# Botticelli - May 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 8, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813 "2018-05-08T13:30:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/61 "2018-05-15T19:59:56Z")
Nice game all. Here are some IQs: 1. Were enough to entice Edward VIII of England to abdicate? 2. Are you “The one who knocks…” 3. Did you defeat the English at Stirling Bridge? ---
**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, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/62 "2018-05-15T20:45:03Z")
Previous IQs: Was Marcus Hanna your kingmaker? - William McKinley Your father was an ambassador. Is your fine home in Cincinnati now open for visitors? - William Howard Taft Did you give the “Cross of Gold” speech? - William Jennings Bryan William x3! DQs: Created since 1950? Has appeared in a movie? European? IQs: Are you Duke of Cambridge? Did you play Trapper John? Did you direct _Wings of Desire_? ---
**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 15, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/63 "2018-05-15T21:12:50Z")
IQs: 1. Did your butler/valet perpetually get you and your friends out of ludicrous predicaments? 2. Did you do the narration for the highly acclaimed BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 3. Did you star in _Fantastic Voyage_ and _One Million Years B.C._? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/64 "2018-05-16T06:25:33Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > Nice game all. Here are some IQs: > > 1. Were enough to entice Edward VIII of England to abdicate? > 2. Are you “The one who knocks…” > 3. Did you defeat the English at Stirling Bridge? 1. I am not Wallace Simpson 2. Take a DQ 3. I am not William Wallace > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > Was Marcus Hanna your kingmaker? - William McKinley > Your father was an ambassador. Is your fine home in Cincinnati now open for visitors? - William Howard Taft > Did you give the “Cross of Gold” speech? - William Jennings Bryan > > William x3! > > DQs: > > Created since 1950? > Has appeared in a movie? > European? > > IQs: > > Are you Duke of Cambridge? > Did you play Trapper John? > Did you direct _Wings of Desire_? DQ answers below. 1. I am not William Windsor 2. Take a DQ 3. Take a DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your butler/valet perpetually get you and your friends out of ludicrous predicaments? > 2. Did you do the narration for the highly acclaimed BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 3. Did you star in _Fantastic Voyage_ and _One Million Years B.C._? 1. I am not Bertie Wooster 2. Take a DQ 3. Take a DQ ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/65 "2018-05-16T06:27:47Z")
DQ answers: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with W 5. Originally from a work of prose fiction 6. Created after 1899 7. Not created by an American author or authors 8. Created since 1950 9. Has appeared in a movie 10. European ---
**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, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/66 "2018-05-16T13:13:58Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your butler/valet perpetually get you and your friends out of ludicrous predicaments? > 2. Did you do the narration for the highly acclaimed BBC radio series The Goon Show? > 3. Did you star in Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C.? > 4. I am not Bertie Wooster > 5. Take a DQ > 6. Take a DQ Correct on Bertie. #2 was Wallace Greenslade. #3 was Raquel Welch. DQs: 1. British or Irish? 2. Created since 1990? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/67 "2018-05-16T13:18:19Z")
DQ answers: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with W 5. Originally from a work of prose fiction 6. Created after 1899 7. Not created by an American author or authors 8. Created since 1950 9. Has appeared in a movie 10. European 11. British or Irish 12. Created before 1990 ---
**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, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/68 "2018-05-16T13:49:22Z")
Previous IQs: Are you Duke of Cambridge? - Yes, Prince William Did you play Trapper John? - Wayne Rogers, on _M_A_S_H\* Did you direct _Wings of Desire_? - Wim Wenders DQs: English? Considered a “good guy”? IQs: Are you Dilbert’s entertainingly lazy coworker? Did you win the Battle of Fallen Timbers? Are you Garth’s best friend? ---
**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, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/69 "2018-05-16T14:30:04Z")
IQs: 1. Are you one of a pair of redheaded twins that attended Hogwarts? 2. Are you the other of the pair? 3. Are you Harry Potter’s best friend? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/70 "2018-05-16T15:45:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you Dilbert’s entertainingly lazy coworker? > Did you win the Battle of Fallen Timbers? > Are you Garth’s best friend? 1. I am not Wally 2. Don’t know, take a DQ 3. Don’t know, take a DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one of a pair of redheaded twins that attended Hogwarts? > 2. Are you the other of the pair? > 3. Are you Harry Potter’s best friend? I am not Fred, George, or Ron Weasley. DQ answers: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with W 5. Originally from a work of prose fiction 6. Created after 1899 7. Not created by an American author or authors 8. Created since 1950 9. Has appeared in a movie 10. European 11. British or Irish 12. Created before 1990 13. English 14. Not considered a “good guy” ---
