# 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:** 8
**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 8, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/141 "2015-02-08T15:29:00Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Jimmy Carter’s Vice President? > 2. Were you the maniac drummer from the Who? > 3. Were you known as “the Man with the Golden Voice”? > > Not Walter Mondale or Keith Moon > > Take a DQ for #3 #3 was Matt Monro. DQ: Born after 1970? ---
**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 8, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/142 "2015-02-08T16:01:27Z")
IQs: 1. Were American TV audiences invited to Sing Along With you? 2. Did Jerry Reed sing a hit song about you? 3. Did Ira Sankey sing as a warmup for you? ---
**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 8, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/143 "2015-02-08T17:53:12Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not Mo Udall > > Not Morris Day > > Not Morris Claiborne Get out of my head! IQ1: Are you on of five jazz musicians to be featured on the cover of \*Time \*magazine? IQ2: Are you another one of those five? IQ3: Are you an American composer who adapted Scott Joplin ragtime music for the film _The Sting_? ---
**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 8, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/144 "2015-02-08T18:00:36Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the most tuneful girl in all of Penzance? - Yes, Mabel: [Pirates of Penzance - Poor Wandering One - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfjAJn4SC-w) Were you the superintendent of The Citadel after WWII? - Gen. Mark Clark. Were you Neo’s tutor and guide? - Yes, Morpheus. DQ: Businessman/tycoon? IQs: Were your theories on naval power very influential on T.R.? Did you command _Red October_? Did you serve in the U.S. Army in South Korea and later run for President? ---
**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 9, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/145 "2015-02-09T01:06:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Tim O’Hara’s uncle? > IQ2: Were you a bounty hunter seeking revenge on El Indio? > IQ3: Did your mother invent Liquid Paper? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Uncle Martin or Michael Nesmith > > Take a DQ for #2 Correct. Col Mortimer (For a Few Dollars More). Correct. DQ: European? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did you lose an eye when a French sniper hit your binoculars? IQ2: Do you have a cat named Hot Dog? IQ3: Do you have a dog named Gnasher? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/146 "2015-02-09T15:50:39Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with M 4. Alive 5. Not known for involvement in the arts 6. Not American 7. Not a politician or military figure… but had some political significance 8. Born slightly before 1970 9. European ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/147 "2015-02-09T15:52:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were American TV audiences invited to Sing Along With you? > 2. Did Jerry Reed sing a hit song about you? > 3. Did Ira Sankey sing as a warmup for you? Not Mitch Miller Take DQs for #2 and #3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/148 "2015-02-09T15:55:04Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Get out of my head! > > IQ1: Are you on of five jazz musicians to be featured on the cover of \*Time \*magazine? > IQ2: Are you another one of those five? > IQ3: Are you an American composer who adapted Scott Joplin ragtime music for the film _The Sting_? Not Marvin Hamlisch For the jazz musicians, uh… sheer guesses. Not Glenn Miller or Thelonious Monk? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/149 "2015-02-09T15:56:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you lose an eye when a French sniper hit your binoculars? > IQ2: Do you have a cat named Hot Dog? > IQ3: Do you have a dog named Gnasher? Not Moshe Dayan? No idea on #2 or #3. ---
**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 9, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/150 "2015-02-09T16:24:58Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you on of five jazz musicians to be featured on the cover of Time magazine? > IQ2: Are you another one of those five? > IQ3: Are you an American composer who adapted Scott Joplin ragtime music for the film The Sting? > Not Marvin Hamlisch > > For the jazz musicians, uh… sheer guesses. > > Not Glenn Miller or Thelonious Monk? Correct, Monk is correct, Winston Marsalis DQ: From a country that speaks a Romance language (French, Spanish, Italian)? ---
**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 9, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/151 "2015-02-09T17:04:36Z")
IQ1: Are you a Marvel supervillain who invented the Awesome Android and has repressed anger issues? IQ2: Are you a Marvel supervillain who is basically a giant floating head created by AIM? IQ3: Are you a Marvel super heroine who married Hawkeye and co-led the West Coast Avengers? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/152 "2015-02-09T17:22:08Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with M 4. Alive 5. Not known for involvement in the arts 6. Not American 7. Not a politician or military figure… but had some political significance 8. Born slightly before 1970 9. European 10 Not from a country that speaks a Romance language ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/153 "2015-02-09T17:26:35Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Marvel supervillain who invented the Awesome Android and has repressed anger issues? > IQ2: Are you a Marvel supervillain who is basically a giant floating head created by AIM? > IQ3: Are you a Marvel super heroine who married Hawkeye and co-led the West Coast Avengers? For #2, I know it isn’t Modok No idea on #1- take a DQ. For #3… not Ms. Marvel? Take a DQ if that’s wrong. ---
**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 9, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/154 "2015-02-09T18:14:21Z")
Actually, Modok is correct. The others are the Mad Thinker and Mockingbird. DQ: From the UK? holding a DQ ---
**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 9, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/155 "2015-02-09T18:56:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you lose an eye when a French sniper hit your binoculars? > IQ2: Do you have a cat named Hot Dog? > IQ3: Do you have a dog named Gnasher? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Moshe Dayan? > > No idea on #2 or #3. Correct. [Dennis the Menace](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_the_Menace_(U.S._comics)). [Dennis the Menace](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_the_Menace_and_Gnasher). 3 DQs reserved. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > (French, Spanish, Italian) (Romansh, Romanian…) ---
**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 9, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/156 "2015-02-09T19:03:09Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were American TV audiences invited to Sing Along With you? > 2. Did Jerry Reed sing a hit song about you? > 3. Did Ira Sankey sing as a warmup for you? > > Not Mitch Miller > > Take DQs for #2 and #3 Correct on Mitch. #2 was Amos Moses. #3: Ira Sankey was the songleader for the Rev. Dwight L. Moody. (Sankey is credited with creating the crooning style of singing, which brought lots of young women to Moody’s services.) DQ: Known for science? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/157 "2015-02-09T20:14:37Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with M 4. Alive 5. Not known for involvement in the arts 6. Not American 7. Not a politician or military figure… but had some political significance 8. Born slightly before 1970 9. European 10 Not from a country that speaks a Romance language 10. Not from anywhere in the UK 11. Not known for science ---
**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 9, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/158 "2015-02-09T20:38:39Z")
IQ1: Are you one of the four members of the New York Jets’ “New York Sack Exchange”? IQ2: Are you another member? IQ3: In 2001, did you break IQ1’s (or IQ2’s) record of 22 sacks in one season? DQ: Known for sports or games? ---
**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 9, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/159 "2015-02-09T20:53:26Z")
:: clears throat :: > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were your theories on naval power very influential on T.R.? > Did you command _Red October_? > Did you serve in the U.S. Army in South Korea and later run for President? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/160 "2015-02-09T21:26:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > :: clears throat :: Not Bart Mancuso or DOuglas Macarthur. Take a DQ for TR’s inspiration. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=9)