# 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:** 14
**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 16, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/261 "2016-04-16T17:24:27Z")
IQ1: Were you an anti-Semitic composer who would wear gloves when conducting music written by Felix Mendelssohn, then leave them on the stage for the janitor to dispose? IQ2: Are you one of the collaborators for the 1976 song “Good Hearted Woman”? IQ3: Are you the other one? ---
**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 16, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/262 "2016-04-16T17:36:14Z")
IQ1: Did you serve both as President and on the Supreme Court? IQ2: Were you assassinated by an anarchist? IQ3: Was it alleged that you had an affair with Flowers? ---
**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 16, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/263 "2016-04-16T20:04:47Z")
IQs: 1. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? 2. Do you have an invisible plane? 3. Do you have two hearts and a number of faces? ---
**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 16, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/264 "2016-04-16T20:23:05Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > **Bill Veeck** Never heard of him. IQ1: Did your cup in the officers’ mess say “Big Willy”? IQ2: Did you marry Gustav Mahler’s widow? IQ3: Did you marry a former wife of #2? ---
**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 17, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/265 "2016-04-17T01:38:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you an anti-Semitic composer who would wear gloves when conducting music written by Felix Mendelssohn, then leave them on the stage for the janitor to dispose? > IQ2: Are you one of the collaborators for the 1976 song “Good Hearted Woman”? > IQ3: Are you the other one? Not Richard Wagner; dunno x2. > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you serve both as President and on the Supreme Court? > IQ2: Were you assassinated by an anarchist? > IQ3: Was it alleged that you had an affair with Flowers? Not William Howard Taft, William McKinley or William J. Clinton (a Presidential William x3!) > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? > 2. Do you have an invisible plane? > 3. Do you have two hearts and a number of faces? Not Wimpy, Wonder Woman, dunno. > [@SCAdian](#): > > Never heard of him. > > IQ1: Did your cup in the officers’ mess say “Big Willy”? > IQ2: Did you marry Gustav Mahler’s widow? > IQ3: Did you marry a former wife of #2? Not Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; dunno x2. ---
**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 17, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/266 "2016-04-17T02:07:47Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? > 2. Do you have an invisible plane? > 3. Do you have two hearts and a number of faces? > > Not Wimpy, Wonder Woman, dunno. Correct, Correct, and, er, Doctor Who. DQ: Real? ---
**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 17, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/267 "2016-04-17T02:10:16Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first leader of the Tuskegee Institute? 2. Did you write _Tales of the Alhambra_? 3. Are you the protagonist in _1984_? ---
**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 17, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/268 "2016-04-17T11:54:13Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you an anti-Semitic composer who would wear gloves when conducting music written by Felix Mendelssohn, then leave them on the stage for the janitor to dispose? > IQ2: Are you one of the collaborators for the 1976 song “Good Hearted Woman”? > IQ3: Are you the other one? > Not Richard Wagner; dunno x2. correct, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson DQ: Last name being with W? DQ: Male? ---
**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 17, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/269 "2016-04-17T12:24:59Z")
IQ1: Is a nonprofit youth football league named after you? IQ2: Did John Goodman portray you in _The Big Lebowski_? IQ3: Did you illustrate the surrealist comic strip _Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend_? ---
**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 17, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/270 "2016-04-17T14:40:27Z")
All President Williams correct! As an aside, I must compliment SCAdian on his taste in music. All modern women are jealous. IQ1: Did your sitcom character jump the shark? IQ2: Did you sing about cable TV, a hardware store, and ebay? IQ3: Was your show on at 5 in the above cable TV song? ---
