# Botticelli - February 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 3, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441 "2020-02-03T20:14:02Z")\ **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 10, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/81 "2020-02-10T21:34:58Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your character play foil to Werner Klemperer’s character on TV? > 2. Are you a short person who played a gaseous police captain in the movie _Night Patrol_? > 3. Are you the Senator who led the charge to convince President Nixon to resign? 1. I am not John Banner. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/82 "2020-02-10T21:35:59Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts ---
**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, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/83 "2020-02-10T21:36:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Faramir’s big brother? > Did you play that character? > Did you play Dr. Stephen Maturin in a single movie? #1. I am not Boromir. #2. I am not Sean Bean. #3. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/84 "2020-02-11T00:36:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not John Banner. > Take 2 DQs. 1. Did your character play foil to Werner Klemperer’s character on TV? 2. Are you a short person who played a gaseous police captain in the movie Night Patrol? 3. Are you the Senator who led the charge to convince President Nixon to resign? 4. Bob Crane, but John Banner works just as well, so correct 5. Billy Barty 6. Barry Goldwater DQs: 1. European? 2. Best known as an artist? ---
**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, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/85 "2020-02-11T02:53:32Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. European 7. Not known as a visual artist ---
**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, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/86 "2020-02-11T04:22:26Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > …1) Bob Crane, but John Banner works just as well, so correct… Remember, **Personal** , that if the answer given fits your IQ but isn’t who you had in mind, you may rephrase up to three times. You don’t need to immediately concede. Previous IQs: Were you Faramir’s big brother? - Yes, Boromir Did you play that character? - Yes, Sean Bean Did you play Dr. Stephen Maturin in a single movie? - Paul Bettany, in _Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World_ DQ: From the British Isles? IQs: Was your brother Renly? Was yours, too? Were you the best-known person from Tarth? ---
**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, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/87 "2020-02-11T13:54:21Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. European 7. Not known as a visual artist 8. Not from the British isles BTW, “visual arts” include painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, architecture, fashion design, etc., but not musical arts or performing arts or writing. ---
**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, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/88 "2020-02-11T13:55:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your brother Renly? > Was yours, too? > Were you the best-known person from Tarth? 1. I am not Robert Baratheon. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/89 "2020-02-11T14:11:39Z")
Previous IQs: Was your brother Renly? - Yes, Robert Baratheon Was yours, too? - Stannis Baratheon Were you the best-known person from Tarth? - Brienne of Tarth All three from _Game of Thrones_. DQs: First name start with B? Performing artist? IQs: Is your name widely but mistakenly thought to have been sung in ELO’s “Don’t Bring Me Down”? Does every member of the Philosophy Department of the University of Woolamaloo have this first name? Did you design a highly advanced submarine in a Sherlock Holmes story? ---
**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, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/90 "2020-02-11T14:13:53Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. European 7. Not known as a visual artist 8. Not from the British isles 9. Last name starts with B 10. Not a performing artist ---
**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, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/91 "2020-02-11T14:15:32Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir;22132263 IQs: Is your name widely but mistakenly thought to have been sung in ELO’s “Don’t Bring Me Down”? Does every member of the Philosophy Department of the University of Woolamaloo have this first name? Did you design a highly advanced submarine in a Sherlock Holmes story?[/QUOTE] #2. I am not Bruce. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/92 "2020-02-11T16:30:31Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a drummer known as “Bonzo” and found dead of an overdose in September, 1980? 2. Did Pac Man chase you after he swallowed a Power Pellet? 3. Do you lie over the ocean? ---
**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, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/93 "2020-02-11T16:46:33Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a drummer known as “Bonzo” and found dead of an overdose in September, 1980? > 2. Did Pac Man chase you after he swallowed a Power Pellet? > 3. Do you lie over the ocean? #3. I am not Bonnie. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/94 "2020-02-11T22:39:06Z")
Previous IQs: Is your name widely but mistakenly thought to have been sung in ELO’s “Don’t Bring Me Down”? - Bruuuce! Does every member of the Philosophy Department of the University of Woolamaloo have this first name? - Yes, Bruce Did you design a highly advanced submarine in a Sherlock Holmes story? - Bruce-Partington Bruce x3! DQs: Native speaker of a Romance language? Best known as a writer? IQs: Did John Belushi once portray you putting on sunglasses like Ray Charles? Did you meet Frederick the Great once and only once? Are you a key figure in Lara Prescott’s book _The Secrets We Kept_? ---
**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, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/95 "2020-02-11T23:01:25Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. European 7. Not known as a visual artist 8. Not from the British isles 9. Last name starts with B 10. Not a performing artist 11. Native speaker of a Romance language 12. Not best known as a writer ---
**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, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/96 "2020-02-11T23:02:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did John Belushi once portray you putting on sunglasses like Ray Charles? > Did you meet Frederick the Great once and only once? > Are you a key figure in Lara Prescott’s book _The Secrets We Kept_? 1. I am not Jake Blues. (??) Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/97 "2020-02-12T02:44:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3. I am not Bonnie. > Take 2 DQs. 1. Were you a drummer known as “Bonzo” and found dead of an overdose in September, 1980? 2. Did Pac Man chase you after he swallowed a Power Pellet? 3. Do you lie over the ocean? 4. John Bonham of Led Zeppelin 5. Blinky (the others were Pinky, Inky and Clyde) 6. correct DQ: 1. Italian? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/98 "2020-02-12T11:09:01Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. European 7. Not known as a visual artist 8. Not from the British isles 9. Last name starts with B 10. Not a performing artist 11. Native speaker of a Romance language 12. Not best known as a writer 13. Not Italian ---
**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, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/99 "2020-02-12T14:17:21Z")
Previous IQs: Did John Belushi once portray you putting on sunglasses like Ray Charles? - I’ll rephrase Did you meet Frederick the Great once and only once? - J.S. Bach Are you a key figure in Lara Prescott’s book _The Secrets We Kept_? - Russian author Boris Pasternak; the book’s a fictionalized account of the CIA’s secret project to smuggle copies of _Doctor Zhivago_ behind the Iron Curtain DQs: Died since 1900? Composer? IQs: You are not Jake Blues. Did John Belushi once portray you putting on sunglasses like Ray Charles? Were you Anhuld’s codename at the end of _True Lies_? Were you a painter from East Liverpool, Ohio, noted for his realistic street scenes and pro-Lincoln art during the Civil War? ---
**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, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/100 "2020-02-12T17:26:46Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. European 7. Not known as a visual artist 8. Not from the British isles 9. Last name starts with B 10. Not a performing artist 11. Native speaker of a Romance language 12. Not best known as a writer 13. Not Italian 14. Died before 1900 15. Composer [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441.md?page=6)