# 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:** 6
**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 6, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/101 "2015-06-06T12:25:36Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you the chief advisor to King Théoden of Rohan? > IQ2: Did you mastermind the Red Wedding? > IQ3: Did you perform with an outrageous old broad puppet named Madame? > > Not Grima Wormtongue. > DQ. > Not Wayland. correct, Walder Frey, correct (Wayland Flowers) DQ: Alive? ---
**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 6, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/102 "2015-06-06T12:33:16Z")
IQ1: Were you a radio broadcaster who also narrated the TV series _The Untouchables_? IQ2: Did you discover that Yellow Fever is transmitted by mosquito bite? IQ3: Are you an NFL running back who held the most yards rushed in a career until Emmitt Smith broke it? ---
**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 6, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/103 "2015-06-06T12:50:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the only one in a large group of men to wear military uniform at an important meeting in the Western Hemisphere between 1600-1800? > Did you do more than anyone to see that the Dead Sea Scrolls were available for wide study? > Did you refer to your recurring bouts of depression as “the black dog”? DQ. DQ. Not Winston Churchill. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a radio broadcaster who also narrated the TV series _The Untouchables_? > IQ2: Did you discover that Yellow Fever is transmitted by mosquito bite? > IQ3: Are you an NFL running back who held the most yards rushed in a career until Emmitt Smith broke it? Not … Walter Winchell? Not Walter Reed. DQ. **W** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with W 4. American 5. Alive ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/104 "2015-06-06T14:03:44Z")
IQ1. Did local law enforcement know you as Heisenberg? IQ2. Did you figure out that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes? IQ3. Did you come between South Pacific and Joe DiMaggio? ---
**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 6, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/105 "2015-06-06T15:33:52Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you a radio broadcaster who also narrated the TV series The Untouchables? > IQ2: Did you discover that Yellow Fever is transmitted by mosquito bite? > IQ3: Are you an NFL running back who held the most yards rushed in a career until Emmitt Smith broke it? > > Not … Walter Winchell? > Not Walter Reed. > DQ. correct x2, Walter Payton Baffle, I already asked about Walter Reed, so ask another IQ. DQ: Known for the arts? ---
**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 6, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/106 "2015-06-06T15:43:48Z")
IQ1: Were you invited to invade England and replace your unpopular Catholic father-in-law as king? IQ2: Are you a novelist who created the fictional Yoknapatawpha County? IQ3: Are you one of the founding members of the _Black Eyed Peas_? ---
**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 6, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/107 "2015-06-06T16:22:25Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > IQ1. Did local law enforcement know you as Heisenberg? > IQ2. Did you figure out that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes? > IQ3. Did you come between South Pacific and Joe DiMaggio? DQ. Still not Walter Reed. DQ. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you invited to invade England and replace your unpopular Catholic father-in-law as king? > IQ2: Are you a novelist who created the fictional Yoknapatawpha County? > IQ3: Are you one of the founding members of the _Black Eyed Peas_? Not William III of Orange (aka William III of England, aka William II of Scotland). Not William Faulkner. DQ. **W** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with W 4. American 5. Alive 6. Not known for the Arts ---
**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 6, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/108 "2015-06-06T20:23:42Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you invited to invade England and replace your unpopular Catholic father-in-law as king? > IQ2: Are you a novelist who created the fictional Yoknapatawpha County? > IQ3: Are you one of the founding members of the Black Eyed Peas? > > Not William III of Orange (aka William III of England, aka William II of Scotland). > Not William Faulkner. > DQ. correct x2, will.i.am DQ: Known for a single historical event? ---
**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 6, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/109 "2015-06-06T20:29:26Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the only one in a large group of men to wear military uniform at an important meeting in the Western Hemisphere between 1600-1800? - George Washington, in the Continental Congress in 1775. Did you do more than anyone to see that the Dead Sea Scrolls were available for wide study? - William A. Moffett of the Huntington Library. Did you refer to your recurring bouts of depression as “the black dog”? - Yes, Winston Churchill. DQs: Political/military? Born since 1950? IQs: Were you state attorney general and a failed Congressional candidate before being elected governor? Was your husband frustrated by how young people reacted to his presence? Was Thurlow Weed a key advisor of yours? ---
**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 6, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/110 "2015-06-06T20:31:07Z")
IQ1: Did you play Kristen Wiig’s roommate in _Bridesmaids_? IQ2: Did you play a paper salesman with an acute paranoia of robots? IQ3: Are you the starting QB for the Seattle Seahawks? ---
