# Botticelli - Jan. 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 31, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824 "2015-12-31T16:18:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 31, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/1 "2015-12-31T16:18:50Z")
Previous thread: [Botticelli - December 2015 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=777157) A happy, healthy New Year to you all! Our first letter of 2016 is J Have at you! ---
**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:** [December 31, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/2 "2015-12-31T16:50:20Z")
And a Happy New Year to all! IQs: 1. Are you a living American artist whose work inspired the Pop Art movement? 2. Is your girlfriend the Frankenstein-like construct of a mad scientist? 3. Were you the eponymous star of a cartoon series by Genndy Tartakovsky? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/3 "2015-12-31T18:53:22Z")
IQ1: Was your older brother killed when the plane he was flying exploded over England? IQ2: Did you play a redneck sheriff in three movies? IQ3: Were you that sheriff? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/4 "2015-12-31T19:38:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Are you a living American artist whose work inspired the Pop Art movement? > 2. Is your girlfriend the Frankenstein-like construct of a mad scientist? > 3. Were you the eponymous star of a cartoon series by Genndy Tartakovsky? Not Jack (Kirby, Skellington or Samurai). > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your older brother killed when the plane he was flying exploded over England? > IQ2: Did you play a redneck sheriff in three movies? > IQ3: Were you that sheriff? Not JFK, and dunno x2 (the guy from the Seventies Bond movies, I assume) ---
**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:** [December 31, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/5 "2015-12-31T20:01:27Z")
[QUOTE] … IQs: 1. Are you a living American artist whose work inspired the Pop Art movement? 2. Is your girlfriend the Frankenstein-like construct of a mad scientist? 3. Were you the eponymous star of a cartoon series by Genndy Tartakovsky? Not Jack (Kirby, Skellington or Samurai). Correct on #2 and #3. #1 was not the late Jack Kirby, but Jasper Johns. DQ: Real? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/6 "2015-12-31T20:03:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did the citizens of Dogpatch erect a statue of you? 2. Did the citizens of Springfield erect a statue of you? 3. Are you Paul Newman’s widow? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/7 "2015-12-31T20:47:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your older brother killed when the plane he was flying exploded over England? > IQ2: Did you play a redneck sheriff in three movies? > IQ3: Were you that sheriff? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not JFK, and dunno x2 (the guy from the Seventies Bond movies, I assume) Correct. Jackie Gleason (_Smokey and the Bandit_ and its two sequels). Buford T Justice. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/8 "2015-12-31T21:03:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did the citizens of Dogpatch erect a statue of you? > 2. Did the citizens of Springfield erect a statue of you? > 3. Are you Paul Newman’s widow? Not Jubilation T. Cornpone, Jedediah Springfield (I feel embiggened just writing his name!) or Joanne Woodward. J. 1. real 2. male **SCAdian** , ask another DQ, if you like, as **Prof. P.** had already asked if our mystery dude was real. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/9 "2015-12-31T21:08:50Z")
IQ1: Are you famous for writing about a boating holiday you and your friends took in England? IQ2: Were you one of Sgt Fury’s Howling Commando? IQ3: Were you a much later associate of Fury’s (and of #2’s)? DQ: Living? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/10 "2016-01-01T05:14:33Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you famous for writing about a boating holiday you and your friends took in England? > IQ2: Were you one of Sgt Fury’s Howling Commando? > IQ3: Were you a much later associate of Fury’s (and of #2’s)?.. Not Jerome K. Jerome, dunno, and dunno. J. 1. real 2. male 3. dead ---
**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:** [January 1, 2016, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/11 "2016-01-01T11:59:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you famous for writing about a boating holiday you and your friends took in England? > IQ2: Were you one of Sgt Fury’s Howling Commando? > IQ3: Were you a much later associate of Fury’s (and of #2’s)? > DQ: Living? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Jerome K. Jerome, dunno, and dunno. Correct. Gabriel Jones. Jasper Sitwell. DQ1: American? DQ2: Known for the Arts? IQ1: Did the Nika riots take place during your reign? IQ2: Were you overthrown by the Glorious Revolution? IQ3: Were you a Wisconsin cannibal? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/12 "2016-01-01T13:00:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _I Love Rock N’ Roll_? 2. Did you have a hit with _Rhythm Nation_? 3. Did you have a hit with _Who Will Save Your Soul_? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/13 "2016-01-01T18:08:17Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Did the Nika riots take place during your reign? > IQ2: Were you overthrown by the Glorious Revolution? > IQ3: Were you a Wisconsin cannibal? Not Julius Caesar (?), King James or… dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _I Love Rock N’ Roll_? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Rhythm Nation_? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Who Will Save Your Soul_? Not Joan Jett, Janet Jackson or… dunno. J. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not American 5. not known for the arts Depending on your definition of “the arts,” but I think this is the best, least-misleading answer. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/14 "2016-01-02T00:19:33Z")
IQ1: Are you a newspaper editor who frequently bashes Spider-Man in his columns? IQ2: Are you an NFL halfback nicknamed “The Bus” and “The Battering Ram?” IQ3: Are you the first American to play a Bond girl in _Diamonds Are Forever_? ---
**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:** [January 2, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/15 "2016-01-02T00:34:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a newspaper editor who frequently bashes Spider-Man in his columns? > IQ2: Are you an NFL halfback nicknamed “The Bus” and “The Battering Ram?” > IQ3: Are you the first American to play a Bond girl in _Diamonds Are Forever_? Not J. Jonah Jameson, Mean Joe Greene or… 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:** [January 2, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/16 "2016-01-02T03:06:31Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with I Love Rock N’ Roll? > 2. Did you have a hit with Rhythm Nation? > 3. Did you have a hit with Who Will Save Your Soul? > Not Joan Jett, Janet Jackson or… dunno. Correct, correct, and Jewel. DQ: Died before 1900? ---
**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:** [January 2, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/17 "2016-01-02T05:19:18Z")
J. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not American 5. not known for the arts 6. 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:** [January 2, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/18 "2016-01-02T15:57:57Z")
IQs: 1. Did you preach the sermon _Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God_? 2. Did you write _Daisy Miller_? 3. Did you and your brother each headline a major band during the Big Band Era? ---
**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:** [January 2, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/19 "2016-01-02T22:18:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you preach the sermon _Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God_? > 2. Did you write _Daisy Miller_? > 3. Did you and your brother each headline a major band during the Big Band Era? Not Jonathan Edwards, dunno 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:** [January 2, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/20 "2016-01-02T22:52:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you preach the sermon _Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God_? > 2. Did you write _Daisy Miller_? > 3. Did you and your brother each headline a major band during the Big Band Era? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Jonathan Edwards, dunno and dunno. Correct on #1. #2 was Henry James. #3 was Jimmy Dorsey (his brother was Tommy). DQs: 1. Last name starts with J? 2. European? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824.md?page=2)