# 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:** 6
**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 18, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/101 "2014-07-18T02:35:30Z")
Correct on all three. IQs: 1. Did you routinely report that Franco was still dead? 2. Are you also known as Selina Kyle? 3. Did you hang around with Spinner and Paddlefoot? ---
**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 18, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/102 "2014-07-18T12:11:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > Not … Cuchulain? > Not Crystal. Cleveland Brown > [@](#): > > Who was the one I didn’t identify from your first lot (_Miss Jane Pittman_)? Cicely Tyson DQ: From literature? ---
**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 18, 2014, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/103 "2014-07-18T12:21:53Z")
IQ1: Are you the rock star Wayne Campbell crushed on, and his friend Garth described as “if she were president, she’d be Babe-raham Lincoln”? IQ2: Are you the actress who played her? IQ3: Are you the actual rock star Wayne and Garth met backstage and genuflected to? ---
**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 18, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/104 "2014-07-18T12:25:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you routinely report that Franco was still dead? > 2. Are you also known as Selina Kyle? > 3. Did you hang around with Spinner and Paddlefoot? Not Chevy Chase. Not Catwoman. Not Clutch Cargo. **C** 1. Fictional 2. Last name starts with C 3. Female 4. Not from the movies 5. Not from literature ---
**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 18, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/105 "2014-07-18T12:26:42Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the rock star Wayne Campbell crushed on, and his friend Garth described as “if she were president, she’d be Babe-raham Lincoln”? > IQ2: Are you the actress who played her? > IQ3: Are you the actual rock star Wayne and Garth met backstage and genuflected to? Haven’t the faintest idea what you’re referring to, so take three DQs. ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/106 "2014-07-18T15:26:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Haven’t the faintest idea what you’re referring to, so take three DQs. From the movie _Wayne’s World! Wayne’s World! Wayne’s World!_ /air guitar riff 1. Cassandra 2. Tia Carrere 3. Alice Cooper DQ: from the comics? reserving 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/107 "2014-07-18T15:58:41Z")
IQ: Were you the 1st love of someone whose grown-up voice sounded suspiciously like one of the “Wet Bandits”? ---
**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 18, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/108 "2014-07-18T18:46:52Z")
Correct on all 3 again. IQs: 1. Are you an ancient scholar one of whose quotes is: “Big book, big evil”? 2. Did you solve mysteries with your number one son? 3. Were you the Jewish high priest who served as Jesus’s main antagonist in the New Testament? ---
**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 19, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/109 "2014-07-19T03:15:00Z")
Previous IQs: Were you an aristocratic but sneaky Tory politico in Jeffrey Archer’s thriller _First Among Equals_? - Charles Seymour Did you record “letters” to your sister back in Boston? - Charles Winchester, on _M_A_SH_ Did you serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and once run for President? - Charles Evans Hughes, who lost to Woodrow Wilson in 1916 DQs: Would be alive today, if real? American? First appeared since 1900? IQs: Did you give your horse a top government post? Did you write a book about your experiences playing Richard III? Did you fund the expedition that found the Confederate submarine _Hunley_? ---
**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 19, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/110 "2014-07-19T04:10:44Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you the 1st love of someone whose grown-up voice sounded suspiciously like one of the “Wet Bandits”? DQ. And welcome back! > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an ancient scholar one of whose quotes is: “Big book, big evil”? > 2. Did you solve mysteries with your number one son? > 3. Were you the Jewish high priest who served as Jesus’s main antagonist in the New Testament? Not … Confucius? Not Charlie Chan. Not Caiaphas. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you give your horse a top government post? > Did you write a book about your experiences playing Richard III? > Did you fund the expedition that found the Confederate submarine _Hunley_? Not Caligula. DQ. Not Clive Cussler. **C** 1. Fictional 2. Last name starts with C 3. Female 4. Not from the movies 5. Not from literature 6. Not from the comics 7. Might be alive today, if real, but unlikely 8. American 9. First appeared after 1900 ---
**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 19, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/111 "2014-07-19T12:52:42Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an ancient scholar one of whose quotes is: “Big book, big evil”? > 2. Did you solve mysteries with your number one son? > 3. Were you the Jewish high priest who served as Jesus’s main antagonist in the New Testament? > > Not … Confucius? > Not Charlie Chan. > Not Caiaphas. #1 was Callimachus. Correct on 2 and 3. DQ: From TV? ---
**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 19, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/112 "2014-07-19T12:56:29Z")
IQs: 1. Did you repeatedly intone “Cathage must be destroyed”? 2. Are you married to Rachel Weisz? 3. Are you the actor currently playing Superman in the movies? ---
**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 19, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/113 "2014-07-19T15:35:05Z")
DQ: From a song? 1 DQ in reserve ---
**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 19, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/114 "2014-07-19T15:49:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you repeatedly intone “Cathage must be destroyed”? > 2. Are you married to Rachel Weisz? > 3. Are you the actor currently playing Superman in the movies? Not Cato the Elder. DQ. DQ. **C** 1. Fictional 2. Last name starts with C 3. Female 4. Not from the movies 5. Not from literature 6. Not from the comics 7. Might be alive today, if real, but unlikely 8. American 9. First appeared after 1900 10. Not from TV 11. Not from a song ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/115 "2014-07-19T17:56:35Z")
That was Winnie Cooper DQ: From the stage? (I.e. a play) ---
**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 19, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/116 "2014-07-19T19:33:55Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you repeatedly intone “Cathage must be destroyed”? > 2. Are you married to Rachel Weisz? > 3. Are you the actor currently playing Superman in the movies? > > Not Cato the Elder. > DQ. > DQ. Cato’s correct. Daniel Craig (the latest 007) is married to Rachel Weisz. Henry Cavill played Superman in _Man of Steel_. 2 DQs reserved for the moment. ---
**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 19, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/117 "2014-07-19T22:12:58Z")
DQ 2 of 2: From an expression? ---
**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 20, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/118 "2014-07-20T01:44:40Z")
**C** 1. Fictional 2. Last name starts with C 3. Female 4. Not from the movies 5. Not from literature 6. Not from the comics 7. Might be alive today, if real, but unlikely 8. American 9. First appeared after 1900 10. Not from TV 11. Not from a song 12. Not from the stage 13. Not from an expression ---
**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 20, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/119 "2014-07-20T02:16:03Z")
DQ: From the depths of your imagination? JK, don’t have DQs left. IQ1: Did you direct _Cleopatra_ (1934 version)? IQ2: Did you star as Cleopatra in the same film? IQ3: Did Warren William star as you in the same film? ---
**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 20, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/120 "2014-07-20T02:31:02Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you direct _Cleopatra_ (1934 version)? > IQ2: Did you star as Cleopatra in the same film? > IQ3: Did Warren William star as you in the same film? DQ. DQ. Not Julius Caesar. (At least, he’s the obvious male role in a movie about Cleopatra…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=7)