# Botticelli - August 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 2, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972 "2018-08-02T12:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 14, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/61 "2018-08-14T12:48:40Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a titular comic strip character sports reporter? > IQ2: Are you a blue clad satirical comic book hero known for the war cry “Spoooooon”? > IQ3: Are you a comic strip high school coach, also the name of Robb Riggle’s character in Modern Family? > Dunno, not The Tick, and dunno. Tank McNamara, correct, Gil Thorpe DQ: Primarily known for politics? DQ: Died before 1960? ---
**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 14, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/62 "2018-08-14T12:54:37Z")
IQ1: Are you a golfer who describes his ethnicity as “Caublanasian”? IQ2: Did you play the mumbling Fred Fenster in _The Usual Suspects_? IQ3: Are you a professional skateboarder who retired after becoming the only one to successfully perform “The 900” in competition? ---
**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, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/63 "2018-08-14T13:39:23Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. I are Tom Bombadil’s equivalent in Bored of the Rings? > 2. Are you one of the title characters in an opera written by P.D.Q. Bach? > 3. Were you Emma Peel’s successor in the TV series The Avengers? > Dunno x3. #1 is Tim Benzedrine. #2 is from the opera _Hansel & Gretel & Ted & Alice_. #3 was Tara King. 3 DQs 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 14, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/64 "2018-08-14T20:48:45Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a golfer who describes his ethnicity as “Caublanasian”? > IQ2: Did you play the mumbling Fred Fenster in _The Usual Suspects_? > IQ3: Are you a professional skateboarder who retired after becoming the only one to successfully perform “The 900” in competition? Not Tiger Wood, Benecio Del Toro or… dunno. T. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. dead 5. American 6. not primarily known for politics 7. died before 1960 ---
**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 14, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/65 "2018-08-14T21:08:47Z")
Tony Hawk animal names x 3! DQ: Known for the Arts? ---
**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, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/66 "2018-08-14T22:33:24Z")
DQ: Died before 1900? 2 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 15, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/67 "2018-08-15T12:46:41Z")
IQ1: Were you manager for the LA Dodgers for 20 seasons? IQ2: Are you a recording artist whose voice has been described as sounding “like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car.”? IQ3: Did you portray the 4th incarnation of Doctor Who? ---
**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 15, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/68 "2018-08-15T20:51:49Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you manager for the LA Dodgers for 20 seasons? > IQ2: Are you a recording artist whose voice has been described as sounding “like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car.”? > IQ3: Did you portray the 4th incarnation of Doctor Who? Not Tommy LaSorda, Thurl Ravenscroft or Tom Baker. T. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. dead 5. American 6. not primarily known for politics 7. died before 1960 8. not known for the Arts 9. died after 1900 ---
**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 15, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/69 "2018-08-15T21:32:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Knowed Out View Post > IQ1: Were you manager for the LA Dodgers for 20 seasons? > IQ2: Are you a recording artist whose voice has been described as sounding “like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car.”? > IQ3: Did you portray the 4th incarnation of Doctor Who? > Not Tommy LaSorda, Thurl Ravenscroft or Tom Baker. correct, Tom Waits, correct Tom x 3! DQ: Known for a business or product? ---
**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, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/70 "2018-08-16T16:45:03Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the host of _Jeopardy_? 2. Do you and Magneto appear in a Paul McCartney song? 3. Does George R. R. Martin credit your writing with being the cause of his emotional elimination of characters in his novels? ---
**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 20, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/71 "2018-08-20T04:11:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the host of _Jeopardy_? > 2. Do you and Magneto appear in a Paul McCartney song? > 3. Does George R. R. Martin credit your writing with being the cause of his emotional elimination of characters in his novels? Not Alex Trebek, Tom Swift or Trollope (the last two are guesses). ---
**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 20, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/72 "2018-08-20T04:12:38Z")
T. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. dead 5. American 6. not primarily known for politics 7. died before 1960 8. not known for the Arts 9. died after 1900 10. known for a business or product ---
**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 20, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/73 "2018-08-20T14:03:03Z")
IQ1: Are you an English actor who loaned your name to a seafood restaurant chain? IQ2: Is a submachine gun named after you? IQ3: Is an electrical resonant transformer circuit named after 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 20, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/74 "2018-08-20T17:54:29Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an English actor who loaned your name to a seafood restaurant chain? > IQ2: Is a submachine gun named after you? > IQ3: Is an electrical resonant transformer circuit named after you? Not Arthur Treacher or Tesla (?), but yes, I am John T. Thompson Inventor of the Tommy gun: [John T. Thompson - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Thompson) Good job, **KO**! You got that on relatively few clues. ---
**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 20, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/75 "2018-08-20T19:19:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the host of _Jeopardy_? > 2. Do you and Magneto appear in a Paul McCartney song? > 3. Does George R. R. Martin credit your writing with being the cause of his emotional elimination of characters in his novels? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Alex Trebek, Tom Swift or Trollope (the last two are guesses). Correct on Trebek. #2 is Titanium Man (in the song _Magneto and Titanium Man)_. #3 Martin said 'twas Gandalf’s death in LOTR that so impressed him, ergo, J. R. R. Tolkein. And, great job, KO! I’m not sure I would have guessed that one. ---
**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 21, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/76 "2018-08-21T13:29:03Z")
I thought there was no way that could be the answer, but sometimes a stopped clock is right. Let’s see if this one is another short game. The new letter is 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 21, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/77 "2018-08-21T13:41:58Z")
IQs: 1. Did Gal Gadot play you in recent movies? 2. Are you secretly Philbert Desanex? 3. Were you a pioneer of the five-and-dime stores? ---
**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 21, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/78 "2018-08-21T15:48:12Z")
IQs: Was your kingmaker and close friend later elected a U.S. senator in his own right? Did you see to it that an institution which you loved finally had a building all its own? Did you joke about wearing Fat Boy jeans as a kid? ---
**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 21, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/79 "2018-08-21T16:11:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Gal Gadot play you in recent movies? > 2. Are you secretly Philbert Desanex? > 3. Were you a pioneer of the five-and-dime stores? not Wonder Woman, DQ, not Woolworth ---
**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 21, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/80 "2018-08-21T16:13:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your kingmaker and close friend later elected a U.S. senator in his own right? > Did you see to it that an institution which you loved finally had a building all its own? > Did you joke about wearing Fat Boy jeans as a kid? not Woodrow Wilson?, DQ, DQ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972.md?page=5)