# 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:** 6
**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:** [December 6, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/101 "2014-12-06T16:04:51Z")
DQs: 1. Known as an actor? 2. Died since 2000? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/102 "2014-12-06T16:44:23Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a main character in _Ulysses_? 2. Are you the title character of Mark Tatulli’s comic strip? 3. Are you aka Lord John Whorfin? ---
**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, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/103 "2014-12-06T17:02:14Z")
Previous Qs: Were you an immortal dude created by Robert Heinlein? - Yes, Lazarus Long Did you play the first Cmdr. Adama? - Yes, Lorne Greene Did you provide the voice of Tow Mater? - Larry the Cable Guy, in the Pixar _Cars_ movies DQ: Won a major award in his field? IQs: Was a flag based on your last words flown at the Battle of Lake Erie? Were you a mayor of Pittsburgh after whom a convention center was named? Were you a hero of Little Round Top? ---
**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, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/104 "2014-12-06T19:49:01Z")
> [@](#): > > 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? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Lee Majors, not Louis Armstrong, I do not know Correct on the first two, the third was President Lyndon B. Johnson. Makes his support for civil rights and desegregation more interesting, no? I’ll try a bit of a different style DQ: DQ: Does most of your fame result from a single event? Holding more DQs than I’ll use (5). IQ1: Did REM sing that you were not afraid? IQ2: Did you voice act for a cartoon based on your childhood? IQ3: Did you design guitars? ---
**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, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/105 "2014-12-06T20:57:45Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did REM sing that you were not afraid? Yes, I am [SIZE=“7”]Lenny[/SIZE] Bruce! Congrats, Tim! You have the next round with the letter M! ---
**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:** [December 6, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/106 "2014-12-06T21:57:49Z")
Good on ya, Tim! ---
**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 7, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/107 "2014-12-07T02:20:23Z")
> [@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? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I know not twice, not Lon Chaney Long Duk Dong, from the movie _Sixteen Candles_. Louis B Mayer, of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Correct. “Lenny Bruce” sounds vaguely familiar, but I haven’t the faintest idea who/what he might be. Thinking of ‘M’ questions… ---
**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 7, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/108 "2014-12-07T03:11:13Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did REM sing that you were not afraid? > IQ2: Did you voice act for a cartoon based on your childhood? > IQ3: Did you design guitars? IQ1 is of course correct. 🙂 2 was Louie Anderson, 3 was Les Paul. M should be coming soon, I’ve narrowed it to two, must choose. ---
**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 7, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/109 "2014-12-07T03:15:30Z")
**SCAdian** , Lenny Bruce was a famously controversial stand-up comic: [Lenny Bruce - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Bruce) Way to go, **Tim**! Previous IQs: Was a flag based on your last words flown at the Battle of Lake Erie? - Capt. James Lawrence: [James Lawrence - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lawrence) Were you a mayor of Pittsburgh after whom a convention center was named? - David L. Lawrence Were you a hero of Little Round Top? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (his middle name is invariably used, so I think it’s fair play). ---
**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 7, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/110 "2014-12-07T03:17:01Z")
I am M. IQ away! ---
**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:** [December 7, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/111 "2014-12-07T03:28:18Z")
IQs: 1. Did you appear with Bob Hope in _The Lemon Drop Kid_? 2. Did you change a princess into a boy to hide her? 3. Did you have to be tricked into saying your name backwards to return you to your home? ---
**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 7, 2014, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/112 "2014-12-07T07:32:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you appear with Bob Hope in _The Lemon Drop Kid_? > 2. Did you change a princess into a boy to hide her? > 3. Did you have to be tricked into saying your name backwards to return you to your home? Take a DQ for each of the first two. 3 is Superman villain Myxlpiltk (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:** [December 7, 2014, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/113 "2014-12-07T11:33:47Z")
IQ1: Were you the Swamp Fox? IQ2: When there is a wrong to right, will you join the fight? IQ3: Are Sid and Diego your best friends? James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George DuPree is probably a little too obscure to use here, right? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/114 "2014-12-07T12:51:29Z")
IQ1: Did your mother call you Norma Jean? IQ2: Are you a shock rocker whose music was enjoyed by the perpetrators of the Columbine massacre? IQ3: Are you “the smartest woman in the world”? ---
**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:** [December 7, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/115 "2014-12-07T14:55:17Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you appear with Bob Hope in The Lemon Drop Kid? > 2. Did you change a princess into a boy to hide her? > 3. Did you have to be tricked into saying your name backwards to return you to your home? > > Take a DQ for each of the first two. 3 is Superman villain Myxlpiltk (sp?) #1 was Marilyn Maxwell. #2 was Mombi the Witch who transformed Princess Ozma in _The Land of Oz_. #3 is indeed Mr. Mxyzptlk. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Last name starts with M? ---
**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:** [December 7, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/116 "2014-12-07T14:57:13Z")
IQs: 1. Is the character of E. K. Hornbeck in _Inherit the Wind_ based on you? 2. Did you write _archy & mehitabel_? 3. Did you write _The Late George Apley_? ---
**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 7, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/117 "2014-12-07T15:25:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the Swamp Fox? > IQ2: When there is a wrong to right, will you join the fight? > IQ3: Are Sid and Diego your best friends? Take a DQ for 1 and 3, I think 2 is Mighty Mouse. ---
**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 7, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/118 "2014-12-07T15:27:03Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did your mother call you Norma Jean? > IQ2: Are you a shock rocker whose music was enjoyed by the perpetrators of the Columbine massacre? > IQ3: Are you “the smartest woman in the world”? 1: Marilyn Monroe 2: Marilyn Manson 3: Marilyn vos Savant ---
**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 7, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/119 "2014-12-07T15:28:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is the character of E. K. Hornbeck in _Inherit the Wind_ based on you? > 2. Did you write _archy & mehitabel_? > 3. Did you write _The Late George Apley_? uh oh, take 3 DQs ---
**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 7, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/120 "2014-12-07T15:30:03Z")
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