# 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:** 12
**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 27, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/221 "2019-04-27T21:57:55Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Are you Jean-Honoré Fragonard, painter of _[The Swing](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Fragonard%2C_The_Swing.jpg)_? Oui! Good work, DLR! ---
**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 28, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/222 "2019-04-28T02:13:20Z")
I know the painting but couldn’t have named him. Good job indeed, **DLR**! ---
**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 28, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/223 "2019-04-28T13:50:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Oui! Good work, DLR! Merci, Prof.! I am G. ---
**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 28, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/224 "2019-04-28T18:34:14Z")
IQs: 1. Did you paint _The Wreck of the Medusa_? 2. Are you secretly Nightwing? 3. Did you write _The Firm_? ---
**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 28, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/225 "2019-04-28T18:44:58Z")
toutes nos félicitations, DLR! IQ1: Are you the main character of Kafka’s Metamorphosis? IQ2: Did you play the second-in-command of \*Firefly \*and later the head of a law firm? IQ3: Did Liam Neeson play you in The Dark Knight Trilogy? ---
**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 28, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/226 "2019-04-28T18:51:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint _The Wreck of the Medusa_? > 2. Are you secretly Nightwing? > 3. Did you write _The Firm_? 1. I am not Gerricault. 2. I am not Dick Grayson. 3. I am not John Grisham. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > toutes nos félicitations, DLR! > > IQ1: Are you the main character of Kafka’s Metamorphosis? > IQ2: Did you play the second-in-command of \*Firefly \*and later the head of a law firm? > IQ3: Did Liam Neeson play you in The Dark Knight Trilogy? IQ1: I am not Gregor Samsa. IQ2: I am not Gina Torres. IQ3: I am not Raʾs al-Ghūl. ---
**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 28, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/227 "2019-04-28T19:44:18Z")
Swept me. IQs: 1. According to the Talmud, are you the archangel charged with control over fire? 2. Are you a three-headed kanji from outer space? 3. Are you an old time radio character who had his own show as a spinoff from _Fibber McGee and Molly_? ---
**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 28, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/228 "2019-04-28T20:27:45Z")
IQ1: Are you QB for the LA Rams? IQ2: Are you head coach of the Dallas Cowboys? IQ3: Are you head coach of the Oakland Raiders? ---
**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 28, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/229 "2019-04-28T20:39:19Z")
IQ1: Are you a fictional character modeled on Ivan Boesky? IQ2: Are you a Canadian singer-songwriter whose biggest hit contained the names of all the Great Lakes? IQ3: Did you play a radio executive (and utter possibly the funniest line in TV history while doing so), and a Maytag repairman? ---
**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 28, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/230 "2019-04-28T23:04:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. According to the Talmud, are you the archangel charged with control over fire? > 2. Are you a three-headed kanji from outer space? > 3. Are you an old time radio character who had his own show as a spinoff from _Fibber McGee and Molly_? 1. I am not Gabriel. 2. I am not the kaiju King Ghidora. 3. I am not the Great Gildersleeve. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you QB for the LA Rams? > IQ2: Are you head coach of the Dallas Cowboys? > IQ3: Are you head coach of the Oakland Raiders? Take three DQs. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Are you a fictional character modeled on Ivan Boesky? > > IQ2: Are you a Canadian singer-songwriter whose biggest hit contained the names of all the Great Lakes? > > IQ3: Did you play a radio executive (and utter possibly the funniest line in TV history while doing so), and a Maytag repairman? IQ1: I am not Gordon Gekko. IQ2: I am not Gordon Lightfoot. IQ3: I am not Gordon Jump. ---
**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 29, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/231 "2019-04-29T00:03:38Z")
Swept again! And corrected! IQs: 1. Are you the villain in many of the episodes of the highly acclaimed BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 2. Did you create Howard the Duck? 3. Did you duet _I Remember It Well_ with Maurice Chevalier in the movie _Gigi_? ---
