# 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:** 5
**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 11, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/81 "2015-05-11T12:48:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you chief of the New Gods of New Genesis in the Fourth World? > IQ2: Did you discover Element X and create the Mother Box? > IQ3: Did you form a unit of military prisoners known as the Hellcats? I am not Highfather. I am not Himon. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 11, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/82 "2015-05-11T12:52:55Z")
IQ1: Did you write a novel about the June Rebellion? IQ2: Did you write the story _The Nutcracker_ was based on? IQ3: Did you paint _The Laughing Cavalier_? ---
**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 11, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/83 "2015-05-11T13:07:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write a novel about the June Rebellion? > IQ2: Did you write the story _The Nutcracker_ was based on? > IQ3: Did you paint _The Laughing Cavalier_? I am not Victor Hugo. I am not Hoffman. But… I am indeed Frans Hals! Well done, SCAdian! ---
**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 11, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/84 "2015-05-11T16:13:58Z")
Another favourite painter. 🙂 I am **F**. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/85 "2015-05-11T16:54:59Z")
IQ1) Are you the leader of the band that recorded “Black Magic Woman” years before Santana? IQ2) Were you and husband Martin Gabel regular panelists on _ **What’s My Line** _? IQ3) Were you the first high jumper to win Olympic gold by “flopping” backwards over the bar? ---
**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 11, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/86 "2015-05-11T17:11:21Z")
grats SCAdian IQ1: Are you the mad scientist proprietor of the Planet Express delivery service? IQ2: Did you play the title character of _The Wizard of Oz_? IQ3: Were you the top animated animal in movies before Mickey Mouse? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/87 "2015-05-11T18:16:22Z")
IQ1. Did you narrowly avoid attack by a bomber before being shot by another assassin? IQ2. Do you live next door to Barney and work for Mr. Slate? IQ3. Did you have a good heart, but were passed over in favor of your younger brother when your father chose his successor? ---
**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 11, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/88 "2015-05-11T19:04:18Z")
IQs: 1. Was one of your paintings parodied in _Frozen_? 2. Were you one of the founders of German idealism in philosophy? 3. Were you the first recording artist to make the Billboard charts with a cover of a Beatles song? ---
**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 12, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/89 "2015-05-12T01:53:33Z")
Way to go, **SCAdian**! Previous IQs: Were you a goddess who married her brother? - Yes, Hera. Were you the top scientist on the mission to Mote Prime? - Dr. Horvath, from _The Mote in God’s Eye._ Did your creator originally plan to call you Sherrinford? - Sherlock Holmes. On to F… IQs: Did _The New Yorker_ recently run an article about the disappearance of your collected papers sometime in the 1970s, perhaps due to theft? Are you the politico who gave that person his top job? Were you killed because your driver took a wrong turn? ---
**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 12, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/90 "2015-05-12T03:08:59Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Are you the leader of the band that recorded “Black Magic Woman” years before Santana? > > IQ2) Were you and husband Martin Gabel regular panelists on _ **What’s My Line** _? > > IQ3) Were you the first high jumper to win Olympic gold by “flopping” backwards over the bar? Three DQs. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the mad scientist proprietor of the Planet Express delivery service? > IQ2: Did you play the title character of _The Wizard of Oz_? > IQ3: Were you the top animated animal in movies before Mickey Mouse? I think that’s a Futurama reference, but I’ve never watched it so take a DQ. DQ. Not Felix the Cat (the wonderful, wonderful cat). > [@Baffle](#): > > IQ1. Did you narrowly avoid attack by a bomber before being shot by another assassin? > IQ2. Do you live next door to Barney and work for Mr. Slate? > IQ3. Did you have a good heart, but were passed over in favor of your younger brother when your father chose his successor? Not Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Not Fred, Wilma, Pebbles, or Dino Flintstone. