# 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:** 19
**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 20, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/361 "2015-03-20T14:25:37Z")
> [@](#): > > 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 Correct on Ken and Buster. #3 was Kathleen Nolan. DQ: Known for a criminal act or acts? ---
**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 20, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/362 "2015-03-20T14:33:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have to choose between the River of the Arrow and the Great Game? 2. Are you considered by many to have been the major Protestant theologian of the 20th Century? 3. Did you write _Either/Or_? ---
**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, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/363 "2015-03-20T15:14:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have to choose between the River of the Arrow and the Great Game? > 2. Are you considered by many to have been the major Protestant theologian of the 20th Century? > 3. Did you write _Either/Or_? Not Kipling’s Kim (Kimball O’Hara) or Karl Barth. Take a DQfor 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, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/364 "2015-03-20T15:15:53Z")
# 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) 10. Closely connected to famous criminal acts, but I never committed any crimes myself ---
**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 20, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/365 "2015-03-20T15:18:25Z")
Correct on Kim and Karl. #3 was Soren Kierkegaard. DQ: Common first name? ---
**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 20, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/366 "2015-03-20T15:20:13Z")
IQs: 1. Did you supposedly “break the internet”? 2. Did you clown around with Betty Boop? 3. Were you “the Last Boy on Earth”? ---
**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, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/367 "2015-03-20T16:21:01Z")
# 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) 10. Closely connected to famous criminal acts, but I never committed any crimes myself 11. Extremely uncommon first name- can’t think of anyone else who ever had it. ---
**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, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/368 "2015-03-20T16:22:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you supposedly “break the internet”? > 2. Did you clown around with Betty Boop? > 3. Were you “the Last Boy on Earth”? Not Kim Kardashian or Kamandi Take a DQ for #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 20, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/369 "2015-03-20T16:32:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you supposedly “break the internet”? > 2. Did you clown around with Betty Boop? > 3. Were you “the Last Boy on Earth”? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Kim Kardashian or Kamandi > > Take a DQ for #2 Right on Kim and Kamandi. #2 was Koko the Clown. IQ: Were you the first Major League Baseball commissioner? ---
**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, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/370 "2015-03-20T16:35:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Right on Kim and Kamandi. #2 was Koko the Clown. > > IQ: Were you the first Major League Baseball commissioner? YESSSSSS! I am Kenesaw Mountain Landis, federal judge and, in the wake of the 1919 Black Sox scandal, the first man selected to clean up corruption as commissioner of the major leagues. Well done, Professor~ ---
**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 20, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/371 "2015-03-20T16:51:36Z")
Thank you! I am W. ---
**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, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/372 "2015-03-20T17:12:27Z")
Grats perfesser! IQ1: Is your real name Travis Morgan, and do you fight for the freedom of the people of Skartaris? IQ2: Are you a longtime enemy of The Flash who summons tornadoes and hailstorms? IQ3: Are you the original Sandman, a crime fighter from the 30’s? ---
**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 20, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/373 "2015-03-20T18:05:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Grats perfesser! > > IQ1: Is your real name Travis Morgan, and do you fight for the freedom of the people of Skartaris? > IQ2: Are you a longtime enemy of The Flash who summons tornadoes and hailstorms? > IQ3: Are you the original Sandman, a crime fighter from the 30’s? I am not the Warlord. I am not the Weather Wizard. I am not Wesley Dodds. ---
**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, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/374 "2015-03-20T23:21:05Z")
astorian and Prof. Pepperwinkle, get out of my head. IQ1: Are you an Inferior Five member who’s a superb archer if he thinks nobody is watching? IQ2: Are you one of the Legion of Super Heroes, originally an astroengineer who got your powers as a result of an anti-matter blast from a propulsion system? IQ3: Are you Plastic Man’s inept sidekick? ---
**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 20, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/375 "2015-03-20T23:41:37Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > astorian and Prof. Pepperwinkle, get out of my head. > > IQ1: Are you an Inferior Five member who’s a superb archer if he thinks nobody is watching? > IQ2: Are you one of the Legion of Super Heroes, originally an astroengineer who got your powers as a result of an anti-matter blast from a propulsion system? > IQ3: Are you Plastic Man’s inept sidekick? [Move over, astorian, there’s precious little room here on the cerebral cortex as it is.] I am not White Feather. I am not Wildfire. I am not Woozy Winks. ---
**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 21, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/376 "2015-03-21T01:55:40Z")
IQ1: Were you chief of the OKW during WW II? IQ2: According to a song, did you say “Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That’s not my department”? IQ3: Were you an architect who married, and then divorced, a composer’s widow? ---
**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 21, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/377 "2015-03-21T02:02:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you chief of the OKW during WW II? > IQ2: According to a song, did you say “Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That’s not my department”? > IQ3: Were you an architect who married, and then divorced, a composer’s widow? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Werner von Braun. I am not Frank Lloyd Wright. ---
**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 21, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/378 "2015-03-21T02:41:36Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you chief of the OKW during WW II? > IQ2: According to a song, did you say “Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That’s not my department”? > IQ3: Were you an architect who married, and then divorced, a composer’s widow? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > I am not Werner von Braun. > I am not Frank Lloyd Wright. Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel. Correct. Walter Gropius, who married Gustav Mahler’s widow. (I figured this one would be a little too obvious, coming right after another Tom Lehrer reference…) DQ1: Real? DQ2: Female? IQ1: Were you a European ruler whose left arm was six inches shorter than his right? IQ2: Were you that person’s grandfather? IQ3: Are you an RAF officer whose personalised mug was labeled “Big Willy”? ---
**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 21, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/379 "2015-03-21T03:20:27Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 21, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/380 "2015-03-21T03:21:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > [Yeah, I misremembered Gropius’s first name. I thought it was Friedrich.] > > IQ1: Were you a European ruler whose left arm was six inches shorter than his right? > IQ2: Were you that person’s grandfather? > IQ3: Are you an RAF officer whose personalised mug was labeled “Big Willy”? …and take 3 DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=20)