# Botticelli - July, 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768 "2014-07-10T14:38:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/21 "2014-07-12T14:58:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you have the most elaborate name of any American Civil War general? > Did you play both a great statesman and a menial one? > Did you play a Southern sniper in _Saving Private Ryan_? Not Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. DQ. DQ. B 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with B 4. American 5. Alive 6. Known for the Creative Arts 7. Born before 1960 8. Not an author 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Not born north of the Mason-Dixon Line EH, your second question was rendered pointless by the answer to Prof P’s question. Ask another one. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/22 "2014-07-12T15:18:53Z")
DQ: Painter? IQs: 1. Have you got me rockin’ and a-rollin’? 2. Did you win an Oscar for _The Champ_? 3. Are you one of the stars of _Hot in Cleveland_? ---
**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 12, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/23 "2014-07-12T15:36:41Z")
Previous IQs: Did you have the most elaborate name of any American Civil War general? - Correct as to Beauregard - love that name! Did you play both a great statesman and a menial one? - Barry Bostwick played both George Washington, and the mayor in _Spin City_ Did you play a Southern sniper in _Saving Private Ryan_? - Barry Pepper DQs: Best known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography, etc.)? Has won a major award in his field? One DQ reserved. IQs: Because you didn’t die, did a much better person die instead? Did many suspect your husband was gay, which was ironic given his line of work? Did one of your works pertain to geometric shapes in a granular medium? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/24 "2014-07-13T13:28:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you got me rockin’ and a-rollin’? > 2. Did you win an Oscar for _The Champ_? > 3. Are you one of the stars of _Hot in Cleveland_? Not Barbara Ann. DQ. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Because you didn’t die, did a much better person die instead? > Did many suspect your husband was gay, which was ironic given his line of work? > Did one of your works pertain to geometric shapes in a granular medium? Three DQs. B 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with B 4. American 5. Alive 6. Known for the Creative Arts 7. Born before 1960 8. Not an author 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Not born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 11. Has done paintings, but not best known for them 12. Best known for the visual arts 13. Has won a major award in his field ---
**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:** [July 13, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/25 "2014-07-13T13:33:59Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you got me rockin’ and a-rollin’? > 2. Did you win an Oscar for The Champ? > 3. Are you one of the stars of Hot in Cleveland? > > Not Barbara Ann. > DQ. > DQ. Correct on Barbara Ann. #2 is Wallace Beery. #3 is Betty White. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/26 "2014-07-13T19:12:30Z")
DQ(1 of 3): Comic book artist? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/27 "2014-07-13T20:52:34Z")
B 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with B 4. American 5. Alive 6. Known for the Creative Arts 7. Born before 1960 8. Not an author 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Not born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 11. Has done paintings, but not best known for them 12. Best known for the visual arts 13. Has won a major award in his field 14. Not a comic-book artist ---
**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 13, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/28 "2014-07-13T21:10:03Z")
Previous IQs: Because you didn’t die, did a much better person die instead? - Barrabas, a murderer, was freed by Pontius Pilate at the mob’s insistence Did many suspect your husband was gay, which was ironic given his line of work? - Michelle Bachmann; her husband was a “gay conversion” counselor. Did one of your works pertain to geometric shapes in a granular medium? - Belinda Carlisle sang “Circle in the Sand.” DQs: Photographer? Has been listed as an author of books featuring his work? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you write the score of _Dances with Wolves_? Did your character speak Jive? Did you appoint a lawyer from Miami to an important gig? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/29 "2014-07-14T03:10:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write the score of _Dances with Wolves_? > Did your character speak Jive? > Did you appoint a lawyer from Miami to an important gig? DQ. Not Barbara Billingsley. DQ. B 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with B 4. American 5. Alive 6. Known for the Creative Arts 7. Born before 1960 8. Not an author 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Not born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 11. Has done paintings, but not best known for them 12. Best known for the visual arts 13. Has won a major award in his field 14. Not a comic-book artist 15. Not a photographer 16. Has been listed as an author of books featuring his work ---
