# Botticelli April 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 2, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886 "2016-04-02T04:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/201 "2016-04-14T16:52:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a famous Pet Detective? > 2. Did you write _Candide_? > 3. Are you the Roman equivalent of Hesta? 1. Not Ace Ventura 2. Not Voltaire 3. Not Vesta ---
**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, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/202 "2016-04-14T17:06:52Z")
Correct x3. IQs: 1. Did you compose _The Four Seasons_? 2. Were you a famous fictional Czech Resistance leader? 3. Are you an artist and father of the artist Yvaral? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/203 "2016-04-14T18:26:16Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > That book didn’t cross my desk either. > > IQ1: Did you compose\* La forza del destino\*? > IQ2: Do you sing lead for Pearl Jam? > IQ3: Were you Mini-me in the Austin Powers movies? **Knowed Out** , may I consider these three IQs still good to be addressed? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/204 "2016-04-14T18:55:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct x3. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you compose _The Four Seasons_? > 2. Were you a famous fictional Czech Resistance leader? > 3. Are you an artist and father of the artist Yvaral? 1. Not Vivaldi 2. _Vla-_ something … but I can’t recall it. DQ for you. 3. DQ ---
**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 14, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/205 "2016-04-14T19:15:15Z")
IQ1: Did you compose _La forza del destino_? IQ2: Do you sing lead for Pearl Jam? IQ3: Were you Mini-me in the Austin Powers movies? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/206 "2016-04-14T19:17:43Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you compose _La forza del destino_? > IQ2: Do you sing lead for Pearl Jam? > IQ3: Were you Mini-me in the Austin Powers movies? 1. Not Vivaldi 2. Not Eddie Vedder 3. Not Verne Troyer ---
**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, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/207 "2016-04-14T20:04:35Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > The Amazon listing indicates the protagonist of \*A God in Ruins: A Novel \* is Teddy Todd, for what it’s worth, so I don’t know that a hypothetical person who’d read only that book would have been able to answer this one. Ursula is Teddy’s sister, and appears in both books. IQs: Were you Jimmy Smits’s first big TV role? Were you the most famous resident of Larkhill Resettlement Camp? Were you the first white child born in what is now North Carolina? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/208 "2016-04-14T21:23:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Jimmy Smits’s first big TV role? > Were you the most famous resident of Larkhill Resettlement Camp? > Were you the first white child born in what is now North Carolina? 3 DQs for you. I’m pretty sure the third one is “Virginia (someone)”, but I can’t come up with the last name. ---
**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, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/209 "2016-04-14T21:29:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct x3. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you compose _The Four Seasons_? > 2. Were you a famous fictional Czech Resistance leader? > 3. Are you an artist and father of the artist Yvaral? > [@bordelond](#): > > 1. Not Vivaldi > 2. _Vla-_ something … but I can’t recall it. DQ for you. > 3. DQ Correct on Vivaldi. #2 was Victor Laszlo, from _Casablanca_. #3 was Victor Vasarely, the Father of Op Art. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/210 "2016-04-14T21:39:34Z")
I am V 1. I am real 2. I am male ---
**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:** [April 14, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/211 "2016-04-14T21:50:05Z")
IQ1: Did you play the lead in _The Saint_? IQ2: Was your pile considered a great scientific breakthrough? IQ3: Did Jeffrey Sinclair travel back in time to become you? ---
**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, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/212 "2016-04-14T21:55:38Z")
IQs: 1. Were you monarch of Latveria for many years? 2. Is your favorite catchphrase “Jinkies”? 3. Are you a ferret who is worshiped as a god by a boy in a short story by Saki? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/213 "2016-04-14T21:59:37Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the lead in _The Saint_? > IQ2: Was your pile considered a great scientific breakthrough? > IQ3: Did Jeffrey Sinclair travel back in time to become you? 1. Not Val Kilmer 2. Not Alessandro Volta 3. DQ ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/214 "2016-04-14T22:01:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you monarch of Latveria for many years? > 2. Is your favorite catchphrase “Jinkies”? > 3. Are you a ferret who is worshiped as a god by a boy in a short story by Saki? 1. Not Victor Von Doom 2. Not Velma from _Scooby Doo_ 3. 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 14, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/215 "2016-04-14T22:03:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you monarch of Latveria for many years? > 2. Is your favorite catchphrase “Jinkies”? > 3. Are you a ferret who is worshiped as a god by a boy in a short story by Saki? > [@bordelond](#): > > 1. Not Victor Von Doom > 2. Not Velma from _Scooby Doo_ > 3. DQ Correct. Correct. Sredni Vashtar. DQ: Last name starts with V? ---
**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, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/216 "2016-04-14T22:06:17Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a goodhearted safecracker from a short story by O. Henry? 2. Did you star in _The Sheik_? 3. Did your character visit _Brigadoon_? ---
**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 14, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/217 "2016-04-14T23:22:33Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you compose La forza del destino? > IQ2: Do you sing lead for Pearl Jam? > IQ3: Were you Mini-me in the Austin Powers movies? > > 1. Not Vivaldi > 2. Not Eddie Vedder > 3. Not Verne Troyer Verdi, correct, correct DQ: Alive? ---
**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 14, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/218 "2016-04-14T23:32:00Z")
IQ1: Did you sing “We Will Meet Again” at the end of _Dr. Strangelove_? IQ2: Did you play Janet Leigh’s sister in _Psycho_? IQ3: Are you a fashion designer who was formerly an ice skater who designed skating costumes? ---
**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:** [April 14, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/219 "2016-04-14T23:43:33Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the lead in _The Saint_? > IQ2: Was your pile considered a great scientific breakthrough? > IQ3: Did Jeffrey Sinclair travel back in time to become you? Correct, correct, and (spoilers from _Babylon 5_!) Valen DQ: Known for the Arts? ---
**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:** [April 14, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/220 "2016-04-14T23:55:02Z")
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