# 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:** 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 6, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/21 "2015-07-06T14:51:05Z")
Okay, 1 DQ reserved. Thanks! IQs: 1. Are you the author of _The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse_ and _The Brentford Chainstore Massacre_? 2. Are you one of King Lear’s daughters? 3. Are you a theologian best known for your study Bible? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/22 "2015-07-06T15:33:07Z")
In “The Exorcist,” Captain Howdy was the first manifestation of the demon that possessed Regan (Linda Blair) MacNeil. DQ) Best known from a movie? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/23 "2015-07-06T15:36:45Z")
IQ1) Were you hypnotized and programmed to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II? IQ2) Did you coach the last all-white team to win the NCAA football title? IQ3) Did the Beatles steal your drummer, after firing Pete Best? ---
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/24 "2015-07-06T20:44:18Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 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? Not Robespierre. DQ. Not … Rip Torn? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the author of _The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse_ and _The Brentford Chainstore Massacre_? > 2. Are you one of King Lear’s daughters? > 3. Are you a theologian best known for your study Bible? Three DQs. > [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you hypnotized and programmed to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II? > > IQ2) Did you coach the last all-white team to win the NCAA football title? > > IQ3) Did the Beatles steal your drummer, after firing Pete Best? Three DQs. **R** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with R 4. Not from literature 5. Created by an American 6. Not originally from TV 7. Not best known from a movie (though there was one) ---
**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, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/25 "2015-07-06T22:17:33Z")
> [@](#): > > 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? > > Not Robespierre. > DQ. > Not … Rip Torn? correct, Reggie Bush, correct DQ: From the comics? 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, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/26 "2015-07-06T22:40:18Z")
IQ1: Did Liam Neeson portray you in _Batman Begins_? IQ2: Have Jason Todd, Tim Drake, and Stephanie Brown been you? IQ3: Were you the voice of Mr. Potato Head in the _Toy Story_ movies? ---
**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, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/27 "2015-07-06T22:56:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did Liam Neeson portray you in _Batman Begins_? > IQ2: Have Jason Todd, Tim Drake, and Stephanie Brown been you? > IQ3: Were you the voice of Mr. Potato Head in the _Toy Story_ movies? Not … the Riddler? DQ. And I’m not Don Rickles, either, ya hockey puck! **R** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with R 4. Not from literature 5. Created by an American 6. Not originally from TV 7. Not best known from a movie (though there was one) 8. Not from the comics ---
**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 7, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/28 "2015-07-07T00:31:15Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the author of The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse and The Brentford Chainstore Massacre? > 2. Are you one of King Lear’s daughters? > 3. Are you a theologian best known for your study Bible? > Three DQs. #1 is Robert Rankin. #2 is Regan. #3 is Charles C. Ryrie. DQs: 1. From a song? 2. Unusual name? 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 7, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/29 "2015-07-07T00:33:32Z")
**R** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with R 4. Not from literature 5. Created by an American 6. Not originally from TV 7. Not best known from a movie (though there was one) 8. Not from the comics 9. From a song 10. Unusual name ---
**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 7, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/30 "2015-07-07T01:48:01Z")
DQ: Created after 1960? ---
**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 7, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/31 "2015-07-07T01:49:01Z")
IQ: Are you the title character of a hit song by Fleetwood Mac? ---
**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 7, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/32 "2015-07-07T02:03:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Are you the title character of a hit song by Fleetwood Mac? DQ. **R** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with R 4. Not from literature 5. Created by an American 6. Not originally from TV 7. Not best known from a movie (though there was one) 8. Not from the comics 9. From a song 10. Unusual name 11. Created after 1960 ---
**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 7, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/33 "2015-07-07T02:06:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Are you the title character of a hit song by Fleetwood Mac? That was Rhiannon. 2 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 7, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/34 "2015-07-07T02:09:54Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the title character of a Rolling Stones song? 2. Are you told not to lose the number in a Steely Dan song? 3. Are you the title character of a Police 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 7, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/35 "2015-07-07T03:08:26Z")
Previous IQs: Did your son pretend to be talking to you in a credit-card ad? - Ronald Reagan (Ron Jr. pretended to call him from an airport). Married to a VIP, were you tiny and loved the color red? - Nancy Reagan. Did you publicly complain that your dad hadn’t seen his grandkids in too long a time? - Michael Reagan. DQs: Created after 2000? Considered a “good guy”? In a love song? IQs: Were you Samwell’s ogre of a dad? Did you appear in a movie in the past five years with bird poop on your head? Did you sing a duet about domestic violence? ---
**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 7, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/36 "2015-07-07T12:21:43Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did Liam Neeson portray you in Batman Begins? > IQ2: Have Jason Todd, Tim Drake, and Stephanie Brown been you? > IQ3: Were you the voice of Mr. Potato Head in the Toy Story movies? > > Not … the Riddler? > DQ. > And I’m not Don Rickles, either, ya hockey puck! Ra’s Al Ghul, Robin, correct holding 3 DQs as I ruminate ---
**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 7, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/37 "2015-07-07T12:35:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the title character of a Rolling Stones song? > 2. Are you told not to lose the number in a Steely Dan song? > 3. Are you the title character of a Police song? DQ. Not Rikki. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Samwell’s ogre of a dad? > Did you appear in a movie in the past five years with bird poop on your head? > Did you sing a duet about domestic violence? DQ. Not Radagast the Brown. DQ. **R** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with R 4. Not from literature 5. Created by an American 6. Not originally from TV 7. Not best known from a movie (though there was one) 8. Not from the comics 9. From a song 10. Unusual name 11. Created after 1960 12. Not created after 2000 13. Troublemaker, but presented as a “good guy” 14. Not in a love song ---
**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 7, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/38 "2015-07-07T15:18:26Z")
DQ: From a rock song? 2 DQs remain ---
**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 7, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/39 "2015-07-07T15:35:16Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Samwell’s ogre of a dad? - Randall Tarlys, in _Game of Thrones_. Did you appear in a movie in the past five years with bird poop on your head? - Yes, the wizard Radagast, in the _Hobbit_ movies. Did you sing a duet about domestic violence? - Rihanna, with Eminem, in “Love The Way You Lie.” DQs: Character is an American? Dies in the song? IQs: Are you a jurist called “notorious”? Did you direct _The Ghost Writer_? Did you forego a fashion statement of your predecessor? ---
**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 7, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/40 "2015-07-07T15:44:36Z")
IQ1: Are you a young boy from the Black mining Hills of Dakota who set out to shoot off the legs of your rival? IQ2: Did you love Little White Dove with a love that couldn’t die? IQ3: Had the evening headlines read that you went home last night and put a bullet through your head? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=3)