# Botticelli - January 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 31, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993 "2018-12-31T17:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/181 "2019-01-20T22:33:54Z")
Previous IQs: Were you beloved by Harriet the Spy? - Her babysitter and sounding board, Ole Golly Did you and Clark Kent work together? - Yes, Jimmy Olsen Did you, to your credit, refuse to abide by segregation laws in New Orleans? - Lee Harvey Oswald (perhaps his one redeeming feature) > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > …IQ3: Does Rosalind Chao play you in ST:TNG and ST:DS9? It’s such a _happy_ show! DQs: Would be alive today, if real? American? IQs: Did your elderly father once, and only once, urge you to go higher and higher? Were you Governor of Arkansas during the Little Rock Nine crisis? Are you the subject of a musical pun? ---
**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 21, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/182 "2019-01-21T12:27:23Z")
DQ: 1. Fictional 2. Only name starts with O 3. Male 4. First appeared in print 5. Would not be alive today, if real 6. Not American ---
**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 21, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/183 "2019-01-21T12:28:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an athlete who served 10 years for armed robbery and kidnapping, whom many thought should have been convicted of murder? > IQ2: Are you a British soldier who founded the colony of Georgia? > IQ3: Are you Gandalf’s name in your youth in the West that is forgotten? 1. I am not O. J. Simpson 2. I am not James Oglethorpe. 3. I am not Olorin. ---
**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 21, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/184 "2019-01-21T12:30:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your elderly father once, and only once, urge you to go higher and higher? > Were you Governor of Arkansas during the Little Rock Nine crisis? > Are you the subject of a musical pun? #3. I am not Offenbach. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 21, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/185 "2019-01-21T13:53:25Z")
IQ1: Did it take you 10 years to return from the Trojan War? IQ2: Is a psychological complex of a child’s unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent named after you? IQ3: Did you kill your mother Clytemnestra? ---
**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 21, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/186 "2019-01-21T19:19:01Z")
Previous IQs: Did your elderly father once, and only once, urge you to go higher and higher? - Orville Wright, the one and only time he gave his dad a ride in his airplane Were you Governor of Arkansas during the Little Rock Nine crisis? - Orval Faubus Are you the subject of a musical pun? - Yes, Offenbach: [https://images.signals.com/graphics/products/185x185/HW1231.jpg](https://images.signals.com/graphics/products/185x185/HW1231.jpg) DQ: European? IQs: Did Iago betray you? Did Dr. Watson return to England on a troopship named after you? Did you spill your seed upon the ground, displeasing God? ---
**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 21, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/187 "2019-01-21T19:20:39Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did it take you 10 years to return from the Trojan War? > IQ2: Is a psychological complex of a child’s unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent named after you? > IQ3: Did you kill your mother Clytemnestra? 1. I am not Odysseus. 2. I am not Oedipus. 3. I am not Orestes. ---
**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 21, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/188 "2019-01-21T19:21:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Iago betray you? > Did Dr. Watson return to England on a troopship named after you? > Did you spill your seed upon the ground, displeasing God? 1. I am not Othello. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Onan. ---
**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 21, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/189 "2019-01-21T19:22:43Z")
DQ: 1. Fictional 2. Only name starts with O 3. Male 4. First appeared in print 5. Would not be alive today, if real 6. The character is not American. 7. The character is not European. ---
**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 21, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/190 "2019-01-21T20:56:04Z")
IQ1: Did Iago trick you in thinking your wife fooled around? IQ2: According to a dirty joke, do you start your day getting up the crack of Dawn? IQ3: Are you the voice of Lightning McQueen? ---
**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 22, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/191 "2019-01-22T22:58:11Z")
Previous IQs: Did Iago betray you? - Yes, Othello Did Dr. Watson return to England on a troopship named after you? - Orontes Did you spill your seed upon the ground, displeasing God? - Yes, Onan DQ: Asian? IQs: Were you the longtime conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra? Were you a bow-tied popcorn pitchman? Did you play Eowyn? ---
