# Botticelli - April 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 4, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808 "2018-04-04T14:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/81 "2018-04-18T13:42:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you make a fortune with safety razors? > 2. Are you the hero in a series of books by Robert E. Howard? > 3. Were you a puppet character who rivaled Howdy Doody in popularity in the 1950’s? Dunno, not Krull, and dunno. K. 1. fictional 2. last name starts with K 3. created by an American author or authors 4. created post-1945 5. human 6. male 7. not originally from a work of prose fiction 8. created before 1980 ---
**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, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/82 "2018-04-18T14:08:48Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you make a fortune with safety razors? > 2. Are you the hero in a series of books by Robert E. Howard? > 3. Were you a puppet character who rivaled Howdy Doody in popularity in the 1950’s? > Dunno, not Krull, and dunno. #1 was King Gillette. #2 was Kull, but close enough. #3 was Rootie Kazootie. DQs: 1. Originally from TV or movies? 2. Protagonist? ---
**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, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/83 "2018-04-18T14:09:58Z")
IQs: 1. Did you teach a bunch of Sweathogs? 2. Did you write the poem _Trees_? 3. Did Richard Chamberlain play you as a TV series doctor? ---
**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, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/84 "2018-04-18T14:29:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you teach a bunch of Sweathogs? > 2. Did you write the poem _Trees_? > 3. Did Richard Chamberlain play you as a TV series doctor? Not Mr. Kotter, Joyce Kilmer or Dr. Kildare. K. 1. fictional 2. last name starts with K 3. created by an American author or authors 4. created post-1945 5. human 6. male 7. not originally from a work of prose fiction 8. created before 1980 9. originally from TV or movies 10. protagonist ---
**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, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/85 "2018-04-18T14:31:11Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Please Don’t Eat The Daisies_? 2. Did you star in the film version of _Tea and Sympathy_? 3. Were you “the Galloping Gourmet”? ---
**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, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/86 "2018-04-18T14:39:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Please Don’t Eat The Daisies_? > 2. Did you star in the film version of _Tea and Sympathy_? > 3. Were you “the Galloping Gourmet”? I should know the third, but I’m blanking. Take three 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 18, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/87 "2018-04-18T14:47:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Please Don’t Eat The Daisies_? > 2. Did you star in the film version of _Tea and Sympathy_? > 3. Were you “the Galloping Gourmet”? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I should know the third, but I’m blanking. Take three DQs. Then you are thrice-Kerrs’d: Jean Kerr, Deborah Kerr and Graham Kerr. DQs: 1. Originally from a TV series? 2. From a comedy? 3. Unusual last name? ---
**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, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/88 "2018-04-18T14:56:30Z")
K. 1. fictional 2. last name starts with K 3. created by an American author or authors 4. created post-1945 5. human 6. male 7. not originally from a work of prose fiction 8. created before 1980 9. originally from TV or movies 10. protagonist 11. not originally from a TV series 12. not from a comedy 13. not an unusual last name ---
**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, 2018, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/89 "2018-04-19T11:48:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did you paint _The Kiss_? 2. Were you an Austrian expressionist painter of landscapes? 3. Were you arguably the world’s first abstract artist? ---
**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, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/90 "2018-04-19T14:43:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint _The Kiss_? > 2. Were you an Austrian expressionist painter of landscapes? > 3. Were you arguably the world’s first abstract artist? Not Klimt, Krueger or Kellogg (the second two are guesses). ---
**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, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/91 "2018-04-19T15:11:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint _The Kiss_? > 2. Were you an Austrian expressionist painter of landscapes? > 3. Were you arguably the world’s first abstract artist? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Klimt, Krueger or Kellogg (the second two are guesses). Correct on Klimt. #2 was Oscar Kokoschka. #3 was Wasily Kandinsky. DQs: 1. Created on or after 1960? 2. From a work of fantasy or science fiction? ---
**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, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/92 "2018-04-19T20:46:15Z")
K. 1. fictional 2. last name starts with K 3. created by an American author or authors 4. created post-1945 5. human 6. male 7. not originally from a work of prose fiction 8. created before 1980 9. originally from TV or movies 10. protagonist 11. not originally from a TV series 12. not from a comedy 13. not an unusual last name 14. created after 1960 15. not from a work of fantasy or science fiction ---
**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, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/93 "2018-04-19T23:43:26Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a soldier played by Clint Eastwood who led a group of other soldiers to rob a bank behind enemy lines during WW2? 2. Did you play Robert Redford’s old college roommate in _Sneakers_? 3. Did you play Tootie on _The Facts of Life_ TV series? ---
**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, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/94 "2018-04-20T01:36:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a soldier played by Clint Eastwood who led a group of other soldiers to rob a bank behind enemy lines during WW2? > 2. Did you play Robert Redford’s old college roommate in _Sneakers_? > 3. Did you play Tootie on _The Facts of Life_ TV series? Dunno, not Ben Kingsley, dunno. ---
**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, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/95 "2018-04-20T01:44:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a soldier played by Clint Eastwood who led a group of other soldiers to rob a bank behind enemy lines during WW2? > 2. Did you play Robert Redford’s old college roommate in _Sneakers_? > 3. Did you play Tootie on _The Facts of Life_ TV series? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Ben Kingsley, dunno. #1 was Private Kelly in _Kelly’s Heroes_. Correct on #2. #3 was Kim Fields. 2 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 20, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/96 "2018-04-20T20:01:54Z")
DQs: 1. Created on or after 1970? 2. Set in contemporaneous time? ---
**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 21, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/97 "2018-04-21T03:46:28Z")
K. 1. fictional 2. last name starts with K 3. created by an American author or authors 4. created post-1945 5. human 6. male 7. not originally from a work of prose fiction 8. created before 1980 9. originally from TV or movies 10. protagonist 11. not originally from a TV series 12. not from a comedy 13. not an unusual last name 14. created after 1960 15. not from a work of fantasy or science fiction 16. created after 1970 17. set in contemporaneous time ---
**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 21, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/98 "2018-04-21T12:20:46Z")
The protagonist of a 1970’s movie set in contemporaneous time. Not from a comedy, or SFF. IQs: 1. Did you bang your shoe on a rostrum? 2. When someone mentioned to Mick Jagger about the lines on his face and he said, “Oh, these are laugh lines” did you reply “Nothing’s that funny.”? 3. Did you play Hercules in the live action TV series of that name? ---
**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 21, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/99 "2018-04-21T14:47:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Did you bang your shoe on a rostrum? > 2. When someone mentioned to Mick Jagger about the lines on his face and he said, “Oh, these are laugh lines” did you reply “Nothing’s that funny.”? > 3. Did you play Hercules in the live action TV series of that name? Not Nikita Khruschev, dunno, and not Kevin Sorbo. ---
**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 21, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/100 "2018-04-21T15:20:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > The protagonist of a 1970’s movie set in contemporaneous time. Not from a comedy, or SFF. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you bang your shoe on a rostrum? > 2. When someone mentioned to Mick Jagger about the lines on his face and he said, “Oh, these are laugh lines” did you reply “Nothing’s that funny.”? > 3. Did you play Hercules in the live action TV series of that name? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Nikita Khruschev, dunno, and not Kevin Sorbo. Correct, Keith Richards, and correct. DQ: From an action/adventure film? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808.md?page=6)