# Botticelli -- Mar 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991 "2021-03-01T01:27:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/121 "2021-03-16T18:19:37Z")
1. Did you kill fewer people than the Waco Kid? 2. Are you the title character in a “beloved” Christmas song? (My wife loves it; I don’t) 3. Are you a former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan that Donald Trump doesn’t know? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/122 "2021-03-16T19:01:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you create the Table of the Elements? > - Did you do vocal effects for Spike Jones? > - Are you a Chicago-based private eye/magician? Take a DQ Not Doodles Weaver Not Harry Dresden > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > - Did you kill fewer people than the Waco Kid? > - Are you the title character in a “beloved” Christmas song? (My wife loves it; I don’t) > - Are you a former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan that Donald Trump doesn’t know? Not Cecil B. DeMille Take a DQ Not David Duke ---
**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:** [March 16, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/123 "2021-03-16T20:31:12Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did you create the Table of the Elements? > > > > > - Did you do vocal effects for Spike Jones? > > > - Are you a Chicago-based private eye/magician? > > Take a DQ > Not Doodles Weaver > Not Harry Dresden #1 was Dmitri Mendeleyev. Correct on the others. DQ: Real? ---
**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:** [March 16, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/124 "2021-03-16T20:37:14Z")
IQs: Were you “the Welsh Wizard”? Were you the royal title character of a sf novel? Did you have a single _Star Trek_ role before playing a cool cop? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/125 "2021-03-16T23:28:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you “the Welsh Wizard”? > Were you the royal title character of a sf novel? > Did you have a single _Star Trek_ role before playing a cool cop? Take a DQ Not Dejah Thoris Take another DQ ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/126 "2021-03-16T23:28:58Z")
DQs: **D** 1. Not real ---
**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:** [March 16, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/127 "2021-03-16T23:46:19Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the eponymous character in Boz’s most autobiographical work? 2. Did Joab reproach you for weeping over the death of your son? 3. Did Sandy Olsson lament that she was merely a “poor man’s” you? ---
**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:** [March 17, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/128 "2021-03-17T01:35:01Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Were you “the Welsh Wizard”? > > Were you the royal title character of a sf novel? > > Did you have a single _Star Trek_ role before playing a cool cop? > > Take a DQ > Not Dejah Thoris > Take another DQ British PM David Lloyd George, I’ll rephrase, and this guy, in _TOS_ “The Apple” before he starred in _Starsky & Hutch_: [David Soul | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/David_Soul) DQs: Male? Last name start with D? IQs: You are not from Barsoom; were you the royal title character of a sf novel? Were you a Civil War-era and pro-Lincoln painter from East Liverpool, Ohio? Did you work with both Edward R. Murrow and Ken Burns, many years apart? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/129 "2021-03-17T02:47:01Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the father in the _Baby Blues_ comic strip? 2. Are you Keesha’s baby sister in the same comic strip? 3. Were you a mystery writer best known for locked room mysteries? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/130 "2021-03-17T06:03:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Are you the eponymous character in Boz’s most autobiographical work? > - Did Joab reproach you for weeping over the death of your son? > - Did Sandy Olsson lament that she was merely a “poor man’s” you? Not David Copperfield Take a DQ Not Sandra Dee > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You are not from Barsoom; were you the royal title character of a sf novel? > Were you a Civil War-era and pro-Lincoln painter from East Liverpool, Ohio? > Did you work with both Edward R. Murrow and Ken Burns, many years apart? Take 3 DQs > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you the father in the _Baby Blues_ comic strip? > 2. Are you Keesha’s baby sister in the same comic strip? > 3. Were you a mystery writer best known for locked room mysteries? Not Daryl Take 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/131 "2021-03-17T06:06:15Z")
DQs: **D** 1. Not real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with D ---
**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:** [March 17, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/132 "2021-03-17T13:19:02Z")
Previous IQs: You are not from Barsoom; were you the royal title character of a sf novel? - The planetary monarch of Niven and Pournelle’s _King David’s Spaceship_ Were you a Civil War-era and pro-Lincoln painter from East Liverpool, Ohio? - David Gilmour Blythe Did you work with both Edward R. Murrow and Ken Burns, many years apart? - David McCullough David x3! DQs: American? Would be alive today, if real? First appeared since 1900? IQs: Did you work for the PHB? Is a key legal test of scientific evidence named after you? Did Roy Marsden play you for many years? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/133 "2021-03-17T13:22:36Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > > > - Did you kill fewer people than the Waco Kid? > > > > > - Are you the title character in a “beloved” Christmas song? (My wife loves it; I don’t) > > > - Are you a former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan that Donald Trump doesn’t know? > > Not Cecil B. DeMille > Take a DQ > Not David Duke Correct, Dominic the Donkey, Correct Last name starts with “D”? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/134 "2021-03-17T14:39:06Z")
IQs: 1. In an unfinished work, did you disappear after you broke your engagement? 2. Are you considered the original character of the misunderstood dashing gentleman whose pride causes calamity? 3. Are you a comic character trapped in an office? ---
**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:** [March 17, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/135 "2021-03-17T15:29:12Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Are you the eponymous character in Boz’s most autobiographical work? > > > > > - Did Joab reproach you for weeping over the death of your son? > > > - Did Sandy Olsson lament that she was merely a “poor man’s” you? > > Not David Copperfield > Take a DQ > Not Sandra Dee Correct, King David from the books of Samuel, correct. DQ: Created by an American or Americans? ---
**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:** [March 17, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/136 "2021-03-17T15:34:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Robinson Crusoe_? 2. Were you “the King of the Wild Frontier”? 3. Was Garry Moore your radio sidekick? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/137 "2021-03-17T17:20:10Z")
DQs: **D** 1. Not real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with D 4. Not American 5. May or may not be alive today, if real. Depends on the version of the story. 6. First appeared since 1900 7. Not created by an American or Americans > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Last name starts with “D”? Already asked in #3. Have another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/138 "2021-03-17T17:30:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you work for the PHB? > Is a key legal test of scientific evidence named after you? > Did Roy Marsden play you for many years? Not Dilbert (Pointy haired boss?) Take 2 DQs > [@MissTake](#): > > - In an unfinished work, did you disappear after you broke your engagement? > - Are you considered the original character of the misunderstood dashing gentleman whose pride causes calamity? > - Are you a comic character trapped in an office? Take a DQ Not Mr. Darcy Not Dilbert > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you write _Robinson Crusoe_ ? > - Were you “the King of the Wild Frontier”? > - Was Garry Moore your radio sidekick? Not Daniel Defoe Not Davy Crockett 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:** [March 17, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/139 "2021-03-17T18:10:49Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did you write _Robinson Crusoe_ ? > > > > > - Were you “the King of the Wild Frontier”? > > > - Was Garry Moore your radio sidekick? > > Not Daniel Defoe > Not Davy Crockett > Take a DQ Correct x2. #3 was Jimmy Durante. DQ: First appeared after 1960? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/140 "2021-03-17T18:15:40Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Take a DQ > Not Mr. Darcy > Not Dilbert Edwin Drood (Charles Dickens), yes, yes DQ: Created by someone from the United Kingdom? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991.md?page=8)