# 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:** 17
**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 25, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/321 "2017-03-25T13:03:27Z")
IQ1: Are you a caricaturist noted for hiding your daughter’s name in your work? IQ2: Are you noted for the universal ethic “Reverence for Life”? IQ3: Are you aka The Boston Strangler? ---
**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 25, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/322 "2017-03-25T21:16:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Merlin’s pet owl in Disney’s _The Sword in the Stone_? > 2. Were you noted for saying “No, after YOU, Gaston.”? > 3. Were you a Hanna-Barbera superhero who shared a Saturday morning TV show with Secret Squirrel? Not Archimedes (guessing, due to the _Watchmen_ reference), Alphonse or… dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a caricaturist noted for hiding your daughter’s name in your work? > IQ2: Are you noted for the universal ethic “Reverence for Life”? > IQ3: Are you aka The Boston Strangler? I know the first is the “Nina” guy, but his name escapes me. Dunno x3. ---
**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 25, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/323 "2017-03-25T21:17:06Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Merlin’s pet owl in Disney’s The Sword in the Stone? > 2. Were you noted for saying “No, after YOU, Gaston.”? > 3. Were you a Hanna-Barbera superhero who shared a Saturday morning TV show with Secret Squirrel? > Not Archimedes (guessing, due to the Watchmen reference), Alphonse or… dunno. Correct x2. #3 was Atom Ant. 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 25, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/324 "2017-03-25T21:20:49Z")
IQs: 1. From _Dark Shadows_, were you Count Petoffi’s bodyguard/thug? 2. Were you cuckolded by Aegisthus? 3. Did you play the White Queen in Disney’s recent Alice movies? ---
**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 25, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/325 "2017-03-25T21:36:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. From _Dark Shadows_, were you Count Petoffi’s bodyguard/thug? > 2. Were you cuckolded by Aegisthus? > 3. Did you play the White Queen in Disney’s recent Alice movies? Dunno, not Agamemnon, and not Anne Hathaway. A 1. real ---
**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 25, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/326 "2017-03-25T21:54:09Z")
IQ1: Did you remove a thorn from a lion’s paw? IQ2: Were you an Irish vampire with a human soul? IQ3: Did you supposedly build the Caspian Gates? ---
**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 26, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/327 "2017-03-26T01:40:03Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a caricaturist noted for hiding your daughter’s name in your work? > IQ2: Are you noted for the universal ethic “Reverence for Life”? > IQ3: Are you aka The Boston Strangler? > > I know the first is the “Nina” guy, but his name escapes me. Dunno x3. Al Hirschfield, Albert Schweitzer, Albert DiSalvo DQ1: Last name begin with A? DQ2: Alive? DQ3: American? ---
**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 26, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/328 "2017-03-26T01:51:00Z")
IQ1: Are you the guitarist for The Police? IQ2: Did you first come to prominence for lip-synching the theme to Mighty Mouse? IQ3: Are you the voice and body model for Gollum in the _Lord of the Rings_ movies? ---
**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 26, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/329 "2017-03-26T03:21:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you remove a thorn from a lion’s paw? > IQ2: Were you an Irish vampire with a human soul? > IQ3: Did you supposedly build the Caspian Gates? Not Aesop or Angelus; dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the guitarist for The Police? > IQ2: Did you first come to prominence for lip-synching the theme to Mighty Mouse? > IQ3: Are you the voice and body model for Gollum in the _Lord of the Rings_ movies? Not Andy Naughton (sp?), Andy Kaufmann or Andy Serkis. A 1. real 2. first name begins with A 3. alive 4. not American ---
**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 26, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/330 "2017-03-26T11:26:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. From _Dark Shadows_, were you Count Petoffi’s bodyguard/thug? > 2. Were you cuckolded by Aegisthus? > 3. Did you play the White Queen in Disney’s recent Alice movies? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Agamemnon, and not Anne Hathaway. #1 was Aristide. Correct on the other 2. DQ: 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 26, 2017, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/331 "2017-03-26T11:57:53Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the guitarist for The Police? > IQ2: Did you first come to prominence for lip-synching the theme to Mighty Mouse? > IQ3: Are you the voice and body model for Gollum in the Lord of the Rings movies? > > Not Andy Naughton (sp?), Andy Kaufmann or Andy Serkis. Andy Summers, correct x 2 DQ: European? ---
**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 26, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/332 "2017-03-26T12:20:32Z")
IQs: 1. Are you _Mad_ magazine’s mascot? 2. Are you Eoin Colfer’s best known character? 3. Did you promote the Great Exhibition of 1851? ---
**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 26, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/333 "2017-03-26T13:23:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you remove a thorn from a lion’s paw? > IQ2: Were you an Irish vampire with a human soul? > IQ3: Did you supposedly build the Caspian Gates? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Aesop or Angelus; dunno. Close – the story of Androcles and the lion is sometimes attributed to Aesop. Correct. Alexander the Great. DQ1: Known for the Arts? DQ2: Born after 1977? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 26, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/334 "2017-03-26T17:10:55Z")
IQ1: Are you a socialite who appeared as a panelist on _What’s My Line_ for 25 years? IQ2: Did you portray Julia Child squirting blood in an SNL skit? IQ3: Are you a PETA activist who was formerly married to Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee? ---
**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 26, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/335 "2017-03-26T19:09:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you _Mad_ magazine’s mascot? > 2. Are you Eoin Colfer’s best known character? > 3. Did you promote the Great Exhibition of 1851? Not Alfred E. Neumann, dunno, and not Prince Albert. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a socialite who appeared as a panelist on _What’s My Line_ for 25 years? > IQ2: Did you portray Julia Child squirting blood in an SNL skit? > IQ3: Are you a PETA activist who was formerly married to Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee? Not Arlene Francis, Dan “Save the liver!” Ackroyd or Pamela Anderson. A 1. real 2. first name begins with A 3. alive 4. not American 5. male 6. European 7. not known for the Arts 8. born before 1977 **SCAdian** , I don’t understand why you’d have a DQ 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 26, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/336 "2017-03-26T20:28:31Z")
Because I can’t count? ---
**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 26, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/337 "2017-03-26T20:59:43Z")
IQ1: Are you the brother of Menelaus and the husband of Clytemnestra? IQ2: Did you kill Hector outside the gates of Troy? IQ3: Did you and Hector duel until Zeus declared it a draw? ---
**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 26, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/338 "2017-03-26T21:50:02Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Mad magazine’s mascot? > 2. Are you Eoin Colfer’s best known character? > 3. Did you promote the Great Exhibition of 1851? > Not Alfred E. Neumann, dunno, and not Prince Albert. Correct. Artemis Fowl. Correct. DQ: Born before 1960? ---
**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 26, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/339 "2017-03-26T21:52:35Z")
IQs: 1. Was Pogo Possum your best friend? 2. Did you write _Fables in Slang_? 3. Was your newspaper column titled _The Conning Tower_? ---
**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 27, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/340 "2017-03-27T04:18:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Because I can’t count? Yeah, I guess that could do it. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the brother of Menelaus and the husband of Clytemnestra? > IQ2: Did you kill Hector outside the gates of Troy? > IQ3: Did you and Hector duel until Zeus declared it a draw? Still not Agamemnon. Not Achilles, and not… Adonis? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was Pogo Possum your best friend? > 2. Did you write _Fables in Slang_? > 3. Was your newspaper column titled _The Conning Tower_? Dunno, not Aesop, and not Capt. Anderson. A 1. real 2. first name begins with A 3. alive 4. not American 5. male 6. European 7. not known for the Arts 8. born before 1977 9. born before 1960 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978.md?page=18)