# Botticelli - February 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 2, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792 "2017-02-02T00:54:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/81 "2017-02-09T17:45:53Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with S 4. Has been in movies, but not exclusively known from them 5. Not American 6. Wouldn’t be alive today, if real 7. European 8. First appeared before 1964 9. Considered a good guy ---
**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, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/82 "2017-02-09T17:46:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the respected late governor of your state in a pre-1970 novel? > Were you that man’s son, a surgeon? > Or his daughter, a spinster? 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 9, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/83 "2017-02-09T20:43:47Z")
IQ1: Are you a recurring Doctor Who character who was revealed to be the child of two of his companions? IQ2: Did Trish Helfer portray you in the revamped Battlestar Galactica? IQ3: Are you a Doctor Who companion who starred in a spinoff series 34 years after your debut? ---
**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, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/84 "2017-02-09T20:45:04Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a recurring Doctor Who character who was revealed to be the child of two of his companions? > IQ2: Did Trish Helfer portray you in the revamped Battlestar Galactica? > IQ3: Are you a Doctor Who companion who starred in a spinoff series 34 years after your debut? #. I am not Sarah Jane Smith. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/85 "2017-02-09T23:06:05Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a recurring Doctor Who character who was revealed to be the child of two of his companions? > IQ2: Did Trish Helfer portray you in the revamped Battlestar Galactica? > IQ3: Are you a Doctor Who companion who starred in a spinoff series 34 years after your debut? > #. I am not Sarah Jane Smith. Take 2 DQs for the others. River Song, Caprica Six DQ: Crime/mystery genre? holding a 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 9, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/86 "2017-02-09T23:34:24Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with S 4. Has been in movies, but not exclusively known from them 5. Not American 6. Wouldn’t be alive today, if real 7. European 8. First appeared before 1964 9. Considered a good guy 10. Not from the crime/mystery genre (at least not in any way you’d think of it) ---
**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 10, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/87 "2017-02-10T02:58:53Z")
IQ1: Are you the demon barber of Fleet Street? IQ2: Did you write the musical version of IQ1’s story? IQ3: Were you Buz Sawyer’s sidekick? DQ: From the UK? ---
**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 10, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/88 "2017-02-10T03:45:35Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with S 4. Has been in movies, but not exclusively known from them 5. Not American 6. Wouldn’t be alive today, if real 7. European 8. First appeared before 1964 9. Considered a good guy 10. Not from the crime/mystery genre 11. From the UK ---
**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 10, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/89 "2017-02-10T03:46:53Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the demon barber of Fleet Street? > IQ2: Did you write the musical version of IQ1’s story? > IQ3: Were you Buz Sawyer’s sidekick? I am not Sweeney Todd. I am not Stephen Sondheim. I am not [First-name-not-remembered] Sweeney. ---
**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 10, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/90 "2017-02-10T05:11:56Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the respected late governor of your state in a pre-1970 novel? - James Stanton, in _All the King’s Men_ Were you that man’s son, a surgeon? - Dr. Adam Stanton Or his daughter, a spinster? - Anne Stanton, onetime love interest of the novel’s narrator DQs: First appeared before 1864? First appeared in print? Victorian-era character? IQs: Was your son badly injured in a pre-1970 attack upon you? Were you that son? Did you escape your foes on the yacht _Deerhound_? ---
**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 10, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/91 "2017-02-10T12:06:55Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with S 4. Has been in movies, but not exclusively known from them 5. Not American 6. Wouldn’t be alive today, if real 7. European 8. First appeared before 1964 9. Considered a good guy 10. Not from the crime/mystery genre 11. From the UK 12. First appeared before 1864 13. Did not first appear in print, though he did appear in print very early on 14. Not a Victorian-era character ---
**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 10, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/92 "2017-02-10T12:08:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your son badly injured in a pre-1970 attack upon you? > Were you that son? > Did you escape your foes on the yacht _Deerhound_? Take 3 more 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 10, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/93 "2017-02-10T13:11:35Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the demon barber of Fleet Street? > IQ2: Did you write the musical version of IQ1’s story? > IQ3: Were you Buz Sawyer’s sidekick? > I am not Sweeney Todd. > I am not Stephen Sondheim. > I am not [First-name-not-remembered] Sweeney. Roscoe Sweeney DQ: Are you first known from theater/stage performance? IQ1: Are you the antagonist from _The Merchant of Venice_? IQ2: Are you Viola’s twin brother from _Twelfth Night_? IQ3: Are you King Alonso’s inebriated butler in _The Tempest_? ---
**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 10, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/94 "2017-02-10T13:13:54Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with S 4. Has been in movies, but not exclusively known from them 5. Not American 6. Wouldn’t be alive today, if real 7. European 8. First appeared before 1964 9. Considered a good guy 10. Not from the crime/mystery genre 11. From the UK 12. First appeared before 1864 13. Did not first appear in print, though he did appear in print very early on 14. Not a Victorian-era character 15. Not first known from theater/stage performance, but from another form of performance ---
**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 10, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/95 "2017-02-10T13:15:17Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Roscoe Sweeney > > DQ: Are you first known from theater/stage performance? > > IQ1: Are you the antagonist from _The Merchant of Venice_? > IQ2: Are you Viola’s twin brother from _Twelfth Night_? > IQ3: Are you King Alonso’s inebriated butler in _The Tempest_? 1. I am not Shylock. Take 2 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 10, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/96 "2017-02-10T15:49:54Z")
Sebastian, Stephano DQ: From opera? holding a 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 10, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/97 "2017-02-10T16:00:34Z")
Previous IQs: Was your son badly injured in a pre-1970 attack upon you? - William H. Seward, Lincoln’s SECSTATE Were you that son? - Frederick Seward, who served as his father’s personal assistant Did you escape your foes on the yacht _Deerhound_? - Raphael Semmes, captain of the Confederate commerce raider CSS _Alabama_, sunk in 1864. Semmes was rowed to the _Deerhound_, which had watched the battle, rather than to the USS _Kearsarge_, where he knew he would be taken prisoner. DQs: Originally a character from British folklore? Appeared in any Shakespeare play? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did Mike Myers play you as a little English boy in a bathtub? Were you a fictional Tory leader in Jeffrey Archer’s novel _First Among Equals_? Did you write a book about your experiences playing Richard III? ---
**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 10, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/98 "2017-02-10T17:54:13Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with S 4. Has been in movies, but not exclusively known from them 5. Not American 6. Wouldn’t be alive today, if real 7. European 8. First appeared before 1964 9. Considered a good guy 10. Not from the crime/mystery genre 11. From the UK 12. First appeared before 1864 13. Did not first appear in print, though he did appear in print very early on 14. Not a Victorian-era character 15. Not first known from theater/stage performance, but from another form of performance 16. Character from British folklore 17. Did not appear in any Shakespearean play 18. Has appeared in at least one opera ---
**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 10, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/99 "2017-02-10T17:55:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Mike Myers play you as a little English boy in a bathtub? > Were you a fictional Tory leader in Jeffrey Archer’s novel _First Among Equals_? > Did you write a book about your experiences playing Richard III? And 3 more 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 10, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/100 "2017-02-10T20:19:02Z")
IQ1: Are you a mysterious figure from Victorian era England who could jump over walls? IQ2: Are you a Shoshone woman who helped guide Lewis & Clark as they explored the lands of the Louisiana Purchase? IQ3: Did you murder Billy Lyons because he stole your Stetson hat? DQ: Are you a character from a song? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792.md?page=6)