# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/101 "2018-08-23T17:14:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the transgender experimental classical musician who composed the score to _Clockwork Orange_? > 2. Did you write the song _Suzanne_? > 3. Did you introduce the song _Suzanne_ to the world, along with its songwriter? 1. I am not Wendy Carlos. 2. I am not Leonard Cohen. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a fictional Chinese detective once portrayed by Peter Ustinov to much consternation? > IQ2: Are you an alter ego of DC’s The Spectre? > IQ3: Are you another alter ego of DC’s The Spectre? IQ1: I am not Charlie Chan. IQ2: I am not Jim Corrigan. IQ3: I am not Crispus Allen. ---
**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 23, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/102 "2018-08-23T17:26:17Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the transgender experimental classical musician who composed the score to Clockwork Orange? > 2. Did you write the song Suzanne? > 3. Did you introduce the song Suzanne to the world, along with its songwriter? > > 1. I am not Wendy Carlos. > 2. I am not Leonard Cohen. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct, Correct, and Judy Collins. DQ: 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 23, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/103 "2018-08-23T17:28:22Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the son of Pepin the Short and Bigfoot Bertha? 2. Did the author Saki write your Chronicles? 3. Are you the most cocksure character in the tales of Reynard the Fox? ---
**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 23, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/104 "2018-08-23T17:36:03Z")
Good job, **DLR** , and welcome! Previous IQs: Were you an expatriate American also in Paris at the time of the dedication of the Eiffel Tower? - The painter James McNeil Whistler Did Tom Hanks play your uncle in a TV skit? - Wayne, from _Wayne’s World_ Does the same actor traditionally play both your father and your nemesis? - Wendy Darling in \*Peter Pan \*(Mr. Darling and Capt. Hook) On to C… IQs: Were you the best-known person killed in the Boston Massacre? Was it said by a foe that you probably wouldn’t steal a hot stove? Was it said by a friend that you would skin your own mother to make a drum with which to beat your praises? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/105 "2018-08-23T21:51:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the son of Pepin the Short and Bigfoot Bertha? > 2. Did the author Saki write your Chronicles? > 3. Are you the most cocksure character in the tales of Reynard the Fox? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Chanticleer. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Good job, **DLR** , and welcome! > IQs: > > Were you the best-known person killed in the Boston Massacre? > Was it said by a foe that you probably wouldn’t steal a hot stove? > Was it said by a friend that you would skin your own mother to make a drum with which to beat your praises? I am not Simon Cameron. Take two DQs. DQs: 1. 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 23, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/106 "2018-08-23T22:01:25Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the son of Pepin the Short and Bigfoot Bertha? > 2. Did the author Saki write your Chronicles? > 3. Are you the most cocksure character in the tales of Reynard the Fox? > 4. Take a DQ. > 5. Take a DQ. > 6. I am not Chanticleer. #1 was Charlemagne. #2 was Clovis. Correct on Chanticleer. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Living? ---
**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 24, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/107 "2018-08-24T03:58:52Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the best-known person killed in the Boston Massacre? - Crispus Attucks Was it said by a foe that you probably wouldn’t steal a hot stove? - This was Simon Cameron (may I suggest you always identify which IQs you’re answering?) Was it said by a friend that you would skin your own mother to make a drum with which to beat your praises? - Winston Churchill, as his political ally David Lloyd George (half-)joked DQs: American? Born since 1950? IQs: Did Ed Harris play you in _Apollo 13_? Do you play a character with the same last name on _Archer_? Did your creator not give you a first name, but you got one in a 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 24, 2018, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/108 "2018-08-24T12:29:03Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have hits with _Drivin’ Me Wild_ and _Testify_? 2. Are you married to John Legend? 3. Did Bing Crosby call you “the man who invented casual”? ---
**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 24, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/109 "2018-08-24T14:20:17Z")
IQ1: Were you the main character of a popular classroom computer game, a ringleader of the criminal organization V.I.L.E.? IQ2: Did Mr. T play you in a _Rocky_ film? IQ3: Are you the wifebeater-wearing neighbor of Aqua Teen Hunger Force? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/110 "2018-08-25T03:17:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Ed Harris play you in _Apollo 13_? > Do you play a character with the same last name on _Archer_? > Did your creator not give you a first name, but you got one in a movie? 1. I am not Gene Kranz (whose name is spelled with a K). 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have hits with _Drivin’ Me Wild_ and _Testify_? > 2. Are you married to John Legend? > 3. Did Bing Crosby call you “the man who invented casual”? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Chrissy Teigen. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you the main character of a popular classroom computer game, a ringleader of the criminal organization V.I.L.E.? > IQ2: Did Mr. T play you in a _Rocky_ film? > IQ3: Are you the wifebeater-wearing neighbor of Aqua Teen Hunger Force? IQ1: I am not Carmen Sandiego. IQ2: I am not Clubber Lang. IQ3: I am not Carl. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not American 5. born before 1950 ---
**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 25, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/111 "2018-08-25T05:07:47Z")
Previous IQs: Did Ed Harris play you in _Apollo 13_? - Right you are; Gene Kranz Do you play a character with the same last name on _Archer_? - Slater (voiced by Christian Slater on the FX spy comedy) Did your creator not give you a first name, but you got one in a movie? - Col. Brandon in Jane Austen’s _Sense and Sensibility_ was given the first name Christopher only in Emma Thompson’s movie screenplay DQs: European? Last name start with C? IQs: Did you play golf with the Dalai Lama? Did you insist your date call you “Bronco”? Were you a young friend of the Great Gatsby? ---
**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 25, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/112 "2018-08-25T13:42:26Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have hits with Drivin’ Me Wild and Testify? > 2. Are you married to John Legend? > 3. Did Bing Crosby call you “the man who invented casual”? > 4. Take a DQ. > 5. I am not Chrissy Teigen. > 6. Take a DQ. #1 is Common. #2 is correct. #3 was Perry Como. DQs: 1. Born before 1800? 2. Known from the Arts? ---
**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 25, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/113 "2018-08-25T17:25:45Z")
Back to sports IQ1: Are you QB for the Carolina Panthers? IQ2: Are you QB for the Miami Dolphins? IQ3: Are you QB for the Oakland Raiders? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/114 "2018-08-25T19:49:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play golf with the Dalai Lama? > Did you insist your date call you “Bronco”? > Were you a young friend of the Great Gatsby? 1. I am not Carl Spackler. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Nick Carraway. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Back to sports > > IQ1: Are you QB for the Carolina Panthers? > IQ2: Are you QB for the Miami Dolphins? > IQ3: Are you QB for the Oakland Raiders? Take three DQs. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not American 5. born before 1950 6. European 7. last name starts with C 8. Born before 1800 9. not known from the Arts ---
**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 26, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/115 "2018-08-26T00:40:33Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you QB for the Carolina Panthers? > IQ2: Are you QB for the Miami Dolphins? > IQ3: Are you QB for the Oakland Raiders? > Take three DQs. Cam Newton, Jay Cutler, Derek Carr DQ: From the UK? DQ: Known for politics/royalty? holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/116 "2018-08-26T02:57:35Z")
Sorry–8 should be “Born \*after \*1800.” ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/117 "2018-08-26T03:08:18Z")
(corrected) DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not American 5. born before 1950 6. European 7. last name starts with C 8. Born after 1800 9. not known from the Arts ---
**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 26, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/118 "2018-08-26T17:19:46Z")
DQ: From the UK? DQ: Known for politics/royalty? holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/119 "2018-08-26T18:01:26Z")
DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not American 5. born before 1950 6. European 7. last name starts with C 8. Born after 1800 9. not known from the Arts 10. from the UK 11. not known for politics/royalty ---
**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 27, 2018, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/120 "2018-08-27T12:35:44Z")
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