# 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:** 4
**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 15, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/61 "2014-03-15T00:32:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your character’s mother a Porter? > IQ2: Were you a princess who was defenestrated? > IQ3: Do you hate those meeces to pieces? > [@TexCat](#): > > DQ. > Jezebel (?) > DQ. Although I can almost see the cartoon cat that said this. Jerry Van Dyke played the man whose mother was reincarnated as a 1928 Porter in _My Mother the Car_. Correct on Jezebel. Mr Jinks. (The mice were Pixie and Dixie.) DQ1: From theatre? DQ2: Created after 1950? IQ1: Were you a US naval officer who became a Russian admiral? IQ2: Did you command the US task forces at Midway? IQ3: Were you the Hoosier Poet? ---
**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 15, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/62 "2014-03-15T03:49:56Z")
Way to go, **TexCat**! IQs: In the alt-hist novel _Fatherland_, did you have a 1964 summit meeting with Hitler? Did you keep a scratched-upon coconut on your desk? Were you an economist who always loved ballet? ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/63 "2014-03-15T04:04:03Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a mystery writer who solves crime in your spare time? DQ. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a US naval officer who became a Russian admiral? > IQ2: Did you command the US task forces at Midway? > IQ3: Were you the Hoosier Poet? 3 DQs. I would have thought Nimitz for IQ2, but I don’t think he was John or James. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > In the alt-hist novel _Fatherland_, did you have a 1964 summit meeting with Hitler? > Did you keep a scratched-upon coconut on your desk? > Were you an economist who always loved ballet? WAG on first one: LBJ. No guess on the other 2. Gosh, yall ask tough questions. :o **J** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. American (or at least I think of her as American. She lived in America.) 4. Created after 1900 5. Living, or as alive as fictional characters can be 6. Created by an American 7. Not from literature 8. Not from the movies 9. Protagonist 10. Not from theatre 11. Created after 1950 ---
**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 15, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/64 "2014-03-15T04:19:59Z")
DQs: 1. from TV? 2. created after 1980? IQs: 1. Did you study gorillas at very close range? 2. Did you eat no fat? 3. Are you the protagonist of Tim Powers’ book _On Stranger Tides_? ---
**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 15, 2014, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/65 "2014-03-15T11:51:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a US naval officer who became a Russian admiral? > IQ2: Did you command the US task forces at Midway? > IQ3: Were you the Hoosier Poet? > [@TexCat](#): > > 3 DQs. I would have thought Nimitz for IQ2, but I don’t think he was John or James. John Paul Jones. Frank Jack Fletcher. (Chester Nimitz, I think, was at Pearl in a much more senior position. Halsey should have commanded one of the TFs, but he was laid up with medical problems so Fletcher took command of both.) James Whitcomb Riley. DQs this evening, when I have more time. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/66 "2014-03-15T16:08:45Z")
That was Jessica Fletcher DQ: From TV? ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/67 "2014-03-15T16:50:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQs: > > 1. from TV? > 2. created after 1980? > > IQs: > > 1. Did you study gorillas at very close range? > 2. Did you eat no fat? > 3. Are you the protagonist of Tim Powers’ book _On Stranger Tides_? 1. Jane Goodall? Though I thought she mostly watched chimpanzees. 2. Jack Sprat 3. DQ > [@etv78](#): > > That was Jessica Fletcher > > DQ: From TV? Already asked above. Try another. **J** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. American (or at least I think of her as American. She lived in America.) 4. Created after 1900 5. Living, or as alive as fictional characters can be 6. Created by an American 7. Not from literature 8. Not from the movies 9. Protagonist 10. Not from theatre 11. Created after 1950 12. From TV 13. Created before 1980 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/68 "2014-03-15T16:55:16Z")
DQ: On an award-winning show? ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/69 "2014-03-15T19:26:28Z")
**J** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. American (or at least I think of her as American. She lived in America.) 4. Created after 1900 5. Living, or as alive as fictional characters can be 6. Created by an American 7. Not from literature 8. Not from the movies 9. Protagonist 10. Not from theatre 11. Created after 1950 12. From TV 13. Created before 1980 14. Not generally considered an award-winning show, but according to IMDB did win at least one ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/70 "2014-03-15T19:35:02Z")
IQ: Was she an ignorant slut? ---
**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 15, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/71 "2014-03-15T22:30:48Z")
#3 was Jack Shandy, hero of _On Stranger Tides_. DQ: Is J the initial of your first name? IQ: 1. Did your character/actress star as the first African-American woman with her own series? ---
