# 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:** 4
**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 3, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/61 "2017-03-03T18:23:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you smarter than the average bear? > 2. Did you write _The Celtic Twilight_? > 3. Are you the only character from Marvel’s first comic book version of _Guardians of the Galaxy_ to make it into the movie? Not Yogi Bear, dunno, and dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an Australian celebrity who tried to sue a particular search engine for copyright infringement? > IQ2: Are MLB awards for best pitcher named after you? > IQ3: Is your stage name Cat Stevens? Not Yahoo Serious, Steve Yaztrezemski (sp?) or Yussef MumblemumbleMuslimsinger. ---
**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 3, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/62 "2017-03-03T22:09:20Z")
IQ1: Were you a man of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy? IQ2: Does your name shine to the everlasting glory of the infantry? IQ3: Are you a comedian and painter who was born in the Ukraine? ---
**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 3, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/63 "2017-03-03T22:20:12Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you smarter than the average bear? > 2. Did you write The Celtic Twilight? > 3. Are you the only character from Marvel’s first comic book version of Guardians of the Galaxy to make it into the movie? > Not Yogi Bear, dunno, and dunno. Correct on Yogi. #2 was William Butler Yeats. #3 is Yondu (he’s the blue bounty hunter with the arrow he whistles to). DQs: 1. Real? 2. 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:** [March 3, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/64 "2017-03-03T22:22:39Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in _Father Knows Best_? 2. Are you an Olympic gold medalist ladies single figure skater? 3. Did you play Batgirl on TV’s _Batman_? ---
**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 4, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/65 "2017-03-04T00:39:56Z")
IQ1: Did you share a Nobel Prize with IQ2? IQ2: Did you share a Nobel Prize with IQ1? IQ3: Did you fake illness to attempt to avoid being sent on military missions? ---
**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 4, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/66 "2017-03-04T01:30:35Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an Australian celebrity who tried to sue a particular search engine for copyright infringement? > IQ2: Are MLB awards for best pitcher named after you? > IQ3: Is your stage name Cat Stevens? > > Not Yahoo Serious, Steve Yaztrezemski (sp?) or Yussef MumblemumbleMuslimsinger. correct, Cy Young, not sure what you’re trying to say on #3 but the answer is Yusuf Islam holding 2 DQs ---
**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 4, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/67 "2017-03-04T04:52:02Z")
Well, I had the “Y” part of Cat Stevens’s Muslim name nearly right. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a man of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy? > IQ2: Does your name shine to the everlasting glory of the infantry? > IQ3: Are you a comedian and painter who was born in the Ukraine? Not Yorick, Rodger Young (whose grave I’ve seen in Clyde, Ohio), or Yakov Smirnoff. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _Father Knows Best_? > 2. Are you an Olympic gold medalist ladies single figure skater? > 3. Did you play Batgirl on TV’s _Batman_? Not Robert Young, Kristi Yamaguchi or… dunno. > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you share a Nobel Prize with IQ2? > IQ2: Did you share a Nobel Prize with IQ1? > IQ3: Did you fake illness to attempt to avoid being sent on military missions? Dunno x3. Y. 1. fictional 2. male ---
**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 4, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/68 "2017-03-04T07:11:43Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you share a Nobel Prize with IQ2? > IQ2: Did you share a Nobel Prize with IQ1? > IQ3: Did you fake illness to attempt to avoid being sent on military missions? Yitzak Rabin and Yassir Arafat shared the Peace Prize with Sharon, and Capt. Yossarian faced the _Catch-22_. DQ1: first appearance in text? DQ2: first name begins with Y? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Are you the key and the guardian of the gate? IQ2: Are you the last man on earth? IQ3: Did you die tragically in a children’s book and movie? ---
**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 4, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/69 "2017-03-04T14:40:32Z")
IQ1: Are you the voice of Lisa Simpson? IQ2: Did John Wayne portray you in the 1948 film _Fort Apache_? IQ3: Are you a Chinese-American cellist and winner of 18 Grammys? ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/70 "2017-03-04T15:14:29Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in Father Knows Best? > 2. Are you an Olympic gold medalist ladies single figure skater? > 3. Did you play Batgirl on TV’s Batman? > Not Robert Young, Kristi Yamaguchi or… dunno. Correct x2. #3 was Yvonne Craig. 1 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 4, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/71 "2017-03-04T15:20:36Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the protagonist of _Catch-22_? 2. Were you the protagonist of the TV series _The Rebel_? 3. Did your britches catch on fire in _Who Framed Roger Rabbit_? ---
