# 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:** 10
**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 30, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/181 "2014-03-30T20:39:00Z")
IQ1: Were you a member of Police Squad? IQ2: Did your order at the drive-in restaurant cause your car to tip over when it arrived? IQ3: Were you Rachel’s boyfriend on “Glee”? ---
**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 31, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/182 "2014-03-31T02:45:54Z")
IQs: Was Richard Lugar indirectly responsible for you losing your job? Did Monty Python mock you for your insincerity and monstrous ego? Was a solitary man delighted to learn of your existence? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/183 "2014-03-31T19:28:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you “the bull with the delicate ego”? > 2. Did you battle Ming the Merciless? > 3. Were you an Italian atomic physicist? 1: Pass 2: I am not Flash Gordon 3: I am not Enrico Fermi > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Were you a member of Police Squad? > IQ2: Did your order at the drive-in restaurant cause your car to tip over when it arrived? > IQ3: Were you Rachel’s boyfriend on “Glee”? 1: Pass 2: I am not Fred Flintstone 3: I am not Finn > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was Richard Lugar indirectly responsible for you losing your job? > Did Monty Python mock you for your insincerity and monstrous ego? > Was a solitary man delighted to learn of your existence? 1: pass 2: Pass 3: I am not Man Friday ---
**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 31, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/184 "2014-03-31T19:49:33Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > 1: Pass > 2: I am not Fred Flintstone > 3: I am not Finn Correct on Fred Flintstone and Finn. The Police Squad member was Frank Drebin, played by Leslie Nielsen. 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 31, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/185 "2014-03-31T20:05:29Z")
Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle View Post > [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you “the bull with the delicate ego”? > 2. Did you battle Ming the Merciless? > 3. Were you an Italian atomic physicist? > > 1: Pass > 2: I am not Flash Gordon > 3: I am not Enrico Fermi #1 was Ferdinand, from the eponymous story by Munro Leaf. DQ: Male? ---
**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 31, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/186 "2014-03-31T20:09:39Z")
IQs: 1. Are you you? 2. Did you write _The Idiot_? 3. Was a famous painting by you featuing lovers and a swing parodied in the movie _Frozen_? ---
**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:** [April 1, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/187 "2014-04-01T00:29:05Z")
Previous IQs: Was Richard Lugar indirectly responsible for you losing your job? - Ferdinand Marcos. Lugar, chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, helped persuade the Reagan Administration to do nothing to prop up Marcos when a popular revolt began in the Philippines. Did Monty Python mock you for your insincerity and monstrous ego? - David Frost, for whom several of the Python cast had worked, in this thinly-veiled portrayal: [Monty Python Flying Circus (sub ita) - Timmy Williams Coffee Time - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abTLsBxkIQc) Was a solitary man delighted to learn of your existence? - Yes, Robinson Crusoe’s pal Friday. DQs: American? Last name start with F? IQs: Did you famously say, “Good morning, daughter of the Devil!” Were you a jazz clarinetist and Sovietologist who became a college president? Did you star in _Sky Hei$t_? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/188 "2014-04-01T01:20:21Z")
IQ1: Are you a pro football quarterback who also co-hosted a reality TV show in the 1980s? IQ2: Did you popularize the catchphrase, “Ayyy”? IQ3: Did you go a-courtin’ and you did ride, with a sword and pistol by your side, uh-huh? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/189 "2014-04-01T19:38:57Z")
DQ 1: I am real DQ 2: I am male DQ 3: I am American DQ 4: My last name begins with F. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you you? > 2. Did you write _The Idiot_? > 3. Was a famous painting by you featuing lovers and a swing parodied in the movie _Frozen_? I am not fanganga I am not Franz Kafka pass > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you famously say, “Good morning, daughter of the Devil!” > Were you a jazz clarinetist and Sovietologist who became a college president? > Did you star in _Sky Hei$t_? Pass on all 3 > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Are you a pro football quarterback who also co-hosted a reality TV show in the 1980s? > IQ2: Did you popularize the catchphrase, “Ayyy”? > IQ3: Did you go a-courtin’ and you did ride, with a sword and pistol by your side, uh-huh? Pass I am not Arthur Fonzarelli I am not Froggy ---
