# 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:** 24
**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 29, 2016, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/461 "2016-03-29T12:06:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Doctor Who advise you to be interviewed by David Frost? > 2. Do you occasionally employ Saul Panzer? > 3. Did you write _World of Ptavvs_? not Richard Nixon, DQ, 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 29, 2016, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/462 "2016-03-29T12:08:35Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you take over for Alan Moore in writing Miracleman? > IQ2: Are you the host of a show on Chicago public radio, syndicated on NPR? > IQ3: Do you run the Hayden Planetarium? not Neil Gaiman, DQ, 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 29, 2016, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/463 "2016-03-29T12:14:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you FDR’s first VP? > Was Chris Christie, by his own admission, astonished when you encouraged him to run for President? > Are you a longtime liberal Congressman from NYC? 3 DQs for 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 29, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/464 "2016-03-29T12:35:51Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Doctor Who advise you to be interviewed by David Frost? > 2. Do you occasionally employ Saul Panzer? > 3. Did you write World of Ptavvs? > not Richard Nixon, DQ, DQ Correct on #1. #2 is Nero Wolfe. #3 is Larry Niven. DQs: 1. Last name starts with N? 2. Born after 1975? ---
**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 29, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/465 "2016-03-29T12:38:26Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Uhura on _Star Trek_? 2. Did you play Lois Lane on _The Adventures of Superman_? 3. Are you Kara’s uncle-in-law on _Supergirl_? ---
**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 29, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/466 "2016-03-29T15:49:51Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. American 5. Known for the arts 6. First name starts with N 7. Born before 1975 ---
**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 29, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/467 "2016-03-29T15:51:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Uhura on _Star Trek_? > 2. Did you play Lois Lane on _The Adventures of Superman_? > 3. Are you Kara’s uncle-in-law on _Supergirl_? not Nichelle Nichols, DQ, 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 29, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/468 "2016-03-29T15:56:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Uhura on _Star Trek_? > 2. Did you play Lois Lane on _The Adventures of Superman_? > 3. Are you Kara’s uncle-in-law on _Supergirl_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Nichelle Nichols, DQ, DQ Correct on #1. #2 is Noel Neill. #3 is Non. DQs: 1. Known as an actor? 2. Still active? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/469 "2016-03-29T17:06:49Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you take over for Alan Moore in writing Miracleman? > IQ2: Are you the host of a show on Chicago public radio, syndicated on NPR? > IQ3: Do you run the Hayden Planetarium? Correct, I screwed up on IQ2 (somehow getting my target and Ira Glass mixed up), and Neil Degrasse Tyson. Holding a DQ IQ1: Are you an NPR reporter who appeared by name in a 90s X-Men Comic (though they made you a TV reporter in the comic, for plot reasons) IQ2: Did you play a character who impersonated John Travolta’s character? IQ3: Did you play Xander Harris? ---
**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 29, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/470 "2016-03-29T17:18:07Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Firesign Theater’s radio detective? 2. Were you Popeye’s girlfriend’s mom? 3. Were you one of the first to recognize Jesus as the Messiah? ---
**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 29, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/471 "2016-03-29T21:44:37Z")
IQ1: Did you write the soundtrack for **Jonathan Livingstone Seagull**? IQ2: Did you sing “Sugar Mountain”? IQ3: Were you one of the original Kingston Trio? ---
**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 29, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/472 "2016-03-29T22:29:28Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Correct, I screwed up on IQ2 (somehow getting my target and Ira Glass mixed up), and Neil Degrasse Tyson. > > Holding a DQ > > IQ1: Are you an NPR reporter who appeared by name in a 90s X-Men Comic (though they made you a TV reporter in the comic, for plot reasons) > IQ2: Did you play a character who impersonated John Travolta’s character? > IQ3: Did you play Xander Harris? Yes, I am Nicholas Cage! I wanted to see if he could last till twenty, but he didn’t. Congrats Tim, whom some call 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 29, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/473 "2016-03-29T22:33:38Z")
Well done, O Tim! ---
**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 30, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/474 "2016-03-30T00:16:56Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Are you an NPR reporter who appeared by name in a 90s X-Men Comic (though they made you a TV reporter in the comic, for plot reasons) > IQ2: Did you play a character who impersonated John Travolta’s character? > IQ3: Did you play Xander Harris? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Yes, I am Nicholas Cage! Which IQ was he? ---
**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 30, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/475 "2016-03-30T00:21:22Z")
That would be #2, in the movie _Face-Off_, a brilliant piece of overacting on both the actors’ part. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/476 "2016-03-30T01:40:33Z")
Indeed, and 1 was Niel Conan, while 3 was Nicholas Brendon (in _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_). But now… I am O. ---
**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 30, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/477 "2016-03-30T02:12:37Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a murdered very vocal atheist ? 2. Did you play Commissioner Gordon in the movies? 3. Did you assist Commissioner Gordon on TV? ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/478 "2016-03-30T03:48:28Z")
All right, **SCMT**! No “h” in Cage’s first name, BTW: [Nicolas Cage - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Cage) Previous IQs: Were you FDR’s first VP? - John Nance Garner. Was Chris Christie, by his own admission, astonished when you encouraged him to run for President? - Nancy Reagan, in 2012. Are you a longtime liberal Congressman from NYC? - Jerrold Nadler. On to O… IQs: Was perhaps your only redeeming characteristic your opposition to racial segregation? Were you one of Drew Carey’s two best male pals? Did you unwittingly have sex with a woman suffering from leprosy? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/479 "2016-03-30T05:22:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a murdered very vocal atheist ? > 2. Did you play Commissioner Gordon in the movies? > 3. Did you assist Commissioner Gordon on TV? Ugh, that’s a sweep for you. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/480 "2016-03-30T05:45:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was perhaps your only redeeming characteristic your opposition to racial segregation? > Were you one of Drew Carey’s two best male pals? > Did you unwittingly have sex with a woman suffering from leprosy? Also 3 DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=25)