# 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:** 6
**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 8, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/101 "2017-03-08T05:18:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Peruvian soprano of the 1950’s? > 2. Did you supposedly break up the Beatles? > 3. Are you generally considered to have been the first comic strip character? Dunno, not Yoko Ono, and still not the Yellow Kid. Y. 1. fictional 2. male 3. did not first appear in text 4. last name begins with Y 5. created by an American(s) 6. from a movie or movies 7. not a protagonist 8. created before 1990 9. set in the present day (for when the movie was made) in the real world 10. created after 1950 11. movie is partly a comedy 12. kinda sorta the antagonist 13. set before 1970 14. nationality not certain but may be naturalized U.S. citizen 15. not in crime genre 16. middle age or older (actor was 41 when movie came out) 17. not a war film ---
**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 8, 2017, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/102 "2017-03-08T11:52:03Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Peruvian soprano of the 1950’s? > 2. Did you supposedly break up the Beatles? > 3. Are you generally considered to have been the first comic strip character? > Dunno, not Yoko Ono, and still not the Yellow Kid. #1 was Yma Sumac. Correct x2. DQ: Did the film win any Oscars? ---
**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 8, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/103 "2017-03-08T13:41:16Z")
IQ1: Are you a dog in a film with Fess Parker? IQ2: Are you a QB who led the NY Giants to 3 straight NFL championship games in the early 60’s? IQ3: Were you the MLB American League MVP in 1967? ---
**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 8, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/104 "2017-03-08T19:17:16Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a dog in a film with Fess Parker? > IQ2: Are you a QB who led the NY Giants to 3 straight NFL championship games in the early 60’s? > IQ3: Were you the MLB American League MVP in 1967? Still not Old Yeller, dunno and dunno. Y. 1. fictional 2. male 3. did not first appear in text 4. last name begins with Y 5. created by an American(s) 6. from a movie or movies 7. not a protagonist 8. created before 1990 9. set in the present day (for when the movie was made) in the real world 10. created after 1950 11. movie is partly a comedy 12. kinda sorta the antagonist 13. set before 1970 14. nationality not certain but may be naturalized U.S. citizen 15. not in crime genre 16. middle age or older (actor was 41 when movie came out) 17. not a war film 18. film won two Oscars ---
**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 8, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/105 "2017-03-08T19:35:53Z")
…not coming up with anything yet… IQs: 1. Was your brother Cole Younger? 2. Was your brother also Cole Younger? 3. Was your brother also also Cole Younger? ---
**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 8, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/106 "2017-03-08T22:46:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Was your brother Cole Younger? > 2. Was your brother also Cole Younger? > 3. Was your brother also also Cole Younger? Not Younger, Younger or Younger. Or, in other words, 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:** [March 8, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/107 "2017-03-08T22:54:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …not coming up with anything yet… > IQs: > > 1. Was your brother Cole Younger? > 2. Was your brother also Cole Younger? > 3. Was your brother also also Cole Younger? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Younger, Younger or Younger. > > Or, in other words, take 3 DQs. John, Jim and Bob Younger. 3 DQs 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 9, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/108 "2017-03-09T00:18:00Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a dog in a film with Fess Parker? > IQ2: Are you a QB who led the NY Giants to 3 straight NFL championship games in the early 60’s? > IQ3: Were you the MLB American League MVP in 1967? > > Still not Old Yeller, dunno and dunno. correct, Y. A. Tittle, Carl Yazstremski DQ: Romance genre? holding 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 9, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/109 "2017-03-09T00:35:47Z")
DQs: 1. Created in the 1960’s? 2. Musical? ---
**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 9, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/110 "2017-03-09T04:54:36Z")
Y. 1. fictional 2. male 3. did not first appear in text 4. last name begins with Y 5. created by an American(s) 6. from a movie or movies 7. not a protagonist 8. created before 1990 9. set in the present day (for when the movie was made) in the real world 10. created after 1950 11. movie is partly a comedy 12. kinda sorta the antagonist 13. set before 1970 14. nationality not certain but may be naturalized U.S. citizen 15. not in crime genre 16. middle age or older (actor was 41 when movie came out) 17. not a war film 18. film won two Oscars 19. mostly in romance genre 20. created in the 1960s 21. not a musical That’s 20, plus a bonus question. Discuss amongst yourselves, and please ask your earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by, let’s say, 5pm EST Friday. ---
**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 9, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/111 "2017-03-09T12:13:30Z")
Antagonistic character from a 1960’s sort-of-comedy (not a romance, musical, war or crime) movie that won 2 Oscars, set in the present day. Did not first appear in text. I’m not coming up with anyone at the moment. Time to wake up and then think. ---
**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 9, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/112 "2017-03-09T12:17:43Z")
Or not. DQ: Are you Mr. Yunioshi (as played by Mickey Rooney in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_)? ---
**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 9, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/113 "2017-03-09T14:26:29Z")
Damn, you’re good! Right out of the gate. Yes, I am the extraordinarily un-P.C. I. Y. Yunioshi (Mis)played by Mickey Rooney in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_: [I. Y. Yunioshi - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Y._Yunioshi) And see: [Yunioshi - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunioshi) Yet again, well done, **Prof. P.**! ---
**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 9, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/114 "2017-03-09T14:28:29Z")
The middle-aged nature of the character and the dubious nationality helped. So, having consulted EH’s list, I am T! ---
**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 9, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/115 "2017-03-09T15:09:26Z")
IQs: Were you called “Old Pap” by some? Did Joseph Ellis refer to you as the “American Sphinx”? Are you a White House correspondent whose career ended in controversy? ---
**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 9, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/116 "2017-03-09T15:17:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you called “Old Pap” by some? > Did Joseph Ellis refer to you as the “American Sphinx”? > Are you a White House correspondent whose career ended in controversy? Take 3 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 9, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/117 "2017-03-09T15:48:51Z")
Previous IQs: Were you called “Old Pap” by some? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas of the American Civil War (better known as “the Rock of Chickamauga”) Did Joseph Ellis refer to you as the “American Sphinx”? - Thomas Jefferson Are you a White House correspondent whose career ended in controversy? - Helen Thomas Thomas x3! DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with T? IQs: Were you, a Vermonter who moved to Pennsylvania, played by a Texan in a recent movie? Are you that Texan? Did you and your younger wife notoriously have vials of each others’ blood? ---
**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 9, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/118 "2017-03-09T15:58:59Z")
DQ: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with T ---
**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 9, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/119 "2017-03-09T15:59:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you, a Vermonter who moved to Pennsylvania, played by a Texan in a recent movie? > Are you that Texan? > Did you and your younger wife notoriously have vials of each others’ blood? Take three more 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:** [March 9, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/120 "2017-03-09T17:15:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I. Y. Yunioshi Never heard of him… At least Prof P saved me the trouble of having to pass. 😃 IQ1: Were you the insomniac hero of a series by Lawrence Block? IQ2: Were you Carthoris’s mother? IQ3: Were you Carthoris’s wife? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978.md?page=7)