# Botticelli May 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 29, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458 "2016-04-29T22:14:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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 9, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/121 "2016-05-09T17:10:49Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter? > IQ2: Are you a country singer who was married to actress Renee Zellweger for 4 months? > IQ3: Are you an Irish mythological hero who was tricked into violating a geas by being offered dog meat? > Not Cyrus Vance, dunno, and not Culcuhan (sp?). Kenny Chesney DQ: From literature? ---
**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 9, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/122 "2016-05-09T17:27:09Z")
IQ1: Were you Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs under Jimmy Carter who frequently was the reluctant face talking to the press during the Iran Hostage Crisis? IQ2: Are you a Red Skelton character who Bullwinkle the Moose sounded so similar to, Skelton considered suing the voice artist? IQ3: Are you an outspoken former punter for the Minnesota Vikings who alleged that his support of same-sex marriages led to his release? ---
**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 9, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/123 "2016-05-09T18:10:28Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you born William Claude Dukenfield? > 2. Did you write Martin Chuzzlewit? > 3. Were you an Italian Renaissance painter who, in your paining Salome with the Head of John the Baptist used your own head as a model for John’s? > Dunno, not Charles Dickens, and not Caravaggio (sp?). #1 was W. C. Fields (who is almost never called anything else). Correct on #2 and #3. DQ: Last name starts with C? ---
**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 9, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/124 "2016-05-09T18:12:59Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a bumbling droid who has been in all of the Star Wars films? 2. Are you DC’s antihero occultist from the pages of _Hellblazer_? 3. Are you Snoopy’s college kid persona? ---
**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 11, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/125 "2016-05-11T04:30:44Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs under Jimmy Carter who frequently was the reluctant face talking to the press during the Iran Hostage Crisis? > IQ2: Are you a Red Skelton character who Bullwinkle the Moose sounded so similar to, Skelton considered suing the voice artist? > IQ3: Are you an outspoken former punter for the Minnesota Vikings who alleged that his support of same-sex marriages led to his release? Dunno x3. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a bumbling droid who has been in all of the Star Wars films? > 2. Are you DC’s antihero occultist from the pages of _Hellblazer_? > 3. Are you Snoopy’s college kid persona? Not C-3PO, dunno, and not Joe Cool. C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not from literature 4. last name starts with C ---
**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, 2016, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/126 "2016-05-11T11:03:50Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a bumbling droid who has been in all of the Star Wars films? > 2. Are you DC’s antihero occultist from the pages of Hellblazer? > 3. Are you Snoopy’s college kid persona? > > Not C-3PO, dunno, and not Joe Cool. Correct, John Constantine, Correct. 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 11, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/127 "2016-05-11T11:07:55Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _Walking in Memphis_? 2. Did you have a hit with _Sisters of Mercy_? 3. Did you have a hit with _Everybody Works But Father_? ---
**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, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/128 "2016-05-11T12:25:50Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs under Jimmy Carter who frequently was the reluctant face talking to the press during the Iran Hostage Crisis? > IQ2: Are you a Red Skelton character who Bullwinkle the Moose sounded so similar to, Skelton considered suing the voice artist? > IQ3: Are you an outspoken former punter for the Minnesota Vikings who alleged that his support of same-sex marriages led to his release? > > Dunno x3. Hodding Carter (no relation to Jimmy), Clem Kadiddlehopper, Chris Kluwe DQ: protagonist? holding 2 DQs ---
**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 11, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/129 "2016-05-11T18:56:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Walking in Memphis_? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Sisters of Mercy_? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Everybody Works But Father_? I should know the first but don’t; dunno the other two, either. C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not from literature 4. last name starts with C 5. not from movies 6. kinda sorta a protagonist, but not really ---
**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, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/130 "2016-05-11T20:19:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Walking in Memphis_? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Sisters of Mercy_? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Everybody Works But Father_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I should know the first but don’t; dunno the other two, either. #1 was Marc Cohn. #2 was Leonard Cohen. #3 was George M. Cohan. DQ: From TV? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/131 "2016-05-11T20:22:26Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a TV detective who always says, “Just one more thing…”? 2. Are you the long-time mascot/incarnation of a cleaning product? 3. Are you a notoriously bumbling French detective played by Peter Sellers, Alan Arkin & Steve Martin? ---
**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, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/132 "2016-05-11T23:12:10Z")
IQ1: Did you found the American Red Cross? IQ2: Were you a Senator from Kentucky known as “The Great Compromiser”? IQ3: Did you write _The Last of the Mohicans_? ---
**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, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/133 "2016-05-12T05:01:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a TV detective who always says, “Just one more thing…”? > 2. Are you the long-time mascot/incarnation of a cleaning product? > 3. Are you a notoriously bumbling French detective played by Peter Sellers, Alan Arkin & Steve Martin? Not Det. Columbo, Mr. Clean or Insp. Clouseau. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you found the American Red Cross? > IQ2: Were you a Senator from Kentucky known as “The Great Compromiser”? > IQ3: Did you write _The Last of the Mohicans_? Not Clara Barton (whose house I’ve visited), Henry Clay or James Fenimore Cooper. C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not from literature 4. last name starts with C 5. not from movies 6. kinda sorta a protagonist, but not really 7. not from TV ---
**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, 2016, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/134 "2016-05-12T10:31:29Z")
Correct x3. DQ: from a song? 1 DQ remains. ---
**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, 2016, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/135 "2016-05-12T11:42:03Z")
DQ: American creator? 1 DQ left ---
**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, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/136 "2016-05-12T11:45:53Z")
IQ1: Are you the current QB for the Arizona Cardinals? IQ2: Are you the current QB for the Oakland Raiders? IQ3: Are you the current QB for the Tennessee Titans? ---
**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, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/137 "2016-05-12T14:18:21Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the current QB for the Arizona Cardinals? > IQ2: Are you the current QB for the Oakland Raiders? > IQ3: Are you the current QB for the Tennessee Titans? Dunno x3. You know sports are my Achilles heel! C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not from literature 4. last name starts with C 5. not from movies 6. kinda sorta a protagonist, but not really 7. not from TV 8. from a song 9. not created by an American ---
**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, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/138 "2016-05-12T15:06:49Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the current QB for the Arizona Cardinals? > IQ2: Are you the current QB for the Oakland Raiders? > IQ3: Are you the current QB for the Tennessee Titans? > Dunno x3. You know sports are my Achilles heel! Hey, you clean me out whenever I ask American history questions, so I gotta try other avenues. Carson Palmer, Derek Carr, Matt Cassel DQ: Pop/rock song? holding 3 DQs ---
**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, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/139 "2016-05-12T17:51:40Z")
I’ve never even _heard_ of those guys! C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not from literature 4. last name starts with C 5. not from movies 6. kinda sorta a protagonist, but not really 7. not from TV 8. from a song 9. not created by an American 10. pop/rock song ---
**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, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/140 "2016-05-12T17:57:15Z")
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