# Botticelli - August 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 5, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053 "2015-08-05T12:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/201 "2015-08-13T13:59:55Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Harry Seacombe’s character on The Goon Show? > 2. Were you aka The Tin Woodman? > 3. Have you been portrayed by Emma Roberts and Tracy Ryan? > Three DQs. #1 was Neddie Seagoon. #2 was Nick Chopper. #3 was Nancy Drew. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name starts with N? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/202 "2015-08-13T14:47:25Z")
**N** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with N ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/203 "2015-08-13T15:51:12Z")
IQ1) Did you write the Stone Poneys’ only hit song? IQ2) Did you win the first ever Cy Young Award? IQ3) Did you make a fortune by creating a little nose grip that prevented eyeglasses from slipping off your face? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/204 "2015-08-13T16:11:36Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Lt. Uhura on TV? 2. Did you play Lois Lane on TV? 3. Did you play Rhoda’s mom on _Rhoda_? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/205 "2015-08-13T16:16:46Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the seven-eyed patron wizard of Fafhrd the northerner? > IQ2: Are you a character from Marvel comics, a Japanese-American sorceress and leader of the Runaways? > IQ3: Are you a sorceress from the Slayers anime series, rival of Lina Inverse? > > Not Ningauble of the Seven Eyes. > DQ. > DQ. correct, Nico Minoru, Naga the White Serpent DQ: Alive? 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:** [August 13, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/206 "2015-08-13T16:19:52Z")
IQs: Were you a British mystery writer with a very unusual first name? Did you get a call on your birthday from JFK just hours before he died? Were you “the Wizard of the Saddle”? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/207 "2015-08-13T16:30:52Z")
IQ1: Were you an investigative journalist who traveled the world in 72 days in emulation of Phineas Fogg? IQ2: Were you Miss Hathaway in the TV series _The Beverly Hillbillies_? IQ3: Were you a British nurse who led French resistance fighters during WWII and became the Gestapo’s most wanted person? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/208 "2015-08-13T18:54:35Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you write the Stone Poneys’ only hit song? > > IQ2) Did you win the first ever Cy Young Award? > > IQ3) Did you make a fortune by creating a little nose grip that prevented eyeglasses from slipping off your face? Three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Lt. Uhura on TV? > 2. Did you play Lois Lane on TV? > 3. Did you play Rhoda’s mom on _Rhoda_? Not Nichelle Nichols. DQ. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a British mystery writer with a very unusual first name? > Did you get a call on your birthday from JFK just hours before he died? > Were you “the Wizard of the Saddle”? Not Dame Ngaio Marsh. DQ. DQ. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you an investigative journalist who traveled the world in 72 days in emulation of Phineas Fogg? > IQ2: Were you Miss Hathaway in the TV series _The Beverly Hillbillies_? > IQ3: Were you a British nurse who led French resistance fighters during WWII and became the Gestapo’s most wanted person? Not Nellie Bly. DQ. Not Noor Inayat Khan GC. **N** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with N 4. Alive 5. Not American ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/209 "2015-08-13T19:14:08Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Lt. Uhura on TV? > 2. Did you play Lois Lane on TV? > 3. Did you play Rhoda’s mom on Rhoda? > > Not Nichelle Nichols. > DQ. > DQ. Correct on Nichelle. Lois was played by Noel Neill on _The Adventures of Superman_. #3 was Nancy Walker. DQs: 1. European? 2. Born after 1980? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/210 "2015-08-13T20:39:30Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you write the Stone Poneys’ only hit song? > > IQ2) Did you win the first ever Cy Young Award? > > IQ3) Did you make a fortune by creating a little nose grip that prevented eyeglasses from slipping off your face? Michael “Different Drum” Nesmith of the Monkees, Don Newcombe of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin’s character in _ **The Jerk** _) I’ll save my 3 DQs ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/211 "2015-08-13T20:56:18Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you an investigative journalist who traveled the world in 72 days in emulation of Phineas Fogg? > IQ2: Were you Miss Hathaway in the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies? > IQ3: Were you a British nurse who led French resistance fighters during WWII and became the Gestapo’s most wanted person? > > Not Nellie Bly. > DQ. > Not Noor Inayat Khan GC. correct, Nancy Kulp I actually had [Nancy Wake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Wake) in mind for DQ3, but the two women’s stories are so similar, I’ll give this to you. holding a DQ ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/212 "2015-08-13T21:11:34Z")
IQ1: Did you play one of the Sweeney Sisters on SNL, along with Jan Hooks? IQ2: Did you and Jay Pharoah imitate Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on SNL? IQ3: Are you one of SNL’s original cast members, who played Connie Conehead? ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/213 "2015-08-13T21:55:02Z")
IQ1: Are you the author of the Harry Hole novels? IQ2: Did you sing “These boots are made for walking”? IQ3: Are you the screenwriter of _When Harry Met Sally_? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/214 "2015-08-13T22:07:28Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I actually had [Nancy Wake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Wake) in mind for DQ3, but the two women’s stories are so similar, I’ll give this to you. :smack: The White Mouse - now there’s a role model for girls if I ever saw one! Should have thought of her… > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play one of the Sweeney Sisters on SNL, along with Jan Hooks? > IQ2: Did you and Jay Pharoah imitate Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on SNL? > IQ3: Are you one of SNL’s original cast members, who played Connie Conehead? DQ. DQ. Not … Laraine Newman? > [@TexCat](#): > > IQ1: Are you the author of the Harry Hole novels? > IQ2: Did you sing “These boots are made for walking”? > IQ3: Are you the screenwriter of _When Harry Met Sally_? DQ. Not Nancy Sinatra. DQ. **N** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with N 4. Alive 5. Not American 6. European 7. Not born after 1980 The oldest living validated supercentenarian was born 6 Jul 1899, so that gives you ~81-1/2 years to consider… ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/215 "2015-08-13T23:31:26Z")
IQs: 1. Did you front for Herman’s Hermits? 2. Were you one of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? 3. Did you write _The Integral Trees_? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/216 "2015-08-14T00:40:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you front for Herman’s Hermits? > 2. Were you one of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? > 3. Did you write _The Integral Trees_? Not Peter Noone, Captain Nemo, or Larry Niven. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/217 "2015-08-14T00:40:46Z")
Correct on all counts. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/218 "2015-08-14T03:26:55Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a British mystery writer with a very unusual first name? - Yes, Ngiao Marsh. Did you get a call on your birthday from JFK just hours before he died? - John Nance Garner, FDR’s first VP. Were you “the Wizard of the Saddle”? - Confederate cavalryman Nathan Bedford Forrest. DQs: British? Born after 1950? IQs: Did you hijack the _Enterprise_ for Harry Mudd? Does a statue of you stand at CIA HQ? Were you one of George Washington’s favorite generals? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2015, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/219 "2015-08-14T10:05:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you hijack the _Enterprise_ for Harry Mudd? > Does a statue of you stand at CIA HQ? > Were you one of George Washington’s favorite generals? DQ. DQ. Not Nathanael Greene. **N** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with N 4. Alive 5. Not American 6. European 7. Not born after 1980 8. Not British 9. Born after 1950 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/220 "2015-08-14T10:38:27Z")
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