# 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:** 10
**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 24, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/181 "2019-04-24T15:18:21Z")
IQs: Did you command Hill Street Station? Did you say you romanced older women “because they are so grateful”? Did you see your son die in a horrible railroad accident not long before starting an important new job? ---
**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 24, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/182 "2019-04-24T15:50:59Z")
Congrats, Prof.! I’ve seen “City on the Edge of Forever” but forgot what her first name was. Belated IQ wrap-up: 1 (the actor in _Freaks_) was Johnny Eck. IQs: 1. Were you a bongo-playing, lock-picking physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project? 2. Did you reportedly tell your director "George, you can type this shit, but you sure can’t say it”? 3. Are you played by Wendy Schaal on _American Dad_? ---
**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 24, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/183 "2019-04-24T16:24:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you command Hill Street Station? > Did you say you romanced older women “because they are so grateful”? > Did you see your son die in a horrible railroad accident not long before starting an important new job? #2. I am not Benjamin Franklin. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 24, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/184 "2019-04-24T16:25:37Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Congrats, Prof.! I’ve seen “City on the Edge of Forever” but forgot what her first name was. > > Belated IQ wrap-up: 1 (the actor in _Freaks_) was Johnny Eck. > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a bongo-playing, lock-picking physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project? > 2. Did you reportedly tell your director "George, you can type this shit, but you sure can’t say it”? > 3. Are you played by Wendy Schaal on _American Dad_? 1. I am not Richard Feynman. 2. I am not Harrison Ford (??) Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 24, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/185 "2019-04-24T19:08:15Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Is one of your characters the sassy Geraldine? > IQ2: Are you a stand-up comedian famous for “You might be a redneck if…”? > IQ3: Are you a pro wrestler and stand-up comedian whose aliases include Mankind, Dude Love, and Cactus Jack Manson? > > 1. I am not Flip Wilson? > 2. I am not Jeff Foxworthy? > Take a DQ for #3. correct, correct, Mick Foley 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 24, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/186 "2019-04-24T19:14:36Z")
IQ1: Were you one of the original Charlie’s Angels? IQ2: Did Abe Vigoda play you on _Barney Miller_? IQ3: Did Montressor brick you up in “The Cask of Amontillado”? ---
**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 24, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/187 "2019-04-24T20:00:38Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with F 3. Dead ---
**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 24, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/188 "2019-04-24T20:01:39Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you one of the original Charlie’s Angels? > IQ2: Did Abe Vigoda play you on _Barney Miller_? > IQ3: Did Montressor brick you up in “The Cask of Amontillado”? 1. I am not Farrah Fawcett. 2. I am not Lt. Fish. 3. I am not Fortunato. ---
**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 24, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/189 "2019-04-24T20:57:09Z")
Previous IQs: Did you command Hill Street Station? - Francis X. “Frank” Furillo, on _Hill Street Blues_ Did you say you romanced older women “because they are so grateful”? - Yes, Benjamin Franklin Did you see your son die in a horrible railroad accident not long before starting an important new job? - Franklin Pierce, as President-elect Frank[lin] x3! DQs: American? Political/military? IQs: Did you create _Downton Abbey_? Have you played three scheming politicians, two fictional and one real? Was your middle name Glasgow? ---
**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 24, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/190 "2019-04-24T21:30:15Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a sex addict opposite Carey Milligan in _Shame_? > > IQ2: Are you bald, round, and able to cause a lightbulb to glow simply by putting it in your mouth? > > IQ3: Did you play a pale blond villain who was sexy enough to inspire a trope name on TVTropes, “[Character] In Leather Pants?” > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Uncle Fester. > #3. Take a DQ. Michael Fassbender for the first, correct with Uncle Fester, and the “Draco In Leather Pants” trope was inspired by Draco Malfoy, played by Tom Felton. DQ1: Female? DQ2: Born before 1960? IQ1: Are you the world’s most famous - possibly _only_ famous - Irish stepdancer? IQ2: Did you build the _Clermont_, the world’s first steam-powered ship? IQ3: Did you have yellow eyes and torment younger boys, until you were beaten up by Ralphie? ---
**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 24, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/191 "2019-04-24T22:13:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Richard Feynman. > 2. I am not Harrison Ford (??) > Take a DQ for #3. Correct on 2. 