# Botticelli August 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 3, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985 "2023-08-03T02:27:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/201 "2023-08-15T15:01:39Z")
Well, I’ll ask the obvious question: 1. Are you a superhero whose power is super speed? 2. Are you the coward, bully, and libertine whose picaresque adventures involved you in every major military conflict of the mid-19th c., including the First Afghan War, the Crimean War, the Battle of Rourke’s Drift, the Indian Mutiny, and the U.S. Civil War (both sides)? 3. Are you one of the creators of IQ 2? ---
**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, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/202 "2023-08-15T15:11:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Red Skelton character? > IQ2: Were you an actress who was allegedly lobotomized whilst on a psych ward? > IQ2: Was the _Golden Hind_ your ship? 1. I am not Freddie the Freeloader. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Sir Francis Drake. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > - Are you a superhero whose power is super speed? > - Are you the coward, bully, and libertine whose picaresque adventures involved you in every major military conflict of the mid-19th c., including the First Afghan War, the Crimean War, the Battle of Rourke’s Drift, the Indian Mutiny, and the U.S. Civil War (both sides)? > - Are you one of the creators of IQ 2? 1. I am not the Flash. 2. I am not Capt. Harry Flashman. 3. I am not George MacDonald Frasier (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 15, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/203 "2023-08-15T15:12:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you a Red Skelton character? > > IQ2: Were you an actress who was allegedly lobotomized whilst on a psych ward? > > IQ2: Was the _Golden Hind_ your ship? > > 1. I am not Freddie the Freeloader. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Sir Francis Drake. correct Frances Farmer correct 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 15, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/204 "2023-08-15T15:13:00Z")
DQ: 1. Real ---
**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 15, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/205 "2023-08-15T15:14:17Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Did the institute named after you have a working train engine, the kinetic golf ball sculpture _Newton’s Dream_, and an Imax theater? 2. Were you the title role in _Run Lola Run_? 3. Aah-aah! Will you save every one of us? ---
**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, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/206 "2023-08-15T15:16:32Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did the institute named after you have a working train engine, the kinetic golf ball sculpture _Newton’s Dream_, and an Imax theater? > 2. Were you the title role in _Run Lola Run_? > 3. Aah-aah! Will you save every one of us? #3. I am not Flash Gordon. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 15, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/207 "2023-08-15T15:39:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3. I am not Flash Gordon. > Take 2 DQs. 1 was Benjamin Franklin; 2 was Franka Potente. DQs: 1. first name begins with F? 2. female? ---
**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, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/208 "2023-08-15T15:58:11Z")
**DQs** 1. Real 2. Last name only starts with F 3. Male ---
**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, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/209 "2023-08-15T20:02:36Z")
Previous IQs: Did you meet Capt. Picard on Risa? - You were on the right track - this was Vash, in a _ST:TNG_ episode Were you a French official very helpful to the rebels during the American Revolution? - Yes, Vergennes, who got a town after named him in Vermont in gratitude Was “Stinky” Mahmoud your friend? - Yes, Valentine Michael Smith, in Heinlein’s _Stranger in a Strange Land_ Congrats, **Prof. P.**! On to F. IQs: Did your dad eat very messily after sending you off to your likely death? Were you the police captain in charge of Hill Street Station? Did you say in an 1856 speech in Cleveland that the relationship between the different races was the most important issue facing the United States? ---
**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 15, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/210 "2023-08-15T20:14:54Z")
IQs: 1. Did you object to the term “Muppeteer”, saying it made you and your former co-workers sound like “darling little elves”? 2. Are you the American mom on _American Dad_? 3. Are you associated with rainbow-hued unicorn school supplies? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/211 "2023-08-15T20:23:11Z")
IQs: 1: Did you give the order to “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!” 2. Is there a research lab in suburban Chicago, whose main hall is modeled on the cathedral at Chartes, named for you? 3. Are you a Belgian-born fashion designer known for your wrap dresswd and aristocratic last name? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/212 "2023-08-15T20:56:30Z")