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was one of your paintings parodied in _Frozen_? > 2. Were you one of the founders of German idealism in philosophy? > 3. Were you the first recording artist to make the Billboard charts with a cover of a Beatles song? Three DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did _The New Yorker_ recently run an article about the disappearance of your collected papers sometime in the 1970s, perhaps due to theft? > Are you the politico who gave that person his top job? > Were you killed because your driver took a wrong turn? DQ. DQ. Still not Franz Ferdinand. ---
**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 12, 2015, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/91 "2015-05-12T10:56:15Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the mad scientist proprietor of the Planet Express delivery service? > IQ2: Did you play the title character of The Wizard of Oz? > IQ3: Were you the top animated animal in movies before Mickey Mouse? > > I think that’s a Futurama reference, but I’ve never watched it so take a DQ. > DQ. > Not Felix the Cat (the wonderful, wonderful cat). Hubert Farnsworth of _Futurama_, Frank Morgan, correct DQ: Real? DQ: Female? ---
**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 12, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/92 "2015-05-12T11:14:02Z")
IQ1: Is a sequence of numbers that correspond to the Golden Ratio named after you? IQ2: Is a method of determining heat transfer and vibrations named after you? IQ3: Did you collaborate with Bill Kenny and the Ink Spots, producing #1 pop hits such as “I’m Making Believe” and “Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall”? ---
**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 12, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/93 "2015-05-12T12:21:54Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Is a sequence of numbers that correspond to the Golden Ratio named after you? > IQ2: Is a method of determining heat transfer and vibrations named after you? > IQ3: Did you collaborate with Bill Kenny and the Ink Spots, producing #1 pop hits such as “I’m Making Believe” and “Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall”? Not … Fibonacci? DQ. DQ. **F**. 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 12, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/94 "2015-05-12T13:36:50Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was one of your paintings parodied in Frozen? > 2. Were you one of the founders of German idealism in philosophy? > 3. Were you the first recording artist to make the Billboard charts with a cover of a Beatles song? > > Three DQs. #1 was Jean-Honore Fragonard (“The Swing” was parodied.) #2 was Johann Fichte. #3 was Ella Fitzgerald, who covered _Love Me Do_. DQs: 1. Alive? 2. Last name starts with F? 3. Known for the Arts? ---
**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 12, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/95 "2015-05-12T13:58:26Z")
Previous IQs: Did _The New Yorker_ recently run an article about the disappearance of your collected papers sometime in the 1970s, perhaps due to theft? - Felix Frankfurter, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Are you the politico who gave that person his top job? - Franklin D. Roosevelt. Were you killed because your driver took a wrong turn? - If you change your mind and decide you _are_ Franz Ferdinand after all, this is him. DQs: American? Born since 1900? IQs: Did you murder Mattie Storin? Did you urinate on your father’s gravestone? Did your coworkers watch and mock a home movie of your wedding? ---
**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 12, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/96 "2015-05-12T14:25:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not … Fibonacci? > DQ. > DQ. correct, Fourier, Ella Fitzgerald (a popular F guess) holding 1 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 12, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/97 "2015-05-12T14:45:57Z")
IQ1: Is a cage that channels external static fields through its container─and looks really cool when touched─named after you? IQ2: Did your experiments on cooling by evaporation inspired by wearing a wet shirt on a breezy hot day influence IQ1’s development of conduction? IQ3: Are you considered the father of empiricism? ETA: can’t count today, holding 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/98 "2015-05-12T15:00:40Z")
\*\*\*Originally Posted by astorian IQ1) Are you the leader of the band that recorded “Black Magic Woman” years before Santana? IQ2) Were you and husband Martin Gabel regular panelists on What’s My Line? IQ3) Were you the first high jumper to win Olympic gold by “flopping” backwards over the bar\*\*\* Fleetwood Mac did the original version of “Black Magic Woman.” Their leader has always been Mick Fleetwood. Arlene Francis was a regular panelist on _ **What’s My Line?** _ Dick Fosbury revolutionized high jumping in 1968 with the “Fosbury Flop.” Will save 3 DQs for a little while. ---
**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 12, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/99 "2015-05-12T15:45:12Z")
IQs: 1. Were you called “the first American flapper”? 2. Did Roger Moore play you in an action adventure movie in the late 1970’s? 3. Did Christopher Marlowe write a tragical history about your life? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/100 "2015-05-12T17:12:13Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > IQ1: Are you considered the father of history? > IQ2: Were you a classical poet and friend to Augustus Caesar? > IQ3: Did you win the Battle of the Teutoberg Forest? I never gave these answers – Herodotus was correct, 2 was Horace and 3 Hermann (latinized as Arminius). [QUOTE=Baffle] IQ1. Did you narrowly avoid attack by a bomber before being shot by another assassin? IQ2. Do you live next door to Barney and work for Mr. Slate? IQ3. Did you have a good heart, but were passed over in favor of your younger brother when your father chose his successor? [/quote] Franz Ferdinand and Fred Flintstone were correct; on IQ3 I was going for Fredo Corleone (of the Godfather series). Holding 1 DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=6)