# 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:** 18
**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 25, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/341 "2015-07-25T13:21:30Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a French landscape painter whose work presaged the plein-air movement? 2. Were you the artist who wrote the Realist Manifesto? 3. Were you the most famous Italian painter of the early 17th Century? ---
**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 25, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/342 "2015-07-25T13:41:50Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional ---
**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 25, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/343 "2015-07-25T13:45:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you marry your first cousin, who was worried that you’d go to hell (but not for that)? > Are you the Duke of Rothesay? > Were you the Tory villain of _First Among Equals_? take 3 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 25, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/344 "2015-07-25T13:46:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a French landscape painter whose work presaged the plein-air movement? > 2. Were you the artist who wrote the Realist Manifesto? > 3. Were you the most famous Italian painter of the early 17th Century? not Claude Monet, not Chagal(?), dunno ---
**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 25, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/345 "2015-07-25T14:00:48Z")
[QUOTE] IQs: 1. Were you a French landscape painter whose work presaged the plein-air movement? 2. Were you the artist who wrote the Realist Manifesto? 3. Were you the most famous Italian painter of the early 17th Century? not Claude Monet, not Chagal(?), dunno #1 was Camille Corot. Monet and the Impressionists arrived in the height of the plein-air movement, not before. #2 was Gustave Courbet. #3 was Caravaggio. DQs: 4. Male? 5. Created by an American or Americans? 6. Best known from TV or 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 25, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/346 "2015-07-25T15:25:16Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created by an American or Americans 4. Known to be from TV or movies, but not primarily ---
**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 25, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/347 "2015-07-25T17:48:47Z")
IQs: 1. Were you attacked by a killer rabbit? 2. Were you Harlequin’s love interest? 3. Did Antony Banderas play you in _Evita_? ---
**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 25, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/348 "2015-07-25T20:06:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you attacked by a killer rabbit? > 2. Were you Harlequin’s love interest? > 3. Did Antony Banderas play you in _Evita_? not Jimmy Carter, dunno, not Che Guevera ---
**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 25, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/349 "2015-07-25T20:16:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you attacked by a killer rabbit? > 2. Were you Harlequin’s love interest? > 3. Did Antony Banderas play you in _Evita_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Jimmy Carter, dunno, not Che Guevera Correct, Columbine, correct. DQ: Is C the initial of your last name? ---
**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 26, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/350 "2015-07-26T01:10:28Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created by an American or Americans 4. Known to be from TV or movies, but not primarily 5. C is the initial of my last name ---
**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 26, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/351 "2015-07-26T01:21:15Z")
IQ1: Did you start as a detective in the 1880s, get updated in the 1930s, and then get update again (to a secret agent) in the 1960S? IQ2: Did a gourd tell a grape that he looked like you? IQ3: Were you an Air Force pilot who starred in a long-running newspaper strip? ---
**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 26, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/352 "2015-07-26T02:32:10Z")
Previous IQs: Did you marry your first cousin, who was worried that you’d go to hell (but not for that)? - Charles Darwin. Are you the Duke of Rothesay? - Charles, Prince of Wales. Were you the Tory villain of _First Among Equals_? - Charles Seymour. Charles x3! DQs: Created since 1950? Considered a “good guy”? First appeared in a book or short story? IQs: Did you own a strip joint in Camden County? Were you a hero of Little Round Top? Did your father never visit you at school despite your heartbreaking letters begging him to? ---
**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 26, 2015, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/353 "2015-07-26T12:20:31Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created by an American or Americans 4. Known to be from TV or movies, but not primarily 5. C is the initial of my last name 6. Created since 1950 7. Considered a “good guy” 8. Did not first appear in a book or short story ---
**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 26, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/354 "2015-07-26T12:38:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you start as a detective in the 1880s, get updated in the 1930s, and then get update again (to a secret agent) in the 1960S? > IQ2: Did a gourd tell a grape that he looked like you? > IQ3: Were you an Air Force pilot who starred in a long-running newspaper strip? not Nick Carter, dunno x2 ---
**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 26, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/355 "2015-07-26T12:40:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you own a strip joint in Camden County? > Were you a hero of Little Round Top? > Did your father never visit you at school despite your heartbreaking letters begging him to? take 3 DQs ---
**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 26, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/356 "2015-07-26T13:00:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you start as a detective in the 1880s, get updated in the 1930s, and then get update again (to a secret agent) in the 1960S? > IQ2: Did a gourd tell a grape that he looked like you? > IQ3: Were you an Air Force pilot who starred in a long-running newspaper strip? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Nick Carter, dunno x2 Correct. Captain Crunch ([around 2:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaWU1CmrJNc)). Steve Canyon. DQ: First appeared in comic books? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 26, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/357 "2015-07-26T14:02:39Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an anthropologist who published a series of books about a Native American shaman which were represented as being true, but later had to reveal they were fiction? 2. Are you a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame who played first base for the Cardinals? 3. Were you “the Man in Black”? ---
**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 26, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/358 "2015-07-26T16:45:35Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created by an American or Americans 4. Known to be from TV or movies, but not primarily 5. C is the initial of my last name 6. Created since 1950 7. Considered a “good guy” 8. Did not first appear in a book or short story 9. Did not first appear in comic books ---
**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 26, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/359 "2015-07-26T16:47:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an anthropologist who published a series of books about a Native American shaman which were represented as being true, but later had to reveal they were fiction? > 2. Are you a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame who played first base for the Cardinals? > 3. Were you “the Man in Black”? not Carlos Castaneda (which I thought was supposed to be fiction), dunno, not Johnny Cash ---
**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 26, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/360 "2015-07-26T17:33:25Z")
Previous IQs: Did you own a strip joint in Camden County? - Chubby, in _My Name is Earl_. Were you a hero of Little Round Top? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Did your father never visit you at school despite your heartbreaking letters begging him to? - Winston Churchill. DQs: Associated with NYC? Cop/detective? Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Was it said that you probably wouldn’t steal a hot stove? Did Lincoln give you a new gig in December 1864? Were you the Finch family’s beloved servant? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=19)