# 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:** 7
**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, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/121 "2017-03-09T17:40:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 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? 1. I’ve only read “The Burglar Who…” series by Block. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Deejah Thoris. 3. I don’t remember. Take a 2nd DQ. ---
**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, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/122 "2017-03-09T19:25:37Z")
Previous IQs: Were you, a Vermonter who moved to Pennsylvania, played by a Texan in a recent movie? - Thaddeus Stevens, in _Lincoln_ Are you that Texan? - Tommy Lee Jones Did you and your younger wife notoriously have vials of each others’ blood? - Billy Bob Thornton (and Angelina Jolie) DQs: Living? American? Best known for the Arts? IQs: Did you play Rocky Balboa’s wife Adrienne? Were your tears and heavy makeup the target of satire? Have you made recent ads for pediatric cancer research? ---
**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, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/123 "2017-03-09T19:41:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the insomniac hero of a series by Lawrence Block? > IQ2: Were you Carthoris’s mother? > IQ3: Were you Carthoris’s wife? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I’ve only read “The Burglar Who…” series by Block. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Deejah Thoris. > 3. I don’t remember. Take a 2nd DQ. Evan Tanner. ([Good books](https://www.goodreads.com/series/53464-evan-tanner), interesting concept. I recommend them.) Correct (but ony 1 ‘e’ :D) Thuvia, Princess of Ptarth. DQ1: Born after 1980? One 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 9, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/124 "2017-03-09T19:58:17Z")
DQ: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with T 4. Deceased 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Born before 1980 ---
**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, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/125 "2017-03-09T19:59:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play Rocky Balboa’s wife Adrienne? > Were your tears and heavy makeup the target of satire? > Have you made recent ads for pediatric cancer research? 1. I am not Talia Shire. 2. I am not Tammy Faye Bakker. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/126 "2017-03-09T20:48:59Z")
IQ1: Are you the only _Monty Python_ member not born in Britain? IQ2: Did you play Jadzia Dax in _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_? IQ3: Are you an author who had a sword made out of meteorites that landed on his property? ---
**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, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/127 "2017-03-09T21:45:32Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the only _Monty Python_ member not born in Britain? > IQ2: Did you play Jadzia Dax in _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_? > IQ3: Are you an author who had a sword made out of meteorites that landed on his property? 1. I am not Terry Gilliam. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/128 "2017-03-09T23:00:20Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the only Monty Python member not born in Britain? > IQ2: Did you play Jadzia Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine? > IQ3: Are you an author who had a sword made out of meteorites that landed on his property? > > 1. I am not Terry Gilliam. > Take 2 DQs for the others. correct, Terry Farrell, Terry Pratchett Terry x3! DQ1: From Europe? DQ2: Known for the Performing 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:** [March 9, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/129 "2017-03-09T23:02:28Z")
DQ: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with T 4. Deceased 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Born before 1980 8. Not originally from Europe 9. Not known for the Performing Arts ---
**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, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/130 "2017-03-09T23:11:07Z")
IQ1: Were you an NFL player who became an army ranger and was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan? IQ2: Did you play telepath Lyta Alexander in _Babylon 5_? IQ3: Did you play telepath Talia Winters in _Babylon 5_ and become a news anchor on CNN after leaving the series? ---
**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, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/131 "2017-03-09T23:22:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you an NFL player who became an army ranger and was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan? > IQ2: Did you play telepath Lyta Alexander in _Babylon 5_? > IQ3: Did you play telepath Talia Winters in _Babylon 5_ and become a news anchor on CNN after leaving the series? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/132 "2017-03-09T23:38:35Z")
Pat Tillman, Patricia Tillman, Andrea Thompson DQ1: From a Spanish speaking country in the western hemisphere? DQ2: Visual artist? 1 DQ in reserve ---
**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 10, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/133 "2017-03-10T00:52:28Z")
DQ: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with T 4. Deceased 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Born before 1980 8. Not originally from Europe, **but did spend most of her life there** 9. Not known for the Performing Arts 10. Not from a Spanish speaking country 11. Not a Visual artist (painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, illustrator, etc.) ---
**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 10, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/134 "2017-03-10T02:40:56Z")
DQ: Known for literature (including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays, and screenplays)? ---
**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 10, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/135 "2017-03-10T02:55:22Z")
IQ1: Were you an Albanian nun who became a saint? IQ2: Did you sing “I Like Beer”? IQ3: Was it claimed that you sang to your roommate when you found a thief in your room one night? ---
**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 10, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/136 "2017-03-10T13:39:22Z")
IQ1: Were you executed for masterminding the 1995 Oklahoma City bombings? IQ2: Are you a counterculture icon whose motto was “Turn on, tune in, drop out”? IQ3: Did you replace Randy Meisner as bassist for both Poco and The Eagles? ---
**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 10, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/137 "2017-03-10T16:43:52Z")
DQ: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with T 4. Deceased 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Born before 1980 8. Not originally from Europe, but did spend most of her life there 9. Not known for the Performing Arts 10. Not from a Spanish speaking country 11. Not a Visual artist (painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, illustrator, etc.) 12. Known for literature ---
**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 10, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/138 "2017-03-10T16:45:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an Albanian nun who became a saint? > IQ2: Did you sing “I Like Beer”? > IQ3: Was it claimed that you sang to your roommate when you found a thief in your room one night? 1. I am not St. Mother Teresa. Take a DQ for #2. 2. I am not Mel Tillis. ---
**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 10, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/139 "2017-03-10T16:46:18Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you executed for masterminding the 1995 Oklahoma City bombings? > IQ2: Are you a counterculture icon whose motto was “Turn on, tune in, drop out”? > IQ3: Did you replace Randy Meisner as bassist for both Poco and The Eagles? Take a DQ for #1. I’m guessing he’s a Timothy. I am not Timothy Leary. I am not Timothy B. Schmitt. ---
**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 10, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/140 "2017-03-10T17:28:11Z")
Timothy McVeigh DQ: Asian? holding a DQ IQ1: Are you a former NFL lineman and now TV reporter in a comic strip of the same name as you? IQ2: Were you a bespectacled bumbling comic strip character who eventually got replaced by Captain Easy? IQ3: Are you a superhero whose shout of triumph is SPOOOOOON? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978.md?page=8)