# Botticelli - April 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 4, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714 "2017-04-04T03:56:41Z")\ **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 23, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/261 "2017-04-23T01:19:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your patron Sheelba of the Eyeless Face? > IQ2: Were you a Pictish king created by Robert E Howard? not Gray Mouser, 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 23, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/262 "2017-04-23T01:50:55Z")
IQ: Did a six-fingered man kill your father? ---
**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 23, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/263 "2017-04-23T02:00:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your patron Sheelba of the Eyeless Face? > IQ2: Were you a Pictish king created by Robert E Howard? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Gray Mouser, DQ Correct. Bran Mak Morn. Hmmm… ---
**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 23, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/264 "2017-04-23T13:26:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did a six-fingered man kill your father? I am not Inigo Montoya. ---
**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 23, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/265 "2017-04-23T13:41:03Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the fictional author of _The Princess Bride_? 2. Are you Hercules Gritpipe-Thynne’s henchman on the highly acclaimed BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 3. Did you occasionally team up with Bat-Bat? ---
**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 23, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/266 "2017-04-23T16:05:29Z")
Prof, I’m tempted to give it to you because two of your guesses are in the right ball park. You are so warm, you’re practically touching fire. not S. Morgenstern, DQ, 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 23, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/267 "2017-04-23T16:40:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the fictional author of _The Princess Bride_? > 2. Are you Hercules Gritpipe-Thynne’s henchman on the highly acclaimed BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 3. Did you occasionally team up with Bat-Bat? Correct on S. Morgenstern. #2 is Count Jim Moriarty. #3 was Mighty Mouse (in the Ralph Bakshi version). Well, well, well… IQ: Did Billy Crystal play you in _The Princess Bride_? ---
**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 23, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/268 "2017-04-23T18:47:36Z")
Yes, I am Miracle Max from Princess Bride! Congrats Professor! ---
**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 23, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/269 "2017-04-23T21:34:13Z")
Never heard of him. ---
**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 23, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/270 "2017-04-23T21:56:00Z")
It’s a good movie and an even better book. Now, I am A! ---
**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 23, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/271 "2017-04-23T23:38:26Z")
IQ1: Does the second term of “Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived” apply to you? IQ2: Does the fourth term apply to you? IQ3: Are you Helen Keller’s tutor? ---
**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 23, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/272 "2017-04-23T23:57:06Z")
IQ1: Do you have the largest privately owned orchestra in the world? IQ2: Were you married to the “White Spirit”? IQ3: Were you a well-known 18th-century British architect? ---
**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 23, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/273 "2017-04-23T23:58:55Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Does the second term of “Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived” apply to you? > IQ2: Does the fourth term apply to you? > IQ3: Are you Helen Keller’s tutor? 1. I am not Anne of Cleves. 2. I am not Anne Boleyn. 3. I don’t remember right now. 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 24, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/274 "2017-04-24T00:00:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you have the largest privately owned orchestra in the world? > IQ2: Were you married to the “White Spirit”? > IQ3: Were you a well-known 18th-century British architect? 1. I am not Robert Adam. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 24, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/275 "2017-04-24T00:44:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you have the largest privately owned orchestra in the world? > IQ2: Were you married to the “White Spirit”? > IQ3: Were you a well-known 18th-century British architect? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Robert Adam. > Take 2 DQs. Andre Rieu. King Arthur. Correct. DQ1: Real? DQ2: 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 24, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/276 "2017-04-24T00:51:38Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female ---
**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 24, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/277 "2017-04-24T01:31:08Z")
IQ1: Were you Olga and Alexei’s youngest sister? IQ2: Were you married to William III of Orange? IQ3: Were you originally Phoebe Mosey? ---
**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 24, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/278 "2017-04-24T02:45:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Olga and Alexei’s youngest sister? > IQ2: Were you married to William III of Orange? > IQ3: Were you originally Phoebe Mosey? 1. I am not Anastasia. 2. I thought that was Mary. Take a DQ. 3. Take a 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 24, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/279 "2017-04-24T03:23:38Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Does the second term of “Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived” apply to you? > IQ2: Does the fourth term apply to you? > IQ3: Are you Helen Keller’s tutor? > > 1. I am not Anne of Cleves. > 2. I am not Anne Boleyn. > 3. I don’t remember right now. Take a DQ. Actually, Anne Boleyn was 2nd and Anne of Cleves was 4th. I’ll give you a DQ back for remembering the names though. Anne Sullivan was Keller’s tutor. DQ: Alive? DQ: First name start with A? ---
**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 24, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/280 "2017-04-24T03:30:27Z")
IQ1: Did you have hits with _School’s Out_ and _Billion Dollar Babies_? IQ2: Did you publish cook books after the death of your partner Gertrude Stein? IQ3: Did you play Tabitha’s bungling nanny Esmerelda in _Bewitched_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714.md?page=15)