# 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:** 11
**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, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/201 "2019-01-23T18:37:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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.3. I am not Ed O’Neill. Take 2 Dqs. Miles O’Keefe, Timothy Olyphant, correct DQ: From children’s lit? DQ: Adapted to film or TV? ---
**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, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/202 "2019-01-23T19:58:55Z")
IQ1: Are you a Japanese demon that wields a large iron studded club? IQ2: Are you the Roman god of the underworld and a demon prince in AD&D? IQ3: Did your wife find all the pieces of your body after Set sliced you apart? ---
**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, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/203 "2019-01-23T22:14:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? 1. I am not Mr. Otis. 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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/204 "2019-01-23T22:16:09Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Japanese demon that wields a large iron studded club? > IQ2: Are you the Roman god of the underworld and a demon prince in AD&D? > IQ3: Did your wife find all the pieces of your body after Set sliced you apart? 1. I am not Oni. ? 2. I am not orcus. 3. I am not Osiris. ---
**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, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/205 "2019-01-23T22:18:20Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:199, topic:826993”] 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. 11. Human 12. Not from children’s lit 13. Adapted to film ---
**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 24, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/206 "2019-01-24T03:42:25Z")
Previous IQs: An Alsatian pastor, were you the Gandhi of your day? - John Frederick Oberlin Was a college for black students named for you? - Oliver O. Howard Did you found an elevator company? - Yes, Mr. Otis DQs: Chinese? Created after 1950? IQs: Did your fur change colors in your different Sesame Street appearances? Were you Col. Steve Austin’s boss? Were you the protagonist of Heinlein’s _Glory Road_? ---
**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 24, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/207 "2019-01-24T03:50:46Z")
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. 11. Human 12. Not from children’s lit 13. Adapted to film 14. The character is not Chinese. 15. Created after 1950 ---
**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 24, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/208 "2019-01-24T03:52:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your fur change colors in your different Sesame Street appearances? > Were you Col. Steve Austin’s boss? > Were you the protagonist of Heinlein’s _Glory Road_? 1. I am.not oscar the grouch. take 2 DQs. ---
**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 24, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/209 "2019-01-24T13:26:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Oni. ? > 2. I am not orcus. > 3. I am not Osiris. Swept. Technically, 1 is a species, not an individual, but that was the only fictional Asian with a single O name I could think of. Right after typing that, this popped into my head: IQ: Are you Goldfinger’s top hat-wearing henchman? ---
**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 24, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/210 "2019-01-24T14:36:33Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Swept. Technically, 1 is a species, not an individual, but that was the only fictional Asian with a single O name I could think of. > > Right after typing that, this popped into my head: > > IQ: Are you Goldfinger’s top hat-wearing henchman? Yes, I am Oddjob! Good job, KO! ---
**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 24, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/211 "2019-01-24T14:46:58Z")
Okay then! on to 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 24, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/212 "2019-01-24T14:59:59Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the best known person from Tarsus? 2. Did you write _O Little Town of Bethlehem_? 3. Have you been called “the atheist C. S. Lewis”? ---
**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 24, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/213 "2019-01-24T15:09:04Z")
Oddjob - good one, and congrats, **KO**! He wore a bowler and not a top hat, though, didn’t he? Previous IQs: Did your fur change colors in your different Sesame Street appearances? - Yes, Oscar the Grouch Were you Col. Steve Austin’s boss? - Oscar Madison, on _The Six Million Dollar Man_ Were you the protagonist of Heinlein’s _Glory Road_? - Oscar Oscar x3! On to P… IQs: Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? Were you bound for the Super Bowl in _Heaven Can Wait_? Did you surrender Vicksburg in 1863? ---
**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 24, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/214 "2019-01-24T17:35:50Z")
I thought his hat had a flat top, but Prof knew what I was talking about anyway. Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 25, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/215 "2019-01-25T01:27:05Z")
Of course. FWIW, Wiki calls it a bowler: [Oddjob - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddjob) Previous IQs: Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? - Preem Palver, in the Asimov _Foundation_ books Were you bound for the Super Bowl in _Heaven Can Wait_? - Joe Pendleton, played by Warren Beatty Did you surrender Vicksburg in 1863? - Confederate Gen. Pemberton DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with P? IQs: Did you write an authoritative book on torts? Were you Dennis Haysbert’s first big TV role? Did you say, “When we fix something, it stays fixed”? ---
**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 25, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/216 "2019-01-25T03:35:46Z")
Um, did you miss my questions in 212? Oddjob wore a bowler in the book, and a top hat in the film. ---
**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 25, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/217 "2019-01-25T13:35:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the best known person from Tarsus? > 2. Did you write _O Little Town of Bethlehem_? > 3. Have you been called “the atheist C. S. Lewis”? not Plato?, DQ, 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 25, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/218 "2019-01-25T13:36:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you write an authoritative book on torts? > Were you Dennis Haysbert’s first big TV role? > Did you say, “When we fix something, it stays fixed”? DQ, DQ, not Parker from Alien ---
**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 25, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/219 "2019-01-25T13:37:55Z")
DQ Summary 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with P ---
**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 25, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/220 "2019-01-25T17:31:15Z")
Previous IQs: Did you write an authoritative book on torts? - Prosser Were you Dennis Haysbert’s first big TV role? - David Palmer, on _24_ Did you say, “When we fix something, it stays fixed”? - Yes, Parker, in _Alien_ DQs: American? Living? IQs: Did Andre Braugher play you on _Homicide_? Were you not restin’, not pinin’ for the fjords, but stone dead and joined the Choir Invisible? Were you an early Doctor Who? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993.md?page=12)