# Botticelli, July 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 12, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711 "2011-07-12T03:36:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/241 "2011-07-25T19:26:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Were you an investigative journalist on a fictional TV news show? Not Frank Fontana from “Murphy Brown” ---
**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:** [July 25, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/242 "2011-07-25T20:05:34Z")
Ooo, you’re good. IQ: Did a seagull hit you in the face at a particularly inopportune time? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/243 "2011-07-25T20:50:48Z")
IQ: Are you the title character in a musical, who was played by Tom Bosley in the original cast? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/244 "2011-07-25T21:32:36Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Are you the title character in a musical, who was played by Tom Bosley in the original cast? Not the old mayor of my hometown, Fiorello LaGuardia. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/245 "2011-07-25T21:33:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ooo, you’re good. > > IQ: Did a seagull hit you in the face at a particularly inopportune time? Not Fabio (I don’t know if it was a seagull, but I remember seeing how he’d gotten hit in the face by a brird while on some kind of roller coaster). ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/246 "2011-07-25T22:06:53Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > I haven’t read the book in 20+ years. Ask a DQ. Buster Friendly, TV talk show host and replicant. DQ: European? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/247 "2011-07-25T22:15:20Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Buster Friendly, TV talk show host and replicant. > > DQ: European? Yes 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with “F” 4. European ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/248 "2011-07-25T22:37:16Z")
Have you been played on screen by David Niven? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/249 "2011-07-25T22:45:57Z")
IQ: Are you in charge of the investigation to take down a masked anarchist? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/250 "2011-07-25T22:47:14Z")
IQ: Are you a Roman private informer in the reign of Vespasian? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/251 "2011-07-25T23:23:15Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > Have you been played on screen by David Niven? Not Phileas Fogg ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/252 "2011-07-25T23:24:25Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Are you in charge of the investigation to take down a masked anarchist? I’m guessing this is a “V For Vendetta” question, but I don’t know the answer. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/253 "2011-07-25T23:25:27Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Are you a Roman private informer in the reign of Vespasian? No idea who this is- ask your DQ. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/254 "2011-07-26T00:23:52Z")
IQ: Are you a sweet transvestite? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/255 "2011-07-26T00:24:27Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ: Are you in charge of the investigation to take down a masked anarchist? You are not Inspector Finch. DQ: Would you be considered a “hero”? IQ: Did your anatomical studies drive you to create life? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/256 "2011-07-26T00:30:22Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Are you a sweet transvestite? Not Frank N. Furter ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/257 "2011-07-26T00:31:37Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > You are not Inspector Finch. > > DQ: Would you be considered a “hero”? > > IQ: Did your anatomical studies drive you to create life? First, I’m not Victor Frankenstein. Second, no- NOBODY regards me as a hero. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with “F” 4. European 5. Nobody’s idea of a hero ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/258 "2011-07-26T00:48:24Z")
IQ: Are you a receiver of stolen goods who has been portrayed by Alec Guinness, George C. Scott, and Ben Kingsley, and many others. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/259 "2011-07-26T01:46:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** > IQ: Are you a Roman private informer in the reign of Vespasian? > [@astorian](#): > > No idea who this is- ask your DQ. You are not Marcus Didius Falco, the protagonist of the Lindsay Davis series of mysteries which started with ‘The Silver Pigs’. DQ: The work of fiction in which you appear, was it originally a film? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/260 "2011-07-26T01:49:56Z")
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