**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 16, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/72 "2014-03-16T01:39:36Z")
IQ1: Did the coolest guy in town call you “Shortcake”? IQ2: Did your audience chant your name while your guests tried to clobber each other with chairs? IQ3: Did you ride the Silver Streak with Gene Wilder? ---
**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, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/73 "2014-03-16T01:42:41Z")
Previous IQs: In the alt-hist novel _Fatherland_, did you have a 1964 summit meeting with Hitler? - Joseph Kennedy Sr. Did you keep a scratched-upon coconut on your desk? - John F. Kennedy: [http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/vTbLLUB3y0ysSgehfDHU9A.aspx](http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/vTbLLUB3y0ysSgehfDHU9A.aspx) Were you an economist who always loved ballet? - John Maynard Keynes. He even married a Russian expatriate ballerina. DQs: On a show primarily meant for grownups? On a show primarily meant to be a comedy? Last name start with J? IQs: Did the Red-Headed League fool you? Was your middle name recently confirmed in a TV show to be “Hamish”? Were you a noted early recipient of a sex-change operation? ---
**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, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/74 "2014-03-16T02:06:46Z")
IQ: Did you serve Major Tony Nelson? ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/75 "2014-03-16T04:00:05Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Was she an ignorant slut? Was this Jane Curtain on SNL? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3 was Jack Shandy, hero of _On Stranger Tides_. > > DQ: Is J the initial of your first name? > > IQ: > > 1. Did your character/actress star as the first African-American woman with her own series? I want to say Julia? She was a nurse? > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did the coolest guy in town call you “Shortcake”? > IQ2: Did your audience chant your name while your guests tried to clobber each other with chairs? > IQ3: Did you ride the Silver Streak with Gene Wilder? 3 DQs > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > In the alt-hist novel _Fatherland_, did you have a 1964 summit meeting with Hitler? - Joseph Kennedy Sr. > Did you keep a scratched-upon coconut on your desk? - John F. Kennedy: [http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/vTbLLUB3y0ysSgehfDHU9A.aspx](http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/vTbLLUB3y0ysSgehfDHU9A.aspx) > Were you an economist who always loved ballet? - John Maynard Keynes. He even married a Russian expatriate ballerina. > > DQs: > > On a show primarily meant for grownups? > On a show primarily meant to be a comedy? > Last name start with J? > > IQs: > > Did the Red-Headed League fool you? > Was your middle name recently confirmed in a TV show to be “Hamish”? > Were you a noted early recipient of a sex-change operation? John Watson??? John Hamish Watson DQ **J** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. American (or at least I think of her as American. She lived in America.) 4. Created after 1900 5. Living, or as alive as fictional characters can be 6. Created by an American 7. Not from literature 8. Not from the movies 9. Protagonist 10. Not from theatre 11. Created after 1950 12. From TV 13. Created before 1980 14. Not generally considered an award-winning show, but according to IMDB did win at least one 15. First name starts with J 16. Primarily meant for grownups? 17. Meant to be a comedy 18. Last name is not known > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did you serve Major Tony Nelson? Yes, I have been dreaming of **Jeannie**. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/76 "2014-03-16T04:16:47Z")
I was referring to Jane Curtin. ---
**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 16, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/77 "2014-03-16T05:05:45Z")
Well done, **Professor**! As for my last IQs: > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did the coolest guy in town call you “Shortcake”? > IQ2: Did your audience chant your name while your guests tried to clobber each other with chairs? > IQ3: Did you ride the Silver Streak with Gene Wilder? The coolest guy in town was Fonzie, and he referred to Joanie Cunningham as “Shortcake.” “Jer-ry! Jer-ry! Jer-ry!” Jerry Springer, of course. Finally, Jill Clayburgh starred with Gene Wilder in the movie, “Silver Streak.” ---
**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, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/78 "2014-03-16T14:42:15Z")
Thanks! (Jeannie married Tony eventually, BTW, so her last name ended up being Nelson.) And, yes, Julia was a nurse. I am G! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/79 "2014-03-16T17:20:49Z")
IQ: Do skydivers scream your name upon exiting the plane? IQ: Are you married to a TV chef who fudged his biography? ---
**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, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/80 "2014-03-16T17:56:38Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Do skydivers scream your name upon exiting the plane? > > IQ: Are you married to a TV chef who fudged his biography? I am not Geronimo. Take a DQ for the other. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297.md?page=5)