# Botticelli - January 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 5, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055 "2015-01-05T19:40:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 5, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/1 "2015-01-05T19:40:32Z")
Hmm. I had a good Z picked out, and a really good R, but no Y… Go ahead and start asking questions - by the time I come back I’ll have somebody. I am Y! Leftovers from the last game: > [@Botticelli - December 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/636): > > IQ2: Were you a warrior princess? > IQ3: Were you the main character in a movie that has the same name as a Bob Dylan song? Another Xena question, as I didn’t recognise Tim’s. 🙂 Xavier Quinn (_The Mighty Quinn_). ---
**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 5, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/2 "2015-01-05T19:56:27Z")
IQ1: Are you a MLB pitcher whose nickname is short for “Cyclone”? IQ2: Did you star as Julia Brougham in the film _The Bishop’s Wife_? IQ3: Were you US Ambassador to the UN during the Carter administration? ---
**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 5, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/3 "2015-01-05T20:17:22Z")
IQs: 1. Do you “yust go nuts at Christmas”? 2. Did you play Batgirl? 3. Were you arguably the first comic strip character? ---
**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 5, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/4 "2015-01-05T21:05:53Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a MLB pitcher whose nickname is short for “Cyclone”? > IQ2: Did you star as Julia Brougham in the film _The Bishop’s Wife_? > IQ3: Were you US Ambassador to the UN during the Carter administration? Not Cy Young. DQ. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you “yust go nuts at Christmas”? > 2. Did you play Batgirl? > 3. Were you arguably the first comic strip character? Not Yogi Yorgesson. (I think I spelt that correctly…) Can’t remember Yvonne’s last name, so DQ. Not the Yellow Kid. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/5 "2015-01-05T21:53:57Z")
1. Are you a Baseball Hall of Famer who made the All-Star Game as both a shortstop and a center fielder? 2. Did your musical performance trigger post-traumatic stress in a leading character on _ **The West Wing?** _ 3. Did you write an extremely popular folk song based on a kids’ story written by an old classmate at Cornell? ---
**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 5, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/6 "2015-01-05T22:15:15Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you “yust go nuts at Christmas”? > 2. Did you play Batgirl? > 3. Were you arguably the first comic strip character? > > Not Yogi Yorgesson. (I think I spelt that correctly…) > Can’t remember Yvonne’s last name, so DQ. > Not the Yellow Kid. Correct on #1 and #3. #2 was Yvonne Craig. DQ: Real? ---
**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 5, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/7 "2015-01-05T22:16:18Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first to break the sound barrier? 2. Were you the “Hunter from the Future”? 3. Were you the chief of the Frost Giants? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/8 "2015-01-05T23:49:26Z")
IQ1: Did you live in Jellystone Park? IQ2: Did you look good for someone who is 900 years old? IQ3: Did you often throw to Jerry Rice? ---
**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 6, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/9 "2015-01-06T03:34:31Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. Are you a Baseball Hall of Famer who made the All-Star Game as both a shortstop and a center fielder? > > 2. Did your musical performance trigger post-traumatic stress in a leading character on _ **The West Wing?** _ > > 3. Did you write an extremely popular folk song based on a kids’ story written by an old classmate at Cornell? DQ. DQ. Not … Peter Yarrow? (I know he went to Cornell.) > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first to break the sound barrier? > 2. Were you the “Hunter from the Future”? > 3. Were you the chief of the Frost Giants? Not Chuck Yeager. DQ. DQ. > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you live in Jellystone Park? > IQ2: Did you look good for someone who is 900 years old? > IQ3: Did you often throw to Jerry Rice? Not Yogi Bear. DQ. DQ. **Y** 1. Fictional ---
**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 6, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/10 "2015-01-06T03:55:00Z")
IQs: Did you also go by the names Saffron and Bridgit? Were you part of a famous musical trio? Were you a fictional Duchess of Cornwall? ---
**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 6, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/11 "2015-01-06T04:01:54Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first to break the sound barrier? > 2. Were you the “Hunter from the Future”? > 3. Were you the chief of the Frost Giants? > > Not Chuck Yeager. > DQ. > DQ. Right on Chuck. #2 was Yor. #3 was Ymir. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Best known from movies? ---
**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 6, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/12 "2015-01-06T04:04:33Z")
IQs: 1. Are you aka Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath and Dr. Pym? 2. Did you star in _Father Knows Best_? 3. Were you King Arthur’s mommy? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/13 "2015-01-06T04:06:49Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you live in Jellystone Park? > IQ2: Did you look good for someone who is 900 years old? > IQ3: Did you often throw to Jerry Rice? 1 was correct. “When 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not, hmm?” - Yoda 3 was Steve Young. ---
**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 6, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/14 "2015-01-06T04:07:11Z")
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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/15 "2015-01-06T04:17:41Z")
IQ1: Were you known as a fellow of infinite jest? IQ2: Did you play wideout for the Steelers? IQ3: Is your amulet found at the bottom of every NetHack dungeon? ---
**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 6, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/16 "2015-01-06T04:30:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you also go by the names Saffron and Bridgit? > Were you part of a famous musical trio? > Were you a fictional Duchess of Cornwall? DQ. Still not Peter Yarrow. Not Ygraine. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath and Dr. Pym? > 2. Did you star in _Father Knows Best_? > 3. Were you King Arthur’s mommy? Not Yellowjacket. Not Robert Young Still not Ygraine. > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you known as a fellow of infinite jest? > IQ2: Did you play wideout for the Steelers? > IQ3: Is your amulet found at the bottom of every NetHack dungeon? Not poor Yorick. DQ. DQ. What the heck is a “wideout”? **Y** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not (I think) best known from movies ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/17 "2015-01-06T06:23:52Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you known as a fellow of infinite jest? > IQ2: Did you play wideout for the Steelers? > IQ3: Is your amulet found at the bottom of every NetHack dungeon? Correct on 1 of course 2 was Yancey Thigpen (a wideout is slang for a wide receiver, a position in US football) 3 was Yendor. DQ1: Best known from works of the written word? DQ2: Last name starts with Y? Two DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/18 "2015-01-06T07:05:31Z")
IQ1: Did you put a feather in your hat? IQ2: Were you played by Mel Brooks, in heavy makeup? IQ3: Were you the last man on Earth (as far as you knew, for most of the series)? ---
**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 6, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/19 "2015-01-06T12:16:31Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you put a feather in your hat? > IQ2: Were you played by Mel Brooks, in heavy makeup? > IQ3: Were you the last man on Earth (as far as you knew, for most of the series)? Not Yankee Doodle. DQ. DQ. **Y** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not (I think) best known from movies 4. Probably (I think) best known from works of the written word 5. Last name does not start with Y ---
**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 6, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/20 "2015-01-06T13:12:38Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a MLB pitcher whose nickname is short for “Cyclone”? > IQ2: Did you star as Julia Brougham in the film The Bishop’s Wife? > IQ3: Were you US Ambassador to the UN during the Carter administration? > > Not Cy Young. > DQ. > DQ. correct, Loretta Young, Andrew Young DQ: Military genre? DQ: From a series? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055.md?page=2)