# 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:** 9
**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 15, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/161 "2015-07-15T12:10:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is the unit of electric potential named after you? > IQ2: Were you a 19th-century multimillionaire known as “Commodore”? > IQ3: Did you play a US Navy lieutenant, a small-town minister, and a security guard? 1. I am not Alessandro Volta. 2. I am not Cornelius Vanderbilt. Take a DQ for 3. ---
**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 15, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/162 "2015-07-15T12:18:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Val Armorr. > 2. I am not Joe Vartax. (or was it Vartaxx?) [_Zardoz_ isn’t just cheesy, it’s downright unwatchable.] > 3, I am not Shrinking Violet. Vartox actually, but close enough. IQ1: Are you a Granny Goodness minion that Jacky Kirby modelled after Benito Mussolini? IQ2: Are you Brainiac 2, originally a ward of the Computer Tyrants of Colu? IQ3: Are you one of the Forever People and a user of magna power? ---
**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 15, 2015, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/163 "2015-07-15T12:26:14Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Granny Goodness minion that Jacky Kirby modelled after Benito Mussolini? > IQ2: Are you Brainiac 2, originally a ward of the Computer Tyrants of Colu? > IQ3: Are you one of the Forever People and a user of magna power? 1. I am not Vermin Vundabar. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Vykin the 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 15, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/164 "2015-07-15T14:41:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Vermin Vundabar. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Vykin the Black. Vril Dox DQ: Alive? ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/165 "2015-07-15T14:49:49Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. 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 15, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/166 "2015-07-15T14:53:12Z")
IQ1: Were you Mama in the TV show _Mama’s Family_? IQ2: Are you Mama’s son, played by Ken Barry? IQ3: Are you an American pop singer, known as “The Polish Prince of Poch”? ---
**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 15, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/167 "2015-07-15T16:08:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you Mama in the TV show _Mama’s Family_? > IQ2: Are you Mama’s son, played by Ken Barry? > IQ3: Are you an American pop singer, known as “The Polish Prince of Poch”? 1. I am not Vicki Lawrence. 2. I am not Vince. 3. I am not Bobby Vinton. ---
**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 15, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/168 "2015-07-15T17:09:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Vicki Lawrence. > 2. I am not Vince. > 3. I am not Bobby Vinton. correct, Vinton, correct DQ: Does first name start with V? ---
**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 15, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/169 "2015-07-15T17:11:31Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. First names starts with V ---
**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 15, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/170 "2015-07-15T17:18:58Z")
IQ1: Are you a female serial killer, the first to be executed by lethal injection in Raleigh NC? IQ2: Were you succeeded by King Edward VII? IQ3: Were you the first child born in the New World to English parents? ---
**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 15, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/171 "2015-07-15T18:21:14Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a female serial killer, the first to be executed by lethal injection in Raleigh NC? > IQ2: Were you succeeded by King Edward VII? > IQ3: Were you the first child born in the New World to English parents? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Queen Victoria. I am not Virginia Dare. ---
**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 15, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/172 "2015-07-15T19:36:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > I am not Queen Victoria. > I am not Virginia Dare. Velma Barfield DQ: European? IQ1: Were you voice of Slinky Dog in the first two _Toy Story_ movies? IQ2: Are you the one IQ1 frequently asked “Know what I mean?” IQ3: Are you the role IQ1 played in _Fernwood 2 Night_? ---
**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 15, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/173 "2015-07-15T20:48:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is the unit of electric potential named after you? > IQ2: Were you a 19th-century multimillionaire known as “Commodore”? > IQ3: Did you play a US Navy lieutenant, a small-town minister, and a security guard? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Alessandro Volta. > 2. I am not Cornelius Vanderbilt. > Take a DQ for 3. Correct. Correct. Dick Van Dyke (_Lt Robin Crusoe USN_, _Cold Turkey_ and _Night at the Museum_). DQ: Known for the Arts? IQ1: Did you write a novel in which a submarine goes through a tunnel from the Red Sea into the Med? IQ2: Did you play Ann Romano’s daughter Barbara? IQ3: Were you the pilot of _Vostok 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 15, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/174 "2015-07-15T21:06:41Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. First names starts with V 5. European 6. Not known for the Arts ---
**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 15, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/175 "2015-07-15T21:07:45Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Velma Barfield > > DQ: European? > > IQ1: Were you voice of Slinky Dog in the first two _Toy Story_ movies? > IQ2: Are you the one IQ1 frequently asked “Know what I mean?” > IQ3: Are you the role IQ1 played in _Fernwood 2 Night_? I am not Jim Varney. I am not Verne. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 15, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/176 "2015-07-15T21:08:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write a novel in which a submarine goes through a tunnel from the Red Sea into the Med? > IQ2: Did you play Ann Romano’s daughter Barbara? > IQ3: Were you the pilot of _Vostok 6_? I am not Jules Verne. I am not Valerie Bertinelli. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 15, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/177 "2015-07-15T21:46:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write a novel in which a submarine goes through a tunnel from the Red Sea into the Med? > IQ2: Did you play Ann Romano’s daughter Barbara? > IQ3: Were you the pilot of _Vostok 6_? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Jules Verne. > I am not Valerie Bertinelli. > Take a DQ for #3. Correct. Correct. Valentine Tereshkova. DQ: British? ---
**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 15, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/178 "2015-07-15T21:59:27Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. First names starts with V 5. European 6. Not known for the Arts 7. British ---
**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 15, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/179 "2015-07-15T22:41:49Z")
IQ1: Were you Kaiser Wilhelm’s mother? IQ2: Were you a Titanic survivor who later survived the sinking of a British hospital ship? IQ3: Were you one of four women to receive a direct award of the George Cross? ---
**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 15, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/180 "2015-07-15T23:31:08Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you voice of Slinky Dog in the first two Toy Story movies? > IQ2: Are you the one IQ1 frequently asked “Know what I mean?” > IQ3: Are you the role IQ1 played in Fernwood 2 Night? > > I am not Jim Varney. I am not Verne. > Take a DQ for #3. Virgil Simms DQ: Known for royalty/holding political office? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=10)