# Botticelli - May 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 3, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407 "2019-05-03T03:22:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/201 "2019-05-23T12:43:24Z")
Previous IQs IQ1: Were you a Scottish businessman who founded a grocery company, most known for selling a particular beverage, that over a century later still bears your name? - Correct, Thomas Lipton. (Thought I’d get you with that one…) IQ2: Are you an actress who starred in a sitcom that made “Kiss my grits!” a catchphrase for a time? Linda Lavin, in _Alice_. IQ3: Are you an actor who spent years of your career acting while wearing a woman’s hairclip over your eyes? - Correct, LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge in _Star Trek: The Next Generation._ DQ: Female? [/QUOTE] > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I thought Johnny Weismuller was the first, so take a DQ; dunno and dunno. > Not Mr. Lipton, dunno and not LeVar Burton. IQ1: Are you symbolically represented by a winged ox? IQ2: Are you the eponymous heroine of a Donizetti opera, famous for your “mad scene” (and also for a score that requires a glass harmonica in the orchestra)? IQ3: Are you the eponymous heroine of a 19th century novel, whose name has been borrowed for a type of cookie? DQ: Born before 1800? ---
**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 23, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/202 "2019-05-23T13:29:28Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Does your song _Are You Gonna Go My Way_ frequently appear in Classic Rock radio rotation? > IQ2: Did you play The Incredible Hulk on TV? > IQ3: Were you and Earl S[c]ruggs the Foggy Mountain Boys? Dunno, not Lou Ferrigno, and dunno. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > > IQ1: Are you symbolically represented by a winged ox? > > IQ2: Are you the eponymous heroine of a Donizetti opera, famous for your “mad scene” (and also for a score that requires a glass harmonica in the orchestra)? > > IQ3: Are you the eponymous heroine of a 19th century novel, whose name has been borrowed for a type of cookie?.. Not St. Luke, dunno, and not Lorna Doone. L. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name begins with L 4. originally from literature 5. not the protagonist 6. born after 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 23, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/203 "2019-05-23T13:32:20Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first silver screen Tarzan? > 2. Are you the protagonist in The Loud House? > 3. Did you compose Heaven’s Artillery (March)? > I thought Johnny Weismuller was the first, so take a DQ; dunno and dunno. #1 was silent film star Elmo Lincoln. #2 is Lincoln Loud. #3 was Harry J. Lincoln. To think I swept EH with Lincoln questions… ---
**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 23, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/204 "2019-05-23T13:33:32Z")
DQs: 1. Created by an American author or authors? 2. Created after 1900? 3. From science fiction, fantasy or horror? ---
**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 23, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/205 "2019-05-23T15:23:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > To think I swept EH with Lincoln questions… I know, right? 😉 L. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name begins with L 4. originally from literature 5. not the protagonist 6. born after 1800 7. created by an American author or authors 8. created after 1900 9. from science fiction, fantasy or horror ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/206 "2019-05-23T16:24:08Z")
Previous IQs: IQ1: Are you symbolically represented by a winged ox? - Correct, Luke. IQ2: Are you the eponymous heroine of a Donizetti opera, famous for your “mad scene” (and also for a score that requires a glass harmonica in the orchestra)? - Lucia di Lammermoor IQ3: Are you the eponymous heroine of a 19th century novel, whose name has been borrowed for a type of cookie? - Correct, Lorna Doone. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not St. Luke, dunno, and not Lorna Doone. IQ1: Did you retire from your very high-profile job, hand over the keys to an old adversary, and open a piano bar in Los Angeles? IQ2: Are you the youngest of four siblings who rescued a land from eternal winter? IQ3: Were you the “L” of a group of 17th century nobles whose initials created the word “cabal”? DQ: Antagonist/villain? ---
**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 23, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/207 "2019-05-23T16:27:49Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Catwoman in the 1960’s _Batman_ movie? 2. Did your character kill Eddie Valiant’s brother in _Who Framed Roger Rabbit?_ 3. Are you Parzifal’s son and the subject of a Wagnerian opera? ---
**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 23, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/208 "2019-05-23T16:35:46Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Does your song Are You Gonna Go My Way frequently appear in Classic Rock radio rotation? > IQ2: Did you play The Incredible Hulk on TV? > IQ3: Were you and Earl S[c]ruggs the Foggy Mountain Boys? > > Dunno, not Lou Ferrigno, and dunno. Lenny Kravitz, correct, Lester Flatt You corrected the spelling but didn’t know the answer? 🙂 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 23, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/209 "2019-05-23T20:24:36Z")
That’s just how I roll. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > > IQ1: Did you retire from your very high-profile job, hand over the keys to an old adversary, and open a piano bar in Los Angeles? > > IQ2: Are you the youngest of four siblings who rescued a land from eternal winter? > > IQ3: Were you the “L” of a group of 17th century nobles whose initials created the word “cabal”?.. Dunno, not Laura Pevensie and not… Laughlin? (I know Cromwell and Buckingham, but not the others). > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Catwoman in the 1960’s _Batman_ movie? > 2. Did your character kill Eddie Valiant’s brother in _Who Framed Roger Rabbit?_ > 3. