# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 30
**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 8, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/581 "2015-05-08T17:13:14Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your pet dog named Mighty Manfred? > 2. Did you play That Girl? > 3. Are you the eponymous protagonist of a play by Shakespeare? > Not Marlo Thomas or Timon of Athens > > Take a DQ for #1 Correct on 2 and 3. #1 was Tom Terrific. DQ: Real? Reply With Quote ---
**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 8, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/582 "2015-05-08T17:17:31Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Future Shock_? 2. Are you a one-handed Norse god? 3. Do you play Loki in the current Marvel movies? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/583 "2015-05-08T17:27:20Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/584 "2015-05-08T17:28:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Future Shock_? > 2. Are you a one-handed Norse god? > 3. Do you play Loki in the current Marvel movies? Not Alvin Toffler or Tom Hiddleston For #2… not Tyr? Take a DQ if that’s wrong. ---
**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 8, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/585 "2015-05-08T17:35:01Z")
Correct on all three. IQs: 1. Did you write _The Wonderful O_? 2. Did you compose _The Piano Has Been Drinking_? 3. Did you invent the Sentinels to hunt down superpowered mutants? ---
**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 8, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/586 "2015-05-08T18:02:17Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write “Harper Valley PTA”? > IQ2: Are you noted for not believing something? > IQ3: Did a Disney film tell the story of your three lives? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Tom T. Hall or St. Thomas > Take a DQ for #3 Correct. Correct. [Thomasina](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Lives_of_Thomasina). DQ: Female? ---
**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 8, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/587 "2015-05-08T18:03:43Z")
IQ1: Are you the name of both a 17th century privateer and a Revolutionary War figure? IQ2: Is Blackbeard your alias? IQ3: Did you and Olivier Levasseur capture the most valuable prize in pirate history, a Portuguese ship carrying gold, uncut diamonds and church regalia belonging to the viceroy of Goa? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/588 "2015-05-08T19:04:30Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you _The Tall Guy_? > IQ2: Were you pulled over and ticketed for speeding while Chris Rock was your passenger? Jeff Goldblum and Jerry Seinfeld. (The latter event was podcasted.) One other housekeeping bit… are we just going to stay in the April thread all month? IQ1: Did you write a history of the naval side of the War of 1812? IQ2: Did you write “Fight Fiercely, Harvard”? IQ3: Did you portray Lois Lane? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/589 "2015-05-08T19:09:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct on all three. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Wonderful O_? > 2. Did you compose _The Piano Has Been Drinking_? > 3. Did you invent the Sentinels to hunt down superpowered mutants? Take 3 DQs (I hate getting shut out!) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/590 "2015-05-08T19:11:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the name of both a 17th century privateer and a Revolutionary War figure? > IQ2: Is Blackbeard your alias? > IQ3: Did you and Olivier Levasseur capture the most valuable prize in pirate history, a Portuguese ship carrying gold, uncut diamonds and church regalia belonging to the viceroy of Goa? Not Edward Teach. Beyond that… AAAAARGH, take two DQs ye scurvy dog! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/591 "2015-05-08T19:12:41Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Jeff Goldblum and Jerry Seinfeld. (The latter event was podcasted.) > > One other housekeeping bit… are we just going to stay in the April thread all month? > > IQ1: Did you write a history of the naval side of the War of 1812? > IQ2: Did you write “Fight Fiercely, Harvard”? > IQ3: Did you portray Lois Lane? Not Teri Hatcher. Take DQs for 1 and 2 You know, I SHOULD start a May thread. Look for it in a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/592 "2015-05-08T19:23:15Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not Teri Hatcher. > > Take DQs for 1 and 2 > > You know, I SHOULD start a May thread. Look for it in a bit. Shouldn’t the winner of this round do that, or are you already planning to stump us with this one? 😃 Teddy Roosevelt wrote the 1812 history, and Tom Lehrer wrote “Fight Fiercely, Harvard”. \ DQ: Does your last name start with T? Holding one 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:** [May 8, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/593 "2015-05-08T19:29:08Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Shouldn’t the winner of this round do that, or are you already planning to stump us with this one? 😃 KO should have started a new thread with one of his last two games - ‘O’ on 30 Apr or ‘J’ on 5 May. The new thread is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=756450). ---
**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 9, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/594 "2015-05-09T20:00:11Z")
Congrats, **astorian**! Previous IQs: Were you born and raised not far from a notorious POW camp? - Jimmy Carter is from Plains, Ga., just up the road from Andersonville. Were you the plaintiff in a landmark case permitting lawyer advertising? - John Bates of _Bates v. Arizona._ In a Harlan Ellison short story, were you a kid who never grew up? - Ellison wrote “Jeffty is Five.” Off to the new thread! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845.md?page=29)