# 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:** 6
**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 14, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/101 "2021-04-14T02:59:33Z")
IQ1: Did you play a werewolf, a rancher’s son, and the head of a pioneer family? IQ2: Were you a Medal of Honor recipient who fathered six kids with your wife, two with your secretary, and five with two other mistresses? IQ3: Were you a Heinlein character called “Slipstick”? ---
**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 14, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/102 "2021-04-14T03:10:21Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Are you a recurring long-lived character in works by Robert Heinlein? > > > 2. An actor, did you also study under Sigmund Freud in Vienna while a teenager? > > > 3. Did you host the original _Kids Say The Darnedest Things_ TV series? > > 1. I am not Lazarus Long. > 2. I am not Hedy Lamarr? > 3. I am not Art Linkletter. Correct on 1 and 3. #2 was Peter Lorre. DQ: Born after 1979? ---
**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 14, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/103 "2021-04-14T03:13:09Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the star of _Sea Hunt_? 2. Did you write _Ringworld_? 3. A tenor, did you sing opera for MGM? ---
**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 14, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/104 "2021-04-14T03:24:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a werewolf, a rancher’s son, and the head of a pioneer family? > IQ2: Were you a Medal of Honor recipient who fathered six kids with your wife, two with your secretary, and five with two other mistresses? > IQ3: Were you a Heinlein character called “Slipstick”? IQ1: I am not Michael Landon. IQ2: I am not Charles Lindbergh? IQ3: Take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the star of _Sea Hunt_? > 2. Did you write _Ringworld_? > 3. A tenor, did you sing opera for MGM? 1. I am not Lloyd Bridges? 2. I am not Larry Niven. 3. I am not Mario Lanza? DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name doesn’t start with L 4. living 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. born before 1979 ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/105 "2021-04-14T09:03:44Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a well-known female voodoo practitioner in New Orleans? 2. Were you Ursula’s evil ex-fiance in **George of the Jungle**? 3. Were you the author of **Strawberry Girl**? ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/106 "2021-04-14T14:10:51Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the leader of the Nez Perce tribe? - Never mind, withdrawn; had a brainfart. This was Chief Joseph (not an L) Did you become a runner with Jessica, whose brother you saw killed? - Yes, the title character from _Logan’s Run_ Were you honored with a monument at Vicksburg and a traffic circle in Washington, D.C.? - Gen. John Logan Logan x2! DQ: Best known for the performing arts? IQs: Did you husband like to go about the house with his shoes off, to “let his feet breathe”? Were you that husband? Were you their almost-as-famous son? ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/107 "2021-04-14T14:35:32Z")
Swept me again. 1. Did Henry Morton Stanley presume upon your identity when you met him? 2. Did you play a bandleader in the movie _High Society_? 3. Did you play Woody’s love interest in _Bananas_? ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/108 "2021-04-14T14:59:26Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you play a werewolf, a rancher’s son, and the head of a pioneer family? > > IQ2: Were you a Medal of Honor recipient who fathered six kids with your wife, two with your secretary, and five with two other mistresses? > > IQ3: Were you a Heinlein character called “Slipstick”? > > IQ1: I am not Michael Landon. > IQ2: I am not Charles Lindbergh? > IQ3: Take a DQ. ✅ ✅ Lazarus Long’s buddy, Andrew Libby. 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:** [April 14, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/109 "2021-04-14T16:11:14Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you a well-known female voodoo practitioner in New Orleans? > 2. Were you Ursula’s evil ex-fiance in **George of the Jungle**? > 3. Were you the author of **Strawberry Girl**? 1. I am not Marie Laveau. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you husband like to go about the house with his shoes off, to “let his feet breathe”? > Were you that husband? > Were you their almost-as-famous son? Respectively: I am not Mary Todd Lincoln. I am not Abe Lincoln. I am not Willie, Robert, or Tad Lincoln. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did Henry Morton Stanley presume upon your identity when you met him? > 2. Did you play a bandleader in the movie _High Society_? > 3. Did you play Woody’s love interest in _Bananas_? 1. I am not Livingston. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Louise Lasser? DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name doesn’t start with L 4. living 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. born before 1979 8. best known for the performing arts ---
