# 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:** 15
**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 21, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/281 "2015-05-21T21:58:16Z")
Aha, soft of. DQ: Are you Fletcher Christian, who pioneered the Mutiny on the Bounty? ---
**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 21, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/282 "2015-05-21T22:52:12Z")
This question was asked fairly early in the game: > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Did you star in _Mutiny on the Bounty_ along with Charles Laughton and Clark Gable? So I’m really surprised that it took so long for someone to get around to this one: > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Are you Fletcher Christian, who pioneered the Mutiny on the Bounty? Yes! I am **F** letcher Christian, master’s mate - and chief mutineer - aboard HM Armed Vessel _Bounty_. ---
**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 22, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/283 "2015-05-22T00:03:18Z")
Yeah, but I kept thinking that occurred in the early 19th Century. Anywho, I am O. ---
**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 22, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/284 "2015-05-22T00:27:38Z")
IQ1: Did you appear at a party wearing only an owl mask? IQ2: Were you and your brother selling meat in Chicago in the 1880s? IQ3: Were you an orphan who fell in with a gang of pickpockets? ---
**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 22, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/285 "2015-05-22T00:34:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you appear at a party wearing only an owl mask? > IQ2: Were you and your brother selling meat in Chicago in the 1880s? > IQ3: Were you an orphan who fell in with a gang of pickpockets? Take a DQ for #1. If #2 isn’t Oscar Meyer take another DQ. #3: I am not Oliver Twist. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/286 "2015-05-22T01:37:22Z")
IQ1: Were you regularly seen at Justice League headquarters, even though you were human with no super powers and had never been a member of the team? IQ2: Were you a comic book character whose name would be the same as your father’s, except that the initial consonant is omitted? IQ3: Were you a Daxamite? ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/287 "2015-05-22T01:50:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you appear at a party wearing only an owl mask? > IQ2: Were you and your brother selling meat in Chicago in the 1880s? > IQ3: Were you an orphan who fell in with a gang of pickpockets? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > If #2 isn’t Oscar Meyer take another DQ. > #3: I am not Oliver Twist. O (_The Story of O_). Correct. Correct. DQ: Real? ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/288 "2015-05-22T01:52:43Z")
IQ1: Are you Miracle Man’s diminutive manager? IQ2: Did a satellite called Brother Eye change Buddy Blank into you? IQ3: Have you had super-powered identities such as Speed Demon, Elastic Lad, and Giant Turtle Man? ---
**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 22, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/289 "2015-05-22T02:32:55Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you regularly seen at Justice League headquarters, even though you were human with no super powers and had never been a member of the team? > IQ2: Were you a comic book character whose name would be the same as your father’s, except that the initial consonant is omitted? > IQ3: Were you a Daxamite? I am not Oberon. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 22, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/290 "2015-05-22T02:33:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you Miracle Man’s diminutive manager? > IQ2: Did a satellite called Brother Eye change Buddy Blank into you? > IQ3: Have you had super-powered identities such as Speed Demon, Elastic Lad, and Giant Turtle Man? I am still not Oberon. I am not OMAC. I am not Jimmy Olsen. ---
**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 22, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/291 "2015-05-22T02:34:57Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/292 "2015-05-22T04:14:48Z")
IQ1: Did you get electrocuted while retrieving your bowler hat? IQ2: Were you the oldest Supreme Court justice in history? IQ3: Were you the main character of _Thimble Theatre_? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/293 "2015-05-22T07:17:12Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you regularly seen at Justice League headquarters, even though you were human with no super powers and had never been a member of the team? > IQ2: Were you a comic book character whose name would be the same as your father’s, except that the initial consonant is omitted? > IQ3: Were you a Daxamite? Correct on 1, Orpheus was Morpheus’ son in _Sandman_, and Ol-Vir was our mystery Daxamite. DQ: Are you male? reserving one DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/294 "2015-05-22T07:41:50Z")
IQ1: Did you go mad and die after your suitor stabbed your father to death? IQ2: Is your name the same as that of a common food ingredient, but with one vowel replaced with a y? IQ3: Though your home appears small on the outside, is it much larger on the inside? ---
**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 22, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/295 "2015-05-22T12:10:24Z")
IQ1: Did you almost eat Merry and Pippin before Tom Bombadil came to their rescue? IQ2: Were you one of the twelve companions of Thorin and Bilbo on the quest of Erebor? IQ3: Were you another one of the twelve companions of Thorin and Bilbo on the quest of Erebor? ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/296 "2015-05-22T13:05:35Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > IQ1: Did you get electrocuted while retrieving your bowler hat? > IQ2: Were you the oldest Supreme Court justice in history? > IQ3: Were you the main character of _Thimble Theatre_? Take 2 DQs. I really oughta know #2. #3. I am not Castor Oyl, but I considered using him. ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/297 "2015-05-22T13:07:17Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you go mad and die after your suitor stabbed your father to death? > IQ2: Is your name the same as that of a common food ingredient, but with one vowel replaced with a y? > IQ3: Though your home appears small on the outside, is it much larger on the inside? I am not Ophelia. Take a DQ. That sounds like Doctor Who, but take 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 22, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/298 "2015-05-22T13:09:28Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you almost eat Merry and Pippin before Tom Bombadil came to their rescue? > IQ2: Were you one of the twelve companions of Thorin and Bilbo on the quest of Erebor? > IQ3: Were you another one of the twelve companions of Thorin and Bilbo on the quest of Erebor? I am not Old Man Willow. Okay, you mentioned Thorin, so it can’t be Thorin Oakenshield… I am not Olorin, aka Gandalf. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/299 "2015-05-22T13:10:29Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/300 "2015-05-22T14:16:23Z")
IQ1) Did Liz Taylor win her first Oscar for a movie based on one of your novels? IQ2) Did you legally change your last name to match your jersey number? IQ3) Did you star in a flop Broadway revival of George M. Cohan’s _ **Little Johnny Jones** _? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=16)