# Botticelli - January 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 7, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391 "2013-01-07T20:36:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/81 "2013-01-15T04:25:33Z")
IQs: Were you Lincoln’s plump campaign manager? Do you always wear outdated clothing and speak in lame rhymes? Do you always wear glasses and have a tie that curls up at the end? ---
**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, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/82 "2013-01-15T04:31:35Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the man without fear? > Are they hanging you in the morning? > Were you a millionaire who taught hand-to-hand combat to the Marines? > [@Spoons](#): > > For IQ1, I’ll guess Daredevil–at least, that’s what I seem to recall from seeing covers of his comic books–“Daredevil: The Man Without Fear.” Unsure though, so if I’m wrong, take a DQ. > > For IQ2, I’m going to guess Tom Dooley. Again, if I’m wrong, take a DQ. > > For IQ3, you got me. The only millionaire whom I can think of who did anything remotely like that is Jon Sable, and it’s obviously not going to be him. Correct on Daredevil. [Danny Deever](http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176154). [Anthony J Drexel Biddle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Joseph_Drexel_Biddle), a truly fascinating man. **DQs:** Real? Male? **IQs:** Did you sing a song about your ol’ bamboo? Did you speak for a bear, a horsey sheriff and a blue dog? Were you Miss Jane Hathaway’s employer? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/83 "2013-01-15T04:36:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Lincoln’s plump campaign manager? > Do you always wear outdated clothing and speak in lame rhymes? > Do you always wear glasses and have a tie that curls up at the end? IQ1: No idea. Guess you’re going to teach me a little more about Lincoln. 🙂 IQ2: No idea, though I’m sure that I will :smack: when you tell me. IQ3: I’m not Dilbert. In all, two DQs for you. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/84 "2013-01-15T04:49:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Correct on Daredevil. > [Danny Deever](http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176154). > [Anthony J Drexel Biddle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Joseph_Drexel_Biddle), a truly fascinating man. I have no doubt that you are correct on Deever, but if I recall the Kingston Trio song correctly, Tom Dooley was to be hanged in the morning as well. Checking … ah, yes, [here it is](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/the_kingston_trio/tom_dooley.html): “When the sun rises tomorrow, Tom Dooley… must hang…” Tell you what: since as you will see, you have two DQs outstanding, I’ll answer those two that you’ve just asked now, and you can hit me with an extra IQ in your next batch. Fair enough? > [@](#): > > **IQs:** > > Did you sing a song about your ol’ bamboo? > Did you speak for a bear, a horsey sheriff and a blue dog? > Were you Miss Jane Hathaway’s employer? IQ1: I’m not Dick Van Dyke in _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_. IQ2: No idea. DQ for you. IQ3: I’m not Mr. Drysdale from “The Beverly Hillbillies.” So, on to your two DQs: > [@](#): > > DQs: > > Real? > Male? I am not real. I am male. Summary for D: 1. Not real. 2. Male. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/85 "2013-01-15T05:17:39Z")
IQ1: Are you being pursued by a giant hedgehog? IQ2: In the middle of life’s journey, did you find yourself lost in a dark wood? IQ3: Were transformed into a laurel tree when you were pursued by a god? ---
**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, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/86 "2013-01-15T05:25:53Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Did you sing a song about your ol’ bamboo? > Did you speak for a bear, a horsey sheriff and a blue dog? > Were you Miss Jane Hathaway’s employer? > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: I’m not Dick Van Dyke in _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_. > > IQ2: No idea. DQ for you. > > IQ3: I’m not Mr. Drysdale from “The Beverly Hillbillies.” Correct on Dick Van Dyke and Milburn Drysdale. Daws Butler was the voice of Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw and Huckleberry Hound. > [@Spoons](#): > > I have no doubt that you are correct on Deever, but if I recall the Kingston Trio song correctly, Tom Dooley was to be hanged in the morning as well. > > Checking … ah, yes, [here it is](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/the_kingston_trio/tom_dooley.html): “When the