# Botticelli - December 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 4, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446 "2015-12-04T19:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 7, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/41 "2015-12-07T22:14:38Z")
IQ1: Did a song from the film _South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut_ ask what you would do? IQ2: Were you fired from NBC Nightly News for fabricating a story about being in a helicopter that was shot down in Iraq? IQ3: Were the first manager of the Beatles until your death in 1967? ---
**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, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/42 "2015-12-07T23:26:13Z")
IQ1: Did you invent the M2 HB and the M1911? IQ2: Were a country and a submarine named after you? IQ3: Were you a Spanish-Irish founding father of Chile? ---
**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 8, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/43 "2015-12-08T04:15:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Birth of the Messiah_ and _The Death of the Messiah_? > 2. Did you write _My Last Duchess_? > 3. Did you write _The Pilgrim’s Progress_? Dunno, dunno, and not Bunyan. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did a song from the film _South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut_ ask what you would do? > IQ2: Were you fired from NBC Nightly News for fabricating a story about being in a helicopter that was shot down in Iraq? > IQ3: Were the first manager of the Beatles until your death in 1967? Dunno, not Brian Williams, and should know this but am blanking. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you invent the M2 HB and the M1911? > IQ2: Were a country and a submarine named after you? > IQ3: Were you a Spanish-Irish founding father of Chile? Dunno, not Simon Bolivar, and 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 8, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/44 "2015-12-08T13:00:10Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did a song from the film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut ask what you would do? > IQ2: Were you fired from NBC Nightly News for fabricating a story about being in a helicopter that was shot down in Iraq? > IQ3: Were the first manager of the Beatles until your death in 1967? > > Dunno, not Brian Williams, and should know this but am blanking. Brian Boitano, correct, Brian Epstein Brian x3! DQ1: Real? DQ2: Last name start with B? ---
**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 8, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/45 "2015-12-08T13:04:59Z")
IQ1: Did you play Valeria in the 1982 film _Conan the Barbarian_? IQ2: Were you Ilsa Lund in the 1942 film _Casablanca_? IQ3: Did you direct the 1957 film _The Seventh Seal_? ---
**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 8, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/46 "2015-12-08T14:36:56Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write The Birth of the Messiah and The Death of the Messiah? > 2. Did you write My Last Duchess? > 3. Did you write The Pilgrim’s Progress? > > Dunno, dunno, and not Bunyan. #1 was Raymond E. Brown. #2 was Robert Browning. Correct on Bunyan. DQ: Male? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 8, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/47 "2015-12-08T14:40:14Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a comedian who palled around with the Rat Pack? 2. Did you and your fiancee have a flat tire in the rain on your way to see your old science teacher, which lead to unforeseeable events when you went to find a phone? 3. Were you the lead vocalist for the Go-Go’s before embarking on a solo career? ---
**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 8, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/48 "2015-12-08T17:34:21Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Valeria in the 1982 film _Conan the Barbarian_? > IQ2: Were you Ilsa Lund in the 1942 film _Casablanca_? > IQ3: Did you direct the 1957 film _The Seventh Seal_? Dunno, not Ingrid Bergman or (the much less beautiful) Ingmar Bergman. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a comedian who palled around with the Rat Pack? > 2. Did you and your fiancee have a flat tire in the rain on your way to see your old science teacher, which lead to unforeseeable events when you went to find a phone? > 3. Were you the lead vocalist for the Go-Go’s before embarking on a solo career? Not Joey Bishop, Brad from _Rocky Horror_ (never saw it - someday, maybe!), or Belinda Carlisle. B. 1. real 2. last name starts with B 3. male ---
**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 8, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/49 "2015-12-08T17:35:04Z")
Correct on all three. DQ: Alive? ---
**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 8, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/50 "2015-12-08T17:37:13Z")
IQs: 1. Did you hang with Natasha Fatale? 2. Did you host _The Wow Show_? 3. Are you the author of _Me and the Orgone_? ---
