# 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:** 21
**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 25, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/401 "2015-06-25T14:49:43Z")
IQ: Are you a maiden who, in the merry month of May, snubbed a dying man’s affections due to a snub on his part, the guilt of which caused you to die, but plants from your respective graves intertwined? DQ: British in origin? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 25, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/402 "2015-06-25T14:55:08Z")
IQ1: Did you compose the opera _Carmen_? IQ2: Did you compose _Symphonie fantastique_? IQ3: According to Wagner, did you kill cats with a bow and arrow so you could reproduce their dying cries into your music? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/403 "2015-06-25T15:00:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Are you a maiden who, in the merry month of May, snubbed a dying man’s affections due to a snub on his part, the guilt of which caused you to die, but plants from your respective graves intertwined? > > DQ: British in origin? > > 2 DQs reserved. Yes, I am British in origin. More significantly, YESSSSSSS! I am the hard-hearted **BARBARA ALLEN** , subject of a very old, much-loved, and much-recorded folk ballad from the 17th century. Art Garfunkel’s version may be heard here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxQdl9cP3e0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxQdl9cP3e0) ---
**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 25, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/404 "2015-06-25T19:07:11Z")
Ninja’d again, dammit… ---
**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 25, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/405 "2015-06-25T19:35:52Z")
Way to go, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Were you the CMO on DS9? - Dr. Julian Bashir. Were you his boss? - Cmdr. (later Capt.) Benjamin Sisko. Were you a noted Pirates pitcher of the late Seventies? - Bert Blyleven. ---
**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 26, 2015, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/406 "2015-06-26T12:24:23Z")
And I am M! ---
**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 26, 2015, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/407 "2015-06-26T12:55:55Z")
IQ1: Are you a spy chief best known as M? IQ2: Are you a government assassin who works as a photographer? IQ3: Are you a spy best known by a number? ---
**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 26, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/408 "2015-06-26T12:58:55Z")
IQ1: Were you Bruce Wayne’s oft-imperiled fiancee during the Golden Age who later dumped him because he wasn’t acting responsibly enough? IQ2: Did you create the Metal Men? IQ3: Are you one of the Forever People, chaste boyfriend of Beautiful Dreamer? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/409 "2015-06-26T13:36:28Z")
IQ1) Did you hit a walk-off homer to win the 1960 World Series? IQ2) Did you sing “Zaz Turned Blue,” a torch song about suffocation, as a guest vocalist on the Was (Not Was) album\*\*\* Born to Laugh at Tornadoes\*\*\*? IQ3) Were you one of three Hall of Fame quarterbacks taken in the first round of the NFL draft in 1983? ---
**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 26, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/410 "2015-06-26T13:46:49Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a spy chief best known as M? > IQ2: Are you a government assassin who works as a photographer? > IQ3: Are you a spy best known by a number? Take 3 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 26, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/411 "2015-06-26T13:51:03Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you hit a walk-off homer to win the 1960 World Series? > > IQ2) Did you sing “Zaz Turned Blue,” a torch song about suffocation, as a guest vocalist on the Was (Not Was) album\*\*\* Born to Laugh at Tornadoes\*\*\*? > > IQ3) Were you one of three Hall of Fame quarterbacks taken in the first round of the NFL draft in 1983? Take 3 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 26, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/412 "2015-06-26T13:54:38Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you Bruce Wayne’s oft-imperiled fiancee during the Golden Age who later dumped him because he wasn’t acting responsibly enough? > IQ2: Did you create the Metal Men? > IQ3: Are you one of the Forever People, chaste boyfriend of Beautiful Dreamer? Take a D Q for 1. I am not Will Magnus. I am not Mark Moonrider, though she married Big Bear. ---
**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 26, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/413 "2015-06-26T14:07:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a spy chief best known as M? > IQ2: Are you a government assassin who works as a photographer? > IQ3: Are you a spy best known by a number? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. Admiral Sir Miles Messervy, from the James Bond stories. Matt Helm. Maxwell Smart (agent 86). DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? DQ3: American? ---
**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 26, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/414 "2015-06-26T14:14:04Z")
On second thought, I should have said “commonly known” rather than “best known” in IQ3. Scratch DQ3. ---
**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 26, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/415 "2015-06-26T14:56:18Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you Bruce Wayne’s oft-imperiled fiancee during the Golden Age who later dumped him because he wasn’t acting responsibly enough? > IQ2: Did you create the Metal Men? > IQ3: Are you one of the Forever People, chaste boyfriend of Beautiful Dreamer? > > Take a D Q for 1. > I am not Will Magnus. > I am not Mark Moonrider, though she married Big Bear. Julie Madison, correct x2 holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/416 "2015-06-26T15:06:31Z")
\*\*\* Originally Posted by astorian IQ1) Did you hit a walk-off homer to win the 1960 World Series? IQ2) Did you sing “Zaz Turned Blue,” a torch song about suffocation, as a guest vocalist on the Was (Not Was) album Born to Laugh at Tornadoes? IQ3) Were you one of three Hall of Fame quarterbacks taken in the first round of the NFL draft in 1983?\*\*\* Bill Mazeroski, Mel Torme, and Dan MArino DQ1) First name start with M? Saving two DQs ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/417 "2015-06-26T15:24:05Z")
IQ1: Did you serve as the guardian for a child born in the far future but marooned in what was the present to the reader? IQ2: Were you a ‘spokesman’ for New Coke? IQ3: Is your partner a six-foot tall dog who typically wears a fedora? ---
**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 26, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/418 "2015-06-26T15:25:30Z")
IQ1: Did you throw acid into Harvey Dent’s face, turning him into Two-Face? IQ2: Are you a Hawkman foe who uses a wand made from Mentachem? IQ3: Are you a Heavenly Help Mate who claimed to be the one who directed the lightning bolt that hit Barry Allen’s lab and gave him his Flash powers? (I honestly remember this issue, which DC regrets publishing) ---
**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 26, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/419 "2015-06-26T15:29:56Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name does not start with M ---
**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 26, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/420 "2015-06-26T15:32:40Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you serve as the guardian for a child born in the far future but marooned in what was the present to the reader? > IQ2: Were you a ‘spokesman’ for New Coke? > IQ3: Is your partner a six-foot tall dog who typically wears a fedora? Take a D Q for 1. I am not Michael Jackson. I am not the joyously psychopathic Max. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445.md?page=22)