# Botticelli, June 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 5, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366 "2011-06-05T04:05:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/121 "2011-06-08T00:23:18Z")
If you’re thinking of Lex Luthor (whom I believe impersonated Superman once or twice), no. If I’m on the wrong track, ask a DQ. I’ll be back either in a few hours or tomorrow morning. Keep the questions coming, but be prepared to wait for responses! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/122 "2011-06-08T00:23:34Z")
IQ: Are you one of Superman’s romantic interests whose initials are LL and whose name is NOT Lois Lane, Lori Lemaris, or Lana Lang? (And yes there is more than one correct answer). ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/123 "2011-06-08T01:18:24Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > If you’re thinking of Lex Luthor (whom I believe impersonated Superman once or twice), no. If I’m on the wrong track, ask a DQ. I was looking for either Nathan Leopold or Richard Loeb, of [Leopold and Loeb murder](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_and_Loeb) infamy. They were fans of Nietzsche and viewed themselves as “supermen” who were so intelligent they could commit and get away with the perfect crime. DQ: Are you fictional? IQ: Do you have a deep throat? ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/124 "2011-06-08T01:52:33Z")
IQ: I feel fine. Are you not afraid? Just to go back to the last question to Johnny LA, Albert Einstein is Albert Brooks in Real Life, and the other person in question is Mel Brooks (another stage name, incidentally). The person quoted IIRC is Carl Reiner, and reportedly this is what made Albert decide on Brooks for his stage name. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/125 "2011-06-08T02:10:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Were you a serious actor with a distinct accent, and were played by another noted actor in a comedy set late in your career? This was Bela Lugosi, played by Martin Landau in _Ed Wood_. I remember Pancho from _The Right Stuff_. Good job, **Sternvogel**! IQ: Did you upset your wife by hanging around the house with no shoes on, saying that your feet needed to “breathe”? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/126 "2011-06-08T02:56:10Z")
IQ: Did your jealousy turn your wife into a statue? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/127 "2011-06-08T04:22:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I remember Pancho from _The Right Stuff_. I learned to fly at Barnes Aviation. 😉 **panamajack** : I’ll have to parse you post later. Brain’s not working right now. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/128 "2011-06-08T04:56:46Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I learned to fly at Barnes Aviation. 😉 > > **panamajack** : I’ll have to parse you post later. Brain’s not working right now. I was being a little bit silly. “Albert Brooks” is the stage name of Albert Einstein, and Albert Brooks directed and starred in the movie [Real Life](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079781/). Melvin Kaminsky(?) has the stage name “Mel Brooks” - so either stage name to satisfy the ‘B’ requirement would have worked. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/129 "2011-06-08T06:42:34Z")
IQ: Do you walk like a woman and talk like a man? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/130 "2011-06-08T14:36:35Z")
To steal a question from the previous game: IQ: Are you a dominant tennis player from the 1980s? IQ: Are you an American writer most famous for writing books about the Yukon wilderness under this pseudonym? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/131 "2011-06-08T14:41:36Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > IQ: Are you one of Superman’s romantic interests whose initials are LL and whose name is NOT Lois Lane, Lori Lemaris, or Lana Lang? (And yes there is more than one correct answer). Man, you covered the three I know. Ask a DQ. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > DQ: Are you fictional? No. > [@](#): > > IQ: Do you have a deep throat? No, I’m not Linda Lovelace. > [@panamajack](#): > > IQ: I feel fine. Are you not afraid? I’m afraid I don’t recognize the reference. DQ time! > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I remember Pancho from _The Right Stuff_. Good job, **Sternvogel**! I figured **Johnny L.A.** might turn to aviation. Turns out I was right! > [@](#): > > IQ: Did you upset your wife by hanging around the house with no shoes on, saying that your feet needed to “breathe”? Man, I should know this, but I’m blanking. You get a DQ. > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Did your jealousy turn your wife into a statue? Another reference to something too deep in the recesses of my memory to recall. DQ for you! > [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Do you walk like a woman and talk like a man? All I can think of is the joke about Frankie Valli singing “Walk Like a Man” with a voice like a woman’s, and he’s not an L anyway. DQ opportunity. On preview: Sorry, **Dead Cat** , I’m neither Rod Laver nor Jack London. Summary: 1. I am not fictional. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/132 "2011-06-08T15:03:14Z")
Were you a prominent chemist/biologist who worked with oxygen and discovered the elemental make-up of water? ---
**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:** [June 8, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/133 "2011-06-08T15:15:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Did you upset your wife by hanging around the house with no shoes on, saying that your feet needed to “breathe”? Abraham Lincoln. DQ: Male? IQ: Although you once took a political shellacking, did your daughter later do pretty well for herself on the political front? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/134 "2011-06-08T15:17:41Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > IQ: Are you one of Superman’s romantic interests whose initials are LL and whose name is NOT Lois Lane, Lori Lemaris, or Lana Lang? (And yes there is more than one correct answer). > [@Sternvogel](#): > > Man, you covered the three I know. Ask a DQ. You are not [Lyla Lerrol](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyla_Lerrol), who Superman met when he traveled through time back to before Krypton’s destruction. DQ: First/last/both names start with L? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/135 "2011-06-08T15:26:58Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > Were you a prominent chemist/biologist who worked with oxygen and discovered the elemental make-up of water? Is this Joseph Lister? If not, ask a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Abraham Lincoln. Ah yes, I think you’ve posted that on a trivia thread or two. > [@](#): > > DQ: Male? Yes. > [@](#): > > IQ: Although you once took a political shellacking, did your daughter later do pretty well for herself on the political front? I can think of tons of people who fit either part of your question, but no L who satisfies both. Take another DQ. Summary: 1. I am not fictional. 2. I am male. 3. (On preview) Only one of my names starts with L. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/136 "2011-06-08T15:30:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Le Ministre de l’au-delà > IQ: Did your jealousy turn your wife into a statue? > [@Sternvogel](#): > > Another reference to something too deep in the recesses of my memory to recall. DQ for you! From ‘A Winter’s Tale’ by William Shakespeare. Leontes, king of Sicilia is convinced that his chaste wife Hermione is having an affair with Polixenes, king of Bohemia. When he defies even the oracle of Apollo, his wife ‘dies’ forthwith, then his first born son dies. Leontes is doomed to a life of misery and regret until that which is lost, his newborn daughter Perdita, is found. The ending turns happy when Perdita is found, and Hermione turns out not to be dead, but to have been a statue for the last 16 years. DQ: Were you born before the 20th century? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/137 "2011-06-08T15:41:33Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ: Were you born before the 20th century? Yes. Summary: Summary: 1. I am not fictional. 2. I am male. 3. (On preview) Only one of my names starts with L. 4. I was born before the 20th century. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/138 "2011-06-08T16:03:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Although you once took a political shellacking, did your daughter later do pretty well for herself on the political front? Alf Landon of Kansas, squashed like a bug by FDR in the 1936 election; his daughter Nancy was later elected to the U.S. Senate. DQ: American? IQ: Was your life saved by the brother of a man who later did something terrible to your family? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/139 "2011-06-08T16:05:34Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > Were you a prominent chemist/biologist who worked with oxygen and discovered the elemental make-up of water? > [@Sternvogel](#): > > Is this Joseph Lister? If not, ask a DQ. Lavoisier DQ: Are you a politician? ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/140 "2011-06-08T16:07:13Z")
From REM’s “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” - Lenny Bruce is not afraid. DQ: Were you born before 1600? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366.md?page=8)