# Botticelli - July 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 7, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722 "2017-07-07T21:35:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 16, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/101 "2017-07-16T18:11:09Z")
I’m going to go ahead and guess. Are you Big Bird? ---
**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, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/102 "2017-07-16T18:50:33Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I’m going to go ahead and guess. Are you Big Bird? Well, yes, indeedy! I am that 8’2" canary known as [COLOR=“Orange”]Big Bird![/COLOR] Well done, KO! I thought I was gonna stump the band for a moment there. ---
**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 16, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/103 "2017-07-16T21:19:33Z")
I almost dismissed the Muppets, till I remembered they started on Sesame Street. Next letter up, C! ---
**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 16, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/104 "2017-07-16T21:52:17Z")
IQ1: Were you a candy-loving engineer? IQ2: Were an engineer who died in a Mississippi train wreck? IQ3: Are you famous for cars and chili? ---
**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 16, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/105 "2017-07-16T22:13:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a candy-loving engineer? > IQ2: Were an engineer who died in a Mississippi train wreck? > IQ3: Are you famous for cars and chili? DQ, not Casey Jones, DQ ---
**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 16, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/106 "2017-07-16T22:28:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a candy-loving engineer? > IQ2: Were an engineer who died in a Mississippi train wreck? > IQ3: Are you famous for cars and chili? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, not Casey Jones, DQ Choo-Choo Charlie. Correct. Carroll Shelby. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? IQ1: Were you a high-flying Air Force test pilot? IQ2: Were you a naval officer best known for novels about a frontiersman? IQ3: Were you an unknown man who vanished in the PacNorwest? ---
**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 17, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/107 "2017-07-17T00:30:26Z")
The State of the DQs 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 17, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/108 "2017-07-17T00:32:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a high-flying Air Force test pilot? > IQ2: Were you a naval officer best known for novels about a frontiersman? > IQ3: Were you an unknown man who vanished in the PacNorwest? DQ, DQ, not DB Cooper ---
**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, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/109 "2017-07-17T02:11:29Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the female performer who appeared most often with Monty Python’s Flying Circus? 2. Did you wind up with Dejah Thoris? 3. Are you secretly Superman? ---
**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 17, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/110 "2017-07-17T02:27:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the female performer who appeared most often with Monty Python’s Flying Circus? > 2. Did you wind up with Dejah Thoris? > 3. Are you secretly Superman? not Connie Booth, DQ, not Clark Kent ---
**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, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/111 "2017-07-17T03:32:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the female performer who appeared most often with Monty Python’s Flying Circus? > 2. Did you wind up with Dejah Thoris? > 3. Are you secretly Superman? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Connie Booth, DQ, not Clark Kent 1. Connie Booth was Mrs. John Cleese for a time and appeared with him on _Fawlty Towers_, but Carol Cleveland appeared on Monty Python. #2 is John Carter of Mars, from the series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Correct on #3. DQs: 1. Living? 2. Last name starts with C? ---
**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, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/112 "2017-07-17T03:35:02Z")
IQs: 1. Do you stay crunchy even in milk? 2. Were you Mr. Nice’s secret identity? 3. Were you a 19th Century French Realist painter? ---
**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 17, 2017, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/113 "2017-07-17T11:22:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a high-flying Air Force test pilot? > IQ2: Were you a naval officer best known for novels about a frontiersman? > IQ3: Were you an unknown man who vanished in the PacNorwest? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, DQ, not DB Cooper Gordon Cooper. James Fenimore Cooper. Correct. Cooper x3! DQ1: American? DQ2: Known for the Arts? ---
**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 17, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/114 "2017-07-17T11:56:34Z")
The State of the DQs 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with C 5. American 6. Not known for the Arts ---
**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 17, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/115 "2017-07-17T12:00:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you stay crunchy even in milk? > 2. Were you Mr. Nice’s secret identity? > 3. Were you a 19th Century French Realist painter? not Captain Crunch, DQ, not Claude Monet ---
**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, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/116 "2017-07-17T12:45:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you stay crunchy even in milk? > 2. Were you Mr. Nice’s secret identity? > 3. Were you a 19th Century French Realist painter? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Captain Crunch, DQ, not Claude Monet #1. Correct on Cap’n Crunch. #2 was Carter Nash. #3. Claude Monet was the Arch-Impressionist, not a Realist. The founder of the Realist movement in France was Gustave Courbet. DQs: 1. Known for politics/military? 2. Died before 1900? ---
**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, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/117 "2017-07-17T12:56:59Z")
It has been pointed out to me that Carter Nash was not Mr. Nice, but Captain Nice. Cancel DQ#2 above, please. ---
**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, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/118 "2017-07-17T12:59:30Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a superhero that appeared in your own (back) feature in the pages of Action #1, and are not Superman? 2. Were you Prime Minister of France during WWI? 3. Were you the original voice of Donald Duck? ---
**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 17, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/119 "2017-07-17T14:14:54Z")
The State of the DQs 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with C 5. American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Known because of politics, but not a politician ---
**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 17, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722/120 "2017-07-17T14:15:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a superhero that appeared in your own (back) feature in the pages of Action #1, and are not Superman? > 2. Were you Prime Minister of France during WWI? > 3. Were you the original voice of Donald Duck? DQ, DQ, not Carl Barks? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2017/790722.md?page=7)