# 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:** 22
**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 24, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/421 "2015-03-24T21:40:57Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Professor Spats in _The Night They Raided Minsky’s_? 2. Were you an English wildlife artist who became better known for his poetry? 3. Are you the eponymous heroine of a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore? ---
**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 25, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/422 "2015-03-25T00:40:55Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you allegedly forced to marry your manager Jack Gordon? > IQ2: Have you described yourself as a “gangsta Nancy Sinatra”? > IQ3: Is your real name Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta? > > Not LaToya Jackson or Lady Gaga > > Take a DQ for #2 Lana Del Ray 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 25, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/423 "2015-03-25T00:53:38Z")
IQ1: Are you a feline humanoid who was aged 12 years because of a defective suspension capsule? IQ2: Are you a cartoon Texan voiced by Brittany Murphy? IQ3: Are you a one-eyed mutant voiced by Katey Sagal? ---
**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 25, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/424 "2015-03-25T01:46:33Z")
Previous IQs: Did you run a “grocery” when it meant something different than it does now? - Abraham Lincoln briefly ran a small tavern in addition to serving as postmaster. Did an actress have to really bulk up to play you since 1998? - Sally Field, to play Mary Todd Lincoln in Spielberg’s movie _Lincoln_. Did you look quite a bit like Leonardo DiCaprio as a young man? - Robert Todd Lincoln: [http://clevelandcivilwarroundtable.com/images/people/lincoln/lincoln\_rob\_21.jpg](http://clevelandcivilwarroundtable.com/images/people/lincoln/lincoln_rob_21.jpg) DQs: First appeared since 1950? American? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you a sf editor who gave his name to a publishing house? Did your brother Thomas serve with you but later become an alcoholic? Did you run simultaneously for two Federal offices in 1988, as permitted by state law? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/425 "2015-03-25T02:12:34Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with L 4. Did not originate in film or television 5. Not American 6. First appeared 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 25, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/426 "2015-03-25T02:14:19Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your son play Clint Eastwood’s partner in _Thunderbolt and Lightfoot_? > IQ2: Did you write about Orrin, Logan, and Tell? > IQ3: Did the federales say they could have had you any day? Not Lloyd Bridges or Louis L’Amour 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 25, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/427 "2015-03-25T02:15:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Professor Spats in _The Night They Raided Minsky’s_? > 2. Were you an English wildlife artist who became better known for his poetry? > 3. Are you the eponymous heroine of a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore? Not Bert Lahr Take DQs for 2 and 3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/428 "2015-03-25T02:16:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a feline humanoid who was aged 12 years because of a defective suspension capsule? > IQ2: Are you a cartoon Texan voiced by Brittany Murphy? > IQ3: Are you a one-eyed mutant voiced by Katey Sagal? Not Leela or Luanne Platter 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 25, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/429 "2015-03-25T02:20:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a sf editor who gave his name to a publishing house? > Did your brother Thomas serve with you but later become an alcoholic? > Did you run simultaneously for two Federal offices in 1988, as permitted by state law? Not Lloyd Bentsen (ran for VP and US Senator from Texas) 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 25, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/430 "2015-03-25T02:45:50Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Professor Spats in The Night They Raided Minsky’s? > 2. Were you an English wildlife artist who became better known for his poetry? > 3. Are you the eponymous heroine of a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore? > > Not Bert Lahr > > Take DQs for 2 and 3 Wow, I didn’t think anybody’d get the Bert Lahr one. Full marks. #2 was bird artist and limerick writer Edward Lear. #3 was Lorna Doone, for whom the cookie was named. DQs: 1. European in origin? 2. From literature? ---
**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 25, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/431 "2015-03-25T02:48:25Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the editor of _The Quibbler_? 2. Are you Pozzo’s slave (more or less)? 3. Are you a crime-solving antiques dealer? ---
**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 25, 2015, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/432 "2015-03-25T11:01:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your son play Clint Eastwood’s partner in _Thunderbolt and Lightfoot_? > IQ2: Did you write about Orrin, Logan, and Tell? > IQ3: Did the federales say they could have had you any day? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Lloyd Bridges or Louis L’Amour > Take a DQ for #3 Correct. Correct\> [Lefty](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvdmxszsDM8). DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/433 "2015-03-25T11:13:03Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with L 4. Did not originate in film or television 5. Not American 6. First appeared before 1950 7. European 8. First appeared in a work of literature ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/434 "2015-03-25T11:15:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the editor of _The Quibbler_? > 2. Are you Pozzo’s slave (more or less)? > 3. Are you a crime-solving antiques dealer? Not Lucky or Lovejoy Take a DQ for #1 ---
**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 25, 2015, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/435 "2015-03-25T12:01:41Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the editor of The Quibbler? > 2. Are you Pozzo’s slave (more or less)? > 3. Are you a crime-solving antiques dealer? > > Not Lucky or Lovejoy > > Take a DQ for #1 Correct on the two. #1 was Xenophilus Lovegood, from the Harry Potter books. DQ: First appeared before 1900? ---
**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 25, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/436 "2015-03-25T12:04:28Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Mrs. Rolf Scamander? 2. Are you one of #1’s sons? 3. Are you the second of #1’s sons? ---
**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 25, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/437 "2015-03-25T12:21:59Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a feline humanoid who was aged 12 years because of a defective suspension capsule? > IQ2: Are you a cartoon Texan voiced by Brittany Murphy? > IQ3: Are you a one-eyed mutant voiced by Katey Sagal? > > Not Leela or Luanne Platter > > Take a DQ for #1 Lion-o from the Thundercats DQ: From the UK? DQ: Crime/mystery genre? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/438 "2015-03-25T13:18:14Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with L 4. Did not originate in film or television 5. Not American 6. First appeared before 1950 7. European 8. First appeared in a work of literature 9. Not in the crime/mystery genre 10. First appeared after 1900 11. Hmmmm… this is a huge hint: not from a country presently in the UK, but WAS a citizen of the UK at the time my original story took place ---
**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 25, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/439 "2015-03-25T14:00:24Z")
\*Note to other players: that would most probably be Ireland. \* Reasking: IQs: 1. Are you Mrs. Rolf Scamander? 2. Are you one of #1’s sons? 3. Are you the second of #1’s sons? ---
**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 25, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/440 "2015-03-25T14:05:35Z")
IQ1: In _Black Adder_, did you kill Queen Elizabeth I and her court and take her place? IQ2: Were you the first to find the Wardrobe entrance to Narnia in _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_? IQ3: Are you a pirate quartermaster who named your parrot after your captain? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955.md?page=23)