# 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:** 9
**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 15, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/161 "2017-04-15T21:38:16Z")
And so, onwards! I am G! ---
**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 15, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/162 "2017-04-15T22:30:02Z")
IQ1: Are you Donald Duck’s insanely lucky cousin? IQ2: Did you invent the Boot Wheel Scooter and the Walking Lamp? IQ3: Are you the villain in Disney’s version of _Beauty and the Beast_? ---
**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 15, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/163 "2017-04-15T22:36:20Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you Donald Duck’s insanely lucky cousin? > IQ2: Did you invent the Boot Wheel Scooter and the Walking Lamp? > IQ3: Are you the villain in Disney’s version of _Beauty and the Beast_? 1. I am not Gladstone Gander. 2. I am not Gyro Gearloose. 3. I am not Gaston. ---
**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 16, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/164 "2017-04-16T02:07:36Z")
G it is. IQs: Did you compare the U.S. Senate to the saucer under a teacup? Did you come close to giving up your important job in 1781, but decided to keep it after all? Were you known as “Pap” or “Old Slow-Trot”? ---
**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, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/165 "2017-04-16T02:21:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > G it is. > > IQs: > > Did you compare the U.S. Senate to the saucer under a teacup? > Did you come close to giving up your important job in 1781, but decided to keep it after all? > Were you known as “Pap” or “Old Slow-Trot”? #1. I am not George Washington. #2. I am not George III. (That’s a big guess.) #3. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/166 "2017-04-16T03:05:18Z")
IQ1: Did you participate in the Second Boer War as a paramedic to prove the worthiness of your nation’s people to the British? IQ2: Did you compose the _William Tell Overture_? IQ3: Are you a Russian chessmaster converted into an opponent of the Kremlin? ---
**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, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/167 "2017-04-16T12:49:18Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ1: Did you participate in the Second Boer War as a paramedic to prove the worthiness of your nation’s people to the British? > IQ2: Did you compose the _William Tell Overture_? > IQ3: Are you a Russian chessmaster converted into an opponent of the Kremlin? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Giaccamo (sp?) Rossini. 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 16, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/168 "2017-04-16T13:19:42Z")
IQ1: Are you the bassist/vocalist for the band that recorded _Brain Salad Surgery_? IQ2: Are you tight end for the Carolina Panthers? IQ3: Were you Captain Amazing in _Mystery Men_? ---
**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, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/169 "2017-04-16T13:21:29Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the bassist/vocalist for the band that recorded _Brain Salad Surgery_? > IQ2: Are you tight end for the Carolina Panthers? > IQ3: Were you Captain Amazing in _Mystery Men_? 1. I am not Greg Lake. 2. Take a DQ for Greg whoever. 3. I am not Greg Kinnear. ---
**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, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/170 "2017-04-16T16:11:24Z")
Greg Olsen Real? ---
**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 16, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/171 "2017-04-16T16:15:45Z")
Previous IQs: Did you compare the U.S. Senate to the saucer under a teacup? - Yes, George Washington - in which hot legislation might be cooled Did you come close to giving up your important job in 1781, but decided to keep it after all? - Yes, King George III actually drafted an instrument of abdication after Cornwallis’s surrender at Yorktown, but decided to stay on the job after all Were you known as “Pap” or “Old Slow-Trot”? - Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas of Civil War fame George x3! DQs: male? IQs: Was your middle name Catlett? Did a famous author dedicate a book to you even though she wasn’t particularly a fan of yours? Did you name your warplane after your girlfriend and future wife? ---
**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, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/172 "2017-04-16T16:17:59Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female ---
**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, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/173 "2017-04-16T16:18:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your middle name Catlett? > Did a famous author dedicate a book to you even though she wasn’t particularly a fan of yours? > Did you name your warplane after your girlfriend and future wife? 3 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 16, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/174 "2017-04-16T16:21:14Z")
IQ1: Are you a character in the BC comic strip who lacks a torso? IQ2: Are you a purple character from McDonaldland who steals shakes and sodas? IQ3: Were you Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1985-1988? ---
**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, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/175 "2017-04-16T16:28:01Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a character in the BC comic strip who lacks a torso? > IQ2: Are you a purple character from McDonaldland who steals shakes and sodas? > IQ3: Were you Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1985-1988? 1. I am not Grok. (sp?) 2. I am not Grimace. 3. I am not Mikhail Gorbachev. ---
**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, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/176 "2017-04-16T21:52:57Z")
correct, correct, Andrei Gromyko DQ: Alive? ---
**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, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/177 "2017-04-16T21:58:12Z")
nm ---
**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, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/178 "2017-04-16T22:06:08Z")
IQ1: Are you an actress whose most memorable quote is “I want to be alone; I just want to be alone?” IQ2: Are you an actress who served three days in jail for slapping a cop in 1990? IQ3: Did you appear in a backdoor pilot episode of Star Trek (TOS) for a series that was never developed? ---
**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, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/179 "2017-04-16T22:15:59Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living ---
**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, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/180 "2017-04-16T22:17:15Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an actress whose most memorable quote is “I want to be alone; I just want to be alone?” > IQ2: Are you an actress who served three days in jail for slapping a cop in 1990? > IQ3: Did you appear in a backdoor pilot episode of Star Trek (TOS) for a series that was never developed? #1) I am not Greta Garbo. #2) I am not Zsa Zsa Gabor. #3) I am not Gary Seven. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714.md?page=10)