# Botticelli -- June 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 2, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923 "2020-06-02T13:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/41 "2020-06-07T22:51:40Z")
Lessee now,… I am O! ---
**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 8, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/42 "2020-06-08T00:11:01Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Regarding a scientific test, did you say “I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita…‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds’”? 2. Were you originally the dog of Jon Arbuckle’s friend Lyman? 3. Did you play a housekeeper in _The Bride of Frankenstein_? ---
**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, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/43 "2020-06-08T01:12:40Z")
IQ1: Did you, Crapgame, and a former Army officer set out to rob a bank? IQ2: Did you play a renegade Army officer in Vietnam? IQ3: Were you and your brother bicycle mechanics in Ohio? ---
**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 8, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/44 "2020-06-08T02:25:37Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Congrats, Prof.! > > IQs: > > 1. Regarding a scientific test, did you say “I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita…‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds’”? > 2. Were you originally the dog of Jon Arbuckle’s friend Lyman? > 3. Did you play a housekeeper in _The Bride of Frankenstein_? 1. I am not Oppenheimer. 2. I am not Odie. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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 8, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/45 "2020-06-08T02:26:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you, Crapgame, and a former Army officer set out to rob a bank? > IQ2: Did you play a renegade Army officer in Vietnam? > IQ3: Were you and your brother bicycle mechanics in Ohio? #3. I am not Orville Wright. Take 2 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 8, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/46 "2020-06-08T04:18:26Z")
Good job, **Prof. P.**! Wouldn’t have guessed Collins in a million years, I suspect. IQs: Did you head the Freedman’s Bureau and have a college named after you? Was the occupation of an unrelated older woman who was kind to you often glossed over in later works about you? Did William Shatner play you exactly once in his entire career? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/47 "2020-06-08T10:24:39Z")
1. Were you a paleontologist who was one of the three original curators of the Peabody Museum and who did field work in Colorado and Wyoming? 2. Were you an actor who later became a world class bridge player? 3. Are you a Rose Princess who is a distant cousin of the ruler of Oz? ---
**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, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/48 "2020-06-08T12:32:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you, Crapgame, and a former Army officer set out to rob a bank? > IQ2: Did you play a renegade Army officer in Vietnam? > IQ3: Were you and your brother bicycle mechanics in Ohio? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3. I am not Orville Wright. > Take 2 DQs. Oddball (_Kelly’s Heroes_}. Never mind - faulty memory on my part. Correct. DQ1: Real? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Good job, **Prof. P.**! Wouldn’t have guessed Collins in a million years, I suspect. I half expected him to guess Barnabas, who I think also fits all of the given 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 8, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/49 "2020-06-08T13:49:56Z")
DQ: Real No, Barnabas didn’t fit, because he’s been in two movies: House of Dark Shadows and the much later Dark Shadows with Johnny Depp. ---
**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 8, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/50 "2020-06-08T13:51:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you head the Freedman’s Bureau and have a college named after you? > Was the occupation of an unrelated older woman who was kind to you often glossed over in later works about you? > Did William Shatner play you exactly once in his entire career? Take 3 DQs. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you a paleontologist who was one of the three original curators of the Peabody Museum and who did field work in Colorado and Wyoming? > 2. Were you an actor who later became a world class bridge player? > 3. Are you a Rose Princess who is a distant cousin of the ruler of Oz? #2. I am not Omar Sharif. Take 2 DQs. Good job, stumping me with an Oz question. ---
**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, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/51 "2020-06-08T14:11:52Z")
Previous IQs: Did you head the Freedman’s Bureau and have a college named after you? - Oliver O. Howard Was the occupation of an unrelated older woman who was kind to you often glossed over in later works about you? - Oliver Twist (and Nancy, the London streetwalker with a heart of gold) Did William Shatner play you exactly once in his entire career? - Oliver North, in an \*SNL \*skit Oliver x3! DQs: Male? Living? Last name start with O? IQs: Were you a British Army officer who became an early hero of Israel? Did you say, “I have done some service to the state, and they know it”? Were you Mork’s boss? ---
**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, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/52 "2020-06-08T14:44:03Z")
IQ1: Were you a frequent panelist on _To Tell the Truth_? IQ2: Were you a prominent English fascist? IQ3: Were you a cranky character on a children’s TV show? ---
**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 8, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/53 "2020-06-08T14:45:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Oppenheimer. > 2. I am not Odie. > 3. Take a DQ. 3 (played a housekeeper in _Bride of Frankenstein_) was Una O’Connor. DQ: American? IQs: 1. Do you provide vocals on “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill”? 2. Are you an artist noted for your oversize versions of everyday objects? 3. Did you hawk the ShamWow? ---
**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 8, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/54 "2020-06-08T15:44:20Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Last name starts with O 5. Has dual USA-and-another country citizenship ---
**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 8, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/55 "2020-06-08T15:47:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a frequent panelist on _To Tell the Truth_? > IQ2: Were you a prominent English fascist? > IQ3: Were you a cranky character on a children’s TV show? 1. I am not Orson Bean. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Ollie (of Kukla, Fran & Ollie) ?? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > IQs: > > Were you a British Army officer who became an early hero of Israel? > Did you say, “I have done some service to the state, and they know it”? > Were you Mork’s boss? #3. I am not Orson. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you provide vocals on “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill”? > 2. Are you an artist noted for your oversize versions of everyday objects? > 3. Did you hawk the ShamWow? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Claes Oldenburg. #3. Take a DQ. ---
**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, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/56 "2020-06-08T17:58:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a frequent panelist on _To Tell the Truth_? > IQ2: Were you a prominent English fascist? > IQ3: Were you a cranky character on a children’s TV show? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Orson Bean. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Ollie (of Kukla, Fran & Ollie) ?? Correct. Oswald Mosley. Never saw _K, F & O_, so I have no idea if your answer fits. I was thinking of Oscar the Grouch on _Sesame Street_. IQ: Was your husband murdered at the Dakota in 1980? ---
**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 8, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/57 "2020-06-08T18:06:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Correct. > Oswald Mosley. > Never saw _K, F & O_, so I have no idea if your answer fits. I was thinking of Oscar the Grouch on _Sesame Street_. > IQ: Was your husband murdered at the Dakota in 1980? I am not Yoko Ono. Take a DQ for Oscar - I don’t remember Ollie being cranky. ---
**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, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/58 "2020-06-08T19:50:48Z")
DQs: 1. Other country is in Europe? 2. Known for the Arts? ---
**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 8, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/59 "2020-06-08T20:12:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Claes Oldenburg. > #3. Take a DQ. 1 was Yoko Ono; 3 was Vince Offer. DQ: born after 1960? One DQ reserved. IQs: 1. Were you a redheaded reporter who wore a green suit and red bow tie? 2. Were you a redheaded reporter who wore a yellow jumpsuit and white boots? 3. Are you a hockey player whose last name turns up in crosswords a lot, given its short length? ---
**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 9, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/60 "2020-06-09T01:59:15Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a British Army officer who became an early hero of Israel? - Orde Wingate Did you say, “I have done some service to the state, and they know it”? - Shakespeare’s Othello Were you Mork’s boss? - Yes, Orson Two DQs reserved. IQs: Are you a master wandmaker in Diagon Alley? Was perhaps your sole redeeming characteristic your rejection of segregation in your hometown? Were you a moody Russian romantic hero? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923.md?page=4)