**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 17, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/271 "2016-04-17T14:51:19Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your cup in the officers’ mess say “Big Willy”? > IQ2: Did you marry Gustav Mahler’s widow? > IQ3: Did you marry a former wife of #2? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; dunno x2. Correct. Walter Gropius. Franz Werfel. [Alma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Mahler) Mahler Gropius Werfel 2 DQs reserved. > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > As an aside, I must compliment SCAdian on his taste in music. All modern women are jealous. 😃 ---
**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 17, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/272 "2016-04-17T19:05:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first leader of the Tuskegee Institute? > 2. Did you write _Tales of the Alhambra_? > 3. Are you the protagonist in _1984_? Not Booker T. Washington, FNU Wallace or Winston Smith. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Is a nonprofit youth football league named after you? > IQ2: Did John Goodman portray you in _The Big Lebowski_? > IQ3: Did you illustrate the surrealist comic strip _Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend_? Dunno, not Walter Sobchak (“This is what happens when…!”) and dunno. > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > … > > IQ1: Did your sitcom character jump the shark? > IQ2: Did you sing about cable TV, a hardware store, and ebay? > IQ3: Was your show on at 5 in the above cable TV song? Not Henry “Fonzie” Winkler, dunno and dunno. W. 1. real 2. last name beings, er, begins with W 3. male ---
**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 17, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/273 "2016-04-17T19:16:05Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first leader of the Tuskegee Institute? > 2. Did you write Tales of the Alhambra? > 3. Are you the protagonist in 1984? > Not Booker T. Washington, FNU Wallace or Winston Smith. Correct on Booker and Winston. #2 was Washington Irving, but on checking the answer afterwards, I find he co-edited it with Edgar Wallace, so Correct. ---
**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 17, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/274 "2016-04-17T21:10:09Z")
DQ1: American? DQ2: Known for the Arts? IQ1: Were you Theodore’s brother? IQ2: Were you an artillery officer in WW II, and then an airbourne officer into the '60s? IQ3: Did you travel far in search of Wensleydale? ---
**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 17, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/275 "2016-04-17T21:53:12Z")
IQs: 1. Are you secretly Philbert Desenex? 2. Did you run for president in 1940? 3. Are you arguably the most-heard film actor of all time? ---
**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 17, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/276 "2016-04-17T22:31:46Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did your sitcom character jump the shark? > IQ2: Did you sing about cable TV, a hardware store, and ebay? > IQ3: Was your show on at 5 in the above cable TV song? Correct, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and Mister Wizard DQ1: Alive? Holding one DQ. ---
**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 17, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/277 "2016-04-17T22:50:18Z")
IQ1: Did you own Ed? IQ2: Did you play a Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer? IQ3: Are you a professional golfer who was raised Buddhist? ---
**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 18, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/278 "2016-04-18T01:15:16Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Is a nonprofit youth football league named after you? > IQ2: Did John Goodman portray you in The Big Lebowski? > IQ3: Did you illustrate the surrealist comic strip Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend? > > Dunno, not Walter Sobchak (“This is what happens when…!”) and dunno. Pops Warner, correct, Winsor McCay holding 2 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 18, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/279 "2016-04-18T01:43:29Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Were you Theodore’s brother? > IQ2: Were you an artillery officer in WW II, and then an airbourne officer into the '60s? > IQ3: Did you travel far in search of Wensleydale? Dunno, not Walter Taylor, and not Wallace (or Gromit). > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you secretly Philbert Desenex? > 2. Did you run for president in 1940? > 3. Are you arguably the most-heard film actor of all time? Dunno, not Wendell Wilkie, and not Orson Welles. > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you own Ed? > IQ2: Did you play a Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer? > IQ3: Are you a professional golfer who was raised Buddhist? Not Willllllllllllbur, not Denzel Washington (_Philadelphia_) and not Tiger Woods. W. 1. real 2. last name beings, er, begins with W 3. male 4. American 5. not known for the Arts 6. dead ---
**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 18, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/280 "2016-04-18T02:11:56Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you secretly Philbert Desenex? > 2. Did you run for president in 1940? > 3. Are you arguably the most-heard film actor of all time? > Dunno, not Wendell Wilkie, and not Orson Welles. #1 is Wonder Warthog. Correct on Wendell L. Willkie. Orson Welles? I’ll rephrase it. IQ: Are you a film actor whose voice has been heard in more American made movies than any other? DQ: Died after 1950? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886.md?page=15)