sun rises tomorrow, Tom Dooley… must hang…” > > Tell you what: since as you will see, you have two DQs outstanding, I’ll answer those two that you’ve just asked now, and you can hit me with an extra IQ in your next batch. Fair enough? Works for me. It’s late here, though, and I need to hit the rack, so I’ll be back with more questions tomorrow evening. Unless somebody finishes this before then… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/87 "2013-01-15T05:53:01Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you being pursued by a giant hedgehog? > > IQ2: In the middle of life’s journey, did you find yourself lost in a dark wood? > > IQ3: Were transformed into a laurel tree when you were pursued by a god? For IQ1, I have no clue. DQ for you. IQ2 is, of course, Dante Aligheri. You gave me the line from the first canto of his Inferno. IQ3 is difficult. I’ll guess Demeter. A DQ for you if I am wrong. ---
**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 15, 2013, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/88 "2013-01-15T08:13:24Z")
IQ1: Did you never solve the mystery of Edwin Drood? IQ2: Are you a double-dealing do-badder who drives a mean machine? IQ3: Did Mom always like you best? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/89 "2013-01-15T08:18:46Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you never solve the mystery of Edwin Drood? > > IQ2: Are you a double-dealing do-badder who drives a mean machine? > > IQ3: Did Mom always like you best? IQ1: I am not Charles Dickens, who never finished writing the mystery of Edwin Drood. IQ2: No idea. Take a DQ. IQ3: I’m not Dick Smothers (according to his brother Tom). ---
**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, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/90 "2013-01-15T14:53:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Lincoln’s plump campaign manager? > Do you always wear outdated clothing and speak in lame rhymes? > Do you always wear glasses and have a tie that curls up at the end? David Davis, an Illinois judge whom Lincoln eventually appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Disco Stu, on _The Simpsons_. Yes, Dilbert. DQs: American? Last name start with D? IQs: Are you a funny (to some) and very short golf instructor? Was Poole your shipmate? Did your father hear you die from orbit? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/91 "2013-01-15T18:27:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > American? > Last name start with D? Yes, American. Last name does not start with D. Summary for D: 1. Not real. 2. Male. 3. American. 4. Last name does not start with D. > [@](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a funny (to some) and very short golf instructor? > Was Poole your shipmate? > Did your father hear you die from orbit? I’m not Dorf. I’m not Dave Bowman. No idea; take a DQ. ---
**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, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/92 "2013-01-15T19:46:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a funny (to some) and very short golf instructor? > Was Poole your shipmate? > Did your father hear you die from orbit? Yes, Dorf. Yes, Dave Bowman from _2001: A Space Odyssey_. I was thinking of David Marcus’s murder in _Star Trek III: The Search for Spock_. DQ: First appeared since 1950? IQs: Is a currently-playing major motion picture based, in part, on your book? Did only one of your two brothers ever say anything? Is Swiper your nemesis? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/93 "2013-01-15T22:08:36Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you being pursued by a giant hedgehog? > > IQ2: In the middle of life’s journey, did you find yourself lost in a dark wood? > > IQ3: Were transformed into a laurel tree when you were pursued by a god? > [@Spoons](#): > > For IQ1, I have no clue. DQ for you. > > IQ2 is, of course, Dante Aligheri. You gave me the line from the first canto of his Inferno. > > IQ3 is difficult. I’ll guess Demeter. A DQ for you if I am wrong. Dante is, of course, correct. #1 is **Dinsdale Piranha** , of the infamous Piranha Brothers. He was deathly afraid of a giant hedgehog named Spiny Norman… #3 is Daphne, who was transformed into a laurel tree by Gaia to escape the amourous advances of Apollo. I’m sorry to say Demeter never got metamorphosed into anything.. So - I’ll hold on to my DQs for the moment, until I hear the answer to Elendil’s Heir’s DQ… ---
**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 15, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/94 "2013-01-15T22:30:50Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ2: Are you a