# 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:** 8
**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 21, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/142 "2018-05-21T17:45:57Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > Oh man I was so eager to get in here this morning because I knew the answer was **Desmond Llewelyn** , “Q” from most 007 movies. I was going to be famous! > > IQs > > 1. Were you first Supreme Court Justice? > 2. Did you direct _The Rocketeer_? > 3. Did you play Michael Bluth? I totally would have used Desmond Llewelyn in an IQ if I had thought of him :). I have no idea on your IQs but will take a stab at Thomas Jefferson for the first. Please excuse my ignorance. DQ answers: 1. Real 2. First name starts with J 3. Male ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/143 "2018-05-21T18:00:25Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you first Supreme Court Justice? **So you’re not John Jay; DQ** > 2. Did you direct _The Rocketeer_? **So you’re not Joe Johnston, late of ILM; DQ** > 3. Did you play Michael Bluth? **So you’re not Jason Bateman; DQ** DQs: 1)Alive? 2)American? 3)From performing 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 21, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/144 "2018-05-21T18:01:41Z")
IQs: 1. Does the TV series _Trust_ revolve around your family? 2. Did you ask the question “Why so serious?”? 3. Did you have a hit with the song _Valotte_? ---
**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 21, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/145 "2018-05-21T19:24:39Z")
Way to go, **DC**! Previous IQs: Are you prominently mentioned in a recent novel, the audiobook of which includes a passage read by humorist David Sedaris? - Willie Lincoln, the Lincolns’ deceased young son, in _Lincoln in the Bardo_ Did you die soon after returning from a trip to Europe with your mom? - Tad Lincoln Did you personally accept the surrender of the British army at Yorktown? - Benjamin Lincoln (no relation) Lincoln x3! On to J… IQs: Did a cop tell you not to use a phone you had every right to use? Were you that person’s wife? Were you that person’s only child alive today? ---
**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 21, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/146 "2018-05-21T21:39:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Does the TV series _Trust_ revolve around your family? > 2. Did you ask the question “Why so serious?”? > 3. Did you have a hit with the song _Valotte_? You swept me - take three more DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did a cop tell you not to use a phone you had every right to use? > Were you that person’s wife? > Were you that person’s only child alive today? Ah, I seem to remember this coming up recently, but I can’t remember the answer. Is the first one Lyndon Johnson? Even if so, I don’t know his wife and children. Take two or three DQs. DQ answers: 1. Real 2. First name starts with J 3. Male 4. Dead 5. American 6. Not from the performing 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 21, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/147 "2018-05-21T22:07:38Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Does the TV series Trust revolve around your family? > 2. Did you ask the question “Why so serious?”? > 3. Did you have a hit with the song Valotte? > You swept me - take three more DQs. #1 is J. Paul Getty. #2 is the Joker (in _The Dark Knight_) #3 was Julian Lennon. DQs: 1. Died before 1900? 2. Common first name? 3. Known for politics or military? ---
**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 21, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/148 "2018-05-21T22:08:44Z")
IQ1: Are you a weight loss guru for whom a diet plan is named? IQ2: Are you Taram Killam’s mega-bitch 1860s newspaper critic? IQ3: Are you also known as The Weeping Prophet? ---
**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 21, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/149 "2018-05-21T22:19:01Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the present owner of the title car from the film _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_? 2. Did you and your friends travel by peach? 3. Did you pilot _Friendship 7_? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/150 "2018-05-21T23:18:47Z")
IQs 1. Were you a football coach for the **Cowboys**? 2. _Are you lately known as the portrayer of Black Widow_? 3)Were you ever impeached? ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/151 "2018-05-22T04:17:20Z")
Previous IQs: Did a cop tell you not to use a phone you had every right to use? - A very young JFK, newly-elected to the House, was told by a Capitol Police officer, “Those phones are for Congressmen, son.” Were you that person’s wife? - Jackie Kennedy Were you that person’s only child alive today? - Oops, withdrawn. This is Caroline Kennedy, former ambassador to Japan, but she’s not a “J” DQs: Associated with NYC? Best known for a single incident? IQs: Are you stuck in the friendzone with Danaerys? Are you the Kingslayer? Are you Rhaegar’s secret son? ---
**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 22, 2018, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/152 "2018-05-22T09:14:10Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a weight loss guru for whom a diet plan is named? > IQ2: Are you Taram Killam’s mega-bitch 1860s newspaper critic? > IQ3: Are you also known as The Weeping Prophet? 1. I am not Jane Fonda 2. Don’t know, take a DQ 3. I am not… Jude? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the present owner of the title car from the film _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_? > 2. Did you and your friends travel by peach? > 3. Did you pilot _Friendship 7_? 1. I am not… Jay Leno? 2. I am not Roald Dahl’s James (I forget his surname, possibly it was either Sponge or Spiker, after one of his aunts, but maybe they were both aunts by marriage) 3. I am not… Jabba the Hut? Assuming this will be a DQ > [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you a football coach for the **Cowboys**? > 2. _Are you lately known as the portrayer of Black Widow_? > 3)Were you ever impeached? 