# 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:** 20
**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 19, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/381 "2014-02-19T01:44:24Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. American 5. First name starts with P 6. Born East of the Mississippi 7. Died after 1950 8. Known for the broadly defined creative Arts 9. Did not die after 1990 10. Known for music and acting 11. Well known for musical theater, but not exclusively ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/382 "2014-02-19T02:14:35Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about the Incarnations of Immortality? > IQ2: Did you defeat Hannibal at Zama? > IQ3: Are you the Lord High Everything Else? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Piers Anthony. > Take a DQ for #2. > I am not Pooh-bah. (Take THAT, illustrious ancestors!) Correct on Piers Anthony. Publius Cornelius Scipio Aricanus. Correct on Pooh-Bah. DQ reserved. IQ: Do you share a surname with someone who was asked to please come home? ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/383 "2014-02-19T02:22:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ reserved. > IQ: Do you share a surname with someone who was asked to please come home? You won’t get to use that DQ, my friend, because… I am Pearl Bailey! Her brother, by the way, WAS named Bill Bailey. Congrats, SCAdian! ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/384 "2014-02-19T02:36:35Z")
All right, **SCAdian**! Previous IQs: Were you a noted cellist who performed at the Kennedy White House? - Yes, this was Pablo Casals. Did Roald Dahl write about your very vigorous sexuality? - Pablo Picasso. Are you married to Marlo Thomas? - Yes, Phil Donahue. ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/385 "2014-02-19T02:54:17Z")
To B or not to B… Yes, 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 19, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/386 "2014-02-19T03:42:08Z")
IQs: 1. Was your character based on Helen Kane’s performance mannerisms and expressions? 2. Did you invent bifocals? 3. Did you shrink the city of Kandor and put it in a bottle? ---
**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 19, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/387 "2014-02-19T03:49:49Z")
IQs: Did your creator give you a particular regional background after originally intending to do a different one? Are you an alleged American murderess whose guilt is still disputed? Did you costar in _White Nights_? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/388 "2014-02-19T04:01:49Z")
IQ: Are you the namesake of this game? IQ2: Did you design a major DC attraction? ---
**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 19, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/389 "2014-02-19T05:06:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your character based on Helen Kane’s performance mannerisms and expressions? > 2. Did you invent bifocals? > 3. Did you shrink the city of Kandor and put it in a bottle? DQ. Not Benjamin Franklin. Not Brainiac. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your creator give you a particular regional background after originally intending to do a different one? > Are you an alleged American murderess whose guilt is still disputed? > Did you costar in _White Nights_? DQ. Not Lizzie Borden. DQ. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you the namesake of this game? > IQ2: Did you design a major DC attraction? Nor Sandro Botticelli. 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 19, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/390 "2014-02-19T05:16:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your character based on Helen Kane’s performance mannerisms and expressions? > 2. Did you invent bifocals? > 3. Did you shrink the city of Kandor and put it in a bottle? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > Not Benjamin Franklin. > Not Brainiac. #1 was Betty Boop. Correct on the other two. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/391 "2014-02-19T05:25:15Z")
DQ: Male ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/392 "2014-02-19T08:45:46Z")
IQ1: Did you age backwards? IQ2: Were you the first female Speaker of the House of COmmons? !Q3: Is your abuse at the hands of “fatha” and “mutha” played for laughs? ---
**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 19, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/393 "2014-02-19T12:50:51Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ: Male What was your other answer? > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you age backwards? > IQ2: Were you the first female Speaker of the House of COmmons? > !Q3: Is your abuse at the hands of “fatha” and “mutha” played for laughs? Three DQs. **B** 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 19, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/394 "2014-02-19T13:34:49Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write the _Biography of Samuel Johnson_? 2. Were you secretly Ted Kord? 3. Did you assassinate Lincoln? ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/395 "2014-02-19T14:24:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the _Biography of Samuel Johnson_? > 2. Were you secretly Ted Kord? > 3. Did you assassinate Lincoln? Not James Boswell. DQ. Not John Wilkes Booth. ---
**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 19, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/396 "2014-02-19T15:06:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the _Biography of Samuel Johnson_? > 2. Were you secretly Ted Kord? > 3. Did you assassinate Lincoln? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not James Boswell. > DQ. > Not John Wilkes Booth. #2 is/was the Blue Beetle. DQ: Alive? ---
**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 19, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/397 "2014-02-19T15:09:21Z")
IQs: 1. Were you expected to die? 2. Did you just win a bronze in Men’s Alpine Skiing? 3. Are you the Lord of the Flies? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/398 "2014-02-19T15:33:54Z")
Bacon. Designed the Lincoln Memorial. ---
**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 19, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/399 "2014-02-19T18:22:02Z")
Previous IQs: Did your creator give you a particular regional background after originally intending to do a different one? - Ian Fleming conceived James Bond as an Englishman, but gave him a Scottish background after seeing and enjoying Sean Connery’s portrayal of the character. Are you an alleged American murderess whose guilt is still disputed? - Yes, Lizzie Borden. Did you costar in _White Nights_? - Mikhail Baryshnikov. DQs: Last name start with B? American? IQs: Were you Ozymandias’s pet? Were you an Irish-American gangster long on the lam? Is KISS’s best-known slow ballad named after you? ---
**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 19, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/400 "2014-02-19T19:22:08Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you one of Les Six? > IQ2: Are arias from your operas perennially featured on TV ads and amateur singing contests? > IQ3: Did Nobody blind you? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. I’m not Puccini. I’m not Polyphemus. Francis Poulenc, best known for his opera ‘Les Dialogues des Carmélites’ was grouped with Milhaud, Tailleferre, Honneger, Auric and Durey under the moniker “Les Six”. DQ - Oh, my. I’m a bit late. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337.md?page=21)