# Botticelli - June, 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766 "2014-06-01T13:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/141 "2014-06-16T16:28:30Z")
Corporal Yo, Yasmine Bleeth, correct DQ1: Officer in military? DQ2: Pilot? Reserving a DQ ---
**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 16, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/142 "2014-06-16T20:21:53Z")
IQs: Were you a military hero after whom a starship was named in a Heinlein book? Were you one of the people in the political feud which brought JFK to Dallas? Were you, in a series of comics, the last man left alive on Earth? ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/143 "2014-06-16T23:39:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a military hero after whom a starship was named in a Heinlein book? > Were you one of the people in the political feud which brought JFK to Dallas? > Were you, in a series of comics, the last man left alive on Earth? Not Rodger Young. DQ. DQ. Y 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Y is the initial of my last name 5. Not in the Arts as we know and love them 6. Not known for politics 7. Known for science 8. Military 9. Born before 1960 10. American 11. Officer in the military 12. Pilot ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/144 "2014-06-16T23:52:26Z")
IQ: Did you walk on the moon? ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/145 "2014-06-17T03:48:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did you walk on the moon? Yes! I am naval aviator, test pilot and astronaut Captain John Young, the ninth man to walk on the moon. ---
**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 17, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/146 "2014-06-17T04:00:37Z")
Way to go, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Were you a military hero after whom a starship was named in a Heinlein book? - Yes, WWII hero Rodger Young from _Starship Troopers_: [Rodger Young - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodger_Wilton_Young) Were you one of the people in the political feud which brought JFK to Dallas? - U.S. Sen. Ralph Yarborough. Were you, in a series of comics, the last man left alive on Earth? - Yorick in the _Y._ graphic novels. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/147 "2014-06-17T13:48:18Z")
Kudos to Knowed Out’s questions that put me on course. I am W! ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/148 "2014-06-17T14:19:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Kudos to Knowed Out’s questions that put me on course. > I am W! I suspect that Knowed Out’s next question would have been much the same as yours. IQ1: Were you a conquering bastard? IQ2: Were you the first Duke of Wellington? IQ3: Did you create a woodpecker and a panda? ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/149 "2014-06-17T14:28:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a conquering bastard? > IQ2: Were you the first Duke of Wellington? > IQ3: Did you create a woodpecker and a panda? #1: I’m not William the Conqueror. #2: I’m not Arthur Wellesley. #3: I’m not Walter Lantz. ---
**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 17, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/150 "2014-06-17T14:58:00Z")
IQs: Did you forget your own name when introduced to your future wife? Did you pay the price for giving 'way too long a speech? The incumbent, did you come in third when you ran for reelection? ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/151 "2014-06-17T15:01:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you forget your own name when introduced to your future wife? > Did you pay the price for giving 'way too long a speech? > The incumbent, did you come in third when you ran for reelection? I’m guessing #1 is Woodrow Wilson. Take 2 or 3 DQs accordingly. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/152 "2014-06-17T15:54:49Z")
IQ1: Did you get fired for punching an opposing player in the 1978 Gator Bowl? IQ2: Did you portray Larry Flint in a 1996 film? IQ3: Are you a folk singer with a guitar labelled “This Machine Kills Fascists?” ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/153 "2014-06-17T16:21:02Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you get fired for punching an opposing player in the 1978 Gator Bowl? > IQ2: Did you portray Larry Flint in a 1996 film? > IQ3: Are you a folk singer with a guitar labelled “This Machine Kills Fascists?” Take a DQ for #1. I’m not Woody Harrelson. I’m not Woody Guthrie. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/154 "2014-06-17T17:32:05Z")
Woody Hayes, coach of Ohio State DQ: Real? ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/155 "2014-06-17T19:16:27Z")
DQ: 1. Fictional. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/156 "2014-06-17T20:04:25Z")
IQ1: Did Robert Redford play you in a 1975 film? IQ2: Do you ask for a hamburger today and promise to pay Tuesday? IQ3: Were you part of the Nova Squadron, then tried to cover up what actually happened when one your squadron mates died? ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/157 "2014-06-17T21:23:23Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did Robert Redford play you in a 1975 film? > IQ2: Do you ask for a hamburger today and promise to pay Tuesday? > IQ3: Were you part of the Nova Squadron, then tried to cover up what actually happened when one your squadron mates died? I’m not Bob Woodward. I’m not J. Wellington Wimpy. 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:** [June 17, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/158 "2014-06-17T22:26:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a conquering bastard? > IQ2: Were you the first Duke of Wellington? > IQ3: Did you create a woodpecker and a panda? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1: I’m not William the Conqueror. > #2: I’m not Arthur Wellesley. > #3: I’m not Walter Lantz. Correct on all three. IQ1: Were you chief of the OKW in 1945? IQ2: Were you one of the merry men? IQ3: Were you one of the merry men? ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/159 "2014-06-17T22:33:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you chief of the OKW in 1945? > IQ2: Were you one of the merry men? > IQ3: Were you one of the merry men? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Will Scarlet, and can’t think of another W merry man, so take a second DQ. (Friar Wuck? Wittle John?) ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/160 "2014-06-17T23:19:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you chief of the OKW in 1945? > IQ2: Were you one of the merry men? > IQ3: Were you one of the merry men? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > I am not Will Scarlet, and can’t think of another W merry man, so take a second DQ. (Friar Wuck? Wittle John?) Wilhelm Keitel. Correct on Will Scarlet. Will Stutely. DQ1: Male? DQ2: Created by an American? IQ1: Is Clarence Rutherford one of your friends? IQ2: Were you Artemus Gordon’s partner? IQ3: Did you ask the identity of a man who lived near St Agnes’s fountain? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766.md?page=9)