# 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:** 2
**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, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/21 "2016-02-03T17:00:20Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. Tina Turner DQ: From more than one movie? holding a DQ ---
**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, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/22 "2016-02-03T17:07:21Z")
T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. not from literature 5. from film 6. appeared in only one film ---
**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, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/23 "2016-02-03T18:16:22Z")
> [@](#): > > 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? #1 was James Thurber. #2 was Tyl (or Till) Eulenspiegel. #3 was not John Wycliffe, but William Tyndale. DQs: 1. From an American film? 2. Film made after 1980? 3. Protagonist? ---
**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, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/24 "2016-02-03T20:19:07Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write the hymn _Rock Of Ages_? 2. Did you and your wife write the multi-volume _A Study Of History_? 3. Were you married to Roseanne Barr for awhile? ---
**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 4, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/25 "2016-02-04T00:28:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the hymn _Rock Of Ages_? > 2. Did you and your wife write the multi-volume _A Study Of History_? > 3. Were you married to Roseanne Barr for awhile? Dunno the first two; not Tom Arnold. T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. not from literature 5. from film 6. appeared in only one film 7. from an American film 8. film made after 1980 9. a protagonist ---
**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 4, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/26 "2016-02-04T01:00:13Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the hymn Rock Of Ages? > 2. Did you and your wife write the multi-volume A Study Of History? > 3. Were you married to Roseanne Barr for awhile? > > Dunno the first two; not Tom Arnold. #1 is [Augustus Toplady](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Toplady). #2 is [Arnold J. Toynbee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_J._Toynbee). Correct on #3. DQs: 1. From a Science Fiction or Fantasy movie? 2. Film made after 1999? ---
**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 4, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/27 "2016-02-04T02:58:16Z")
IQ1: Are you a Nobel Prize winning author who won the Pulitzer in 1987 for your novel _Beloved_? IQ2: Are you the first African-American Supreme Court Justice? IQ3: Are you a professional golfer who was formerly married to Swedish model Elin Nordegren? ---
**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 4, 2016, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/28 "2016-02-04T12:21:01Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the only U.S. president to be buried without national honors? 2. Did Mel Brooks portray you in _History of the World, Part One_? 3. Did you have a hit with _Gee Whiz_? ---
**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 4, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/29 "2016-02-04T14:56:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Nobel Prize winning author who won the Pulitzer in 1987 for your novel _Beloved_? > IQ2: Are you the first African-American Supreme Court Justice? > IQ3: Are you a professional golfer who was formerly married to Swedish model Elin Nordegren? Not Toni Morrison, still not Thurgood Marshall, and not Tiger Wood. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the only U.S. president to be buried without national honors? > 2. Did Mel Brooks portray you in _History of the World, Part One_? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Gee Whiz_? I’ll guess that was John Tyler, since he was elected to the Confederate Congress and died during the Civil War (although some other Presidents were buried with little or no official hoopla); not Torquemada (you can’t Torquemada anything!) and dunno. T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. not from literature 5. from film 6. appeared in only one film 7. from an American film 8. film made after 1980 9. a protagonist 10. from a science fiction or fantasy movie 11. film not made after 1999 ---
**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 4, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/30 "2016-02-04T16:07:31Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the only U.S. president to be buried without national honors? > 2. Did Mel Brooks portray you in History of the World, Part One? > 3. Did you have a hit with Gee Whiz? > I’ll guess that was John Tyler, since he was elected to the Confederate Congress and died during the Civil War (although some other Presidents were buried with little or no official hoopla); not Torquemada (you can’t Torquemada anything!) and dunno. Correct on Tyler and Torquemada. #3 was [Carla Thomas.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLfOzHK6i9g) So, the protagonist of a SciFi/Fantasy movie of the 80’s or 90’s. Last name starts with T. IQ: Were you played by Lee Horsley in _The Sword and the Sorcerer_? ---
**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 4, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/31 "2016-02-04T16:16:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …IQ: Were you played by Lee Horsley in _The Sword and the Sorcerer_? 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:** [February 4, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/32 "2016-02-04T16:22:09Z")
IQ1: Were you considered the Clown Prince of the Harlem Globetrotters and the inventor of the Sky Hook? IQ2: Did you win the Heisman Trophy in 1976 while leading Pitt to the National Championship in 1976? IQ3: Are you a jazz pianist and composer known for _'Round Midnight_ and _Straight No Chaser_? ---
**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 4, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/33 "2016-02-04T17:11:11Z")
DQ: Human? ---
**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 4, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/34 "2016-02-04T17:56:40Z")
[QUOTE] …IQ: Were you played by Lee Horsley in The Sword and the Sorcerer? Dunno. [/UNQUOTE] That was Talon. 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:** [February 4, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/35 "2016-02-04T18:02:32Z")
IQ: Did Bruce Boxleitner play you in a movie where you and Jeff Bridges’ character stopped the evil David Warner character? ---
**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 4, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/36 "2016-02-04T21:25:10Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you considered the Clown Prince of the Harlem Globetrotters and the inventor of the Sky Hook? > IQ2: Did you win the Heisman Trophy in 1976 while leading Pitt to the National Championship in 1976? > IQ3: Are you a jazz pianist and composer known for _'Round Midnight_ and _Straight No Chaser_? The only Globetrotter I knew was Meadowlark Lemon. Not… Tony Dorsett? Dunno the third. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did Bruce Boxleitner play you in a movie where you and Jeff Bridges’ character stopped the evil David Warner character? Not Tron. T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. not from literature 5. from film 6. appeared in only one film 7. from an American film 8. film made after 1980 9. a protagonist 10. from a science fiction or fantasy movie 11. film not made after 1999 12. human ---
**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 4, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/37 "2016-02-04T21:28:37Z")
IQ: film made in the 1980’s? ---
**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 4, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/38 "2016-02-04T21:33:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did you and your husband have a hit with _Love Will Keep Us Together_? 2. Did you and your husband have a hit with _Proud Mary_? 3. Did Leo G. Carroll play you in a TV series? ---
**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 5, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/39 "2016-02-05T01:18:00Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you considered the Clown Prince of the Harlem Globetrotters and the inventor of the Sky Hook? > IQ2: Did you win the Heisman Trophy in 1976 while leading Pitt to the National Championship in 1976? > IQ3: Are you a jazz pianist and composer known for 'Round Midnight and Straight No Chaser? > > The only Globetrotter I knew was Meadowlark Lemon. Not… Tony Dorsett? Dunno the third. I got IQ1 wrong. He’s credited with inventing the hook shot, not the sky hook. correct, Thelonius Monk DQ: From a military themed movie? holding a DQ ---
**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 5, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/40 "2016-02-05T04:04:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you and your husband have a hit with _Love Will Keep Us Together_? > 2. Did you and your husband have a hit with _Proud Mary_? > 3. Did Leo G. Carroll play you in a TV series? Not Toni Tenille or Tina Turner; dunno the third. T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. not from literature 5. from film 6. appeared in only one film 7. from an American film 8. film made after 1980 9. a protagonist 10. from a science fiction or fantasy movie 11. film not made after 1999 12. human 13. film not made in the 1980s 14. kinda sorta a military-themed movie [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859.md?page=3)