# Botticelli - August 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 1, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593 "2017-08-01T20:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 2, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/21 "2017-08-02T12:11:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Earl Warren’s predecessor as Chief Justice of the United States? > Were you the best-known person to live just off the campus of Carnegie Mellon University? > Were you a longtime CBS News official with a jovial last name? 3 DQs ---
**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 2, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/22 "2017-08-02T13:30:09Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Earl Warren’s predecessor as Chief Justice of the United States? - Fred Vinson Were you the best-known person to live just off the campus of Carnegie Mellon University? - Fred Rogers Were you a longtime CBS News official with a jovial last name? - Fred Friendly Fred x3! DQs: British character? Ever appeared in a movie? In genre fiction (mystery, sf, fantasy, etc.)? IQs: Were you a friend of Dumbledore’s who looked forward to dying? Have you played a Nazi officer, a history professor, a concierge, a gangster and a butler? Did you lean closer to watch the torpedo that might have killed you? ---
**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 2, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/23 "2017-08-02T13:40:28Z")
DQ cauldron 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with F 3. Male 4. Not created by an American author or authors 5. Created after 1899 6. Originally from prose fiction 7. Created after 1950 8. Created by European(s) 9. Considered a “good guy” 10. Technically a British character, but really something else 11. Has appeared in a movie 12. In genre fiction (mystery, sf, fantasy, etc.) ---
**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 2, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/24 "2017-08-02T13:45:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a friend of Dumbledore’s who looked forward to dying? > Have you played a Nazi officer, a history professor, a concierge, a gangster and a butler? > Did you lean closer to watch the torpedo that might have killed you? DQ (not a Harry Potter fan), either Ralph Fiennes or Michael Fassbender; I’ll go with Not Ralph Fiennes, not some tornado watcher from _Twister_ maybe?(DQ) ---
**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 2, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/25 "2017-08-02T14:12:36Z")
IQs: 1. Are you “nature’s own sergeant” in the Ankh-Morpork Night Watch? 2. Do you appear in three plays by William Shakespeare? 3. Do you assist a great dane in solving simplistic mysteries? ---
**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 2, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/26 "2017-08-02T14:15:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was he your man, but he done you wrong? > IQ2: Were you one of a set of Stratemeyer twins? > IQ3: Were you the other one? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 3 DQs Frankie (“Frankie and Johnny”). Flossie Bobbsey. Freddy Bobbsey. DQ1: Appeared in print in more than one story? DQ2: First appeared in an English-language publication? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 2, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/27 "2017-08-02T14:32:22Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a friend of Dumbledore’s who looked forward to dying? - The very, very long-lived Nicholas Flamel Have you played a Nazi officer, a history professor, a concierge, a gangster and a butler? - Yes, Ralph Fiennes, in _Schindler’s List, Quiz Show, The Grand Budapest Hotel, In Bruges_ and _The Lego Batman Movie_ Did you lean closer to watch the torpedo that might have killed you? - Franklin D. Roosevelt, when a torpedo was accidentally launched towards the battleship he was aboard; the President was on deck at the time DQs: Was protagonist of the movie? Movie was a box-office hit? IQs: Were you a historian recruited by Bill Clinton to help address the racial divide in America? According to author Robert Lawson, did a mouse named Amos advise you? Are you an actress with a name in common with the two people above? ---
**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 2, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/28 "2017-08-02T14:40:55Z")
DQ1: Were you a fictional assassin/spy called “the thinking man’s James Bond”? DQ2: Were you transported to the future during a nuclear attack, and then sent back to your own time? DQ3: Were you the valet of a fictional civil engineer? ---
**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 2, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/29 "2017-08-02T14:52:32Z")
DQ cauldron 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with F 3. Male 4. Not created by an American author or authors 5. Created after 1899 6. Originally from prose fiction 7. Created after 1950 8. Created by European(s) 9. Considered a “good guy” 10. Technically a British character, but really something else 11. Has appeared in a movie 12. In genre fiction (mystery, sf, fantasy, etc.) 13. Appeared in print in more than one story 14. First appeared in an English-language publication 15. Was a protagonist, but not “the” protagonist 16. Movie was a modest success, but not a hit ---
