# Botticelli - April 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 3, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348 "2021-04-03T21:37:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/261 "2021-04-24T16:02:54Z")
Answers to previous IQs: > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a former Belgian policeman? > IQ2: Are you #1’s friend, an army officer? > IQ3: Are you a sea captain in Belgian comics? Hercule Poirot, Captain Hastings, Captain Haddock (_Tintin_). IQ1: Were you an English nobleman born in Angola? IQ2: Were you the third Roman emperor? IQ3: Were you the fourth? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/262 "2021-04-24T16:23:03Z")
I am C: 1. I am real 2. I am male ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/263 "2021-04-24T16:24:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an English nobleman born in Angola? > IQ2: Were you the third Roman emperor? > IQ3: Were you the fourth? 1. DQ 2. DQ 3. DQ ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/264 "2021-04-24T16:27:57Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you an English nobleman born in Angola? > > IQ2: Were you the third Roman emperor? > > IQ3: Were you the fourth? > > 1. DQ > 2. DQ > 3. DQ John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke. Caligula. Claudius. DQ1: Living? DQ2: American? DQ3: Known for the Arts? ---
**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, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/265 "2021-04-24T16:39:07Z")
Congrats! Belated IQ wrap-up: 1 (currently in Garner’s position) was Kamala Harris; 3 (narrated _The Point!_) was Dustin Hoffman. IQs: 1. Did you and your son play the same role in a cinematic Biblical epic? 2. Did you represent John Scopes? 3. Did you create Tommy and Tuppence? ---
**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, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/266 "2021-04-24T16:39:12Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _Minnie the Moocher_? 2. Did you have a hit with _Rhinestone Cowboy_? 3. Did you have a hit with _Come on-a My House_? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/267 "2021-04-24T16:49:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Living? > DQ2: American? > DQ3: Known for the Arts? I am C: 1. I am real 2. I am male 3. I am deceased 4. I am American 5. I am known for the arts ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/268 "2021-04-24T16:51:04Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you and your son play the same role in a cinematic Biblical epic? > 2. Did you represent John Scopes? > 3. Did you create Tommy and Tuppence? 1. I am not Charlton Heston 2. I am not Clarence Darrow 3. DQ ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/269 "2021-04-24T16:51:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Minnie the Moocher_ ? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Rhinestone Cowboy_ ? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Come on-a My House_ ? 1. I am not Cab Calloway 2. I am not Glen Campbell 3. I am not Rosemary Clooney ---
**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, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/270 "2021-04-24T17:17:13Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Did you write the story of _Pinocchio_? 2. Did your numerous paintings inspire the Impressionist movement, although you yourself didn’t think much of it? 3. Are you an imaginary son W.C. Fields talked about on his radio series, _The Lucky Strike Show_? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/271 "2021-04-24T17:22:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the story of _Pinocchio_? > 2. Did your numerous paintings inspire the Impressionist movement, although you yourself didn’t think much of it? > 3. Are you an imaginary son W.C. Fields talked about on his radio series, _The Lucky Strike Show_? 1. I am not Carlo Carlotti 2. I am not Paul Cezanne 3. 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 24, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/272 "2021-04-24T18:20:58Z")
#1 was Carlo Collodi. Close enough. #2 was Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot. #3 was Chester Fields. Once Lucky Strike realized Bill was hyping the competition they made him stop. DQs: 1. Last name starts with C? 2. Died before 1950? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/273 "2021-04-24T18:37:40Z")
I am C: 1. I am real 2. I am male 3. I am deceased 4. I am American 5. I am known for the arts 6. My last name starts with C 7. I did not die before 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 25, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/274 "2021-04-25T14:33:49Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an eccentric cartoon inventor with a silent sidekick named Leonardo? 2. Did you create the fictional detective Father Brown? 3. Were you a Polish Romantic classical composer and pianist? ---
**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, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/275 "2021-04-25T15:12:30Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write about the negative environmental effects of pesticides? 2. Do you wear red-and-white striped headgear, gloves, a bowtie, and nothing else? 3. Were you the first criminal caught by radio? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/276 "2021-04-25T17:40:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you an eccentric cartoon inventor with a silent sidekick named Leonardo? > 2. Did you create the fictional detective Father Brown? > 3. Were you a Polish Romantic classical composer and pianist? 1. DQ 2. DQ 3. I am not Frederic Chopin ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/277 "2021-04-25T17:42:16Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you write about the negative environmental effects of pesticides? > 2. Do you wear red-and-white striped headgear, gloves, a bowtie, and nothing else? > 3. Were you the first criminal caught by radio? 1. I am not Rachel Carson 2. DQ (though I’m kicking myself … this is super-familiar) 3. I am not Al Capone ---
**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, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/278 "2021-04-25T17:49:56Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Were you an eccentric cartoon inventor with a silent sidekick named Leonardo? > > > > > 1. Did you create the fictional detective Father Brown? > > > 2. Were you a Polish Romantic classical composer and pianist? > > 1. DQ > 2. DQ > 3. I am not Frederic Chopin #1 was Clyde Crashcup. #2 was G. K. Chesterton. Correct on Chopin. DQs: 1. Known for the performing arts? 2. Died before 1990? ---
**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, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/279 "2021-04-25T17:53:42Z")
IQs: Where you the criminal mastermind behind the Red-Headed League? Were you London’s most notorious blackmailer, killed by one of his victims? Did you die of a heart attack after seeing a monstrous hound near your estate? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/280 "2021-04-25T18:00:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Where you the criminal mastermind behind the Red-Headed League? > Were you London’s most notorious blackmailer, killed by one of his victims? > Did you die of a heart attack after seeing a monstrous hound near your estate? DQ DQ DQ (Letting down one of my old English teachers with this one) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348.md?page=15)