# Botticelli - December 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 2, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153 "2014-12-02T19:01:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [December 5, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/81 "2014-12-05T20:59:30Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with L ---
**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:** [December 5, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/82 "2014-12-05T21:00:42Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you a love-interest of Superman’s from Metropolis? > IQ2: Are you a love-interest of Superman’s from Smallville? > IQ3: Are you a love-interest of Superman’s who is a mermaid? Not Lois Lane, Not Lana Lang, don’t remember the mermaid’s name, but I’m sure it was LL ---
**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:** [December 5, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/83 "2014-12-05T21:06:06Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you live in the tunnels underneath Pacific Tech? > IQ2: Were you an antagonist who had the power to heal? > IQ3: Did you have an affair with your Queen, with tragic results? dunno, not Lucifer, dunno ---
**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:** [December 5, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/84 "2014-12-05T21:07:14Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Are you a well-known singer who played Loretta Lynn’s Dad in _ **Coal Miner’s Daughter** _? > > IQ2) Was the Shasta daisy your creation? > > IQ3) Were you the charming villain of _ **The Third Man** _? Not Lyle Lovett(?), dunno x2 ---
**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:** [December 5, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/85 "2014-12-05T21:27:36Z")
Previous IQs: Did your habit of going around the house barefoot bother your wife? - Abraham Lincoln; he said his feet needed to “breathe.” Did your husband joke about your family’s last name? - Lincoln said of Mary Todd Lincoln’s family, “One ‘d’ is enough for God, but the Todds must have two.” Did you look remarkably like Leonardo DiCaprio in your youth? - Robert Todd Lincoln: [http://img.tfd.com/WEAL/weal\_06\_img1203.jpg](http://img.tfd.com/WEAL/weal_06_img1203.jpg) DQs: American? Living? Best known for the arts, broadly defined? IQs: Were you known for your beehived women, snakes and cows? Did you write _Capt. Kidd’s Cat_? Were you Clinton’s first Secretary of the Treasury? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/86 "2014-12-05T21:39:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Some Call Me… Tim View Post > IQ1: Did you live in the tunnels underneath Pacific Tech? > IQ2: Were you an antagonist who had the power to heal? > IQ3: Did you have an affair with your Queen, with tragic results? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno, not Lucifer, dunno Well, I guess your answer for 2 fits but it wasn’t who I was thinking of. 1 was Lazlo (in _Real Genius_), 3 was Lancelot 3 DQs reserved, again someone has many pending DQs 🙂 IQ1: Were you an antagonist whose only superhuman power was healing? IQ2: Did you play the role of Morpheus? IQ3: Do you have only one testicle? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/87 "2014-12-05T22:22:18Z")
Levon Helm, singer of The Band, played Ted Webb, Loretta Lynn’s Dad, in _ **Coal Miner’s Daughter** _ Botanist Luther Burbank created the Shasta daisy. Harry Lime (played by Orson Welles) was the charming bad guy in _ **The Third Man.** _ I’ll ask my DQs after I see a few other answers ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/88 "2014-12-06T00:14:35Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you a love-interest of Superman’s from Metropolis? > IQ2: Are you a love-interest of Superman’s from Smallville? > IQ3: Are you a love-interest of Superman’s who is a mermaid? As you said, Lois Lane As you said, Lana Lang Lori Lemaris DQ reserved for now. IQ1: Do characters in Peanuts note your birthday on signs? IQ2: Did you create Perl? IQ3: Are you asked to bless beds? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/89 "2014-12-06T00:17:00Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with L 4. American 5. Not living 6. Known for the arts, broadly defined ---
**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:** [December 6, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/90 "2014-12-06T00:23:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you known for your beehived women, snakes and cows? > Did you write _Capt. Kidd’s Cat_? > Were you Clinton’s first Secretary of the Treasury? dunno x2, not Lloyd “You’re no Jack Kennedy” Benson ---
**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:** [December 6, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/91 "2014-12-06T00:33:42Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you an antagonist whose only superhuman power was healing? > IQ2: Did you play the role of Morpheus? > IQ3: Do you have only one testicle? not the guy from Heroes whose name I can’t remember, not Lawrence Fishburne, not Long Dong Silver (I really don’t know. I’m just tired of saying “dunno” all the time) ---
**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:** [December 6, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/92 "2014-12-06T00:36:06Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Do characters in Peanuts note your birthday on signs? > IQ2: Did you create Perl? > IQ3: Are you asked to bless beds? not Ludwig van Beethoven, I know not the answer x2 ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/93 "2014-12-06T00:40:03Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Do characters in Peanuts note your birthday on signs? > IQ2: Did you create Perl? > IQ3: Are you asked to bless beds? As you said, Ludwig van Beethoven Larry Wall Matthew, Mark, _ **Luke** _ and John, bless the bed that I lie on. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/94 "2014-12-06T01:00:17Z")
Previous IQs: Were you known for your beehived women, snakes and cows? - Gary Larson of _The Far Side_ Did you write _Capt. Kidd’s Cat_? - Robert Lawson Were you Clinton’s first Secretary of the Treasury? - Yes, Lloyd Bentsen DQs: Known for the performing arts? Died since 1950? IQs: Were you an immortal dude created by Robert Heinlein? Did you play the first Cmdr. Adama? Did you provide the voice of Tow Mater? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/95 "2014-12-06T04:12:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I’ve never heard of him either. > IQ1: Is an opening gambit named after you? > IQ2: Did you claim never to have thrown your mashed potatoes up against the wall? > IQ3: Were you with #2 when he made that claim? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Leonitz (?), have no clue x 2 Ruy Lopez. [Larry the Cucumber](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaWU1CmrJNc). Mr Lunt, the Hispanic gourd. Three DQs reserved. IQ1: Were you named after a duck’s dork? IQ2: Did you create the Hollywood star system? IQ3: Were you The Man of a Thousand Faces? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/96 "2014-12-06T07:25:36Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you an antagonist whose only superhuman power was healing? > IQ2: Did you play the role of Morpheus? > IQ3: Do you have only one testicle? 1 was Linderman, you had 2 correct, and 3 is Lance Armstrong. holding 5 DQs. IQ1: Did you play the Six Million Dollar Man? IQ2: Were you known for playing the trumpet? IQ3: Before your more famous career, were you a schoolteacher for Mexican-American children in a segregated school? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/97 "2014-12-06T15:47:06Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with L 4. American 5. Not living 6. Known for the arts, broadly defined 7. Known for performing arts 8. Died since 1950 ---
**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:** [December 6, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/98 "2014-12-06T15:49:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you an immortal dude created by Robert Heinlein? > Did you play the first Cmdr. Adama? > Did you provide the voice of Tow Mater? Not Lazarus Long, not Lorne Greene, pass ---
**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:** [December 6, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/99 "2014-12-06T15:54:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you named after a duck’s dork? > IQ2: Did you create the Hollywood star system? > IQ3: Were you The Man of a Thousand Faces? I know not twice, not Lon Chaney ---
**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:** [December 6, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/100 "2014-12-06T15:56:09Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the Six Million Dollar Man? > IQ2: Were you known for playing the trumpet? > IQ3: Before your more famous career, were you a schoolteacher for Mexican-American children in a segregated school? not Lee Majors, not Louis Armstrong, I do not know [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=6)