# 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:** 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 14, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/281 "2017-05-14T17:42:21Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not sure when this guy lived, but: > > Were you a French poet known for brushes with the law, and who disappeared from history after being banished? Oui! C’est moi, François Villon, 15th Century French poet and criminal. Good job, SCA! ---
**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 14, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/282 "2017-05-14T18:01:35Z")
Don’t applaud – throw money! Or better yet, throw aspirin, because I now have a headache from trying to think of dead Europeans… I am D. ---
**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 14, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/283 "2017-05-14T18:49:35Z")
Grats SCAdian, I never would have got that. IQ1: Were you killed by Federal agents in front of the Biograph Theater? IQ2: Are you an Old West Outlaw by whom the Eagle’s album \*Desperado \*is inspired? IQ3: In a Steely Dan song, are you the subject of the lyric “They call Alabama the Crimson Tide, they call me \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_”? ---
**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 14, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/284 "2017-05-14T19:10:33Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you killed by Federal agents in front of the Biograph Theater? > IQ2: Are you an Old West Outlaw by whom the Eagle’s album \*Desperado \*is inspired? > IQ3: In a Steely Dan song, are you the subject of the lyric “They call Alabama the Crimson Tide, they call me \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_”? Not John Dillinger. DQ. 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 14, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/285 "2017-05-14T21:41:42Z")
Bill Dalton, Deacon Blues Real? Male? ---
**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, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/286 "2017-05-14T22:02:15Z")
I had vaguely heard of the guy - good job, **SCAdian**. Previous IQs: Were you an ancient Greek poet? - Yes, Virgil (thought he was Greek - thanks for the correction) Did your colleagues think you “screwed the pooch”? - Yes, Virgil “Gus” Grissom Did you stain your hand blue from recovering your wedding ring from a chemical toilet? - Virgil (Ed Harris) from _The Abyss_. Virgil x3! On to D… IQs: Did Roy Marsden play you for years on British TV? Were you a plump judge put on the Supreme Court by Lincoln? Did you marry your first cousin, who worried about your soul (but not because of that)? ---
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/287 "2017-05-14T23:12:18Z")
IQ1: Did you Ruthlessly refuse to pay People their ransom in hopes that the kidnappers would carry out their threat? IQ2: Are you a cartoon southern sheriff that has his hands full tossin’ varmints in the clink? IQ3: Are you the mother of Persephone? ---
**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 14, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/288 "2017-05-14T23:36:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Roy Marsden play you for years on British TV? > Were you a plump judge put on the Supreme Court by Lincoln? > Did you marry your first cousin, who worried about your soul (but not because of that)? DQ. DQ. Not Charles Darwin. > [@divemaster](#): > > IQ1: Did you Ruthlessly refuse to pay People their ransom in hopes that the kidnappers would carry out their threat? > IQ2: Are you a cartoon southern sheriff that has his hands full tossin’ varmints in the clink? > IQ3: Are you the mother of Persephone? Not Danny DeVito. DQ. Not Demeter. D 1. Real 2. Female ---
**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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/289 "2017-05-14T23:50:30Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a classical Czech composer who incorporated native Bohemian rhythms into your melodies? 2. Did you play the title role in the movie _Dr. Detroit_? 3. Have you been portrayed by Catherine Bach and Jessica Simpson? ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/290 "2017-05-15T00:09:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a classical Czech composer who incorporated native Bohemian rhythms into your melodies? > 2. Did you play the title role in the movie _Dr. Detroit_? > 3. Have you been portrayed by Catherine Bach and Jessica Simpson? Not Antonin Dvorak. Not Dan Aykroyd. DQ. ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/291 "2017-05-15T00:34:40Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > IQ1: Did you Ruthlessly refuse to pay People their ransom in hopes that the kidnappers would carry out their threat? > IQ2: Are you a cartoon southern sheriff that has his hands full tossin’ varmints in the clink? > IQ3: Are you the mother of Persephone? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Danny DeVito. > DQ. > Not Demeter. Answer to IQ2: Deputy Dawg DQ: Alive? ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/292 "2017-05-15T00:58:31Z")
D 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive ---
**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 15, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/293 "2017-05-15T04:16:33Z")
Previous IQs: Did Roy Marsden play you for years on British TV? - Detective Adam Dalglish Were you a plump judge put on the Supreme Court by Lincoln? - David Davis Did you marry your first cousin, who worried about your soul (but not because of that)? - Yes, Charles Darwin DQs: American? Last name start with D? IQs: Did the CREEP “plumbers” try to break into your psychiatrist’s office? Were you the longtime Librarian of Congress? Did you play Capt. Francis X. Furillo? ---
**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 15, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/294 "2017-05-15T11:51:10Z")
IQ1: Did you manage to escape Earth before it was demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass? IQ2: Did you write about IQ1? IQ3: Are you the proprietor of a holistic detective agency that IQ2 wrote about? ---
**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 15, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/295 "2017-05-15T21:14:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did the CREEP “plumbers” try to break into your psychiatrist’s office? > Were you the longtime Librarian of Congress? > Did you play Capt. Francis X. Furillo? DQ. Not Melville Dewey. DQ. Two keystrokes and a mouse-click away from posting the above this morning when the computer crashed again. ☹ > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you manage to escape Earth before it was demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass? > IQ2: Did you write about IQ1? > IQ3: Are you the proprietor of a holistic detective agency that IQ2 wrote about? Not Arthur Dent. Not Douglas Thingummy. Not Dirk Gently. D 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. American 5. Last name does not start with D ---
**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 15, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/296 "2017-05-15T23:40:11Z")
IQ1: Are you known for your big…wigs, and down-home voice? IQ2: Did you match wits on the big screen with a famous law enforcement officer? IQ3: Did you entice boys and young men viewers with your idea of southern jeanwear? ---
**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 16, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/297 "2017-05-16T00:18:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a classical Czech composer who incorporated native Bohemian rhythms into your melodies? > 2. Did you play the title role in the movie _Dr. Detroit_? > 3. Have you been portrayed by Catherine Bach and Jessica Simpson? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Antonin Dvorak. > Not Dan Aykroyd. > DQ. Correct, Correct, Daisy Duke of _The Dukes of Hazard_. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 16, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/298 "2017-05-16T02:50:41Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > IQ1: Are you known for your big…wigs, and down-home voice? > IQ2: Did you match wits on the big screen with a famous law enforcement officer? > IQ3: Did you entice boys and young men viewers with your idea of southern jeanwear? Not Dolly Parton. DQ. Not Daisy Duke. ---
**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 16, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/299 "2017-05-16T03:41:24Z")
Previous IQs: Did the CREEP “plumbers” try to break into your psychiatrist’s office? - Daniel Ellsberg Were you the longtime Librarian of Congress? - Melvil Dewey never held that post; this was Daniel Boorstin Did you play Capt. Francis X. Furillo? - Daniel J. Trevanti, on _Hill Street Blues_ Daniel x3! DQs: Born since 1964? Considered a beauty? Best known for the Arts? IQs: Are you credited by some for the extra brake light on American cars? Were you a Fifties actress who would not be expected to be nocturnal? Was your last TV appearance in the very early days of the David Letterman show? ---
**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 16, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/300 "2017-05-16T04:38:34Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > IQ2: Did you match wits on the big screen with a famous law enforcement officer? That was Dana Delaney, opposite Kurt Russell (as Wyatt Earp) in **Tombstone**. DQ in the AM. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506.md?page=16)