# 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:** 22
**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 30, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/421 "2014-07-30T18:23:48Z")
IQs: 1. Did Keanu Reeves play you in a movie based on the writings of William Gibson? 2. Did Michael Keaton play you in a spoof of old gangster movies? 3. Are you the Invisible Woman’s brother? ---
**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 30, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/422 "2014-07-30T19:38:05Z")
1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with J 4. American 5. Not from literature 6. Created after 1950 7. From movies 8. Did not first appear on TV 9. Created after 1990 10. Generally regarded as a good guy ---
**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 30, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/423 "2014-07-30T19:40:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you once serve under a Capt. Garrovick? > Did a man named Vargo do you no favors? > Are you the next-to-most-recent President of Iraq? Not Jean-Luc Picard dunno Not Jabbaveenishard—have no idea how to spell his name so take a 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:** [July 30, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/424 "2014-07-30T19:41:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Keanu Reeves play you in a movie based on the writings of William Gibson? > 2. Did Michael Keaton play you in a spoof of old gangster movies? > 3. Are you the Invisible Woman’s brother? 1. You swine, I have the DVD but I can’t remember the character’s name 2. Not Johnny something 3. Not Johnny Storm ---
**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 30, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/425 "2014-07-30T20:04:36Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Keanu Reeves play you in a movie based on the writings of William Gibson? > > 2. Did Michael Keaton play you in a spoof of old gangster movies? > > 3. Are you the Invisible Woman’s brother? > > 4. You swine, I have the DVD but I can’t remember the character’s name > > 5. Not Johnny something > > 6. Not Johnny Storm #1 … and now you can really hate me for not remembering, because it’s Johnny Mnemonic. #2 Johnny Dangerously. DQs: 1. Main character? 2. From a science fiction movie? ---
**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 30, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/426 "2014-07-30T20:20:50Z")
Previous IQs: Did you once serve under a Capt. Garrovick? - Not Picard, but James T. Kirk Did a man named Vargo do you no favors? - Jaime Lannister (Vargo Hoat chopped his hand off in _Game of Thrones_) Are you the next-to-most-recent President of Iraq? - Jalal Talibani (sp?) DQs: Known to carry a gun? Would be alive today, if real? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you compare fake breasts with a colleague? Were you an advisor to and guardian of a young queen? Were you a fictional candidate for Parliament in 1970? ---
**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 30, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/427 "2014-07-30T23:22:34Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the protagonist from _Avatar_? 2. Are you the main antagonist from _Buckaroo Banzai…_? 3. Are you the hideous comedy relief inflicted upon us all by George Lucas in _Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace_? ---
**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 30, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/428 "2014-07-30T23:36:56Z")
1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with J 4. American 5. Not from literature 6. Created after 1950 7. From movies 8. Did not first appear on TV 9. Created after 1990 10. Generally regarded as a good guy 11. Main Character 12. Not Science Fiction 13. Does not carry a gun 14. Would be alive if real ---
**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 30, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/429 "2014-07-30T23:47:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you compare fake breasts with a colleague? > Were you an advisor to and guardian of a young queen? > Were you a fictional candidate for Parliament in 1970? Not Joan Rivers Not Jedi Knight dunno ---
**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 30, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/430 "2014-07-30T23:50:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist from _Avatar_? > 2. Are you the main antagonist from _Buckaroo Banzai…_? > 3. Are you the hideous comedy relief inflicted upon us all by George Lucas in _Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace_? 1. don’t remember 2. do remember John Lithgow, don’t remember character name 3. wish I didn’t remember, not JarJar Binks ---
**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 31, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/431 "2014-07-31T03:16:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you called “Dingus”? > IQ2: Are you Fenton’s son, and Frank’s brother? > IQ3: Were you the father of Ephraim and Manasseh? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I can only think of Hank Venture, which doesn’t qualify > Not James T. Kirk > Not Joseph Jesse James. Joe Hardy. Correct on Joseph. DQ1: From a comedy? DQ2: From more than one film? IQ1: Are you a bowler called “The Dude”? IQ2: Did you play The Dude? IQ3: Did the bishop of Digne do you a great favour? ---
**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 31, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/432 "2014-07-31T03:48:25Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist from Avatar? > > 2. Are you the main antagonist from Buckaroo Banzai…? > > 3. Are you the hideous comedy relief inflicted upon us all by George Lucas in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace? > > 4. don’t remember > > 5. do remember John Lithgow, don’t remember character name > > 6. wish I didn’t remember, not JarJar Binks #1. John Scully. #2. Lord John Whorfin. #3. Correct. 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 31, 2014, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/433 "2014-07-31T12:04:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a bowler called “The Dude”? Yes, I am Jeff Lebowski. Grats SCAdian! A white Russian and the alphabet jar goes to you! ---
**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 31, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/434 "2014-07-31T13:30:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1 … and now you can really hate me for not remembering, because it’s Johnny Mnemonic. I confused William Gibson with Phillip K. Dick. I was thinking of _A Scanner Darkly_. Senility can be fun sometimes! ---
**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 31, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/435 "2014-07-31T15:08:04Z")
Way to go, SCAdian! ---
**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 31, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/436 "2014-07-31T19:21:44Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Grats SCAdian! A white Russian and the alphabet jar goes to you! Thanks. And make that a quart of white Russian, please. 🙂 I am **E**. ---
**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 31, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/437 "2014-07-31T19:28:00Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a frequent player of this Botticelli game? 2. Are you another frequent player of this Botticelli game? 3. Are you Romain de Tirtoff’s better known pseudonym? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/438 "2014-07-31T21:05:26Z")
IQ: Are you a former President of Columbia University? ---
**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 31, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/439 "2014-07-31T23:31:24Z")
IQ1: Is one of your hits “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)”? IQ2: Were you captured by the Mossad in Argentina and hanged for war crimes in 1962? IQ3: Did you build a a case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) of California in 1993? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/440 "2014-08-01T01:52:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a frequent player of this Botticelli game? > 2. Are you another frequent player of this Botticelli game? > 3. Are you Romain de Tirtoff’s better known pseudonym? Not Elendil’s Heir. Not etv78. DQ. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a former President of Columbia University? Not Dwight D Eisenhower. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Is one of your hits “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)”? > IQ2: Were you captured by the Mossad in Argentina and hanged for war crimes in 1962? > IQ3: Did you build a a case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) of California in 1993? DQ. Not Adolf Eichmann. DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=23)