# 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:** 8
**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 13, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/141 "2017-02-13T12:27:35Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you Howard Stern’s longtime sound man and sketch writer? > IQ2: Is one of your characters motivational speaker Matt Foley? > IQ3: Was Ebenezer Scrooge your apprentice? > DQ. > DQ. > Not Fezziwig. Fred Norris, Chris Farley DQ: Known for sports? holding 2 DQs ---
**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 13, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/142 "2017-02-13T12:43:02Z")
**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 8. Last name starts with F 9. Did not die before 1850 10. Not known for the Arts 11. Not known for the military 12. Did not die before 1900 13. Not best known for a single incident or achievement 14. Not known for science and/or technology 15. Not known for business or commerce 16. **Could, in a way, be considered to have won a top prize in his field** 17. Not born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 18. Not known for sports Note correction to Q 16. ---
**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 13, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/143 "2017-02-13T13:02:37Z")
DQ: Known for crime or for law enforcement? ---
**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 13, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/144 "2017-02-13T15:14:37Z")
Previous IQs: Did you exclaim, “Frog left!” - Yes, Fozzie Bear. Did you play the bad guy in _Star Trek: Insurrection_? - F. Murray Abraham Were you president of Oberlin College beginning in 1983? - S. Frederick Starr Four DQs reserved. Gotta think. ---
**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 13, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/145 "2017-02-13T23:13:02Z")
**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 8. Last name starts with F 9. Did not die before 1850 10. Not known for the Arts 11. Not known for the military 12. Did not die before 1900 13. Not best known for a single incident or achievement 14. Not known for science and/or technology 15. Not known for business or commerce 16. **Did not win a top prize in my field, but was successor to a title-holder and held that title until I died.** 17. Not born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 18. Not known for sports 19. Known for crime or for law enforcement Thought of a better way to answer #16. ---
**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 13, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/146 "2017-02-13T23:49:30Z")
IQ: Were you a Jewish-American police officer who was picked by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia to protect visiting officials from Nazi Germany before the U.S. got into the War? ---
**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 14, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/147 "2017-02-14T00:04:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you a Jewish-American police officer who was picked by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia to protect visiting officials from Nazi Germany before the U.S. got into the War? 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 14, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/148 "2017-02-14T02:09:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you a Jewish-American police officer who was picked by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia to protect visiting officials from Nazi Germany before the U.S. got into the War? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. Capt. Max Finkelstein. Thinking… ---
**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 14, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/149 "2017-02-14T03:25:38Z")
DQ: Criminal? ---
**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 14, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/150 "2017-02-14T04:26:31Z")
**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 8. Last name starts with F 9. Did not die before 1850 10. Not known for the Arts 11. Not known for the military 12. Did not die before 1900 13. Not best known for a single incident or achievement 14. Not known for science and/or technology 15. Not known for business or commerce 16. **Did not win a top prize in my field, but was successor to a title-holder and held that title until I died.** 17. Not born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 18. Not known for sports 19. Known for crime or for law enforcement 20. Criminal And that’s 20! The Prof, EH, KO, and Tim get “Firstname Lastname” DQs. Let’s say 2200 (that’s 10 pm for you civilians) Eastern on Wednesday… ---
**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 14, 2017, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/151 "2017-02-14T05:40:46Z")
Are you “Pretty Boy” Floyd (the title being “Public Enemy #1”)? ---
**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 14, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/152 "2017-02-14T12:03:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you “Pretty Boy” Floyd (the title being “Public Enemy #1”)? Yes! I am Charles Arthur **F** loyd, commonly known as “Pretty Boy” Floyd. I was named Public Enemy #1 after the death of John Dillinger on 22 Jul 1934, and held the title until I was killed by police three months later. I thought you might have the answer when you asked about being a criminal. ---
**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 14, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/153 "2017-02-14T12:22:01Z")
Well done, EH! ---
**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 14, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/154 "2017-02-14T16:42:42Z")
Thanks! As it happens, Floyd was killed not far from my hometown of East Liverpool, Ohio. I knew people who’d seen his body brought into town for embalming and then displayed to gawking townsfolk. Our next letter is P ---
**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 14, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/155 "2017-02-14T18:37:11Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an eccentric inventor who appeared on _The Adventures of Superman_? 2. Did you play #1? 3. Did you have a Flying Circus that appeared on the BBC in the 1970’s, and everywhere sporadically afterward? ---
**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 14, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/156 "2017-02-14T19:18:12Z")
Dunno x2; not Monty Python. ---
**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 14, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/157 "2017-02-14T19:35:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an eccentric inventor who appeared on _The Adventures of Superman_? > 2. Did you play #1? > 3. Did you have a Flying Circus that appeared on the BBC in the 1970’s, and everywhere sporadically afterward? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x2; not Monty Python. Ahhh, well then… #1 was Prof. Pepperwinkle, who was played by #2, Phil Tead. Correct on Monty Python, though. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 14, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/158 "2017-02-14T19:38:01Z")
IQs: 1. Did you hang around with Meriadoc Brandybuck? 2. Did you change your name to Rebecca Rolfe? 3. Are you #2’s father? ---
**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 14, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/159 "2017-02-14T20:33:37Z")
IQ1: Are you an Italian playwright who tore up his Fascist Party membership card? IQ2: When asked why you continued to practice the cello three hours a day at 93 years old, did you reply ‘I’m beginning to notice some improvement…’? IQ3: Were you the host of Mutual of Omaha’s _Wild Kingdom_ from 1963 to 1985? ---
**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 14, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/160 "2017-02-14T21:17:37Z")
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