# Botticelli - February 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 2, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851 "2019-02-02T22:10:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/101 "2019-02-13T18:32:56Z")
IQ1: Is the name of your band The Delaware Destroyers? IQ2: Are you lead guitarist for The Who? IQ3: Are you lead guitarist for Soundgarden? ---
**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, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/102 "2019-02-13T18:34:01Z")
IQs: 1. Did Roz (in _Grease_) sing that she knew what you wanted to do? 2. Did you write _The Joy Luck Club_? 3. In Marvel Comics, are you the Frog of Thunder? ---
**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, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/103 "2019-02-13T19:10:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Is the name of your band The Delaware Destroyers? > IQ2: Are you lead guitarist for The Who? > IQ3: Are you lead guitarist for Soundgarden? Not George Thorogood, Pete Townsend and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Roz (in _Grease_) sing that she knew what you wanted to do? > 2. Did you write _The Joy Luck Club_? > 3. In Marvel Comics, are you the Frog of Thunder? Not Troy Donahue, Amy Tan or… Thorfrog? T. 1. real 2. last name starts with T 3. male 4. dead 5. American 6. died after 1950 7. not known for the Arts 8. not known for politics 9. died of natural causes 10. died before 1999 ---
**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, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/104 "2019-02-13T20:09:36Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Roz (in Grease) sing that she knew what you wanted to do? > 2. Did you write The Joy Luck Club? > 3. In Marvel Comics, are you the Frog of Thunder? > Not Troy Donahue, Amy Tan or… Thorfrog? Correct on 1 and 2. #3 is Throg. Close enough. IQs: 1. Did you create the superhero group Infinity, Inc.? 2. Did you have a pair of Fairly Oddparents? 3. Did you write the hymn _Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me_? ---
**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, 2019, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/105 "2019-02-14T05:50:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Did you create the superhero group Infinity, Inc.? > 2. Did you have a pair of Fairly Oddparents? > 3. Did you write the hymn _Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me_? Dunno, not Timmy Turner, and dunno (although I know the song). ---
**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, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/106 "2019-02-14T13:07:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct on 1 and 2. #3 is Throg. Close enough. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create the superhero group Infinity, Inc.? > 2. Did you have a pair of Fairly Oddparents? > 3. Did you write the hymn _Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Timmy Turner, and dunno (although I know the song). 1. Roy Thomas 2. Correct 3. Augustus M. Toplady DQs: 1. Known for Science? 2. Age 60+ at death? ---
**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, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/107 "2019-02-14T13:09:00Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Is the name of your band The Delaware Destroyers? > IQ2: Are you lead guitarist for The Who? > IQ3: Are you lead guitarist for Soundgarden? > Not George Thorogood, Pete Townsend and dunno. Kim Thayl DQ: Known for a business or product? ---
**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, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/108 "2019-02-14T13:18:37Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a 16th Century Italian painter of the Venetian school? 2. Did you write _Idylls of the King_? 3. Did you write _Fathers and Sons_? ---
**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, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/109 "2019-02-14T15:01:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a 16th Century Italian painter of the Venetian school? > 2. Did you write _Idylls of the King_? > 3. Did you write _Fathers and Sons_? Not Titian, Alfred Lord Tennyson, or Turgenev. T. 1. real 2. last name starts with T 3. male 4. dead 5. American 6. died after 1950 7. not known for the Arts 8. not known for politics 9. died of natural causes 10. died before 1999 11. known for Science 12. age 60+ at death 13. known for a business or product ---
**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, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/110 "2019-02-14T16:22:59Z")
IQ1: Are magnetic field units named after you? IQ2: Are you considered the father of the hydrogen bomb, even though you disliked that title? IQ3: Did you sing “What’s Love Got to Do with 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 14, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/111 "2019-02-14T16:27:30Z")
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**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, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/112 "2019-02-14T18:37:14Z")
Swept me again. IQs: 1. Were you president of NBC in the 1980’s? 2. Were you the original Human Torch’s kid sidekick? 3. Were you known as “the Georgia Peach”? ---
**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, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/113 "2019-02-14T18:53:31Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are magnetic field units named after you? > IQ2: Are you considered the father of the hydrogen bomb, even though you disliked that title? > IQ3: Did you sing “What’s Love Got to Do with It”? Not Tesla, Teller or Turner. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Were you president of NBC in the 1980’s? > 2. Were you the original Human Torch’s kid sidekick? > 3. Were you known as “the Georgia Peach”? Not Tartikoff, Torchy, and dunno. ---
**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, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/114 "2019-02-14T19:05:29Z")
> [@](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Were you president of NBC in the 1980’s? > 2. Were you the original Human Torch’s kid sidekick? > 3. Were you known as “the Georgia Peach”? > Not Tartikoff, Torchy, and dunno. 1. Correct. 2. Toro. 3. Ty Cobb. DQ: Known for an industrial (rather than domestic) product? 1 DQ 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 14, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/115 "2019-02-14T19:51:56Z")
T. 1. real 2. last name starts with T 3. male 4. dead 5. American 6. died after 1950 7. not known for the Arts 8. not known for politics 9. died of natural causes 10. died before 1999 11. known for Science 12. age 60+ at death 13. known for a business or product 14. not known for an industrial (rather than domestic) product ---
**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 15, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/116 "2019-02-15T13:07:24Z")
IQ1: Was Peter Cushing’s face projected on another actor’s body to portray you in _Star Wars Rogue One_? IQ2: Did Katey Sagal voice you in _Futurama_? IQ3: Did Katee Sackhoff play you in _Battlestar Galactica_? ---
**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 15, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/117 "2019-02-15T13:46:34Z")
DQ: Known for a domestic product or products? ---
**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 15, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/118 "2019-02-15T14:43:02Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Was Peter Cushing’s face projected on another actor’s body to portray you in _Star Wars Rogue One_? > IQ2: Did Katey Sagal voice you in _Futurama_? > IQ3: Did Katee Sackhoff play you in _Battlestar Galactica_? Not Grand Moff Tarkin, not Teela, and not Tasha (?) Starbuck. T. 1. real 2. last name starts with T 3. male 4. dead 5. American 6. died after 1950 7. not known for the Arts 8. not known for politics 9. died of natural causes 10. died before 1999 11. known for Science 12. age 60+ at death 13. known for a business or product 14. not known for an industrial (rather than domestic) product 15. known for a domestic product or products ---
**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 15, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/119 "2019-02-15T18:06:57Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Was Peter Cushing’s face projected on another actor’s body to portray you in Star Wars Rogue One? > IQ2: Did Katey Sagal voice you in Futurama? > IQ3: Did Katee Sackhoff play you in Battlestar Galactica? > Not Grand Moff Tarkin, not Teela, and not Tasha (?) Starbuck. correct, Turunga Leela, Kara Thrace DQ: Is the product powered by electricity or batteries? 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 15, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/120 "2019-02-15T18:38:24Z")
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