1. I am not Joe Montana (actually now I think about it, he was a 49er wasn’t he - guessing on the off-chance he went on to coach the Cowboys, I know it’s unlikely but it’s better than nothing) 2. Don’t know, take a DQ 3. I am not William Jefferson Clinton - feel free to re-ask if you were thinking of someone else and I’ll take another guess! > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > Did a cop tell you not to use a phone you had every right to use? - A very young JFK, newly-elected to the House, was told by a Capitol Police officer, “Those phones are for Congressmen, son.” > Were you that person’s wife? - Jackie Kennedy > Were you that person’s only child alive today? - Oops, withdrawn. This is Caroline Kennedy, former ambassador to Japan, but she’s not a “J” > > DQs: > > Associated with NYC? > Best known for a single incident? > > IQs: > > Are you stuck in the friendzone with Danaerys? > Are you the Kingslayer? > Are you Rhaegar’s secret son? Ah yes, now I recall it - I was one president out! Think it came up in the recent K game. I know virtually nothing about GoT so you have more DQs coming - I’ll guess Jon Snow for the first one. Yes, you may laugh. DQ answers: 1. Real 2. First name starts with J 3. Male 4. Dead 5. American 6. Not from the performing arts 7. Died after 1900 8. Common first name 9. Not primarily known for politics/military 10. Associated with NYC 11. Not best known for a single incident ---
**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 22, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/153 "2018-05-22T12:20:36Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a weight loss guru for whom a diet plan is named? > IQ2: Are you Taram Killam’s mega-bitch 1860s newspaper critic? > IQ3: Are you also known as The Weeping Prophet? > > 1. I am not Jane Fonda > 2. Don’t know, take a DQ > 3. I am not… Jude? I was thinking of Jenny Craig, but I guess Jane Fonda is also correct - Jebediah Atkinson, Jeremiah DQ: Known for a product, business, or service? DQ: Died on or after 1970? ---
**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 22, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/154 "2018-05-22T13:17:39Z")
1. Real 2. First name starts with J 3. Male 4. Dead 5. American 6. Not from the performing arts 7. Died after 1900 8. Common first name 9. Not primarily known for politics/military 10. Associated with NYC 11. Not best known for a single incident 12. Not known for a product, business, or service 13. Died on or after 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 22, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/155 "2018-05-22T13:21:21Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the present owner of the title car from the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? > 2. Did you and your friends travel by peach? > 3. Did you pilot Friendship 7? > 4. I am not… Jay Leno? > 5. I am not Roald Dahl’s James (I forget his surname, possibly it was either Sponge or Spiker, after one of his aunts, but maybe they were both aunts by marriage) > 6. I am not… Jabba the Hut? Assuming this will be a DQ #1 Chitty is owned by LOTR director Peter Jackson. #2 Correct on James. #3 was astronaut John Glenn. DQs: 1. Known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, design, etc.)? 2. Died after 2000? ---
**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 22, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/156 "2018-05-22T14:12:56Z")
Darn, I thought Jay Leno was one of my better guesses! Good question. 1. Real 2. First name starts with J 3. Male 4. Dead 5. American 6. Not from the performing arts 7. Died after 1900 8. Common first name 9. Not primarily known for politics/military 10. Associated with NYC 11. Not best known for a single incident 12. Not known for a product, business, or service 13. Died on or after 1970 14. Not known for the visual arts 15. Died before 2000 ---
**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 22, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/157 "2018-05-22T15:41:07Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Rabbit, Run_? 2. Did you write _On The Road_? 3. Did you write the poem _My House Burned Down Today_? ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/158 "2018-05-22T16:07:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Rabbit, Run_? > 2. Did you write _On The Road_? > 3. Did you write the poem _My House Burned Down Today_? 1. I am not John Updike 2. I am not Jack Kerouac 3. I am not John Betjeman (guess - take a DQ if wrong) ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/159 "2018-05-22T16:17:47Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you a football coach for the **Cowboys**? So you’re not Jimmy Johnson? **DQ** > 2. _Are you lately known as the portrayer of Black Widow_?So you’re not Scarlett Johanssen? **DQ** > 3)Were you ever impeached? There were two answers I thought right for #3:Andrew Johnson or W. Jefferson Clinton. I was curious which might be offered. Correct. DQs 1. Known from athletics? 2. Are you Jim Thorpe? ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/160 "2018-05-22T16:22:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Rabbit, Run_? > 2. Did you write _On The Road_? > 3. Did you write the poem _My House Burned Down Today_? > [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > 1. I am not John Updike > 2. I am not Jack Kerouac > 3. I am not John Betjeman (guess - take a DQ if wrong) Correct on 1 and 2. #3 was James Cavenaugh. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/161 "2018-05-22T16:37:35Z")
Previous IQs: Are you stuck in the friendzone with Danaerys? - Ser Jorah Mormont, from _Game of Thrones_ Are you the Kingslayer? - Ser Jaime Lannister Are you Rhaegar’s secret son? - _This_ is Jon Snow Three DQs reserved. IQs: Were you hoodwinked by the Red-Headed League? Did a fan suggest your middle name was “Hamish”? Were you Duke Leto’s concubine? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813.md?page=9)