# 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:** 10
**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, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/181 "2015-01-17T22:19:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Hero of the H.M.S. Pinafore? > 2. Did you accompany Prospero in _The Face in the Frost_? > 3. Did you invent Droodles? Prof P now has three DQs. ---
**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, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/182 "2015-01-17T22:25:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: > > Did you serve aboard “the wackiest ship in the Army”? I remember that show, but never watched it. DQ. Which by my count makes 14 unasked 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 17, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/183 "2015-01-17T22:32:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Hero of the H.M.S. Pinafore? > 2. Did you accompany Prospero in _The Face in the Frost_? > 3. Did you invent Droodles? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Prof P now has three DQs. #1 was Ralph Rackstraw! #2 was Roger Bacon. #3 was Roger Price. DQ: Was the movie a comedy? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/184 "2015-01-18T00:42:39Z")
**R** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with R 4. Possibly best known from a movie 5. Protagonist 6. Military genre 7. American 8. Created after 1900 9. First appeared in a novel 10. Considered a “good guy” 11. Served on or after December 7, 1941 12. May have served on or after Jan. 1, 1965 13. Not known to have often carried a rifle 14. Movie not created after 1980 15. Officer 16. US Army (technically) 17. Appeared in only one movie 18. My movie was not a comedy ---
**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, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/185 "2015-01-18T02:04:35Z")
IQ1: Are you paratrooper played by Matt Damon in a 1998 film directed by Steven Spielberg? Iq2: Did Lee Marvin play you in _The Dirty Dozen_? IQ3: Did Casper Van Dien play you in _Starship Troopers_? ---
**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, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/186 "2015-01-18T03:11:49Z")
Previous IQ: Did you serve aboard “the wackiest ship in the Army”? - Rip Crandall. DQ reserved. Hmm. Can’t figure out who this guy is. ---
**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, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/187 "2015-01-18T14:04:02Z")
DQ: Common last name (such as Richardson, Roberts, Rogers, etc.)? ---
**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, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/188 "2015-01-18T22:03:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you paratrooper played by Matt Damon in a 1998 film directed by Steven Spielberg? > Iq2: Did Lee Marvin play you in _The Dirty Dozen_? > IQ3: Did Casper Van Dien play you in _Starship Troopers_? DQ. Not Major … Reisman? Still not Johnny Rico. **R** Note slight change to #12 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with R 4. Possibly best known from a movie 5. Protagonist 6. Military genre 7. American 8. Created after 1900 9. First appeared in a novel 10. Considered a “good guy” 11. Served on or after December 7, 1941 12. **Probably did not serve** on or after Jan. 1, 1965 13. Not known to have often carried a rifle 14. Movie not created after 1980 15. Officer 16. US Army (technically) 17. Appeared in only one movie 18. My movie was not a comedy 19. Common last name (The three names you mentioned are in the top 75 US surnames, per the 2000 census. Mine is in the top 200.) ---
**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, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/189 "2015-01-18T22:19:03Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you paratrooper played by Matt Damon in a 1998 film directed by Steven Spielberg? > Iq2: Did Lee Marvin play you in The Dirty Dozen? > IQ3: Did Casper Van Dien play you in Starship Troopers? > > DQ. > Not Major … Reisman? > Still not Johnny Rico. Private Ryan, correct x2 DQ: Did story take place during WWII? ---
**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 19, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/190 "2015-01-19T13:33:00Z")
That’s it, then? No more questions? **R** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with R 4. Possibly best known from a movie 5. Protagonist 6. Military genre 7. American 8. Created after 1900 9. First appeared in a novel 10. Considered a “good guy” 11. Served on or after December 7, 1941 12. Probably did not serve on or after Jan. 1, 1965 13. Not known to have often carried a rifle 14. Movie not created after 1980 15. Officer 16. US Army (technically) 17. Appeared in only one movie 18. My movie was not a comedy 19. Common last name 20. Story took place during WW II So - on to the “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions, then… ---
**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 19, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/191 "2015-01-19T16:56:32Z")
I’ll have to pass. ---
**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 19, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/192 "2015-01-19T17:17:48Z")
I made my guesses already in my IQs and have nothing left. Pass… ---
**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 19, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/193 "2015-01-19T17:51:25Z")
Hint: The story is set in the Mediterranean theatre. And DQ 16 is important. Prof and KO, if this makes you think of someone go ahead and ask your DQs. ---
**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 20, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/194 "2015-01-20T15:35:55Z")
Ok, I just remembered Anzio. Are you Corporal Jack Rabinoff? ---
**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, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/195 "2015-01-20T16:06:00Z")
I’m coming up blank. I yield my question to whoever wishes it. ---
**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 20, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/196 "2015-01-20T23:56:36Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Are you Corporal Jack Rabinoff? I am not. ---
**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, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/197 "2015-01-21T01:37:23Z")
Waiting on Tim and astorian… If I haven’t heard from them by noon tomorrow, I’ll give the answer before I leave for work. ---
**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 21, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/198 "2015-01-21T02:04:42Z")
I’m out, drawing a blank. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/199 "2015-01-21T05:13:14Z")
I got nothing… just the observation that “technically” a flyboy in WW2 would probably be part of the Army, as the Air FOrce didn’t exist. So, we MAY be looking for a fictional WW2 pilot. ---
**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, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/200 "2015-01-21T17:45:54Z")
I am P-38 pilot and POW Col Joseph “von” **R** yan, USAAF, star of the book _Von Ryan’s Express_ (and its sequel) and of the movie based on it, in which I was portrayed by Frank Sinatra. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055.md?page=11)