# 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:** 16
**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 25, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/301 "2017-04-25T17:14:10Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you direct _Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon_ and _Brokeback Mountain_? > IQ2: Did you direct _MASH_ (the film) and _The Player_? > IQ3: In addition to directing _Gandhi_ and _A Chorus Line_, did you star as John Hammond in the _Jurassic Park_ movies? 1. I am not Ang Lee. 2. I am not Robert Altman. 3. I am not Richard Attenborough. ---
**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 25, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/302 "2017-04-25T18:05:12Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the first colonel of the famed 20th Maine infantry regiment? - Adelbert Ames, who later was a Reconstruction Governor of Mississippi Did you teach King Mongkut’s kids? - Yes, Anna Leonowens Did you joke about your codename? - Not Al Haig, but Al “Al Gore” Gore (as he mentioned in his 1996 DNC speech) DQs: British? Considered a beauty? IQs: Did botched surgery ruin your singing voice? Are you a brunette French actress known for getting naked for roles? Did you costar in _Crossing Delancey_? ---
**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 25, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/303 "2017-04-25T18:49:15Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. Last name starts with A 5. Known for the Arts 6. Not American 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Actress 9. European 10. Born before 1964 11. British 12. Beautiful, but better known for her talents than her beauty ---
**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 25, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/304 "2017-04-25T18:50:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did botched surgery ruin your singing voice? Yes. I am \*\*Julie Andrews! \*\* The hills are alive with “Good job, EH!” ---
**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 26, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/305 "2017-04-26T18:10:35Z")
Thanks! Our next letter (it’s been awhile) is I ---
**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 26, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/306 "2017-04-26T18:17:11Z")
IQs: 1. Do you have a new superhero TV series on Netflix? 2. Did you have a hit with _Society’s Child_? 3. Did you star opposite Patrick Stewart in a stage production of _Waitiing for Godot_? ---
**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 26, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/307 "2017-04-26T19:05:43Z")
IQ1: Are you a 45-year correspondent for NBC news, notable for your bowties? IQ2: Did you have your first hit with “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” in 1911? IQ3: Are you the mascot for Marvel’s _Not Brand Ecch_? ---
**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 26, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/308 "2017-04-26T21:11:30Z")
IQ1: Were you King Leonardo’s brother? IQ2: Were you the author of “The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline”? IQ3: Did you play James Kinchloe? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/309 "2017-04-27T00:10:04Z")
IQ1: Did you found IKEA? IQ2: Were you a Romanian fascist leader known for your alliance with Hitler’s Nazi Germany? IQ3: Were you a Russian czar who killed his own son? ---
**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 27, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/310 "2017-04-27T04:27:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you have a new superhero TV series on Netflix? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Society’s Child_? > 3. Did you star opposite Patrick Stewart in a stage production of _Waitiing for Godot_? Dunno x2; not Sir Ian McKellen. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a 45-year correspondent for NBC news, notable for your bowties? > IQ2: Did you have your first hit with “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” in 1911? > IQ3: Are you the mascot for Marvel’s _Not Brand Ecch_? Dunno, not Irving Berlin, dunno. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you King Leonardo’s brother? > IQ2: Were you the author of “The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline”? > IQ3: Did you play James Kinchloe? Dunno, not Isaac Asimov, and not Ivan Somebodyorother from _Hogan’s Heroes_. > [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ1: Did you found IKEA? > IQ2: Were you a Romanian fascist leader known for your alliance with Hitler’s Nazi Germany? > IQ3: Were you a Russian czar who killed his own son? Dunno x2; not Ivan the Terrible. ---
**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 27, 2017, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/311 "2017-04-27T11:45:31Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you have a new superhero TV series on Netflix? > 2. Did you have a hit with Society’s Child? > 3. Did you star opposite Patrick Stewart in a stage production of Waitiing for Godot? > Dunno x2; not Sir Ian McKellen. #1 is Iron Fist. #2 was Janis Ian. Correct on Sir Gandalf. DQs: 1. Real? 2. 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 27, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/312 "2017-04-27T12:06:14Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a 45-year correspondent for NBC news, notable for your bowties? > IQ2: Did you have your first hit with “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” in 1911? > IQ3: Are you the mascot for Marvel’s Not Brand Ecch? > Dunno, not Irving Berlin, dunno. Irving R. Levine, correct, Irving Forbush Irving x 3! DQ: First name starts with I? holding 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 27, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/313 "2017-04-27T13:28:06Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a film producer called “The Boy Wonder”? 2. Were you aka Diedrich Knickerbocker? 3. Did you write a bogus autobiography of Howard Hughes? ---
**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 27, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/314 "2017-04-27T13:28:56Z")
I. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with I ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/315 "2017-04-27T14:23:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you King Leonardo’s brother? > IQ2: Were you the author of “The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline”? > IQ3: Did you play James Kinchloe? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Isaac Asimov, and not Ivan Somebodyorother from _Hogan’s Heroes_. Itchy Brother. Correct. Correct (Dixon). DQ: Living? ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/316 "2017-04-27T14:36:13Z")
I. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with I 4. dead ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/317 "2017-04-27T14:45:35Z")
IQ1: Were you the son of Cedric the Saxon? IQ2: Did we learn about one day in your life? IQ3: Did you write the score for _Shaft_? ---
**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 27, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/318 "2017-04-27T15:56:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a film producer called “The Boy Wonder”? > 2. Were you aka Diedrich Knickerbocker? > 3. Did you write a bogus autobiography of Howard Hughes? [Cough.] ---
**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 27, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/319 "2017-04-27T16:04:57Z")
IQ1: Are you head honcho of Jethro Tull? IQ2: Did you portray the Emperor in the _Star Wars_ movies? IQ3: Were you Bilbo Baggins in the _The Lord of the Rings_ and _The Hobbit_ films? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/320 "2017-04-28T03:03:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x2; not Ivan the Terrible. Correct on Ivan. #1 was Ingvar Kamprad and #2 was Ion Antonescu. DQ1: American? DQ2: Known for the Arts? IQ1: Were you a Japanese military commander whose plane was shot down by the Americans? IQ2: Were you a behaviorist psychologist best known for experiments on dogs? IQ3: Did you design the Louvre Pyramid? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714.md?page=17)