# Botticelli - June 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 11, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899 "2018-06-11T17:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/201 "2018-06-25T00:07:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write _Enemy Mine_? > Did you write “Love’s Theme”? > Did you write “Ballad of the Green Berets”? Take three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Sonnets from the Portuguese_? > 2. Did you write _To a Louse_? > 3. Did you write _The Pilgrim’s Progress_? 1. I am not Elizabeth Barret-Browning. 2. I am not Robert Burns. 3. I am not John Bunyan. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you the Quarterback for the Green Bay Packers from 1992-2007? > IQ2: Are you currently QB for the New Orleans Saints? > IQ3: Are you currently QB for the Jacksonville Jaguars? Take three 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 25, 2018, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/202 "2018-06-25T11:37:58Z")
Brett Favre, Drew Brees, Blake Bortles DQ: Real? DQ: Male? DQ: Last name start with B? ---
**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, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/203 "2018-06-25T12:44:37Z")
IQ1: Did you perform the Halftime show for Super Bowls XLVII and L? IQ2: Did you cover “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” in 1971? IQ3: Did you have a hit with “Love Is a Battlefield” in 1983? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/204 "2018-06-25T18:54:28Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ: Real? > DQ: Male? > DQ: Last name start with B? Yes (but might be thought of as fictional), yes, yes > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you perform the Halftime show for Super Bowls XLVII and L? > IQ2: Did you cover “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” in 1971? > IQ3: Did you have a hit with “Love Is a Battlefield” in 1983? IQ3: I am not Pat Benatar. Take two DQs. ---
**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, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/205 "2018-06-25T19:18:09Z")
**DLR** , please put your DQ answers in a numbered list, and update it as we go; have a look at previous rounds to see how. For instance: B. 1. real (might be thought of as fictional) 2. male 3. last name starts with B Previous IQs: Did you write _Enemy Mine_? - Barry Longyear Did you write “Love’s Theme”? - Barry White Did you write “Ballad of the Green Berets”? - SSgt. Barry Sadler Barry x3! DQs: American? Born since 1800? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did the mob in Jerusalem want you freed and not Jesus? Was Pegasus your steed? Did you improbably befriend Sen. Jesse Helms? ---
**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, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/206 "2018-06-25T19:53:52Z")
EH: Helms took his grandchildren to see IQ3 in concert. I believe it was the most surreal thing I’ve ever seen in a local newspaper. > [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you perform the Halftime show for Super Bowls XLVII and L? > IQ2: Did you cover “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” in 1971? > IQ3: Did you have a hit with “Love Is a Battlefield” in 1983? > > IQ3: I am not Pat Benatar. Take two DQs. Beyonce, Joan Baez, correct DQ: Alive? holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/207 "2018-06-25T19:57:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **DLR** , please put your DQ answers in a numbered list, and update it as we go. Oh, right. 1. Real (might be thought of as fictional) 2. Male 3. Last name begins with B 4. American (naturalized) 5. Born since 1800 ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/208 "2018-06-25T20:04:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did the mob in Jerusalem want you freed and not Jesus? > Was Pegasus your steed? > Did you improbably befriend Sen. Jesse Helms? I am not Barabbas. I am not Bellerophon. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/209 "2018-06-25T20:10:01Z")
1. Real (might be thought of as fictional) 2. Male 3. Last name begins with B 4. American (naturalized) 5. Born since 1800 6. Dead ---
**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 26, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/210 "2018-06-26T05:29:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > EH: Helms took his grandchildren to see IQ3 in concert. I believe it was the most surreal thing I’ve ever seen in a local newspaper… I’d prefer you not give any hints about my IQs (such as the fact that he’s a musician) until after the GM has answered. Thanks! Previous IQs: Did the mob in Jerusalem want you freed and not Jesus? - Yes, Barrabas Was Pegasus your steed? - Yes, Bellerophon Did you improbably befriend Sen. Jesse Helms? - Bono, of U2 DQ: Born since 1950? IQs: Have you played a concierge, a prosecutor, a network executive and a computer genius? Does your wife have to button your top shirt button for you? Did you fake an assassination attempt against yourself to win an election? ---
**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, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/211 "2018-06-26T12:33:03Z")
Correct on all three. IQs: 1. Were you a 20th Century Hungarian composer and pianist? 2. Were you a 1st Century Celtic warrior queen? 3. Are you Lady Felicia’s niece on the TV series _Father Brown_? ---
