# 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:** 15
**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 18, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/281 "2016-04-18T02:54:31Z")
> [@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? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Walter Taylor, and not Wallace (or Gromit). dead Wally Cleaver. Only Taylor I know is Maxwell Taylor, but I’ll take your word for it. I’ll rephrase. Correct. DQ: Known for politics/military? ---
**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, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/282 "2016-04-18T14:56:43Z")
2 more IQs: 1. Are you the subject of an eponymous song by Arrested Development? 2. Are you peeking out from under the stairway, calling a name that is lighter than air? ---
**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, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/283 "2016-04-18T16:14:31Z")
IQ1: Were you the voice of Underdog and a regular on Hollywood Squares? IQ2: Were you another Hollywood Squares regular, actually Cliff Arquette masquerading as a nursing home resident? IQ3: Were you another Hollywood Squares guest who had a puppet named Madame? DQ: Born east of the Mississippi River? DQ: Born north of the Mason Dixon line? ---
**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, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/284 "2016-04-18T16:37:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQ: Are you a film actor whose voice has been heard in more American made movies than any other?.. Not… Wallace Beery? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 2 more IQs: > > 1. Are you the subject of an eponymous song by Arrested Development? > 2. Are you peeking out from under the stairway, calling a name that is lighter than air? Dunno x2. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you the voice of Underdog and a regular on Hollywood Squares? > IQ2: Were you another Hollywood Squares regular, actually Cliff Arquette masquerading as a nursing home resident? > IQ3: Were you another Hollywood Squares guest who had a puppet named Madame?.. Dunno x2; not Waylan Flowers (sp?) W. 1. real 2. last name begins with W 3. male 4. American 5. not known for the Arts 6. dead 7. died after 1950 8. not known for politics/military 9. born east of the Mississippi River 10. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line ---
**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, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/285 "2016-04-18T16:50:46Z")
> [@](#): > > … > IQ: Are you a film actor whose voice has been heard in more American made movies than any other?.. > Not… Wallace Beery? > > 2 more IQs: > > 1. Are you the subject of an eponymous song by Arrested Development? > 2. Are you peeking out from under the stairway, calling a name that is lighter than air? > Dunno x2. The first one was Sheb Wooley, best remembered for his novelty record _The Flying Purple People Eater_, but who also appeared in a number of Westerns. In one of them he played a character named Wilhelm who was shot and fell off his horse. The utterance he made, now known as the Wilhelm Scream, is a staple of the movie industry and has appeared in hundred of films. #2 was Mr. Wendal. #3 is Windy, from the song of that name by the Association. DQs: 1. Died after 2000? 2. Known for business? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/286 "2016-04-18T17:07:40Z")
The Wilhelm Scream - of course! Good one: [Wilhelm scream - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream) W. 1. real 2. last name begins with W 3. male 4. American 5. not known for the Arts 6. dead 7. died after 1950 8. not known for politics/military 9. born east of the Mississippi River 10. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 11. died before 2000 12. not known for business ---
**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, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/287 "2016-04-18T18:25:18Z")
DQ: Known for law enforcement/crime? ---
**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, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/288 "2016-04-18T20:20:44Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you the voice of Underdog and a regular on Hollywood Squares? > IQ2: Were you another Hollywood Squares regular, actually Cliff Arquette masquerading as a nursing home resident? > IQ3: Were you another Hollywood Squares guest who had a puppet named Madame? > > Dunno x2; not Waylan Flowers (sp?) Wally Cox, Charlie Weaver, correct holding 2 DQs ---
**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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/289 "2016-04-18T20:21:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The Wilhelm Scream - of course! Good one: [Wilhelm scream - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream) So that’s where that comes from! ---
**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 19, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/290 "2016-04-19T04:13:44Z")
More than you might ever have wanted to hear: [The Wilhelm Scream - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf8aBFTVNEU) W. 1. real 2. last name begins with W 3. male 4. American 5. not known for the Arts 6. dead 7. died after 1950 8. not known for politics/military 9. born east of the Mississippi River 10. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 11. died before 2000 12. not known for business 13. not known for law enforcement/crime ---
