# 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:** 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 13, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/201 "2015-03-13T00:20:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Leaves of Grass_? > 2. Did you compose _A Saturday Night at the World_? > 3. Did you start your broadcasts with “Good evening, Mr & Mrs. America, and all the ships at sea. Let’s go to press!” (ahem) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/202 "2015-03-13T01:01:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Leaves of Grass_? > 2. Did you compose _A Saturday Night at the World_? > 3. Did you start your broadcasts with “Good evening, Mr & Mrs. America, and all the ships at sea. Let’s go to press!” Not Walter Winchell or Walt Whitman. DQ for #2 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/203 "2015-03-13T01:02:51Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you the last German Emperor and King of Prussia? > IQ2: Are you a director of _The Matrix_ who used to be a man? > IQ3: Did radical feminist Valerie Solanas attempt to kill you in 1968? Not Kaiser Wilhelm II,Lana Wachowski or Andy Warhol ---
**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 13, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/204 "2015-03-13T01:32:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > (ahem) > [@astorian](#): > > Not Walter Winchell or Walt Whitman. > > DQ for #2 Correct and correct. Mason Williams was the other. DQ: Living? ---
**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 13, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/205 "2015-03-13T01:43:56Z")
Previous IQs: Are you the only leader of your country to have earned a Ph.D.? - Yes, Woodrow Wilson. Were you the last of your kind to be eaten? - The title character of _A Fish Called Wanda_, the last left in her tank as Otto ate them all. Did you fire Gifford Pinchot, causing a political stir? - William Howard Taft fired the great naturalist from his government post, annoying Theodore Roosevelt and other progressives and conservationists. DQs: Last name start with W? Born since 1950? IQs: Did a TV version of you say your middle name was Hamish? Did you mistakenly think your infant daughter had figured out gravity? Was your successor known as “His Accidency”? ---
**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 13, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/206 "2015-03-13T02:29:58Z")
IQ1: Are you the real name of Marvel’s The Kingpin? IQ2: Did you win a Pulitzer for writing _The Age of Innocence_? IQ3: Did you portray a dhampir who hunts vampires in three movies? ---
**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 13, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/207 "2015-03-13T03:53:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an outstanding archer, as long as you didn’t think anyone was watching? > IQ2: Were you a pig starring in a Superman parody? > IQ3: Were you a Bohemian duke who has been immortalised in song? > [@astorian](#): > > Not William Tell? > > Take a DQ for #2 > > Not good king Wenceslas? White Feather, from the Inferior Five (DC). Wonder Warthog. Correct. DQ1: American? DQ2: Known for the Arts? IQ1: Are you a salesman who committed suicide? IQ2: Did you play a German air force officer who made a guest appearance on _Batman_? IQ3: Were you that officer? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/208 "2015-03-13T10:52:46Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. First name starts with W 6. Not involved in the arts 7. Born before 1950 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/209 "2015-03-13T10:59:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > P > > IQs: > > Did a TV version of you say your middle name was Hamish? > Did you mistakenly think your infant daughter had figured out gravity? > Was your successor known as “His Accidency”? Not Dr. Watson or William Henry Harrison Take a DQ for #2 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/210 "2015-03-13T11:00:13Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the real name of Marvel’s The Kingpin? > IQ2: Did you win a Pulitzer for writing _The Age of Innocence_? > IQ3: Did you portray a dhampir who hunts vampires in three movies? Not Wesley Snipes or Edith Wharton Take a DQ for #1 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/211 "2015-03-13T11:01:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a salesman who committed suicide? > IQ2: Did you play a German air force officer who made a guest appearance on _Batman_? > IQ3: Were you that officer? Not Willy Loman or Werner Klemperer But since I don’t know Colonel Klink’s first name, you get a DQ for #3 ---
**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 13, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/212 "2015-03-13T12:32:09Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not Wesley Snipes or Edith Wharton > > Take a DQ for #1 Wilson Fisk DQ: Ever held a political office? ---
**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 13, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/213 "2015-03-13T12:58:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a salesman who committed suicide? > IQ2: Did you play a German air force officer who made a guest appearance on _Batman_? > IQ3: Were you that officer? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Willy Loman or Werner Klemperer > > But since I don’t know Colonel Klink’s first name, you get a DQ for #3 Wilhelm Klink. DQ: Born before 1800? IQ1: Were you the first person to make three spaceflights? IQ2: Did you play a sportswriter in a play, a movie, and a TV show? IQ3: Were you “the most trusted man in America”? ---
**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 13, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/214 "2015-03-13T13:22:19Z")
IQs: 1. Have you been portrayed by Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell and Burt Lancaster? 2. Are you a Hanna-Barbara cartoon cayman? 3. Did you pal around with Artemus Gordon? ---
**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 13, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/215 "2015-03-13T14:52:38Z")
IQ1: Are you a professional wrestler who proclaims to be “The Eater of Worlds” and “The True Face of Fear”? IQ2: Are you known as the “Ivy League Imposter”? IQ3: Are you thought to have killed 23 men and children in Atlanta Ga. in 1979-1981? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/216 "2015-03-13T15:17:34Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. First name starts with W 6. Not involved in the arts 7. Born between 1800 and 1950 8. Not a politician ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/217 "2015-03-13T15:18:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first person to make three spaceflights? > IQ2: Did you play a sportswriter in a play, a movie, and a TV show? > IQ3: Were you “the most trusted man in America”? Not Walter Cronkite, for #3. Not… Wally Schirra?? (For #1) Not… Walter Matthau for #2??? (though he didn’t play Oscar Madison on TV, only on stage and screen.) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/218 "2015-03-13T15:19:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you been portrayed by Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell and Burt Lancaster? > 2. Are you a Hanna-Barbara cartoon cayman? > 3. Did you pal around with Artemus Gordon? Not Wyatt Earp, Wally Gator or Jim West ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/219 "2015-03-13T15:21:45Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a professional wrestler who proclaims to be “The Eater of Worlds” and “The True Face of Fear”? > IQ2: Are you known as the “Ivy League Imposter”? > IQ3: Are you thought to have killed 23 men and children in Atlanta Ga. in 1979-1981? Not Wayne Williams. Take DQs for 1 and 2 ---
**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 13, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/220 "2015-03-13T15:26:20Z")
Correct on all three. IQs: 1. Did you used to sing duets with Dolly Parton? 2. Were you a regular on _The Carol Burnett Show_? 3. Do you play Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. on _NCIS_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=12)