# 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:** 5
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/81 "2016-01-15T20:44:04Z")
DQ: Died after 1950? IQ1: Was a sporting flop named after you? IQ2: Did the pianist who played music by Joe Green also play music written by you? IQ3: Were you the Carolina Swamp Fox? ---
**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, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/82 "2016-01-15T21:02:44Z")
> [@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_? > > All questions refer to the 1960’s TV series. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Frank Gorshin, dunno, and dunno. Correct on #1. #2 was Lord Phineas Ffogg. #3 was Mr. Freeze. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/83 "2016-01-15T21:22:22Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the lead vocalist for Limp Bizkit? > IQ1: Are you a former Tennessee senator who played the chief DA in _Law and Order_? > IQ3: Are you a longtime sound effects producer and joke writer for the _Howard Stern Show_? Not Fred Dursch (sp?), Fred Thompson or Fred… Friedman? > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Was a sporting flop named after you? > IQ2: Did the pianist who played music by Joe Green also play music written by you? > IQ3: Were you the Carolina Swamp Fox? Not… Folsom? Dunno the second; not Francis Marion. F. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. dead 5. American 6. not known for the arts 7. died before 1950 ---
**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, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/84 "2016-01-15T22:36:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was a sporting flop named after you? > IQ2: Did the pianist who played music by Joe Green also play music written by you? > IQ3: Were you the Carolina Swamp Fox? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not… Folsom? Dunno the second; not Francis Marion. Dick Fosbury. (The Fosbury Flop is a high-jump technique.) “Fliszt” (Franz Liszt). Correct. DQ1: Known for political/military work? DQ2: Died before 1850? ---
**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 16, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/85 "2016-01-16T03:54:21Z")
F. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. dead 5. American 6. not known for the arts 7. died before 1950 8. not known for political/military work 9. died after 1850 ---
**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 16, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/86 "2016-01-16T12:40:39Z")
DQ: Known for business? 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:** [January 16, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/87 "2016-01-16T14:24:54Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the lead vocalist for Limp Bizkit? > IQ1: Are you a former Tennessee senator who played the chief DA in Law and Order? > IQ3: Are you a longtime sound effects producer and joke writer for the Howard Stern Show? > > Not Fred Dursch (sp?), Fred Thompson or Fred… Friedman? Fred Norris holding a DQ ---
**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 16, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/88 "2016-01-16T23:14:14Z")
IQ1: Are you an Italian Neorealist film director who directed _Satyricon_? IQ2: Is an integer sequence that occurs in nature named for you? IQ3: Is an Italian sports car named after 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:** [January 17, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/89 "2016-01-17T01:46:57Z")
IQ: 1. Did you direct _Juliet Of The Spirits_? 2. Did Chevy Chase inform the public as to the continuing state of your mortality? 3. Did FDR appoint you to the Supreme Court? ---
**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 17, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/90 "2016-01-17T04:51:17Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an Italian Neorealist film director who directed _Satyricon_? > IQ2: Is an integer sequence that occurs in nature named for you? > IQ3: Is an Italian sports car named after you? Not Fellini, Fibonacci or Ferrari. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: > > 1. Did you direct _Juliet Of The Spirits_? > 2. Did Chevy Chase inform the public as to the continuing state of your mortality? > 3. Did FDR appoint you to the Supreme Court? Dunno, not Generalissimo Francisco Franco (who is, last I heard, still dead) or Felix Frankfurter. F. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. dead 5. American 6. not known for the arts 7. died before 1950 8. not known for political/military work 9. died after 1850 10. not known for business ---
**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 17, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/91 "2016-01-17T13:48:11Z")
IQ1: Did you write the novel that would be adapted into film as _Fried Green Tomatoes_? IQ2: Are you a recurring villain in nine of Steven King’s novels? IQ3: Were you a WWII Dutch spy who went on to become an American fashion designer and the first to import polyester? ---
