# 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:** 8
**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, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/141 "2017-03-10T17:31:57Z")
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 13. Not Asian ---
**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, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/142 "2017-03-10T17:33:16Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 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? 1. I am not Tank Macnamara (sp?). 2. I am not Wash Tubbs. 3. I am not the Tick. Ah, 'twas a sad day when the Tick met Neo from _The Matrix_ and learned there is no Spoon. ---
**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 10, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/143 "2017-03-10T19:10:58Z")
IQs: Did you play Rocky Balboa’s wife Adrienne? - Yes, Talia Shire Were your tears and heavy makeup the target of satire? - Yes, Tammy Fae Bakker Have you made recent ads for pediatric cancer research? - Marlo Thomas DQ: Greatest fame before 1950? IQs: Were you a lesbian expatriate considered part of the Lost Generation? Are you a noted American dancer? Are you a noted American male fashion designer? ---
**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, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/144 "2017-03-10T19:55:43Z")
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 13. Not Asian 14. Greatest fame after 1950 ---
**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, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/145 "2017-03-10T19:57:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a lesbian expatriate considered part of the Lost Generation? > Are you a noted American dancer? > Are you a noted American male fashion designer? 1. I am not Alice B. Toklas. 2. I am not Tommy Tune. 3. I am not Tommy Hilfiger (sp?). ---
**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, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/146 "2017-03-10T20:30:48Z")
IQ1: Are you a MLB outfielder who played 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the last 6 as player-manager, nicknamed The Georgia Peach? IQ2: Did you portray IQ1 in a 1994 film, titled as IQ1’s last name? IQ3: Are you the guitarist for Soundgarden, who released a song titled as IQ1’s name in 1997? ---
**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, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/147 "2017-03-10T20:31:18Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a MLB outfielder who played 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the last 6 as player-manager, nicknamed The Georgia Peach? > IQ2: Did you portray IQ1 in a 1994 film, titled as IQ1’s last name? > IQ3: Are you the guitarist for Soundgarden, who released a song titled as IQ1’s name in 1997? 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 10, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/148 "2017-03-10T20:56:44Z")
Swept all three of mine. Were you William Seward’s best friend and political fixer? Were you a notorious Tammany boss? Did Harold Macmillan read a book by you while waiting to find out if he’d become Prime Minister? ---
**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, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/149 "2017-03-10T21:04:19Z")
> [@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? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not St. Mother Teresa. > Take a DQ for #2. > 2. I am not Mel Tillis. Correct. Tom T Hall. Correct. (Hoyt Axton fan, are you?) DQ: Known for prose fiction? ---
**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, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/150 "2017-03-10T21:38:41Z")
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 13. Not Asian 14. Greatest fame after 1950 15. Known for prose fiction. Yes, I am a Hoyt Axton fan. 😃 ---
**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, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/151 "2017-03-10T21:39:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Swept all three of mine. > > Were you William Seward’s best friend and political fixer? > Were you a notorious Tammany boss? > Did Harold Macmillan read a book by you while waiting to find out if he’d become Prime Minister? 1. I am not Boss Tweed. Take 2 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 10, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/152 "2017-03-10T21:52:19Z")
IQ: Did you write about a most unusual nanny? ---
**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, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/153 "2017-03-10T22:02:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Did you write about a most unusual nanny? Oh, quite. Yes, I am P. L. Travers, the Australian-born author of the Mary Poppins books. Well done, SCA! ---
**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 10, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/154 "2017-03-10T22:27:14Z")
Hear, hear! My previous IQs: Were you William Seward’s best friend and political fixer? - Thurlow Weed Were you a notorious Tammany boss? - Yes, Boss Tweed Did Harold Macmillan read a book by you while waiting to find out if he’d become Prime Minister? - Anthony Trollope ---
**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, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/155 "2017-03-10T23:11:00Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a MLB outfielder who played 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the last 6 as player-manager, nicknamed The Georgia Peach? > IQ2: Did you portray IQ1 in a 1994 film, titled as IQ1’s last name? > IQ3: Are you the guitarist for Soundgarden, who released a song titled as IQ1’s name in 1997? > > Take 3 DQs. Ty Cobb, Tommy Lee Jones, Kim Thayle Grats SCAdian! ---
**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 11, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/156 "2017-03-11T00:55:49Z")
I am **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 11, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/157 "2017-03-11T02:08:06Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an eccentric inventor from _The Adventures of Superman_? 2. Are you the actor who played #1? 3. Are you secretly Spider-Man? ---
**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 11, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/158 "2017-03-11T02:23:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an eccentric inventor from _The Adventures of Superman_? > 2. Are you the actor who played #1? > 3. Are you secretly Spider-Man? Not Professor Pepperwinkle. Not Phil Wossface. (Tead, or something like that?) Not Peter Parker. ---
**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 11, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/159 "2017-03-11T03:07:27Z")
Correct x3 ---
**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 11, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/160 "2017-03-11T04:17:39Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Ty Cobb, Tommy Lee Jones, Kim Thayle… I’d already asked about Tommy Lee Jones. In play: IQs: Did you surrender Vicksburg in 1863? Did Andre Braugher play you in _Homicide_? Did you found a woolen company in Oregon that is still thriving? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978.md?page=9)