# Botticelli - March 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955 "2015-03-01T21:49:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 1, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/1 "2015-03-01T21:49:54Z")
Previous thread: [Botticelli February 2015 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=748135) Our new letter is A Have at it! ---
**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 1, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/2 "2015-03-01T23:19:08Z")
IQs: 1. Did you partner in comedy with Jack Burns? 2. Did you partner in comedy with George Burns? 3. Did you write _Plague Dogs_? ---
**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 2, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/3 "2015-03-02T00:43:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you partner in comedy with Jack Burns? > 2. Did you partner in comedy with George Burns? > 3. Did you write _Plague Dogs_? Dunno, not Gracie Allen, and dunno. ---
**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 2, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/4 "2015-03-02T01:33:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you partner in comedy with Jack Burns? > 2. Did you partner in comedy with George Burns? > 3. Did you write _Plague Dogs_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Gracie Allen, and dunno. Avery Schreider, correct on Gracie, and Richard Adams (better known for writing _Watership Down_) DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 2, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/5 "2015-03-02T04:33:54Z")
IQ1: Did you and your wife change your names at a very advanced age? IQ2: Did Patton say you were the best tank commander in the Army? IQ3: Were you an Austrian archduchess who became queen of France? ---
**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 2, 2015, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/6 "2015-03-02T04:46:04Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the topic of a song by Tom Lehrer? 2. Did you perform a hit song to the tune of _The Dance of the Hours_? 3. Did you perform the role of Tyrone F. Horneigh? ---
**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 2, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/7 "2015-03-02T05:07:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you and your wife change your names at a very advanced age? > IQ2: Did Patton say you were the best tank commander in the Army? > IQ3: Were you an Austrian archduchess who became queen of France? Dunno, not Creighton Abrams, and not Marie Antoinette. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the topic of a song by Tom Lehrer? > 2. Did you perform a hit song to the tune of _The Dance of the Hours_? > 3. Did you perform the role of Tyrone F. Horneigh? Not A. Lobachevsky, dunno, and dunno. A. 1. real 2. male ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/8 "2015-03-02T06:37:05Z")
I am never forget the day I feerst heard the song of Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky. IQ1: Did you personally kill someone while serving as the Vice President of the US? IQ2: Were you the person killed? IQ3: Was your father King Philip? ---
**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 2, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/9 "2015-03-02T14:38:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the topic of a song by Tom Lehrer? > 2. Did you perform a hit song to the tune of _The Dance of the Hours_? > 3. Did you perform the role of Tyrone F. Horneigh? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not A. Lobachevsky, dunno, and dunno. #1 was not Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, but the lovely [Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel](http://cdbpdx.com/). #2 was Allan Sherman, whose hit was [\*Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah[/I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jjiWS__Mp0)]. #3 was Arte Johnson, on [_Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In_.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhL6I5eeDaE) DQs: 1. Living? 2. Last name starts with A? 3. Known for the Arts? ---
**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 2, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/10 "2015-03-02T14:42:20Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a businessman associated with Occidental Petroleum? 2. Were you an 8th Century B.C. prophet? 3. Was your father co-editor of the standard dictionary of Ancient Greek? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/11 "2015-03-02T14:49:49Z")
IQ1: Did your song “Massachusetts” become the official folk song of that state? IQ2: Are you the original host of _Jeopardy_? IQ3: Did you write a parody of _Jeopardy_ based on a Greg Kihn song? ---
**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 2, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/12 "2015-03-02T17:17:43Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > … > IQ1: Did you personally kill someone while serving as the Vice President of the US? > IQ2: Were you the person killed? > IQ3: Was your father King Philip? Not Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton or Alexander the Great. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a businessman associated with Occidental Petroleum? > 2. Were you an 8th Century B.C. prophet? > 3. Was your father co-editor of the standard dictionary of Ancient Greek? Not Armand Hammer, not Amos, and dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did your song “Massachusetts” become the official folk song of that state? > IQ2: Are you the original host of _Jeopardy_? > IQ3: Did you write a parody of _Jeopardy_ based on a Greg Kihn song? Not Arlo Guthrie, Art Fleming or Weird Al Yanokovic. A. 1. real 2. male 3. living 4. last name starts with A 5. not known for the Arts ---
**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 2, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/13 "2015-03-02T17:56:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you and your wife change your names at a very advanced age? > IQ2: Did Patton say you were the best tank commander in the Army? > IQ3: Were you an Austrian archduchess who became queen of France? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Creighton Abrams, and not Marie Antoinette. Abram and his wife Sarai were in their 90s when God changed their names to Abraham and Sarah. Correct. Correct. DQ: Known for military/political achievements? IQ1: Are you playing Illya in the new UNCLE movie? IQ3: Did you play one of the eight Bradford children? IQ3: Did you play one of the eight Bradford 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 2, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/14 "2015-03-02T18:25:07Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a businessman associated with Occidental Petroleum? > 2. Were you an 8th Century B.C. prophet? > 3. Was your father co-editor of the standard dictionary of Ancient Greek? > Not Armand Hammer, not Amos, and dunno. Correct on Armand and Amos. Henry Liddell of _Liddell & Scott’s Greex Lexicon_ had several daughters, one named Alice. The Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson would take them all on picnics and tell them stories, one of which became _Alice in Wonderland_. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/15 "2015-03-02T19:09:21Z")
IQ1: Did you represent Georgia at the Continental Congress and found the first state-chartered public college in the United States, the University of Georgia? IQ2: Did you portray Jerry Markovic on _ER_? IQ3: Did you once try to manage a general store in New Salem Illinois, and eventually serve as a captain during the Black Hawk war? ---
**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 2, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/16 "2015-03-02T19:11:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Are you playing Illya in the new UNCLE movie? > IQ3: Did you play one of the eight Bradford children? > IQ3: Did you play one of the eight Bradford children? Dunno. Not Adam the little kid. Dunno the other. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you represent Georgia at the Continental Congress and found the first state-chartered public college in the United States, the University of Georgia? > IQ2: Did you portray Jerry Markovic on _ER_? > IQ3: Did you once try to manage a general store in New Salem Illinois, and eventually serve as a captain during the Black Hawk war? Dunno the first two; not Abraham Lincoln. A. 1. real 2. male 3. living 4. last name starts with A 5. not known for the Arts 6. known for military/political achievements, broadly speaking ---
**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 2, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/17 "2015-03-02T19:16:51Z")
DQ: Born after 1960? ---
**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 2, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/18 "2015-03-02T19:46:04Z")
A. 1. real 2. male 3. living 4. last name starts with A 5. not known for the Arts 6. known for military/political achievements, broadly speaking 7. born after 1960 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/19 "2015-03-02T20:48:40Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you represent Georgia at the Continental Congress and found the first state-chartered public college in the United States, the University of Georgia? > IQ2: Did you portray Jerry Markovic on ER? > IQ3: Did you once try to manage a general store in New Salem Illinois, and eventually serve as a captain during the Black Hawk war? > > Dunno the first two; not Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Baldwin, Abraham Benrubi, correct DQ: Born east of the Mississippi? DQ: Known for a single historical event? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/20 "2015-03-02T21:21:07Z")
IQ1: Did you play yourself in the autobiographical film _To Hell and Back_? IQ2: Did you serve in the USMC before going into show business for 7 decades, including starring roles in two major sitcoms, as well as becoming an animal rights activist? IQ3: Did you serve in the US Coast Guard before returning to golf and becoming the youngest Master’s Tournament winner in 1958? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=2)