# 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:** 8
**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 14, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/141 "2018-01-14T04:33:32Z")
I’ve heard of him, of course, but would’ve guessed he was an American, too. Well done. IQs: Did you surrender Vicksburg to U.S. Grant on July 4, 1863? Did Andre Braugher play you in _Homicide: Life on the Street_? Did Harry Truman attend your funeral even though he was advised not to? ---
**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 14, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/142 "2018-01-14T16:51:32Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Does Superman test your inventions? > IQ2: Do you drive the Compact Pussycat? > IQ3: Do you drive the Turbo Terrific? 1. I am not Prof. Pepperwinkle. 😉 2. I am not Penelope Pitstop. Take a DQ for #3. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’ve heard of him, of course, but would’ve guessed he was an American, too. Well done. > > IQs: > > Did you surrender Vicksburg to U.S. Grant on July 4, 1863? > Did Andre Braugher play you in _Homicide: Life on the Street_? > Did Harry Truman attend your funeral even though he was advised not to? 1. I am not Gen. John Pemberton. Take 2 DQs. I didn’t know Sacks’s nationality, but figured it was worth a guess. ---
**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 14, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/143 "2018-01-14T18:28:44Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Does Superman test your inventions? > IQ2: Do you drive the Compact Pussycat? > IQ3: Do you drive the Turbo Terrific? > > 1. I am not Prof. Pepperwinkle. > 2. I am not Penelope Pitstop. > Take a DQ for #3. Peter Perfect, also from Wacky Races DQ: Real? ---
**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 14, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/144 "2018-01-14T18:39:11Z")
IQ1: Is one of your children named “Moxie CrimeFighter”? IQ2: Are you an overweight, bespectacled boy in _Lord of the Flies_? IQ3: Are you an SNL cast member shot and killed by your wife in 1998? ---
**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 14, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/145 "2018-01-14T21:05:12Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional ---
**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 14, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/146 "2018-01-14T21:06:20Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Is one of your children named “Moxie CrimeFighter”? > IQ2: Are you an overweight, bespectacled boy in _Lord of the Flies_? > IQ3: Are you an SNL cast member shot and killed by your wife in 1998? Take a DQ for #1. #2. I am not Piggy. #3. I am not Phil Hartman. ---
**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 14, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/147 "2018-01-14T22:26:17Z")
Penn Jillette DQ: Male? ---
**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 14, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/148 "2018-01-14T22:32:40Z")
IQ1: Did you play Roz on _Frazier_? IQ2: Are you the US Secretary of Energy? IQ3: Are you a _Hee Haw_ performer who wears hats with price tags? ---
**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, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/149 "2018-01-15T00:47:43Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 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 15, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/150 "2018-01-15T00:50:20Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Roz on _Frazier_? > IQ2: Are you the US Secretary of Energy? > IQ3: Are you a _Hee Haw_ performer who wears hats with price tags? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Ernest Moniz. Maybe you meant Scott Pruitt, the head of the EPA? I’m not him either. 3. How-dy! I am not Minnie Pearl. ---
**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, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/151 "2018-01-15T03:41:08Z")
Previous IQs: Did you surrender Vicksburg to U.S. Grant on July 4, 1863? - Yes, Gen. Pemberton Did Andre Braugher play you in _Homicide: Life on the Street_? - Det. Pembleton Did Harry Truman attend your funeral even though he was advised not to? - “Boss” Pendergast of Kansas City DQs: American? Last name start with P? IQs: Did Billy Boyd play you in a big-budget trilogy? Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? Did your torments cease when you bought all the insurance you were offered? ---
**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, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/152 "2018-01-15T13:10:22Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with P ---
**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, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/153 "2018-01-15T13:14:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Billy Boyd play you in a big-budget trilogy? > Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? > Did your torments cease when you bought all the insurance you were offered? 1. I am not Peregrine Took. 2. All I’m coming up with is Hari Seldon, so Take a DQ. 3. I am not Phil the Weatherman from _Groundhog Day_. ---
**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 15, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/154 "2018-01-15T13:59:23Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Roz on Frazier? > IQ2: Are you the US Secretary of Energy? > IQ3: Are you a Hee Haw performer who wears hats with price tags? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Ernest Moniz. Maybe you meant Scott Pruitt, the head of the EPA? I’m not him either. > 3. How-dy! I am not Minnie Pearl. Peri Gelpin, Rick Perry (Moniz served under Obama), correct DQ: From literature? holding a 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 15, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/155 "2018-01-15T14:31:37Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with P 5. From literature ---
**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 15, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/156 "2018-01-15T21:32:44Z")
IQ1: Did your brothers stand in for you after your fatal collision to finish filming a _Fast and Furious_ movie? IQ2: Did you play the title role in _Crocodile Dundee_? IQ3: Are you the lead vocalist of Kiss? DQ: European? ---
**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, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/157 "2018-01-15T21:42:24Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with P 5. From literature 6. European ---
**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, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/158 "2018-01-15T21:44:04Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did your brothers stand in for you after your fatal collision to finish filming a _Fast and Furious_ movie? > IQ2: Did you play the title role in _Crocodile Dundee_? > IQ3: Are you the lead vocalist of Kiss? 1. I am not Paul Walker. 2. I am not Paul Hogan. 3. All I’m coming up with is Peter Criss, and he was the drummer. Take a 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 15, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/159 "2018-01-15T22:41:13Z")
Paul Stanley DQ: British? ---
**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, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706/160 "2018-01-16T03:35:02Z")
Previous IQs: Did Billy Boyd play you in a big-budget trilogy? - Yes, Pippin in _LOTR_ Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? - Preem Palver Did your torments cease when you bought all the insurance you were offered? - Yes, Phil Connors in _Groundhog Day_ DQ: First appeared since 1950? IQs: Were you Bowman’s shipmate? Were you Arthur’s puppy? Were you Brett’s boss? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706.md?page=9)