# Botticelli - March 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 27, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978 "2017-02-27T20:47:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 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:** [February 27, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/1 "2017-02-27T20:47:28Z")
I am W. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/2 "2017-02-27T22:44:11Z")
February’s thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=818033](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=818033) Congrats, **Prof. P.** , on getting the answer to the last round! IQs: Were you a self-described “large party”? Was your best friend and political handler named Thurlow Weed? Is there a memorial to you in Niles, Ohio? ---
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/3 "2017-02-27T22:52:41Z")
IQ1: Did a song say that you’d be stoking coal on a locomotive? IQ2: Did you write about Cedric the Saxon and his son? IQ3: Were you that son? Spicer? Never heard of him… ---
**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:** [February 28, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/4 "2017-02-28T00:41:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > February’s thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=818033](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=818033) > > Congrats, **Prof. P.** , on getting the answer to the last round! > > IQs: > > Were you a self-described “large party”? > Was your best friend and political handler named Thurlow Weed? > Is there a memorial to you in Niles, Ohio? And starting off the month with 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:** [February 28, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/5 "2017-02-28T00:42:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did a song say that you’d be stoking coal on a locomotive? > IQ2: Did you write about Cedric the Saxon and his son? > IQ3: Were you that son? > > Spicer? Never heard of him… Take 3 DQs. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/6 "2017-02-28T01:26:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did a song say that you’d be stoking coal on a locomotive? > IQ2: Did you write about Cedric the Saxon and his son? > IQ3: Were you that son? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. William Jennings Bryan (“Blue Water Line”). Sir Walter Scott. Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe. DQ1: Real? DQ2: 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:** [February 28, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/7 "2017-02-28T01:48:29Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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:** [February 28, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/8 "2017-02-28T03:10:47Z")
DQ: Living? ---
**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:** [February 28, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/9 "2017-02-28T03:41:46Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead ---
**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:** [February 28, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/10 "2017-02-28T03:48:39Z")
IQ1: Did you go on trial for capturing the Quedagh Merchant? IQ2: Did you found the conservative journal _National Review_ in 1955? IQ3: Are you a founding member of the Black Eyed Peas? ---
**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:** [February 28, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/11 "2017-02-28T03:51:17Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you go on trial for capturing the Quedagh Merchant? > IQ2: Did you found the conservative journal _National Review_ in 1955? > IQ3: Are you a founding member of the Black Eyed Peas? Take a DQ for #1. I am not William F. Buckley. I am not Will.I.Am. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/12 "2017-02-28T04:27:03Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a self-described “large party”? - William Howard Taft, when he sent a telegram asking a train to stop for him. Was your best friend and political handler named Thurlow Weed? - William Seward, Lincoln’s SECSTATE. Is there a memorial to you in Niles, Ohio? - William McKinley William x3! DQs: Died since 1900? American? Last name start with W? IQs: Was Col. House your top aide? Did you play a telekinetic little girl adopted by Miss Honey? Are you a noted Ohio organist? ---
**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:** [February 28, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/13 "2017-02-28T13:09:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > I am not William F. Buckley. > I am not Will.I.Am. William Kidd (as in the dread pirate Captain Kidd), correct x2 William x3 x2! holding a DQ IQ1: “Are you really just a shadow Of the man that I once knew Are you crazy are you high Or just an ordinary guy Have you done all you can do” Who is Steely Dan talking about? IQ2: Are you Dr. Strange’s man servant? IQ3: In a nursery rhyme, do you ask “Are the wee 'uns in their bed, for it’s now ten o’clock?” ---
**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:** [February 28, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/14 "2017-02-28T13:25:09Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Died since 1900 5. Not born in USA, but naturalized American citizen 6. Last name starts with W ---
**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:** [February 28, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/15 "2017-02-28T13:26:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was Col. House your top aide? > Did you play a telekinetic little girl adopted by Miss Honey? > Are you a noted Ohio organist? 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:** [February 28, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/16 "2017-02-28T13:27:15Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: “Are you really just a shadow > Of the man that I once knew > Are you crazy are you high > Or just an ordinary guy > Have you done all you can do” Who is Steely Dan talking about? > IQ2: Are you Dr. Strange’s man servant? > IQ3: In a nursery rhyme, do you ask “Are the wee 'uns in their bed, for it’s now ten o’clock?” Take a DQ for #1. 2) I am not Wong. 3) I am not Wee Willie Winkie. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/17 "2017-02-28T15:15:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > 2) I am not Wong. > 3) I am not Wee Willie Winkie. Dr. Wu (from Katy Lied), correct x2 DQ: Known for the arts? holding a DQ IQ1: Are you a composer portrayed in film by Tom Hulce? IQ2: Was King Ludwig II of Bavaria your patron? IQ3: Did you compose _Invitation to the Dance_? ---
**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:** [February 28, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/18 "2017-02-28T15:56:34Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Died since 1900 5. Not born in USA, but naturalized American citizen 6. Last name starts with W 7. 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:** [February 28, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/19 "2017-02-28T15:57:35Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a composer portrayed in film by Tom Hulce? > IQ2: Was King Ludwig II of Bavaria your patron? > IQ3: Did you compose _Invitation to the Dance_? #1. I am not Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Carl von Weber. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/20 "2017-02-28T18:15:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. I am not Carl von Weber. Richard Wagner DQ: Actor? holding a DQ IQ1: Is one of your quotes “That’s where I saw the Leprechaun. He tells me to burn things.”? IQ2: Is Mr. Twiddle your zookeeper? IQ3: In your only speaking part, did you refer to yourself as a “Super Genius”? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978.md?page=2)