# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/21 "2015-02-03T16:46:38Z")
IQ1) Are you a rock musician whose real first name is Ulysses? IQ2) Were you the winning lawyer in the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade? IQ3) Did you provide the voices of Tigger and Dick Dastardly? ---
**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, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/22 "2015-02-03T17:10:09Z")
1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name starts with W 4. Best known from a movie or movies 5. Protagonist 6. Movie(s) released before 1990 7. Comedy is one of the genres 8. Character is American 9. Actress is beautiful, but is more noted for talent ---
**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, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/23 "2015-02-03T17:13:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? Who _didn’t_ he give a left-handed compliment to? -pass forgot #2’s name, but I remember William Howard Taft appointed him ---
**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, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/24 "2015-02-03T17:14:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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? take 3 DQs ---
**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, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/25 "2015-02-03T17:17:44Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Are you a rock musician whose real first name is Ulysses? > > IQ2) Were you the winning lawyer in the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade? > > IQ3) Did you provide the voices of Tigger and Dick Dastardly? dunno er… Wade? not Paul Winchell ---
**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, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/26 "2015-02-03T17:52:09Z")
Previous IQs: Did Mark Twain give you a left-handed compliment? - Twain said of Richard Wagner, “I like his music. You can talk as loudly as you want and not bother anyone.” Were you appointed Chief Justice of the United States by a President who was also a “W”? - Edward White Were you that President? - Yes, William Howard Taft (who later became CJ himself) DQs: character appears in just a single movie? movie released before 1960? IQs: Did you call your wife “Duchess”? Did you go to great lengths to conceal the fact that one of your arms was smaller than the other? According to a 2000 magazine profile, did you love a poker game called “Oh Hell”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/27 "2015-02-03T18:37:48Z")
Paul Winchell was correct. Sarah Weddington was the lawyer who won Roe v. Wade (Wade lost.) Roy Wood, leader of the move, had the first name Ulysses. DQ) Did the actress who played you ever win an Oscar? Will save other 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 3, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/28 "2015-02-03T19:09:20Z")
> [@](#): > > 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? > > take 3 DQs #1 was Wendell L. Willkie. #2 was Wynken (of Wynken, Blynken and Nod in Eugene Fields’s poem) #3 was Perry White in _The Adventures of Superman_ 3 DQs reserved for the moment. ---
**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, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/29 "2015-02-03T19:51:38Z")
1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name starts with W 4. Best known from a movie or movies 5. Protagonist 6. Movie(s) released before 1990 7. Comedy is one of the genres 8. Character is American 9. Actress is beautiful, but is more noted for talent 10. Character appears in more than one movie 11. Movie released after 1960 12. Actress has not won an Oscar, but was nominated once ---
**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, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/30 "2015-02-03T20:10:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > movie released before 1960? > > IQs: > > Did you call your wife “Duchess”? > Did you go to great lengths to conceal the fact that one of your arms was smaller than the other? > According to a 2000 magazine profile, did you love a poker game called “Oh Hell”? not George Washington?, don’t remember, dunno I’ve played Oh Hell before, but’s it’s not really a poker game. It’s a bidding game that can get really vicious. ---
**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 3, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/31 "2015-02-03T20:18:12Z")
IQ1: Did you play Ellen, Dana, Dian, and Gwen? IQ2: Did you sing “Jose Cuervo”? IQ3: Were you #2’s 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 3, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/32 "2015-02-03T20:26:41Z")
DQ: Name starts with WA-WI? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/33 "2015-02-03T20:54:08Z")
Previous IQs: Did you call your wife “Duchess”? - Warren G. Harding. Did you go to great lengths to conceal the fact that one of your arms was smaller than the other? - Kaiser Wilhelm II. According to a 2000 magazine profile, did you love a poker game called “Oh Hell”? - _GQ_ in its profile of William Jefferson Clinton described it as a poker game, FWIW. DQs: Was first movie in which character appeared nominated for Best Picture Oscar? Action/adventure one of the other genres of the first movie? Character ever use a gun? IQs: Did your mom make you give up your dream of serving in the Navy? Were you the sole casualty of your ship in its best-known battle? Were you Lincoln’s SECNAV? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/34 "2015-02-03T20:59:10Z")
IQ1) Despite leading the NFL in rushing twice, are you much better known as a lawyer? IQ2) Did you wake up one morning with a big piece of Khartoum next to you? IQ3) Are you the longest-married British rock star ever? ---
**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, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/35 "2015-02-03T21:12:22Z")
1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name starts with W 4. Best known from a movie or movies 5. Protagonist 6. Movie(s) released before 1990 7. Comedy is one of the genres 8. Character is American 9. Actress is beautiful, but is more noted for talent 10. Character appears in more than one movie 11. Movie released after 1960 12. Actress has not won an Oscar, but was nominated once 13. Name starts with WA-WI 14. First movie in which character appears was not nominated for Best Picture Oscar, but was for another category 15. Action/adventure is another genre 16. Do not recall if the character uses a gun: will say highly unlikely that she did (why does this question get asked so much?:D) ---
**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, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/36 "2015-02-03T21:13:33Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Ellen, Dana, Dian, and Gwen? > IQ2: Did you sing “Jose Cuervo”? > IQ3: Were you #2’s mother? dunno, not Shelly West, not Mrs. West 😃 take 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 3, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/37 "2015-02-03T21:14:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your mom make you give up your dream of serving in the Navy? > Were you the sole casualty of your ship in its best-known battle? > Were you Lincoln’s SECNAV? take 3 DQs ---
**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, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/38 "2015-02-03T21:17:33Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Despite leading the NFL in rushing twice, are you much better known as a lawyer? > > IQ2) Did you wake up one morning with a big piece of Khartoum next to you? > > IQ3) Are you the longest-married British rock star ever? not Walter Payton?, dunno, not Roy Wood? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/39 "2015-02-03T21:45:28Z")
“Whizzer” White won two NFL rushing titles but is better known as Supreme Court Justice Byron White Hollywood studio boss Jack Wolz oke up with the severed head of his prize hore Khartoum in his bed, in _ **The Godfather.** _ Drummer Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones has been married to his first wife Shirley since 1963. DQ1) Movie released after 1975? DQ2) Caucasian? DQ3) On the right side of the law? ---
**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 4, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/40 "2015-02-04T02:14:45Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Ellen, Dana, Dian, and Gwen? > IQ2: Did you sing “Jose Cuervo”? > IQ3: Were you #2’s mother? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno, not Shelly West, not Mrs. West 😃 take a DQ Sigourney Weaver (_Alien_ and sequels, _Ghostbusters_ and sequel, _Gorillas in the Mist_, _Galaxy Quest_). Correct. Country singer Dottie West. DQ1: Blonde? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Were you allegedly born in Elderslie? IQ2: Did you write about a Jewish charioteer? IQ3: Does a line between Asia and Australia bear your name? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=3)