# Botticelli - January 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 1, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706 "2018-01-01T20:34:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 1, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/1 "2018-01-01T20:34:05Z")
Happy New Year Botticelians one and all! I am M! ---
**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 2, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/2 "2018-01-02T04:41:21Z")
Thanks, **KO** , and to you, as well! Here’s last month’s thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=843551](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=843551) IQs: Were you James Bond’s first, curmudgeonly boss? Was this his actual name? Did Peter Lorre play you, a criminal on the run? ---
**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 2, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/3 "2018-01-02T13:08:35Z")
not M, DQ, not 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 2, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/4 "2018-01-02T14:06:48Z")
Good job, KO! I don’t recall ever hearing of Mr. Lemon. IQs: 1. Were you Barnabas Collins’s gypsy housekeeper? 2. Are you the current First Lady? 3. Did you host a sing-a-long TV series in the 1960’s? ---
**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 2, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/5 "2018-01-02T14:34:27Z")
Previous IQs: Were you James Bond’s first, curmudgeonly boss? - Yes, M Was this his actual name? - Admiral Sir Miles Messervy Did Peter Lorre play you, a criminal on the run? - Yes, also M DQ: Real? IQs: Did your theories of naval power influence TR and others? Were you Keiko’s husband and Molly’s dad? Were you the nebbishy producer of _FYI_? ---
**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 2, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/6 "2018-01-02T18:18:32Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional ---
**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 2, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/7 "2018-01-02T18:20:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Good job, KO! I don’t recall ever hearing of Mr. Lemon. > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Barnabas Collins’s gypsy housekeeper? > 2. Are you the current First Lady? > 3. Did you host a sing-a-long TV series in the 1960’s? DQ, not Melania Trump, DQ ---
**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 2, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/8 "2018-01-02T18:21:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did your theories of naval power influence TR and others? > Were you Keiko’s husband and Molly’s dad? > Were you the nebbishy producer of _FYI_? DQ, not Miles O’Brien, not Michael Harris ---
**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 2, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/9 "2018-01-02T21:22:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Good job, KO! I don’t recall ever hearing of Mr. Lemon. > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Barnabas Collins’s gypsy housekeeper? > 2. Are you the current First Lady? > 3. Did you host a sing-a-long TV series in the 1960’s? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, not Melania Trump, DQ #1 was Magda. Correct on Melania. #3 was Mitch Miller. DQs: 1. Created by an American author or authors? 2. Male? ---
**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 2, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/10 "2018-01-02T21:23:19Z")
IQs: 1. Are you aka Bobbie Morse? 2. Were you Secret Squirrel’s sidekick? 3. Did you behead Macbeth? ---
**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 3, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/11 "2018-01-03T00:56:38Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Created by an American author or authors 3. Female ---
**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 3, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/12 "2018-01-03T00:59:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Bobbie Morse? > 2. Were you Secret Squirrel’s sidekick? > 3. Did you behead Macbeth? not Captain Marvel ? DQx2 ---
**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 3, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/13 "2018-01-03T03:09:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Bobbie Morse? > 2. Were you Secret Squirrel’s sidekick? > 3. Did you behead Macbeth? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Captain Marvel ? > DQx2 #1 is Mockingbird. (Capt. Marvel is Carol Danvers.) #2 was Morocco Mole. #3 was Macduff. DQs: 1. Created after 1900? 2. From a work of prose literature? 3. 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 3, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/14 "2018-01-03T05:49:09Z")
Previous IQs: Did your theories of naval power influence TR and others? - Alfred Thayer Mahan Were you Keiko’s husband and Molly’s dad? - Yes, Miles O’Brien, on _ST: DS9_. Were you the nebbishy producer of _FYI_? - Miles Silverberg, on _Murphy Brown_ DQs: Has appeared in a movie? Considered a beauty? IQs: Did you ask Sherlock Holmes to investigate the Baskerville case? Did your followers much later apologize for your virulent anti-Semitism? Was your symbol a winged lion? ---
**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 3, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/15 "2018-01-03T13:46:24Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Created by an American author or authors 3. Female 4. Created after 1900 5. Not from prose literature 6. Good person 7. Has appeared in a made-for-TV movie 8. Considered a beauty ---
**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 3, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/16 "2018-01-03T13:50:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you ask Sherlock Holmes to investigate the Baskerville case? > Did your followers much later apologize for your virulent anti-Semitism? > Was your symbol a winged lion? Gahhh my mind is blanking on these. The 2nd was in the news recently. Take 3 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 3, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/17 "2018-01-03T14:19:23Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the librarian of River City, Iowa? 2. Were you the singer for The Doors? 3. Did you have epic battles with Oilcan Harry? ---
**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 3, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/18 "2018-01-03T14:33:58Z")
IQs: Did you ask Sherlock Holmes to investigate the Baskerville case? - Dr. Mortimer Did your followers much later apologize for your virulent anti-Semitism? - Martin Luther Was your symbol a winged lion? - St. Mark, patron saint of Venice DQs: First name start with M? First appeared on TV? First appeared after 1950? IQs: Were you a longtime Congresswoman from the Northeast? Did you head The Citadel after WWII? Should Wes Studi have won an Oscar playing you in _The Last of the Mohicans_? ---
**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 3, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/19 "2018-01-03T16:46:47Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Created by an American author or authors 3. Female 4. Created after 1900 5. Not from prose literature 6. Good person 7. Has appeared in a made-for-TV movie 8. Considered a beauty 9. First name starts with M 10. Did not first appear on TV 11. First appeared after 1950 ---
**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 3, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/20 "2018-01-03T16:48:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the librarian of River City, Iowa? > 2. Were you the singer for The Doors? > 3. Did you have epic battles with Oilcan Harry? DQ, not Jim Morrison, DQ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706.md?page=2)