# Botticelli - January 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 31, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679 "2019-12-31T17:46:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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 19, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/161 "2020-01-19T22:44:45Z")
I give up. ---
**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, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/162 "2020-01-20T01:23:48Z")
I am J.F. Oberlin A noted Alsatian pastor, peacemaker and philanthropist, described by one historian as “the Gandhi of his day,” and namesake of my alma mater, Oberlin College: [J. F. Oberlin - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._F._Oberlin) I’ve often used him as an IQ in the past. ---
**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 20, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/163 "2020-01-20T12:38:53Z")
I remember your IQ’s, but I’d never come up with him on my own. Good one. ---
**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, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/164 "2020-01-20T19:43:21Z")
Right, then. Our next letter is R ---
**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 20, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/165 "2020-01-20T22:07:22Z")
IQs: 1. Were you George W. Bush’s Secretary of State? 2. Do you play Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. on _NCIS_? 3. Are you the author of the _Percy Jackson_ series of books? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/166 "2020-01-20T23:55:29Z")
Huh, hadn’t heard of him. IQs: 1. Do you play the titular Marvelous Mrs. Maisel? 2. Did you dial H for hero? 3. Aside from your other career, did you work as a lawyer for Pepsi? ---
**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, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/167 "2020-01-21T04:45:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you George W. Bush’s Secretary of State? > 2. Do you play Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. on _NCIS_? > 3. Are you the author of the _Percy Jackson_ series of books? I’m not Condoleezza (sp?) Rice, dunno, and not Richard Riordan. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Huh, hadn’t heard of him. > > IQs: > > 1. Do you play the titular Marvelous Mrs. Maisel? > 2. Did you dial H for hero? > 3. Aside from your other career, did you work as a lawyer for Pepsi? I can see her in my mind (she was excellent on _House of Cards_, too) but don’t know her name, dunno, and not Richard M. Nixon. ---
**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, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/168 "2020-01-21T14:11:46Z")
IQs: 1. Were you George W. Bush’s Secretary of State? 2. Do you play Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. on NCIS? 3. Are you the author of the Percy Jackson series of books? I’m not Condoleezza (sp?) Rice, dunno, and not Richard Riordan. #1 correct on Condoleeza. #2 is Robert Wagner. #3 correct on Rick. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/169 "2020-01-21T14:51:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I can see her in my mind (she was excellent on _House of Cards_, too) but don’t know her name, dunno, and not Richard M. Nixon. 1 was Rachel Brosnahan; 2 (dialled H for hero) was Robby Reed. IQs: 1. Did you put together a crew for a heist consisting of Ventriloquiver, Elon Tusk, and the Greek god Hephaestus? 2. Did you coach the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999 to 2012? 3. Were you asked if you had “any grooming hints for your fans”? DQ: male? One DQ 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 21, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/170 "2020-01-21T16:57:19Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you put together a crew for a heist consisting of Ventriloquiver, Elon Tusk, and the Greek god Hephaestus? > 2. Did you coach the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999 to 2012? > 3. Were you asked if you had “any grooming hints for your fans”?.. Not everyone’s favorite dimension-hopping alcoholic supergenius near-mad scientist Rick Sanchez, dunno, and I know I’ve heard that line but dunno. R. 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 21, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/171 "2020-01-21T17:14:06Z")
IQs: 1. Did you give Milady de Winter her orders in _The Three Musketeers_? 2. Did you suggest the idea of a new English translation of the Bible to King James? 3. Are you mentioned in the title of a song by Mason Williams? ---
**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, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/172 "2020-01-21T18:52:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you give Milady de Winter her orders in _The Three Musketeers_? > 2. Did you suggest the idea of a new English translation of the Bible to King James? > 3. Are you mentioned in the title of a song by Mason Williams? Not Cardinal Richelieu, dunno, and dunno. ---
**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, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/173 "2020-01-21T21:11:28Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you give Milady de Winter her orders in The Three Musketeers? > 2. Did you suggest the idea of a new English translation of the Bible to King James? > 3. Are you mentioned in the title of a song by Mason Williams? > Not Cardinal Richelieu, dunno, and dunno. 1. Correct on the Cardinal. #2 was John Rainolds. #3 is John D. Rockefeller (from the song _Cinderella/Rockefella_) DQs: 1. From a work of prose fiction? 2. Created by an American author or authors? ---
**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, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/174 "2020-01-21T21:13:45Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Clark Kent in _The Adventures of Superman_? 2. Did you play the love interest in _The Mummy_ opposite Brendan Frazier? 3. Are you Brendan Frazier’s latest superhero role? ---
**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, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/175 "2020-01-21T22:31:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Clark Kent in _The Adventures of Superman_? > 2. Did you play the love interest in _The Mummy_ opposite Brendan Frazier? > 3. Are you Brendan Frazier’s latest superhero role? Not Steve Reeve, Rachel Weisz (mrowrrrrr) and not… Radarman? R. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not from a work of prose fiction 4. created by an American or Americans ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/176 "2020-01-21T23:09:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not everyone’s favorite dimension-hopping alcoholic supergenius near-mad scientist Rick Sanchez, dunno, and I know I’ve heard that line but dunno. 2 was Andy Reid; 3 was _Doonesbury_’s Roland Burton Hedley, Jr. (a collection was titled _Any Grooming Hints for Your Fans, Rollie?_). IQs: 1. Did your husband and granddaughter appear in a 1997 Pizza Hut ad? 2. Did you play the title character(s) in _Melinda and Melinda_? 3. Are you the mustachioed dictator of the planet Mobius, your schemes foiled by the Freedom Fighters? DQs: 4. created after 1900? 5. from a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.)? 6. last name begins with R? ---
**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, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/177 "2020-01-21T23:09:54Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Clark Kent in The Adventures of Superman? > 2. Did you play the love interest in The Mummy opposite Brendan Frazier? > 3. Are you Brendan Frazier’s latest superhero role? > Not Steve Reeve, Rachel Weisz (mrowrrrrr) and not… Radarman? #1 was George Reeves, Steve’s brother. #2 is correct. #3 is Robotman in DC’s streaming series _The Doom Patrol_. 2 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 22, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/178 "2020-01-22T04:24:42Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did your husband and granddaughter appear in a 1997 Pizza Hut ad? > 2. Did you play the title character(s) in _Melinda and Melinda_? > 3. Are you the mustachioed dictator of the planet Mobius, your schemes foiled by the Freedom Fighters?.. Dunno x3. R. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not from a work of prose fiction 4. created by an American or Americans 5. created after 1900 6. not from a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.) 7. last name begins with R #6 is going by the Wiki description of the work. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/179 "2020-01-22T04:36:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3. 1 was Raisa Gorbachev; 2 was Radha Mitchell; 3 was Dr. Robotnik. DQs: 1. portrayed by an actor? 2. created after 1960? 3. main character? ---
**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 22, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/180 "2020-01-22T13:45:05Z")
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