# 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:** 7
**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 16, 2019, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/121 "2019-02-16T04:45:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a New Orleans style trombonist and jazz singer? > 2. Were you known as “Old Rough and Ready”? > 3. Did you get your big break as a Sweathog? Dunno, not Zachary Taylor, and not John Travolta. 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 16. product not powered by electricity or batteries ---
**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 16, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/122 "2019-02-16T15:09:58Z")
DQ: Is product edible? ---
**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 16, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/123 "2019-02-16T15:25:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle View Post > IQs: > > 1. Were you a New Orleans style trombonist and jazz singer? > 2. Were you known as “Old Rough and Ready”? > 3. Did you get your big break as a Sweathog? > Dunno, not Zachary Taylor, and not John Travolta. #1 was Jack Teagarden. Correct on the others. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 16, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/124 "2019-02-16T15:25:55Z")
IQ1: Yo, were you Adrian in the Rocky movies? IQ2: Were you Mona Lisa Vito in _My Cousin Vinny_? IQ3: Were you a raggae artist murdered in a 1987 home invasion? ---
**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 16, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/125 "2019-02-16T16:42:35Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play George Clooney’s brother in a movie where he killed you? 2. Were you a gap-toothed English character actor of the 1960’s? 3. Did Victor Buono play you in the 1960’s _Batman_ TV series? ---
**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 16, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/126 "2019-02-16T23:03:02Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Yo, were you Adrian in the Rocky movies? > IQ2: Were you Mona Lisa Vito in _My Cousin Vinny_? > IQ3: Were you a raggae artist murdered in a 1987 home invasion? Not Talia Shire, nor Marisa Tomei, and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play George Clooney’s brother in a movie where he killed you? > 2. Were you a gap-toothed English character actor of the 1960’s? > 3. Did Victor Buono play you in the 1960’s _Batman_ TV series? Not Quentin Tarantino, not Terry-Thomas (loved his rant in _It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World_!)\* and dunno. 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 16. product not powered by electricity or batteries 17. product not edible - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrKMJ8u94gc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrKMJ8u94gc) ---
**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 16, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/127 "2019-02-16T23:38:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle View Post > IQs: > > 1. Did you play George Clooney’s brother in a movie where he killed you? > 2. Were you a gap-toothed English character actor of the 1960’s? > 3. Did Victor Buono play you in the 1960’s Batman TV series? > Not Quentin Tarantino, not Terry-Thomas (loved his rant in It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World!)\* and dunno. Correct, Correct and King Tut. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 17, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/128 "2019-02-17T20:15:07Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Yo, were you Adrian in the Rocky movies? > IQ2: Were you Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny? > IQ3: Were you a raggae artist murdered in a 1987 home invasion? > Not Talia Shire, nor Marisa Tomei, and dunno. Peter Tosh DQ: Is the product a tool? 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 18, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/129 "2019-02-18T23:42:25Z")
IQs: 1. Did Joseph Gordon-Levitt play you in _3rd Rock from the Sun_? 2. Are you married to Mary Steenbergen? 3. Are you an American dancer/choreographer/producer whose name people have trouble believing is real? ---
**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 19, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/130 "2019-02-19T02:07:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Joseph Gordon-Levitt play you in _3rd Rock from the Sun_? > 2. Are you married to Mary Steenbergen? > 3. Are you an American dancer/choreographer/producer whose name people have trouble believing is real? Not Tommy, Ted Danson or Tommy Tune. 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 16. product not powered by electricity or batteries 17. product not edible 18. product is a tool, of sorts ---
**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 19, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/131 "2019-02-19T15:16:59Z")
Swept me. DQ: Is your product bigger than a breadbox? ---
**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 19, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/132 "2019-02-19T16:49:05Z")
IQ1: Did you develop a test to determine if machines exhibit intelligent human-like behavior? IQ2: Are you a former QB for the Florida Gators who started for the Denver Broncos in 2011, then was traded around and cut until you took up baseball, playing outfield for the Mets minor league team? IQ3: Did you direct Arthur and his knights to a cave guarded by the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog? ---
**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 19, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/133 "2019-02-19T17:33:12Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you develop a test to determine if machines exhibit intelligent human-like behavior? > IQ2: Are you a former QB for the Florida Gators who started for the Denver Broncos in 2011, then was traded around and cut until you took up baseball, playing outfield for the Mets minor league team? > IQ3: Did you direct Arthur and his knights to a cave guarded by the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog? Not Alan Turing, Tim Tebow or (there are those who call him…) Tim? 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, in part, 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 16. product not powered by electricity or batteries 17. product not edible 18. product is a tool, of sorts 19. product smaller than a breadbox Answer #11 slightly modified. ---
**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 19, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/134 "2019-02-19T22:03:05Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the mother of Batman’s son in the current comics? 2. Are you the commander of the Musketeers in _The Three Musketeers_? 3. Did John Rhys-Davies voice your character in Peter Jackson’s LOTR films? ---
**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 20, 2019, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/135 "2019-02-20T04:57:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the mother of Batman’s son in the current comics? > 2. Are you the commander of the Musketeers in _The Three Musketeers_? > 3. Did John Rhys-Davies voice your character in Peter Jackson’s LOTR films? Dunno, dunno, and not Treebeard. ---
**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 20, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/136 "2019-02-20T13:35:48Z")
IQ1: Are you QB for the Miami Dolphins? IQ2: Are you head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers? IQ3: Are you head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals? ---
**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 20, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/137 "2019-02-20T15:51:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the mother of Batman’s son in the current comics? > 2. Are you the commander of the Musketeers in _The Three Musketeers_? > 3. Did John Rhys-Davies voice your character in Peter Jackson’s LOTR films? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno, and not Treebeard. #1 is Talia (daughter of Ras al-Ghul). #2 is Monsieur de Treville. Correct on Treebeard. 2 DQs reserved. At the moment, not a clue. ---
**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 20, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/138 "2019-02-20T16:44:03Z")
No more IQs, please, since we’re already over 20. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you QB for the Miami Dolphins? > IQ2: Are you head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers? > IQ3: Are you head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals? Dunno - take three DQs. Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST Friday. ---
**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 20, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/139 "2019-02-20T19:05:41Z")
Ryan Tannehill, Mike Tomlin, Zac Taylor DQ: Is the product usually held by hand? 3 DQs left ---
**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 20, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/140 "2019-02-20T19:51:31Z")
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