**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 17, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/92 "2016-01-17T14:03:54Z")
Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle View Post IQ: 1. Did you direct Juliet Of The Spirits? 2. Did Chevy Chase inform the public as to the continuing state of your mortality? 3. Did FDR appoint you to the Supreme Court? Dunno, not Generalissimo Francisco Franco (who is, last I heard, still dead) or Felix Frankfurter. #1 was Fellini, who, I see, was already guessed, so no DQ. Correct on the other two. DQ: Known for Science? ---
**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 17, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/93 "2016-01-17T18:18:15Z")
IQ1: Did the Corsair, Pacer and Villager bear your name? IQ2: Were you that person’s father? IQ3: Were you and Tony Geary costars on a long-running TV series? ---
**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 17, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/94 "2016-01-17T22:19:36Z")
IQs: 1. Did you compose _Old Black Joe_? 2. Are you presently Thor’s alter ego in the comics? 3. Were you a comedian who appeared frequently on TV as a loveable drunk? ---
**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 18, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/95 "2016-01-18T05:28:29Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you write the novel that would be adapted into film as _Fried Green Tomatoes_? > IQ2: Are you a recurring villain in nine of Steven King’s novels? > IQ3: Were you a WWII Dutch spy who went on to become an American fashion designer and the first to import polyester? Not Frances Flagg; not Randall Flagg; not FNU Flagg. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did the Corsair, Pacer and Villager bear your name? > IQ2: Were you that person’s father? > IQ3: Were you and Tony Geary costars on a long-running TV series? Not Ford; dunno the other two. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you compose _Old Black Joe_? > 2. Are you presently Thor’s alter ego in the comics? > 3. Were you a comedian who appeared frequently on TV as a loveable drunk? Not Stephen Foster; dunno the latter two. F. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. dead 5. American 6. not known for the arts 7. died before 1950 8. not known for political/military work 9. died after 1850 10. not known for business 11. not known for science ---
**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 18, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/96 "2016-01-18T12:18:22Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you compose Old Black Joe? > 2. Are you presently Thor’s alter ego in the comics? > 3. Were you a comedian who appeared frequently on TV as a loveable drunk? > Not Stephen Foster; dunno the latter two. #1. Correct on Stephen Foster. #2. Jane Foster. #3. Foster Brooks. Foster x3! DQs: 1. Died before 1900? 2. Known for one particular event? - ---
**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 18, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/97 "2016-01-18T12:45:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did the Corsair, Pacer and Villager bear your name? > IQ2: Were you that person’s father? > IQ3: Were you and Tony Geary costars on a long-running TV series? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Ford; dunno the other two. Which Ford do you have in mind? (Presumably not Ford Prefect. :D) And for which question? ---
**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 18, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/98 "2016-01-18T13:39:16Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you write the novel that would be adapted into film as Fried Green Tomatoes? > IQ2: Are you a recurring villain in nine of Steven King’s novels? > IQ3: Were you a WWII Dutch spy who went on to become an American fashion designer and the first to import polyester? > Not Frances Flagg; not Randall Flagg; not FNU Flagg. Fannie Flagg, correct, Edith Flagg DQ: Known for a single event? holding 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:** [January 18, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/99 "2016-01-18T13:42:25Z")
IQs: 1. Did you compose _Wisteria_? 2. Did you compose _You Belong To The City_? 3. Did you read comic strips to kids over the radio during a newspaper strike? ---
**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 20, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824/100 "2016-01-20T05:26:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Which Ford do you have in mind? (Presumably not Ford Prefect. :D) And for which question? Any Ford (like on _Jeopardy!_, I thought last names were sufficient), and that was for the first IQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you compose _Wisteria_? > 2. Did you compose _You Belong To The City_? > 3. Did you read comic strips to kids over the radio during a newspaper strike? Dunno, not the late Glenn Frey, and not Fiorello LaGuardia. F. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. dead 5. American 6. not known for the arts 7. died before 1950 8. not known for political/military work 9. died after 1850 10. not known for business 11. not known for science 12. died after 1900 13. known for one particular event **Knowed Out** , want to ask a different DQ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2016/741824.md?page=6)