# 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:** 5
**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 10, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/81 "2017-04-10T15:40:44Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in _Wuthering Heights_ and _The Scarlet Pimpernel_? 2. Are you one of the company of Dwarves from _The Hobbit_? 3. Are you another of the company of Dwarves from _The Hobbit_? ---
**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 10, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/82 "2017-04-10T16:51:30Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O 4. Alive 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Last name does not start with O’ 7. American 8. Born after 1950 9. Not known for politics or military 10. Born before 1970 11. Born west of the Mississippi River 12. Born south of the Mason-Dixon line ---
**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 10, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/83 "2017-04-10T16:53:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you in charge of Trump Administration outreach to the black community? > Did you boss around the Fanucci brothers? > In a recent book about you, are the last words we hear from your father “Higher… higher”? not Omarosa, DQ, 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 10, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/84 "2017-04-10T16:55:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _Wuthering Heights_ and _The Scarlet Pimpernel_? > 2. Are you one of the company of Dwarves from _The Hobbit_? > 3. Are you another of the company of Dwarves from _The Hobbit_? DQ, not Oin, not Ofir(?) ---
**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 10, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/85 "2017-04-10T18:58:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _Wuthering Heights_ and _The Scarlet Pimpernel_? > 2. Are you one of the company of Dwarves from _The Hobbit_? > 3. Are you another of the company of Dwarves from _The Hobbit_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, not Oin, not Ofir(?) #1 was Merle Oberon. Correct on #2. #3 was Ori. DQ: 1. Known for business? 1 DQ 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 10, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/86 "2017-04-10T20:10:36Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O 4. Alive 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Last name does not start with O’ 7. American 8. Born after 1950 9. Not known for politics or military 10. Born before 1970 11. Born west of the Mississippi River 12. Born south of the Mason-Dixon line 13. Runs a business, but primarily known for something else ---
**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 10, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/87 "2017-04-10T20:21:30Z")
Previous IQs: Are you in charge of Trump Administration outreach to the black community? - Yes, Omarosa Did you boss around the Fanucci brothers? - Sylvester Stallone as the title character in the Mafia comedy _Oscar_ In a recent book about you, are the last words we hear from your father “Higher… higher”? - Orville Wright in David McCullough’s _The Wright Brothers_, when he took up his elderly dad up in an airplane DQs: White? Known for TV appearances? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you an Alsatian pastor considered by some the MLK or Gandhi of the 19th century? Were you a noted bridge player as well as an actor? Were you the longtime conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony? ---
**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 10, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/88 "2017-04-10T20:55:38Z")
DQ: Known for criminal activities? ---
**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 10, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/89 "2017-04-10T21:23:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you hire the Monroe brothers to do repairs on your new house? > IQ2: Were you nominated for two Oscars for a Shakespeare play before winning two Oscars for another Shakespeare play? > IQ3: Did you kill J D Tippit? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, DQ, not Lee Harvey Oswald Oliver Wendell Douglas, on _Green Acres_. Sir Laurence Olivier – _Henry V_ (nominated for Best Actor and – as producer – for Best Film) and _Hamlet_ (same two awards, but this time received them). Correct. Two DQs reserved. ---
**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 10, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/90 "2017-04-10T21:27:38Z")
IQs: 1. In James Thurber’s _The Wonderful O_, did you go into hiding in your house when the O went missing? 2. Was it said of you, in Tom Lehrer’s words: “he loved his mother like no other”? 3. Were you Oswald the Lucky Rabbit’s wife? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/91 "2017-04-10T22:20:21Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Akeem Olijawon, DQ, not Bill O’Reilly Correct on both. #2 was Vittorio Emanuele Orlando. DQ 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 11, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/92 "2017-04-11T02:42:51Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O 4. Alive 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Last name does not start with O’ 7. American 8. Born after 1950 9. Not known for politics or military 10. Born before 1970 11. Born west of the Mississippi River 12. Born south of the Mason-Dixon line 13. Runs a business, but primarily known for something else 14. White 15. Known for TV appearances 16. Not known for criminal activities ---
**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 11, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/93 "2017-04-11T02:44:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you an Alsatian pastor considered by some the MLK or Gandhi of the 19th century? > Were you a noted bridge player as well as an actor? > Were you the longtime conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony? DQ, not Omar Sharif, not Eugene Ormandy ---
**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 11, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/94 "2017-04-11T02:46:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In James Thurber’s _The Wonderful O_, did you go into hiding in your house when the O went missing? > 2. Was it said of you, in Tom Lehrer’s words: “he loved his mother like no other”? > 3. Were you Oswald the Lucky Rabbit’s wife? take 3 DQs ---
**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 11, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/95 "2017-04-11T11:24:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In James Thurber’s _The Wonderful O_, did you go into hiding in your house when the O went missing? > 2. Was it said of you, in Tom Lehrer’s words: “he loved his mother like no other”? > 3. Were you Oswald the Lucky Rabbit’s wife? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > take 3 DQs #1 was Ophelia Oliver. (Say it without the O’s.) #2 was, well, “There once was a man named Oedipus Rex, you may have heard about his odd complex.” #3 was Ortenzia. She was a cat marred to a rabbit. DQ: Known from commercials? 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 11, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/96 "2017-04-11T12:00:44Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O 4. Alive 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Last name does not start with O’ 7. American 8. Born after 1950 9. Not known for politics or military 10. Born before 1970 11. Born west of the Mississippi River 12. Born south of the Mason-Dixon line 13. Runs a business, but primarily known for something else 14. White 15. Known for TV appearances 16. Not known for criminal activities 17. Not primarily known for commercials ---
**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 11, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/97 "2017-04-11T13:12:43Z")
DQ: Known from sports? ---
**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 11, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/98 "2017-04-11T13:19:27Z")
Previous IQs: Were you an Alsatian pastor considered by some the MLK or Gandhi of the 19th century? - John Frederick Oberlin, a then-famous peacemaker after whom Oberlin College is named Were you a noted bridge player as well as an actor? - Yes, Omar Sharif Were you the longtime conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony? - Yes, Eugene Ormandy Two 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 11, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/99 "2017-04-11T15:12:47Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O 4. Alive 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Last name does not start with O’ 7. American 8. Born after 1950 9. Not known for politics or military 10. Born before 1970 11. Born west of the Mississippi River 12. Born south of the Mason-Dixon line 13. Runs a business, but primarily known for something else 14. White 15. Known for TV appearances 16. Not known for criminal activities 17. Not primarily known for commercials 18. Not known for sports ---
**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 11, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/100 "2017-04-11T15:53:45Z")
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