# 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:** 7
**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, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/121 "2015-06-07T14:25:04Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the first Clarabell the Clown on _Howdy Doody_? 2. Are you #1’s more famous later role? 3. Are you an old radio show “tracer of lost persons”? ---
**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, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/122 "2015-06-07T14:34:49Z")
IQ1: Were you created by George Herriman? IQ2: Were you CNO during WW II? IQ3: Did you play a remedial high-school teacher? ---
**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, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/123 "2015-06-07T15:11:31Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 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? I am not Suge Knight. 2 DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the first Clarabell the Clown on _Howdy Doody_? > 2. Are you #1’s more famous later role? > 3. Are you an old radio show “tracer of lost persons”? Oof. 3 DQs. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you created by George Herriman? > IQ2: Were you CNO during WW II? > IQ3: Did you play a remedial high-school teacher? And 3 DQs to you. ---
**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, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/124 "2015-06-07T15:34:51Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the first Clarabell the Clown on Howdy Doody? > 2. Are you #1’s more famous later role? > 3. Are you an old radio show “tracer of lost persons”? > Oof. 3 DQs. #1 was Bob Keeshan. #2 was Captain Kangaroo. #3 was Mr. Keen. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name starts with K? ---
**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, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/125 "2015-06-07T15:43:12Z")
DQ Summary: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. Last name starts with K. ---
**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, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/126 "2015-06-07T16:17:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you created by George Herriman? > IQ2: Were you CNO during WW II? > IQ3: Did you play a remedial high-school teacher? > [@Baffle](#): > > And 3 DQs to you. Krazy Kat. Adm Ernest J King. Gabe Kaplan (Welcome Back, Kotter). DQ1: Living? DQ2: American? DQ3: 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 7, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/127 "2015-06-07T20:16:23Z")
> [@](#): > > 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? > > I am not Suge Knight. > 2 DQs. correct, Gladys Knight, Bobby Knight — 3 Knights holding 2 DQs ---
**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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/128 "2015-06-07T20:29:53Z")
IQ1: Are you an Americana singer/songwriter who’s biggest hits are _The Road Goes on Forever_ and _Merry Christmas From the Family_? IQ2: Are you a bluegrass/country musician who frequently tours with Robert Plant and the Union Station? IQ3: Are you a South African recording artist whose four sons formed a band named after your surname and had a hit in 2012 with _Come with Me Now_? ---
**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, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/129 "2015-06-07T23:19:14Z")
IQ1: Did you die in the premature explosion of a remotely controlled flying bomb? IQ2: Were you that person’s brother the lieutenant? IQ3: Were you their brother the seaman apprentice? ---
**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 8, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/130 "2015-06-08T03:17:49Z")
IQs: Are you an English actress born in 1985 who recently had her first baby (and it wasn’t mine)? Were you the villain in the movie _Breaker Morant_? Did you wear a bikini in Antarctica for a cover photo? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/131 "2015-06-08T09:55:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you die in the premature explosion of a remotely controlled flying bomb? > IQ2: Were you that person’s brother the lieutenant? > IQ3: Were you their brother the seaman apprentice? Would this be the Kennedy brothers? Joe Jr, John and Robert? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an Americana singer/songwriter who’s biggest hits are _The Road Goes on Forever_ and _Merry Christmas From the Family_? > IQ2: Are you a bluegrass/country musician who frequently tours with Robert Plant and the Union Station? > IQ3: Are you a South African recording artist whose four sons formed a band named after your surname and had a hit in 2012 with _Come with Me Now_? I’ll throw out a guess – I’m not Kris Kristofferson. But otherwise, 3 DQs for you. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you an English actress born in 1985 who recently had her first baby (and it wasn’t mine)? > Were you the villain in the movie _Breaker Morant_? > Did you wear a bikini in Antarctica for a cover photo? I’m not Keira Knightley. (her being the only English actress that age I can think of right now). 2 DQs for the others. * * * DQ Summary: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. Last name starts with K. 4. Dead. 5. Not American. 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 8, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/132 "2015-06-08T12:13:08Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an Americana singer/songwriter who’s biggest hits are The Road Goes on Forever and Merry Christmas From the Family? > IQ2: Are you a bluegrass/country musician who frequently tours with Robert Plant and the Union Station? > IQ3: Are you a South African recording artist whose four sons formed a band named after your surname and had a hit in 2012 with Come with Me Now? > > I’ll throw out a guess – I’m not Kris Kristofferson. > > But otherwise, 3 DQs for you. Robert Earl Keen, Allison Krause, Johnny Kongos (father of the band Kongos) DQ: Ever held an elected office? holding 4 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 8, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/133 "2015-06-08T13:37:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you die in the premature explosion of a remotely controlled flying bomb? > IQ2: Were you that person’s brother the lieutenant? > IQ3: Were you their brother the seaman apprentice? > [@Baffle](#): > > Would this be the Kennedy brothers? Joe Jr, John and Robert? Correct on all three. (Actually, serving in WW II Bobby was a seaman second class; seaman apprentice is the modern term.) ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/134 "2015-06-08T13:42:44Z")
DQ Summary: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. Last name starts with K. 4. Dead. 5. Not American. 6. Not known for the arts. 7. Has not held elected office. ---
**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 8, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/135 "2015-06-08T15:32:14Z")
IQ1: Were you chief of the OKW during most of WW II? IQ2: Did you play the COB in a movie set in the Atlantic during WW II? IQ3: Was it rumored that you would be chosen to replace Gen McClellan? ---
**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 8, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/136 "2015-06-08T16:44:30Z")
DQ: European? holding 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/137 "2015-06-08T16:48:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you chief of the OKW during most of WW II? > IQ2: Did you play the COB in a movie set in the Atlantic during WW II? > IQ3: Was it rumored that you would be chosen to replace Gen McClellan? Too many acronyms… not enough civil war knowledge. 3 DQs. * * * DQ Summary: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. Last name starts with K. 4. Dead. 5. Not American. 6. Not known for the arts. 7. Has not held elected office. 8. Not European. ---
**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 8, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/138 "2015-06-08T18:03:27Z")
Previous IQs: Are you an English actress born in 1985 who recently had her first baby (and it wasn’t mine)? - Yes, Keira Knightley. Were you the villain in the movie _Breaker Morant_? - Lord Kitchener. Did you wear a bikini in Antarctica for a cover photo? - Kate Upton: [http://www.etonline.com/media/photo/2013/02/23991816/kate\_upton\_sportsillustrated\_130208\_360.jpg](http://www.etonline.com/media/photo/2013/02/23991816/kate_upton_sportsillustrated_130208_360.jpg) DQs: Political/military? Died since 1900? IQs: Did you joke, “The constitutional we do right away. The unconstitutional takes a little longer”? Did you meet with a notable rival only once, in Vienna? Did you head the SEC and serve as an ambassador? ---
**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 8, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/139 "2015-06-08T19:01:58Z")
DQ: Asian? holding 2 DQs ---
**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 8, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/140 "2015-06-08T19:08:55Z")
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