# 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:** 9
**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 12, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/161 "2015-08-12T00:07:06Z")
IQ: Were you John Steed’s partner? ---
**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 12, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/162 "2015-08-12T00:40:26Z")
> [@TexCat](#): > > IQ: Were you John Steed’s partner? Yes! I am the incredibly lovely\*\*\*\*\* and talented British secret agent Mrs **E** mma Peel, played on telly by Diana Rigg and on the big screen by Uma Thurman. - More girl-next-door than supermodel, but damn, Diana Rigg was gorgeous! ---
**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 12, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/163 "2015-08-12T02:07:08Z")
Congrats, TexCat! Good job. ---
**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 12, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/164 "2015-08-12T14:42:49Z")
I am W. ---
**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 12, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/165 "2015-08-12T14:48:57Z")
IQs: 1. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? 2. Were you the Good Little Witch who was friends with a ghost? 3. Are you the only Country & Western musician to be honored with the Library of Congress’s Gershwin prize? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/166 "2015-08-12T16:11:29Z")
IQ1) Did you benefit from the problems of Clement Haynsworth and Harold Carswell? IQ2) Did your wife Lurleen take your old job for a while? IQ3) Did you popularize the baseball proverb, "Hit 'em where they ain’t? ---
**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 12, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/167 "2015-08-12T16:30:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? > 2. Were you the Good Little Witch who was friends with a ghost? > 3. Are you the only Country & Western musician to be honored with the Library of Congress’s Gershwin prize? 1. Wimpy 2. DQ 3. Hank Williams? > [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you benefit from the problems of Clement Haynsworth and Harold Carswell? > > IQ2) Did your wife Lurleen take your old job for a while? > > IQ3) Did you popularize the baseball proverb, "Hit 'em where they ain’t? 3DQ’s I would have guessed Yogi Berra if I were Y. ; ) ---
**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 12, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/168 "2015-08-12T16:46:06Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? > 2. Were you the Good Little Witch who was friends with a ghost? > 3. Are you the only Country & Western musician to be honored with the Library of Congress’s Gershwin prize? > > 1. Wimpy > 2. DQ > 3. Hank Williams? 1. Correct on J. Wellington Wimpy. 2. Wendy (friend of Casper) 3. Willie Nelson. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Female? IQs: 3. Were you a leading DJ of the late 50’s and early 60’s? 4. Did Lon Chaney, Jr. play you in a series of movies? 5. Did Edward Albee write a play in which people asked who was afraid of you? ---
**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 12, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/169 "2015-08-12T16:46:09Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the most laconic Ghostbuster? - Yes, Egon. Was your catchphrase “Never mind”? - Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) on _SNL_. Were you a noted American suffragette? - Elizabeth Cady Stanton. > [@SCAdian](#): > > … More girl-next-door than supermodel, but damn, Diana Rigg was gorgeous! NPR’s Scott Simon interviewed her very early in his career and later admitted that he was quite smitten. He recalled that his first question was something like, “What is it that makes you so wonderful, Miss Rigg?” Congrats, **TexCat**! On to W. IQs: Were you Lincoln’s SecState? Did you encourage Donald Trump to run for President this year? Did you give the longest-ever speech of its kind? ---
**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 12, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/170 "2015-08-12T16:57:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a leading DJ of the late 50’s and early 60’s? > 2. Did Lon Chaney, Jr. play you in a series of movies? > 3. Did Edward Albee write a play in which people asked who was afraid of you? 1. Wolfman Jack 2. DQ 3. Virginia Wolfe > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Lincoln’s SecState? > Did you encourage Donald Trump to run for President this year? > Did you give the longest-ever speech of its kind? 3 DQs W 1. Fictional 2. Male ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/171 "2015-08-12T17:03:12Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you benefit from the problems of Clement Haynsworth and Harold Carswell? > > IQ2) Did your wife Lurleen take your old job for a while? > > IQ3) Did you popularize the baseball proverb, "Hit 'em where they ain’t? Warren Burger, who was confirmed as Chief Justice after Haynsworth and Carswell failed to get past the Senate Alabama used to have term limits for governor, so George Wallace had his wife Lurleen run for governor (she won and he was power behind the throne) Wee WIllie Keeler said “Hit 'em where they ain’t.” DQ1) First name start with W? DQ2) Originally a character in a novel or short story? DQ3) Are you human? ---
**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 12, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/172 "2015-08-12T17:03:33Z")
[QUOTES] IQs: 1. Were you a leading DJ of the late 50’s and early 60’s? 2. Did Lon Chaney, Jr. play you in a series of movies? 3. Did Edward Albee write a play in which people asked who was afraid of you? 1. Wolfman Jack 2. DQ 3. Virginia Wolfe [/QUOTE] Correct on Jack. #2 was the Wolfman. #3 is indeed Virginia Woolf. DQ: Best known from TV or movies? ---
