# 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:** 4
**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 12, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/61 "2016-01-12T14:27:06Z")
Product associated with transportation, in a way Could that mean luggage? Parcel delivery? Auto insurance? Flint and steel do no good when it’s raining. I got nothing. ---
**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 12, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/62 "2016-01-12T23:18:13Z")
“Had military significance, but did not serve” - aircraft weaponry? Engines? ---
**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 13, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/63 "2016-01-13T14:12:05Z")
I sincerely doubt it’s Sir Orson Phartucchio Jumbojet III. Still clueless here. ---
**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 13, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/64 "2016-01-13T17:55:40Z")
The deadline having come and gone, it’s Fred T. Jane The creator of _Jane’s Fighting Ships_, which is still published to this day, as are various spinoffs about aircraft, armor, guns, merchant shipping, etc., also bearing his name: > **[Jane's Fighting Ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%27s_Fighting_Ships)** > > Jane's Fighting Ships by Janes Information Services is an annual reference book of information on all the world's warships arranged by nation, including information on ships' names, dimensions, armaments, silhouettes and photographs, etc. Each edition describes and illustrates warships of different national naval and paramilitary forces, providing data on their characteristics. The first issue was illustrated with Jane's own ink sketches--photos began to appear with the third volume in 1900. The ... > **[Janes Information Services](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%27s_Information_Group)** > > Jane's Information Group, now styled Janes, is a global open-source intelligence company specialising in military, national security, aerospace and transport topics, whose name derives from British author Fred T. Jane. > Jane's Information Group was founded in 1898 by Fred T. Jane, who had begun sketching ships as an enthusiast naval artist while living in Portsmouth. This gradually developed into an encyclopedic knowledge, culminating in the publishing of All the World's Fighting Ships (1898).... Thanks, all. I’ll start the next round in the next day or two. ---
**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 13, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/65 "2016-01-13T20:40:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Fred T. Jane Arrrrgh! When I was in high school I spent hours reading through that book - the public library bought the new edition\*\*\*\*\* every year, and when reprints were offered of the WWI and WWII editions they bought those, too. \*\*\*\*\* As well as the new edition of _Aircraft_. ---
**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 13, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/66 "2016-01-13T20:45:29Z")
Good one, EH! ---
**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 14, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/67 "2016-01-14T21:03:02Z")
Thanks! Our next letter is F ---
**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 14, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/68 "2016-01-14T21:47:18Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Will Smith’s love interest in _Independence Day_? 2. Were you a detective who was the lead character in an eponymous Broadway musical circa 1900? 3. Were you a con man posing as a film director and played by Peter Sellers? ---
**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 15, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/69 "2016-01-15T00:52:41Z")
IQ1: Were you Oliver North’s secretary? IQ2: Are you one of the stars of mid-60’s movies _Beach Party_ and _Beach Blanket Bingo_? IQ3: Are you the other star? ---
**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 15, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/70 "2016-01-15T01:44:03Z")
IQ1: Did you write about Doc Caliban and his associates, Jocko Simmons and Porky Rivers? IQ2: Did you star in a comedy that was later remade with Stallone playing your role? IQ3: Were you the Arizona Balloon Buster? ---
**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 15, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/71 "2016-01-15T04:11:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Will Smith’s love interest in _Independence Day_? > 2. Were you a detective who was the lead character in an eponymous Broadway musical circa 1900? > 3. Were you a con man posing as a film director and played by Peter Sellers? Not Felicia Rashad (?), dunno and dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you Oliver North’s secretary? > IQ2: Are you one of the stars of mid-60’s movies _Beach Party_ and _Beach Blanket Bingo_? > IQ3: Are you the other star? Not Fawn Hall, Annette Funicello or Frankie Avalon. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about Doc Caliban and his associates, Jocko Simmons and Porky Rivers? > IQ2: Did you star in a comedy that was later remade with Stallone playing your role? > IQ3: Were you the Arizona Balloon Buster? Dunno any of these three. ---
**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 15, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/72 "2016-01-15T11:37:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about Doc Caliban and his associates, Jocko Simmons and Porky Rivers? > IQ2: Did you star in a comedy that was later remade with Stallone playing your role? > IQ3: Were you the Arizona Balloon Buster? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno any of these three. Philip Jose Farmer (_The Mad Goblin_). Louis de Funes (_Oscar_). Medal of Honor recipient Frank Luke. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? One DQ reserved. Unfortunately the complete _Oscar_ doesn’t seem to be available on Youtube any more (though a few clips are). I don’t speak French, so I couldn’t understand a word they were saying, but it was hilarious. ---
**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 15, 2016, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/73 "2016-01-15T12:10:51Z")
[QUOTE] IQs: 1. Did you play Will Smith’s love interest in Independence Day? 2. Were you a detective who was the lead character in an eponymous Broadway musical circa 1900? 3. Were you a con man posing as a film director and played by Peter Sellers? Not Felicia Rashad (?), dunno and dunno. #1 was Vivica A. Fox. #2 was Foxy Quiller (the hit song was _Quiller Has The Brains_) #3 was The Fox in _After The Fox_. DQ: Last name starts with F? 2 DQs 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:** [January 15, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/74 "2016-01-15T13:07:14Z")
IQ1: Are you a mad scientist proprietor of the Planet Express delivery service who usually greets his employees with “Good new, everyone?” IQ2: Did you exile a janitor and two robots into space and force them to watch bad sci-fi movies? IQ3: Did your name become an adjective for a situation in which an ambitious person surrenders moral integrity in order to achieve power and success for a delimited term? ---
**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 15, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/75 "2016-01-15T17:14:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a mad scientist proprietor of the Planet Express delivery service who usually greets his employees with “Good new, everyone?” > IQ2: Did you exile a janitor and two robots into space and force them to watch bad sci-fi movies? > IQ3: Did your name become an adjective for a situation in which an ambitious person surrenders moral integrity in order to achieve power and success for a delimited term? Not… Dr. Farnsworth? Dunno the bad guy from MST2K; not Faust. F. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F ---
**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 15, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/76 "2016-01-15T17:16:23Z")
DQs: 1. Alive? 2. American? ---
**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 15, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/77 "2016-01-15T17:22:04Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the Riddler on _Batman_? 2. Did Rudy Vallee play you on _Batman_? 3. Did Eli Wallach and George Sanders both play you on _Batman_? All questions refer to the 1960’s 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:** [January 15, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/78 "2016-01-15T18:22:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the Riddler on _Batman_? > 2. Did Rudy Vallee play you on _Batman_? > 3. Did Eli Wallach and George Sanders both play you on _Batman_?.. Not Frank Gorshin, dunno, and dunno. F. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. dead 5. American ---
**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 15, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/79 "2016-01-15T20:25:02Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a mad scientist proprietor of the Planet Express delivery service who usually greets his employees with “Good new, everyone?” > IQ2: Did you exile a janitor and two robots into space and force them to watch bad sci-fi movies? > IQ3: Did your name become an adjective for a situation in which an ambitious person surrenders moral integrity in order to achieve power and success for a delimited term? > > Not… Dr. Farnsworth? Dunno the bad guy from MST2K; not Faust. Dr. Raymond Forrester DQ: Known for the arts? ---
**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 15, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/80 "2016-01-15T20:30:39Z")
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