**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 4, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/72 "2017-03-04T16:41:39Z")
Prof, your IQ1 was already used as my earlier IQ3. ---
**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 4, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/73 "2017-03-04T16:46:22Z")
Oh, and by appearance in my DQ I mean widely published appearance; a screenplay would not count. ---
**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 4, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/74 "2017-03-04T16:56:15Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Prof, your IQ1 was already used as my earlier IQ3. So it is. Thanks for the heads up. Kindly ignore my IQ1, EH. ---
**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 4, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/75 "2017-03-04T23:16:36Z")
IQ1: Were you the eponymous hero of a '50s TV western? IQ2: Were you the eponymous hero of two movies (original and remake) about a gorilla? IQ3: Were you the eponymous hero of a comedy film about pirates? ---
**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 5, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/76 "2017-03-05T05:12:34Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > … > > IQ1: Are you the key and the guardian of the gate? > IQ2: Are you the last man on earth? > IQ3: Did you die tragically in a children’s book and movie? Not Yog-Soggoth (?), not Yorick, and not Old Yeller. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the voice of Lisa Simpson? > IQ2: Did John Wayne portray you in the 1948 film _Fort Apache_? > IQ3: Are you a Chinese-American cellist and winner of 18 Grammys? Not Yeardley Smith, dunno, and not Yo Yo Ma. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > … > 2) Were you the protagonist of the TV series _The Rebel_? > 3) Did your britches catch on fire in _Who Framed Roger Rabbit_? Dunno x2. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the eponymous hero of a '50s TV western? > IQ2: Were you the eponymous hero of two movies (original and remake) about a gorilla? > IQ3: Were you the eponymous hero of a comedy film about pirates? Not Johnny Yuma (??), Mighty Joe Young or Yellowbeard. Y. 1. fictional 2. male 3. did not first appear in text 4. last name begins with Y ---
**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 5, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/77 "2017-03-05T06:04:04Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Are you the key and the guardian of the gate? > IQ2: Are you the last man on earth? > IQ3: Did you die tragically in a children’s book and movie? That’s a sweep. Yorick’s last name was Brown, by the way. IQ1: Did Mel Brooks kneel while portraying you? IQ2: Are you the character parodied by IQ1? IQ3: Did you play center for the Houston Rockets? ---
**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 5, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/78 "2017-03-05T13:34:53Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > … > 2) Were you the protagonist of the TV series The Rebel? > 3) Did your britches catch on fire in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? > Dunno x2. #2 was, oddly enough, Johnny Yuma. #3 was Yosemite Sam. DQs: 1. Created by an American author or authors? 2. From a movie or movies? ---
**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 5, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/79 "2017-03-05T14:21:22Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the voice of Lisa Simpson? > IQ2: Did John Wayne portray you in the 1948 film Fort Apache? > IQ3: Are you a Chinese-American cellist and winner of 18 Grammys? > Not Yeardley Smith, dunno, and not Yo Yo Ma. correct, Captain Kirby York, correct holding 2 DQs IQ1: Are you a blue-skinned alien whose whistle controls his projectiles in _Guardians of the Galaxy_? IQ2: Were you the Enterprise’s Chief of Security in the first season of TNG? IQ3: Are you a tree that connects the nine Norse worlds? ---
**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 5, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/80 "2017-03-05T14:28:53Z")
KO, I already asked about your #1. IQs: 1. Are you a female teenage wizard in DC’s comic books? 2. Did you battle Ant-Man in the Marvel movie of that name? 3. Were you an Asian supervillain who had his own Atlas comic book in the 1950’s? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978.md?page=5)