# 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:** 19
**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, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/361 "2015-07-26T17:49:46Z")
> [@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”? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Carlos Castaneda (which I thought was supposed to be fiction), dunno, not Johnny Cash Correct, Orlando Cepeda, correct. 1 DQ 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 26, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/362 "2015-07-26T21:51:30Z")
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 10. Not specifically associated with NYC 11. Not a cop or detective 12. Would be alive if real, in the sense that he has never been depicted as dead ---
**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, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/363 "2015-07-26T21:55:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? Some day I’m going to study Abraham Lincoln so I can answer these questions. 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, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/364 "2015-07-26T22:31:17Z")
IQ1: Did you create an incomplete list of improper words? IQ2: Do the Germans call you Karl der Grosse? IQ3: Does Moe call you “Twinky”? ---
**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, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/365 "2015-07-26T22:50:39Z")
DQ: From a song? ---
**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 27, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/366 "2015-07-27T04:43:21Z")
Previous IQs: Was it said that you probably wouldn’t steal a hot stove? - Simon Cameron, Lincoln’s first SecWar. Did Lincoln give you a new gig in December 1864? - Salmon P. Chase, appointed Chief Justice of the U.S. Were you the Finch family’s beloved servant? - Calpurnia, in _To Kill a Mockingbird_. DQs: Associated with big-city life? Created since 1980? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you write a book about the experience of playing Shakespeare’s Richard III? Are you the only signer of the Declaration of Independence to include your hometown along with your signature? Are you a Canadian often mocked for your baldness on a TV show? ---
**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 27, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/367 "2015-07-27T11:49:33Z")
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 10. Not specifically associated with NYC 11. Not a cop or detective 12. Would be alive if real, in the sense that he has never been depicted as dead 13. Not from a song 14. Not associated with big-city life 15. Created before 1980 ---
**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 27, 2015, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/368 "2015-07-27T11:51:53Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you create an incomplete list of improper words? > IQ2: Do the Germans call you Karl der Grosse? > IQ3: Does Moe call you “Twinky”? not George Carlin, 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 27, 2015, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/369 "2015-07-27T11:56:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write a book about the experience of playing Shakespeare’s Richard III? > Are you the only signer of the Declaration of Independence to include your hometown along with your signature? > Are you a Canadian often mocked for your baldness on a TV show? not Tim Curry (?), not Samuel Chase (?), not John Candy (?) ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/370 "2015-07-27T13:23:31Z")
Previous IQs: Did you write a book about the experience of playing Shakespeare’s Richard III? - No, 'twas Simon Callow. Are you the only signer of the Declaration of Independence to include your hometown along with your signature? - Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Are you a Canadian often mocked for your baldness on a TV show? - Colin Mochrie, on _Whose Line Is It Anyway?_ That leaves me with four unasked DQs. I’m coming up blank here. Others may use my DQs, one per customer. ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/371 "2015-07-27T13:31:03Z")
Using one of EH’s proffered DQs (thank you): DQ: From a comic strip? IQs: 1. Did you voice Superman in _The Lego Movie_? 2. Did you write _The Book of the Duchess_? 3. Did you turn Odysseus’s men into swine? ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/372 "2015-07-27T13:41:45Z")
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 10. Not specifically associated with NYC 11. Not a cop or detective 12. Would be alive if real, in the sense that he has never been depicted as dead 13. Not from a song 14. Not associated with big-city life 15. Created before 1980 16. Not from a comic strip ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/373 "2015-07-27T13:45:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you voice Superman in _The Lego Movie_? > 2. Did you write _The Book of the Duchess_? > 3. Did you turn Odysseus’s men into swine? not Chris Pratt(?), dunno, not Circe ---
**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 27, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/374 "2015-07-27T14:25:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Using one of EH’s proffered DQs (thank you): > DQ: From a comic strip? > > IQs: > > 1. Did you voice Superman in _The Lego Movie_? > 2. Did you write _The Book of the Duchess_? > 3. Did you turn Odysseus’s men into swine? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Chris Pratt(?), dunno, not Circe #1 was Channing Tatum. #2 was Geoffrey Chaucer (his first book). Correct on 3. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 27, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/375 "2015-07-27T21:09:45Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you create an incomplete list of improper words? > IQ2: Do the Germans call you Karl der Grosse? > IQ3: Does Moe call you “Twinky”? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not George Carlin, dunno x2 Correct. Charlemagne. Calvin (“… and Hobbes”). DQ: From advertising? Two DQs 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 27, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/376 "2015-07-27T21:53:07Z")
So, we’ve got radio characters, but not OTR. We’ve got characters from theater, or stand-up comedians, or ventriloquists dummies. We’ve got sports mascots. Hmmm… ---
**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 27, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/377 "2015-07-27T21:56:13Z")
IQ: Are you the best known sports mascot from San Diego? ---
**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 28, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/378 "2015-07-28T00:59:15Z")
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 10. Not specifically associated with NYC 11. Not a cop or detective 12. Would be alive if real, in the sense that he has never been depicted as dead 13. Not from a song 14. Not associated with big-city life 15. Created before 1980 16. Not from a comic strip 17. From advertising ---
**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 28, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/379 "2015-07-28T01:00:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Are you the best known sports mascot from San Diego? not the Charger guy? ---
**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 28, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/380 "2015-07-28T01:42:21Z")
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