# 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:** 14
**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, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/261 "2016-03-18T15:56:03Z")
There’s not that many first names that begin with I, and when it seemed like book dates were a lot earlier than expected, I started thinking about the classics. The next letter will be J[SIZE=“5”]![/SIZE] ---
**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, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/262 "2016-03-18T17:43:58Z")
IQ1: Were you panther quick and leather tough? IQ2: Is your beauty beyond compare, with flaming locks of auburn hair? IQ3: Did you live in a little old rundown shack near the railroad? ---
**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, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/263 "2016-03-18T19:23:20Z")
Good job, **Knowed Out**! Previous IQs: Are you an author with ties to a politically-prominent South American family? - Isobel Allende. Were you Anarion’s older brother? - Yes, Isildur. Both were sons of Elendil. Were you Lady Mary’s mother-in-law? - Isobel Crawley, on _Downton Abbey_. On to J… IQs: Did George Carlin sing a one-word song about you? Were you a hero of Little Round Top? Were you a fictional Nobel Prize-winner who became President? ---
**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, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/264 "2016-03-18T19:47:17Z")
Great job, KO! IQs: 1. Were you born in a crossfire hurricane? 2. Did you have a hit with _Call Me Maybe_? 3. Were you married to Jupiter? ---
**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, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/265 "2016-03-18T22:53:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you panther quick and leather tough? > IQ2: Is your beauty beyond compare, with flaming locks of auburn hair? > IQ3: Did you live in a little old rundown shack near the railroad? Not Johnny Cash, 2 DQs ---
**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, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/266 "2016-03-18T22:58:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did George Carlin sing a one-word song about you? > Were you a hero of Little Round Top? > Were you a fictional Nobel Prize-winner who became President? I used to have three of his albums and don’t remember this one 3 DQs ---
**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, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/267 "2016-03-18T22:59:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you born in a crossfire hurricane? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Call Me Maybe_? > 3. Were you married to Jupiter? Not Jumpin’ Jack Flash, DQ, not Juno ---
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/268 "2016-03-18T23:12:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Great job, KO! > > IQs: > > 1. Were you born in a crossfire hurricane? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Call Me Maybe_? > 3. Were you married to Jupiter? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Not Jumpin’ Jack Flash, DQ, not Juno Correct, Carly Rae Jepsen, Correct. 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 18, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/269 "2016-03-18T23:15:22Z")
IQs: 1. Were you aka the Silk Spectre? 2. Were you aka the Red Tornado (the android one)? 3. Does your diet consist exclusively of orchids? ---
**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 19, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/270 "2016-03-19T00:10:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you panther quick and leather tough? > IQ2: Is your beauty beyond compare, with flaming locks of auburn hair? > IQ3: Did you live in a little old rundown shack near the railroad? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Not Johnny Cash, 2 DQs Close - [Johnny Yuma](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGUOSz-rTn4). [Jolene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGEubdH8m0s). [Joshua](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DChurp-Uh2c). DQ: Male? Two DQs reserved. ---
**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 19, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/271 "2016-03-19T01:12:33Z")
IQ1: Did you sing “Queen of Hearts”? IQ2: Were you killed in a plane crash in Iowa in 1959? IQ3: Did you give up your seat on the plane for that person? ---
**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 19, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/272 "2016-03-19T13:32:48Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 19, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/273 "2016-03-19T13:35:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you aka the Silk Spectre? > 2. Were you aka the Red Tornado (the android one)? > 3. Does your diet consist exclusively of orchids? I know the one you’re talking about, but I don’t remember her real name… 3 DQs ---
**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 19, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/274 "2016-03-19T13:36:54Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing “Queen of Hearts”? > IQ2: Were you killed in a plane crash in Iowa in 1959? > IQ3: Did you give up your seat on the plane for that person? not Juice Newton, 2 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 19, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/275 "2016-03-19T15:44:10Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you aka the Silk Spectre? > 2. Were you aka the Red Tornado (the android one)? > 3. Does your diet consist exclusively of orchids? > I know the one you’re talking about, but I don’t remember her real name… 3 DQs #1 is Sally Jupiter/Juspezyk from _The Watchmen_ comics. #2 was John Smith. #3 is Eugene the Jeep from _Popeye_. DQs: 1. Alive? 2. American? 3. 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 19, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/276 "2016-03-19T16:38:29Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. Known for the arts ---
**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 19, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/277 "2016-03-19T17:12:50Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Pilgrim’s Progress_? 2. Were you a Haitian born ornithologist and illustrator? 3. Were you married to Hourman before Flashpoint? ---
**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 19, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/278 "2016-03-19T20:19:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Pilgrim’s Progress_? > 2. Were you a Haitian born ornithologist and illustrator? > 3. Were you married to Hourman before Flashpoint? DQ, not James Audobon, DQ ---
**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 19, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/279 "2016-03-19T20:53:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing “Queen of Hearts”? > IQ2: Were you killed in a plane crash in Iowa in 1959? > IQ3: Did you give up your seat on the plane for that person? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Juice Newton, 2 DQs Correct. J P “Big Bopper” Richardson. Waylon Jennings. DQ1: Died after 1950? DQ2: Known for the performing arts? DQ3: First name starts with J? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 19, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/280 "2016-03-19T21:11:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Pilgrim’s Progress_? > 2. Were you a Haitian born ornithologist and illustrator? > 3. Were you married to Hourman before Flashpoint? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, not James Audobon, DQ #1 was John Bunyan. Correct on #2. #3 was Jessie Quick. 2 DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=15)