# 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:** 14
**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 17, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/261 "2015-02-17T00:01:44Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. B’Wana Beast Now I know a fancy word for big-breasted. DQ: From the UK? DQ: Associated with the arts? holding a DQ ---
**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 17, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/262 "2015-02-17T00:24:01Z")
IQ1: Are you a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, real name Chuck Taine? IQ2: Are you Hugh Hazzard’s robot? IQ3: Do you gain your superpowers by saying the words “Kaji Dha”? ---
**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 17, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/263 "2015-02-17T01:47:39Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Not American 5. European 6. Not from the UK 7. Associated with the Arts ---
**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 17, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/264 "2015-02-17T01:49:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, real name Chuck Taine? > IQ2: Are you Hugh Hazzard’s robot? > IQ3: Do you gain your superpowers by saying the words “Kaji Dha”? I am not Bouncing Boy. Take a DQ for #2. I am not the Blue Beetle. ---
**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 17, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/265 "2015-02-17T02:10:03Z")
I already asked about Barney Frank in post 248. Previous IQs: Did you play a put-upon publisher in _Cloud Atlas_? - Jim Broadbent Are you a semi-closeted gay servant at _Downton Abbey_? - Thomas Barrow Were you a musical inspiration to Lisa Simpson? - Bleeding Gums Murphy DQs: French? Best known for the performing arts? Died since 1950? IQs: Did a clergyman of your acquaintance provide medical care to LBJ many years earlier? Did you ship out on the _Rand Ecliptic_? Did your wife sever your male reproductive organ? ---
**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 17, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/266 "2015-02-17T03:05:38Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Not American 5. European 6. Not from the UK 7. Associated with the Arts 8. Not French 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Died before 1950 ---
**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 17, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/267 "2015-02-17T03:06:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did a clergyman of your acquaintance provide medical care to LBJ many years earlier? > Did you ship out on the _Rand Ecliptic_? > Did your wife sever your male reproductive organ? I am not John Bobbitt. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 17, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/268 "2015-02-17T03:26:43Z")
> [@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? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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.) John Moses Browning. William H Bonney (or Billy the Kid, if you prefer). Correct. DQ1: Native speaker of a Germanic language? DQ2: Died before 1700? IQ1: Were you one of a family of servants played by Tony Robinson? IQ2: Were you one of the family who employed them? IQ3: Were you a female servant also employed by one of them? ---
**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 17, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/269 "2015-02-17T04:08:17Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Not American 5. European 6. Not from the UK 7. Associated with the Arts 8. Not French 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Died before 1950 11. Not a native speaker of a Germanic language 12. Died before 1700 ---
**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 17, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/270 "2015-02-17T04:09:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you one of a family of servants played by Tony Robinson? > IQ2: Were you one of the family who employed them? > IQ3: Were you a female servant also employed by one of them? I am not Baldric. I am not Blackadder. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 17, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/271 "2015-02-17T04:29:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you one of a family of servants played by Tony Robinson? > IQ2: Were you one of the family who employed them? > IQ3: Were you a female servant also employed by one of them? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Baldric. > I am not Blackadder. > Take a DQ for #3. Correct. Correct. Bob. DQ reserved. IQ1: Did you design the piazza in front of St Peter’s Cathedral, in the Vatican? IQ2: Did you design the dome on the cathedral in Florence? IQ3: Did you paint _The Birth of Venus_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/272 "2015-02-17T12:07:08Z")
\*Originally Posted by astorian View Post 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?\* Warren Burger was finbally confirmed as Chief Justice after the nominations of Haynsworth and Carswell stalled in the Senate. St. Brendan the Navigator sailed across the Atlantic in seach of “Hi-Brasil.” Some historians think he may have reached America. Mike Bass of the Redskins scored a touchdown in the Super Bowl after Garo Yepremian recovered a blocked kick and tried to throw a pass (Bass intercepted it and ran it all the way back). DQ1) Last name start with B? DQ2) Born before 1000 AD? DQ3) Known as a writer of any kind? ---
**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 17, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/273 "2015-02-17T13:33:09Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, real name Chuck Taine? > IQ2: Are you Hugh Hazzard’s robot? > IQ3: Do you gain your superpowers by saying the words “Kaji Dha”? > > I am not Bouncing Boy. > Take a DQ for #2. > I am not the Blue Beetle. correct, Bozo the Iron Man (!), correct I think you’re probably the man for whom this game is named, and SCAdian already nailed it, so waiting to see. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/274 "2015-02-17T15:05:10Z")
IQ1) Were you the first Jewish mayor of Dublin? IQ2) When told that Dublin now had a Jewish mayor, did you sagely reply, “Only in America”? IQ3) Though officially a rhythm guitarist, did you play sitar, marimba and dulcimer on some of your band’s best known songs? ---
**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 17, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/275 "2015-02-17T15:31:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you design the piazza in front of St Peter’s Cathedral, in the Vatican? > IQ2: Did you design the dome on the cathedral in Florence? > IQ3: Did you paint _The Birth of Venus_? Take 2 DQs. I am not Botticelli. ---
**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 17, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/276 "2015-02-17T15:32:31Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. Not American 5. European 6. Not from the UK 7. Associated with the Arts 8. Not French 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Died before 1950 11. Not a native speaker of a Germanic language 12. Died before 1700 13. Last name starts with a B 14. Born after 1000 15. Known as a writer ---
**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 17, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/277 "2015-02-17T15:33:34Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you the first Jewish mayor of Dublin? > > IQ2) When told that Dublin now had a Jewish mayor, did you sagely reply, “Only in America”? > > IQ3) Though officially a rhythm guitarist, did you play sitar, marimba and dulcimer on some of your band’s best known songs? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/278 "2015-02-17T18:07:23Z")
\*\*Originally Posted by astorian IQ1) Were you the first Jewish mayor of Dublin? IQ2) When told that Dublin now had a Jewish mayor, did you sagely reply, “Only in America”? IQ3) Though officially a rhythm guitarist, did you play sitar, marimba and dulcimer on some of your band’s best known songs? \*\* When Yogi Berra heard that a Jew, Robert Briscoe, had become mayor of Dublin, he said, “Only in America.” Brian Jones played Sitar on the ROlling Stones “Paint It Black” and marimba on “Under My Thumb.” DQ1) Did you write in a Romance language? DQ2) Were you known as a poet? DQ3) Are you regarded as a Renaissance artist? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/279 "2015-02-17T18:08:23Z")
IQ) DId you write _ **The Decameron** _? ---
**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 17, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/280 "2015-02-17T18:10:36Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ) DId you write _ **The Decameron** _? Yes! I am Giovanni Boccaccio, author of _The Decameron_. Well done, astorian! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=15)