# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/141 "2018-06-19T17:36:13Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > IQs > IQ Answers 1) Were you the animator responsible for JIminy Cricket?Not **Walt Disney** , but \*\*Ward KImball \*\*drew and animated Jiminy Cricket. DQ > 2) Were you Mother to the Father who knew best?Jane Wyatt was the Mom on _Father Knows Best_ > 3) Was your character lost in deep space for 57 years after your ship was destroyed? Sigourney Weaver to begin in _Aliens_ 3 DQs coming… ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/142 "2018-06-19T17:38:43Z")
DQs: American? Alive? Known from film? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/143 "2018-06-19T18:02:39Z")
Oops, duplicate DQs… ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/144 "2018-06-19T19:00:33Z")
American? Alive? Known from film? - Not a duplicate: considered it asked… ---
**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 19, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/145 "2018-06-19T19:12:21Z")
DQs: 1. Born before 1950 2. Real 3. Last name starts with W 4. Male 5. Not American 6. Dead 7. Not known for politics/military 8. Not known from film KO first asked about #5 and #6, so EH and MM each have 2 more DQs to ask. ---
**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 19, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/146 "2018-06-19T19:14:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you king Edward VIII’s reason for abdicating? > IQ2: Were you convicted for the Atlanta Child Murders from 1979-1981? > IQ3: Are you a stand-up comedian who wrote the book _I Had the Right to Remain Silent But I Didn’t Have the Ability_? 1. I am not Wallis Simpson. Take 2 DQs for the others. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you animate King Kong? > 2. Did you animate Gertie the Dinosaur? > 3. Was your maiden name Slaghoople? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Windsor McCay. 3. I am not Wilma Flintstone. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you Gromit’s “owner”? > Are you the senior U.S. senator from Virginia? > Are you his unrelated former colleague? 1. I am not Wallace. 2. I am not Mark Warner. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/147 "2018-06-19T19:31:32Z")
DQs 1. British? 2. Known from the arts? ---
**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 19, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/148 "2018-06-19T19:57:29Z")
DQs: 1. Born before 1950 2. Real 3. Last name starts with W 4. Male 5. Not American 6. Dead 7. Not known for politics/military 8. Not known from film 9. British 10. Known from the Arts ---
**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 19, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/149 "2018-06-19T20:34:49Z")
Previous IQs: Are you Gromit’s “owner”? - Yes, Wallace Are you the senior U.S. senator from Virginia? - Yes, Mark Warner Are you his unrelated former colleague? - John Warner DQ: Best known for the visual arts? IQs: Did you command the USS _Monitor_ in its famous 1862 duel with the CSS _Virginia_? Did you command the USS \*Kearsarge \*in its famous duel with the CSS \*Alabama \*on this day in 1864? Despite an excellent record of naval service, did fleets under your command twice unnecessarily get caught in major storms? ---
**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 19, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/150 "2018-06-19T22:26:54Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you king Edward VIII’s reason for abdicating? > IQ2: Were you convicted for the Atlanta Child Murders from 1979-1981? > IQ3: Are you a stand-up comedian who wrote the book I Had the Right to Remain Silent But I Didn’t Have the Ability? > > 1. I am not Wallis Simpson. > Take 2 DQs for the others. correct, Wayne B. Williams, Ron “Tater Salad” White 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 19, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/151 "2018-06-19T23:16:38Z")
IQ1: Are you a former Alabama governor who was confined to a wheelchair after a 1972 assassination attempt? IQ2: Did you portray Dwight Schrute in _The Office_? IQ3: Were you a Wild West lawman who took in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral? ---
**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 20, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/152 "2018-06-20T01:36:55Z")
Previous IQ answer: Willis O’Brien (Did you animate King Kong?) DQ: Born before 1900? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/153 "2018-06-20T03:53:30Z")
IQs 1. were you the lynchpin behind RKO’s Mercury Theater? 2. Did you play outfield for both the Padres and the Yankees and are now in the hall of fame? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/154 "2018-06-20T03:55:47Z")
3)Were you the annyoing female sidekick in Indiana Jones and the temple doom? ---
**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 20, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/155 "2018-06-20T12:11:55Z")
DQs: 1. Born before 1950 2. Real 3. Last name starts with W 4. Male 5. Not American 6. Dead 7. Not known for politics/military 8. Not known from film 9. British 10. Known from the Arts 11. Not best known for the visual arts 12. 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 20, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/156 "2018-06-20T12:13:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you command the USS _Monitor_ in its famous 1862 duel with the CSS _Virginia_? > Did you command the USS \*Kearsarge \*in its famous duel with the CSS \*Alabama \*on this day in 1864? > Despite an excellent record of naval service, did fleets under your command twice unnecessarily get caught in major storms? Take 3 DQs. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a former Alabama governor who was confined to a wheelchair after a 1972 assassination attempt? > IQ2: Did you portray Dwight Schrute in _The Office_? > IQ3: Were you a Wild West lawman who took in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral? 1. I am not George Wallace. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Wyatt Earp. > [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > IQs > > 1. were you the lynchpin behind RKO’s Mercury Theater? > 2. Did you play outfield for both the Padres and the Yankees and are now in the hall of fame? > [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > 3)Were you the annyoing female sidekick in Indiana Jones and the temple doom? 1. I am not Orson Welles. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Willie Scott. ---
**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 20, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/157 "2018-06-20T12:21:29Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a former Alabama governor who was confined to a wheelchair after a 1972 assassination attempt? > IQ2: Did you portray Dwight Schrute in The Office? > IQ3: Were you a Wild West lawman who took in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral? > > 1. I am not George Wallace. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Wyatt Earp. Rainn Wilson DQ: Known from a TV series? 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 20, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/158 "2018-06-20T12:44:11Z")
DQs: 1. Born before 1950 2. Real 3. Last name starts with W 4. Male 5. Not American 6. Dead 7. Not known for politics/military 8. Not known from film 9. British 10. Known from the Arts 11. Not best known for the visual arts 12. Born before 1900 13. Not known from a TV series ---
**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 20, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/159 "2018-06-20T13:28:00Z")
Previous IQs: Did you command the USS \*Monitor \*in its famous 1862 duel with the CSS _Virginia_? - Lt. John Worden Did you command the USS \*Kearsarge \*in its famous duel with the CSS \*Alabama \*on [June 19,] 1864? - Capt. John Winslow Despite an excellent record of naval service, did fleets under your command twice unnecessarily get caught in major storms? - Adm. William Halsey DQs: Best known as a musician? Won a top award in his field? One DQ reserved. IQs: Does the same actor usually play both your dad and your nemesis on stage? Was your last car trimmed in your college colors? Was your wife much nicer to your young neighbor than you were? ---
**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 20, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/160 "2018-06-20T13:50:02Z")
DQs: 1. Born before 1950 2. Real 3. Last name starts with W 4. Male 5. Not American 6. Dead 7. Not known for politics/military 8. Not known from film 9. British 10. Known from the Arts 11. Not best known for the visual arts 12. Born before 1900 13. Not known from a TV series 14. Known for music, but not as a musician 15. Did not win a top award as we would think of it, but received many honors [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899.md?page=9)