**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, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/192 "2019-01-23T12:17:33Z")
DQ: 1. Fictional 2. Only name starts with O 3. Male 4. First appeared in print 5. Would not be alive today, if real 6. The character is not American. 7. The character is not European. 8. The character is Asian. ---
**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, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/193 "2019-01-23T12:20:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > Did Iago betray you? - Yes, Othello > Did Dr. Watson return to England on a troopship named after you? - Orontes > Did you spill your seed upon the ground, displeasing God? - Yes, Onan > > DQ: > > Asian? > > IQs: > > Were you the longtime conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra? > Were you a bow-tied popcorn pitchman? > Did you play Eowyn? I am not Orville redenbacher. Take 2 Dqs. I am having computer probs, and am doing this from my tablet. Apologies for typos. ---
**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, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/194 "2019-01-23T12:21:56Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did Iago trick you in thinking your wife fooled around? > IQ2: According to a dirty joke, do you start your day getting up the crack of Dawn? > IQ3: Are you the voice of Lightning McQueen? 1. I am not Othello. 2. I am not Tony Orlando. 3. I am not Owen Wilson. ---
**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, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/195 "2019-01-23T14:11:09Z")
IQ1: Did you star as Tarzan in a 1981 film opposite Bo Derek? IQ2: Did you play Raylan Givens in the FX series _Justified_? IQ3: Did you play Al Bundy on _Married With Children_? ---
**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, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/196 "2019-01-23T15:11:27Z")
Hmm. I can’t think of any one-named Asian fictional characters starting with “O.” Previous IQs: Were you the longtime conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra? - Eugene Ormandy Were you a bow-tied popcorn pitchman? - Yes, Orville Redenbacher Did you play Eowyn? - Miranda Otto, in the \*LOTR \*movies DQs: First appeared before 1900? Considered a “good guy”? IQs: Were you one of Drew Carey’s pals on his first sitcom? Did you voice the main character in the Pixar movie _Ratatouille_? Did you annoy your boss by having wedding photos taken at your place of employment? ---
**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, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/197 "2019-01-23T17:45:55Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you star as Tarzan in a 1981 film opposite Bo Derek? > IQ2: Did you play Raylan Givens in the FX series _Justified_? > IQ3: Did you play Al Bundy on _Married With Children_? 1. I am not Ed O’Neill. Take 2 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 23, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/198 "2019-01-23T17:48:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Hmm. I can’t think of any one-named Asian fictional characters starting with “O.” > > Previous IQs: > > Were you the longtime conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra? - Eugene Ormandy > Were you a bow-tied popcorn pitchman? - Yes, Orville Redenbacher > Did you play Eowyn? - Miranda Otto, in the \*LOTR \*movies > > DQs: > > First appeared before 1900? > Considered a “good guy”? > > IQs: > > Were you one of Drew Carey’s pals on his first sitcom? > Did you voice the main character in the Pixar movie _Ratatouille_? > Did you annoy your boss by having wedding photos taken at your place of employment? 1. I am not Oswald Lee Harvey. 2. I am not Patton Oswalt. Take 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 23, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/199 "2019-01-23T17:50:01Z")
DQ: 1. Fictional 2. Only name starts with O 3. Male 4. First appeared in print 5. Would not be alive today, if real 6. The character is not American. 7. The character is not European. 8. The character is Asian. 9. Created after 1900. 10. Considered one of the bad guys. ---
**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, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/200 "2019-01-23T18:30:20Z")
Previous IQs: Were you one of Drew Carey’s pals on his first sitcom? - Yes, Oswald (I never realized his full name before!) Did you voice the main character in the Pixar movie _Ratatouille_? - Yes, Patton Oswalt Did you annoy your boss by having wedding photos taken at your place of employment? - Omarosa Whatsername, at the White House DQ: Human? IQs: An Alsatian pastor, were you the Gandhi of your day? Was a college for black students named for you? Did you found an elevator company? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993.md?page=11)