# 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:** 3
**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, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/41 "2014-07-15T13:01:19Z")
Wow! A number of years back I attended a science fiction/fantasy convention in Ohio called MarCon, and, knowing the Doctor would be in, I wore a tux and top hat. I hadn’t gone gray yet, but everybody (including the convention staff and people who have known him a long time) thought I was him. I have a picture of the two of us together around here somewhere. Ah, memories… Soooo, now… I am O! ---
**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, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/42 "2014-07-15T15:21:59Z")
Wow, fast work, **Prof. P.**! Well done. Previous IQs for D: Did you and your classmates swear never to get married, [but] do so within just a few years? - Dwight Eisenhower and some fellow West Point cadets. They all met and married their wives soon after. Are you the best-known beet farmer on TV? - Dwight Schrute, on _The Office_. Is your superior the PHB? - Yes, Dilbert. On to O. IQs: Are you an actor and author born in Burlington, Vt. whose father became chief of the Harvard University campus police? Did you play Harry Lime? Did Mork regularly report 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 15, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/43 "2014-07-15T15:45:09Z")
O RLY? IQ1: Are you known as the father of the atomic bomb? IQ2: Are you the daughter of Polonius? IQ3: Are you a Roman poet who wrote the Metamorphoses? ---
**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, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/44 "2014-07-15T16:14:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you an actor and author born in Burlington, Vt. whose father became chief of the Harvard University campus police? > Did you play Harry Lime? > Did Mork regularly report to you? Unless it’s Orson Bean (who I am not), take a DQ for #1. I’m not Orson Welles. I’m not Orson. ---
**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, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/45 "2014-07-15T16:15:39Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > O RLY? > > IQ1: Are you known as the father of the atomic bomb? > IQ2: Are you the daughter of Polonius? > IQ3: Are you a Roman poet who wrote the Metamorphoses? I am not Oppenheimer. I am not Ophelia. I am not Ovid. ---
**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, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/46 "2014-07-15T16:29:21Z")
IQ1: Were you the first chancellor of the Second Reich? IQ2: Were you a smiling character in an '80s robot-shooting game? IQ3: Were you a 19th-century German glider pilot? ---
**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, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/47 "2014-07-15T17:30:11Z")
poop IQ1: Are you Percy Bysshe Shelley’s version of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II? IQ2: Are you a professional wrestler, feared for your dreaded finishing move the Heart Punch, and noted for the catchphrase “I love to hurt people?” IQ3: Are you a professional wrestler who fell to his death in Kansas City, Missouri in 1999? ---
**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, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/48 "2014-07-15T17:50:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first chancellor of the Second Reich? > IQ2: Were you a smiling character in an '80s robot-shooting game? > IQ3: Were you a 19th-century German glider pilot? I’m not Otto von Bismarck. Take DQs for the other 2. ---
**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, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/49 "2014-07-15T17:51:51Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > poop > > IQ1: Are you Percy Bysshe Shelley’s version of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II? > IQ2: Are you a professional wrestler, feared for your dreaded finishing move the Heart Punch, and noted for the catchphrase “I love to hurt people?” > IQ3: Are you a professional wrestler who fell to his death in Kansas City, Missouri in 1999? I am not Ozymandias, King of Kings, Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair! Take 2 DQs for the wrestlers. ---
**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, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/50 "2014-07-15T18:37:48Z")
IQ1: Were you harshly punished for spilling seed on the ground? IQ2: Did you derive your pen name from your favorite English river? IQ3: Were you equated with the Hindenberg, the Titanic and the Edsel in your first appearance? ---
**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, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/51 "2014-07-15T18:49:44Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you harshly punished for spilling seed on the ground? > IQ2: Did you derive your pen name from your favorite English river? > IQ3: Were you equated with the Hindenberg, the Titanic and the Edsel in your first appearance? I am not Onan. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/52 "2014-07-15T20:57:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first chancellor of the Second Reich? > IQ2: Were you a smiling character in an '80s robot-shooting game? > IQ3: Were you a 19th-century German glider pilot? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Otto von Bismarck. Take DQs for the other 2. Correct on Otto von Bismarck. Evil Otto, from the arcade game _Berzerk!_ Otto Lilienthal. That game ate a lot of my quarters when I was at BE&E, and I still often say “Intruder alert. The humanoid must not escape.” DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? IQ1: Are you the only girl from a musical Mormon family? IQ2: Did a mother bat tell her child you were not hiding under his bed? IQ3: Are you best known for popcorn? ---
**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, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/53 "2014-07-15T21:16:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Stop the humanoid. Stop the intruder. > > IQ1: Are you the only girl from a musical Mormon family? > IQ2: Did a mother bat tell her child you were not hiding under his bed? > IQ3: Are you best known for popcorn? 1. I am not Marie Osmond. Take a DQ for #2. 2. I am not Otis Redenbacker. ---
**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, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/54 "2014-07-15T21:17:48Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Female. ---
**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, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/55 "2014-07-15T21:24:37Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you Percy Bysshe Shelley’s version of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II? > IQ2: Are you a professional wrestler, feared for your dreaded finishing move the Heart Punch, and noted for the catchphrase “I love to hurt people?” > IQ3: Are you a professional wrestler who fell to his death in Kansas City, Missouri in 1999? Hah! I knew I could get you with the lowbrow questions! Correct, Ox Baker, Owen Hart DQ1: Alive? DQ2: American? ---
**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, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/56 "2014-07-15T21:28:40Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Female. 3. Dead. 4. American. She wasn’t born in America, but that particular bit of trivia is more of a red herring than a help. She was born of American parents abroad, and is remembered as American. ---
**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, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/57 "2014-07-15T22:28:36Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you harshly punished for spilling seed on the ground? > IQ2: Did you derive your pen name from your favorite English river? > IQ3: Were you equated with the Hindenberg, the Titanic and the Edsel in your first appearance? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Onan. Take 2 DQs for the others. 2: George Orwell, nee Eric Blair, who took his name from the River Orwell. 3: Odie the dog, from the Garfield comic strip, back when it still contained trace amounts of humor. DQ1: Known for the arts? I’ll hold on to my second one. IQ1: Are you known for paintings of flowers and New Mexico landscapes? IQ2: Are you a fantastic musician who attempted to bring Eurydice home? IQ3: Are you a prominent “birther”? ---
**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, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/58 "2014-07-15T22:34:19Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Female. 3. Dead. 4. American. 5. Known for the Arts. ---
**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, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/59 "2014-07-15T22:35:23Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you known for paintings of flowers and New Mexico landscapes? > IQ2: Are you a fantastic musician who attempted to bring Eurydice home? > IQ3: Are you a prominent “birther”? 1. I am not Georgia O’Keeffe. 2. I am not Orpheus. 3. I am not Bill O’Reilly. ---
**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 16, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/60 "2014-07-16T03:43:17Z")
Previous IQs: Are you an actor and author born in Burlington, Vt. whose father became chief of the Harvard University campus police? - Yes, Orson Bean Did you play Harry Lime? - Yes, Orson Welles Did Mork regularly report to you? - Yes, Orson Nicely done! IQs: Was your secretary Fawn Hall? Were you a noted Philadelphia conductor? Were you Bruno Magli shoes once much discussed? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=4)