# 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:** 13
**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 17, 2016, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/241 "2016-03-17T11:05:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a priest with a major American college named after you? > Were you an eccentric Nawlins resident? > Was your vacation home called Goldeneye? Not Ignatius Loyola. DQ. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you throw bricks at Krazy Kat? > 2. Were you a terrible Russian czar? > 3. Did you write the play _The Bald Soprano_? Not Ignatz Mouse. Not Ivan IV. DQ. ---
**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 17, 2016, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/242 "2016-03-17T11:23:44Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you throw bricks at Krazy Kat? > 2. Were you a terrible Russian czar? > 3. Did you write the play The Bald Soprano? > > Not Ignatz Mouse. > Not Ivan IV. > DQ. Correct, Correct, Eugene Ionesco. DQ: Real? ---
**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 17, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/243 "2016-03-17T11:27:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _Society’s Child_? 2. Are you the Flash’s girlfriend/wife in the comics? 3. Did you write _The Galaxy Song_? ---
**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 17, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/244 "2016-03-17T12:04:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Society’s Child_? > 2. Are you the Flash’s girlfriend/wife in the comics? > 3. Did you write _The Galaxy Song_? DQ. Not Iris … West? DQ. **I** 1. Fictional ---
**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 17, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/245 "2016-03-17T16:25:51Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a priest with a major American college named after you? - Yes, Ignatius Loyola. Were you an eccentric Nawlins resident? - Ignatius Reilly, in _A Confederacy of Dunces_. Was your vacation home called Goldeneye? - Ian Fleming. DQs: Male? Last name start with I? IQs: Did Christopher Walken play your nemesis in a movie? Did you write the original work which inspired that movie? Did your coworkers include Queequeg and Starbuck? ---
**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 17, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/246 "2016-03-17T18:25:33Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with Society’s Child? > 2. Are you the Flash’s girlfriend/wife in the comics? > 3. Did you write The Galaxy Song? > > DQ. > Not Iris … West? > DQ. #1 was Janis Ian. Correct on #2. #3 was [Eric Idle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk). DQs: 1. Originally from a work of prose fiction? 2. Protagonist? ---
**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 17, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/247 "2016-03-17T18:27:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did you compose _The Firebird Suite_? 2. Did you star with Sid Caesar on _Your Show Of Shows_? 3. Did you star along with Eric Idle in his satire: _The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash_ ? ---
**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 17, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/248 "2016-03-17T21:48:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an Australian rapper and model whose real name is Amethyst Amelia Kelly? > IQ2: Are you an American punk rock artist whose real name is James Newell Osterberg, Jr.? > IQ3: Are you a Guns N’ Roses guitarist whose real name is Jeffrey Dean Isbell? Three DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Christopher Walken play your nemesis in a movie? > Did you write the original work which inspired that movie? > Did your coworkers include Queequeg and Starbuck? DQ. DQ. Not Ishmael. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you compose _The Firebird Suite_? > 2. Did you star with Sid Caesar on _Your Show Of Shows_? > 3. Did you star along with Eric Idle in his satire: _The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash_ ? Not Igor Stravinsky. Not Imogene Coca. DQ. **I** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with I 4. Originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Not a protagonist ---
**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 17, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/249 "2016-03-17T22:00:40Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you compose The Firebird Suite? > 2. Did you star with Sid Caesar on Your Show Of Shows? > 3. Did you star along with Eric Idle in his satire: The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash ? > Not Igor Stravinsky. > Not Imogene Coca. > DQ. Correct, Correct, #3 is Neil Innes. DQ: By an American author? ---
**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 17, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/250 "2016-03-17T22:02:37Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Spanish pianist and conductor who appeared in a number of movie musicals in the 1940’s? 2. Did you write _The Devil and Tom Walker_? 3. Did you have a hit with _Rebel Yell_? ---
**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 17, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/251 "2016-03-17T23:36:44Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an Australian rapper and model whose real name is Amethyst Amelia Kelly? > IQ2: Are you an American punk rock artist whose real name is James Newell Osterberg, Jr.? > IQ3: Are you a Guns N’ Roses guitarist whose real name is Jeffrey Dean Isbell? > > Three DQs. Iggy Azalea, Iggy Pop, Izzy Stradlin DQ: Book written after 1980? 2 DQs in reserve ---
**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 18, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/252 "2016-03-18T00:22:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Spanish pianist and conductor who appeared in a number of movie musicals in the 1940’s? > 2. Did you write _The Devil and Tom Walker_? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Rebel Yell_? Three DQs. **I** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with I 4. Originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Not a protagonist 6. By an American author 7. Book not written after 1980 ---
**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 18, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/253 "2016-03-18T00:24:02Z")
Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle View Post IQs: 1. Were you a Spanish pianist and conductor who appeared in a number of movie musicals in the 1940’s? 2. Did you write The Devil and Tom Walker? 3. Did you have a hit with Rebel Yell? Three DQs. 4. Jose Iturbi. 5. Washington Irving. 6. Billy Idol. 3 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 18, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/254 "2016-03-18T01:10:24Z")
Previous IQs: Did Christopher Walken play your nemesis in a movie? - Ichabod Crane, in _Sleepy Hollow_ Did you write the original work which inspired that movie? - Washington Irving (which I asked before **Prof. Pepperwinkle** ) Did your coworkers include Queequeg and Starbuck? - Yes, Ishmael DQs: Character is American? Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Are you an author with ties to a politically-prominent South American family? Were you Anarion’s older brother? Were you Lady Mary’s mother-in-law? ---
**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 18, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/255 "2016-03-18T02:45:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you an author with ties to a politically-prominent South American family? > Were you Anarion’s older brother? > Were you Lady Mary’s mother-in-law? Three DQs. **I** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with I 4. Originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Not a protagonist 6. By an American author 7. Book not written after 1980 8. Character is American 9. Would not be alive today, if real (but known to have died in the book) ---
**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 18, 2016, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/256 "2016-03-18T11:01:05Z")
DQs: 1. Book written after 1940? 2. From a novel? (No 3rd DQ because EH guessed Irving first.) ---
**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 18, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/257 "2016-03-18T12:05:05Z")
**I** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with I 4. Originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Not a protagonist 6. By an American author 7. Book not written after 1980 8. Character is American 9. Died in the book, but would not be alive today, anyway 10. Book not written after 1940 11. From a novel ---
**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 18, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/258 "2016-03-18T12:28:27Z")
IQ1: Are you the half breed terror of St. Petersburg in _The Adventures of Tom Sawyer_? IQ2: Are you King Arthur’s mother? IQ3: Did you cut the One Ring from Sauron’s hand? ---
**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 18, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/259 "2016-03-18T13:14:19Z")
IQs: 1. Did Ted Lange play you on _The Love Boat_? 2. Did Woody Allen play you in _Manhattan_? 3. Were you a Russian-American violinist? ---
**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 18, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/260 "2016-03-18T14:25:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you an author with ties to a politically-prominent South American family? > Were you Anarion’s older brother? > Were you Lady Mary’s mother-in-law? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the half breed terror of St. Petersburg in _The Adventures of Tom Sawyer_? > IQ2: Are you King Arthur’s mother? > IQ3: Did you cut the One Ring from Sauron’s hand? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Ted Lange play you on _The Love Boat_? > 2. Did Woody Allen play you in _Manhattan_? > 3. Were you a Russian-American violinist? I ain’t Igraine or Isildur or Isaac, and I don’t know who them other people are, but that don’t matter none because I’m **I** njun Joe. I found me some buried treasure, and I would’ve got clean away with it if it warn’t for them meddlin’ kids and that judge. Good job, KO - I really didn’t expect this round to end so quickly! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=14)