# 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:** 24
**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 23, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/461 "2014-02-23T16:24:09Z")
Mad’s Sergio Aragones and Prohias are known to me. The others, no. IQs: 1. Did you write _From Here To Eternity_? 2. Did you write _Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man_? 3. Are you Superman’s Pal? ---
**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 23, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/462 "2014-02-23T18:06:55Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you fixed up with the help of the A-rod people like? > IQ2- Did you write a song recounting 40 years of 20th c. history? > IQ3: Are you from the “Small Town” of Seymour, IN? Three DQs. (I know you’ve used the first one before, but I can never remember it…) > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _From Here To Eternity_? > 2. Did you write _Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man_? > 3. Are you Superman’s Pal? Not … James Michener? Not James Joyce. Not Jimmy Olsen. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/463 "2014-02-23T18:14:46Z")
Those were: Jarah Mariano Billy Joel John Mellencamp DQ1: Real? DQ2: Living? DQ3: Male? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/464 "2014-02-23T18:18:37Z")
IQ: Will you be the US flag bearer at tonight’s closing ceremony? ---
**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 23, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/465 "2014-02-23T18:32:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Mad’s Sergio Aragones and Prohias are known to me. The others, no. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _From Here To Eternity_? > 2. Did you write _Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man_? > 3. Are you Superman’s Pal? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not … James Michener? > Not James Joyce. > Not Jimmy Olsen. #1 was James Jones. DQ: Is J the initial of your first name? ---
**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 23, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/466 "2014-02-23T18:33:29Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create Moose & Squirrel? 2. Did you play the Beaver? 3. Were you Superman’s dad? ---
**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 23, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/467 "2014-02-23T20:03:32Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Will you be the US flag bearer at tonight’s closing ceremony? DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create Moose & Squirrel? > 2. Did you play the Beaver? > 3. Were you Superman’s dad? Not Jay Ward, Jerry Mathers, or Jor-El. **J**. 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. J is initial of first name ---
**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 23, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/468 "2014-02-23T20:24:10Z")
IQs: 1. Did you appear in TV commercials with Superman? 2. Did you prophesy a plague of locusts and a severe drought? 3. Were you the leading lady on _Northern Exposure_? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/469 "2014-02-23T20:30:49Z")
That’s Julie Chu DQ: Died after 1900? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/470 "2014-02-23T20:40:42Z")
IQ: Did you found Hull House? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/471 "2014-02-23T20:51:42Z")
IQ: Did you want the Lord to buy you a Mercedes Benz? ---
**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 23, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/472 "2014-02-23T22:22:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Offhand, how many of you recognise the following names? > Sergio Aragonés > Scott McCloud > Antonio Prohias > Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca > (I considered using one of these, but thought they might be too obscure.) I only knew the first person for sure, the _Mad_ magazine cartoonist. Is the second guy the Dennis Weaver rural-cop character? Dunno the third. Is the fourth Cortez’s top lieutenant? J it is. IQs: Were you a dude married on Hammersmith Farm? Were you his bride? Did you see that Sarah Hughes got an important job? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/473 "2014-02-23T23:01:09Z")
I know Scott McCloud, but none of the others IQ1: Is your name often combined with the description “painted”? IQ2: Were you the Maid of Orleans? IQ3: Were you one of Henry VIII’s wives? ---
**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 23, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/474 "2014-02-23T23:41:28Z")
I know who Aragones, McCloud, and Prohias are, but not the last one. IQ1: Did you write _The Death and Life of Great American Cities_? IQ2: Did you love Chachi? IQ3: Were you married to Ward? ---
**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 24, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/475 "2014-02-24T05:01:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you appear in TV commercials with Superman? > 2. Did you prophesy a plague of locusts and a severe drought? > 3. Were you the leading lady on _Northern Exposure_? DQ. Not Joseph. DQ. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you found Hull House? Not Jane Addams. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you want the Lord to buy you a Mercedes Benz? Not … Janis Joplin? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a dude married on Hammersmith Farm? > Were you his bride? > Did you see that Sarah Hughes got an important job? Three DQs. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Is your name often combined with the description “painted”? > IQ2: Were you the Maid of Orleans? > IQ3: Were you one of Henry VIII’s wives? Not Jezebel. Not Jeanne d’Arc. Not Jane Seymour. > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _The Death and Life of Great American Cities_? > IQ2: Did you love Chachi? > IQ3: Were you married to Ward? DQ. Not Joanie Cunningham. Not June Cleaver. Sergio Aragonés draws the cartoons that appear in the margins of _Mad_ magazine. (I came thaaaaat close to using him for this game, but had second thoughts.) Scott McCloud, AKA “Space Angel,” was the star of the '60s cartoon series of that name. Antonio Prohias is another _Mad_ artist; he draws “Spy vs Spy.” Cabeza de Vaca, one of the survivors of a disastrous 16th-century Spanish expedition to Florida, walked from there to Mexico - took him eight years. ---
**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 24, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/476 "2014-02-24T05:02:26Z")
**J**. 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. J is initial of first name 5. Died after 1900 ---
**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 24, 2014, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/477 "2014-02-24T05:18:36Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a dude married on Hammersmith Farm? - John F. Kennedy Were you his bride? - Jacqueline Kennedy Did you see that Sarah Hughes got an important job? - Lyndon Johnson asked that Hughes be appointed to a U.S. district court judgeship in Dallas by JFK; she was later the one to swear LBJ into office as President on Air Force One. DQs: American? Died after 1950? Best known for the creative arts, as typically defined here? IQs: Are you a leading character in _Stranger in a Strange Land_? Did you play an Assistant DA on _Law and Order_? Was your last movie _This is It_? ---
**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 24, 2014, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/478 "2014-02-24T05:37:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > Not Joanie Cunningham. > Not June Cleaver. Correct on Joanie Cunningham and June Cleaver. The author is Jane Jacobs. DQ reserved pending replies to **EH** ’s. ---
**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 24, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/479 "2014-02-24T13:04:21Z")
IQ1: Are you the drummer of what Rolling Stone called (at the time) the world’s loudest band? IQ2: Are you the guitarist of the aforementioned band? IQ3: Are you the bassist, keyboardist and every other instrument as required player for the aforementioned band? ---
**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 24, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/480 "2014-02-24T14:43:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you appear in TV commercials with Superman? > 2. Did you prophesy a plague of locusts and a severe drought? > 3. Were you the leading lady on _Northern Exposure_? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > Not Joseph. > DQ. #1 was Jerry Seinfeld. #2 was Joel, not Joseph (Joe predicted drought but not locusts.) #3 was Janine Turner. I should have remembered de Vaca, as I’ve often told the tale of Panfilo Narvaez and his poor judgment and navigational skills. I’ll wait on my DQs until EH’s questions are answered. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337.md?page=25)