# 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:** 6
**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 13, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/101 "2016-02-13T00:47:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I remember Chemical King, but not his alter ego. Take a DQ. > I am not Allura. > I am not Amos Fortune. Condo Arlik I completely failed to read DQ 9 DQ: Known for service in WWII? ---
**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 13, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/102 "2016-02-13T02:15:31Z")
Previous IQs: Was your catchphrase “Keep the faith, baby”? - Yes, Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Did a _Doonesbury_ cartoon refer to your knowledge of boost-phase battle management? - Al Gore Did you escape aboard the _Vulture_? - Benedict Arnold: [What was the deal with Benedict Arnold? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3253/what-was-the-deal-with-benedict-arnold) DQ: Best known for U.S. Army service? One DQ reserved. IQ: Did you serve in Vietnam and have an American tank named after you? Were you Scout and Jem’s dad? As a young lawyer, did you fight to desegregate NYC streetcars? ---
**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 13, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/103 "2016-02-13T02:15:50Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. Last name starts with A 6. Died after 1946 7. Political/military 8. Never held Federal office 9. Did hold rank of admiral or general 10. Not famous for a single incident 11. Known for service in WWII. Yeah, I won’t count that last DQ against you. ---
**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 13, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/104 "2016-02-13T02:16:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: > > Did you serve in Vietnam and have an American tank named after you? Take a DQ. ---
**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 13, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/105 "2016-02-13T11:19:53Z")
IQ1: Were you a woman mentioned in the title of a '60s movie? IQ2: Were you called “Hap”? IQ3: Did you and your sisters sing “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”? ---
**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 13, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/106 "2016-02-13T14:33:49Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ2: Were you called “Hap”? Yes! I am Henry “Hap” Arnold, General of the Army and General of the Air Force, and credited with basically creating the Air Force! Good job, SCAdian! ---
**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 13, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/107 "2016-02-13T22:59:34Z")
That was a pain to figure out… 🙂 I’m really amazed at your response in #104, though. Shall we run through the alphabet again? I am **B**. ---
**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 13, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/108 "2016-02-13T23:15:36Z")
As far as tanks go, I’m only familiar with the Sherman tank being named after someone. IQs: 1. Are you a long-time stand-up comedian with a button-down mind? 2. Are you half of a radio & TV comedy duo who passed away this year? 3. Were you half of a comedy duo with Avery Schreiber? ---
**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 14, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/109 "2016-02-14T00:21:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > As far as tanks go, I’m only familiar with the Sherman tank being named after someone. Remind me to ask questions about Stuart, Lee, Grant, Patton, Pershing, and Stalin… 😃 > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a long-time stand-up comedian with a button-down mind? > 2. Are you half of a radio & TV comedy duo who passed away this year? > 3. Were you half of a comedy duo with Avery Schreiber? Not Bob Newhart. Not Bob, of Bob and Ray. Not Mr Burns, of Burns and Schreiber. ---
**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 14, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/110 "2016-02-14T02:06:16Z")
Good job, **SCAdian**! Previous IQs: Did you serve in Vietnam and have an American tank named after you? - Creighton Abrams (thought for sure this was the guy!) Were you Scout and Jem’s dad? - Atticus Finch As a young lawyer, did you fight to desegregate NYC streetcars? - Chester Arthur IQs for the new round: Have you played a hardball prosecutor, a network executive and a concierge? Did you name your airplane after your girlfriend? Did your future wife accidentally kill a classmate in a car accident? ---
**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 14, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/111 "2016-02-14T02:23:33Z")
Correct on all three. (They were Bob Elliott and Jack Burns, BTW.) ---
**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 14, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/112 "2016-02-14T04:22:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Remind me to ask questions about Stuart, Lee, Grant, Patton, Pershing, and Stalin… 😃 And Chaffee, Sheridan, Walker, Cromwell, Churchill, and Voroshilov… > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Good job, **SCAdian**! > Did you serve in Vietnam and have an American tank named after you? - Creighton Abrams (thought for sure this was the guy!) So did I - that’s why I was so surprised by his answer. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs for the new round: > > Have you played a hardball prosecutor, a network executive and a concierge? > Did you name your airplane after your girlfriend? > Did your future wife accidentally kill a classmate in a car accident? Three DQs. ---
**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 14, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/113 "2016-02-14T13:37:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did you portray a groundskeeper, a Ghostbuster and a psychiatric patient? 2. Are you Rowan Atkinson’s most famous character creation? 3. In some of The Dead Sea Scrolls, are you the leader of the Sons of Darkness? ---
**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 14, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/114 "2016-02-14T15:01:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you portray a groundskeeper, a Ghostbuster and a psychiatric patient? > 2. Are you Rowan Atkinson’s most famous character creation? > 3. In some of The Dead Sea Scrolls, are you the leader of the Sons of Darkness? Not Bill Murray. \ Not Blackadder. Not … Belial? ---
**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 14, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/115 "2016-02-14T15:22:11Z")
Correct. Correct. Correct. IQs: 1. Were you an actor known as “the Great Profile”? 2. Did you get your start as a touring vaudeville performer whose act immediately followed the Marx Brothers? 3. Were you a jazz cornetist, known as the “young man with a horn”? ---
**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 15, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/116 "2016-02-15T00:34:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an actor known as “the Great Profile”? > 2. Did you get your start as a touring vaudeville performer whose act immediately followed the Marx Brothers? > 3. Were you a jazz cornetist, known as the “young man with a horn”? Not John Barrymore. DQ. 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 15, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/117 "2016-02-15T01:37:12Z")
Previous IQs: Have you played a hardball prosecutor, a network executive and a concierge? - Bob Balaban, in _Absence of Malice, Seinfeld_ and _The Grand Budapest Hotel_. Did you name your airplane after your girlfriend? - George H.W. Bush. Did your future wife accidentally kill a classmate in a car accident? - George W. Bush. DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with B? IQs: Did you become King of Westeros after the Mad King was killed? Were you his humorless next-younger brother? Were you his maybe-gay youngest brother? ---
**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 15, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/118 "2016-02-15T02:10:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct. Correct. Correct. > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an actor known as “the Great Profile”? > 2. Did you get your start as a touring vaudeville performer whose act immediately followed the Marx Brothers? > 3. Were you a jazz cornetist, known as the “young man with a horn”? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not John Barrymore. > DQ. > DQ. Correct on Barrymore. #2 was Jack Benny. After the Brothers cavorted and galloped offstage, Benny would come on, put his hand on his cheek and say “Well.” It brought down the house. #3 was Bix Beiderbecke. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 15, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/119 "2016-02-15T02:43:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you become King of Westeros after the Mad King was killed? > Were you his humorless next-younger brother? > Were you his maybe-gay youngest brother? Three DQs. **B** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with B Try again, Prof… 😃 ---
**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 15, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/120 "2016-02-15T02:54:43Z")
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