# 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:** 13
**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 30, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/241 "2019-04-30T17:06:50Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. Gowron DQ: American? ---
**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 30, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/242 "2019-04-30T18:39:57Z")
Previous 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”? - Yes, George Washington: [https://www.tourosynagogue.org/history-learning/tsf-intro-menu/slom-scholarship/86-washington-letter](https://www.tourosynagogue.org/history-learning/tsf-intro-menu/slom-scholarship/86-washington-letter) Did your stalwart stand on Snodgrass Hill win you a memorable nickname? - George H. Thomas, “the Rock of Chickamauga” Did you tell a reporter that you saved your feelings for your wife? - Yes, George C. Marshall, when asked by a reporter what he “felt” about a pending bill George x3! DQs: Political/military? Born since 1950? IQs: Were you, in some telling of the Arthurian tales, Launcelot’s son? Did you face off against the Green Knight? Were you Celeborn’s wife? ---
**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 30, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/243 "2019-04-30T19:14:35Z")
IQ1: Are you the leader of the Woses, who led King Theoden’s forces through Drúadan Forest? IQ2: Are you a Pharisee who talked the Sanhedrin out of condemning Peter and the Apostles to death? IQ3: Are you an EC horror era artist nicknamed “Ghastly”? ---
**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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/244 "2019-04-30T19:15:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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? 1. I am not Benjamina Gunn. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you, in some telling of the Arthurian tales, Launcelot’s son? > Did you face off against the Green Knight? > Were you Celeborn’s wife? Respectively: Take a DQ. I am not Gawain. I am not Galadriel. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. first name begins with G 4. living 5. American 6. not political/military 7. born after 1950 ---
**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, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/245 "2019-04-30T21:40:06Z")
> [@](#): > > 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? > 4. I am not Benjamina Gunn. > 5. Take a DQ. > 6. Take a DQ. Correct on Benjamina. #2 was Gamaliel. #3 is Hikaru Genji, from\* Tale of Genji\*, 11th C. Japanese novel DQs: 1. Known for the Arts? 2. Born after 1969? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/246 "2019-05-01T01:24:54Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 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 Swept me again - you’re on a roll, **DLR**. IQ1: Did you play a Batman villain? IQ2: Did you chair a committee investigating the dangerous influence of rock music? IQ3: Are you an orc of Minas Morgul, who lost his head in a, let’s call it a dispute over policy, with a Uruk-hai called Ugluk? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/247 "2019-05-01T01:53:46Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Shadow_ series of pulp novels? 2. Are you also known as Volguus Zildrohar? 3. Did you write _The White Goddess_? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/248 "2019-05-01T02:31:50Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a Batman villain? > > IQ2: Did you chair a committee investigating the dangerous influence of rock music? > > IQ3: Are you an orc of Minas Morgul, who lost his head in a, let’s call it a dispute over policy, with a Uruk-hai called Ugluk? IQ1: I am not Frank Gorshin. IQ2: I am not Tipper Gore. IQ3: Take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Shadow_ series of pulp novels? > 2. Are you also known as Volguus Zildrohar? > 3. Did you write _The White Goddess_? 1. I am not Mawell Grant. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. first name begins with G 4. living 5. American 6. not political/military 7. born after 1950 8. known for the arts 9. born before 1969 ---
**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:** [May 1, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/249 "2019-05-01T13:16:19Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQ1: I am not Frank Gorshin. > IQ2: I am not Tipper Gore. > IQ3: Take a DQ. Yes on Gorshin and Gore; the orc was Grishnak. IQ1: Are you a fantasy RPG designer whose name sounds as if it could be a character in your own game? IQ2: Did your sculptor bring you to life with a kiss? IQ3: Are you a Sicilian mafioso nicknamed “Joe the Boss”? DQ1: Visual artist? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/250 "2019-05-01T14:08:22Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write The Shadow series of pulp novels? > 2. Are you also known as Volguus Zildrohar? > 3. Did you write The White Goddess? > 4. I am not Mawell Grant. > 5. Take a DQ. > 6. Take a DQ. Correct on Maxwell Grant. #2 is one of the many names of Gozer the Gozerian from _Ghostbusters_. #3 was Robert Graves. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/251 "2019-05-01T15:18:05Z")
FWEET! Missed me! > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the leader of the Woses, who led King Theoden’s forces through Drúadan Forest? > IQ2: Are you a Pharisee who talked the Sanhedrin out of condemning Peter and the Apostles to death? > IQ3: Are you an EC horror era artist nicknamed “Ghastly”? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/252 "2019-05-01T17:31:08Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Are you a fantasy RPG designer whose name sounds as if it could be a character in your own game? > > IQ2: Did your sculptor bring you to life with a kiss? > > IQ3: Are you a Sicilian mafioso nicknamed “Joe the Boss”? IQ1: I am not Gary Gygax. IQ2: I am not Galatea. IQ3: Take a DQ. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > FWEET! Missed me! > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the leader of the Woses, who led King Theoden’s forces through Drúadan Forest? > IQ2: Are you a Pharisee who talked the Sanhedrin out of condemning Peter and the Apostles to death? > IQ3: Are you an EC horror era artist nicknamed “Ghastly”? Dammit. IQ1: Take a DQ. IQ2: Take a DQ. IQ3: I am not Graham Ingels. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. first name begins with G 4. living 5. American 6. not political/military 7. born after 1950 8. known for the arts 9. born before 1969 10. visual artist (painting, comics, photography, etc.) ---
**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:** [May 1, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/253 "2019-05-01T17:35:55Z")
Ghan-buri-ghan, Gamaliel, correct DQ: Comics artist? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/254 "2019-05-01T17:36:25Z")
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:** [May 1, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/255 "2019-05-01T17:49:52Z")
IQ1: Are you one of the artists for _Love & Rockets_? IQ2: Does Eugene Merman voice you in _Bob’s Burgers_? IQ3: Are you a Silver Age comics artist who worked for both Marvel & DC and was noted for “nostril shots”? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/256 "2019-05-01T19:08:35Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQ1: I am not Gary Gygax. > IQ2: I am not Galatea. > IQ3: Take a DQ. Correct on the first two; the mafioso was Giuseppe “Joe the Boss” Masseria, who died in a hit organized by his lieutenant Salvatore “Lucky” Luciano. IQ1: Are you a Canadian Oneida actor, with a long career, usually (but not exclusively) playing Native Americans? IQ2: Did you write “Our Man In Havana”, “The Power And The Glory”, and “The Quiet American”? IQ3: Did you shoot second? One DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/257 "2019-05-02T00:49:48Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you one of the artists for _Love & Rockets_? > IQ2: Does Eugene Merman voice you in _Bob’s Burgers_? > IQ3: Are you a Silver Age comics artist who worked for both Marvel & DC and was noted for “nostril shots”? IQ1: I am not Gilbert Hernandez. IQ2: I am not Gene Belcher. IQ3: Take a DQ. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Canadian Oneida actor, with a long career, usually (but not exclusively) playing Native Americans? > > IQ2: Did you write “Our Man In Havana”, “The Power And The Glory”, and “The Quiet American”? > > IQ3: Did you shoot second? IQ1: I am not Graham Greene. IQ2: I am not Graham Greene. IQ3: I am not Greedo. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. first name begins with G 4. living 5. American 6. not political/military 7. born after 1950 8. known for the arts 9. born before 1969 10. visual artist (painting, comics, photography, etc.) 11. known for comics ---
**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:** [May 2, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/258 "2019-05-02T11:03:18Z")
DQ: Known from DC Comics? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/259 "2019-05-02T12:54:14Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQ1: I am not Graham Greene. > IQ2: I am not Graham Greene. > IQ3: I am not Greedo. Swept for the third time! IQ1: Are you a witch’s cat who is occasionally turned for a brief time into a human, a time you usually spend desperately hunting for a pair of pants? IQ2: Were you a murderer executed by firing squad in Utah in 1978? IQ3: Are you a British monk, whose writings are a primary source of the Arthurian mythos? (There are actually two acceptable answers to this one). ---
**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:** [May 2, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/260 "2019-05-02T13:00:50Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you one of the artists for Love & Rockets? > IQ2: Does Eugene Merman voice you in Bob’s Burgers? > IQ3: Are you a Silver Age comics artist who worked for both Marvel & DC and was noted for “nostril shots”? > > IQ1: I am not Gilbert Hernandez. > IQ2: I am not Gene Belcher. > IQ3: Take a DQ. Gil Kane He and Gilbert are the only comics artists I can think of that fit the criteria so far. Gabe, Gaf, Gag, Gal… holding a DQ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=14)