double-dealing do-badder who drives a mean machine? Dick Dastardly, co-star with Muttley in several Hanna-Barbera series. DQ: Have you been portrayed on screen? IQ1: Did you create your stage name by combining the names of your first band’s saxophonist and singer? IQ2: Are you a guitarist who created your band’s first hit single’s signature distorted sound by slicing your amp with a razor blade? IQ3: Did your boss frequently instruct you to book 'em? ---
**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, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/95 "2013-01-15T22:32:33Z")
IQs: Do you normally wear a sailor’s hat and jumper, with no pants? Did your mother teach you that whatever will be, will be? Did you practice speaking with a mouthful of pebbles? > [@Spoons](#): > > Tell you what: since as you will see, you have two DQs outstanding, I’ll answer those two that you’ve just asked now, and you can hit me with an extra IQ in your next batch. Fair enough? Did you and your father both receive the Medal of Honor? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/96 "2013-01-15T23:23:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: > > First appeared since 1950? Yes, first appeared since 1950. Summary for D: 1. Not real. 2. Male. 3. American. 4. Last name does not start with D. 5. First appeared since 1950. > [@](#): > > IQs: > > Is a currently-playing major motion picture based, in part, on your book? > Did only one of your two brothers ever say anything? > Is Swiper your nemesis? I don’t know about the motion picture or the Swiper questions (two DQs); but I can assure you that I am not Darryl, brother of Larry (the only one of us three who speaks) and Darryl. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/97 "2013-01-15T23:28:36Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Dick Dastardly, co-star with Muttley in several Hanna-Barbera series. :smack: I twigged on “mean machine” and thought it might have something to do with the movie _The Longest Yard_, but I could not think of any D characters. Oh well–good question! > [@](#): > > DQ: Have you been portrayed on screen? Yes, I have been portrayed on screen. 1. Not real. 2. Male. 3. American. 4. Last name does not start with D. 5. First appeared since 1950. 6. Been portrayed on screen. > [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you create your stage name by combining the names of your first band’s saxophonist and singer? > IQ2: Are you a guitarist who created your band’s first hit single’s signature distorted sound by slicing your amp with a razor blade? > IQ3: Did your boss frequently instruct you to book 'em? For IQ1, I am not Elton John. For IQ2, I have no idea. DQ for you. For IQ3, I’m not Danno, from “Hawaii Five-O.” ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/98 "2013-01-15T23:30:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQs: > > Do you normally wear a sailor’s hat and jumper, with no pants? > Did your mother teach you that whatever will be, will be? > Did you practice speaking with a mouthful of pebbles? > Did you and your father both receive the Medal of Honor? For the first, I’m not Donald Duck. For the second, I’m not Doris Day. For the third, I’m not Eliza Doolittle. For the last, I have no idea. DQ for you. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/99 "2013-01-15T23:43:43Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > For IQ1, I am not Elton John. Another :smack: moment. The answer cannot be Elton John. Another DQ for you, **ChockFull**. ---
**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 16, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/100 "2013-01-16T00:04:33Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQs: > > Do you normally wear a sailor’s hat and jumper, with no pants? > Did your mother teach you that whatever will be, will be? > Did you practice speaking with a mouthful of pebbles? > Did you and your father both receive the Medal of Honor? > [@Spoons](#): > > For the first, I’m not Donald Duck. > > For the second, I’m not Doris Day. > > For the third, I’m not Eliza Doolittle. > > For the last, I have no idea. DQ for you. Eliza Doolittle? Did she really? I was thinking of Demosthenes… Douglas MacArthur received the Medal of Honor in World War II, some 80 years after his father received it during the Civil War. **DQ:** Did you first appear in pront (novel/short story/poem)? **IQs:** Did you ask a punk if he felt lucky? Did you play an explosives expert in the Aegean, a legendary British spy and a multi-tasking butler? Did you and three of your brothers play for Essendon in the '80s and '90s? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391.md?page=6)