# Botticelli July 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 1, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885 "2016-07-01T19:49:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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 16, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/141 "2016-07-16T13:56:23Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a folk singer known as “the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement”? 2. Are you Superman’s Pal? 3. Were you the original star of the Thimble Theatre comic strip? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/142 "2016-07-16T19:47:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a folk singer known as “the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement”? > 2. Are you Superman’s Pal? > 3. Were you the original star of the Thimble Theatre comic strip? DQ (this has the feel of one I should know, like O’Neill…duh), not Jimmy Olson, DQ. Answers to DQ’s: 1. Fictional. ---
**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 16, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/143 "2016-07-16T21:33:55Z")
IQs: Were you Titania’s husband? Were you an Alsatian cleric and peacemaker thought of as the Gandhi or MLK of your time? Were you Queen Cersei’s lover, tortured into revealing their affair? ---
**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 16, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/144 "2016-07-16T22:03:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a folk singer known as “the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement”? > 2. Are you Superman’s Pal? > 3. Were you the original star of the Thimble Theatre comic strip? > [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > DQ (this has the feel of one I should know, like O’Neill…duh), not Jimmy Olson, DQ. > > Answers to DQ’s: > > 1. Fictional. #1 was Odetta. Correct on James Bartholomew. #3 was Castor Oyl, brother of Olive, whose strip was usurped by a sailor. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Created by an American author? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/145 "2016-07-17T02:25:53Z")
Answers to DQ’s: 1. Fictional. 2. Male. 3. Created by an American author. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/146 "2016-07-17T02:32:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Titania’s husband? > Were you an Alsatian cleric and peacemaker thought of as the Gandhi or MLK of your time? > Were you Queen Cersei’s lover, tortured into revealing their affair? Not Oberon, DQ, 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 17, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/147 "2016-07-17T02:35:14Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the lead male character in _Disney’s The Aristocats_? 2. Were you Philmon’s slave mentioned in Paul’s letter? 3. Are you Queen of Oz? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/148 "2016-07-17T02:51:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the lead male character in _Disney’s The Aristocats_? > 2. Were you Philmon’s slave mentioned in Paul’s letter? > 3. Are you Queen of Oz? Not O’Reilly, DQ, not Ozma of Oz. ---
**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 17, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/149 "2016-07-17T04:23:31Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Titania’s husband? - Yes, Oberon, in _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_ (I played him in a high school production). Were you an Alsatian cleric and peacemaker thought of as the Gandhi or MLK of your time? - John Frederick Oberlin, after whom Oberlin College was named. Were you Queen Cersei’s lover, tortured into revealing their affair? - Ser Osmund Kettleblack, in _Game of Thrones_. DQs: Last name starts with O? Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Did you date and eventually marry your law-firm supervisor? Are you a famous person whom I kissed in 2010? Is your book purposefully not displayed or sold by the Ford’s Theatre gift shop? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/150 "2016-07-17T04:49:37Z")
Answers to DQ’s: 1. Fictional. 2. Male. 3. Created by an American author. 4. First name starts with O. 5. So far as is known, would still be alive today (but not real). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/151 "2016-07-17T04:52:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you date and eventually marry your law-firm supervisor? > Are you a famous person whom I kissed in 2010? > Is your book purposefully not displayed or sold by the Ford’s Theatre gift shop? DQ, how the hell would I know, and I’m betting based on the parallel-theories it’s Lee Harvey Oswald. ---
**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 17, 2016, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/152 "2016-07-17T12:09:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the lead male character in _Disney’s The Aristocats_? > 2. Were you Philmon’s slave mentioned in Paul’s letter? > 3. Are you Queen of Oz? > [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Not O’Reilly, DQ, not Ozma of Oz. #1 is Thomas O’Malley. #2 is Onesimus. Correct on Ozma. DQs: 1. From a movie or TV show? 2. Created after 1980? ---
**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 17, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/153 "2016-07-17T12:11:30Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _Only The Lonely_? 2. Did you have a hit with _Caribbean Queen_? 3. Did you have a hit with _I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail_? ---
**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 17, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/154 "2016-07-17T16:17:57Z")
Previous IQs: Did you date and eventually marry your law-firm supervisor? - Barack Obama Are you a famous person whom I kissed in 2010? - Michelle Obama: [In which I meet the President and smooch the First Lady - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=582317) Is your book purposefully not displayed or sold by the Ford’s Theatre gift shop? - Bill O’Reilly: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/bill-oreillys-lincoln-book-banned-from-fords-theatre-because-of-mistakes/2011/11/11/gIQAhJpyFN\_story.html](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/bill-oreillys-lincoln-book-banned-from-fords-theatre-because-of-mistakes/2011/11/11/gIQAhJpyFN_story.html) DQs: Character is American? Considered a “good guy”? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you the longtime and acclaimed conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra? Were you Keiko’s husband and Molly’s dad? Did you hold the same job as men named Pelosi, Schaeffer and Schmoke? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/155 "2016-07-17T16:33:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Only The Lonely_? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Caribbean Queen_? > 3. Did you have a hit with _I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail_? Not Roy Orbison, not Billy Ocean, DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/156 "2016-07-17T16:38:39Z")
Answers to DQ’s: 1. Fictional. 2. Male. 3. Created by an American author. 4. First name starts with O. 5. So far as is known, would still be alive today (but not real). 6. From a TV show. 7. Created before 1980. 8. Character is American. 9. Considered a ‘good guy.’ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/157 "2016-07-17T16:42:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the longtime and acclaimed conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra? > Were you Keiko’s husband and Molly’s dad? > Did you hold the same job as men named Pelosi, Schaeffer and Schmoke? DQ, not Miles O’Brien, DQ. I keep narrowly avoiding sweeps… You’re not seriously claiming a DQ from a thread 5 years before I joined the board, are you? ---
**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 17, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/158 "2016-07-17T19:08:47Z")
I’ve cited to it several times since, but if it vexes you, no, I don’t have to. DQ waived. Previous IQs: Were you the longtime and acclaimed conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra? - Eugene Ormandy. Were you Keiko’s husband and Molly’s dad? - Yes, Miles O’Brien on ST:TNG and ST: DS9. Did you hold the same job as men named Pelosi, Schaeffer and Schmoke? - Martin O’Malley was Mayor of Baltimore, just as they were. DQs: Associated with NYC? In law enforcement? IQs: Did you live in a trash can and snarl at people? Were you Felix Unger’s housemate? Did you bark orders at the Fanuccis? ---
**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 17, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/159 "2016-07-17T19:56:41Z")
IQs: 1. Did Mork report to you at the end of each episode? 2. Were you the Sheriff of Mayberry’s little boy? 3. Are you Thor’s dad? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/160 "2016-07-18T06:12:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’ve cited to it several times since, but if it vexes you, no, I don’t have to. DQ waived. > > IQs: > > Did you live in a trash can and snarl at people? > Were you Felix Unger’s housemate? > Did you bark orders at the Fanuccis? Never heard of it myself, hence the ‘how the hell would I know.’ 🙂 Not Oscar the Grouch, not Oscar Madison, and tickling the memory but DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885.md?page=9)