Whoops missed the entire last round. IQs for F 1. Are you a friend of Peter Parker who volunteered for Vietnam? 2. Are you a former ethnically stereotypic spokescharacter for a corn chip? 3. Did you write and illustrate the comic that was the source for my Doper ID? ---
**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, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/213 "2023-08-15T21:16:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your dad eat very messily after sending you off to your likely death? > Were you the police captain in charge of Hill Street Station? > Did you say in an 1856 speech in Cleveland that the relationship between the different races was the most important issue facing the United States? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you object to the term “Muppeteer”, saying it made you and your former co-workers sound like “darling little elves”? > 2. Are you the American mom on _American Dad_? > 3. Are you associated with rainbow-hued unicorn school supplies? #1. I am not Frank Oz. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I have a daughter. I am not Lisa Frank. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > 1: Did you give the order to “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!” > 2. Is there a research lab in suburban Chicago, whose main hall is modeled on the cathedral at Chartes, named for you? > 3. Are you a Belgian-born fashion designer known for your wrap dresswd and aristocratic last name? 1. I am not Farragut. Take 2 DQs. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQs for F > > 1. Are you a friend of Peter Parker who volunteered for Vietnam? > 2. Are you a former ethnically stereotypic spokescharacter for a corn chip? > 3. Did you write and illustrate the comic that was the source for my Doper ID? 1. I am not Flash. 2. I am not the Frito Bandito. 3. Take 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 15, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/214 "2023-08-15T21:34:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Frank Oz. > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. I have a daughter. I am not Lisa Frank. 2 was Franny Smith. DQ: living? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/215 "2023-08-15T21:39:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > 1: Did you give the order to “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!” > > 2. Is there a research lab in suburban Chicago, whose main hall is modeled on the cathedral at Chartes, named for you? > > 3. Are you a Belgian-born fashion designer known for your wrap dresswd and aristocratic last name? > > 1. I am not Farragut. > Take 2 DQs. Correct on Farragut. 2 is Enrico Fermi, eponym of the Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois. 3 was Diane von Fürstenberg. DQs: 1. Known for politics? 2. American? ---
**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, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/216 "2023-08-15T21:42:52Z")
**DQs** 1. Real 2. Last name only starts with F 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Not known for politics 6. American ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/217 "2023-08-16T11:07:21Z")
IQs; 1. Are you an Irish actor who’s played a slave owner, a sex addict, and a Holocaust survivor with special skills? 2. Are you a character actor who most commonly plays obnoxious but ultimately decent cops? 3. Are you going to _PUMP…YOU UP_? ---
**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 16, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/218 "2023-08-16T12:31:25Z")
IQs: 1. Did you follow Nixon and precede Carter? 2. Did you follow Nixon and precede Carter? 3. Do you foil the crimes of Dr. Weirdly, Shady Shrew, and Cassandra Cat? ---
**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, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/219 "2023-08-16T12:54:47Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Qs; > > 1. Are you an Irish actor who’s played a slave owner, a sex addict, and a Holocaust survivor with special skills? > 2. Are you a character actor who most commonly plays obnoxious but ultimately decent cops? > 3. Are you going to _PUMP…YOU UP_? I know I know #3, but it’s not coming around. Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you follow Nixon and precede Carter? > 2. Did you follow Nixon and precede Carter? > 3. Do you foil the crimes of Dr. Weirdly, Shady Shrew, and Cassandra Cat? #1. I am not Gerald Ford. #2. I am still not Gerald Ford. Take a DQ. #3. Take 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 16, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/220 "2023-08-16T13:25:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Gerald Ford. > #2. I am still not Gerald Ford. Take a DQ. > #3. Take a DQ. 2 was Betty Ford, following Pat Nixon and preceding Rosalynn Carter; 3 was Slylock Fox, in the comic strip _Slylock Fox_. DQs: 1. died after 1920? 2. known for the arts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=12)