# 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:** 9
**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 18, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/161 "2021-03-18T21:07:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you FDR’s first Vice President? > Did you earn the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”? > Did a weatherman say you made noises like a chipmunk when you got excited? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/162 "2021-03-18T21:30:27Z")
[quote=“kitap, post:146, topic:933991, full:true”] > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Navajo professional male golfer? > 2. Were you Nick Chopper’s love? > 3. Did a certain cat once try to mail you to Abu Dhabi? Notah Begay, correct, correct. DQ: Died after 1990? ---
**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 18, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/163 "2021-03-18T23:26:20Z")
**DQs:** 1. Male 2. Last name starts with N 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Died after 1900 6. Known for the Arts 7. Real 8. Died before 1990 ---
**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 19, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/164 "2021-03-19T01:15:51Z")
IQ1: Are you a ballet dancer and choreographer who spent the last 30 years of his life in and out of various mental institutions? IQ2: Are you an author name-checked in The Police’s early 80s hit _Don’t Stand So Close To Me_? IQ3: Do your amps go to 11? ---
**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 19, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/165 "2021-03-19T02:15:25Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a ballet dancer and choreographer who spent the last 30 years of his life in and out of various mental institutions? > IQ2: Are you an author name-checked in The Police’s early 80s hit _Don’t Stand So Close To Me_ ? > IQ3: Do your amps go to 11? 1. I am not Nijinsky. 2. I am not Nabokov. 3. I am not Nigel Tufnel. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/166 "2021-03-19T02:35:51Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a British Harlequin/Mills & Boon romance writer who wrote 134 books that are still being reprinted 20 years after her death? 2. Are you the alliteratively named boyfriend of a famous sleuth? 3. Did you play Denise in the TV show **Scream Queens**? ---
**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 19, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/167 "2021-03-19T13:01:04Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a British Harlequin/Mills & Boon romance writer who wrote 134 books that are still being reprinted 20 years after her death? > 2. Are you the alliteratively named boyfriend of a famous sleuth? > 3. Did you play Denise in the TV show **Scream Queens**? 1. I am not Nora Roberts (??) 2. I am not Ned Nickerson. 3. Take a 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:** [March 19, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/168 "2021-03-19T15:16:39Z")
Previous IQs: Were you FDR’s first Vice President? - John Nance Garner Did you earn the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”? - Gen. Nathaniel Banks, during the Civil War, after Confederate troops captured a vast quantity of supplies from him Did a weatherman say you made noises like a chipmunk when you got excited? - Nancy, the local woman in _Groundhog Day_ with whom Phil had an affair DQs: European? Best known for the performing arts? Won a top award in his field? IQs: Was Hagrid very sorry to see you go, when you got too big to stay? Were you one of George Washington’s top generals? Did the people of Titipu agree that you would do, newly-betrothed though 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:** [March 19, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/169 "2021-03-19T16:57:20Z")
**DQs:** 1. Male 2. Last name starts with N 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Died after 1900 6. Known for the Arts 7. Real 8. Died before 1990 9. European 10. Not known for the Performing Arts 11. Did not win a top award ---
**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 19, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/170 "2021-03-19T16:58:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was Hagrid very sorry to see you go, when you got too big to stay? > Were you one of George Washington’s top generals? > Did the people of Titipu agree that you would do, newly-betrothed though you were? 1. I am not Norbert. 2. I am not Nathaniel Greene. 3. I am not Nanki-Poo. ---
**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 19, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/171 "2021-03-19T17:09:51Z")
Swept me! IQs: Does a statue of you stand in Langley, Va.? Were you an ill-tempered cat at Hogwarts? Did you command a ship for Zion? ---
**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 19, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/172 "2021-03-19T17:21:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Does a statue of you stand in Langley, Va.? > Were you an ill-tempered cat at Hogwarts? > Did you command a ship for Zion? Take 3 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:** [March 19, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/173 "2021-03-19T17:26:48Z")
Revolutionary War spy Nathan Hale (at CIA HQ), Mrs. Norbert (Filch’s cat) and Niobe (in _The Matrix_ movies). DQs: Best known as a writer? From the British Isles? Greatest fame before 1939? IQs: Were you a great king after whom a British aircraft was named? Did you costar in _Hellcats of the Navy_? Did you play Evey Hammond? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/174 "2021-03-19T19:05:03Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a British Harlequin/Mills & Boon romance writer who wrote 134 books that are still being reprinted 20 years after her death? > 2. Are you the alliteratively named boyfriend of a famous sleuth? > 3. Did you play Denise in the TV show **Scream Queens**? Betty Neels, correct, Niecy Nash. Two DQs reserved. ---
**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 19, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/175 "2021-03-19T19:17:39Z")
**DQs:** 1. Male 2. Last name starts with N 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Died after 1900 6. Known for the Arts 7. Real 8. Died before 1990 9. European 10. Not known for the Performing Arts 11. Did not win a top award in his field, though he did win awards 12. Known primarily as a writer 13. From the British Isles 14. Greatest fame before 1939 ---
**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 19, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/176 "2021-03-19T19:18:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a great king after whom a British aircraft was named? > Did you costar in _Hellcats of the Navy_ ? > Did you play Evey Hammond? 1. I am not Nimrod (??) Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/177 "2021-03-19T23:58:11Z")
DQs: 1. Famous for genre works? 2. Wrote for children? ---
**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 20, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/178 "2021-03-20T00:00:03Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:175, topic:933991, full:true”] **DQs:** 1. Male 2. Last name starts with N 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Died after 1900 6. Known for the Arts 7. Real 8. Died before 1990 9. European 10. Not known for the Performing Arts 11. Did not win a top award in his field, though he did win awards 12. Known primarily as a writer 13. From the British Isles 14. Greatest fame before 1939 15. Not famous for genre works 16. Wrote for children, but not best known for that ---
**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 20, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/179 "2021-03-20T22:39:27Z")
IQ1: Have you played a supervillain’s henchman, a villainous teddy bear, and a man forced to squeal like a pig? IQ2: Are you the title character of a Dickens novel that was adapted into an 8 1/2 hour play? IQ3: Was a type of toast named after 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 21, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/180 "2021-03-21T01:30:49Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a great king after whom a British aircraft was named? - Yes, Nimrod: [Hawker Siddeley Nimrod - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Nimrod) Did you costar in _Hellcats of the Navy_? - Nancy Davis, later Reagan Did you play Evey Hammond? - Natalie Portman, in _V for Vendetta_ DQs: Knighted or ennobled? Best known for prose? IQs: Did Daniel Day-Lewis once play you? Did Buzz Lightyear briefly go by this name? Did you begin your Sixties TV appearances in a yellow dress but almost always wear red after that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991.md?page=10)