# Botticelli March 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525 "2023-03-01T03:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/21 "2023-03-02T17:42:57Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Take a DQ, take a DQ, I am not Whitney Houston. 1 was _Stranger Things_’ Will Byers; 2 was William Howard Taft. Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/22 "2023-03-02T18:04:33Z")
IQ1: Are you an electronic music pioneer who composed the score for _A Clockwork Orange_? IQ2: Is the former Orange County Airport in Southern California now named after you, a star of western movies? IQ3: Did the doctor say you wouldn’t have so many nosebleeds if you kept your finger out of there? ---
**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 2, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/23 "2023-03-02T18:08:54Z")
IQs: 1. Did Jackie Chan play you in _Shanghai Noon_? 2. Were you Jackie’ co-star in that movie? 3. Did you write _The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/24 "2023-03-02T18:57:24Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you an electronic music pioneer who composed the score for _A Clockwork Orange_? > IQ2: Is the former Orange County Airport in Southern California now named after you, a star of western movies? > IQ3: Did the doctor say you wouldn’t have so many nosebleeds if you kept your finger out of there? Tale a DQ, I am not John Wayne, take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Jackie Chan play you in _Shanghai Noon_? > 2. Were you Jackie’ co-star in that movie? > 3. Did you write _The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test_? Take a DQ, I am not Owen Wilson, take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/25 "2023-03-02T18:58:46Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with W. 4. No longer alive. 5. Known for the Arts 6. Not known for the Performing Arts. 7. American 8. Died after 1900 9. Not known for the visual arts. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/26 "2023-03-02T22:17:56Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you an electronic music pioneer who composed the score for _A Clockwork Orange_? > > IQ2: Is the former Orange County Airport in Southern California now named after you, a star of western movies? > > IQ3: Did the doctor say you wouldn’t have so many nosebleeds if you kept your finger out of there? > > Tale a DQ, I am not John Wayne, take a DQ. Wendy Carlos, originally credited to Walter Carlos Correct Ralph Wiggum from _The Simpsons_ DQ: Known for writing? DQ: Died after 1960? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/27 "2023-03-02T22:24:32Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with W. 4. No longer alive. 5. Known for the Arts 6. Not known for the Performing Arts. 7. American 8. Died after 1900 9. Not known for the visual arts. 10. Known for writing. 11. Died after 1960. ---
**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 2, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/28 "2023-03-02T22:42:17Z")
IQ1: Are you better known as Murray Leinster? IQ2: Did you and your wife write _The Story of Civilization_? IQ3: Did you write about a famous day and an unrelated famous night? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/29 "2023-03-03T00:25:35Z")
Take a DQ, I am not Will Durrant?? Or take DQ , I am not Walter Lord. Or take a DQ. ---
**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 3, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/30 "2023-03-03T03:47:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you better known as Murray Leinster? > IQ2: Did you and your wife write _The Story of Civilization_? > IQ3: Did you write about a famous day and an unrelated famous night? > [@kitap](#): > > Take a DQ, I am not Will Durrant?? Or take DQ , I am not Walter Lord. Or take a DQ. Will F Jenkins correct (Durant) correct DQ: Known for writing fiction? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/31 "2023-03-03T03:52:39Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with W. 4. No longer alive. 5. Known for the Arts 6. Not known for the Performing Arts. 7. American 8. Died after 1900 9. Not known for the visual arts. 10. Known for writing. 11. Died after 1960. 12. Known for 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 3, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/32 "2023-03-03T14:36:35Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did Jackie Chan play you in _Shanghai Noon_? > > 2. Were you Jackie’ co-star in that movie? > > 3. Did you write _The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test_? > > Take a DQ, I am not Owen Wilson, take a DQ. #1 was Chon Wang. Correct on #2. #3 was Tom Wolfe. DQs: 1. Unusual first name? 2. Died after 2000? ---
**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 3, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/33 "2023-03-03T14:39:39Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a ventriloquist’s dummy who does impressions of American presidents? 2. Were you the inventor of the first mechanical heart? 3. Were you the prestigious announcer for the highly acclaimed bliss-inducing 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? ---
**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 3, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/34 "2023-03-03T16:04:30Z")
IQ: Did you write _Bring the Jubilee_? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/35 "2023-03-03T17:12:05Z")
IQs: 1. Did Edward abdicate for you? 2. Did you play legendary music producer Bruce Dickinson, who over the course of an _SNL_ sketch about the recording of Blue Oyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear the Reaper” increasingly desires the sound of one specific instrument? 3. Were you a founding member of the Avengers? ---
**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 3, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/36 "2023-03-03T17:19:44Z")
IQ2: Were you First Lord of the Admiralty at the beginning of WW I? IQ3: Did you and Newt Gingrich write an AH trilogy about the USCW? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/37 "2023-03-03T17:31:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a ventriloquist’s dummy who does impressions of American presidents? > 2. Were you the inventor of the first mechanical heart? > 3. Were you the prestigious announcer for the highly acclaimed bliss-inducing 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? Take 3 DQs. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Did you write _Bring the Jubilee_? Take a DQ. …Is that a song or a book? A poem? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did Edward abdicate for you? > 2. Did you play legendary music producer Bruce Dickinson, who over the course of an _SNL_ sketch about the recording of Blue Oyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear the Reaper” increasingly desires the sound of one specific instrument? > 3. Were you a founding member of the Avengers? Take a DQ, I am not Christopher “More cowbell!!” Walken, I am not Wanda, the Scarlet Witch. Or take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/38 "2023-03-03T17:38:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ2: Were you First Lord of the Admiralty at the beginning of WW I? > IQ3: Did you and Newt Gingrich write an AH trilogy about the USCW? Take 2 DQs. 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with W. 4. No longer alive. 5. Known for the Arts 6. Not known for the Performing Arts. 7. American 8. Died after 1900 9. Not known for the visual arts. 10. Known for writing. 11. Died after 1960. 12. Known for fiction. 13. Common first name 14. Died after 2000. To clarify #12, known for fiction rather than non-fiction. Not straight 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 3, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/39 "2023-03-03T17:43:06Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you a ventriloquist’s dummy who does impressions of American presidents? > > 2. Were you the inventor of the first mechanical heart? > > 3. Were you the prestigious announcer for the highly acclaimed bliss-inducing 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > Take 3 DQs. #1 is Walter, an old man puppet of Jeff Dunham’s, who has “portrayed” both Trump and Biden. #2 was Paul Winchell, better known as a ventriloquist as well. #3 was Wallace Greenslade. DQs: 1. Known for science fiction, fantasy or horror? 2. First name starts with W -to- Wh? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/40 "2023-03-03T17:49:43Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Take a DQ, I am not Christopher “More cowbell!!” Walken, I am not Wanda, the Scarlet Witch. Or take a DQ. 1 (caused Edward to abdicate) was Wallis Simpson; 3 (Avengers founder) was the Wasp. DQ: known for novels? 1 DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525.md?page=3)