# Botticelli - Jan 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 28, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120 "2020-12-28T19:27:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**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 26, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/521 "2021-01-26T15:15:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did Elizabeth Banks play your secretary in several movies? > Were engineering crawlspaces on Federation starships named after you? > Did you marry Mary Morstan? DQ. Not Jeffreys (Jeffries?). Not John Watson. **J** 1, Real 2. Male 3. Not still alive 4. Not American 5. Only name starts with J 6. Did not die before 1900 7. Not best known for the Arts 8. European ---
**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 26, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/522 "2021-01-26T15:22:49Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Jupiter’s wife? 2. Did you write _Born Free_? 3. Did you star in _My Mother The Car_? ---
**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 26, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/523 "2021-01-26T18:04:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Jupiter’s wife? > 2. Did you write _Born Free_ ? > 3. Did you star in _My Mother The Car_ ? Not Juno. Not Joy Adamson, who was the subject of the first game I hosted here. Not Jerry Van Dyke. ---
**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 26, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/524 "2021-01-26T18:07:56Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Are you aka Brother Voodoo? 2. Did you play Passepartout in a recent Disney version of _Around the World in Eighty Days_? 3. Did you pair up with Emma Peel? ---
**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 26, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/525 "2021-01-26T18:15:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Brother Voodoo? > 2. Did you play Passepartout in a recent Disney version of _Around the World in Eighty Days_ ? > 3. Did you pair up with Emma Peel? DQ. DQ. Not John Steed. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/526 "2021-01-26T18:15:35Z")
Must have gotten ninja’d on the DQ. I swear I checked. New DQ: Known for politics? IQ1: Are you a French police inspector obsessed with capturing a man who initially stole some loaves of bread? IQ2: Are you the object of IQ1’s pursuit? IQ3: Were you the bassist and keyboard player for Led Zeppelin? ---
**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 26, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/527 "2021-01-26T18:28:55Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a French police inspector obsessed with capturing a man who initially stole some loaves of bread? > IQ2: Are you the object of IQ1’s pursuit? > IQ3: Were you the bassist and keyboard player for Led Zeppelin? Not Javert. Not Jean Valjean. DQ. **J** 1, Real 2. Male 3. Not still alive 4. Not American 5. Only name starts with J 6. Did not die before 1900 7. Not best known for the Arts 8. European 9. Kinda sorta known for politics ---
**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 26, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/528 "2021-01-26T19:46:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Are you aka Brother Voodoo? > > > 2. Did you play Passepartout in a recent Disney version of _Around the World in Eighty Days_ ? > > > 3. Did you pair up with Emma Peel? > > DQ. > DQ. > Not John Steed. #1 is Jericho Drumm (Marvel Comics). #2 was Jackie Chan (not his best role). #3 is correct. DQs: 1. Royalty? 2. Died after 1980? ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/529 "2021-01-26T22:10:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Are you a French police inspector obsessed with capturing a man who initially stole some loaves of bread? > > > IQ2: Are you the object of IQ1’s pursuit? > > > IQ3: Were you the bassist and keyboard player for Led Zeppelin? > > Not Javert. > Not Jean Valjean. > DQ. Yes, Yes, John Paul Jones DQ: From a Romance language speaking country? ---
**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 27, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/530 "2021-01-27T01:45:31Z")
Previous IQs: Did Elizabeth Banks play your secretary in several movies? - J. Jonah Jameson, in some of the early _Spiderman_ movies Were engineering crawlspaces on Federation starships named after you? - Yes, Matt “Jefferies tubes” Jefferies, a set designer and tech guy Did you marry Mary Morstan? - Yes, Dr. John H. Watson DQ: Best known for a single incident? IQs: Were you cloned from an unnamed President assassinated in Dallas in 1963? Were you a hero of Little Round Top? Did you own the steamboat _Fevre Dream_? ---
**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:** [January 27, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/531 "2021-01-27T18:30:03Z")
IQ1: Did you once switch bodies with James T. Kirk? IQ2: Did you host a TV show infamous for acts of violence between guests? IQ3: Were numerous clones of you used in a vast army? ---
**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 28, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/532 "2021-01-28T19:06:35Z")
IQs: 1. Did you paint _Girl with a Pearl Earring_? 2. Did you come up with the philosophical concept of synchronicity? 3. Did you battle Peter Pan? ---
