# 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:** 13
**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 15, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/241 "2015-08-15T22:23:55Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with R ---
**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 15, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/242 "2015-08-15T22:24:55Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a guitarist for Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne before perishing in a plane crash in 1982? > IQ2: Are you lead guitarist for Living Colour? > IQ3: Are you lead guitarist for Bon Jovi? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 15, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/243 "2015-08-15T22:26:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you one of the two dancers in _Swine Lake_? > IQ2: In 1941, did you travel to Scotland in a Bf 110? > IQ3: Were you the head of the German Navy for the first half of WW II? I am not Rudolf Nureyev. Take a DQ for #2. I am not Erich Raeder. (sp?) ---
**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 16, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/244 "2015-08-16T01:52:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you one of the two dancers in _Swine Lake_? > IQ2: In 1941, did you travel to Scotland in a Bf 110? > IQ3: Were you the head of the German Navy for the first half of WW II? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Rudolf Nureyev. > Take a DQ for #2. > I am not Erich Raeder. (sp?) Correct. Rudolf Hess. Correct. DQ: Originally from literature? IQ1: Are you a used-book seller created by the man who created Matthew Scudder? IQ2: Were you Lothar’s brother and Wolfram’s cousin? IQ3: Did you know Superboy’s secret identity? ---
**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 16, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/245 "2015-08-16T02:18:19Z")
Previous IQs: Do you hang out near Rhosgobel? - Yes, Radagast the Brown, one of Tolkien’s wizards. Are you Earl’s slow-witted brother? - Randy, on _My Name Is Earl_. Were you the first man to fly across America, “crash by crash”? - Cal Rodgers - always thought his story would make a great movie: [Calbraith Perry Rodgers - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calbraith_Perry_Rodgers) DQs: American? Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Did you pretend to chew out a sleeping employee? Were you that person’s wife? Were you Samwell’s very unpleasant dad? ---
**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 16, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/246 "2015-08-16T02:33:52Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with R 4. Not originally from literature 5. Not American 6. Would not be alive today, if 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:** [August 16, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/247 "2015-08-16T02:36:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a used-book seller created by the man who created Matthew Scudder? > IQ2: Were you Lothar’s brother and Wolfram’s cousin? > IQ3: Did you know Superboy’s secret identity? I am not Bernie Rhodehamel. (If that’s wrong, take a DQ.) Take a DQ for #2. I am not Pete Ross. ---
**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 16, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/248 "2015-08-16T02:37:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you pretend to chew out a sleeping employee? > Were you that person’s wife? > Were you Samwell’s very unpleasant dad? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 16, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/249 "2015-08-16T02:51:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a used-book seller created by the man who created Matthew Scudder? > IQ2: Were you Lothar’s brother and Wolfram’s cousin? > IQ3: Did you know Superboy’s secret identity? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Bernie Rhodehamel. (If that’s wrong, take a DQ.) > Take a DQ for #2. > I am not Pete Ross. Bernie Rhodenbarr, but close enough for gummint work. Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen. Correct. DQ: European character? ---
**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 16, 2015, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/250 "2015-08-16T11:01:23Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you a guitarist for Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne before perishing in a plane crash in 1982? > IQ2: Are you lead guitarist for Living Colour? > IQ3: Are you lead guitarist for Bon Jovi? > > Take 3 DQs. Randy Rhoads, Vernon Reid, Richie Sambora DQ: From TV? holding 2 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 16, 2015, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/251 "2015-08-16T11:10:12Z")
IQ1: Were you bassist for Pink Floyd before breaking away and performing semi-autobiographical megashows? IQ2: Were you QB for the Dallas Cowboys when they won Super Bowls VI and XII? IQ3: Did you design exotic fantasy landscape album covers for Yes and Asia? ---
**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 16, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/252 "2015-08-16T13:10:11Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with R 4. Not originally from literature 5. Not American 6. Would not be alive today, if real 7. European character 8. Not from TV ---
**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 16, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/253 "2015-08-16T13:11:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you bassist for Pink Floyd before breaking away and performing semi-autobiographical megashows? > IQ2: Were you QB for the Dallas Cowboys when they won Super Bowls VI and XII? > IQ3: Did you design exotic fantasy landscape album covers for Yes and Asia? #3) I am not Roger Dean. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 16, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/254 "2015-08-16T16:09:31Z")
IQ1: Was Little Beaver your sidekick? IQ2: Did you have to impersonate your royal cousin? IQ3: Did you kill that cousin? ---
**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 16, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/255 "2015-08-16T16:33:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was Little Beaver your sidekick? > IQ2: Did you have to impersonate your royal cousin? > IQ3: Did you kill that cousin? 1. I am not Red Ryder. 2 and 3 are probably about the Prisoner of Zenda, but I don’t recall the names, so take 2 DQs. ---
**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 16, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/256 "2015-08-16T17:08:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was Little Beaver your sidekick? > IQ2: Did you have to impersonate your royal cousin? > IQ3: Did you kill that cousin? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Red Ryder. > 2 and 3 are probably about the Prisoner of Zenda, but I don’t recall the names, so take 2 DQs. Correct. Rudolf Rassendyll. Rupert of Hentzau. DQ1: British? DQ2: Originally from a film? IQ1: Were you a minor character in one of Shakespeare’s plays, who later appeared in two other plays? IQ2: Did you play Dr John McIntyre? IQ2: Did you play Dr John McIntyre? ---
**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 16, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/257 "2015-08-16T17:21:07Z")
Previous IQs: Did you pretend to chew out a sleeping employee? - Ronald Reagan, in a joke photo with a sleeping George Shultz on Air Force One: [http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/photographs/large/c11682-27.jpg](http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/photographs/large/c11682-27.jpg) Were you that person’s wife? - Nancy Reagan. Were you Samwell’s very unpleasant dad? - Randall Tarly, in _Game of Thrones_, who promised his son he’d die in a “hunting accident” if Samwell didn’t join the Night’s Watch. DQs: First appeared since 1900? Considered a “good guy”? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you bring a trident to the dinner table? Did you torment Reek? Did you advise the Perot campaign in 1992 on possible running mates? ---
**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 16, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/258 "2015-08-16T23:09:22Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you bassist for Pink Floyd before breaking away and performing semi-autobiographical megashows? > IQ2: Were you QB for the Dallas Cowboys when they won Super Bowls VI and XII? > IQ3: Did you design exotic fantasy landscape album covers for Yes and Asia? > > #3) I am not Roger Dean. Take 2 DQs. Roger Waters, Roger Staubach, correct Roger x3! Holding 4 DQs ---
**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 16, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/259 "2015-08-16T23:28:15Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with R 4. Not originally from literature 5. Not American 6. Would not be alive today, if real 7. European character 8. Not from TV 9. British 10. Not originally from a film 11. Created before 1900 12. Considered a good guy ---
**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 16, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/260 "2015-08-16T23:30:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a minor character in one of Shakespeare’s plays, who later appeared in two other plays? > IQ2: Did you play Dr John McIntyre? > IQ2: Did you play Dr John McIntyre? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Pernell Roberts. I am not Wayne Rogers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=14)