# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/341 "2015-03-19T16:37:22Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Born before 1900 6. First name starts with K ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/342 "2015-03-19T16:38:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the bad guy in the movie _Breaker Morant_? > Did Bob Hoskins play you in _Enemy at the Gates_? > Did your errors lead to the death of you, your wife and your sister-in-law? Not Lord Kitchener, Nikita Kruschev or… 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 19, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/343 "2015-03-19T16:50:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the Nancy Drew mysteries? > 2. Were you felled by beauty? > 3. Were you a green-skinned foe of Superboy? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Caroline Keene, King Kong, or… > > Take a DQ Correct on 1 and 2. #3 was the Kryptonite Kid. DQ: Died after 1900? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/344 "2015-03-19T18:51:25Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Born before 1900 6. First name starts with K 7. Died after 1900 ---
**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 19, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/345 "2015-03-19T19:21:41Z")
IQ1: Are you a former Utah Jazz power forward nicknamed “The Mailman”? IQ2: Did you portray Lt. Stone on the TV series _The Streets of San Francisco_? IQ3: Have you portrayed Eomer, Vaako, and Leonard McCoy? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/346 "2015-03-19T19:28:54Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a former Utah Jazz power forward nicknamed “The Mailman”? > IQ2: Did you portray Lt. Stone on the TV series _The Streets of San Francisco_? > IQ3: Have you portrayed Eomer, Vaako, and Leonard McCoy? Not Karl(s) Malone, Malden or Urban. ---
**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 19, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/347 "2015-03-19T19:39:44Z")
IQs: 1. Are you George Herriman’s best known creation? 2. Did you, along with Bia, bind Prometheus? 3. Did you and your sister thwart the evil plan of Egyptian deities in novels by Rick Riordan? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/348 "2015-03-19T20:44:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you George Herriman’s best known creation? > 2. Did you, along with Bia, bind Prometheus? > 3. Did you and your sister thwart the evil plan of Egyptian deities in novels by Rick Riordan? Not Krazy Kat Take DQs for 2 and 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 19, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/349 "2015-03-19T21:02:42Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you George Herriman’s best known creation? > 2. Did you, along with Bia, bind Prometheus? > 3. Did you and your sister thwart the evil plan of Egyptian deities in novels by Rick Riordan? > Not Krazy Kat > > Take DQs for 2 and 3 Correct on the Kat. #2 was Kratos. #3 is Carter Kane. DQs: 1. Known for the arts? 2. Died after 1950? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/350 "2015-03-19T21:37:25Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Born before 1900 6. First name starts with K 7. Died between 1900 and 1950 8. Not involved in any of 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 19, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/351 "2015-03-19T22:52:17Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Cliff Barnes on _Dallas_? 2. Were you an actor known as “the Great Stone Face”? 3. Did you play the mom on _The Real McCoys_? ---
**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 19, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/352 "2015-03-19T22:55:14Z")
IQ1: Were you (according to legend) the first king of the Scots? IQ2: Did you write about a WWII German spy who was killed on a Scottish island? IQ3: Were you the highest-ranking German officer to die while a prisoner of the Soviets? ---
**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 20, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/353 "2015-03-20T01:04:09Z")
IQ1: Are you the author of _One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest_? IQ2: Are you the member of Kansas who wrote _Dust In The Wind_? IQ3: Did you play Jerry Seinfeld’s mortal enemy Neuman? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/354 "2015-03-20T03:50:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Cliff Barnes on _Dallas_? > 2. Were you an actor known as “the Great Stone Face”? > 3. Did you play the mom on _The Real McCoys_? Not Ken Kercheval or Buster Keaton Take a DQ for 3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/355 "2015-03-20T03:52:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you (according to legend) the first king of the Scots? > IQ2: Did you write about a WWII German spy who was killed on a Scottish island? > IQ3: Were you the highest-ranking German officer to die while a prisoner of the Soviets? Not Kenneth MacAlpin Or Ken Follett Take a DQ for 3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/356 "2015-03-20T03:54:17Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the author of _One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest_? > IQ2: Are you the member of Kansas who wrote _Dust In The Wind_? > IQ3: Did you play Jerry Seinfeld’s mortal enemy Neuman? Not Ken Kesey,Kerry Livgren or Wayne Knight ---
**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 20, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/357 "2015-03-20T03:56:11Z")
IQs: Were you the bad guy in the movie _Breaker Morant_? - Yes, Lord Kitchener. Did Bob Hoskins play you in _Enemy at the Gates_? - Yes, Nikita K. Did your errors lead to the death of you, your wife and your sister-in-law? - JFK Jr. wasn’t as good a pilot as he thought he was, alas. DQ: Political/military? IQs: Were you a literary character with a fishy last name? Did you love the smell of napalm in the morning? Were you an old-time Hollywood director with a royalist name? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/358 "2015-03-20T11:14:20Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Born before 1900 6. First name starts with K 7. Died between 1900 and 1950 8. Not involved in any of the arts 9. I did hold a prominent political office… but that’s not what I’m best known for (this is a huge hint) ---
**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 20, 2015, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/359 "2015-03-20T11:33:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you (according to legend) the first king of the Scots? > IQ2: Did you write about a WWII German spy who was killed on a Scottish island? > IQ3: Were you the highest-ranking German officer to die while a prisoner of the Soviets? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Kenneth MacAlpin Or Ken Follett > > Take a DQ for 3 Von Kleist. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/360 "2015-03-20T12:26:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a literary character with a fishy last name? > Did you love the smell of napalm in the morning? > Were you an old-time Hollywood director with a royalist name? Not Kilgore Trout or King Vidor I know #2 is Robert Duvall in _ **Apocalypse Now** _, but I forget the character name, so take a DQ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=19)