# Botticelli - May 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 1, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433 "2014-05-01T13:15:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [May 27, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/241 "2014-05-27T20:37:18Z")
IQ1: Are you infamous for misspelling a type of tuber? IQ2: Has your name been adopted as a synonym for collaborator? IQ3: Are you the only composer other than John Williams to score a Steven Spielberg feature film? ---
**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:** [May 27, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/242 "2014-05-27T21:50:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a U.S. president and the son of a U.S. president? > 2. Did you have a burro for a sidekick? > 3. Did you portray Mama in the movie version of _Chicago_? Not John Quincy Adams, Don Quixote or… dunno. > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > > 1. Did you have a horse named Rocinante? > 2. Was Frederic Dannay half of you? > 3. Were you the alleged author of a series starring a boy named Djuna? Not Don Quixote, dunno and dunno. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you infamous for misspelling a type of tuber? > IQ2: Has your name been adopted as a synonym for collaborator? > IQ3: Are you the only composer other than John Williams to score a Steven Spielberg feature film? Not Quayle, Quisling or… dunno this, either. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/243 "2014-05-27T22:28:24Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a U.S. president and the son of a U.S. president? > 2. Did you have a burro for a sidekick? > 3. Did you portray Mama in the movie version of Chicago? > > Not John Quincy Adams, Don Quixote or… dunno. Correct on Adams. Quixote had a horse, as SCAdian mentioned. His sidekick was Sancho Panza. No, Quick-Draw McGraw had a burro for a sidekick, name of Baba Louie. Queen Latifah played Mama in _Chicago_. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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:** [May 27, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/244 "2014-05-27T22:32:07Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a dog named Bandit? 2. Is your secret identity Vic Sage? 3. Are you a Mesoamerican deity whose name means “feathered serpent”? ---
**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:** [May 27, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/245 "2014-05-27T22:58:12Z")
IQs 1, Did Bob Dylan write a song about you that was sung my Manfred Mann? 2. Are you a nobleman that a set of boxing rules was named after? 3. Are you a British dandy portrayed on film by John Hurt? ---
**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:** [May 28, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/246 "2014-05-28T03:20:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a dog named Bandit? > 2. Is your secret identity Vic Sage? > 3. Are you a Mesoamerican deity whose name means “feathered serpent”? Not Jonny Quest, dunno, and not Quetzalcoatl. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQs > 1, Did Bob Dylan write a song about you that was sung my Manfred Mann? > 2. Are you a nobleman that a set of boxing rules was named after? > 3. Are you a British dandy portrayed on film by John Hurt? Dunno, not the Marquess of Queensbury, and dunno. Q. 1. fictional 2. male ---
**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:** [May 28, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/247 "2014-05-28T03:22:53Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a dog named Bandit? > 2. Is your secret identity Vic Sage? > 3. Are you a Mesoamerican deity whose name means “feathered serpent”? > > Not Jonny Quest, dunno, and not Quetzalcoatl. Correct on 1 and 3. #2 is The Question (DC Comics). DQ: From the movies? ---
**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:** [May 28, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/248 "2014-05-28T03:26:04Z")
IQs: 1. Did you occasionally show up to bother Jean-Luc Picard? 2. Are you secretly Green Arrow? 3. Were you a Confederate guerrilla leader in the Civil War? ---
**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:** [May 28, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/249 "2014-05-28T12:09:45Z")
1. The Mighty Quinn 2. Quentin Crisp DQs 1. Did H. Rider Haggard write about you? 2. Did your story take place in the 19th century? ---
**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:** [May 28, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/250 "2014-05-28T15:17:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you occasionally show up to bother Jean-Luc Picard? > 2. Are you secretly Green Arrow? > 3. Were you a Confederate guerrilla leader in the Civil War? Not Q, Oliver Queen or Quantrill. Q. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not from the movies, although I have been a movie character 4. H. Rider Haggard did not write about me 5. story did not take place in the 19th century ---
**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:** [May 28, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/251 "2014-05-28T15:23:22Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a dragon from _The Giant Horse of Oz_? 