**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 19, 2016, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/291 "2016-04-19T11:23:34Z")
IQs: 1. Have you been portrayed by John Hamilton, Jackie Cooper and Laurence Fishburne? 2. Did you go fishing in space in a wooden shoe with your brothers? 3. Did you translate the Bible into English from the Latin Vulgate in the 14th Century? ---
**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 19, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/292 "2016-04-19T12:03:21Z")
DQ: Is a product or service named after you? holding 1 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 19, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/293 "2016-04-19T15:02:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you been portrayed by John Hamilton, Jackie Cooper and Laurence Fishburne? > 2. Did you go fishing in space in a wooden shoe with your brothers? > 3. Did you translate the Bible into English from the Latin Vulgate in the 14th Century? Not Perry White of _The Daily Planet_, dunno, and not… Whitworth? W. 1. real 2. last name begins with W 3. male 4. American 5. not known for the Arts 6. dead 7. died after 1950 8. not known for politics/military 9. born east of the Mississippi River 10. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 11. died before 2000 12. not known for business 13. not known for law enforcement/crime 14. product or service kinda sorta named after me ---
**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 19, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/294 "2016-04-19T15:40:27Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you been portrayed by John Hamilton, Jackie Cooper and Laurence Fishburne? > 2. Did you go fishing in space in a wooden shoe with your brothers? > 3. Did you translate the Bible into English from the Latin Vulgate in the 14th Century? > Not Perry White of The Daily Planet, dunno, and not… Whitworth? Great Caesar’s Ghost! You are correct on Perry White. #2 was Wynken (who sailed with Blynken and Nod in a poem by Eugene Field). #3 was John Wycliffe. DQs: 1. Known for one specific event? 2. Last name starts with WA - WH? ---
**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 19, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/295 "2016-04-19T17:36:39Z")
IQ1: Is a linguistic word twist named after you? Ex: “We’ll have the hags flung out” (…flags hung out) IQ2: Are you a Victorian-era British writer/poet who was jailed for sodomy? IQ3: Are you a English theologian who wrote about the Megalosaurus and claimed to have eaten every type of animal in existence? ---
**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 19, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/296 "2016-04-19T17:39:39Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the Wagonmaster on _Wagon Train_? 2. Did you star alongside Kevin Bacon in _Tremors_? 3. Did you play Robin on TV’s live action _Batman_? ---
**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 20, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/297 "2016-04-20T03:49:25Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Is a linguistic word twist named after you? Ex: “We’ll have the hags flung out” (…flags hung out) > IQ2: Are you a Victorian-era British writer/poet who was jailed for sodomy? > IQ3: Are you a English theologian who wrote about the Megalosaurus and claimed to have eaten every type of animal in existence? Not Rev. William Spooner or Oscar Wilde; dunno the third. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the Wagonmaster on _Wagon Train_? > 2. Did you star alongside Kevin Bacon in _Tremors_? > 3. Did you play Robin on TV’s live action _Batman_? Dunno x2; not Burt Ward. W. 1. real 2. last name begins with W 3. male 4. American 5. not known for the Arts 6. dead 7. died after 1950 8. not known for politics/military 9. born east of the Mississippi River 10. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 11. died before 2000 12. not known for business 13. not known for law enforcement/crime 14. product or service kinda sorta named after me 15. not known for one specific event 16. last name starts with Wa-Wh ---
**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 20, 2016, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/298 "2016-04-20T10:31:47Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the Wagonmaster on Wagon Train? > 2. Did you star alongside Kevin Bacon in Tremors? > 3. Did you play Robin on TV’s live action Batman? > Dunno x2; not Burt Ward. #1 was Ward Bond. #2 was Fred Ward. Ward x3! 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 20, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/299 "2016-04-20T12:03:44Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Is a linguistic word twist named after you? Ex: “We’ll have the hags flung out” (…flags hung out) > IQ2: Are you a Victorian-era British writer/poet who was jailed for sodomy? > IQ3: Are you a English theologian who wrote about the Megalosaurus and claimed to have eaten every type of animal in existence? > > Not Rev. William Spooner or Oscar Wilde; dunno the third. William Buckland what to ask what to ask… DQ: Known for an invention or discovery? holding 1 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 20, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/300 "2016-04-20T15:10:09Z")
W. 1. real 2. last name begins with W 3. male 4. American 5. not known for the Arts 6. dead 7. died after 1950 8. not known for politics/military 9. born east of the Mississippi River 10. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 11. died before 2000 12. not known for business 13. not known for law enforcement/crime 14. product or service kinda sorta named after me 15. not known for one specific event 16. last name starts with Wa-Wh 17. not known for an invention or discovery [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886.md?page=16)