**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 6, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/111 "2015-06-06T21:28:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you the only one in a large group of men to wear military uniform at an important meeting in the Western Hemisphere between 1600-1800? - George Washington, in the Continental Congress in 1775. :smack: > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you state attorney general and a failed Congressional candidate before being elected governor? > Was your husband frustrated by how young people reacted to his presence? > Was Thurlow Weed a key advisor of yours? Three DQs. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Kristen Wiig’s roommate in _Bridesmaids_? > IQ2: Did you play a paper salesman with an acute paranoia of robots? > IQ3: Are you the starting QB for the Seattle Seahawks? And three for you as well. **W** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with W 4. American 5. Alive 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Known for a single historical event 8. Political/military 9. Not born after 1950 ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/112 "2015-06-06T23:33:32Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > correct x2, Walter Payton > > Baffle, I already asked about Walter Reed, so ask another IQ. > > DQ: Known for the arts? You also asked about Walter Winchell, who came between South Pacific and Joe Dimaggio in _We Didn’t Start The Fire_. :smack: IQ1. Did local law enforcement know you as Heisenberg? **Walter White** , from _Breaking Bad_. IQ2. Did you figure out that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes? **Walter Reed** , as mentioned. IQ3. Did you come between South Pacific and Joe DiMaggio? **Walter Winchell** , as previously asked. DQ. Historical event occurred during wartime? IQ1. Were you the only person convicted after the My Lai massacre? IQ2. Did you come up with the law of parismony? IQ3. Did you start as a stock boy in a general store, and later put your name on the tallest building in the world? ---
**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 6, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/113 "2015-06-06T23:39:11Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you born Allen Konigsberg? > 2. Were you the most popular black female recording artist of the 1950’s? > 3. Have you (or your voice) been in more movies than anybody else? > > Not Woody Allen. > DQ. > DQ. Correct on Woody. #2 was Dinah Washington. #3 was Sheb Wooley, best known for his novelty hit _The Purple People Eater_, but who was also a character actor in a number of westerns, and whose brief cry when he was shot off his horse in one movie lives on through countless films as the Wilhelm Scream. 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 7, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/114 "2015-06-07T00:51:18Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Kristen Wiig’s roommate in Bridesmaids? > IQ2: Did you play a paper salesman with an acute paranoia of robots? > IQ3: Are you the starting QB for the Seattle Seahawks? > > And three for you as well. Rebel Wilson, Rainn Wilson (as Dwight Schrute in _The Office_), Russell Wilson DQ: Born east of the Mississippi? holding 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 7, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/115 "2015-06-07T01:24:01Z")
DQ: Common first name? 1 DQ reserved. IQs: 1. Were you Emmett Kelly’s clown persona? 2. Did you voice the bad guy in the perennial season favorite _Frosty the Snowman_? 3. Did you compose and record _I’ve Heard That Tear-Stained Monologue You Do There By The Door Before You Go_? ---
**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 7, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/116 "2015-06-07T01:25:53Z")
Well, that didn’t take long… > [@Baffle](#): > > IQ1. Were you the only person convicted after the My Lai massacre? Yes! I am 1st Lt **W** illiam Laws Calley Jr, about whom I suppose nothing more needs to be said. ---
**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 7, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/117 "2015-06-07T01:34:23Z")
WTG, Baffle! ---
**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 7, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/118 "2015-06-07T02:35:27Z")
All right, **Baffle**! Previous IQs: Were you state attorney general and a failed Congressional candidate before being elected governor? - William J. Clinton. Was your husband frustrated by how young people reacted to his presence? - Martha Washington; George didn’t like how young people clammed up and stifled their high spirits whenever he came near. Was Thurlow Weed a key advisor of yours? - William Seward, Lincoln’s SecState. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/119 "2015-06-07T02:58:24Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > IQ1. Were you the only person convicted after the My Lai massacre? > IQ2. Did you come up with the law of parismony? > IQ3. Did you start as a stock boy in a general store, and later put your name on the tallest building in the world? Woohoo! Other answers were William of Ockham and F. W. Woolworth. To get the ball rolling… I am K. ---
**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 7, 2015, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/120 "2015-06-07T06:58:23Z")
wtg Baffle! IQ1: Did you found Death Row Records with Dr. Dre? IQ2: Are you going to be with him on that midnight train to Georgia? IQ3: Are the former chair-slinging coach of Indiana Hoosiers basketball? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445.md?page=7)