# Botticelli February 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 2, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611 "2015-02-02T16:01:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/1 "2015-02-02T16:01:12Z")
Sorry about the delay. I didn’t realize the Prof handed the new thread off to me. For Valentine’s Day, we will be 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 2, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/2 "2015-02-02T16:18:09Z")
Sorry, I guess I should have been clearer. IQs: 1. Were you a painter in the Pre-Raphaelite Style long after that movement had passed? 2. Was your birth name Caryn Johnson? 3. Did an astronaut usurp you in the bedroom? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/3 "2015-02-02T17:22:03Z")
It wasn’t that you weren’t clear. I didn’t even read the rest of the thread after you won and just waited for you to open a new one. 3 DQs 4 U ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/4 "2015-02-02T17:39:37Z")
IQ1: Is your real given name Jimmy, though you are sometimes referred to as Jimbo? IQ2: Were you a governor of Alabama who made notable but unsuccessful runs for president? IQ3: Are you alone on a post-apocalyptic Earth until a probe lands, after which you hitch a ride on the probe back to the ship that sent it? ---
**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, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/5 "2015-02-02T18:00:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Sorry, I guess I should have been clearer. > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a painter in the Pre-Raphaelite Style long after that movement had passed? > 2. Was your birth name Caryn Johnson? > 3. Did an astronaut usurp you in the bedroom? 1. John Waterhouse 2. Whoopi Goldberg 3. Woody in _Toy Story_, whose place was o’ertaken by Buzz Lightyear. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name starts with W? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/6 "2015-02-02T18:09:55Z")
DQ roundup 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name starts with W ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/7 "2015-02-02T18:11:21Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Is your real given name Jimmy, though you are sometimes referred to as Jimbo? > IQ2: Were you a governor of Alabama who made notable but unsuccessful runs for president? > IQ3: Are you alone on a post-apocalyptic Earth until a probe lands, after which you hitch a ride on the probe back to the ship that sent it? dunno, not George Wallace, dunno ---
**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, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/8 "2015-02-02T18:52:49Z")
IQs: 1. Did you paint _American Gothic_? 2. Did Saul consult you about raising the ghost of Samuel? 3. Was your partner Artemus Gordon? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/9 "2015-02-02T19:52:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint _American Gothic_? > 2. Did Saul consult you about raising the ghost of Samuel? > 3. Was your partner Artemus Gordon? not Grant Wood, dunno, not James West ---
**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, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/10 "2015-02-02T20:20:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint _American Gothic_? > 2. Did Saul consult you about raising the ghost of Samuel? > 3. Was your partner Artemus Gordon? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Grant Wood, dunno, not James West Correct on 1 and 3. #2 was the Witch of Endor (no other name given). DQ: Best known from a movie or movies? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/11 "2015-02-03T00:25:51Z")
DQ roundup 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name starts with W 4. Best known from a movie or movies ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/12 "2015-02-03T00:44:31Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Is your real given name Jimmy, though you are sometimes referred to as Jimbo? > IQ2: Were you a governor of Alabama who made notable but unsuccessful runs for president? > IQ3: Are you alone on a post-apocalyptic Earth until a probe lands, after which you hitch a ride on the probe back to the ship that sent it? Jimmy Wales (co-founder of Wikipedia), correct, and WALL-E. DQ1: Protagonist? holding one DQ. ---
**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 3, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/13 "2015-02-03T02:33:13Z")
IQs: Were you the only clergyman to sign the Declaration of Independence? Did George Orwell insist you were no Nazi? Were you a Chicago female detective with a non-WASPy 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 3, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/14 "2015-02-03T03:27:07Z")
IQs: 1. Do you play Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. on _NCIS_? 2. Did you recently perform the role of Capt. Hook? 3. Did you edit _A Parody Anthology_? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/15 "2015-02-03T13:52:32Z")
DQ roundup 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name starts with W 4. Best known from a movie or movies 5. Protagonist ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/16 "2015-02-03T13:54:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the only clergyman to sign the Declaration of Independence? > Did George Orwell insist you were no Nazi? > Were you a Chicago female detective with a non-WASPy name? dunno, not Richard Wagner, not P.I. Warchowski (sp?) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/17 "2015-02-03T13:55:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you play Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. on _NCIS_? > 2. Did you recently perform the role of Capt. Hook? > 3. Did you edit _A Parody Anthology_? Not Robert Wagner, not Robin Williams, dunno ---
**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, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/18 "2015-02-03T14:32:23Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you play Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. on NCIS? > 2. Did you recently perform the role of Capt. Hook? > 3. Did you edit A Parody Anthology? > > Not Robert Wagner, not Robin Williams, dunno Correct on #1. _Hook_ came out around 1990. 25 years isn’t recent. Christopher Walken, OTOH, played the role only a month or two ago on live TV. #3 was Carolyn Wells. DQs: 1. Was the movie(s) released after 1990? 2. Was the movie(s) a comedy? ---
**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 3, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/19 "2015-02-03T16:30:36Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the only clergyman to sign the Declaration of Independence? - Rev. John Witherspoon, also known as an early president of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton U.). Did George Orwell insist you were no Nazi? - P.G. Wodehouse: [P.G. Wodehouse, Nazi sympathizer/collaborationist? - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=348621) Were you a Chicago female detective with a non-WASPy name? - Close; I’ll give it to you. It was V.I. Warshawski. DQs: American character? considered a beauty? IQs: Did Mark Twain give you a left-handed compliment? Were you appointed Chief Justice of the United States by a President who was also a “W”? Were you that President? ---
**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, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/20 "2015-02-03T16:45:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did you run for President of the U.S.A. opposite FDR? 2. Did you go fishing with your brothers in a wooden shoe? 3. Are you John Hamilton’s best known role? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=2)