# 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:** 12
**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 22, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/221 "2015-01-22T23:37:42Z")
DQ: Is your story of British origin? ---
**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 22, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/222 "2015-01-22T23:41:35Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the protagonist of some Dashiell Hammett novels? 2. Did you play the protagonist in the film _Swashbuckler_? 3. Did you play the Scarecrow in the old, old Broadway musical version of _The Wizard of Oz_? ---
**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 22, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/223 "2015-01-22T23:42:01Z")
**S** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Probably best known from a movie or movies 4. Not American 5, Last name starts with S 5. Did not first appear after 1964 6. European 7. Originally appeared in a novel or short story 8. Not created by an American 9. Story is of British origin astorian, ask another DQ - EH had already asked your first one. ---
**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 22, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/224 "2015-01-22T23:50:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist of some Dashiell Hammett novels? > 2. Did you play the protagonist in the film _Swashbuckler_? > 3. Did you play the Scarecrow in the old, old Broadway musical version of _The Wizard of Oz_? Not Sam Spade. DQ. DQ. ---
**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 23, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/225 "2015-01-23T00:19:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist of some Dashiell Hammett novels? > 2. Did you play the protagonist in the film _Swashbuckler_? > 3. Did you play the Scarecrow in the old, old Broadway musical version of _The Wizard of Oz_? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Sam Spade. > DQ. > DQ. Correct on Sam. #2 was Robert Shaw. #3 was Fred Stone. DQs: 1. from a comedy? 2. protagonist? ---
**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 23, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/226 "2015-01-23T00:22:09Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a superhero whose sidekick was called Pinky? 2. Did you write _The Time Of Your Life_? 3. Were you an ancient Greek playwright? ---
**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 23, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/227 "2015-01-23T01:40:12Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an actor who was also a volunteer fireman and helped with rescue efforts during the 9/11 tragedy? > IQ2: Are you one of the two founders of Apple Inc.? > IQ3: Are you the other founder? > > DQ. > Not Steve Jobs. > Not Steve Wozniak. Steve Buscemi, correctx2 holding 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 23, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/228 "2015-01-23T02:02:43Z")
Previous IQs: Were you one of the protagonists of Jeffrey Archer’s _First Among Equals_? - Tory politico Simon Kerslake Did a comedian say that you were obsessed with fellatio? - Richard Simmons Were you that comedian? - Sam Kinnison DQs: science fiction/fantasy? considered a “good guy”? contemporary story (i.e. set roughly at the time it first appeared)? IQs: Was your dad a chef and your son an author? Did T’Pring prefer you to the other guy? Were you the other guy? ---
**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 23, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/229 "2015-01-23T03:46:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a superhero whose sidekick was called Pinky? > 2. Did you write _The Time Of Your Life_? > 3. Were you an ancient Greek playwright? DQ. DQ. Not Sophocles. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your dad a chef and your son an author? > Did T’Pring prefer you to the other guy? > Were you the other guy? DQ. DQ. Not Spock. **S** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Probably best known from a movie or movies 4. Not American 5, Last name starts with S 5. Did not first appear after 1964 6. European 7. Originally appeared in a novel or short story 8. Not created by an American 9. Story is of British origin 10. Not from a comedy 11. Not a protagonist 12. Not science fiction/fantasy 13. Not considered a “good guy” 14. Not a contemporary story (i.e. set roughly at the time it first appeared) ---
**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 23, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/230 "2015-01-23T03:52:02Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a superhero whose sidekick was called Pinky? > 2. Did you write The Time Of Your Life? > 3. Were you an ancient Greek playwright? > > DQ. > DQ. > Not Sophocles. #1 was the imminently forgettable Mr. Scarlet. #2 was William Saroyan. Correct on Sophocles. DQ: Villain? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 23, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/231 "2015-01-23T03:54:23Z")
IQs: 1. Did you sail with Captain Flint? 2. Did you sail with Captain Hook? 3. Did you sail with Captain Bluebeard in the book _On Stranger Tides_? ---
**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 23, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/232 "2015-01-23T04:36:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you sail with Captain Flint? Yes! I am Long John **S** ilver, from Robert Louis Stevenson’s _Treasure Island_ (portrayed by Tim Curry in my favourite film version of the story). ---
**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 23, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/233 "2015-01-23T13:19:07Z")
My grandson loves _Muppet Treasure Island_. We must’ve watched it twenty times together. aaaand… I am V! ---
**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 23, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/234 "2015-01-23T13:28:49Z")
Grats, Prof! I hereby renew the DC comics challenge. IQ1: Are you an Alan Moore creation inspired by Guy Fawkes? IQ2: Are you Superman’s idea of a son, born from a hallucination when Mongul gave him the Black Mercy? IQ3: Were you originally Lois Lane’s counterpart to Batman? ---
**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 23, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/235 "2015-01-23T13:35:23Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Grats, Prof! I hereby renew the DC comics challenge. > > IQ1: Are you an Alan Moore creation inspired by Guy Fawkes? > IQ2: Are you Superman’s idea of a son, born from a hallucination when Mongul gave him the Black Mercy? > IQ3: Were you originally Lois Lane’s counterpart to Batman? Again? Oh, well. 1. I am not V. Take a DQ for #2. 2. I am not Vicki Vale. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/236 "2015-01-23T15:22:11Z")
IQ1) Did you win the Cy Young Award and the Rookie of the Year award in the same season? IQ2) Did you coin the phrase “conspicuous consumption”? IQ3) Was your catch phrase, “Know what I mean, Vern?” ---
**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 23, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/237 "2015-01-23T15:37:04Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you win the Cy Young Award and the Rookie of the Year award in the same season? > > IQ2) Did you coin the phrase “conspicuous consumption”? > > IQ3) Was your catch phrase, “Know what I mean, Vern?” I am not Jim Varney. Take 2 DQs for the first two. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/238 "2015-01-23T16:17:32Z")
Fernando Valenzuela of the Dodgers won the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards in 1981. Thorstein Veblen’s \*\*\*Theory of the Leisure Class \*\*\*gave us the phrase “conspicuous consumption.” DQ1) Real person? DQ2) Male? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/239 "2015-01-23T16:21:20Z")
IQ1) Did you write and sing a song telling the true story of how your mother only revealed the identity of your father after he died? IQ2) Did Bob Gaudio write most of the songs you turned into hit singles? IQ3) Did Frank Zappa name you the Fluorescent Leech (“Flo” for short)? ---
**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 23, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/240 "2015-01-23T16:25:21Z")
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