# 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:** 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 12, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/121 "2018-03-12T16:10:49Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in _Barney Miller_? 2. Did you write _Uncle Tom’s Cabin_? 3. Were you a fedora-wearing recurring character on _Cheers_? ---
**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 12, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/122 "2018-03-12T18:16:59Z")
IQs: Did Dr. Chandra help you in your early years? Did you write _Mission of Gravity_? Did you play a NASA official, a writer and a guy named after a 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 12, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/123 "2018-03-12T18:31:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _Barney Miller_? > 2. Did you write _Uncle Tom’s Cabin_? > 3. Were you a fedora-wearing recurring character on _Cheers_? not Hal Linden, not Harriet Beecher Snow, not Harry Anderson ---
**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 12, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/124 "2018-03-12T18:34:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Dr. Chandra help you in your early years? > Did you write _Mission of Gravity_? > Did you play a NASA official, a writer and a guy named after a movie? not Hal 9000 Dave, DQ, 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 12, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/125 "2018-03-12T18:42:21Z")
Previous IQs: Did Dr. Chandra help you in your early years? - Yes, HAL 9000 Did you write _Mission of Gravity_? - Hal Clement Did you play a NASA official, a writer and a guy named after a movie? - Hal Holbrook, in _Capricorn One, Mark Twain Tonight_ and _All the President’s Men_ Hal x3! DQs: Real? Male? IQs: Did you win the Battle of Agincourt? Was your dog named Ribsy and your best friend named Beezus? In the first movie in which you appeared, were you last seen on the inside steps of San Francisco City Hall, which was passing for another building? ---
**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 12, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/126 "2018-03-12T20:32:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _Barney Miller_? > 2. Did you write _Uncle Tom’s Cabin_? > 3. Were you a fedora-wearing recurring character on _Cheers_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Hal Linden, not Harriet Beecher Snow, not Harry Anderson 1. Correct. 2. Correct. 3. Bzzt, incorrect. Harry Anderson played the character, but the character himself was Harry the Hat. Eh, close enough. IQs: 1. Did you write _The Iliad_? 2. Did you write _Siddhartha_? 3. Did you write _Tanglewood Tales_? ---
**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 12, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/127 "2018-03-12T22:15:23Z")
DQ Roundemup 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 12, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/128 "2018-03-12T22:19:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you win the Battle of Agincourt? > Was your dog named Ribsy and your best friend named Beezus? > In the first movie in which you appeared, were you last seen on the inside steps of San Francisco City Hall, which was passing for another building? not Henry VIII?, not Henry Ford?, not Henry Gibson? ---
**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 12, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/129 "2018-03-12T22:20:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you write _The Iliad_? > 2. Did you write _Siddhartha_? > 3. Did you write _Tanglewood Tales_? not Homer, DQ, DQ ---
**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 12, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/130 "2018-03-12T22:24:24Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Did you write The Iliad? > 2. Did you write Siddhartha? > 3. Did you write Tanglewood Tales? > not Homer, DQ, DQ Correct. #2 was Hermann Hesse. #3 was Nathaniel Hawthorne. DQs: 1. Last name starts with H? 2. Living? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/131 "2018-03-12T23:02:49Z")
IQs 1. Were you a 1600s English explorer? 2. Were you an equine early Disney animated character? 3. Did you sing “Windmills of Your Mind”? ---
**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 13, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/132 "2018-03-13T00:09:25Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the POTUS whose middle name was Birchard? 2. Did you famous declaim: “Good night, sweet prince!”? 3. Are you an American fakelore protagonist who died with his hammer in his hand? ---
**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 13, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/133 "2018-03-13T00:54:47Z")
DQ Roundemup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last names starts with H 4. Dead ---
**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 13, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/134 "2018-03-13T00:58:01Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you a 1600s English explorer? > 2. Were you an equine early Disney animated character? > 3. Did you sing “Windmills of Your Mind”? not Henry Hudson, not Horatio Horse?, DQ ---
**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 13, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/135 "2018-03-13T01:00:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the POTUS whose middle name was Birchard? > 2. Did you famous declaim: “Good night, sweet prince!”? > 3. Are you an American fakelore protagonist who died with his hammer in his hand? not Herbert Hoover?, not Horatio, not John Henry ---
**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 13, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/136 "2018-03-13T01:01:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the POTUS whose middle name was Birchard? > 2. Did you famous declaim: “Good night, sweet prince!”? > 3. Are you an American fakelore protagonist who died with his hammer in his hand? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Herbert Hoover?, not Horatio, not John Henry #1 was Rutherford B. Hayes. Correct on the others. DQ: 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 13, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/137 "2018-03-13T11:59:36Z")
IQs: 1. Are you director Kevin Smith’s daughter? 2. Were you the cook on _Bonanza_? 3. Did Dustin Hoffman play you (a pirate) in the title role of a 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 13, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/138 "2018-03-13T12:08:04Z")
DQ Roundemup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last names starts with H 4. Dead 5. European ---
**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 13, 2018, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/139 "2018-03-13T12:09:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you director Kevin Smith’s daughter? > 2. Were you the cook on _Bonanza_? > 3. Did Dustin Hoffman play you (a pirate) in the title role of a movie? not Harley? not Hop Sing, not Captain Hook ---
**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 13, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/140 "2018-03-13T12:27:23Z")
Correct on all three. IQs: 1. Did you direct _Psycho_? 2. Were you a senator known as The Great Compromiser? 3. Did you compose _Music for the Royal Fireworks_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880.md?page=8)