**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 2, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/30 "2017-08-02T14:53:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you “nature’s own sergeant” in the Ankh-Morpork Night Watch? > 2. Do you appear in three plays by William Shakespeare? > 3. Do you assist a great dane in solving simplistic mysteries? not Fred Colon, not Falstaff, not Fred from Scooby-Doo ---
**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 2, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/31 "2017-08-02T14:55:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a historian recruited by Bill Clinton to help address the racial divide in America? > According to author Robert Lawson, did a mouse named Amos advise you? > Are you an actress with a name in common with the two people above? I may as well make a macro for “Take 3 DQs” for you. ---
**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 2, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/32 "2017-08-02T14:57:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Were you a fictional assassin/spy called “the thinking man’s James Bond”? > DQ2: Were you transported to the future during a nuclear attack, and then sent back to your own time? > DQ3: Were you the valet of a fictional civil engineer? not Fearless Fosdick(?), DQ DQ ---
**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 2, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/33 "2017-08-02T15:26:22Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a historian recruited by Bill Clinton to help address the racial divide in America? - John Hope Franklin According to author Robert Lawson, did a mouse named Amos advise you? - Benjamin Franklin, in _Ben and Me_ (a charming book: [Robert Lawson (author) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lawson_(author)#/media/File:Ben_and_Me_cover_by_Robt_Lawson_1939_sm.jpg)) Are you an actress with a name in common with the two people above? - Bonnie Franklin Franklin x3! DQs: Movie released since 2000? Science fiction movie? Two DQs reserved. ---
**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 2, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/34 "2017-08-02T16:16:54Z")
DQ cauldron 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with F 3. Male 4. Not created by an American author or authors 5. Created after 1899 6. Originally from prose fiction 7. Created after 1950 8. Created by European(s) 9. Considered a “good guy” 10. Technically a British character, but really something else 11. Has appeared in a movie 12. In genre fiction (mystery, sf, fantasy, etc.) 13. Appeared in print in more than one story 14. First appeared in an English-language publication 15. Was a protagonist, but not “the” protagonist 16. Movie was a modest success, but not a hit 17. Movie released since 2000 18. Science fiction movie ---
**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 2, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/35 "2017-08-02T16:30:12Z")
IQs: 1. Did you battle Ming the Merciless? 2. Did you jump the shark on _Happy Days_? 3. Did you appear prominently in the pages and covers of _Not Brand Ecch_? ---
**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 2, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/36 "2017-08-02T17:38:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you battle Ming the Merciless? > 2. Did you jump the shark on _Happy Days_? > 3. Did you appear prominently in the pages and covers of _Not Brand Ecch_? not Flash Gordon, not Fonzie, not Forbush Man ---
**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 2, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/37 "2017-08-02T17:47:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Were you a fictional assassin/spy called “the thinking man’s James Bond”? > DQ2: Were you transported to the future during a nuclear attack, and then sent back to your own time? > DQ3: Were you the valet of a fictional civil engineer? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Fearless Fosdick(?), DQ DQ Johnny Fedora (~20 novels by Desmond Cory). Hugh Farnham (_Farnham’s Freehold_, Robert A Heinlein). Giles French (_Family Affair_). Three DQs reserved. I think British assassin/spy Fedora and American govt assassin Matt Helm are both far superior to Bond. ---
**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 2, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/38 "2017-08-02T17:57:18Z")
Correct again. IQs: 1. Were you a follower of Mr. Natural? 2. Did you paint _The Swing_? 3. Were you a member of Top Cat’s gang? ---
**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 2, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/39 "2017-08-02T19:33:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you a follower of Mr. Natural? > 2. Did you paint _The Swing_? > 3. Were you a member of Top Cat’s gang? All I remember is the Keep On Truckin’ Mr. Natural. 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 2, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/40 "2017-08-02T20:01:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct again. > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a follower of Mr. Natural? > 2. Did you paint _The Swing_? > 3. Were you a member of Top Cat’s gang? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > All I remember is the Keep On Truckin’ Mr. Natural. Take 3 DQs. 1. Flakey Foont. 2. Jean-Honore Fragonard. 3. Fancy Fancy. 3 DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593.md?page=3)