# Botticelli - April 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 2, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756 "2024-04-02T20:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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 22, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/201 "2024-04-22T02:44:43Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Carrie on _Sex and the City_ and do you continue to on its sequel series, _And Just Like That…_? 2. Are you a former Philadelphia Eagle whose brother is dating Taylor Swift? 3. Are you a rapper? ---
**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 22, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/202 "2024-04-22T11:47:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did Daniel Webster defend you in _The Devil and Daniel Webster_? > > 2. Did the townspeople erect a statue to you in Dogpatch? > > 3. Did you retrieve the golden fleece? > > DQ > DQ > Not Jason #1 was Jabez Stone. #2 was Jubilation T. Cornpone. Correct on Jason. DQs: 1. Created before 1920? 2. From a song? ---
**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 22, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/203 "2024-04-22T11:48:40Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a slow-talkin’ hero in a song by the Coasters? 2. Were you Hercules Grytpype-Thynne’s lackey in many episodes of the highly acclaimed whiskey-breathed, heart-pounding, semi-illustrated 1950’s BBC Radio Series, _The Goon Show_? 3. Were you Ronald Reagan’s first wife? ---
**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 22, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/204 "2024-04-22T12:40:55Z")
**J**. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name begins with J 4. Created by Americans 5. Sorta kinda main character 6. Not from prose 7. Created before 1960 8. Not from a comic book 9. Created before 1920 10. From a song ---
**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 22, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/205 "2024-04-22T12:49:43Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the eponymous subject of a Heinlein story about the extension of civil rights to genetically enhanced chimpanzees? > 2. Did you play a newspaper editor with the catchphrase “Great Caesar’s ghost!” in 1978? > 3. Are you the biological father of a mild mannered reporter who worked for the newspaper editor? DQ (though I should know this one) DQ Not Jor-El > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Carrie on _Sex and the City_ and do you continue to on its sequel series, _And Just Like That…_? > 2. Are you a former Philadelphia Eagle whose brother is dating Taylor Swift? > 3. Are you a rapper? DQ x3 > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a slow-talkin’ hero in a song by the Coasters? > 2. Were you Hercules Grytpype-Thynne’s lackey in many episodes of the highly acclaimed whiskey-breathed, heart-pounding, semi-illustrated 1950’s BBC Radio Series, _The Goon Show_? > 3. Were you Ronald Reagan’s first wife? Not Tall, thin Jones, slow-walkin’ Jones, slow-talkin’ Jones, long, lean, lanky Jones DQ Not Jane Whatsis ---
**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 22, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/206 "2024-04-22T12:50:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a slow-talkin’ hero in a song by the Coasters? > > 2. Were you Hercules Grytpype-Thynne’s lackey in many episodes of the highly acclaimed whiskey-breathed, heart-pounding, semi-illustrated 1950’s BBC Radio Series, _The Goon Show_? > > 3. Were you Ronald Reagan’s first wife? > > Not Tall, thin Jones, slow-walkin’ Jones, slow-talkin’ Jones, long, lean, lanky Jones > DQ > Not Jane Whatsis 1. Correct on Along Came Jones. 2. “Slippery” Jim Moriarty. 3. Correct on Jane Wyman. 1 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 22, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/207 "2024-04-22T13:49:49Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you play Carrie on _Sex and the City_ and do you continue to on its sequel series, _And Just Like That…_? > 2. Are you a former Philadelphia Eagle whose brother is dating Taylor Swift? > 3. Are you a rapper? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ x3 1 was Sarah Jessica Parker; 2 was Jason Kelce; 3 was Jay-Z. Or Ja Rule. DQs: 1. created after 1900? 2. from a folk song? 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:** [April 22, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/208 "2024-04-22T14:44:22Z")
IQs: 1. Have you played a queen, a spymaster, and a brothelkeeper? 2. When you were a little baby, a-sittin’ on your daddy’s knee, did you pick up a little bitty hammer, say “This hammer be the death o’me”? 3. Were you an engineer who was told to take a nickname (from his home town) when you joined the railroad, because there were two other men of the same name in your division already? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/209 "2024-04-22T15:07:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Are you the eponymous subject of a Heinlein story about the extension of civil rights to genetically enhanced chimpanzees? > > 2. Did you play a newspaper editor with the catchphrase “Great Caesar’s ghost!” in 1978? > > 3. Are you the biological father of a mild mannered reporter who worked for the newspaper editor? > > DQ (though I should know this one) > DQ > Not Jor-El Jerry (who _Was A Man_), Jackie Cooper, and correct. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 22, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/210 "2024-04-22T17:55:55Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you played a queen, a spymaster, and a brothelkeeper? > 2. When you were a little baby, a-sittin’ on your daddy’s knee, did you pick up a little bitty hammer, say “This hammer be the death o’me”? > 3. Were you an engineer who was told to take a nickname (from his home town) when you joined the railroad, because there were two other men of the same name in your division already? Not Dame Judy Dench Not John Henry \*\*\*\*\* Not “Casey” Jones **J**. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name begins with J 4. Created by Americans 5. Sorta kinda main character 6. Not from prose 7. Created before 1960 8. Not from a comic book 9. Created before 1920 10. From a song 11. Not created after 1900 12. From a folk song \ - When John Henry was a little baby Sitting on his daddy’s knee, His daddy picked him up and threw him on the floor And said “This baby’s wet on me!” – Tom Smothers ---
