# Botticelli May 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 8, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571 "2015-05-08T19:13:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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 17, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/201 "2015-05-17T12:36:49Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you supposed to be sitting in the theater box with Abe & Mary instead of Henry Rathbone and his fiancee? > 2. Did Drew Carey star as you in a disastrous eponymous TV musical? > 3. Did you team up with Bill Buchanan for a series of successful novelty records in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s? > Not Dickie Goodman. > > Take a DQ for 1 and 2 #1 was General Ulysses S. Grant (and wife). #2 was Gepetto. Waiting on answers with 2 DQs in reserve. #3 is correct. ---
**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 17, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/202 "2015-05-17T12:49:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did John Milton write about your trumpet playing? 2. Are you Kate Hudson’s mom? 3. Are you aka the Sheriff of Nottingham? ---
**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 17, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/203 "2015-05-17T16:44:45Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did Tom Bombadil capture and marry you? > IQ2: Are you the Drúedain chief who led Théoden and his troops to Minas Tirith? > IQ3: Did Legolas take your place in the animated version of Lord of the Rings, and Arwen take your place in the live-action version? > > Not GOldberry > > Take DQs for 2 and 3 correct, Ghân-buri-Ghân, Glorfindel holding 2 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 17, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/204 "2015-05-17T16:51:35Z")
IQ1: Did you portray the title character in the television series _Buck Rogers in the 25th Century_? IQ2: Were you the ringleader of the players involved in the 1919 Black Sox scandal? IQ3: Are you an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, known for the classic hits _New Orleans_ and _Quarter to Three_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/205 "2015-05-17T20:56:27Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/206 "2015-05-17T20:57:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > C > > IQ1: Was a fellow with green teeth accused of having voted for you for president? > IQ2: Were you the most famous man to come from Gath? > IQ3: Were you the crewman aboard Jonas Grumby’s boat? Not George McGovern (had the .45 of “Uneasy Rider” back in 1974), Goliath or Gilligan. ---
**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 17, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/207 "2015-05-17T22:30:28Z")
DQ: Known from literature? holding a 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:** [May 17, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/208 "2015-05-17T22:32:12Z")
DQ: Last name starts with G? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/209 "2015-05-17T23:34:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was a fellow with green teeth accused of having voted for you for president? > IQ2: Were you the most famous man to come from Gath? > IQ3: Were you the crewman aboard Jonas Grumby’s boat? > [@astorian](#): > > Not George McGovern (had the .45 of “Uneasy Rider” back in 1974), Goliath or Gilligan. Curses - foiled again! IQ1: Did you play a chain-gang convict, a bank robber, and a mountain climber? IQ2: Did you wake up one morning to find that you had changed into a giant bug? IQ3: Did you write about an old recluse who adopts a young girl he finds in his house one day? ---
**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 18, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/210 "2015-05-18T01:13:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you buried in your wife’s hometown of Troy, N.Y.? > Were you a Marine aviator, now noted for something else, whose wife’s name is Annie? > Were you a Swiss-born early American financier? Ahem. ---
**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 18, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/211 "2015-05-18T02:00:29Z")
IQs: 1. Did John Milton write about your trumpet playing? 2. Are you Kate Hudson’s mom? 3. Are you aka the Sheriff of Nottingham? Ahem. Ahem. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/212 "2015-05-18T02:55:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you buried in your wife’s hometown of Troy, N.Y.? > Were you a Marine aviator, now noted for something else, whose wife’s name is Annie? > Were you a Swiss-born early American financier? DQ for 1 Not John Glenn or Albert Gallatin ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/213 "2015-05-18T02:56:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did John Milton write about your trumpet playing? > 2. Are you Kate Hudson’s mom? > 3. Are you aka the Sheriff of Nottingham? Not… Gideon, Goldie Hawn or Guy of Gisborne? ---
**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 18, 2015, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/214 "2015-05-18T10:39:46Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you portray the title character in the television series _Buck Rogers in the 25th Century_? > IQ2: Were you the ringleader of the players involved in the 1919 Black Sox scandal? > IQ3: Are you an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, known for the classic hits _New Orleans_ and _Quarter to Three_? Take 2 ---
**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 18, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/215 "2015-05-18T13:21:18Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did John Milton write about your trumpet playing? > 2. Are you Kate Hudson’s mom? > 3. Are you aka the Sheriff of Nottingham? > Not… Gideon, Goldie Hawn or Guy of Gisborne? Correct on Goldie and Guy. Milton wrote about the angel Gabriel’s trumpet. Another DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/216 "2015-05-18T14:24:03Z")
My turn! > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a chain-gang convict, a bank robber, and a mountain climber? > IQ2: Did you wake up one morning to find that you had changed into a giant bug? > IQ3: Did you write about an old recluse who adopts a young girl he finds in his house one day? Ahem… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/217 "2015-05-18T14:48:33Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you portray the title character in the television series _Buck Rogers in the 25th Century_? > IQ2: Were you the ringleader of the players involved in the 1919 Black Sox scandal? > IQ3: Are you an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, known for the classic hits _New Orleans_ and _Quarter to Three_? Not Gil Gerard or Gary US Bonds. Take a DQ for #2, which I SHOULD know. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/218 "2015-05-18T14:49:33Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Known from literature ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/219 "2015-05-18T14:51:19Z")
\*Originally Posted by SCAdian IQ1: Did you play a chain-gang convict, a bank robber, and a mountain climber? IQ2: Did you wake up one morning to find that you had changed into a giant bug? IQ3: Did you write about an old recluse who adopts a young girl he finds in his house one day? Ahem… \* Well, crud… this is the fastest anyone’s ever gotten one of mine. Yes, I am GREGOR SAMSA, from Kafka’s _ **The Metamorphosis** _. I awoke one morning and found that I was a giant insect. Congrats, SCAdian. ---
**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 18, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/220 "2015-05-18T15:24:23Z")
All right, **SCAdian**! Previous IQs: Were you buried in your wife’s hometown of Troy, N.Y.? - The aforementioned Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas. Were you a Marine aviator, now noted for something else, whose wife’s name is Annie? - Yes, astronaut, statesman and all-American great guy John Glenn. Were you a Swiss-born early American financier? - Yes, Albert Gallatin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=12)