# Botticelli - April 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 3, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184 "2022-04-03T11:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 3, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/1 "2022-04-03T11:57:31Z")
Yay! Thanks! I am [![](https://st3.depositphotos.com/5142301/13059/v/950/depositphotos_130591048-stockillustratie-letter-m-logo-in-vintage.jpg) ](https://st3.depositphotos.com/5142301/13059/v/950/depositphotos_130591048-stockillustratie-letter-m-logo-in-vintage.jpg) Link to March 2022 Botticelli thread: [Boticelli March 2022 - #268 by Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/268) ---
**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 3, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/2 "2022-04-03T16:22:03Z")
IQ1: Are you the last surviving Monkee? IQ2: Did your eponymous Earth Band score a #1 hit with a Bruce Springsteen cover? IQ3: Did Ernest Borgnine win an Oscar playing you? ---
**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 3, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/3 "2022-04-03T16:29:31Z")
IQs: 1. Were you so fine you blew Toni Basil’s mind? 2. Did Triumph the Insult Comic Dog try to entice you with the promise of lettuce? Delicious, tasty lettuce? 3. Was it (sarcastically) claimed that kissing you was like kissing Hitler? ---
**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 3, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/4 "2022-04-03T18:53:22Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you the last surviving Monkee? > IQ2: Did your eponymous Earth Band score a #1 hit with a Bruce Springsteen cover? > IQ3: Did Ernest Borgnine win an Oscar playing you? 1. I am not Mickey Dolenz. 2. I am not Manfred Mann. 3. I am not Marty. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Were you so fine you blew Toni Basil’s mind? > 2. Did Triumph the Insult Comic Dog try to entice you with the promise of lettuce? Delicious, tasty lettuce? > 3. Was it (sarcastically) claimed that kissing you was like kissing Hitler? 1. I am not Mickey. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Marilyn Monroe. ---
**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 3, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/5 "2022-04-03T19:06:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Mickey. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Marilyn Monroe. 2 was Mitch McConnell. DQ: real? ---
**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 3, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/6 "2022-04-03T19:40:22Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional ---
**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 4, 2022, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/7 "2022-04-04T06:39:26Z")
Swept me. IQ1: You came and you gave without taking? IQ2: You sang IQ1? IQ3: Did you write _Death in Venice_? ---
**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 4, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/8 "2022-04-04T15:42:50Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Q1: You came and you gave without taking? > IQ2: You sang IQ1? > IQ3: Did you write _Death in Venice_ ? 1. I am not Mandy. 2. I am not Barry Manilow. 3. I am not Thomas Mann. ---
**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 4, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/9 "2022-04-04T16:33:37Z")
Another sweep! IQ1: Are you Flash Gordon’s nemesis? IQ2: Are you a protector of Earth who communicates with humans via twin fairies? IQ3: Were you one of the founders of the Rebel Alliance? ---
**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 4, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/10 "2022-04-04T16:41:39Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ2: Are you a protector of Earth who communicates with humans via twin fairies? Oh, that’s telepathy, that is! Yes, I am [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.717a99db6e4975bf602cfc51ae72aa4b?rik=cf5msxkADIJa0g&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.717a99db6e4975bf602cfc51ae72aa4b?rik=cf5msxkADIJa0g&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) # MOTHRA! WTG, CFOHG! ---
**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 4, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/11 "2022-04-04T19:25:02Z")
Woohoo - well done, **CFOHG**! ---
**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 4, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/12 "2022-04-04T19:51:48Z")
Wow. I deliberately left out references to “kaiju” and “Japan” to try to make it more obscure and earn a DQ. Next up… **I am H** [![](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/leapfrog/images/4/4a/H.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20170207153452) ](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/leapfrog/images/4/4a/H.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20170207153452) ---
**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 4, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/13 "2022-04-04T20:44:39Z")
IQs: 1. Does Dr. Strange occasionally summon up your hoary hosts? 2. Are you an owl often seen in the company of Churchy LaFemme? 3. Were you William Shakespeare’s son who died very young? ---
**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 4, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/14 "2022-04-04T21:16:17Z")
Congrats, Chock! IQs: 1. Are you you, you are? 2. Was your slogan “Every man a king”? 3. Does the title of what is now _one_ of your published books refer to a sin? ---
**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 4, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/15 "2022-04-04T21:28:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Does Dr. Strange occasionally summon up your hoary hosts? > 2. Are you an owl often seen in the company of Churchy LaFemme? > 3. Were you William Shakespeare’s son who died very young? DQ Not Howland Owl DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are you you, you are? > 2. Was your slogan “Every man a king”? > 3. Does the title of what is now _one_ of your published books refer to a sin? Not Henry the VIII, I am not Not Huey P Long DQ ---
**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 4, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/16 "2022-04-04T21:32:31Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Henry the VIII, I am not > Not Huey P Long > DQ 3 was Harper Lee. DQ: real? ---
**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 4, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/17 "2022-04-04T21:49:47Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Does Dr. Strange occasionally summon up your hoary hosts? > > > > > 1. Are you an owl often seen in the company of Churchy LaFemme? > > > 2. Were you William Shakespeare’s son who died very young? > > DQ > Not Howland Owl > DQ #1 is Hoggoth. Correct on Howland. #3 was Hamnet. [sic] DQs: 1. Male? 2. Last name starts with H? ---
**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 4, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/18 "2022-04-04T21:56:38Z")
**H** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Only name starts with H ---
**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 5, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/19 "2022-04-05T14:13:09Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Iliad_? 2. Did you write _Theogony_? 3. Were you Emperor of Japan during WWII? ---
**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 5, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/20 "2022-04-05T15:02:14Z")
IQs: 1. Did you finance _Monty Python’s Life of Brian_ (and even appear in it, as Mr. Papadopoulis)? 2. In _Supreme: The Return_ #1, does Korgo the Space Tyrant take over the US–only to beg Supreme to imprison him again, as he finds you (a real person) too much to handle? 3. Did you co-create this character? [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d8/Curious_George.png) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d8/Curious_George.png) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184.md?page=2)