# 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:** 8
**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 14, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/141 "2015-04-14T02:23:41Z")
> [@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? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son. > Take 2 DQs for the others. Trixie Belden. Correct. Tommy Pickles (_Rugrats_). DQ1: Living? DQ2: Known for the Arts? ---
**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 14, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/142 "2015-04-14T02:36:19Z")
Previous IQs: Did an aging sex symbol play you in a movie featuring his much younger then-girlfriend? - Dick Tracy, played by Warren Beatty; Madonna was in the movie, too. Are you that character’s girlfriend? - Tess Trueheart. Have you played a White House chief of staff, a top prosecutor and an airport director? - Fred Thompson, in _In the Line of Fire, Law and Order_ and _Die Hard 2_. DQs: Last name start with T? Born since 1950? American? IQs: Did you work for Omega Sector? Were you born in Vermont but represented Pennsylvania, and were played in a movie by a Texan? Were or are you that Texan? ---
**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 14, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/143 "2015-04-14T03:23:43Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with T 6. Born before 1950 7. American ---
**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 14, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/144 "2015-04-14T03:25:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you work for Omega Sector? > Were you born in Vermont but represented Pennsylvania, and were played in a movie by a Texan? > Were or are you that Texan? I am not Harry Tasker. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/145 "2015-04-14T13:31:02Z")
Previous IQs: Did you work for Omega Sector? - Yes, Harry Tasker (Ahnuld) in _True Lies_. Were you born in Vermont but represented Pennsylvania, and were played in a movie by a Texan? - Congressman Thaddeus Stevens. Were or are you that Texan? - Tommy Lee Jones, in _Lincoln_. DQs: Known for the performing arts? Born before 1900? IQs: Were you the girl-next-door young beauty who appeared in _The Best Years of Our Lives_? Were you shot by George Zimmerman? Did Richard Burton play you opposite Peter O’Toole? ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/146 "2015-04-14T13:54:58Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with T 6. Born before 1950 7. American 8. Known for the Performing Arts 9. Born after 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 14, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/147 "2015-04-14T13:56:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the girl-next-door young beauty who appeared in _The Best Years of Our Lives_? > Were you shot by George Zimmerman? > Did Richard Burton play you opposite Peter O’Toole? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Trayvon Martin. I am not Thomas a Becket. ---
**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 14, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/148 "2015-04-14T14:48:42Z")
IQ: Did you play a Portuguese fisherman, a Catholic priest, and a concentration camp escapee? ---
**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 14, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/149 "2015-04-14T15:01:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Did you play a Portuguese fisherman, a Catholic priest, and a concentration camp escapee? Take a DQ. ---
**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 14, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/150 "2015-04-14T15:04:23Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the girl-next-door young beauty who appeared in _The Best Years of Our Lives_? - Theresa Wright. Were you shot by George Zimmerman? - Yes, Trayvon Martin. Did Richard Burton play you opposite Peter O’Toole? - Yes, Thomas Becket (I think the modern practice is to omit the “a”). DQ: Actor? IQs: Were you maybe a killer in _Basic Instinct_? Were your products “more human than human”? Were you the subject of a pun in a Mel Brooks movie? ---
**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 14, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/151 "2015-04-14T15:14:32Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with T 6. Born before 1950 7. American 8. Known for the Performing Arts 9. Born after 1900 10. Not an 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 14, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/152 "2015-04-14T15:16:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you maybe a killer in _Basic Instinct_? > Were your products “more human than human”? > Were you the subject of a pun in a Mel Brooks movie? I don’t recall Sharon Stone’s character’s name; take a DQ. Take another DQ for #2. “You can’t Torquemada anything!” I am not him. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/153 "2015-04-14T15:47:35Z")
Timothy Leary was indeed the subject of the Moody Blues “Legend of a Mind.” Teddy Roosevelt was police commissioner of New York in 1895. Robin Trower was guitarist of Procol Harum. IQ1) A writer of any kind (novelist, playwright, poet)? IQ2) Caucasian? ---
**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 14, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/154 "2015-04-14T16:08:36Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with T 6. Born before 1950 7. American 8. Known for the Performing Arts 9. Born after 1900 10. Not an actor 11. Caucasian 12. Not a writer (which would be the Creative Arts, rather than the Performing Arts) ---
**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 14, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/155 "2015-04-14T16:11:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Did you play a Portuguese fisherman, a Catholic priest, and a concentration camp escapee? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ. Spencer Tracy (_Captains Courageous_, _Boys Town_, _The Seventh Cross_). DQ: Best known for musical performances? IQ: Were you called The Velvet Fog? ---
**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 14, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/156 "2015-04-14T16:13:07Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with T 6. Born before 1950 7. American 8. Known for the Performing Arts 9. Born after 1900 10. Not an actor 11. Caucasian 12. Not a writer 13. Best known for musical performances ---
**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 14, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/157 "2015-04-14T16:14:08Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Were you called The Velvet Fog? I am not Mel Torme. ---
**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 14, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/158 "2015-04-14T16:30:08Z")
IQ1: Were you really Harold Jenkins? IQ2: Were you called The Texas Troubador? IQ3: Was Kitty Wells’s first #1 hit an answer song to your first #1 hit? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/159 "2015-04-14T16:31:46Z")
IQ1) Are you a Belgian widely considered the greatest harmonica player of all time? IQ2) Were the Beatles (then the “beat Boys”) your backup band on recordings of “My Bonnie” and “Ain’t She Sweet”? IQ3) Were you Doris Day’s son and, according to some authorities, the real target of the Manson Family murders? ---
**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 14, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/160 "2015-04-14T16:32:45Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you really Harold Jenkins? > IQ2: Were you called The Texas Troubador? > IQ3: Was Kitty Wells’s first #1 hit an answer song to your first #1 hit? I am not Conway Twitty. Take 2 DQs for the other two. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845.md?page=9)