**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 14, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/110 "2021-04-14T16:12:19Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did Henry Morton Stanley presume upon your identity when you met him? > > > > > 1. Did you play a bandleader in the movie _High Society_ ? > > > 2. Did you play Woody’s love interest in _Bananas_ ? > > 1. I am not Livingston. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Louise Lasser? Correct, Louis Armstrong, Correct. DQ: Known as an actor? ---
**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 14, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/111 "2021-04-14T16:27:39Z")
Swept me! IQs: Did you write the musical _Camelot_? Did you, too? Did you introduce yourself as the art teacher at an unusual New York school? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/112 "2021-04-14T17:52:28Z")
Another sweep! IQ1: Was your attempt at the “perfect crime” the inspiration for Hitchcock’s film _Rope_? (yes, I know it was a play first) IQ2: Did you join IQ1 in the attempt? IQ3: Did you play a key role in developing the electric guitar? ---
**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 14, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/113 "2021-04-14T18:10:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write the musical _Camelot_? > Did you, too? > Did you introduce yourself as the art teacher at an unusual New York school? Respectively: I am not Lerner. I am not Loewe. I am not Logan, AKA Wolverine. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Was your attempt at the “perfect crime” the inspiration for Hitchcock’s film _Rope_? (yes, I know it was a play first) > IQ2: Did you join IQ1 in the attempt? > IQ3: Did you play a key role in developing the electric guitar? IQ1: I am not Leopold. IQ2: I am not Loeb. IQ3: I am not Les Paul? DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name doesn’t start with L 4. living 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. born before 1979 8. best known for the performing arts 9. known as an actor ---
**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 14, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/114 "2021-04-14T18:15:17Z")
Swept me again. Well done! Was Oliver Hazard Perry a friend and shipmate of yours? Did you wish a houseguest would use his goddamn prepositions? Was a still-standing fort named after you in Pennsylvania? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/115 "2021-04-14T19:14:37Z")
Another sweep. IQ1: Have you played a homeless murder suspect, a Nazi industrialist and a Jedi? IQ2: Do you voice a bucktoothed tow truck? IQ3: Do you have a recurring role on Saturday Night Live playing a senator from Vermont? ---
**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 14, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/116 "2021-04-14T21:37:17Z")
DQ: Best known for movies? ---
**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 14, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/117 "2021-04-14T21:48:30Z")
IQs: 1. Were you King of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae? 2. Were you the French composer of _Symphonie espagnole_? 3. Are you a contemporary designer whose market is exclusively young girls-to-early teens? ---
**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 14, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/118 "2021-04-14T22:43:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Was Oliver Hazard Perry a friend and shipmate of yours? > Did you wish a houseguest would use his goddamn prepositions? > Was a still-standing fort named after you in Pennsylvania? Respectively: Take a DQ. I am not Lionel Twain, as played by Truman Capote in _Murder by Death_. Take a DQ. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Have you played a homeless murder suspect, a Nazi industrialist and a Jedi? > IQ2: Do you voice a bucktoothed tow truck? > IQ3: Do you have a recurring role on Saturday Night Live playing a senator from Vermont? IQ1: I am not Liam Neeson. IQ2: I am not Larry the Cable Guy. IQ3: I am not Larry David. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you King of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae? > 2. Were you the French composer of _Symphonie espagnole_? > 3. Are you a contemporary designer whose market is exclusively young girls-to-early teens? 1. I am not Leonidas. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Lisa Frank? If not Frank, take a DQ. DQs 1. real 2. male 3. last name doesn’t start with L 4. living 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. born before 1979 8. best known for the performing arts 9. known as an actor 10. not best known for movies ---
**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 14, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/119 "2021-04-14T23:16:43Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you King of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae? > > > 2. Were you the French composer of _Symphonie espagnole_ ? > > > 3. Are you a contemporary designer whose market is exclusively young girls-to-early teens? > > 1. I am not Leonidas. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Lisa Frank? If not Frank, take a DQ. Correct on 1 and 3. #2 was Lalo. DQ: Born before 1960? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/120 "2021-04-14T23:30:40Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a well-known female voodoo practitioner in New Orleans? > 2. Were you Ursula’s evil ex-fiance in **George of the Jungle**? > 3. Were you the author of **Strawberry Girl**? Correct, Lyle, Lois Lenski. DQs: 1. Best known for TV shows? Two DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348.md?page=7)