# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/141 "2013-01-20T21:46:22Z")
IQ1: Did Father McKenzie preside over your funeral? IQ2: Have you been good, evil, dead, a zombie, a nursemaid to a mutant throughout your career? IQ3: Are you a famous environmental activist? ---
**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 20, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/142 "2013-01-20T23:29:10Z")
IQ1: Uh, you’re not Isildur’s dad, are you? Just checking. IQ2: Are you a villain frequently depicted stroking a white cat? IQ3: Are you awfully fond of your rubber duckie? ---
**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 21, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/143 "2013-01-21T00:52:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > …IQs: > > Did you receive a Medal of Honor as a WWI fighter pilot? > Did you receive a Victoria Cross as a WWI fighter pilot? > Did you receive a Medal of Honor as a WWII fighter pilot? I’m not Eddie Rickenbacker. Dunno who the next two are; take two DQs. > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Did you almost drop your guitar playing in ‘The Last Waltz’? > > IQ2: Were you one of two people taken into heaven without first dying? > > IQ3: Come to that, were you the other one? Dunno the first; I’m not Elijah or Ezekiel. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQ1: Did Father McKenzie preside over your funeral? > IQ2: Have you been good, evil, dead, a zombie, a nursemaid to a mutant throughout your career? > IQ3: Are you a famous environmental activist? I’m not Eleanor Rigby, but dunno the second or third. You get two DQs, too. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Uh, you’re not Isildur’s dad, are you? Just checking. > IQ2: Are you a villain frequently depicted stroking a white cat? > IQ3: Are you awfully fond of your rubber duckie? Heh. No, I’m not Elendil the Tall. Neither am I Dr. Evil nor Ernie. ---
**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 21, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/144 "2013-01-21T02:26:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQs: > > Did you receive a Medal of Honor as a WWI fighter pilot? > Did you receive a Victoria Cross as a WWI fighter pilot? > Did you receive a Medal of Honor as a WWII fighter pilot? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’m not Eddie Rickenbacker. Dunno who the next two are; take two DQs. Edward “Eddie” Rickenbacker is right. Edward “Mick” Mannock. Edward “Butch” O’Hare. **DQs:** Real? American? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/145 "2013-01-21T02:40:09Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m not Eleanor Rigby, but dunno the second or third. You get two DQs, too Elektra and Erin Brockovich DQs: Male? Known for contributions to the Arts? ---
**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 21, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/146 "2013-01-21T04:06:56Z")
IQs: Is your cousin Marilyn considered the unattractive one in the family? Did you preach about sinners in the hands of an angry God? Are you currently sixth in line for the throne of the UK? ---
**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 21, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/147 "2013-01-21T04:50:49Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Did you almost drop your guitar playing in ‘The Last Waltz’? > > IQ2: Were you one of two people taken into heaven without first dying? > > IQ3: Come to that, were you the other one? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno the first; I’m not Elijah or Ezekiel. Eric Clapton, who was one of The Band’s many special guests. He had his guitar strap on wrong - when the guitar came out of the strap, Robbie Robertson had to take a solo while Eric manhandled his guitar back on. Look at about :45 in [this clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WDmMWF83x4). Correct about Elijah - the other one is **Enoch** , the father of Methuselah. Genesis states that he ‘walked with God and was no more’, which has been taken to mean that he was bodily lifted into heaven. This led to much prophetic writing that claimed to be derived from Enoch. DQs: Does your last name begin with ‘E’? I’ll reserve my other DQ for a while… ---
**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 21, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/148 "2013-01-21T05:26:19Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQs: > > Is your cousin Marilyn considered the unattractive one in the family? > Did you preach about sinners in the hands of an angry God? > Are you currently sixth in line for the throne of the UK? Dunno about the first, I’m not John Edwards (the early preacher or the recent candidate), and I’m not Prince Edward. E. 1. Not real 2. Nationality indeterminate 3. Male 4. Not known for contributions to the arts 5. First name starts with “E” Question 2 is tricky, but I can’t definitively say whether he is or isn’t American. ---
**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 21, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/149 "2013-01-21T05:43:22Z")
Cashing in my DQ from post # 147 - Did you first appear in a work of printed literature, be it a novel, play, poem, short story or comic book? ---
**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 21, 2013, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/150 "2013-01-21T07:42:37Z")
IQ1: Were you a lousy ski jumper at the 1988 Winter Olympics? IQ2: Did you write _The Loved One_, among other works? IQ3: Were you once married to Valerie Bertinelli? ---