**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:** [April 1, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/190 "2014-04-01T20:53:29Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you you? > 2. Did you write The Idiot? > 3. Was a famous painting by you featuring lovers and a swing parodied in the movie Frozen? > > I am not fanganga > I am not Franz Kafka > pass Correct on #1. #2 was Feodor Dostoevski, not Kafka. #3 was [Jean-Honore](http://31.media.tumblr.com/743914c9b06a78855763e6e018798238/tumblr_mv1ey0y4fM1qdsmqso3_r1_500.gif)[Fragonard.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Fragonard_-_swing.jpg) DQs: 1. Known for the Arts? 2. Living? ---
**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:** [April 1, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/191 "2014-04-01T20:55:35Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a fantastic creation of Roald Dahl? 2. Did you write _The Star-Spangled Banner_? 3. Are you the subject of an “opera” written by Randy Newman, which originally featured James Taylor as God? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/192 "2014-04-02T03:10:38Z")
Previous IQs: Did you famously say, “Good morning, daughter of the Devil!” - Charles Grandison Finney, a Bible-thumping president of Oberlin College, who did not approve of women being educated there and greeted one of them with that phrase. The story goes that she demurely replied, “Good morning, father.” Were you a jazz clarinetist and Sovietologist who became a college president? - S. Frederick Starr, a later president of Oberlin College and now head of the Aspen Institute. Did you star in _Sky Hei$t_? - Frank Gorshin. DQs: Born since 1900? Born east of the Miss. River? Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line? IQs: Did Joe Pendleton assume your identity? Are you, more than any other individual, credited with inventing TV? Did you establish a big Boston business? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/193 "2014-04-02T18:47:10Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > Pass > I am not Arthur Fonzarelli > I am not Froggy Correct on Fonzie and Froggy. The quarterback/TV host was Fran Tarkenton, who was one of the hosts of “That’s Incredible.” Two DQs reserved for now. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/194 "2014-04-03T11:37:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a fantastic creation of Roald Dahl? > 2. Did you write _The Star-Spangled Banner_? > 3. Are you the subject of an “opera” written by Randy Newman, which originally featured James Taylor as God? I am not Mr. Fox I am not Francis Scott Key pass > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did Joe Pendleton assume your identity? > Are you, more than any other individual, credited with inventing TV? > Did you establish a big Boston business? pass While nationalistic pride makes me inclined to support Baird’s claim, I am not Philo Farnsworth. Pass DQ 1: I am real DQ 2: I am male DQ 3: I am American DQ 4: My last name begins with F. DQ 5: I am currently alive DQ 6: I am not known for the arts DQ 7: I was born since 1900 DQ 8: I was born WEST of the Mississipi DQ 9: I was born NORTH of the Mason-Dixon line ---
**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:** [April 3, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/195 "2014-04-03T13:55:48Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a fantastic creation of Roald Dahl? > 2. Did you write The Star-Spangled Banner? > 3. Are you the subject of an “opera” written by Randy Newman, which originally featured James Taylor as God? > > I am not Mr. Fox > I am not Francis Scott Key > pass #3 is Faust. DQ: Known for your work in science? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/196 "2014-04-03T13:58:54Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Thor’s earthly girlfriend? 2. Did you play Crazy Guggenheim on the Jackie Gleason Show? 3. Did you play Klinger on M_A_S\*H? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/197 "2014-04-03T23:57:50Z")
(Where’d SCAdian go?) ---
**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:** [April 4, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/198 "2014-04-04T03:40:15Z")
Dunno - good question. Previous IQs: Did Joe Pendleton assume your identity? - Leo Farnsworth, in the 1978 romantic comedy _Heaven Can Wait_. Are you, more than any other individual, credited with inventing TV? - Yes, Philo Farnsworth. Did you establish a big Boston business? - Mr. Filene. DQs: Born since 1980? Political/military? IQs: Were you hit in the face by a bird while riding a rollercoaster? Were you noted for your paintings of burly swordsmen and busty women? Was your catchphrase “Wacka wacka”? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/199 "2014-04-04T11:21:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you hit in the face by a bird while riding a rollercoaster? > Were you noted for your paintings of burly swordsmen and busty women? > Was your catchphrase “Wacka wacka”? Pass I am not … Franzetta? I am not Fozzie Bear > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Thor’s earthly girlfriend? > 2. Did you play Crazy Guggenheim on the Jackie Gleason Show? > 3. Did you play Klinger on M_A_S\*H? I am not Jane Foster pass pass DQ 1: I am real DQ 2: I am male DQ 3: I am American DQ 4: My last name begins with F. DQ 5: I am currently alive DQ 6: I am not known for the arts DQ 7: I was born since 1900 DQ 8: I was born WEST of the Mississipi DQ 9: I was born NORTH of the Mason-Dixon line DQ10: I am NOT known for science DQ11: I am NOT known for political or military endeavours DQ12: I was born BEFORE 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:** [April 4, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/200 "2014-04-04T12:52:57Z")
[QUOTE] IQs: 1. Are you Thor’s earthly girlfriend? 2. Did you play Crazy Guggenheim on the Jackie Gleason Show? 3. Did you play Klinger on M_A_S\*H? I am not Jane Foster pass pass Correct on #1. #2 was Frank Fontaine. #3 was Jamie Farr. DQ: Known for business? 1 DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297.md?page=11)