# Botticelli - May 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 29, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506 "2017-04-29T16:43:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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 13, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/241 "2017-05-13T16:57:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you an actor who, by name, was anything but childish? > Were you Jimmy Smits’s breakout role? > Were you the most prominent entertainer to endorse Al Haig for President? I am not Victor Mature. Take 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 13, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/242 "2017-05-13T17:17:34Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Do New York Giants fans chant your last name when you make a good catch? > IQ2: Do you play Dr. Martin Stein in the TV series Legends of Tomorrow? > IQ3: Were you and two child actors killed by an out-of-control helicopter during the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie? > > Take a DQ for #1. > I am not Victor Garber. > I am not Vic Morrow. Victor Cruz Victor x 3! DQ: Known for the Arts? ---
**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 13, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/243 "2017-05-13T17:25:46Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with V 5. Not a politician 6. Not American 7. Died before 1950 8. Known for the Arts ---
**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 13, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/244 "2017-05-13T17:26:55Z")
IQ1: Are you a recording artist noted for the hits _Moondance_ and _Brown Eyed Girl_? IQ2: Did the Soviet judges of a 1958 piano competition feel obligated to ask permission from Nikita Kruschev to award first prize to you? IQ3: Is a type of particle accelerator named after you? ---
**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 13, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/245 "2017-05-13T17:39:44Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a recording artist noted for the hits _Moondance_ and _Brown Eyed Girl_? > IQ2: Did the Soviet judges of a 1958 piano competition feel obligated to ask permission from Nikita Kruschev to award first prize to you? > IQ3: Is a type of particle accelerator named after you? 1. I am not Van Morrison. 2. I am not Van Cliburn. 3. I am not Van Graaf. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/246 "2017-05-13T19:10:40Z")
IQ: Did you write an epic poem that details the adventures of the supposed founder or Rome? ---
**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 13, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/247 "2017-05-13T20:47:42Z")
IQ1: Did your grandfather invent a new kind of baking powder? IQ2: Were you a singer and actor who had tried to enlist in the Navy at the age of fifteen? IQ3: Did you play Ricky’s neighbour? ---
**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 13, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/248 "2017-05-13T21:14:50Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > IQ: Did you write an epic poem that details the adventures of the supposed founder or Rome? I am not Virgil. ---
**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 13, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/249 "2017-05-13T21:15:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your grandfather invent a new kind of baking powder? > IQ2: Were you a singer and actor who had tried to enlist in the Navy at the age of fifteen? > IQ3: Did you play Ricky’s neighbour? Take 2 DQs. 3) I am not Vivian Vance. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/250 "2017-05-13T22:41:38Z")
IQ1: Did you brutally murder a bunch of camp counselors in 1980? IQ2: Did you brutally murder a bunch of Central Europeans in the 15th Century? ---
**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 13, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/251 "2017-05-13T23:18:44Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > IQ1: Did you brutally murder a bunch of camp counselors in 1980? > IQ2: Did you brutally murder a bunch of Central Europeans in the 15th Century? #2. I am not Vlad the Impaler. Take one DQ. ---
**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 13, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/252 "2017-05-13T23:33:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your grandfather invent a new kind of baking powder? > IQ2: Were you a singer and actor who had tried to enlist in the Navy at the age of fifteen? > IQ3: Did you play Ricky’s neighbour? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 2 DQs. > 3) I am not Vivian Vance. Vincent Price. Rudy Vallee. Correct. DQ1: European? DQ2: Died before 1800? IQ1: Did you paint _The Milkmaid_? IQ2: Did you paint _Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild_? IQ3: Did you paint _The Starry Night_? ---
**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 13, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/253 "2017-05-13T23:47:16Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with V 5. Not a politician 6. Not American 7. Died before 1950 8. Known for the Arts 9. European 10. Died before 1800 ---
**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 13, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/254 "2017-05-13T23:48:42Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you paint _The Milkmaid_? > IQ2: Did you paint _Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild_? > IQ3: Did you paint _The Starry Night_? 1. I am not Jan Vermeer. 2. I am not Rembrandt van Rijn. 3. I am not Vincent van Gogh. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/255 "2017-05-14T01:06:09Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you brutally murder a bunch of camp counselors in 1980? That was Mrs. **V** orhees from the original **Friday the 13th**. DQ: Are you Spanish? ---
**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 14, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/256 "2017-05-14T01:39:50Z")
Previous IQs: Were you an actor who, by name, was anything but childish? - Yes, Victor Mature Were you Jimmy Smits’s breakout role? - Victor Sifuentes, on _L.A. Law_ Were you the most prominent entertainer to endorse Al Haig for President? - Victor Borge Victor x3! Two DQs reserved. IQ: Were you a musician known as “the Red Priest”? Were you the star of a series of _National Lampoon_ movie comedies? Were you the first English child born in what is now North Carolina? ---
**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 14, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/257 "2017-05-14T02:01:28Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with V 5. Not a politician 6. Not American 7. Died before 1950 8. Known for the Arts 9. European 10. Died before 1800 11. Not Spanish ---
**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 14, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/258 "2017-05-14T02:02:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: > > Were you a musician known as “the Red Priest”? > Were you the star of a series of _National Lampoon_ movie comedies? > Were you the first English child born in what is now North Carolina? #2. I am not Van Wilder. #3. I am not Virginia Dare. Take a DQ. ---
**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 14, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/259 "2017-05-14T02:29:13Z")
Previous IQ: Were you a musician known as “the Red Priest”? - Antonio Vivaldi Were you the star of a series of _National Lampoon_ movie comedies? - Yes, Van Wilder Were you the first English child born in what is now North Carolina? - Yes, Virginia Dare DQs: Born in or east of Vienna? Born in or south of Vienna? Best known as a musician? IQs: Did you and your brother Theo both grapple with mental illness? Were you a robot assigned to the exploratory starship _Palomino_? Did you costar in _Swingers_? ---
**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 14, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/260 "2017-05-14T02:43:44Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with V 5. Not a politician 6. Not American 7. Died before 1950 8. Known for the Arts 9. European 10. Died before 1800 11. Not Spanish 12. Born west of Vienna 13. Born 0.6 degrees north latitude of Vienna 14. Not a musician [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506.md?page=14)