# Botticelli June 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 2, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445 "2015-06-02T15:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/361 "2015-06-23T14:49:20Z")
Okay, let’s go with… B ---
**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 23, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/362 "2015-06-23T15:34:54Z")
IQ1: Are you a recording artist whose first hit was \*Loser \*in 1994? IQ2: Are you a rock guitarist who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, once solo, and the other time with The Yardbirds? IQ3: Are you a conservative radio show host whose network is TheBlaze? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/363 "2015-06-23T16:34:22Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a recording artist whose first hit was \*Loser \*in 1994? > IQ2: Are you a rock guitarist who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, once solo, and the other time with The Yardbirds? > IQ3: Are you a conservative radio show host whose network is TheBlaze? Not Beck (Hanson), Jeff Beck, or Glenn Beck! ---
**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 23, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/364 "2015-06-23T17:12:44Z")
IQs: 1. In _The Bells Are Ringing_, are you Belmont Park? 2. Are you the author of _Jesus, Interrupted_? 3. Did you play a Bible salesman, a pair of notable Hobbits, and Santa Claus? ---
**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 23, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/365 "2015-06-23T17:20:58Z")
Curses, swept again. IQ1: Are you an astrophysicist who also plays guitar for Queen? IQ2: Are you an NFL linebacker who played your entire 13-year career with the Chicago Bears? IQ3: Are you a news broadcaster who was suspended for embellishing the details of a helicopter ride? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/366 "2015-06-23T17:22:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In _The Bells Are Ringing_, are you Belmont Park? > 2. Are you the author of _Jesus, Interrupted_? > 3. Did you play a Bible salesman, a pair of notable Hobbits, and Santa Claus? No idea on #1 Not Bart Ehrman For #3… the dwarf actor Billy Barty? I know he was in _ **Foul Play** _, where he gets into Goldie Hawn’s apartment, and we THINK he’s an assassin. But he turns out to be a Bible salesman. ---
**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 23, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/367 "2015-06-23T18:55:10Z")
IQs: Did you direct _Molin Rouge_? Were you a saintly sailor condemned to die? Have you played two different U.S. soldiers during WWII, the second time in armor? ---
**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 23, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/368 "2015-06-23T19:34:00Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In The Bells Are Ringing, are you Belmont Park? > 2. Are you the author of Jesus, Interrupted? > 3. Did you play a Bible salesman, a pair of notable Hobbits, and Santa Claus? > > No idea on #1 > > Not Bart Ehrman > > For #3… the dwarf actor Billy Barty? I know he was in Foul Play, where he gets into Goldie Hawn’s apartment, and we THINK he’s an assassin. But he turns out to be a Bible salesman. #1 was Beethoven. #2 is Bart Ehrman, correct. #3 is Billy Barty, correct. He was Bilbo and Sam’s voices in Bakshi’s _Lord of the Rings_ and Santa in an episode of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. DQ: Real? ---
**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 23, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/369 "2015-06-23T22:55:22Z")
IQ1: Were you the eponymous heroine of a Hanoi Jane movie? IQ2: Were you the eponymous hero of a novel written by a governor of the New Mexico territory? IQ3: Did you write the story of Avatar and Blackwolf? ---
**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 24, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/370 "2015-06-24T12:06:17Z")
Look a bit further upstream, ast… > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an astrophysicist who also plays guitar for Queen? > IQ2: Are you an NFL linebacker who played your entire 13-year career with the Chicago Bears? > IQ3: Are you a news broadcaster who was suspended for embellishing the details of a helicopter ride? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/371 "2015-06-24T14:18:03Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Curses, swept again. > > IQ1: Are you an astrophysicist who also plays guitar for Queen? > IQ2: Are you an NFL linebacker who played your entire 13-year career with the Chicago Bears? > IQ3: Are you a news broadcaster who was suspended for embellishing the details of a helicopter ride? Not Brian May, Brian Urlacher or Brian Williams ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/372 "2015-06-24T14:19:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you direct _Molin Rouge_? > Were you a saintly sailor condemned to die? > Have you played two different U.S. soldiers during WWII, the second time in armor? Not Baz Luhrman or Billy Budd Take a DQ for #3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/373 "2015-06-24T14:20:04Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Fictional ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/374 "2015-06-24T14:21:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the eponymous heroine of a Hanoi Jane movie? > IQ2: Were you the eponymous hero of a novel written by a governor of the New Mexico territory? > IQ3: Did you write the story of Avatar and Blackwolf? Not Barbarella or Judah Ben-Hur Take a DQ for #3 ---
**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 24, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/375 "2015-06-24T14:45:46Z")
IQs: 1. Did you marry Ringo? 2. Did you write the hymn _A Few More Years Shall Roll_? 3. Were you part of the Les Nabis group of artists? ---
**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 24, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/376 "2015-06-24T15:09:44Z")
Previous IQs: Did you direct _Molin Rouge_? - Correct, Baz Luhrman. Were you a saintly sailor condemned to die? - Correct, Billy Budd. Have you played two different U.S. soldiers during WWII, the second time in armor? - Brad Pitt, in _Inglourious Basterds_ and _Fury_. DQ: Male? IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first Attorney General? Was your heraldic symbol the bee? Did you play a crime boss with a young Helen Mirren as your moll? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/377 "2015-06-24T15:10:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you marry Ringo? > 2. Did you write the hymn _A Few More Years Shall Roll_? > 3. Were you part of the Les Nabis group of artists? Not Barbara Bach Take a DQ for #2 For #3… I should know this… but I can’t think of any “B” French painters (way too early for Braque). SO take two DQs. ---
**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 24, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/378 "2015-06-24T15:16:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you marry Ringo? > 2. Did you write the hymn _A Few More Years Shall Roll_? > 3. Were you part of the Les Nabis group of artists? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Barbara Bach > > Take a DQ for #2 > > For #3… I should know this… but I can’t think of any “B” French painters (way too early for Braque). SO take two DQs. Correct on Barbara. #2 was Horatius Bonar. #3 was Pierre Bonnard. DQs: 1. Protagonist? 2. Best known from film or TV? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/379 "2015-06-24T16:05:50Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Not known from TV or movies 4. Primary character in work I’m best known for, but not a heroine ---
**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 24, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/380 "2015-06-24T16:08:34Z")
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