# 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:** 7
**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 13, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/121 "2015-04-13T13:36:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Follow the link. Not a \*Friends \*fan, I take it…? The only thing I know about it is that David Schwimmer was in it before he played Capt Sobel in _Band of Brothers_. ---
**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 13, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/122 "2015-04-13T15:16:13Z")
Thanks! I’ve only seen a handful of episodes, but Gunther happened to be in most of them. So now, I am T! ---
**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 13, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/123 "2015-04-13T15:54:10Z")
I love Gunther. Very funny character. For more: [Everything Friends: Top 10 Gunther Moments - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTltSoW5Gw8) IQs: Were you nicknamed “Pap” and “Old Slow Trot”? Although not a character in the musical, were you mentioned in a song from _Grease_? Were you a gap-toothed British comic actor? ---
**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 13, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/124 "2015-04-13T16:00:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you nicknamed “Pap” and “Old Slow Trot”? > Although not a character in the musical, were you mentioned in a song from _Grease_? > Were you a gap-toothed British comic actor? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Troy Donahue. 1 am not Terry-Thomas. ---
**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 13, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/125 "2015-04-13T17:20:03Z")
Time to test the Professor’s DC Gold & Silver Age knowledge again. IQ1: Are you an enemy of The Flash and Green Arrow who looks into the future and copies futuristic gadgets to help commit crimes? IQ2: Are you an ancestor of Superman and the author of Krypton’s first planetary constitution? IQ3: Are you one of the Royal Flush Gang? ---
**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 13, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/126 "2015-04-13T17:31:02Z")
IQ1: Were you one of the co-authors of _Good Omens_? IQ2: Were you Chief Ordnance Officer for the Cuban campaign in the Spanish-American War? IQ3: Are you really Anna Bullock? ---
**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 13, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/127 "2015-04-13T18:17:10Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Time to test the Professor’s DC Gold & Silver Age knowledge again. > > IQ1: Are you an enemy of The Flash and Green Arrow who looks into the future and copies futuristic gadgets to help commit crimes? > IQ2: Are you an ancestor of Superman and the author of Krypton’s first planetary constitution? > IQ3: Are you one of the Royal Flush Gang? I am not Tala-El. I am not Ten. While I can think of possible candidates for #1 (Time Trapper, Time Bandit), I don’t actually know, so take a DQ. ---
**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 13, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/128 "2015-04-13T18:18:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you one of the co-authors of _Good Omens_? > IQ2: Were you Chief Ordnance Officer for the Cuban campaign in the Spanish-American War? > IQ3: Are you really Anna Bullock? I am not the late, lamented Terry Pratchett. Take a DQ for #2. I am not Tina Turner. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/129 "2015-04-13T18:20:41Z")
IQ1) Were you the subject of the Moody Blues’ song “Legend of a Mind”? IQ2) Were you New York City’s Police Commissioner in 1895? IQ3) Were you lead guitarist of Procol Harum, before achieving solo success? ---
**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 13, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/130 "2015-04-13T18:48:15Z")
Previous IQs: Were you nicknamed “Pap” and “Old Slow Trot”? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas Although not a character in the musical, were you mentioned in a song from _Grease_? - Yes, Troy Donahue Were you a gap-toothed British comic actor? - Yes, Terry-Thomas DQ: Real? IQs: Were you a noted Indian leader whose name was later a middle name for a noted general? Were you probably the shortest adult to meet Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War? Were you an Eighties one-hit wonder with your cover of “Puttin’ on the Ritz”? ---
**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 13, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/131 "2015-04-13T19:09:15Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you the subject of the Moody Blues’ song “Legend of a Mind”? > > IQ2) Were you New York City’s Police Commissioner in 1895? > > IQ3) Were you lead guitarist of Procol Harum, before achieving solo success? #1. I am not Timothy Leary. Take 2 DQs. If #1 is wrong, take 3. ---
**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 13, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/132 "2015-04-13T19:10:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a noted Indian leader whose name was later a middle name for a noted general? > Were you probably the shortest adult to meet Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War? > Were you an Eighties one-hit wonder with your cover of “Puttin’ on the Ritz”? I am not Tecumseh. I am not General Tom Thumb. I am not Taco. ---
**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 13, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/133 "2015-04-13T20:18:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Tala-El. I am not Ten. > While I can think of possible candidates for #1 (Time Trapper, Time Bandit), I don’t actually know, so take a DQ. T. O. Morrow DQ: Male? ---
**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 13, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/134 "2015-04-13T20:27:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you one of the co-authors of _Good Omens_? > IQ2: Were you Chief Ordnance Officer for the Cuban campaign in the Spanish-American War? > IQ3: Are you really Anna Bullock? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not the late, lamented Terry Pratchett. > Take a DQ for #2. > I am not Tina Turner. Correct. John Taliaferro Thompson. Correct. DQ reserved. IQ1: Did you live at Crabapple Farm? IQ2: Did you steal a pig and run away? IQ3: Are you Dylan and Angelica’s brother? ---
**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 13, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/135 "2015-04-13T20:35:15Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 13, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/136 "2015-04-13T20:35:43Z")
You swept my three previous IQs. Well done. IQs: Did an aging sex symbol play you in a movie featuring his much younger then-girlfriend? Are you that character’s girlfriend? Have you played a White House chief of staff, a top prosecutor and an airport director? ---
**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 13, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/137 "2015-04-13T20:36:27Z")
IQ1: Did you capture and torture Hugo Strange in order to learn the identity of Batman? IQ2: Did Batman and Robin capture you in a sub-batmarine that you yourself designed in your secret identity as Dr. Gaige? IQ3: Were you Hal Jordan’s Inuit mechanic, nicknamed “Pieface”? ---
**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 13, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/138 "2015-04-13T20:42:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you live at Crabapple Farm? > IQ2: Did you steal a pig and run away? > IQ3: Are you Dylan and Angelica’s brother? I am not Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 13, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/139 "2015-04-13T20:43:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You swept my three previous IQs. Well done. > > IQs: > > Did an aging sex symbol play you in a movie featuring his much younger then-girlfriend? > Are you that character’s girlfriend? > Have you played a White House chief of staff, a top prosecutor and an airport director? Well, this time you 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:** [April 13, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/140 "2015-04-13T20:44:52Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you capture and torture Hugo Strange in order to learn the identity of Batman? > IQ2: Did Batman and Robin capture you in a sub-batmarine that you yourself designed in your secret identity as Dr. Gaige? > IQ3: Were you Hal Jordan’s Inuit mechanic, nicknamed “Pieface”? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Tiger Shark. I am not Thomas Kalmaku. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845.md?page=8)