# 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:** 12
**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, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/221 "2015-03-13T15:36:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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_? Not Porter or Lyle Waggoner. Take a DQ for #3 ---
**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, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/222 "2015-03-13T16:18:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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_? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Porter or Lyle Waggoner. > > Take a DQ for #3 Correct, correct and Robert Wagner. DQ: Known for politics/military? ---
**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, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/223 "2015-03-13T16:56:52Z")
# 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 or military figure ---
**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, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/224 "2015-03-13T17:08:15Z")
[quote] 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[/uote] Bray Wyatt, Alex Wheeler, correct DQ: Known for a single historical event? holding a DQ ---
**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, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/225 "2015-03-13T17:12:55Z")
# 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 or military figure 9. Not famous for a single event ---
**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, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/226 "2015-03-13T17:27:07Z")
IQs: 1. Are you “a dealer in magical spells”? 2. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? 3. Did you get bounced from the Miss America title because you had posed in the nude? ---
**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, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/227 "2015-03-13T18:16:44Z")
IQ1: Was Marion Davies your mistress? IQ2: Did you pull off a hoax where you convinced the Prussian military that you were the Captain of Köpenick? IQ3: Did you create a hoax that your pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker had gone missing? ---
**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, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/228 "2015-03-13T18:44:44Z")
Previous IQs: Did a TV version of you say your middle name was Hamish? - Yes, Dr. John H. Watson Did you mistakenly think your infant daughter had figured out gravity? - William J. Clinton, not long after Chelsea was born and she (for a little while, at least) would not roll off the top of the bed. Was your successor known as “His Accidency”? - Yes, William Henry Harrison, succeeded by his Vice President, John Tyler. DQ: Businessman/tycoon? IQs: Was your Wild West Show a huge success? Did friends call you “Cump?” Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson? ---
**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, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/229 "2015-03-13T19:08:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you “a dealer in magical spells”? > 2. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? > 3. Did you get bounced from the Miss America title because you had posed in the nude? Not J. Wellington Wimpy or Vanessa Williams. Take a DQ for #1 (which I probably should know) ---
**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, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/230 "2015-03-13T19:16:09Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Was Marion Davies your mistress? > IQ2: Did you pull off a hoax where you convinced the Prussian military that you were the Captain of Köpenick? > IQ3: Did you create a hoax that your pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker had gone missing? Not William Randolph Hearst, or Washington Irving. 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, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/231 "2015-03-13T19:17:16Z")
# 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 or military figure 9. Not famous for a single event. 10. Was a very wealthy and successful businessman ---
**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, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/232 "2015-03-13T19:20:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your Wild West Show a huge success? > Did friends call you “Cump?” > Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson? Not William “Buffalo Bill” Cody For a minute, I thought you misspelled the nickname of hockey goalie Lorne “Gump” Worsley! Then I realized you meant William “Cump” (short for Tecumseh) Sherman Take a DQ for #3 ---
**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, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/233 "2015-03-13T19:46:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you “a dealer in magical spells”? > 2. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? > 3. Did you get bounced from the Miss America title because you had posed in the nude? > [@astorian](#): > > Not J. Wellington Wimpy or Vanessa Williams. > > Take a DQ for #1 (which I probably should know) Correct on Wimpy and Vanessa. #1 is John Wellington Wells, title character of the operetta _The Sorcerer_ by Gilbert & Sullivan. DQ: Do you have an unusual first name? ---
**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, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/234 "2015-03-13T21:24:44Z")
# 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 or military figure 9. Not famous for a single event. 10. Was a very wealthy and successful businessman 11. My first name isn’t extremely common, but it wouldn’t raise any eyebrows. ---
**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, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/235 "2015-03-13T23:07:41Z")
IQs: 1. Are you “Some Pig!”? 2. Is your name the eponymous title of a Monkees song? 3. Did you room with Marlon Brando in college but left because of his pet wolverine? ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/236 "2015-03-14T01:22:07Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Was Marion Davies your mistress? > IQ2: Did you pull off a hoax where you convinced the Prussian military that you were the Captain of Köpenick? > IQ3: Did you create a hoax that your pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker had gone missing? > > Not William Randolph Hearst, or Washington Irving. > > Take a DQ for #2 Wilhelm Vogt DQ: Known for a particular product or service? holding a DQ ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/237 "2015-03-14T01:41:22Z")
IQ1: Were you the leading scorer for the UNC Tar Heels before playing 12 seasons for the LA Lakers? IQ2: Were you a small forward for the Atlanta Hawks nicknamed the Human Highlight Reel? IQ3: Are you currently North America’s only black billionaire? ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/238 "2015-03-14T01:49:25Z")
> [@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”? > [@astorian](#): > > 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.) Correct. Oops - correct on both counts. :o Correct. IQ1: Were you a US president named Thomas? IQ2: According to a song, did you spend a month in a Memphis jail for asking a green-eyed girl a question? IQ3: Does a North Carolina university bear your name? ---
**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 14, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/239 "2015-03-14T03:05:26Z")
IQs: Was your Wild West Show a huge success? - Yes, Buffalo Bill Did friends call you “Cump?” - Yes, Gen. Sherman Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson? - George Washington DQ: Best known for manufacturing? IQs: Did you allow open access to the Dead Sea Scrolls? Did you command the USS **Kearsarge** in its 1864 victory over the CSS **Alabama** off the coast of Cherbourg, France? Did you burn almost all of your husband’s letters before you died? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/240 "2015-03-14T14:46:17Z")
# 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 or military figure 9. Not famous for a single event. 10. Was a very wealthy and successful businessman 11. My first name isn’t extremely common, but it wouldn’t raise any eyebrows. 12. My name is closely associated with one particular type of product [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=13)