# 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:** 6
**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, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/101 "2017-02-10T21:16:12Z")
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, although he was mentioned in passing 18. Has appeared in at least one opera 19. I am a character from a number of songs, originally, and other story formats later on. ---
**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, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/102 "2017-02-10T21:17:41Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 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? 1. I am not Spring-heeled Jack. 2. I am not Sacajawea. 3. I am not Stack-a-lee. ---
**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 10, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/103 "2017-02-10T23:33:08Z")
IQ: Were you an inhabitant of Sherwood Forest whose name was a colour? ---
**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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/104 "2017-02-10T23:50:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Were you an inhabitant of Sherwood Forest whose name was a colour? Yes! I am Will Scarlet, nephew (or cousin or brother, whatever) of Robin Hood. Once again, good job SCAdian! ---
**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 11, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/105 "2017-02-11T05:06:33Z")
Way to go, **SCAdian**! I was a long way off yet from guessing any Robin Hood characters. Previous IQs: Did Mike Myers play you as a little English boy in a bathtub? - Simon Were you a fictional Tory leader in Jeffrey Archer’s novel _First Among Equals_? - Simon Keslake (great book, too) Did you write a book about your experiences playing Richard III? - British actor Simon Callow Simon x3! ---
**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 11, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/106 "2017-02-11T14:10:10Z")
I am **F**. ---
**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 11, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/107 "2017-02-11T14:51:09Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in _Rebecca_? 2. Did you write _To Your Scattered Bodies Go_? 3. Are you a notable singer who announced her retirement this week? ---
**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 11, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/108 "2017-02-11T15:46:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _Rebecca_? > 2. Did you write _To Your Scattered Bodies Go_? > 3. Are you a notable singer who announced her retirement this week? DQ. Not Philip Jose Farmer. 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 11, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/109 "2017-02-11T17:27:14Z")
IQ1: Are you a rapper whose stage name is a variation of the name of a US State? IQ2: Are you a police offer who exposed corruption in the NYPD and on whom a movie and TV series was based? IQ3: Did you direct _It’s a Wonderful Life_ and _Mr. Smith Goes to Washington_? ---
**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 11, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/110 "2017-02-11T17:32:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _Rebecca_? > 2. Did you write _To Your Scattered Bodies Go_? > 3. Are you a notable singer who announced her retirement this week? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > Not Philip Jose Farmer. > DQ. #1 was Joan Fontaine. Correct on #2. #3 is Aretha Franklin. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 11, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/111 "2017-02-11T22:55:33Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a rapper whose stage name is a variation of the name of a US State? > IQ2: Are you a police offer who exposed corruption in the NYPD and on whom a movie and TV series was based? > IQ3: Did you direct _It’s a Wonderful Life_ and _Mr. Smith Goes to Washington_? DQ. Not Frank Serpico. DQ. **F** 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 11, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/112 "2017-02-11T23:09:31Z")
Flo Rida, correct, Frank Capra DQ: Alive? DQ: American? ---
**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 12, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/113 "2017-02-12T00:11:13Z")
IQ1: Are you the potato-based member of Aqua Teen Hunger Force? IQ2: Did you star with Jack Albertson in _Chico and the Man_? IQ3: Did you write the _Swords_ series of books? ---
**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 12, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/114 "2017-02-12T04:53:39Z")
IQs: Did your coworkers watch a home movie of your wedding and mock it as they did? Did your girlfriend call you “Pizza Man”? Did you love watching another man lip-synch “The Candy-Colored Clown”? ---
**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 12, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/115 "2017-02-12T06:12:46Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the potato-based member of Aqua Teen Hunger Force? > IQ2: Did you star with Jack Albertson in _Chico and the Man_? > IQ3: Did you write the _Swords_ series of books? I should know #3 (though I haven’t read them), and I don’t think I want to know #1. 😃 Three DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your coworkers watch a home movie of your wedding and mock it as they did? > Did your girlfriend call you “Pizza Man”? > Did you love watching another man lip-synch “The Candy-Colored Clown”? I know you’ve asked the first one before, and possibly the others as well… Three DQs for you, too. **F** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/116 "2017-02-12T07:34:08Z")
IQ1: Did you leave your estate 20%/20%/30%/30% to your four children? IQ2: Did you design a stove? IQ3: Was a county in Washington State (that is now second-most populous) named in your honor, possibly in an attempt to curry your favor? ---
**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 12, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/117 "2017-02-12T14:22:36Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the potato-based member of Aqua Teen Hunger Force? > IQ2: Did you star with Jack Albertson in Chico and the Man? > IQ3: Did you write the Swords series of books? > I should know #3 (though I haven’t read them), and I don’t think I want to know #1. Three DQs. Frylock, Freddie Prinz, Fred Saberhagen DQ: Best known for politics/government? DQ: Died before 1950? DQ: Born east of the Mississippi? ---
**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 12, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/118 "2017-02-12T14:29:35Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write the _Kent Montana_ series? 2. Did Jackie Coogan play you on _The Addams Family_? 3. Were you the 13th POTUS? ---
**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 12, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/119 "2017-02-12T14:47:38Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you leave your estate 20%/20%/30%/30% to your four children? > IQ2: Did you design a stove? > IQ3: Was a county in Washington State (that is now second-most populous) named in your honor, possibly in an attempt to curry your favor? Welcome back! Not … Frank Zappa? Not Benjamin Franklin. Not … Franklin Pierce? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the _Kent Montana_ series? > 2. Did Jackie Coogan play you on _The Addams Family_? > 3. Were you the 13th POTUS? DQ. Not Uncle Fester. Not … Franklin Pierce? **F** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. Not best known for politics/government 6. Died before 1950 7. Born east of the Mississippi ---
**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 12, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/120 "2017-02-12T15:08:30Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the Kent Montana series? > 2. Did Jackie Coogan play you on The Addams Family? > 3. Were you the 13th POTUS? > DQ. > Not Uncle Fester. > Not … Franklin Pierce? #1 was Lionel Fenn. Correct on #2. #3 was Millard Fillmore. DQs: 1. Last name starts with F? 2. Died before 1850? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792.md?page=7)