Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O 4. American 5. Living 6. Not known for the arts 7. Born before 1980 8. Not known for politics or military 9. Born east of the Mississippi River 10. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line 11. Best known for a single incident ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/491 "2015-05-01T12:34:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you team up with David Boies to take on Prop 8? > Did you say you had “done some small service to the state, and they know it”? > Are you a financial advisor often featured on PBS? dunno, not Othello (saw that with Yaphet Kotto as Othello and Richard Dreyfuss as Iago for a high school English trip), dunno ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/492 "2015-05-01T12:44:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Metamorphosis_ and _The Art of Love_? > 2. Are you aka Roy Raymond, Jr.? > 3. Do you have a moon named after you? 1. I think this is the same answer as Baffle’s #1 (I looked it up after passing on the answer), but take a DQ anyway 2. The host of _Impossible but True_ was also a superhero? When did that happen? 3. Not Oberon (SCAsian already asked and answered) ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/493 "2015-05-01T12:45:19Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you the subject of Michael Korda’s book _ **Queenie** _? > > IQ2) Were you the voice of Bert, on _ **Sesame Street** _? > > IQ3) Is \*\*\*Juno and the Paycock \*\*\*considered your masterpiece? dunno, not Frank Oz, dunno ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/494 "2015-05-01T13:00:48Z")
IQ1: Did you play a general, a bigot, and a policce chief? IQ2: Does your watch make a _zeeeee_ sound? IQ3: Did you write _Mourning Becomes Electra_? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/495 "2015-05-01T13:38:39Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write Metamorphosis and The Art of Love? > > 2. Are you aka Roy Raymond, Jr.? > > 3. Do you have a moon named after you? > > 4. I think this is the same answer as Baffle’s #1 (I looked it up after passing on the answer), but take a DQ anyway > > 5. The host of Impossible but True was also a superhero? When did that happen? > > 6. Not Oberon (SCAsian already asked and answered) #1 was Ovid. #2 was Owlman in the pages of _Batman & the Outsiders_. Correct on #3. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/496 "2015-05-01T17:23:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a general, a bigot, and a policce chief? > IQ2: Does your watch make a _zeeeee_ sound? > IQ3: Did you write _Mourning Becomes Electra_? not Carroll O’Connor, not Jimmy Olsen, dunno ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/497 "2015-05-01T18:11:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a general, a bigot, and a policce chief? > IQ2: Does your watch make a _zeeeee_ sound? > IQ3: Did you write _Mourning Becomes Electra_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Carroll O’Connor, not Jimmy Olsen, dunno Correct. Correct. Eugene O’Neill. DQ: Known for a criminal act? One DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/498 "2015-05-01T18:17:57Z")
Previous IQs: Did you team up with David Boies to take on Prop 8? - GOP superlawyer Ted Olsen. Did you say you had “done some small service to the state, and they know it”? - Yes, Othello, just before his suicide. Are you a financial advisor often featured on PBS? - Suze Orman. DQs: Associated with NYC? Notable incident was after 1980? IQs: Were you a football player-turned-actor in the Seventies? Were you married to Keiko and had a daughter named Molly? Did the Mountain crush your head in a recent TV show? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/499 "2015-05-01T18:46:25Z")
Michael Korda’s _ **Queenie** _ was about actress Merle Oberon Sean O’Casey wrote the play Juno and the _ **Paycock.** _ DQ1) Over 70 years old? DQ2) Caucasian? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/500 "2015-05-01T20:14:42Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O 4. American 5. Living 6. Not known for the arts 7. Born before 1980 8. Not known for politics or military 9. Born east of the Mississippi River 10. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line 11. Best known for a single incident 12. Known for what many consider a criminal act, but not the act itself 13. Not associated with NYC 14. Notable incident was after 1980 15. Under 70 years old 16. Caucasian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845.md?page=26)