# 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:** 20
**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 21, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/381 "2015-03-21T03:29:08Z")
All right, **Prof. P.**! Good job. Previous IQs: Were you a literary character with a fishy last name? - Yes, Kilgore Trout. Did you love the smell of napalm in the morning? - Col. Kilgore, from _Apocalypse Now_, and yes, as played by Robert Duvall. Were you an old-time Hollywood director with a royalist name? - Yes, King Vidor. On to W, then… IQs: Was imagery of you used, without your permission, in two movies within a few years of each other? Did you command the USS \*Monitor \*in its famous 1862 clash with the CSS _Virginia_? Did you command the USS _Kearsarge_ in its famous 1864 clash with the CSS _Alabama_? ---
**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, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/382 "2015-03-21T03:34:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 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”? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …and take 3 DQs. Kaiser Wilhelm II. Kaiser Wilhelm I. Flt Lt William [Wales](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2261661/Uncropped-version-Prince-William-photo-posted-Dukes-website-reveals-nickname-mug-RAF-base.html) (better known as HRH Prince William of Wales). DQ1: American? DQ2: Living? DQ3: Known for the Arts? IQ1: Were you Theodore’s big brother? IQ2: Were you George VI’s sister-in-law? IQ3: Were you her third husband? ---
**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, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/383 "2015-03-21T13:33:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > On to W, then… > > IQs: > > Was imagery of you used, without your permission, in two movies within a few years of each other? > Did you command the USS \*Monitor \*in its famous 1862 clash with the CSS _Virginia_? > Did you command the USS _Kearsarge_ in its famous 1864 clash with the CSS _Alabama_? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/384 "2015-03-21T13:34:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Theodore’s big brother? > IQ2: Were you George VI’s sister-in-law? > IQ3: Were you her third husband? and take 3 more DQs. ---
**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, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/385 "2015-03-21T13:35:57Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts ---
**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 21, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/386 "2015-03-21T13:53:19Z")
Why do I keep doing this? Because it’s fun. IQ1: Are you the alias of Bill Polk, who rides his horse Racer in search of his father’s murderer throughout _Western Comics_ and _World’s Finest Comics_? IQ2: Are you the archenemy of Dr. Fate who can control your own reincarnation? IQ3: Are you a member of Sergeant Rock’s Easy Company who constantly frets that your number’s about to come up? ---
**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, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/387 "2015-03-21T14:51:07Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Why do I keep doing this? Because it’s fun. > > IQ1: Are you the alias of Bill Polk, who rides his horse Racer in search of his father’s murderer throughout _Western Comics_ and _World’s Finest Comics_? > IQ2: Are you the archenemy of Dr. Fate who can control your own reincarnation? > IQ3: Are you a member of Sergeant Rock’s Easy Company who constantly frets that your number’s about to come up? Ah, War and Western comics. I stuck to superhero comics. 1. I am not Wotan, sometimes known as Karel Wotan. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 21, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/388 "2015-03-21T15:58:02Z")
The Wyoming Kid, correct, Worry Wart DQ: Died after 1950? 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 21, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/389 "2015-03-21T16:10:55Z")
IQ1: Are you the genius member of the Newsboy Legion? IQ2: Are you The Huntress, daughter of Batman and Catwoman of Earth-Two? IQ3: Are you the Asian sidekick of the Crimson Avenger? ---
**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, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/390 "2015-03-21T18:01:29Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Theodore’s big brother? > IQ2: Were you George VI’s sister-in-law? > IQ3: Were you her third husband? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > and take 3 more DQs. Wally Cleaver. Wallis Warfield Simpson. HRH the Duke of Windsor. DQ1: Best known for performance art? DQ2: Born east of the Mississippi? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did you work with William, Leonard, and George? IQ2: Were you a fictional Russian spy who defected to the US? IQ3: Did you paint soup cans? ---
**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, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/391 "2015-03-21T22:28:11Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. Died after 1950 7. Best known for the performing arts, but not as a performer himself 8. Born west of the Mississippi ---
**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, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/392 "2015-03-21T22:29:16Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the genius member of the Newsboy Legion? > IQ2: Are you The Huntress, daughter of Batman and Catwoman of Earth-Two? > IQ3: Are you the Asian sidekick of the Crimson Avenger? I am not Big Words. I am not Helena Wayne. I am not Wing. ---
**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, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/393 "2015-03-21T22:32:01Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you work with William, Leonard, and George? > IQ2: Were you a fictional Russian spy who defected to the US? > IQ3: Did you paint soup cans? I am not Walter Koenig, though I have met him. Take a DQ for #2. I am not Andy Warhol. ---
**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 21, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/394 "2015-03-21T23:40:01Z")
DQ: Director/Producer of sorts? IQ1: Do you play drums for The Maniaks, DC’s parody of The Monkees? IQ2: Are you one of the Three Dimwits, whom the Flash frequently foiled? IQ3: Are you a.k.a. Richard Grey Jr, the first Black Condor? ---
**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 22, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/395 "2015-03-22T02:16:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you work with William, Leonard, and George? > IQ2: Were you a fictional Russian spy who defected to the US? > IQ3: Did you paint soup cans? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Walter Koenig, though I have met him. > Take a DQ for #2. > I am not Andy Warhol. Correct. The black Widow (Natashe Romanoff). Correct. Two DQs reserved. ---
**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 22, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/396 "2015-03-22T03:26:33Z")
Previous IQs: Was imagery of you used, without your permission, in two movies within a few years of each other? - William J. Clinton, in _Contact_ and _The Siege_. Did you command the USS \*Monitor \*in its famous 1862 clash with the CSS _Virginia_? - Capt. John L. Worden (the only man wounded in the battle). Did you command the USS _Kearsarge_ in its famous 1864 clash with the CSS _Alabama_? - Capt. John A. Winslow. DQs: Last name start with W? A producer or impresario? Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line? IQs: Were you badly defeated by Congressman David Joyce (R-Ohio) in Nov. 2014? Were you a regular on _Whose Line Is It Anyway_? Was Archibald Butt a trusted aide of yours? ---
**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 22, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/397 "2015-03-22T14:00:24Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. Died after 1950 **7) Best known for the creative arts, allied with the performing arts** 7. Born west of the Mississippi 8. Last name starts with W 9. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line KO and EH: Take replacement DQs. I fouled up on #7 above, so it isn’t likely you both would have asked about director/producer/impressarios (which I am not). ---
**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 22, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/398 "2015-03-22T14:01:26Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ: Director/Producer of sorts? > > IQ1: Do you play drums for The Maniaks, DC’s parody of The Monkees? > IQ2: Are you one of the Three Dimwits, whom the Flash frequently foiled? > IQ3: Are you a.k.a. Richard Grey Jr, the first Black Condor? Take DQs for #1 and #3. I am not Winky. ---
**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 22, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/399 "2015-03-22T14:02:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you badly defeated by Congressman David Joyce (R-Ohio) in Nov. 2014? > Were you a regular on _Whose Line Is It Anyway_? > Was Archibald Butt a trusted aide of yours? I am not Wayne Brady. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 22, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/400 "2015-03-22T15:59:48Z")
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