**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:** [July 14, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/30 "2014-07-14T03:13:13Z")
DQ: Best known for two-dimensional work? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 14, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/31 "2014-07-14T16:43:06Z")
Waiting on Prof’s last DQ before I cash in any of mine. IQ1: Were you created as a parody of excessive \*Garfield \*merchandising? IQ2: Are you the creator of the answer to IQ1? IQ3: Did you recently come out of retirement to contribute to a _Pearls Before Swine_ storyline? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/32 "2014-07-14T21:43:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Best known for two-dimensional work? Yes. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you created as a parody of excessive \*Garfield \*merchandising? > IQ2: Are you the creator of the answer to IQ1? > IQ3: Did you recently come out of retirement to contribute to a _Pearls Before Swine_ storyline? No idea who the first two are, but that doesn’t matter because - Yes! I am comic-strip god Bill Watterson, creator of _Calvin and Hobbes_. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/33 "2014-07-15T00:23:18Z")
Well done, Chock! ---
**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 15, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/34 "2014-07-15T01:22:49Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > No idea who the first two are, but that doesn’t matter because - > > Yes! I am comic-strip god Bill Watterson, creator of _Calvin and Hobbes_. Cool! #1 was Bloom County’s Bill the Cat. #2 was Berke Breathed I’m proud to say I’ve converted my children into Calvin and Hobbes fans. It holds up the best of the Holy Trinity of 1980s comic stripes (Calvin and Hobbes, Bloom County, and The Far Side). Bloom County was a little too topical to work for today’s audience, and when reading the complete Far Side volumes, you can see Larson was starting to repeat himself a lot towards the end. Next up D ---
**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 15, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/35 "2014-07-15T01:31:17Z")
Way to go, **ChockFull**! Any fan of that boy and his tiger should see the new documentary _Dear Mr. Watterson_ - it’s great: [Dear Mr. Watterson (2013) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2222206/?ref_=nv_sr_1) IQs for D: Did you and your classmates swear never to get married, and do so within just a few years? Are you the best-known beet farmer on TV? Is your superior the PHB? ---
**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:** [July 15, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/36 "2014-07-15T02:13:25Z")
IQs: 1. Have you had a radio (and later internet) show devoted to novelty songs for decades? 2. Did you kill Superman? 3. Were you one of the leading French Impressionists? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/37 "2014-07-15T02:58:41Z")
IQ1: Did you and your dog start with a race car, and move on to a plane? IQ2: Were you an RAF POW who later played an RAF POW? IQ3: Did you play an airbourne general in a movie about Arnhem? ---
**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 15, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/38 "2014-07-15T04:21:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs for D: > > Did you and your classmates swear never to get married, and do so within just a few years? > Are you the best-known beet farmer on TV? > Is your superior the PHB? #3 Not Dilbert, subordinate to the Pointy Haired Boss > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you and your dog start with a race car, and move on to a plane? > IQ2: Were you an RAF POW who later played an RAF POW? > IQ3: Did you play an airbourne general in a movie about Arnhem? #1 Not Dick Dastardly > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you had a radio (and later internet) show devoted to novelty songs for decades? > 2. Did you kill Superman? > 3. Were you one of the leading French Impressionists? #2 Not Doomsday #3 Not Degas? But… Yes, I am Dr. Demento:eek::eek: How did… Is that a new record of less than an hour?? I thought “well, I haven’t answered any DQs yet, I could easily change to someone else and nobody would ever know” but dang… that’s a frightening guess. Get out of my head!!😃 ---
**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:** [July 15, 2014, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/39 "2014-07-15T12:00:39Z")
Whut? I just blinked my eyes and… ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/40 "2014-07-15T12:53:03Z")
The previous record, I think, was set back in December when I guessed one with the sixth IQ asked. That one took about two hours. My last round of IQs: > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you and your dog start with a race car, and move on to a plane? > IQ2: Were you an RAF POW who later played an RAF POW? > IQ3: Did you play an airbourne general in a movie about Arnhem? Correct on Dick Dastardly. Former POW Donald Pleasence played the forger in _The Great Escape_. Dirk Bogarde played “Boy” Browning in _A Bridge Too Far_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=3)