**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 16, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/71 "2018-05-16T16:22:08Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the first incarnation of Doctor Who? > IQ2: Were you VP under Jimmy Carter? > IQ3: In a Steely Dan song, “Are you really just a shadow of the man that I once knew? Are you crazy, are you high, or just an ordinary guy?” > > 1. I am not William Hartnell > 2. I am not… Walter Mondale?! > 3. Don’t know. Doctor Wu DQ: Sci-fi/fantasy genre? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/72 "2018-05-16T16:26:02Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Doctor Wu > > DQ: Sci-fi/fantasy genre? Nope. DQ answers: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with W 5. Originally from a work of prose fiction 6. Created after 1899 7. Not created by an American author or authors 8. Created since 1950 9. Has appeared in a movie 10. European 11. British or Irish 12. Created before 1990 13. English 14. Not considered a “good guy” 15. Not from sci-fi/fantasy genre ---
**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 16, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/73 "2018-05-16T16:32:47Z")
IQ1: Are you a religious leader portrayed by Louise Fletcher in ST: DS9? IQ2: Are you the codename for Bucky Barnes after he was converted to a Soviet assassin? IQ3: Are you the alias of Iron Man’s buddy James Rhodes? ---
**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, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/74 "2018-05-16T16:48:21Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the title character in le Carre’s _The Honourable Schoolboy_? 2. Are you the villain of the James Bond novel _Death Is Forever_? 3. Did you often state “I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”? ---
**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, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/75 "2018-05-16T16:55:12Z")
Previous IQs: Are you Dilbert’s entertainingly lazy coworker? - Yes, Wally, my favorite character in that strip: [https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ab/5a/f6/ab5af6aabf48a53a29f9175289d8669d.gif](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ab/5a/f6/ab5af6aabf48a53a29f9175289d8669d.gif) Did you win the Battle of Fallen Timbers? - Gen. “Mad Anthony” Wayne Are you Garth’s best friend? - Wayne, from _Wayne’s World_ DQs: Main antagonist in the original work? Would be alive today, if real? IQs: In retirement, did you have a car trimmed with your college colors? Are you the senior U.S. senator from Virginia? Are you given a pivotal role in the musical _1776_ that you actually didn’t have in history? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/76 "2018-05-16T17:02:04Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a religious leader portrayed by Louise Fletcher in ST: DS9? > IQ2: Are you the codename for Bucky Barnes after he was converted to a Soviet assassin? > IQ3: Are you the alias of Iron Man’s buddy James Rhodes? No idea on any of these - take 3 DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the title character in le Carre’s _The Honourable Schoolboy_? > 2. Are you the villain of the James Bond novel _Death Is Forever_? > 3. Did you often state “I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”? See above - 3 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > In retirement, did you have a car trimmed with your college colors? > Are you the senior U.S. senator from Virginia? > Are you given a pivotal role in the musical _1776_ that you actually didn’t have in history? For the first, I’ll take a wild guess at William Jefferson Clinton, though I rather doubt it. No guess for number 2. For the third I’ll guess at George Washington, though I know that’s too obvious. Take DQs as appropriate. As the outstanding DQs will take us well over 20, I’ll close this for new IQs now. All those with unasked DQs may ask away. DQ answers: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with W 5. Originally from a work of prose fiction 6. Created after 1899 7. Not created by an American author or authors 8. Created since 1950 9. Has appeared in a movie 10. European 11. British or Irish 12. Created before 1990 13. English 14. Not considered a “good guy” 15. Not from sci-fi/fantasy genre 16. Main antagonist in the original work 17. Would not be alive today, if real ---
**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, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/77 "2018-05-16T17:09:48Z")
Previous IQs: In retirement, did you have a car trimmed with your college colors? - Woodrow Wilson, in Princeton’s black and orange Are you the senior U.S. senator from Virginia? - Mark Warner Are you given a pivotal role in the musical _1776_ that you actually didn’t have in history? - James Wilson, who breaks a tie in the Pennsylvania delegation in favor of independence (George Washington is mentioned in the show but never seen, as it happens) DQs: Criminal? Two 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 16, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/78 "2018-05-16T17:13:57Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the title character in le Carre’s The Honourable Schoolboy? > 2. Are you the villain of the James Bond novel Death Is Forever? > 3. Did you often state “I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”? > See above - 3 DQs. #1 is George Westerby. #2 is Wolfgang Weisen. #3 is J. Wellington Wimpy. DQ: Created after 1970? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/79 "2018-05-16T18:02:15Z")
DQ answers: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with W 5. Originally from a work of prose fiction 6. Created after 1899 7. Not created by an American author or authors 8. Created since 1950 9. Has appeared in a movie 10. European 11. British or Irish 12. Created before 1990 13. English 14. Not considered a “good guy” 15. Not from sci-fi/fantasy genre 16. Main antagonist in the original work 17. Would not be alive today, if real 18. Not a criminal 19. Created after 1970 (I’m interpreting this as ‘first published’ here - it is possible the author first thought of the character prior to 1970) ---
**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, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/80 "2018-05-16T18:16:38Z")
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