# 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:** 2
**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 2, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/21 "2014-02-02T20:48:46Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Is your older brother very attached to his blue blanket, while your sister is a crack shrink? I’m not Rerun Van Pelt. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/22 "2014-02-02T21:32:30Z")
IQ: Are you friends with a purple creature of undetermined origin? ---
**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 2, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/23 "2014-02-02T21:36:53Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you friends with a purple creature of undetermined origin? I’ll guess Ronald McDonald–as I recall, Grimace fits the parameters of being “a purple creature of undetermined origin.” If I’m wrong, take a DQ. ---
**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, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/24 "2014-02-02T21:54:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Quote: > IQs: > > 1. Are you Don Quixote’s horse? > 2. Did you steal from the rich and give to the poor? > 3. Are you the comic book alter ego of Clint Steele? > > I’m neither Rocinante nor Robin Hood. DQ for 3. #3 was Robotman, from the Doom Patrol. DQ: Originally from a work of literature? IQs: 1. Did you write _All The King’s Men_? 2. Did you help a fat old man find his way on a dark, foggy night? 3. Are you the Boy Wonder? ---
**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, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/25 "2014-02-02T21:57:12Z")
IQ1: Did you live somewhere in the Black Hills of South Dakota? IQ2: Were you created by a sweet transvestite? IQ3: Did you give Pazuzu the name Captain Howdy? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/26 "2014-02-02T22:09:18Z")
Yup, Ronald. ---
**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, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/27 "2014-02-02T22:37:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did a quartet wonder whatever had happened to you? > IQ2: Are you the sheriff of Conniption? > IQ3: Are you the top-scoring US fighter ace? > [@Spoons](#): > > DQs for 1 and 2. For 3, I think you’re looking for Richard Bong. Randolph [Scott](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ymC7ipQWk). Rick O’Shay. Correct on Richard Bong. DQ1: From a story set in America? DQ2: From a story set in 1900 or later? IQ1: Did you impersonate a king who was kidnapped? IQ2: Are you that king? IQ3: Did the impersonater kill you after you killed the king? ---
**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, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/28 "2014-02-02T23:06:59Z")
Previous IQs: Are you the best-known person to come from Dixon, Illinois? - Yes, Ronald Reagan. Were you shown in a cartoon putting your boss into a straitjacket? - Then-White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan, in a cartoon after the 1986 Reyjavik summit, at which President Reagan had proposed the eventual abolition of all nuclear weapons. Does a statue of you stand outside the British Houses of Parliament? - Yes, Richard Lionheart. DQ: Last name begin with R? IQs: Did Steve Martin play you, the mentally-disturbed younger brother of a very suave fellow? Did you climb atop a table to wearily sing? Did a rival take issue with your use of the word “treason”? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/29 "2014-02-03T00:08:36Z")
IQ1: Are you the villain in “The Prisoner of Zenda”? IQ2: Did you play a failed Prince Charming in the second “Shrek” film? IQ3: Are you the mysteriously vanished uncle in “The Crow Road”? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/30 "2014-02-03T08:15:47Z")
IQ1: Are you the flamboyant brother of a fat king who was once a great warrior? IQ2: Did you die in a hunting “accident” in the first of a still running book series? IQ3: Did you inherit your father’s Lordly holding after he also died in the first of a still running book series? ---
**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 3, 2014, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/31 "2014-02-03T11:18:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Originally from a work of literature? Yes, originally from a work of literature. Summary for R: 1. Not real. 2. Dead. 3. Male. 4. Created by an American. 5. Originally from a work of literature. ---
**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 3, 2014, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/32 "2014-02-03T11:34:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: From a story set in America?. > DQ2: From a story set in 1900 or later? Story is set in the United States. It is set today or later. > [@](#): > > [Quote\_Elendil’s Heir] > DQ: Last name begin with R? No. Summary for R: 1. Not real. 2. Dead. 3. Male. 4. Created by an American. 5. Originally from a work of literature. 6. Story is set in the United States 7. Story is set after 1900. 8. Last name does not begin with R. Hope I’ve got everything right. If not, let me know. ---
**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 3, 2014, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/33 "2014-02-03T11:51:53Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you the flamboyant brother of a fat king who was once a great warrior? > IQ2: Did you die in a hunting “accident” in the first of a still running book series? > IQ3: Did you inherit your father’s Lordly holding after he also died in the first of a still running book series? On the IQs, I got nuthin.’ Three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _All The King’s Men_? > 2. Did you help a fat old man find his way on a dark, foggy night? > 3. Are you the Boy Wonder? On 1, I am not Robert Penn Warren. On 3, I am not Robin. Take a DQ for 2. ---
**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 3, 2014, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/34 "2014-02-03T12:03:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you impersonate a king who was kidnapped? > IQ2: Are you that king? > IQ3: Did the impersonater kill you after you killed the king? No idea. Three DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did Steve Martin play you, the mentally-disturbed younger brother of a very suave fellow? > Did you climb atop a table to wearily sing? > Did a rival take issue with your use of the word “treason”? On 1, I think you’re referring to “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” which I’ve only seen once. Take a DQ. Take DQs also for 2 and 3–no idea. > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you the villain in “The Prisoner of Zenda”? > IQ2: Did you play a failed Prince Charming in the second “Shrek” film? > IQ3: Are you the mysteriously vanished uncle in “The Crow Road”? Take three DQs. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you the flamboyant brother of a fat king who was once a great warrior? > IQ2: Did you die in a hunting “accident” in the first of a still running book series? > IQ3: Did you inherit your father’s Lordly holding after he also died in the first of a still running book series? Take three 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 3, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/35 "2014-02-03T14:15:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you impersonate a king who was kidnapped? > IQ2: Are you that king? > IQ3: Did the impersonater kill you after you killed the king? > [@Spoons](#): > > No idea. Three DQs. Rudolf Rassendyll, King Rudolf of Ruritania, and Rupert of Hentzau (_The Prisoner of Zenda_ and _Rupert of Hentzau_). DQ1: Military/political man? DQ2: First appeared in a book published after 1960? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did you speak for a horse? IQ2: Are you the main character in four novels by John Updike? IQ3: Were you deposed by Henry of Bolingbroke? ---
**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, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/36 "2014-02-03T14:20:38Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you write All The King’s Men? > 2. Did you help a fat old man find his way on a dark, foggy night? > 3. Are you the Boy Wonder? > > On 1, I am not Robert Penn Warren. On 3, I am not Robin. Take a DQ for 2. You’re gonna hate me. #2 is Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. I’ll wait on my DQ for the moment. IQs: 1. Did the Beach Boys beseech you for help? 2. Were you the brother of the legendary founder of Rome? 3. Did you speak of “champagne wishes and caviar dreams”? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/37 "2014-02-03T20:16:34Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you the flamboyant brother of a fat king who was once a great warrior? > IQ2: Did you die in a hunting “accident” in the first of a still running book series? > IQ3: Did you inherit your father’s Lordly holding after he also died in the first of a still running book series? All from the Song of Ice and Fire series - for SCAdian’s sake, I’ll avoid spoiling more than I already have 1: Renly Baratheon 2: His brother, King Robert 3: Robb Stark, son of Ned Stark DQ1: Are you from a series, as opposed to a stand alone work? DQ2: Was the work in which you featured adapted for film or TV? DQ3: reserved IQ1: Are you an uncompromising vigilante who took his name from someone already mentioned on this thread? ---
**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 3, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/38 "2014-02-03T22:14:08Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Military/political man? > DQ2: First appeared in a book published after 1960? > One DQ reserved. Not military/political. First appeared in a book published after 1960. > [@fanganga](#): > > DQ1: Are you from a series, as opposed to a stand alone work? > DQ2: Was the work in which you featured adapted for film or TV? > DQ3: reserved Not from a series. The work has not been adapted for film or TV. Summary for R: 1. Not real. 2. Dead. 3. Male. 4. Created by an American. 5. Originally from a work of literature. 6. Story is set in the United States 7. Story is set after 1900. 8. Last name does not begin with R. 9. Not military/political. 10. First appeared in a book published after 1960. 11. Not from a series. 12. The work has not been adapted for film or TV. ---
**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 3, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/39 "2014-02-03T22:24:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you speak for a horse? > IQ2: Are you the main character in four novels by John Updike? > IQ3: Were you deposed by Henry of Bolingbroke? Take a DQ for 1. For 2, I’m not Rabbit. For 3, I’ll guess at Richard II; if I’m wrong, take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > You’re gonna hate me. #2 is Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. > > IQs: > > 1. Did the Beach Boys beseech you for help? > 2. Were you the brother of the legendary founder of Rome? > 3. Did you speak of “champagne wishes and caviar dreams”? :smack: Rudolph! As for the IQs, I’m not Rhonda, I’m neither Romulus nor Remus, and I’m not Robin Leach. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you an uncompromising vigilante who took his name from someone already mentioned on this thread? No idea. Take a DQ. ---
**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, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/40 "2014-02-03T23:09:28Z")
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