# 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:** 13
**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 15, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/241 "2015-02-15T19:51:02Z")
Yeah, I thought that one was too obscure to be correct myself. Anywho, I am B. ---
**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 15, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/242 "2015-02-15T21:46:21Z")
Grats, Perfesser. IQ1: Did Snuffy Smith take over your comic strip? IQ2: Are you the first Representative from Congress to come out as gay? IQ3: Does Neil Patrick Harris play you on _How I Met Your Mother_? ---
**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 15, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/243 "2015-02-15T23:08:06Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Grats, Perfesser. > > IQ1: Did Snuffy Smith take over your comic strip? > IQ2: Are you the first Representative from Congress to come out as gay? > IQ3: Does Neil Patrick Harris play you on _How I Met Your Mother_? I am not Barney Google. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 16, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/244 "2015-02-16T00:17:14Z")
Too obscure? Is there anyone here who hasn’t heard of the Apgar test? IQs: Were you a gay Congressman from Massachusetts? Are you a big fan of Duff beer? Are you allowed only one bullet for your gun? ---
**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 16, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/245 "2015-02-16T00:18:52Z")
IQ1: Are you an ant-eating resident of the Seeonee district? IQ2: Are you #1’s friend? IQ3: Do you have supersonic sonar radar? ---
**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 16, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/246 "2015-02-16T02:47:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Too obscure? Is there anyone here who hasn’t heard of the Apgar test? > > IQs: > > Were you a gay Congressman from Massachusetts? > Are you a big fan of Duff beer? > Are you allowed only one bullet for your gun? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Barney from _the Simpsons_. I am not Barney Fife. ---
**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 16, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/247 "2015-02-16T02:48:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you an ant-eating resident of the Seeonee district? > IQ2: Are you #1’s friend? > IQ3: Do you have supersonic sonar radar? Take 2 DQs. #3. I am neither Man-Bat nor Bat-Bat. ---
**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 16, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/248 "2015-02-16T04:39:11Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a gay Congressman from Massachusetts? - Barney Frank. Are you a big fan of Duff beer? - Yes, Barney Gumble, from _The Simpsons_. Are you allowed only one bullet for your gun? - Yes, Barney Fife, from Mayberry. Barney x3! DQ: Real? IQs: Did you play a put-upon publisher in **Cloud Atlas**? Are you a semi-closeted gay servant at Downton Abbey? Were you a musical inspiration to Lisa Simpson? ---
**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 16, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/249 "2015-02-16T13:07:37Z")
DQ: 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 16, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/250 "2015-02-16T13:08:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play a put-upon publisher in **Cloud Atlas**? > Are you a semi-closeted gay servant at Downton Abbey? > Were you a musical inspiration to Lisa Simpson? It’s been too long since I saw _Cloud Atlas_. Take 3 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 16, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/251 "2015-02-16T14:12:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you an ant-eating resident of the Seeonee district? > IQ2: Are you #1’s friend? > IQ3: Do you have supersonic sonar radar? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 2 DQs. > #3. I am neither Man-Bat nor Bat-Bat. Baloo. Bagheera. Neither Man-Bat nor Bat-Bat, but Batfink. DQ1: Male? DQ2: Living? DQ3: American? IQ1: Did you write “How Do I Love Thee?”? IQ2: Did you marry that person? IQ3: Was it rumoured that Queen Victoria secretly married you after Prince Albert’s death? ---
**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 16, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/252 "2015-02-16T15:01:19Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did Snuffy Smith take over your comic strip? > IQ2: Are you the first Representative from Congress to come out as gay? > IQ3: Does Neil Patrick Harris play you on How I Met Your Mother? > I am not Barney Google. > Take 2 DQs. correct, Barney Frank, Barney Stinson holding 2 DQs IQ1: Do you gain your powers by drinking an elixir and donning a helmet with the aid of your gorilla companion Djuba? IQ2: Are you Superboy’s monkey, also from Krypton? IQ3: Are you Mister Miracle’s overprotective wife? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/253 "2015-02-16T15:11:53Z")
IQ1) Did you succeed where Clement Haynsworth and G. Harold Carswell failed? IQ2) Did you sail to “Hi-Brasil,” which a few historians think may have been America? IQ3) Did you take advantage of a Cypriot place kicker’s ill-advised attempt at throwing a pass? ---
**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 16, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/254 "2015-02-16T20:22:00Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Not American ---
**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 16, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/255 "2015-02-16T20:23:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write “How Do I Love Thee?”? > IQ2: Did you marry that person? > IQ3: Was it rumoured that Queen Victoria secretly married you after Prince Albert’s death? I am neither Elizabeth Barrett Browning nor Robert Browning. 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 16, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/256 "2015-02-16T20:24:54Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > correct, Barney Frank, Barney Stinson > > holding 2 DQs > > IQ1: Do you gain your powers by drinking an elixir and donning a helmet with the aid of your gorilla companion Djuba? > IQ2: Are you Superboy’s monkey, also from Krypton? > IQ3: Are you Mister Miracle’s overprotective wife? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Beppo. I am not the bathycolpian Big Barda. ---
**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 16, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/257 "2015-02-16T20:26:07Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you succeed where Clement Haynsworth and G. Harold Carswell failed? > > IQ2) Did you sail to “Hi-Brasil,” which a few historians think may have been America? > > IQ3) Did you take advantage of a Cypriot place kicker’s ill-advised attempt at throwing a pass? Take 3 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 16, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/258 "2015-02-16T20:56:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write “How Do I Love Thee?”? > IQ2: Did you marry that person? > IQ3: Was it rumoured that Queen Victoria secretly married you after Prince Albert’s death? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am neither Elizabeth Barrett Browning nor Robert Browning. > > Take a DQ for 3. Correct. Correct. John Brown, her Scottish servant. DQ: European? IQ1: Did you design the M1911? IQ2: Were you perhaps the most infamous participant in the Lincoln County War? IQ3: Were you the main character in a novel written by a former general who was serving as governor? ---
**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 16, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/259 "2015-02-16T21:12:13Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Not American 5. European ---
**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 16, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/260 "2015-02-16T21:14:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you design the M1911? > IQ2: Were you perhaps the most infamous participant in the Lincoln County War? > IQ3: Were you the main character in a novel written by a former general who was serving as governor? Take DQs for 1 and 2. I am not Ben Hur. (Hoosier grade school children are [or at least were] thoroughly ingrained with the names of famous Indiana-born individuals.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=14)