# 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:** 22
**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, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/421 "2015-06-26T15:34:11Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 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) Take 3 DQs, I am not coming up with these today. ---
**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, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/422 "2015-06-26T16:12:35Z")
> [@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? 1 was Max Mercury, guardian of Impulse(Bart Allen). 2 was Max Headroom… as far as I know Michael Jackson advertised for Pepsi, and besides I don’t think New Coke lasted long enough to have a lot of spokesmen. And you were correct on Max of Freelance Police fame. DQ1: Alive? If you agree that 2 deserves a DQ, then I’m reserving that one. ---
**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, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/423 "2015-06-26T16:40:40Z")
IQ1: Did your widow later marry Walter and then Franz? IQ2: Were you an NBA center from China? IQ3: Did you sing “The Dope Show”? ---
**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, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/424 "2015-06-26T17:06:30Z")
> [@](#): > > 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) > > Take 3 DQs, I am not coming up with these today. Sal Maroni, Matter Master, Mopee DQ: American? holding 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 26, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/425 "2015-06-26T17:29:04Z")
IQ1: Were you the top-scoring fighter ace of WW I? IQ2: Did you co-host a popular show about cars? IQ3: Were you called “The Say Hey Kid”? ---
**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, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/426 "2015-06-26T19:28:05Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name does not start with M 4. American 5. Dead ---
**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, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/427 "2015-06-26T19:30:07Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did your widow later marry Walter and then Franz? > IQ2: Were you an NBA center from China? > IQ3: Did you sing “The Dope Show”? Yes, take a D Q for Max Headroom. I am not Gustav Mahler. Take another D Q for 2. I am not Marilyn Manson. ---
**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, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/428 "2015-06-26T19:32:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the top-scoring fighter ace of WW I? > IQ2: Did you co-host a popular show about cars? > IQ3: Were you called “The Say Hey Kid”? I am not Manfred von Richtoven. Take a D Q for 2. I am not Willie Mays. ---
**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, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/429 "2015-06-26T20:58:44Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did your widow later marry Walter and then Franz? > IQ2: Were you an NBA center from China? > IQ3: Did you sing “The Dope Show”? Correct on 1 and 3; 2 was Yao Ming. DQ: Known primarily for the Arts? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/430 "2015-06-26T21:18:33Z")
DQ1. Born after 1900? ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/431 "2015-06-26T21:19:55Z")
IQ1: Did Val Kilmer play you in a biopic? IQ2: Did you invent one of the most widely used encoding methods? IQ3: Were you nicknamed the Gaijin Shogun? ---
**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, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/432 "2015-06-26T22:20:49Z")
IQ1: Are you the French gorilla partner of the Brain? IQ2: Was your first documented prank to get hit by a truck, then increase your weight when paramedics tried to lift you into an ambulance? IQ3: Are you also called the Element man? ---
**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 27, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/433 "2015-06-27T00:28:08Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name does not start with M 4. American 5. Dead 6. Best known for the arts 7. Born before 1900 ---
**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 27, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/434 "2015-06-27T00:30:46Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did Val Kilmer play you in a biopic? > IQ2: Did you invent one of the most widely used encoding methods? > IQ3: Were you nicknamed the Gaijin Shogun? I am not Samuel Finley Breese Morse. Take 2 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 27, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/435 "2015-06-27T00:32:46Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the French gorilla partner of the Brain? > IQ2: Was your first documented prank to get hit by a truck, then increase your weight when paramedics tried to lift you into an ambulance? > IQ3: Are you also called the Element man? I am not Monsieur Mallah. I am not Mr. Mxyzptlk. I am not Rex Mason, aka Metamorpho. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/436 "2015-06-27T00:40:24Z")
DQ. WrIter of any kind? ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/437 "2015-06-27T01:04:43Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did Val Kilmer play you in a biopic? > IQ2: Did you invent one of the most widely used encoding methods? > IQ3: Were you nicknamed the Gaijin Shogun? 2 was correct, with two middle names I didn’t know 🙂 1 was Jim Morrison (_The Doors_) 3 was Douglas MacArthur, military overlord of Japan 1945-1951. 3 DQ reserved. IQ1: Did you wear a greasepaint mustache for much of your career? IQ2: Are you a brother of IQ1 who affected an Italian accent when ‘in character’? IQ3: Are you a brother of IQ1 who rarely (never?) spoke when ‘in character’? ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/438 "2015-06-27T01:30:35Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the top-scoring fighter ace of WW I? > IQ2: Did you co-host a popular show about cars? > IQ3: Were you called “The Say Hey Kid”? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Manfred von Richtoven. > Take a D Q for 2. > I am not Willie Mays. Correct. James May (the British _Top Gear_). Correct. DQ: Died before 1950? ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/439 "2015-06-27T01:35:04Z")
IQ: Are you best known for a painting called _Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1_? ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/440 "2015-06-27T01:37:59Z")
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