**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 29, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/533 "2021-01-29T19:13:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you cloned from an unnamed President assassinated in Dallas in 1963? > Were you a hero of Little Round Top? > Did you own the steamboat _Fevre Dream_ ? DQ. Not Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. DQ. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you once switch bodies with James T. Kirk? > IQ2: Did you host a TV show infamous for acts of violence between guests? > IQ3: Were numerous clones of you used in a vast army? DQ. Not Jerry Springer. Not Boba Fett’s father, whatever his name was. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint _Girl with a Pearl Earring_ ? > 2. Did you come up with the philosophical concept of synchronicity? > 3. Did you battle Peter Pan? Not Jan Vermeer. DQ. Not James(?) Hook. DQ if I have the name wrong. **J** 1, Real 2. Male 3. Not still alive 4. Not American 5. Only name starts with J 6. Did not die before 1900 7. Not best known for the Arts 8. European 9. Kinda sorta known for politics 10. Not royalty 11. Did not die after 1980 12. From a Romance language speaking country 13. Not best known for a single incident Apologies for the delay – slipped on the stairs and ended up in hospital for a couple days, ---
**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 29, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/534 "2021-01-29T19:24:33Z")
Ooo, ouch, sorry to hear that, **SCAdian** - hope you’re all better, or nearly so! Previous IQs: Were you cloned from an unnamed President assassinated in Dallas in 1963? - Joshua Francis Kellogg, protagonist of the Nancy Freedman sf novel _Joshua, Son of None_ Were you a hero of Little Round Top? - Yes, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Did you own the steamboat _Fevre Dream_? - Joshua Yorke, in the novel by George R.R. Martin Joshua x3! DQs: Born in or east of Vienna? Born in or north of Vienna? IQs: Were you a crusty lawyer in Heinlein’s _Stranger in a Strange Land_? Were you a longtime U.S. senator who had a convention center named after him? Were you a U.S. senator killed in an aviation crash? ---
**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:** [January 29, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/535 "2021-01-29T19:26:45Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did you once switch bodies with James T. Kirk? > > > IQ2: Did you host a TV show infamous for acts of violence between guests? > > > IQ3: Were numerous clones of you used in a vast army? > > DQ. > Not Jerry Springer. > Not Boba Fett’s father, whatever his name was. DQ. Janice Lester Yes Yep, Jango Fett Holding DQs for now. IQ1: Did you convene the Second Vatican Council? IQ2: Were you pope for only 33 days? Glad to see you back. Hope you are better. ---
**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 29, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/536 "2021-01-29T19:45:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a crusty lawyer in Heinlein’s _Stranger in a Strange Land_ ? > Were you a longtime U.S. senator who had a convention center named after him? > Were you a U.S. senator killed in an aviation crash? That would have been three DQs (_Stranger_ is one of the two Heinlein books I couldn’t finish), but… > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you convene the Second Vatican Council? Yes! I am Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, better known as Pope **J** ohn XXIII. Your turn, **Chock**! (My first plan was to be St **J** erome, but I wasn’t sure if any of you would have known him.) ---
**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 29, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/537 "2021-01-29T20:30:21Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you paint _Girl with a Pearl Earring_ ? > > > 2. Did you come up with the philosophical concept of synchronicity? > > > 3. Did you battle Peter Pan? > > Not Jan Vermeer. > DQ. > Not James(?) Hook. DQ if I have the name wrong. Correct, Carl Jung, Correct, and take care of yourself! Good job, Chock! St. Jerome? Patron saint of librarians and early Bible scholar? You betcha. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/538 "2021-01-30T00:08:10Z")
Next up… **T** ---
**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 30, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/539 "2021-01-30T00:45:06Z")
IQs: 1. Did you say “God bless us, every one”? 2. Did you play the lead on _That Girl_? 3. Are you the youngest son of the man who just opened “The Office of the Former President”? ---
**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:** [January 30, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/540 "2021-01-30T01:52:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you say “God bless us, every one”? > - Did you play the lead on _That Girl_ ? > - Are you the youngest son of the man who just opened “The Office of the Former President”? Not Tiny Tim Not Marlo Thomas Not Barron Trump [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120.md?page=28)