# Botticelli - January 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 4, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285 "2017-01-04T00:38:36Z")\ **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, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/81 "2017-01-15T05:05:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Trump’s candidate for Secretary of the Treasury? > 2. Are you Trump’s candidate for Secretary of Defense? > 3. Are you the present Secretary of Energy? Dunno, not Mattis, and dunno. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you sell shellfish in Dublin? > IQ2: Was “Whoever’s in New England” a #1 hit for you? > IQ3: Did you play Ann Romano’s daughter Julie? Dunno x3. ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/82 "2017-01-15T12:52:23Z")
> [@](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Trump’s candidate for Secretary of the Treasury? > 2. Are you Trump’s candidate for Secretary of Defense? > 3. Are you the present Secretary of Energy? > Dunno, not Mattis, and dunno. #1 is Steven Mnuchin. Correct on #2. #3 is Ernest Moniz. DQs: 1. Created after 1900? 2. Best known from a film or films? ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/83 "2017-01-15T12:56:09Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the mermaid from _Splash_? 2. Did Greer Garson win an Oscar for playing you in a romantic war drama? 3. Did you play Inigo Montoya in _The Princess Bride_? ---
**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, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/84 "2017-01-15T13:18:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you sell shellfish in Dublin? > IQ2: Was “Whoever’s in New England” a #1 hit for you? > IQ3: Did you play Ann Romano’s daughter Julie? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3. Molly Malone. Reba McEntire. McKenzie Phillips (_One Day at a Time_). DQ1: Would be alive today if real? Two DQs reserved. ---
**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, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/85 "2017-01-15T19:07:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the mermaid from _Splash_? > 2. Did Greer Garson win an Oscar for playing you in a romantic war drama? > 3. Did you play Inigo Montoya in _The Princess Bride_? Not Madison, Mrs. Miniver or Mandy Patinkin. M. 1. created after 1900 2. best known from a film or films 3. might be alive today if real, but unknown ---
**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 15, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/86 "2017-01-15T19:47:32Z")
Another clean sweep. IQs: 1. Did you write and draw the Steve Canyon comic strip? 2. Did you write and draw the Miss Peach comic strip? 3. Do you write and draw the Beetle Bailey comic strip? ---
**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, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/87 "2017-01-15T21:11:28Z")
IQ1: Did you attempt to free North America from the robots? IQ2: Did you attempt to usurp the throne of the Roman Empire in the fourth century? IQ3: Are you also known as Magneto? ---
**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, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/88 "2017-01-15T23:06:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Did you write and draw the Steve Canyon comic strip? > 2. Did you write and draw the Miss Peach comic strip? > 3. Do you write and draw the Beetle Bailey comic strip? Not Milt Caniff (sp?), dunno, and not Mort Walker. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you attempt to free North America from the robots? > IQ2: Did you attempt to usurp the throne of the Roman Empire in the fourth century? > IQ3: Are you also known as Magneto? Not Morpheus, Maximus (?) or Ian McKellen. ---
**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 16, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/89 "2017-01-16T12:08:34Z")
> [@](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Did you write and draw the Steve Canyon comic strip? > 2. Did you write and draw the Miss Peach comic strip? > 3. Do you write and draw the Beetle Bailey comic strip? > Not Milt Caniff (sp?), dunno, and not Mort Walker. Correct. Mel Lazarus. Correct. DQ: Last name starts with M? ---