**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 21, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/151 "2013-01-21T12:47:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQs: > > Is your cousin Marilyn considered the unattractive one in the family? > Did you preach about sinners in the hands of an angry God? > Are you currently sixth in line for the throne of the UK? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno about the first, I’m not John Edwards (the early preacher or the recent candidate), and I’m not Prince Edward. Actually, the preacher was Jonathan Edwards. Eddie Munster’s cousin Marilyn was considered unattractive by the rest of the family because she didn’t meet their standards of “normal.” Prince Edward is number seven; number six is his niece (Andrew’s daughter), Princess Eugenie of York. DQs after I get home from work… ---
**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 21, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/152 "2013-01-21T20:46:17Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Were you a lousy ski jumper at the 1988 Winter Olympics? > > IQ2: Did you write _The Loved One_, among other works? > > IQ3: Were you once married to Valerie Bertinelli? I’m not Eddie the Eagle, whose last name I forget. Dunno the second. Not Eddie Van Halen. E. 1. Not real 2. Nationality indeterminate 3. Male 4. Not known for contributions to the arts 5. First name starts with “E” 6. Did not first appear in a work of printed literature ---
**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 22, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/153 "2013-01-22T04:52:19Z")
Ooh, forgot about Dr. Evil. Let me try again. IQ1: Are you a villain that has been portrayed by multiple actors that is frequently depicted stroking a white cat? IQ2: Have you gone to camp, to jail, to Africa, and been scared stupid? IQ3: Did you direct Bela Legosi in his final film appearance? ---
**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 22, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/154 "2013-01-22T04:55:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’m not Eddie the Eagle, whose last name I forget. Dunno the second. Not Eddie Van Halen. Correct on Eddie the Eagle (whose last name was “Edwards,” by the way), and Eddie Van Halen. _The Loved One_ was written by Evelyn Waugh. DQ: Did you first appear in a movie? ---
**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 22, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/155 "2013-01-22T05:09:45Z")
Okay, more IQs. IQ1: After proclaiming, “My aim is true,” did you spend time watching the detectives? IQ2: Ever since your baby left you, have you found a new place to dwell? IQ3: Did you and Tenzing Norgay accomplish something that nobody else had done before (as far as anybody knew)? ---
**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 22, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/156 "2013-01-22T15:34:03Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Ooh, forgot about Dr. Evil. Let me try again. > IQ1: Are you a villain that has been portrayed by multiple actors that is frequently depicted stroking a white cat? > IQ2: Have you gone to camp, to jail, to Africa, and been scared stupid? > IQ3: Did you direct Bela Legosi in his final film appearance? Not Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Ernest or Ed Wood. > [@Spoons](#): > > Okay, more IQs. > > IQ1: After proclaiming, “My aim is true,” did you spend time watching the detectives? > > IQ2: Ever since your baby left you, have you found a new place to dwell? > > IQ3: Did you and Tenzing Norgay accomplish something that nobody else had done before (as far as anybody knew)? Not Elvis Costello, Elvis “Heartbreak Hotel” Presley or Sir Edmund Hilary of Mt. Everest fame. E. 1. Not real 2. Nationality indeterminate 3. Male 4. Not known for contributions to the arts 5. First name starts with “E” 6. Did not first appear in a work of printed literature 7. Did not first appear in a movie ---
**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 22, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/157 "2013-01-22T15:54:15Z")
IQ1: After your father had been blinded, were you a tremendous help to him (even though you had to lie about your name because he had disowned you)? IQ2: Come to that, were you the bastard brother who got the above person disowned in the first place? IQ3: Were you an underprepared king? ---
**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 22, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/158 "2013-01-22T21:04:08Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: After your father had been blinded, were you a tremendous help to him (even though you had to lie about your name because he had disowned you)? > > IQ2: Come to that, were you the bastard brother who got the above person disowned in the first place? > > IQ3: Were you an underprepared king? Dunno the first two; I’m not Edward VIII of Great Britain. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/159 "2013-01-22T21:08:56Z")
IQ1: Were you born of chaos and represent darkness? IQ2: Would your backround music sound very _bow-chicka-wow-wow_? IQ3: Did you have a spell cast upon you to sleep eternally? ---
**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 22, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/160 "2013-01-22T21:52:58Z")
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