# Botticelli - July 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 4, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270 "2015-07-04T20:37:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 4, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/1 "2015-07-04T20:37:18Z")
I am **R**. ---
**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 4, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/2 "2015-07-04T20:45:48Z")
> [@Botticelli June 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/571): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Elton John sing a song about you on his _Goodbye Yellow Brick Road_ album? > 2. Are you the protagonist in the first two of C. S. Lewis’s Space trilogy? > 3. Were you the protagonist in the TV series _The Greatest American Hero_? DQ. Not … Rasmussen? (Enjoyed the first book; hated the other two.) That was Mr H, but I don’t remember his first name so have another DQ. ---
**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 4, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/3 "2015-07-04T22:46:31Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Elton John sing a song about you on his Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album? > 2. Are you the protagonist in the first two of C. S. Lewis’s Space trilogy? > 3. Were you the protagonist in the TV series The Greatest American Hero? > DQ. > Not … Rasmussen? (Enjoyed the first book; hated the other two.) > That was Mr H, but I don’t remember his first name so have another DQ. #1 was Roy Rogers. #2 was Ransom. #3 was Ralph Hinckley. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name starts with H? ---
**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 4, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/4 "2015-07-04T22:51:29Z")
**R** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with R (or with H :)) ---
**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 5, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/5 "2015-07-05T02:05:03Z")
WTG SCAdian! IQ1: Are you the father of Ivar the Boneless? IQ2: Are you a squirrel that delivers messages on the world tree Yggdrasil? IQ3: Was your song _As Time Goes By_ used in the movie _Casablanca_? ---
**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 5, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/6 "2015-07-05T13:43:31Z")
IQs: 1. Were you voiced by June Foray? 2. Do you solve murder mysteries with a medical examiner names Isles? 3. Did you play Fred Sanford? ---
**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 5, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/7 "2015-07-05T16:31:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the father of Ivar the Boneless? > IQ2: Are you a squirrel that delivers messages on the world tree Yggdrasil? > IQ3: Was your song _As Time Goes By_ used in the movie _Casablanca_? Three DQs. (I may get around to seeing that movie someday.) > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you voiced by June Foray? > 2. Do you solve murder mysteries with a medical examiner names Isles? > 3. Did you play Fred Sanford? Not Rocket J Squirrel. DQ. Not Redd Foxx. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/8 "2015-07-05T21:02:20Z")
IQ1) Did your troubles begin with an invisible playmate you called Captain Howdy? IQ2) Before you got baptized and married, were you known as Pocahontas? IQ3) Were you the manager of a pop group that toured in a school bus? ---
**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 5, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/9 "2015-07-05T21:32:02Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did your troubles begin with an invisible playmate you called Captain Howdy? > > IQ2) Before you got baptized and married, were you known as Pocahontas? > > IQ3) Were you the manager of a pop group that toured in a school bus? DQ. Not Rebecca Rolfe. Not Reuben Kincaid. ---
**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 5, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/10 "2015-07-05T22:08:32Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the father of Ivar the Boneless? > IQ2: Are you a squirrel that delivers messages on the world tree Yggdrasil? > IQ3: Was your song As Time Goes By used in the movie Casablanca? > > Three DQs. (I may get around to seeing that movie someday.) Ragnar Lodbrok, Ratatoskr, Rudy Vallee DQ: From literature? DQ: Created by an American? holding 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 5, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/11 "2015-07-05T22:18:17Z")
IQ1: Are you the stretchy leader of the Fantastic Four? IQ2: Are you the procyon member of the Guardians of the Galaxy? IQ3: Are you Captain America’s archenemy, who creator Joe Simon said was inspired by seeing a cherry on top of a hot fudge sundae? ---
**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 5, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/12 "2015-07-05T22:29:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you voiced by June Foray? > 2. Do you solve murder mysteries with a medical examiner names Isles? > 3. Did you play Fred Sanford? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Rocket J Squirrel. > DQ. > Not Redd Foxx. Correct, Jane Rizzoli (on the TV and book series _Rizzoli & Isles_), correct. DQ: Best known 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 5, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/13 "2015-07-05T22:44:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the stretchy leader of the Fantastic Four? > IQ2: Are you the procyon member of the Guardians of the Galaxy? > IQ3: Are you Captain America’s archenemy, who creator Joe Simon said was inspired by seeing a cherry on top of a hot fudge sundae? Not Reed Richards. Not Rocket Raccoon. Not the Red Skull. **R** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with R 4. Not from literature 5. Created by an American Prof, ask another DQ - KO beat you to that one. (Unless, of course, you want to distinguish between being “best known from lit” and being “originally from lit,” which is how I interpreted KO’s question.) ---
**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 5, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/14 "2015-07-05T23:36:20Z")
Upon rereading the wikipedia article on Rudy Vallee, he covered “As Time Goes By,” but did not write it. So, I relinquish the DQ I was holding. ---
**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 6, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/15 "2015-07-06T00:00:09Z")
IQ1: Do you work at RST Video in the movie _Clerks_? IQ2: Did you portray John Shaft in the first \*Shaft \*movie? IQ3: Are you the white gi-wearing lead character from the \*Streetfighter \*games? ---
**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 6, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/16 "2015-07-06T00:34:26Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Do you work at RST Video in the movie _Clerks_? > IQ2: Did you portray John Shaft in the first \*Shaft \*movie? > IQ3: Are you the white gi-wearing lead character from the \*Streetfighter \*games? DQ. Not Richard Roundtree. DQ. ---
**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 6, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/17 "2015-07-06T01:16:00Z")
R it is. IQs: Did your son pretend to be talking to you in a credit-card ad? Married to a VIP, were you tiny and loved the color red? Did you publicly complain that your dad hadn’t seen his grandkids in too long a time? ---
**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 6, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/18 "2015-07-06T12:04:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your son pretend to be talking to you in a credit-card ad? > Married to a VIP, were you tiny and loved the color red? > Did you publicly complain that your dad hadn’t seen his grandkids in too long a time? 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 6, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/19 "2015-07-06T13:07:18Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Do you work at RST Video in the movie Clerks? > IQ2: Did you portray John Shaft in the first Shaft movie? > IQ3: Are you the white gi-wearing lead character from the Streetfighter games? > > DQ. > Not Richard Roundtree. > DQ. Randal, correct, Ryu DQ: Originally from TV? holding 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 6, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/20 "2015-07-06T13:20:50Z")
IQ1: Are you a leading figure of the French Revolution who advocated the creation of the Cult of the Supreme Being? IQ2: Are you an NFL running back who had to relinquish the Heisman Trophy you won while at USC in 2005? IQ3: Are you a _Larry Sanders Show_ star whose first name is an action and whose last name is the effect of that action? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=2)