# Botticelli - April 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 1, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852 "2019-04-01T13:08:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 1, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/1 "2019-04-01T13:08:04Z")
Previous thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=871652](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=871652) And on we go to C ---
**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 1, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/2 "2019-04-01T14:46:49Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the best known person born in Tacoma, WA? 2. Did you hang around with Howland Owl and Porky Pine? 3. In the words of a filk song, is your ghost haunting Space Station Three? ---
**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 1, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/3 "2019-04-01T15:52:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the best known person born in Tacoma, WA? > 2. Did you hang around with Howland Owl and Porky Pine? > 3. In the words of a filk song, is your ghost haunting Space Station Three? Dunno x3 ---
**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 1, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/4 "2019-04-01T17:22:23Z")
#1 is Bing Crosby. #2 was Churchy LaFemme (from Pogo) #3 is Carmen Miranda. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name starts with C? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/5 "2019-04-01T17:54:55Z")
IQ1: Are you an English-born actor who once entered a lookalike contest of your iconic character…and lost? IQ2: Are you a former first baseman(?) for the Cleveland Indians, whose name sounds like a children’s cereal? IQ3: Are you a pop singer whose hit songs include one telling women to take their makeup off and let their hair down? ---
**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 1, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/6 "2019-04-01T19:01:44Z")
IQ1: Did you write a series of books starting with _The Teachings of Don Juan_? IQ2: Are you a Christian fundamentalist cartoonist whose work frequently appeared under windshield wipers? IQ3: Was one of your characters Al Sleet, the Hippie-Dippie Weatherman? ---
**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 1, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/7 "2019-04-01T20:17:08Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Are you an English-born actor who once entered a lookalike contest of your iconic character…and lost? > > IQ2: Are you a former first baseman(?) for the Cleveland Indians, whose name sounds like a children’s cereal? > > IQ3: Are you a pop singer whose hit songs include one telling women to take their makeup off and let their hair down? Not Charlie Chaplin (allegedly), Co Co Crisp or… Cyndi Lauper? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you write a series of books starting with _The Teachings of Don Juan_? > IQ2: Are you a Christian fundamentalist cartoonist whose work frequently appeared under windshield wipers? > IQ3: Was one of your characters Al Sleet, the Hippie-Dippie Weatherman? Dunno, and not Jack Chick or George Carlin (“Let’s just take a look at the weather map… which the dudes have moved over here”). C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with C ---
**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 1, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/8 "2019-04-01T20:36:25Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you write a series of books starting with The Teachings of Don Juan? > IQ2: Are you a Christian fundamentalist cartoonist whose work frequently appeared under windshield wipers? > IQ3: Was one of your characters Al Sleet, the Hippie-Dippie Weatherman? > > Dunno, and not Jack Chick or George Carlin (“Let’s just take a look at the weather map… which the dudes have moved over here”). Carlos Castaneda DQ: Originally from film? ---
**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 1, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/9 "2019-04-01T20:38:18Z")
IQ1: Are you QB for the Carolina Panthers? IQ2: Are you QB for the Oakland Raiders? IQ3: Are you QB for the Minnesota Vikings? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/10 "2019-04-01T21:51:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Charlie Chaplin (allegedly), Co Co Crisp or… Cyndi Lauper? 1. Yes, Charlie Chaplin. 2. Yes, Coco Crisp. 3 No, Colbie Calliat; the song is called “Try”. 1 DQ reserved. IQ1: Are you an American author known for your crime novels featuring Kay Scarpetta? IQ2: Are you a former British intelligence office and author, known for your realistic and somewhat bleak spy novels? IQ3: Are you a British author of military historical fiction, primarily known for a series of novels set in the Napoleonic Wars and featuring a whore’s son who rises to become an officer and hero in Wellington’s army? ---
**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 1, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/11 "2019-04-01T22:05:44Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the wife of Agamemnon? 2. Were you a wise centaur who mentored Herakles? 3. Are you the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Demeter? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/12 "2019-04-02T03:20:11Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the friendly ghost? 2. Were you reportedly the subject of a bet to make you say at least three words? 3. Are you a comedian who shares a name with a suburb of Washington DC in Maryland? ---
**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 2, 2019, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/13 "2019-04-02T05:51:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you QB for the Carolina Panthers? > IQ2: Are you QB for the Oakland Raiders? > IQ3: Are you QB for the Minnesota Vikings? Dunno x3 > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > > IQ1: Are you an American author known for your crime novels featuring Kay Scarpetta? > > IQ2: Are you a former British intelligence office and author, known for your realistic and somewhat bleak spy novels? > > IQ3: Are you a British author of military historical fiction, primarily known for a series of novels set in the Napoleonic Wars and featuring a whore’s son who rises to become an officer and hero in Wellington’s army? Not Catherine Cornwall (?), not John Le Carre, and not Bernard Cornwell > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the wife of Agamemnon? > 2. Were you a wise centaur who mentored Herakles? > 3. Are you the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Demeter? Not Clytemnestra, dunno, and not Ceres > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the friendly ghost? > 2. Were you reportedly the subject of a bet to make you say at least three words? > 3. Are you a comedian who shares a name with a suburb of Washington DC in Maryland? Not Casper, Calvin “You lose” Coolidge or Chevy Chase C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not originally from film ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/14 "2019-04-02T11:23:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3 > Not Catherine Cornwall (?), not John Le Carre, and not Bernard Cornwell 1 is Patricia Cornw_e_ll. But I’d say that’s close enough. 2 - Yes, John Le Carre. But I was thinking of his real name, David Cornwall. 3 - Another Cornw_a_ll. I had a Cornish theme going. Still reserving 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 2, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/15 "2019-04-02T11:42:42Z")
Correct, Chronos was the centaut, Correct. DQ: Created by an American author or authors? ---
**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 2, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/16 "2019-04-02T12:15:14Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you QB for the Carolina Panthers? > IQ2: Are you QB for the Oakland Raiders? > IQ3: Are you QB for the Minnesota Vikings? > > Dunno x3 Cam Newton, Derek Carr, Kirk Cousins DQ: Originally from literature? holding 2 DQs ---
**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 2, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/17 "2019-04-02T13:47:49Z")
C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not originally from film 5. created by an American author or authors 6. originally from literature ---
**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 2, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/18 "2019-04-02T13:56:44Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the protagonist in _The Catcher In The Rye_? 2. Did you famously translate _The Odyssey_? 3. Did you discover King Tut’s Tomb? ---
**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 2, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/19 "2019-04-02T14:03:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist in _The Catcher In The Rye_? > 2. Did you famously translate _The Odyssey_? > 3. Did you discover King Tut’s Tomb? I’m not Holden Caulfield, dunno, and not Howard Carter. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/20 "2019-04-02T14:14:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Casper, Calvin “You lose” Coolidge or Chevy Chase All correct. IQs: 1. Were you a peanut farmer from Plains, Georgia? 2. Were you Pinocchio’s conscience in the 1940 film? 3. Did you play #2? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=2)