# 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:** 9
**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, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/161 "2014-06-17T23:30:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Bob Woodward. > I’m not J. Wellington Wimpy. > Take a DQ for #3. Bob Woodward is 1976! In 1975, Redford was the Great Waldo Pepper. correcto and you didn’t guess Wesley Crusher! How can you live with yourself? DQ1: Scifi? Reserving a 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:** [June 18, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/162 "2014-06-18T00:58:14Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created by an American 4. Science fiction I like Wil Wheaton. I’ve met Wil Wheaton. Never cared for Wesley, though. ---
**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 18, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/163 "2014-06-18T00:59:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 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? I should probably know #1, but take a DQ. I am not Jim West. I am not Good King Wenceslas. ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/164 "2014-06-18T01:18:44Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 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? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I should probably know #1, but take a DQ. > I am not Jim West. > I am not Good King Wenceslas. Wally Cleaver. Correct on James West. Correct on King Wenceslas. DQ: Originally from literature? IQ1: Were you another of Walter Lantz’s creations? IQ2/3: Were you either of the costars of a '60s TV show? ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/165 "2014-06-18T03:12:31Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created by an American 4. Science fiction 5. From literature ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/166 "2014-06-18T03:15:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you another of Walter Lantz’s creations? > IQ2/3: Were you either of the costars of a '60s TV show? I am not Chilly Willy. I am not Adam West, nor am I Burt Ward. POW! ---
**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 18, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/167 "2014-06-18T12:59:28Z")
IQ1: Are you an Eloi rescued by a time traveler? IQ2: Were details of your secret life published in 1939? IQ3: Are you Dennis Mitchel’s long-suffering neighbor? ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/168 "2014-06-18T14:18:05Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you another of Walter Lantz’s creations? > IQ2/3: Were you either of the costars of a '60s TV show? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Chilly Willy. > I am not Adam West, nor am I Burt Ward. POW! Not whom I had in mind, but I guess he’ll do. 🙂 Correct on West and Ward. IQ1: Are you 1, while Ben is 50?? IQ2: Are you also known as Ben? IQ3: Did you have a pet named Ben? ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/169 "2014-06-18T14:23:06Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an Eloi rescued by a time traveler? > IQ2: Were details of your secret life published in 1939? > IQ3: Are you Dennis Mitchel’s long-suffering neighbor? I’m not Mr. Wilson. Take DQs for the first two. ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/170 "2014-06-18T14:24:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you 1, while Ben is 50?? > IQ2: Are you also known as Ben? > IQ3: Did you have a pet named Ben? I’m not Benjamin Franklin. Take 2 DQs for the first and last. ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/171 "2014-06-18T14:46:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you 1, while Ben is 50?? > IQ2: Are you also known as Ben? > IQ3: Did you have a pet named Ben? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Benjamin Franklin. Take 2 DQs for the first and last. “Benjamin Franklin” doesn’t have a W… George Washington. Obi Wan Kenobi. Willard. DQ1: From a work set in the 20h century or earlier? DQ2: Still alive when last heard from? DQ3: Has your story ever appeared on TV or in a film? IQ1: Did your final exam in Solo Survival last much longer than expected? IQ2: Did a somewhat sick joke ask if you were the kind that doesn’t float? IQ3: Did you sell communications secrets to an unfriendly nation? One of the guys I hung out with in high school was named Willard. The rest of us had a good laugh when the movie came out, with it’s tagline “Where your worst nightmares end - Willard begins.” ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/172 "2014-06-18T14:58:36Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created by an American 4. Science fiction 5. From literature 6. From a work set after the 20th Century 7. Still alive when last heard from 8. Has not yet appeared on TV or in a film ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/173 "2014-06-18T15:01:03Z")
[quote=“SCAdian, post:171, topic:689766”] “Benjamin Franklin” doesn’t have a W… Picky, picky, picky. Outside of that, it’s a perfect fit. 🙂 IQ1: Did your final exam in Solo Survival last much longer than expected? IQ2: Did a somewhat sick joke ask if you were the kind that doesn’t float? IQ3: Did you sell communications secrets to an unfriendly nation? Obviously my mind isn’t working that great this a.m. Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/174 "2014-06-18T15:06:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your final exam in Solo Survival last much longer than expected? > IQ2: Did a somewhat sick joke ask if you were the kind that doesn’t float? > IQ3: Did you sell communications secrets to an unfriendly nation? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Obviously my mind isn’t working that great this a.m. Take 3 DQs. Rod Walker, from _Tunnel in the Sky_, one of my favourite novels by Heinlein. “What kind of wood doesn’t float?” “Natalie…” John Walker (thereby causing me and my friends a lot of extra work). ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/175 "2014-06-18T15:30:15Z")
U.S. Grant is on the $50 bill; Franklin is on the $100. Previous IQs: Did you forget your own name when introduced to your future wife? - William Clinton when meeting Hillary Rodham while both were students at Yale Law, acc. to a short biographical film during the 1992 campaign. Did you pay the price for giving 'way too long a speech? - William Henry Harrison at his inauguration. The incumbent, did you come in third when you ran for reelection? - William Howard Taft, in 1912. DQs: Created after 1970? Considered a good guy? Has been known to use weapons? IQs: Did you have a car trimmed in your college colors? Is your husband Fred and your best friend Betty? Did Erin Gray play you in the Seventies? ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/176 "2014-06-18T15:35:40Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created by an American 4. Science fiction 5. From literature 6. From a work set after the 20th Century 7. Still alive when last heard from 8. Has not yet appeared on TV or in a film 9. Created in 1970 10. Considered a good guy 11. Has been known to use weapons ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/177 "2014-06-18T15:36:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you have a car trimmed in your college colors? > Is your husband Fred and your best friend Betty? > Did Erin Gray play you in the Seventies? Take a DQ for #1. I’m not Wilma Flintstone. I’m not Wilma Deering. ---
**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 18, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/178 "2014-06-18T16:57:46Z")
Previous IQs: Did you have a car trimmed in your college colors? - Woodrow Wilson’s last car was trimmed in the black and orange of Princeton U. Is your husband Fred and your best friend Betty? - Yes, Wilma Flintstone Did Erin Gray play you in the Seventies? - Yes, Wilma Deering DQ: Last name start with W? IQs: Did you perform with others on the song “No Church in the Wild”? You are not a monarch. Did your descendants retain foreign titles that were first awarded to you? Is the same actor who played you going to appear in the new _Star Wars_ movie? ---
**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 18, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/179 "2014-06-18T19:18:53Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created by an American 4. Science fiction 5. From literature 6. From a work set after the 20th Century 7. Still alive when last heard from 8. Has not yet appeared on TV or in a film 9. Created in 1970 10. Considered a good guy 11. Has been known to use weapons 12. Last name starts with W ---
**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 18, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/180 "2014-06-18T19:20:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you perform with others on the song “No Church in the Wild”? > You are not a monarch. Did your descendants retain foreign titles that were first awarded to you? > Is the same actor who played you going to appear in the new _Star Wars_ movie? Take 3 DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766.md?page=10)