**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 12, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/173 "2015-08-12T17:06:42Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Lincoln’s SecState? - William Seward. Did you encourage Donald Trump to run for President this year? - William Clinton. Did you give the longest-ever speech of its kind? - William Henry Harrison (his inaugural address). William x3! DQs: Created since 1900? American? Last name start with W? IQs: Did you have prominent Indian chiefs appear in your Wild West show? In a cartoon, did Uncle Sam observe a fight between you and your former political mentor? Did the FBI note that you were acting oddly while hospitalized? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/174 "2015-08-12T17:07:01Z")
IQ1) Were you the voice of Tigger and Dick Dastardly? IQ2) Were you the winning lawyer in the Roe vs. Wade case? IQ3) Are you a movie sex symbol who was once married to Dudley Moore? ---
**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 12, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/175 "2015-08-12T17:13:16Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Warren Burger, who was confirmed as Chief Justice after Haynsworth and Carswell failed to get past the Senate… Haynsworth and Carswell were nominated for Abe Fortas’s seat, which eventually went to Harry Blackmun. Warren Burger succeeded Earl Warren as Chief Justice. > **[Clement Haynsworth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Haynsworth)** > > Clement Furman Haynsworth Jr. (October 30, 1912 – November 22, 1989) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He was also an unsuccessful nominee for the United States Supreme Court in 1969. > Born on October 30, 1912, in Greenville, South Carolina, Haynsworth received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1933 from Furman University and a Bachelor of Laws in 1936 from Harvard Law School. He entered private practice in Greenville from 1936 to 1942.... > **[G. Harrold Carswell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Harrold_Carswell)** > > George Harrold Carswell (December 22, 1919 – July 13, 1992) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. He was also an unsuccessful nominee to the United States Supreme Court in 1970. > Carswell was born in Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia. He graduated from Duke University with an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1941 and briefly attended t... ---
**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 12, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/176 "2015-08-12T17:20:19Z")
IQ1: Were you a conservative curmudgeon who published _The National Review_? IQ2: Did you command US forces in Vietnam before being called back by LBJ? IQ3: Are you the mastermind of the hip hop band the Black-Eyed Peas? ---
**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 12, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/177 "2015-08-12T17:25:41Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a superhero from underground comix artist Gilbert Shelton? 2. Did you create _Calvin & Hobbes_? 3. Did you paint _The Embarkation for Cythera_? ---
**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 12, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/178 "2015-08-12T18:55:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you have prominent Indian chiefs appear in your Wild West show? > In a cartoon, did Uncle Sam observe a fight between you and your former political mentor? > Did the FBI note that you were acting oddly while hospitalized? Wild Bill Hickock? DQ DQ > [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you the voice of Tigger and Dick Dastardly? > > IQ2) Were you the winning lawyer in the Roe vs. Wade case? > > IQ3) Are you a movie sex symbol who was once married to Dudley Moore? 3 DQs > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a conservative curmudgeon who published _The National Review_? > IQ2: Did you command US forces in Vietnam before being called back by LBJ? > IQ3: Are you the mastermind of the hip hop band the Black-Eyed Peas? 1. William Buckley 2. Westmoreland? 3. DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a superhero from underground comix artist Gilbert Shelton? > 2. Did you create _Calvin & Hobbes_? > 3. Did you paint _The Embarkation for Cythera_? 3 DQs W 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name does not start with W 4. Originally from a novel or short story 5. Human 6. Has appeared on TV and movies, but is not known for that. 7. Created since 1900 8. Not American and I’m ignoring EH’s DQ about last name. ---
**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 12, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/179 "2015-08-12T19:27:49Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you a conservative curmudgeon who published The National Review? > IQ2: Did you command US forces in Vietnam before being called back by LBJ? > IQ3: Are you the mastermind of the hip hop band the Black-Eyed Peas? > > 1. William Buckley > 2. Westmoreland? > 3. DQ will.i.am William x3! DQ: Sci-fi/fantasy genre? ---
**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 12, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/180 "2015-08-12T19:32:03Z")
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