**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 22, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/211 "2024-04-22T18:21:43Z")
IQ: name is John or some variation? ---
**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 22, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/212 "2024-04-22T18:27:52Z")
**J**. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name begins with J 4. Created by Americans 5. Sorta kinda main character 6. Not from prose 7. Created before 1960 8. Not from a comic book 9. Created before 1920 10. From a song 11. Not created after 1900 12. From a folk song 13. Name is not John or a variation thereon ---
**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 22, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/213 "2024-04-22T18:51:30Z")
DQ: Any titles or qualifiers connected to the name (e.g., Old Black Joe, Little Jimmy, Dr. Johnson)? ---
**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 22, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/214 "2024-04-22T18:53:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Have you played a queen, a spymaster, and a brothelkeeper? > > 2. When you were a little baby, a-sittin’ on your daddy’s knee, did you pick up a little bitty hammer, say “This hammer be the death o’me”? > > 3. Were you an engineer who was told to take a nickname (from his home town) when you joined the railroad, because there were two other men of the same name in your division already? > > Not Dame Judy Dench > … Nitpick: Judi. IQs: Were you hoodwinked by the Red-Headed League? Did you, in 2011, film a scene set in a Stuttgart art gallery? Did you play a top angel in _Heaven Can Wait_? ---
**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 22, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/215 "2024-04-22T19:25:27Z")
IQs: 1. Is your anti-vaccine nephew currently continuing the family tradition by running for president of the US, though as an independent? 2. Did you play Rachel on _Friends_? 3. I was going to do a question about David Furnish in the last round, but didn’t get the opportunity–at any rate, I can now ask are you Furnish’s better-known Grammy-winning and best-selling singer-songwriter spouse? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/216 "2024-04-22T20:42:06Z")
DQ: Named after a biblical character? 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:** [April 22, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/217 "2024-04-22T21:10:42Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Have you played a queen, a spymaster, and a brothelkeeper? > > 2. When you were a little baby, a-sittin’ on your daddy’s knee, did you pick up a little bitty hammer, say “This hammer be the death o’me”? > > 3. Were you an engineer who was told to take a nickname (from his home town) when you joined the railroad, because there were two other men of the same name in your division already? > > Not Dame Judy Dench > Not John Henry \*\*\*\*\* > Not “Casey” Jones Swept me! I.Q. 1. Were you (in some transliterations) the angel who dictated the Quran to Mohammed, according to Islam? 2. Were you a celebrity who changed your name after you converted to Islam? 3. Are you Islam’s second-greatest prophet, according to the most common transliteration of your name? ---
**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 22, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/218 "2024-04-22T22:26:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you hoodwinked by the Red-Headed League? > Did you, in 2011, film a scene set in a Stuttgart art gallery? > Did you play a top angel in _Heaven Can Wait_? Not Jabez Whatsisname DQ (_The Avengers_, right?) DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is your anti-vaccine nephew currently continuing the family tradition by running for president of the US, though as an independent? > 2. Did you play Rachel on _Friends_? > 3. I was going to do a question about David Furnish in the last round, but didn’t get the opportunity–at any rate, I can now ask are you Furnish’s better-known Grammy-winning and best-selling singer-songwriter spouse? DQ x3 > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I.Q. > > 1. Were you (in some transliterations) the angel who dictated the Quran to Mohammed, according to Islam? > 2. Were you a celebrity who changed your name after you converted to Islam? > 3. Are you Islam’s second-greatest prophet, according to the most common transliteration of your name? DQ Not Kareem Abdul Jabbar (formerly Lew Alcindor) Not … Jesus? ---
**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 22, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/219 "2024-04-22T22:30:49Z")
**J**. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name begins with J 4. Created by Americans 5. Sorta kinda main character 6. Not from prose 7. Created before 1960 8. Not from a comic book 9. Created before 1920 10. From a song 11. Not created after 1900 12. From a folk song 13. Name is not John or a variation thereon 14. No titles or qualifiers (e.g., Old Black Joe, Little Jimmy, Dr. Johnson) connected to the name 15. Not named after a biblical character ---
**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 23, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/220 "2024-04-23T01:26:21Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Is your anti-vaccine nephew currently continuing the family tradition by running for president of the US, though as an independent? > 2. Did you play Rachel on _Friends_? > 3. I was going to do a question about David Furnish in the last round, but didn’t get the opportunity–at any rate, I can now ask are you Furnish’s better-known Grammy-winning and best-selling singer-songwriter spouse? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ x3 1 was John F. Kennedy (Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running); 2 was Jennifer Anniston; 3 was Elton John. 3 DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756.md?page=12)