# Botticelli June 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 5, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577 "2016-06-05T15:30:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 13, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/81 "2016-06-13T17:38:23Z")
Correct on all three. (I had in mind Fat Freddy, actually, on the third one.) IQs: 1. Are you aka Jay Garrick? 2. Did you bully Peter Parker in high school? 3. Were you the conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra for many years? ---
**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 13, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/82 "2016-06-13T18:15:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Jay Garrick? > 2. Did you bully Peter Parker in high school? > 3. Were you the conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra for many years? Dunno x2; not Arthur Fiedler. ---
**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 13, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/83 "2016-06-13T20:10:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct on all three. (I had in mind Fat Freddy, actually, on the third one.) > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Jay Garrick? > 2. Did you bully Peter Parker in high school? > 3. Were you the conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra for many years? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x2; not Arthur Fiedler. #1 was the original Golden Age Flash. #2 is Flash Thompson. Correct on Arthur. 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 13, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/84 "2016-06-13T22:19:34Z")
IQ1: Does Chris Parnell voice you in _Archer_? IQ2: Did William Christopher play you in M_A_S\*H? IQ3: Are you a tyrannical hotel manager played by John Cleese? ---
**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 13, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/85 "2016-06-13T23:12:34Z")
DQ: From a comedy? ---
**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 14, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/86 "2016-06-14T03:55:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Does Chris Parnell voice you in _Archer_?.. Dingdingding! Yes, I am Cyril Figgis Hapless accountant, sex addict and dweebish CEO-wannabe on the FX animated spy comedy _Archer_: > **[List of Archer characters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Archer_characters#Cyril_Figgis)** > > This is a list of characters on Archer, an American animated spy comedy television series created by Adam Reed for the FX network. > Sterling Malory Archer (H. Jon Benjamin), Code Name: Duchess, is 184 lb, 6'2", 36 years old (computer-screen readout in the show's first episode) and has black hair and blue eyes. He is considered the world's most dangerous secret agent. Though he shows proficiency in stereotypical spy skills—weapons, driving, martial arts—his primary interest in the job is the opp... [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOBlo8x5gkU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOBlo8x5gkU) (NSFW) Good job, **Knowed Out**. On to G…? ---
**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 14, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/87 "2016-06-14T11:15:19Z")
Good on ya, KO! I’ve never seen _Archer_. ---
**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 14, 2016, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/88 "2016-06-14T11:16:20Z")
Yes, truly a twisted show and one of my favorites. New letter is G! ---
**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 14, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/89 "2016-06-14T13:23:39Z")
IQs: 1. Was your catchphrase: “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird.”? 2. Did you have a hit with “Baby The Rain Must Fall”? 3. Are you a member of Black Bolt’s royal court? ---
**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 14, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/90 "2016-06-14T14:20:19Z")
If you haven’t seen _Archer_, check it out. Every James Bond cliché and spy trope cranked up to 11 - witty, raunchy and very funny. G it is. IQs: Did you have a horse named Nelson and a dog named Sweetlips? Is the bicentennial of your birth this July 31st? Did a friend send you and your new bride ham and eggs on your wedding night in Cleveland? ---
**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 14, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/91 "2016-06-14T18:15:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you have a horse named Nelson and a dog named Sweetlips? > Is the bicentennial of your birth this July 31st? > Did a friend send you and your new bride ham and eggs on your wedding night in Cleveland? Not George Washington, not Ulysses S. Grant(?), DQ ---
**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 14, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/92 "2016-06-14T18:16:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your catchphrase: “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird.”? > 2. Did you have a hit with “Baby The Rain Must Fall”? > 3. Are you a member of Black Bolt’s royal court? DQ, DQ, not Gorgon ---
**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 14, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/93 "2016-06-14T19:52:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your catchphrase: “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird.”? > 2. Did you have a hit with “Baby The Rain Must Fall”? > 3. Are you a member of Black Bolt’s royal court? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, DQ, not Gorgon #1 was “Lonesome” George Gobel. #2 was Glenn Yarbrough. Correct on Gorgon. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 14, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/94 "2016-06-14T19:57:06Z")
IQs: 1. Is your insanity the subject of a play by Alan Bennett? 2. Did you play Goober on _The Andy Griffith Show_? 3. Were you reportedly poisoned, shot repeatedly and hit with a shoe? ---
**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 14, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/95 "2016-06-14T20:27:39Z")
Previous IQs: Did you have a horse named Nelson and a dog named Sweetlips? - Yes, George Washington. Is the bicentennial of your birth this July 31st? - Not Grant, but George Henry Thomas, another hero of the Civil War. Did a friend send you and your new bride ham and eggs on your wedding night in Cleveland? - Jack Benny did that for George Burns. Burns later joked that his wife said, “George, that meal was the best thing about the whole evening!” George x3! DQs: American? Last name start with G? IQs: Did you share those ham and eggs with Burns? Were you a TV personality who married the Governor of Kentucky? Were you Lincoln’s SECNAV? ---
**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 14, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/96 "2016-06-14T22:08:06Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Not American 4. First name starts with G ---
**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 14, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/97 "2016-06-14T22:09:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is your insanity the subject of a play by Alan Bennett? > 2. Did you play Goober on _The Andy Griffith Show_? > 3. Were you reportedly poisoned, shot repeatedly and hit with a shoe? not Godot, not George Lindsay, not Grigori Rasputin ---
**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 14, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/98 "2016-06-14T22:10:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you share those ham and eggs with Burns? > Were you a TV personality who married the Governor of Kentucky? > Were you Lincoln’s SECNAV? not Gracie? DQ DQ ---
**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 15, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/99 "2016-06-15T02:11:59Z")
Previous IQs: Did you share those ham and eggs with Burns? - Yes, his wife, Gracie Allen. Were you a TV personality who married the Governor of Kentucky? - Phyllis George. Were you Lincoln’s SECNAV? - Gideon Welles. DQs: European? Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Were you a triple-breasted alien whore in the writings of Douglas Adams? Did an early _Doonesbury_ feature you and your coworkers? Did a robot interrupt your window-washing? ---
**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 15, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/100 "2016-06-15T02:55:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is your insanity the subject of a play by Alan Bennett? > 2. Did you play Goober on _The Andy Griffith Show_? > 3. Were you reportedly poisoned, shot repeatedly and hit with a shoe? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Godot, not George Lindsay, not Grigori Rasputin Correct on 2 and 3. Samuel Beckett wrote about Godot, but he wasn’t crazy. Bennett wrote _The Madness of King George_. The third. DQ: By an American author? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577.md?page=6)