# Botticelli February 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 4, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224 "2021-02-04T23:51:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 7, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/41 "2021-02-07T04:16:43Z")
Previous IQs: Did you win your wings helping George Bailey? - Yes, Clarence the angel, in _It’s A Wonderful Life_ Are you the best-known person from Pinpoint, Ga.? - Clarence Thomas Were you a noted Ohio lawyer who shares a birthday with my father? - I’ll rephrase DQ: From the British Isles? IQs: Were you a noted Ohio lawyer who didn’t like jurors whose eyes were too close to their noses? Did a musician joke in a song about someone giving you a new musical instrument? Did you write a book about preparing to play Shakespeare’s Richard III? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/42 "2021-02-07T05:43:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Are you deceased, yet affable? > > > IQ2: Were you Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of Defense? > > > IQ3: Were you the lead in the film adaptation of _Starship Troopers_ ? > > #1. I am not Casper, the Friendly Ghost. > Take 2 DQs. Yes, Casper Weinberger, Casper Van Dien DQ1: Known for politics? DQ2: Died before 1900? ---
**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 7, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/43 "2021-02-07T11:41:56Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with C 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Died before 2000 8. European 9. Not from the British Isles 10. Known for politics 11. Died after 1900 ---
**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 7, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/44 "2021-02-07T11:42:35Z")
IQs: Were you a noted Ohio lawyer who didn’t like jurors whose eyes were too close to their noses? Did a musician joke in a song about someone giving you a new musical instrument? Did you write a book about preparing to play Shakespeare’s Richard III? [/quote] Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 7, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/45 "2021-02-07T16:15:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > > > IQ1: Are you head coach of the Seattle Seahawks? > > > IQ2: Are you QB for the Las Vegas Raiders? > > > IQ3: Are you QB for the Minnesota Vikings? > > Take 3 DQs. Pete Carroll, Derek Carr, Kirk Cousins DQ: Native speaker of a Romance language? DQ: Primarily known from WWII? holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/46 "2021-02-07T16:47:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Coriolanus. > #3. I am not Crabby Appleton. 1 (ran for governor of New York as a Democrat in 2018, not California as a Republican in 1962) was Cynthia Nixon. DQ: held elected office? ---
**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 7, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/47 "2021-02-07T17:52:06Z")
IQ1: Were you a fictional English nobleman born in Angola? IQ2: Did you create a long-running strip about a working woman? IQ3: Were you the main character of that strip? ---
**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 7, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/48 "2021-02-07T18:40:48Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with C 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Died before 2000 8. European 9. Not from the British Isles 10. Known for politics 11. Died after 1900 12. Native speaker of a Romance language 13. Not primarily known from WWII 14. Held elected office ---
**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 7, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/49 "2021-02-07T18:41:17Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a fictional English nobleman born in Angola? > IQ2: Did you create a long-running strip about a working woman? > IQ3: Were you the main character of that strip? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Cathy Guisewite. 3. I am not Cathy. ---
**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 7, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/50 "2021-02-07T19:37:29Z")
John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke. ✅ ✅ DQ: Born in or south of Vienna? IQ: Were you the last pesident of communist Romania? ---
**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 7, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/51 "2021-02-07T19:48:30Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with C 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Died before 2000 8. European 9. Not from the British Isles 10. Known for politics 11. Died after 1900 12. Native speaker of a Romance language 13. Not primarily known from WWII 14. Held elected office 15. Born south of Vienna ---
**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 7, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/52 "2021-02-07T19:48:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Were you the last pesident of communist Romania? I know it, but it’s just not coming around. Take a DQ. ---
**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 7, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/53 "2021-02-07T20:01:53Z")
Nicolae Ceausescu. (Shucks. I had hopes…) DQ: Born in or east of Paris? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/54 "2021-02-07T20:09:51Z")
IQs: 1. Were you considered for the role of Louis Tully in _Ghostbusters_, who you wanted to play with a German accent and owning German Shepherds? 2. Were you Mary-Lou in _The Man who Fell to Earth_ (1976)? 3. Has a reporter who suspiciously looks like you shown up occasionally in Marvel comics–in one instance, bumping into a disguised and bespectacled Thor in a hallway? ---
**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 7, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/55 "2021-02-07T20:12:33Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you considered for the role of Louis Tully in _Ghostbusters_ , who you wanted to play with a German accent and owning German Shepherds? > 2. Were you Mary-Lou in _The Man who Fell to Earth_ (1976)? > 3. Has a reporter who suspiciously looks like you shown up occasionally in Marvel comics–in one instance, bumping into a disguised and bespectacled Thor in a hallway? #3. I am not Clark Kent. 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 7, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/56 "2021-02-07T20:13:21Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with C 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Died before 2000 8. European 9. Not from the British Isles 10. Known for politics 11. Died after 1900 12. Native speaker of a Romance language 13. Not primarily known from WWII 14. Held elected office 15. Born south of Vienna 16. Born west of Paris, but in France ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/57 "2021-02-07T20:16:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3. I am not Clark Kent. Take 2 DQs. 1 was John Candy; 2 was Candy Clark. DQ: died before 1930? One 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 7, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/58 "2021-02-07T20:43:20Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with C 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Died before 2000 8. European 9. Not from the British Isles 10. Known for politics 11. Died after 1900 12. Native speaker of a Romance language 13. Not primarily known from WWII 14. Held elected office 15. Born south of Vienna 16. Born west of Paris, but in France 17. Died before 1930 ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/59 "2021-02-08T05:53:36Z")
IQ1: Are you a sea sick sea serpent? IQ2: Did you create the character in IQ1? IQ3: Did you almost kick David Letterman in the face on his show? ---
**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 8, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/60 "2021-02-08T13:31:21Z")
#1. I am not Cecil. #2. I am not Bob Clampett. #3. Take a DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224.md?page=4)