**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 8, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/51 "2015-12-08T17:53:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you hang with Natasha Fatale? > 2. Did you host _The Wow Show_? > 3. Are you the author of _Me and the Orgone_? Not Boris Badenov, dunno and dunno. B. 1. real 2. last name starts with B 3. male 4. dead ---
**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 8, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/52 "2015-12-08T18:04:18Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Valeria in the 1982 film Conan the Barbarian? > IQ2: Were you Ilsa Lund in the 1942 film Casablanca? > IQ3: Did you direct the 1957 film The Seventh Seal? > > Dunno, not Ingrid Bergman or (the much less beautiful) Ingmar Bergman. Sandahl Bergman Bergman Trifecta! DQ: 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:** [December 8, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/53 "2015-12-08T18:04:22Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you hang with Natasha Fatale? > 2. Did you host The Wow Show? > 3. Are you the author of Me and the Orgone? > > Not Boris Badenov, dunno and dunno. Correct on Boris. Ken Berry hosted the Wow Show. I am deeply shocked you didn’t get #3: Orson Bean. DQs: 1. Died after 1900? 2. Known for politics/military? ---
**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 8, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/54 "2015-12-08T18:19:22Z")
IQ1: Were you president of Gran Columbia from 1819 to 1830? IQ2: Were you recently portrayed by Johnny Depp in the film _Black Mass_? IQ3: Were you a professional wrestler who killed his wife and son and hanged himself in 2007? ---
**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 8, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/55 "2015-12-08T18:25:00Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the leader of the Hawkmen in _Flash Gordon_? 2. Are you secretly the Flash? 3. Did you play opposite Alan Arkin in _Chu Chu and the Philly Flash_? Flash x3! ---
**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 8, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/56 "2015-12-08T22:58:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you invent the M2 HB and the M1911? > IQ2: Were a country and a submarine named after you? > IQ3: Were you a Spanish-Irish founding father of Chile? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Simon Bolivar, and dunno. John Moses Browning. Correct. Bernardo O’Higgins. 2 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:** [December 9, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/57 "2015-12-09T01:12:42Z")
_Mea culpa_ as to the Orson Bean question, **Prof. P.**! I confess I actually know very little about him other than his _Hobbit_ connection. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you president of Gran Columbia from 1819 to 1830? > IQ2: Were you recently portrayed by Johnny Depp in the film _Black Mass_? > IQ3: Were you a professional wrestler who killed his wife and son and hanged himself in 2007? Not Bolivar, Bulger and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the leader of the Hawkmen in _Flash Gordon_? > 2. Are you secretly the Flash? > 3. Did you play opposite Alan Arkin in _Chu Chu and the Philly Flash_? > > Flash x3! Not Brian Blessed, Barry Allen (?) or… dunno. B. 1. real 2. last name starts with B 3. male 4. dead 5. not American 6. died before 1900 7. not known for politics/military ---
**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 9, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/58 "2015-12-09T03:53:29Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the leader of the Hawkmen in Flash Gordon? > 2. Are you secretly the Flash? > 3. Did you play opposite Alan Arkin in Chu Chu and the Philly Flash? > > Flash x3! > Not Brian Blessed, Barry Allen (?) or… dunno. Correct, Correct, Carol Burnett. DQ: Known for 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:** [December 9, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/59 "2015-12-09T13:00:30Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you president of Gran Columbia from 1819 to 1830? > IQ2: Were you recently portrayed by Johnny Depp in the film Black Mass? > IQ3: Were you a professional wrestler who killed his wife and son and hanged himself in 2007? > > Not Bolivar, Bulger and dunno. Chris Benoit DQ: European? ---
**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 9, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/60 "2015-12-09T13:11:14Z")
IQ1: Were you a Tennessee sheriff known for your one-man war against the Dixie Mafia and the State Line Mob? IQ2: Did Eddie Anderson play your valet and chauffeur, Rochester van Jones? IQ3: Were you a science fiction writer who also wrote Golden Age Captain Marvel comics stories? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446.md?page=4)