**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 29, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/232 "2019-04-29T03:40:32Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you QB for the LA Rams? > IQ2: Are you head coach of the Dallas Cowboys? > IQ3: Are you head coach of the Oakland Raiders? > > Take three DQs. Jared Goff, Jason Garrett, Jon Gruden Real? Male? Last name start with 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 29, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/233 "2019-04-29T03:45:14Z")
IQ1: Did the doe-like Fawn Hall trample your presidential aspirations? IQ2: Are you Howard Stern’s longtime producer ncknamed “Baba Booey”? IQ3: Were you Chancellor of the Klingon Empire until Worf killed you? ---
**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 29, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/234 "2019-04-29T16:31:05Z")
IQs: Did you write in a letter to a synagogue’s leaders that the U.S. Government gives “to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance”? Did your stalwart stand on Snodgrass Hill win you a memorable nickname? Did you tell a reporter that you saved your feelings for your wife? ---
**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 29, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/235 "2019-04-29T17:30:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the villain in many of the episodes of the highly acclaimed BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 2. Did you create Howard the Duck? > 3. Did you duet _I Remember It Well_ with Maurice Chevalier in the movie _Gigi_? 1. I am not Grytpype. 2. I am not Steve Gerber. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did the doe-like Fawn Hall trample your presidential aspirations? > IQ2: Are you Howard Stern’s longtime producer ncknamed “Baba Booey”? > IQ3: Were you Chancellor of the Klingon Empire until Worf killed you? IQ1: I am not Gary Hart. IQ2: I am not Gary Dell’Abate. IQ3: Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write in a letter to a synagogue’s leaders that the U.S. Government gives “to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance”? > Did your stalwart stand on Snodgrass Hill win you a memorable nickname? > Did you tell a reporter that you saved your feelings for your wife? Respectively: I am not George Washington. Take a DQ. Take a DQ. I’ve heard this anecdote before (the reporter asks “How do you feel about the bill?”) but can’t remember the name. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. first name begins with G ---
**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 29, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/236 "2019-04-29T19:06:11Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the villain in many of the episodes of the highly acclaimed BBC radio series The Goon Show? > 2. Did you create Howard the Duck? > 3. Did you duet I Remember It Well with Maurice Chevalier in the movie Gigi? > 4. I am not Grytpype. > 5. I am not Steve Gerber. > 6. Take a DQ. Sapristi nuckoes! You know of Hercules Grytpipe-Thinne. Correct on 1 and 2. #3 was Hermione Gingold. DQ: 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 29, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/237 "2019-04-29T19:08:15Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Female Eunuch_? 2. Were you Zeus’s cupbearer? 3. Are you “especially good at expectorating”? ---
**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 30, 2019, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/238 "2019-04-30T11:16:47Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQ1: I am not Gordon Gekko. > IQ2: I am not Gordon Lightfoot. > IQ3: I am not Gordon Jump. Swept, by gum! IQ1: Did one of your four sea-voyages take you to the island of Laputa? IQ2: Are you a notorious womanizer and poet who fought for Greek independence? IQ3: Are you the only president to serve two terms nonconsecutively? ---
**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 30, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/239 "2019-04-30T14:00:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Female Eunuch_? > 2. Were you Zeus’s cupbearer? > 3. Are you “especially good at expectorating”? 1. I am not Germaine Greer. 2. I am not Ganymede. 3. I am not Gaston. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Swept, by gum! > > IQ1: Did one of your four sea-voyages take you to the island of Laputa? > > IQ2: Are you a notorious womanizer and poet who fought for Greek independence? > > IQ3: Are you the only president to serve two terms nonconsecutively? IQ1: I am not Lemuel Gulliver. IQ2: I am not George Gordon, Lord Byron. IQ3: I am not Grover Cleveland. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. first name begins with G 4. 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 30, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/240 "2019-04-30T14:46:28Z")
Swept yet again. IQs: 1. Did Miss Piggy play you in _Muppet Treasure Island_? 2. Were you Saul of Tarsus’s rabbi? 3. Are you Murasaki Shikibu’s best known character? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=13)