2. Did you have a hit with _Stumblin’ In_? 3. Are you best remembered for your _Oxford Book of English Verse_? ---
**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:** [May 28, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/252 "2014-05-28T17:13:46Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ3: Are you the only composer other than John Williams to score a Steven Spielberg feature film? Quincy Jones scored _The Color Purple_. DQ: Last name starts with Q? IQ1: Are you the head of the British Experimental Rocket Group? IQ2: Are you a cannibal that is an expert with a harpoon? IQ3: Are you the subject of the Sting song _Englishman in New York_? ---
**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:** [May 28, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/253 "2014-05-28T17:24:34Z")
1. Are you a detective whose name is the pen name of the two cousins who author you? 2. Are you a coma victim who had to wait through a year of legal battles before getting your respirator removed, then survived another nine years? 3. Dang it Chock, you beat me to my question! ---
**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:** [May 28, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/254 "2014-05-28T17:29:12Z")
1. Are you known for saying “Giggity”? ---
**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:** [May 29, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/255 "2014-05-29T02:17:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a dragon from _The Giant Horse of Oz_? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Stumblin’ In_? > 3. Are you best remembered for your _Oxford Book of English Verse_? Yeesh. Dunno any of these! > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > … > IQ1: Are you the head of the British Experimental Rocket Group? > IQ2: Are you a cannibal that is an expert with a harpoon? > IQ3: Are you the subject of the Sting song _Englishman in New York_? Dunno the first or the third; not Queequeg. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 1. Are you a detective whose name is the pen name of the two cousins who author you? > 2. Are you a coma victim who had to wait through a year of legal battles before getting your respirator removed, then survived another nine years?.. Not Ellery Queen or Karen Ann Quinlan. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 1. Are you known for saying “Giggity”? Not Glenn Quagmire. Q. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not from the movies, although I have been a movie character 4. H. Rider Haggard did not write about me 5. story did not take place in the 19th century 6. last name starts with Q ---
**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:** [May 29, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/256 "2014-05-29T02:50:05Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a dragon from The Giant Horse of Oz? > 2. Did you have a hit with Stumblin’ In? > 3. Are you best remembered for your Oxford Book of English Verse? > > Yeesh. Dunno any of these! Yeah, the more difficult letters lead to more obscure questions. #1 is Quiberon. #2 is Suzi Quatro. #3 is Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. DQs: 1. From literature? 2. Set in the 20th Century? 3. Protagonist? ---
**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:** [May 29, 2014, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/257 "2014-05-29T07:44:44Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you the head of the British Experimental Rocket Group? > IQ2: Are you a cannibal that is an expert with a harpoon? > IQ3: Are you the subject of the Sting song _Englishman in New York_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno the first or the third; not Queequeg. 1: British sci-fi hero Bernard Quartermass, often cited as an influence on Dr Who. 2: Correct on Queequeg 3: Quentin Crisp, who I somehow missed was already asked by Knowed Out, so no DQ for me for that one. I’ll hold my one DQ until I see answers to some of the other 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:** [May 29, 2014, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/258 "2014-05-29T12:17:07Z")
IQ1: Did you grant Esmerelda sanctuary? IQ2: Were you a Patrician of Ankh-Morpork who was killed because you wanted all metaphors to be literal? IQ3: Are you an elf from the 1985 Atari arcade game _Gauntlet_? ---
**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:** [May 29, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/259 "2014-05-29T13:00:15Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you grant Esmerelda sanctuary? > IQ2: Were you a Patrician of Ankh-Morpork who was killed because you wanted all metaphors to be literal? > IQ3: Are you an elf from the 1985 Atari arcade game _Gauntlet_? Dunno any of these three, either. Q. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not from the movies, although I have been a movie character 4. H. Rider Haggard did not write about me 5. story did not take place in the 19th century 6. last name starts with Q 7. from literature 8. set in the 20th century 9. not the protagonist ---
**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:** [May 29, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/260 "2014-05-29T14:34:31Z")
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