# Botticelli - Feb. 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 1, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859 "2016-02-01T17:33:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 1, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/1 "2016-02-01T17:33:20Z")
Last month’s thread: [Botticelli - Jan. 2016 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=779638) Our new letter is T Go for it! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/2 "2016-02-01T18:23:30Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first African-American Supreme Court Justice? 2. Did you write _The Magnificent Ambersons_? 3. Did you write _The Father Christmas Letters_? ---
**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:** [February 1, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/3 "2016-02-01T19:10:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first African-American Supreme Court Justice? > 2. Did you write _The Magnificent Ambersons_? > 3. Did you write _The Father Christmas Letters_? Not Thurgood Marshall, Booth Tarkington (sp?) or J.R.R. Tolkien. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/4 "2016-02-01T19:40:55Z")
Correct on all 3. IQs: 1. Were you a dirty old man portrayed on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_ by Arte Johnson? 2. Did you marry Miss Vicki on _The Tonight Show_? 3. Are you a living American fine art glass artisan whose work appears in numerous U.S. museums? ---
**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:** [February 1, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/5 "2016-02-01T22:27:39Z")
IQ1: Did you lead a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831? IQ2: Did you guide slaves to freedom and become the first woman to lead an armed expedition during the Civil War? IQ3: Did you deliver a speech during the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in 1851, which later became known in the Civil War as titled “Ain’t I a woman”? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/6 "2016-02-02T03:13:07Z")
IQ1: Were you one of a pair of fictional detectives who started out as blackmailers? IQ2: Were you the other one of that pair? IQ3: Do you and your friend Honey plan to become detectives after you finish high school? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/7 "2016-02-02T04:33:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Were you a dirty old man portrayed on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_ by Arte Johnson? > 2. Did you marry Miss Vicki on _The Tonight Show_? > 3. Are you a living American fine art glass artisan whose work appears in numerous U.S. museums? Dunno, not Tiny Tim and dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you lead a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831? > IQ2: Did you guide slaves to freedom and become the first woman to lead an armed expedition during the Civil War? > IQ3: Did you deliver a speech during the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in 1851, which later became known in the Civil War as titled “Ain’t I a woman”? Not Nat Turner or Sojourner Truth; dunno the third. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you one of a pair of fictional detectives who started out as blackmailers? > IQ2: Were you the other one of that pair? > IQ3: Do you and your friend Honey plan to become detectives after you finish high school? Dunno any of those three. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/8 "2016-02-02T11:58:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you one of a pair of fictional detectives who started out as blackmailers? > IQ2: Were you the other one of that pair? > IQ3: Do you and your friend Honey plan to become detectives after you finish high school? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno any of those three. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, and Trixie Belden. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? One 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:** [February 2, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/9 "2016-02-02T14:02:07Z")
> [@](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Were you a dirty old man portrayed on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In by Arte Johnson? > 2. Did you marry Miss Vicki on The Tonight Show? > 3. Are you a living American fine art glass artisan whose work appears in numerous U.S. museums? > > Dunno, not Tiny Tim and dunno. #1 was Tyrone F. Horneigh (“Wanna buy a Walnetto?”) Correct on #2. #3 is Toots Zynsky. DQ: Last name starts with T? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/10 "2016-02-02T14:36:54Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you lead a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831? > IQ2: Did you guide slaves to freedom and become the first woman to lead an armed expedition during the Civil War? > IQ3: Did you deliver a speech during the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in 1851, which later became known in the Civil War as titled “Ain’t I a woman”? > Not Nat Turner or Sojourner Truth; dunno the third. Sojourner Truth is actually #3. Harriet Tubman is #2. holding a DQ ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/11 "2016-02-02T14:43:26Z")
IQ1: Were you appointed to the Supreme Court by George Bush (the elder) in 1991 amid controversy? IQ2: Are you the first Democrat and the first African American to chair the Homeland Security Committee in the House? IQ3: Are you an American poet and novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance and modernism? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/12 "2016-02-02T17:09:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1 was Tyrone F. Horneigh (“Wanna buy a Walnetto?”) > Correct on #2. > #3 is Toots Zynsky… Has anyone else heard of Tyrone or Toots? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you appointed to the Supreme Court by George Bush (the elder) in 1991 amid controversy? > IQ2: Are you the first Democrat and the first African American to chair the Homeland Security Committee in the House? > IQ3: Are you an American poet and novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance and modernism? Not Clarence Thomas, dunno and dunno. T. 1. fictional 2. male ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/13 "2016-02-02T18:45:01Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you appointed to the Supreme Court by George Bush (the elder) in 1991 amid controversy? > IQ2: Are you the first Democrat and the first African American to chair the Homeland Security Committee in the House? > IQ3: Are you an American poet and novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance and modernism? > > Not Clarence Thomas, dunno and dunno. Bennie Thompson, Jean Toomer DQ: From literature? holding 2 DQs ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/14 "2016-02-02T21:33:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Has anyone else heard of Tyrone or Toots? Tyrone Horneigh was the old man who would go up to Ruth Buzzi while she was sitting at the bus stop - she always ended up beating him with her purse. The last name is obviously “Horny,” but to get it past the censors Johnson insisted it was pronounced “Horn-eye.” Don’t know Toots. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/15 "2016-02-03T00:49:45Z")
[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:12, topic:744859”] Has anyone else heard of Tyrone or Toots? Look, I can see the Person In Question having to be famous enough to be known by another player, but for the IQs? That seems overboard to me. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/16 "2016-02-03T04:56:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …Look, I can see the Person In Question having to be famous enough to be known by another player, but for the IQs? That seems overboard to me. That’s how we’ve done it before. If it’s so obscure that no one else knows it except the asker, the GM can’t be expected to know it either. Same rule for IQs and DQs, if challenged. Since **SCAdian** knew Tyrone… T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. not from literature ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/17 "2016-02-03T12:20:38Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Wonderful O_? 2. Were you a German trickster in folklore who had many “merry adventures”? 3. Were you burned to death for translating the Bible? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/18 "2016-02-03T13:00:07Z")
DQ: From film? holding 1 DQ ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/19 "2016-02-03T13:05:57Z")
IQ1: Were you creator and host of the long-running reality TV series _America’s Next Top Model_? IQ2: Were you a rapper killed in a 1996 drive-by shooting? IQ3: Are you a dancer/singer/actress whose real name is Anne Rae Bullock? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/20 "2016-02-03T16:17:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Wonderful O_? > 2. Were you a German trickster in folklore who had many “merry adventures”? > 3. Were you burned to death for translating the Bible? Dunno the first two; not… Thomas Wickliffe? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you creator and host of the long-running reality TV series _America’s Next Top Model_? > IQ2: Were you a rapper killed in a 1996 drive-by shooting? > IQ3: Are you a dancer/singer/actress whose real name is Anne Rae Bullock? Not Tyra Banks or Tupac Shakur. Dunno the third. T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. not from literature 5. from film [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859.md?page=2)