# Botticelli - March 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 2, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880 "2018-03-02T12:39:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 16, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/181 "2018-03-16T18:19:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Vampire: His Kith and Kin_? > 2. Did you have a hit with _She Works Hard For The Money_? > 3. Were you a notable ancient Athenian statesman remembered for your attempts at reform? Not Bram Stoker, Donna Summer or Solon. > [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > … > > IQ: [Pretty sure I’ve asked this recently, but no harm in a little memory test] Did you receive nationwide acclaim for ‘just doing your job’ a few years ago (albeit you did that job in amazing circumstances that saved many lives)? > IQ: Were you famously born on a Monday? > IQ: Were you the founder of one of the oldest American breweries? Not the other Sully (just saw the Tom Hanks movie, as it happens), Solomon Grundy or… Mr. Schlitz? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a “real” identity of Eminem? > IQ2: Are you a rodeo cowboy who got to ride a nuclear bomb? > IQ3: Are you a crooner known for your "Countrypolitan? singing style? None of the Slims: Shady, Pickens or Whitman. S. 1. real 2. not American 3. male 4. alive ---
**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 16, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/182 "2018-03-16T19:14:42Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write The Vampire: His Kith and Kin? > 2. Did you have a hit with She Works Hard For The Money? > 3. Were you a notable ancient Athenian statesman remembered for your attempts at reform? > Not Bram Stoker, Donna Summer or Solon. #1 was Montague Summers. Correct on the others. DQ: Born after 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 16, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/183 "2018-03-16T19:17:23Z")
IQs: 1. Did you originate the _Nunc Dimittis_? 2. Did you have the female lead in the stage debut of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s _The Phantom of the Opera_? 3. Do you live in a pineapple under the sea? ---
**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 16, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/184 "2018-03-16T19:20:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you originate the _Nunc Dimittis_? > 2. Did you have the female lead in the stage debut of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s _The Phantom of the Opera_? > 3. Do you live in a pineapple under the sea? Not Strauss, Sarah Brightman or SpongeBob SquarePants. S. 1. real 2. not American 3. male 4. alive 5. not born after 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 16, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/185 "2018-03-16T19:23:45Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you originate the Nunc Dimittis? > 2. Did you have the female lead in the stage debut of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera? > 3. Do you live in a pineapple under the sea? > Not Strauss, Sarah Brightman or SpongeBob SquarePants. #1 was St. Simeon from the early chapters of the Gospel of Luke (“Now I may go in peace…”). Correct on the others. DQ: European? ---
**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 17, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/186 "2018-03-17T04:02:21Z")
S. 1. real 2. not American 3. male 4. alive 5. not born after 1960 6. 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 17, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/187 "2018-03-17T14:00:26Z")
IQs: 1. Were you president of Corpus Christi College and a member of the Second Westminster Company of King James Bible translators (and, coincidentally, an ancestor of mine)? 2. Did you write the play _St. Joan_? 3. Were you Red Skelton’s western con-man character? ---
**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 17, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/188 "2018-03-17T15:16:30Z")
IQ1: Do you play Howard Wollowitz on _The Big Bang Theory_? IQ2: Are you a fruit-named MLB right fielder who helped the Mets reach the World Series once and the Yankees three times? IQ3: Are you the only MLB player to have hit 60 or more home runs in a single season three times? ---
**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 17, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/189 "2018-03-17T21:58:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you president of Corpus Christi College and a member of the Second Westminster Company of King James Bible translators (and, coincidentally, an ancestor of mine)? > 2. Did you write the play _St. Joan_? > 3. Were you Red Skelton’s western con-man character? Dunno, not George Bernard Shaw, and dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Do you play Howard Wollowitz on _The Big Bang Theory_? > IQ2: Are you a fruit-named MLB right fielder who helped the Mets reach the World Series once and the Yankees three times? > IQ3: Are you the only MLB player to have hit 60 or more home runs in a single season three times? Dunno, not Sam Babe Ruth Orange, and dunno. ---
**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 17, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/190 "2018-03-17T22:13:44Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you president of Corpus Christi College and a member of the Second Westminster Company of King James Bible translators (and, coincidentally, an ancestor of mine)? > 2. Did you write the play St. Joan? > 3. Were you Red Skelton’s western con-man character? > Dunno, not George Bernard Shaw, and dunno. #1 was John Spencer (or Spenser). Correct on Shaw. #3 was San Fernando Red. DQs: 1. British or Irish? 2. Last name starts with S? ---
**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 17, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/191 "2018-03-17T22:39:58Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Do you play Howard Wollowitz on The Big Bang Theory? > IQ2: Are you a fruit-named MLB right fielder who helped the Mets reach the World Series once and the Yankees three times? > IQ3: Are you the only MLB player to have hit 60 or more home runs in a single season three times? > > Dunno, not Sam Babe Ruth Orange, and dunno. Simon Helberg, Darryl Strawberry, Sammy Sosa holding 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 17, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/192 "2018-03-17T22:48:38Z")
IQs: 1. Did you invent the technique of pointillism? 2. Did you have a hit with _The No No Song_? 3. Are you the White House Press Secretary? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/193 "2018-03-17T23:02:14Z")
IQs 1. Were you the first prominent actress to appear in movies? 2. Are you a sometimes very earthy comedienne? 3. Did you write _Where the Sidewalk Ends_ ? ---
**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 18, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/194 "2018-03-18T03:01:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you invent the technique of pointillism? > 2. Did you have a hit with _The No No Song_? > 3. Are you the White House Press Secretary? Not Georges Seurat, dunno, and not Sarah Huckabee Sanders. > [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you the first prominent actress to appear in movies? > 2. Are you a sometimes very earthy comedienne? > 3. Did you write _Where the Sidewalk Ends_ ? Dunno, dunno and not Shel Silverstein. S. 1. real 2. not American 3. male 4. alive 5. not born after 1960 6. European 7. not British or Irish 8. last name starts with S ---
**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 18, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/195 "2018-03-18T03:02:31Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you invent the technique of pointillism? > 2. Did you have a hit with The No No Song? > 3. Are you the White House Press Secretary? > Not Georges Seurat, dunno, and not Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Correct, Ringo Starr, Correct. DQ: Known for the Arts? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/196 "2018-03-18T04:55:01Z")
Previous IQs 1. So you’re not Sarah Bernhardt. 2. And you’re not Sarah Silverman. 3. Correct. 2 DQs pending… ---
**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 18, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/197 "2018-03-18T10:32:29Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Nancy’s boyfriend in the comic strip of that name? 2. Are you Snoopy’s brother in _Peanuts_? 3. Did you have a hit with _When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain_? ---
**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 18, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/198 "2018-03-18T17:22:24Z")
DQ: Native speaker of a romance language? 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 19, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/199 "2018-03-19T03:41:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Nancy’s boyfriend in the comic strip of that name? > 2. Are you Snoopy’s brother in _Peanuts_? > 3. Did you have a hit with _When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain_? Not Sluggo; dunno x2. S. 1. real 2. not American 3. male 4. alive 5. not born after 1960 6. European 7. not British or Irish 8. last name starts with S 9. not known for the Arts 10. native speaker of a Romance language ---
**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 19, 2018, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/200 "2018-03-19T11:10:48Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Nancy’s boyfriend in the comic strip of that name? > 2. Are you Snoopy’s brother in Peanuts? > 3. Did you have a hit with When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain? > Not Sluggo; dunno x2. Correct on Sluggo. #2 was Spike. #3 was Kate Smith. DQs: 1. Known for politics or military? 2. French or Italian? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880.md?page=11)