**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 16, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/90 "2017-01-16T12:10:07Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the villainess in Disney’s _Sleeping Beauty_? 2. Are you the villainess in Disney’s _The Sword In The Stone_? 3. Are you the villainess in _Return To 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 16, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/91 "2017-01-16T12:24:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you attempt to free North America from the robots? > IQ2: Did you attempt to usurp the throne of the Roman Empire in the fourth century? > IQ3: Are you also known as Magneto? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Morpheus, Maximus (?) or Ian McKellen. Magnus, Robot Fighter. Don’t know any Morpheus, but I’ll take your word for it. Magnus Maximus, but close enough. Magnus (the alias he used in the early days) or Max Eisenhardt (His original name). McKellan _played_ Magneto, but wasn’t _known as_ Magneto. Magnus x3! DQ: Created after 1975? ---
**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 16, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/92 "2017-01-16T15:32:07Z")
I was thinking of Morpheus from _The Matrix_, fighting the Machines, but s’alright. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the villainess in Disney’s _Sleeping Beauty_? > 2. Are you the villainess in Disney’s _The Sword In The Stone_? > 3. Are you the villainess in _Return To Oz_? Not Maleficent, Morgana, and dunno. M. 1. created after 1900 2. best known from a film or films 3. might be alive today if real, but unknown 4. first name starts with M 5. created after 1975 ---
**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 16, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/93 "2017-01-16T18:32:37Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the villainess in Disney’s Sleeping Beauty? > 2. Are you the villainess in Disney’s The Sword In The Stone? > 3. Are you the villainess in Return To Oz? > Not Maleficent, Morgana, and dunno. Correct on #1. #2 The Disney film features Arthur as a boy, and doesn’t have Morgan le Fey. It does have Madam Mim. #3 is Mombi the witch. DQs: 1. From a science-fiction or fantasy genre film? 2. Is she considered a “good” person? ---
**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 17, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/94 "2017-01-17T05:18:09Z")
M. 1. created after 1900 2. best known from a film or films 3. might be alive today if real, but unknown 4. first name starts with M 5. created after 1975 6. not from a science-fiction or fantasy genre film 7. considered a “good” person, I suppose - certainly not an outright villain ---
**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, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/95 "2017-01-17T13:37:50Z")
IQs: 1. Did you drop ping-pong balls on Captain Kangaroo? 2. Did you star in the movie _Serial_? 3. Were you a “red hot hoochie-coocher”? ---
**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 17, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/96 "2017-01-17T15:01:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you drop ping-pong balls on Captain Kangaroo? > 2. Did you star in the movie _Serial_? > 3. Were you a “red hot hoochie-coocher”? Not Mr. Green Jeans, dunno, and not Minnie the Moocher. ---
**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, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/97 "2017-01-17T17:03:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you drop ping-pong balls on Captain Kangaroo? > 2. Did you star in the movie _Serial_? > 3. Were you a “red hot hoochie-coocher”? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Mr. Green Jeans, dunno, and not Minnie the Moocher. #1. No, Mr. Moose. Mr. Green Jeans was not a practical joker. #2. Martin Mull. Hilarious move, really bad title. Correct on #3. DQs: 1. From an Academy-Award winning movie? 2. Created after 1999? ---
**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, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/98 "2017-01-17T17:05:48Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a leading contributor to early fractal geometry? 2. Are you considered to be the Father of Genetics? 3. Did you create the well-known table of the elements? ---
**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 17, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/99 "2017-01-17T19:20:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a leading contributor to early fractal geometry? > 2. Are you considered to be the Father of Genetics? > 3. Did you create the well-known table of the elements? Not Model, Mendel or… another Mendel? M. 1. created after 1900 2. best known from a film or films 3. might be alive today if real, but unknown 4. first name starts with M 5. created after 1975 6. not from a science-fiction or fantasy genre film 7. considered a “good” person, I suppose - certainly not an outright villain 8. not from an Academy-Award winning movie 9. created before 1999 ---
**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, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/100 "2017-01-17T20:07:11Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a leading contributor to early fractal geometry? > 2. Are you considered to be the Father of Genetics? > 3. Did you create the well-known table of the elements? > Not Model, Mendel or… another Mendel? #1. I don’t know Model. I’ll rephrase it next round. #2. Correct on Gregor Mendel. #3 was Dmitri Mendeleyev. DQ: from a comedy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285.md?page=6)