# 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:** 16
**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, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/301 "2015-05-22T14:25:58Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 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** _? I am not John O’Hara. I am not Ochocinco. 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, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/302 "2015-05-22T14:27:04Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male Repeating for the new page. ---
**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, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/303 "2015-05-22T14:29:52Z")
John O’Hara and Chad Ochocinco are correct. Donny Osmond starred in the flop “Little Johnny Jones.” DQ) First name start with O? ---
**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, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/304 "2015-05-22T14:32:26Z")
IQ1) Did your mother misspell the name of a character from the Bible’s Book of Ruth when she named you? IQ2) Did you command the mighty to look upon your works and despair? IQ3) Was your masterpiece set in Harry Hope’s saloon? ---
**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, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/305 "2015-05-22T14:33:08Z")
> [@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? Correct on Ophelia, 2 was Olive Oyl, and Doctor Who isn’t the only one who does that trick - it was Oscar the Grouch. DQ1: Are you best known from literature? DQ2: Does your first name begin with O? holding one DQ. IQ1: Were you Mork’s boss? IQ2: Is your pet named Bubastis? IQ3: Were you father to Eric, Gerard, Flora, and Fiona amongst 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, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/306 "2015-05-22T14:54:21Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did your mother misspell the name of a character from the Bible’s Book of Ruth when she named you? > > IQ2) Did you command the mighty to look upon your works and despair? > > IQ3) Was your masterpiece set in Harry Hope’s saloon? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Ozymandias. I am not Eugene O’Neill. ---
**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, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/307 "2015-05-22T14:55:56Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you Mork’s boss? > IQ2: Is your pet named Bubastis? > IQ3: Were you father to Eric, Gerard, Flora, and Fiona amongst others? I am not Orson. I am not that Ozymandias either. I am not that Oberon 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 22, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/308 "2015-05-22T14:57:17Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with O. 4. Best known for literature. Tim, take another DQ, as astorian guessed #3 ahead of you. ---
**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, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/309 "2015-05-22T15:12:30Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. Dangit, I forgot he used to go by that name… The other two are Óin and Ori. holding a 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:** [May 22, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/310 "2015-05-22T15:29:47Z")
IQ1: Did you avenge your father Agamemnon’s death by slaying both Aegisthus and your own mother Clytemnestra? IQ2: Are you Geryon’s two-headed dog? IQ3: Will Loki’s son Fenrir eventually swallow you at Ragnarok? DQ: Sci-fi/fantasy genre? ---
**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, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/311 "2015-05-22T15:47:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 2 DQs. I really oughta know #2. > > #3. I am not Castor Oyl, but I considered using him. IQ1: Did you get electrocuted while retrieving your bowler hat? **Oddjob** of the James Bond movie franchise. (He died a little differently in the books.) IQ2: Were you the oldest Supreme Court justice in history? **Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.** , who retired from the court at the age of 90. IQ3: Were you the main character of Thimble Theatre? You are correct with **Castor Oyl**. DQ1. First appeared in a book published after 1940? DQ2. First written about in English? ---
**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 22, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/312 "2015-05-22T15:54:11Z")
All right, **Prof. P.**! IQs: Did you jealously slay your wife after being tricked into it by a trusted aide? Was your nickname “Rabbit” while serving as a U.S. Marine? Were you that person’s foreign spouse? ---
**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, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/313 "2015-05-22T16:17:21Z")
Correct on Eugene O’Neill and Ozymandias Orpah was Ruth’s sister-in-law, in the Bible. Oprah Winfrey’s mother misspelled the name. DQ) Were you created more than 300 years ago? ---
**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, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/314 "2015-05-22T16:19:55Z")
IQ) Did you come up with the idea for the Trojan Horse? IQ2) Did God strike you down for wasting your seed on the ground? IQ3) Did you try to get your late wife out of Hades? ---
**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, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/315 "2015-05-22T17:27:08Z")
A sweep, well done! IQ1: Does the animal of your secret identity prey on the animal of your brother’s secret identity? IQ2: Are you a king who appears in Shakespeare? IQ3: Did you gouge out your own eyes? ---
**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, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/316 "2015-05-22T19:19:26Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you avenge your father Agamemnon’s death by slaying both Aegisthus and your own mother Clytemnestra? > IQ2: Are you Geryon’s two-headed dog? > IQ3: Will Loki’s son Fenrir eventually swallow you at Ragnarok? > > DQ: Sci-fi/fantasy genre? I am not Orestes. Take a DQ for #2. I am not Odin. ---
**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, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/317 "2015-05-22T19:20:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > All right, **Prof. P.**! > > IQs: > > Did you jealously slay your wife after being tricked into it by a trusted aide? > Was your nickname “Rabbit” while serving as a U.S. Marine? > Were you that person’s foreign spouse? I am not Othello. 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, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/318 "2015-05-22T19:21:30Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ) Did you come up with the idea for the Trojan Horse? > > IQ2) Did God strike you down for wasting your seed on the ground? > > IQ3) Did you try to get your late wife out of Hades? 1. I am not Odysseus. 2. I am not Onan. 3. I am not Orpheus. ---
**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, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/319 "2015-05-22T19:23:04Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > A sweep, well done! > > IQ1: Does the animal of your secret identity prey on the animal of your brother’s secret identity? > IQ2: Are you a king who appears in Shakespeare? > IQ3: Did you gouge out your own eyes? 1. All I’m coming up with is the Hall brothers, Hawk & Dove. It’s not Hank, so take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Oedipus. ---
**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, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/320 "2015-05-22T19:25:02Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with O. 4. Best known for literature. 5. Not sci-fi/fantasy genre. 6. Did not first appear in a book written after 1940. 7. First written about in English. 8. Created over 300 years ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=17)