# Botticelli, February 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 2, 2014, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337 "2014-02-02T06:47:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/181 "2014-02-14T00:21:30Z")
IQ1: Did you often give advice to a penguin and a walrus? IQ2: Is your nickname a somewhat mutilated version of the name of Philip’s son’s horse? IQ3: Did your sister write a book about slaves? ---
**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, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/182 "2014-02-14T00:37:49Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you a former Texas governor who was named after his father? > IQ2: Did you look out on the feast of Stephen? > IQ3: Are you a primary antagonist in The Pillars of The Earth? I am not George W. Bush. I am not Good King Wenceslas. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/183 "2014-02-14T00:39:00Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did you put Golden Tickets in your products, the finders of which got a tour of your factory? > IQ2: Did you play a character who didn’t need coins for the jukebox? > IQ3: Verily I do not wish to be verbose, but will you vouchsafe if you verbalized for V? I am not Willy Wonka. Take a DQ for #2. I am not Hugh Weaving. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/184 "2014-02-14T00:39:36Z")
IQ: Do people wonder “where are you” IQ2: Did you command troops in Vietnam? IQ3: Is a beef dish named in your honor? ---
**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, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/185 "2014-02-14T00:41:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you often give advice to a penguin and a walrus? > IQ2: Is your nickname a somewhat mutilated version of the name of Philip’s son’s horse? > IQ3: Did your sister write a book about slaves? #1. I am not Woody Woodpecker. (??) #2. I am not Hank “Bocephus” Williams, Jr. #3. I am not Henry Ward Beecher. ---
**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, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/186 "2014-02-14T00:42:26Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Do people wonder “where are you” > IQ2: Did you command troops in Vietnam? > IQ3: Is a beef dish named in your honor? I am not Waldo. I am not Gen. Wm. Westmoreland. I am not the Duke of Wellington. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/187 "2014-02-14T00:54:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Willy Wonka. Take a DQ for #2. I am not Hugh Weaving. Correct on Wonka and Weaving. The character who did not need coins for the jukebox was Fonzie of “Happy Days,” played by Henry Winkler. DQ: Real? ---
**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, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/188 "2014-02-14T01:07:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you often give advice to a penguin and a walrus? > IQ2: Is your nickname a somewhat mutilated version of the name of Philip’s son’s horse? > IQ3: Did your sister write a book about slaves? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Woody Woodpecker. (??) > #2. I am not Hank “Bocephus” Williams, Jr. > #3. I am not Henry Ward Beecher. Not whom I had in mind, but I’m pretty sure Woody interacted with a walrus many times, and there may have been a penguin or two as well. Correct on Bocephus. Correct on Henry Ward Beecher. (I almost embarrassed myself there by asking about “your daughter”… :o) IQ1: Are you a non-avian who often gave advice to a penguin and a walrus? IQ2: Were you a monarch whose left arm was several inches shorter than his right? IQ3: Did you and your companion travel to the moon in search of cheese? ---
**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, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/189 "2014-02-14T01:15:16Z")
All right, **Prof. P**.! IQs: Before 1920 did a peer compare you, not favorably, to God? Did you play a Quidditch instructor? Are you that person’s father, also an actor? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/190 "2014-02-14T01:16:03Z")
IQ1: Were you nicknamed the “Say Hey Kid”? IQ2: Did you name an amusement park after yourself? IQ3: Are you one of T.S. Garp’s children? ---
**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, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/191 "2014-02-14T01:19:08Z")
From the previous round: IQs: Were your garish suspenders remarked upon in _Inherit the Wind_? - Henry Drummond Are you the real person that character was based upon? - Clarence Darrow Were you noted for your work with lepers? - Father Damien, in Hawaii ---
**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, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/192 "2014-02-14T01:38:57Z")
DQs: 1. Real. ---
**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, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/193 "2014-02-14T01:40:05Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a non-avian who often gave advice to a penguin and a walrus? > IQ2: Were you a monarch whose left arm was several inches shorter than his right? > IQ3: Did you and your companion travel to the moon in search of cheese? and take 3 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, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/194 "2014-02-14T01:43:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > All right, **Prof. P**.! > > IQs: > > Before 1920 did a peer compare you, not favorably, to God? > Did you play a Quidditch instructor? > Are you that person’s father, also an actor? Well, I can see #2’s face, but I don’t know who she was. Take 3 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, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/195 "2014-02-14T01:44:04Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Were you nicknamed the “Say Hey Kid”? > IQ2: Did you name an amusement park after yourself? > IQ3: Are you one of T.S. Garp’s children? I am not Willie Mays. I am not Walt Disney. Take a DQ for 3. ---
**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, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/196 "2014-02-14T02:09:47Z")
Previous IQs: Before 1920 did a peer compare you, not favorably, to God? - Clemenceau, upon reading Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points at the Versailles conference, is said to have murmured, “Even the Almighty just had ten.” Did you play a Quidditch instructor? - Zoe Wanamaker played Madam Hooch: [http://xionakis.dune.net/madam-hooch.gif](http://xionakis.dune.net/madam-hooch.gif) Are you that person’s father, also an actor? - Sam Wanamaker DQs: Male? American? Last name start with W? IQs: Did you, between 1750 and 1850, do something twice that no other person in all of history ever did? Did you play a grizzled but soft-hearted football coach in _Heaven Can Wait_? Was Sousa’s “The Liberty Bell” (the _Monty Python_ theme song) played at an important ceremony of which you were the star, despite having no Sousa or Python connection yourself? ---
**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, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/197 "2014-02-14T02:25:07Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with W ---
**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, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/198 "2014-02-14T02:26:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you, between 1750 and 1850, do something twice that no other person in all of history ever did? > Did you play a grizzled but soft-hearted football coach in _Heaven Can Wait_? > Was Sousa’s “The Liberty Bell” (the _Monty Python_ theme song) played at an important ceremony of which you were the star, despite having no Sousa or Python connection yourself? and 3 more DQs for EH. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/199 "2014-02-14T08:50:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Willie Mays. I am not Walt Disney. > Take a DQ for 3. Correct on Mays and Disney. T.S. Garp (of _The World According to Garp_, by John Irving) had two children; one of whom was named Walt. DQ: European? ---
**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, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/200 "2014-02-14T12:15:53Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a non-avian who often gave advice to a penguin and a walrus? > IQ2: Were you a monarch whose left arm was several inches shorter than his right? > IQ3: Did you and your companion travel to the moon in search of cheese? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > and take 3 DQs. Tennessee Tuxedo and Chumley always turned to Phineas J Whoopee for help. Kaiser Wilhelm II. Wallace and Gromit had _A Grand Day Out_ on the moon. DQ1: Living? DQ2: Known for the Arts? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did your grandson fire the Iron Chancellor? IQ2: Did you and Meadowlark play together in Moscow? IQ3: Are you a Pole who held a top job for over 25 years? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337.md?page=11)