# Botticelli, March 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 9, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297 "2014-03-09T21:04:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [March 9, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/1 "2014-03-09T21:04:10Z")
I am **B**. ---
**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 9, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/2 "2014-03-09T21:20:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _What’ll I Do?_ 2. Were you the “Queen of Pin-ups” in the 1950’s? 3. Did you play Brad Majors in RHPS? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/3 "2014-03-09T22:24:33Z")
IQ1: Have your conquests included Tiffany Case, Honey Ryder, and Solitaire? IQ2: Did you play Captain Kangaroo? IQ3: Did you win a gold medal in the 100m dash at the Seoul Olympics–only to be stripped of it after testing positive for steroids? ---
**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 10, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/4 "2014-03-10T00:59:28Z")
IQ: Did you write the short story collection _Manifest Destiny_? Did you have a thing for beauties on the half shell? Did you visit a palace with a plump singing clock? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/5 "2014-03-10T01:37:50Z")
IQ2: Did you ruin the movie “Pearl Harbor” for me by accompanying my celebrity crush to the premiere? ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/6 "2014-03-10T03:10:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _What’ll I Do?_ > 2. Were you the “Queen of Pin-ups” in the 1950’s? > 3. Did you play Brad Majors in RHPS? DQ. Not Betty Grable. DQ. (“RHPS”?) > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Have your conquests included Tiffany Case, Honey Ryder, and Solitaire? > IQ2: Did you play Captain Kangaroo? > IQ3: Did you win a gold medal in the 100m dash at the Seoul Olympics–only to be stripped of it after testing positive for steroids? My name is not Bond, James Bond. Not Bob Keeshan. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: > > Did you write the short story collection _Manifest Destiny_? > Did you have a thing for beauties on the half shell? > Did you visit a palace with a plump singing clock? DQ. Not Sandro Botticelli. Not … Belle? > [@etv78](#): > > IQ2: Did you ruin the movie “Pearl Harbor” for me by accompanying my celebrity crush to the premiere? DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/7 "2014-03-10T03:38:44Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > My name is not Bond, James Bond. > Not Bob Keeshan. > DQ. Correct on James Bond and Bob Keeshan. The Olympic winner, then loser, was Ben Johnson of Canada. DQ: 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 10, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/8 "2014-03-10T03:46:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _What’ll I Do?_ > 2. Were you the “Queen of Pin-ups” in the 1950’s? > 3. Did you play Brad Majors in RHPS? [quote=“SCAdian, post:6, topic:683297”] DQ. Not Betty Grable. DQ. (“RHPS”?) #1 was Irving Berlin. #2 was Bettie Page. Grable was 1940’s. #3 was Barry Bostwick, who played a hapless oaf in the _Rocky Horror Picture Show_. DQ: Male? I’ll save the other 2 for the moment. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/9 "2014-03-10T05:04:45Z")
That was Brad Ference Living? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/10 "2014-03-10T05:10:40Z")
IQ: Are you, along with your son, among just 4 members of the 300/300 club? IQ2: Are you that son? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/11 "2014-03-10T05:12:05Z")
IQ1: Were you a misanthropic physician played by Ted Danson? IQ2: Were you a character on a TV show whose tagline was, “man, woman, birth, death, infinity”? IQ3: Did you manage the Atlanta Braves, then the Toronto Blue Jays, then the Atlanta Braves again? ---
**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 10, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/12 "2014-03-10T16:24:52Z")
Previous IQ: Did you write the short story collection _Manifest Destiny_? - Barry Longyear Did you have a thing for beauties on the half shell? - Yes, Botticelli himself. Did you visit a palace with a plump singing clock? - Yes, Belle in _Beauty and the Beast_. DQ: Last name start with B? IQs: Did your character try to erect a makeshift barrier made of luggage? Did your wife recently film scenes at a church which appears in _Air Force One_? Have you played a folk music impresario, a TV network executive and a computer guru? ---
**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 10, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/13 "2014-03-10T16:35:14Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Ringo Starr’s wife? 2. Were you Martin Landau’s wife? 3. Are you the most often forgotten of the seven dwarfs? ---
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/14 "2014-03-11T01:35:56Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you, along with your son, among just 4 members of the 300/300 club? > > IQ2: Are you that son? Two DQs. > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Were you a misanthropic physician played by Ted Danson? > IQ2: Were you a character on a TV show whose tagline was, “man, woman, birth, death, infinity”? > IQ3: Did you manage the Atlanta Braves, then the Toronto Blue Jays, then the Atlanta Braves again? Three DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your character try to erect a makeshift barrier made of luggage? > Did your wife recently film scenes at a church which appears in _Air Force One_? > Have you played a folk music impresario, a TV network executive and a computer guru? Three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Ringo Starr’s wife? > 2. Were you Martin Landau’s wife? > 3. Are you the most often forgotten of the seven dwarfs? DQ. Not Barbara Bain. Not Bashful. (I was Grumpy - Kevin was Bashful.) **B** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with ‘B’ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/15 "2014-03-11T01:47:11Z")
Those were Bobby and Barry Bonds. DQ1: American? DQ2: Died after 1950? ---
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/16 "2014-03-11T02:02:56Z")
**B** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with ‘B’ 5. American 6. Did not die after 1950 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/17 "2014-03-11T02:10:28Z")
IQ: Did your incompetence hasten the Civil War? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/18 "2014-03-11T02:21:36Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Were you a misanthropic physician played by Ted Danson? > IQ2: Were you a character on a TV show whose tagline was, “man, woman, birth, death, infinity”? > IQ3: Did you manage the Atlanta Braves, then the Toronto Blue Jays, then the Atlanta Braves again? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Three DQs. The misanthropic physician played by Ted Danson was Becker, of the TV show “Becker.” The TV show character was Ben Casey. Bobby Cox managed the Braves and the Blue Jays. DQ: Known for achievements in the arts? DQ: Died after 1900? One DQ 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 11, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/19 "2014-03-11T02:48:44Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Ringo Starr’s wife? > 2. Were you Martin Landau’s wife? > 3. Are you the most often forgotten of the seven dwarfs? > > DQ. > Not Barbara Bain. > Not Bashful. Ringo’s been married to Barbara Bach since they starred together in _Caveman_ (1981). Saving the DQs until the others are answered. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/20 "2014-03-11T02:57:55Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did your incompetence hasten the Civil War? Miss this? 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297.md?page=2)