**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, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/212 "2018-06-26T13:28:01Z")
IQ1: Did you portray Prince Vultan in _Flash Gordon_ in 1980? IQ2: Did Rowan Atkinson portray you in a multi-period comedy series? IQ3: Were you IQ2’s cunning lackey, portrayed by Tony Robinson? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/213 "2018-06-26T15:39:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: > > Born since 1950? > > IQs: > > Have you played a concierge, a prosecutor, a network executive and a computer genius? > Does your wife have to button your top shirt button for you? > Did you fake an assassination attempt against yourself to win an election? 1. I am not Bob Balaban. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Bullworth. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a 20th Century Hungarian composer and pianist? > 2. Were you a 1st Century Celtic warrior queen? > 3. Are you Lady Felicia’s niece on the TV series _Father Brown_? 1. I am not Bela Bartok. 2. I am not Boadicea. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you portray Prince Vultan in _Flash Gordon_ in 1980? > IQ2: Did Rowan Atkinson portray you in a multi-period comedy series? > IQ3: Were you IQ2’s cunning lackey, portrayed by Tony Robinson? IQ1: I am not Brian Blessed. IQ2: I am not Blackadder. IQ3: I am not Baldrick. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/214 "2018-06-26T15:41:13Z")
DQs: 1. Real (might be thought of as fictional) 2. Male 3. Last name begins with B 4. American (naturalized) 5. Born since 1800 6. Dead 7: Born before 1950 ---
**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 26, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/215 "2018-06-26T15:48:33Z")
Previous IQs: Have you played a concierge, a prosecutor, a network executive and a computer genius? - Yes, Bob Balaban, in _The Grand Budapest Hotel, Absence of Malice, Seinfeld_ and _2010: The Year We Make Contact_ Does your wife have to button your top shirt button for you? - Bob Dole, due to his WWII injuries Did you fake an assassination attempt against yourself to win an election? - Not Bullworth (although he had other issues), but the title character in _Bob Roberts_ Bob x3! DQs: Best known for the Arts? Born before 1875? IQs: Did you once tell your supporters to “ride towards the sound of the guns”? Were you that person’s sister, who served as Treasurer of the United States? Did you command the ironclad CSS _Virginia_? ---
**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, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/216 "2018-06-26T16:11:52Z")
IQ1: Did you portray Daniel Simpson “D-Day” Day in _Animal House_? IQ2: Was your first movie role as a fraternity pledge getting spanked in _Animal House_? IQ3: Did you play a role in _Animal House_ that had the same nickname as a Popeye villain? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/217 "2018-06-26T17:50:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you once tell your supporters to “ride towards the sound of the guns”? > Were you that person’s sister, who served as Treasurer of the United States? > Did you command the ironclad CSS _Virginia_? Take three DQs. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you portray Daniel Simpson “D-Day” Day in _Animal House_? > IQ2: Was your first movie role as a fraternity pledge getting spanked in _Animal House_? > IQ3: Did you play a role in _Animal House_ that had the same nickname as a Popeye villain? IQ1: I am not Bruce McGill. IQ2: I am not Kevin Bacon. IQ3: I am not John Belushi. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/218 "2018-06-26T19:58:42Z")
1. Real (might be thought of as fictional) 2. Male 3. Last name begins with B 4. American (naturalized) 5. Born since 1800 6. Dead 7. Born before 1950 8. Not known for the arts 9. Born after 1875 ---
**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, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/219 "2018-06-26T21:11:47Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > [@](#): > > 1. Were you a 20th Century Hungarian composer and pianist? > 2. Were you a 1st Century Celtic warrior queen? > 3. Are you Lady Felicia’s niece on the TV series Father Brown? > 4. I am not Bela Bartok. > 5. I am not Boadicea. > 6. Take a DQ. Correct, Correct, and Bunty Windermere. DQ: Known for politics or military? ---
**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 27, 2018, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/220 "2018-06-27T12:04:18Z")
IQ1: Were you running back for the Detroit Lions from 1989 - 1998? IQ2: Are you a deep-voiced R&B crooner who had a hit with “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe”? IQ3: Did you serve as head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners for 16 seasons and the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys for 4 seasons? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899.md?page=12)