# Botticelli Feb. 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 2, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810 "2022-02-02T19:33:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/1 "2022-02-02T19:33:36Z")
Welcome one and all to the February Botticelli thread. [Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178) is last month’s thread, and [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli_(game)) is the game’s Wikipedia article if you are unfamiliar with it. I am P. ---
**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, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/2 "2022-02-02T19:40:37Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_? 2. Did you play Minnie Bannister (among many others) on the highly acclaimed all-leather 1950’s BBC radio series _The Good Show_? 3. Were you King Arthur’s daddy? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/3 "2022-02-02T20:35:14Z")
IQ1: Are you the title character of J.M. Barrie’s best known play? IQ2: Are you a country singer who was just nominated for inclusion in the Rock and Roll hall of fame? IQ3: Have you portrayed a stuttering fish lover and a Roman governor with a speech impediment? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/4 "2022-02-02T20:41:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_? > 2. Did you play Minnie Bannister (among many others) on the highly acclaimed all-leather 1950’s BBC radio series _The Good Show_? > 3. Were you King Arthur’s daddy? 1. I am not Phillips Tead. 2. I am not Peter Sellers? 3. I am not Uther Pendragon. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you the title character of J.M. Barrie’s best known play? > IQ2: Are you a country singer who was just nominated for inclusion in the Rock and Roll hall of fame? > IQ3: Have you portrayed a stuttering fish lover and a Roman governor with a speech impediment? IQ1: I am not Peter Pan. IQ2: I am not Dolly Parton. IQ3: I am not Michael Palin. ---
**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, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/5 "2022-02-02T20:44:42Z")
Swept me! First time someone’s actually gotten the amazing Mr. Tead. IQs: 1. Were you Daddy Warbucks’s personal bodyguard? 2. Are you one of Jeff Dunham’s regular puppets? 3. Were you radio wit Fred Allen’s wife? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/6 "2022-02-02T22:03:17Z")
Swept me. IQ1: Were you a former Beatles’ mistress during the period he was estranged from his second wife? IQ2: Does popular legend say you searched for the fountain of youth? IQ3: Have you appeared on the cover of Playboy more times than any other model? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/7 "2022-02-02T22:56:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Daddy Warbucks’s personal bodyguard? > 2. Are you one of Jeff Dunham’s regular puppets? > 3. Were you radio wit Fred Allen’s wife? 1. I am not Punjab. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you a former Beatles’ mistress during the period he was estranged from his second wife? > IQ2: Does popular legend say you searched for the fountain of youth? > IQ3: Have you appeared on the cover of Playboy more times than any other model? IQ1: Take a DQ. IQ2: I am not Ponce de Leon. IQ3: I am not Pamela Anderson? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/8 "2022-02-02T23:41:50Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you a former Beatles’ mistress during the period he was estranged from his second wife? > > > IQ2: Does popular legend say you searched for the fountain of youth? > > > IQ3: Have you appeared on the cover of Playboy more times than any other model? > > IQ1: Take a DQ. > IQ2: I am not Ponce de Leon. > IQ3: I am not Pamela Anderson? May Pang Correct, correct DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/9 "2022-02-03T03:01:08Z")
DQs: 1. fictional ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/10 "2022-02-03T13:56:18Z")
1. Were you the computer genius character on **Criminal Minds**? 2. Were you Simon Templar’s long time girlfriend? 3. Are you the host of a competitive American reality show that had to stop filming for 19 months due to Covid? ---
**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, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/11 "2022-02-03T17:44:56Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you Daddy Warbucks’s personal bodyguard? > > > 2. Are you one of Jeff Dunham’s regular puppets? > > > 3. Were you radio wit Fred Allen’s wife? > > 1. I am not Punjab. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct on Punjab. #2 is Peanut. #3 was Portland Hoffa. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Last name starts with P? ---
**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, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/12 "2022-02-03T17:48:16Z")
IQs: 1. Did you portray E. L. Wisty on numerous occasions? 2. Were you Pope in the 1950s? 3. Are you the son of Gargantua? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/13 "2022-02-03T17:51:18Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you the computer genius character on **Criminal Minds**? > 2. Were you Simon Templar’s long time girlfriend? > 3. Are you the host of a competitive American reality show that had to stop filming for 19 months due to Covid? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Pauline? If not Pauline, take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you portray E. L. Wisty on numerous occasions? > 2. Were you Pope in the 1950s? > 3. Are you the son of Gargantua? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Pius? 3. I am not Pantagruel. DQs: 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with P ---
**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, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/14 "2022-02-03T18:04:31Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you portray E. L. Wisty on numerous occasions? > > > 2. Were you Pope in the 1950s? > > > 3. Are you the son of Gargantua? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Pius? > 3. I am not Pantagruel. #1 was Peter Cook. #2 was, indeed Pius XII. #3 is correct. DQ: Created by an American author or authors? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/15 "2022-02-03T18:51:56Z")
IQ1: Are you a private eye with an awesome theme song written by Henry Mancini and covered by Duane Eddy, Blues Brothers, and Art of Noise, among others? IQ2: Are you the title character of an Ibsen play that features famous music by Edvard Grieg? IQ3: Are you responsible for introducing hippos to Colombia? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/16 "2022-02-04T00:00:27Z")
IQ1: I am not Peter Gunn. IQ2: I am not Peer Gint. IQ3: I am not Pablo Escobar. DQs: 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with P 4. created by an American or Americans ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/17 "2022-02-04T07:42:45Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you the computer genius character on **Criminal Minds**? > 2. Were you Simon Templar’s long time girlfriend? > 3. Are you the host of a competitive American reality show that had to stop filming for 19 months due to Covid? Penelope Garcia, Patricia Holm, Phil Keoghan ( **The Amazing Race** ). DQs: From a genre? From prose? Caucasian? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/18 "2022-02-04T08:17:02Z")
Sweep! IQ1: Were you the first flamenco guitarist to perform at Madrid’s Teatro Real opera house? IQ2: Did you voice Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz? IQ3: Did you gain new abilities after being bitten by a radioactive spider? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/19 "2022-02-04T17:00:57Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first flamenco guitarist to perform at Madrid’s Teatro Real opera house? > IQ2: Did you voice Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz? > IQ3: Did you gain new abilities after being bitten by a radioactive spider? IQ1: Take a DQ. IQ2: I am not Phil Hartman. IQ3: I am not Peter Parker. DQs: 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with P 4. created by an American or Americans 5. from a work in a clearly identified genre 6. not from prose 7. Caucasian ---
**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, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810/20 "2022-02-04T18:39:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did you recently predict six more weeks of winter? 2. Are you married to Richard Benjamin? 3. Did you play Mrs. Huxtable on _The Bill Cosby Show_? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2022/958810.md?page=2)