3 is Francine Smith. IQs: 1. Are you the pseudonymous author of such novels as _My Brilliant Friend_? 2. Are you the protagonist of two novels by Winston Groom? 3. Did you design the Dymaxion car? One DQ 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 24, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/192 "2019-04-24T22:19:23Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with F 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Not Political/Military 6. Male 7. Born before 1960 ---
**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 24, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/193 "2019-04-24T22:23:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you create _Downton Abbey_? > Have you played three scheming politicians, two fictional and one real? > Was your middle name Glasgow? Take 3 DQs. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Are you the world’s most famous - possibly _only_ famous - Irish stepdancer? > > IQ2: Did you build the _Clermont_, the world’s first steam-powered ship? > > IQ3: Did you have yellow eyes and torment younger boys, until you were beaten up by Ralphie? Take 2 DQs. I know that I know #1, but cannot bring the name around. Michael something? #2) I am not Robert Fulton. However, John Fitch actually built the first steamboat, and Fulton’s ship was named _The North River Steamboat_. Clermont was its point of registry. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the pseudonymous author of such novels as _My Brilliant Friend_? > 2. Are you the protagonist of two novels by Winston Groom? > 3. Did you design the Dymaxion car? Take 2 DQs. #3) I am not Bucky Fuller. ---
**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, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/194 "2019-04-25T02:08:34Z")
Previous IQs: Did you create _Downton Abbey_? - Julian Fellowes Have you played three scheming politicians, two fictional and one real? - Frank Langella, in _Dave, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ and _Frost/Nixon_ Was your middle name Glasgow? - Adm. David Farragut of American Civil War fame DQs: European? Best known for the Arts? Born before 1860? IQs: Was Lady Catherine de Bourgh your imperious aunt? Did you play Draco Malfoy? Did a crazy employee kill your girlfriend and set fire to your house? ---
**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, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/195 "2019-04-25T02:14:50Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with F 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Not Political/Military 6. Male 7. Born before 1960 8. European 9. Best known for the Arts 10. Born before 1860 ---
**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, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/196 "2019-04-25T02:17:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was Lady Catherine de Bourgh your imperious aunt? > Did you play Draco Malfoy? > Did a crazy employee kill your girlfriend and set fire to your house? #1. I am not Fitzwilliam Darcy. #2. I am not Tom Felton. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 25, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/197 "2019-04-25T13:37:09Z")
IQ1: Is one of your characters Matt Foley, a motivational speaker who lived in a van down by the river? IQ2: Have you played a starship captain and a mystery author who accompanied detectives during their cases? IQ3: Have you been an SNL performer and a US senator from Minnesota? ---
**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, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/198 "2019-04-25T13:45:52Z")
Previous IQs: Was Lady Catherine de Bourgh your imperious aunt? - Yes, Fitzwilliam Darcy in _Pride and Prejudice_ Did you play Draco Malfoy? - Yes, Tom Felton Did a crazy employee kill your girlfriend and set fire to your house? - Frank Lloyd Wright DQ: Best known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography, engraving, etc.)? IQs: Did Sean Bean play your big brother? Were you Scrooge’s first employer? Did you vex your neighbor by wiggling your bottom while in a ski suit? ---
**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 25, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/199 "2019-04-25T14:16:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. > > Take 2 DQs. I know that I know #1, but cannot bring the name around. Michael something? > > #2) I am not Robert Fulton. However, John Fitch actually built the first steamboat, and Fulton’s ship was named _The North River Steamboat_. Clermont was its point of registry. > > Take 2 DQs. > #3) I am not Bucky Fuller. Michael Flatley is the name you were reaching for. The other one was Scut Farkus, the bully from _A Christmas Story_. DQ1: Musician? DQ2: Anglophone? ---
**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 25, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/200 "2019-04-25T14:35:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 2 DQs. > #3) I am not Bucky Fuller. 1 (the author if _My Brilliant Friend_) was Elena Ferrante; 2 (the Winston Groom character) was Forrest Gump. IQs: 1. Did you edit _Famous Monsters of Filmland_? 2. Are you the Modern Prometheus? 3. Were you the first female US presidential cabinet member? DQ: born before 1760? Two DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=11)