# Botticelli March 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 29, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512 "2016-02-29T16:12:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 14, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/181 "2016-03-14T11:45:31Z")
IQ: Were you an alien voiced by Harvey Korman on _The Flintstones_? ---
**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, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/182 "2016-03-14T11:53:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you an alien voiced by Harvey Korman on _The Flintstones_? Yes! I am The Great **G** azoo, exiled from my home world to prehistoric Earth where I became a source of trouble for Fred and Barney. ---
**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, 2016, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/183 "2016-03-14T11:55:22Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an ex-soldier who permanently resides in Fawlty Towers? > IQ2: Are you a castaway played by Bob Denver? > IQ3: Did Hugh Laurie play two versions of you in Black Adder? > > DQ. > Not Gilligan. > Not Prince George. Major Gowen another fishing expedition with no bites… Congrats 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 14, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/184 "2016-03-14T13:01:31Z")
Thanks! Now, I am H! ---
**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, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/185 "2016-03-14T13:12:03Z")
_The Flintstones_ is a cartoon and not a sitcom, I would say. But congrats, **Prof. P**. Previous IQs: Was the museum named after you in Boston notoriously robbed? - Isabella Stewart Gardner: [Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum_theft) Did you play a lawyer and an ambassador? - Gregory Peck, in _To Kill A Mockingbird_ and _The Omen_. Were you Mr. Darcy’s young, naive sister? - Georgiana, in _Pride and Prejudice_. On to H. IQs: Did you marry a girl from Troy, N.Y., and end up buried there? Were you Lincoln’s law partner and biographer? Have you been played by three different men in the past few years? ---
**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 14, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/186 "2016-03-14T13:15:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you marry a girl from Troy, N.Y., and end up buried there? > Were you Lincoln’s law partner and biographer? > Have you been played by three different men in the past few years? Don’t know, Don’t recall, and not Sherlock Holmes. Take 2 DQs. _The Flintstones_ was originally hyped as being _The Honeymooners_ set in prehistoric times. It was definitely a sitcom, even though animated. ---
**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, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/187 "2016-03-14T14:02:58Z")
Previous IQs: Did you marry a girl from Troy, N.Y., and end up buried there? - George H. Thomas again. Were you Lincoln’s law partner and biographer? - William Herndon. Have you been played by three different men in the past few years? - I’ll rephrase. DQs: Real? Male? IQs: You are not Sherlock Holmes. Have you been played by three different men in the past few years? Did your last wife die in a hotel pool in Paris? Were you FDR’s cadaverous but trusted aide? ---
**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 14, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/188 "2016-03-14T14:13:02Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 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 14, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/189 "2016-03-14T14:15:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > You are not Sherlock Holmes. Have you been played by three different men in the past few years? > Did your last wife die in a hotel pool in Paris? > Were you FDR’s cadaverous but trusted aide? I am not Dr. von Helsing. Take a DQ (but I’m guessing it’s Hilton). I am not Harry Hopkins. ---
**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, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/190 "2016-03-14T15:52:31Z")
Previous IQs: You are not Sherlock Holmes. Have you been played by three different men in the past few years? - Van Helsing’s been played by three different men recently? Yeesh. I’ll rephrase. Did your last wife die in a hotel pool in Paris? - Averill Harriman’s widow Pamela. Were you FDR’s cadaverous but trusted aide? - Yes, Harry Hopkins. DQ: Last name start with H? IQs: Have you been played by three different men in advertisements in the past few years? Have you played a doctor, a writer, a bookshop manager and a butler? Were you Stonewall Jackson’s cartographer? ---
**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, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/191 "2016-03-14T16:37:04Z")
IQ1: Are you the real name of Green Arrow’s sidekick Speedy? IQ2: Are you a police officer from the village of Sleepyside who tries to solve both a crime and a rhyme? IQ3: Are you a big-headed enemy of Green Lantern who got his psionic powers from a meteorite? ---
**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 14, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/192 "2016-03-14T17:26:24Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with H ---
**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 14, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/193 "2016-03-14T17:27:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Have you been played by three different men in advertisements in the past few years? > Have you played a doctor, a writer, a bookshop manager and a butler? > Were you Stonewall Jackson’s cartographer? Okay, 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 14, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/194 "2016-03-14T17:28:39Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the real name of Green Arrow’s sidekick Speedy? > IQ2: Are you a police officer from the village of Sleepyside who tries to solve both a crime and a rhyme? > IQ3: Are you a big-headed enemy of Green Lantern who got his psionic powers from a meteorite? 1. I am not Roy Harper. 2. That’s back way, way from the early Golden Age, but I don’t recall. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Hector Hammond. ---
**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, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/195 "2016-03-14T20:14:33Z")
IQ1: Were you a secret agent who was played (very badly, in my opinion) in four films by Dean Martin? IQ2: Did a humourous, epistolary short story about you begin with your being recommended for a medal, and end with your being sent to a minor post far from the capital and fined for the loss of government property? IQ3: Were a bay and a river named after you? ---
**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 14, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/196 "2016-03-14T20:19:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a secret agent who was played (very badly, in my opinion) in four films by Dean Martin? > IQ2: Did a humourous, epistolary short story about you begin with your being recommended for a medal, and end with your being sent to a minor post far from the capital and fined for the loss of government property? > IQ3: Were a bay and a river named after you? 1. I am not Matt Helm. (I agree with your opinion.) Take a DQ for #2. 2. I am not Henry Hudson. ---
**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, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/197 "2016-03-14T21:08:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _The Flintstones_ is a cartoon and not a sitcom, I would say. But congrats, **Prof. P**. I debated that. As PP said, the show was hyped as a sitcom inspired by _The Honeymooners_, with the Flintstones and Rubbles loosely based on the Kramdens and Nortons. It was also run during prime time, rather than Saturday mornings or after-school hours. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a secret agent who was played (very badly, in my opinion) in four films by Dean Martin? > IQ2: Did a humourous, epistolary short story about you begin with your being recommended for a medal, and end with your being sent to a minor post far from the capital and fined for the loss of government property? > IQ3: Were a bay and a river named after you? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Matt Helm. (I agree with your opinion.) > Take a DQ for #2. > 2. I am not Henry Hudson. Correct. Horatius Cocles (“A Medal for [Horatius](http://www.s2company.com/files/readings/horatio_at_the_bridge.htm),” by Col W C Hall). Correct. DQ: Originally from prose fiction? ---
**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 14, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/198 "2016-03-14T22:45:35Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with H 4. Originally from prose fiction ---
**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 15, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/199 "2016-03-15T00:05:01Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the real name of Green Arrow’s sidekick Speedy? > IQ2: Are you a police officer from the village of Sleepyside who tries to solve both a crime and a rhyme? > IQ3: Are you a big-headed enemy of Green Lantern who got his psionic powers from a meteorite? > > 1. I am not Roy Harper. > 2. That’s back way, way from the early Golden Age, but I don’t recall. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Hector Hammond. Hayfoot Henry DQ: Author still living? ---
**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 15, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/200 "2016-03-15T00:14:36Z")
IQ1: Are you the chief of the New Gods of New Genesis? IQ2: Have Rex, Rick, and Matthew Tyler all been you? IQ3: Have Fred Venable and Christopher Chance been you in the comics, and Rick Springfield and Mark Valley been you on TV? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=11)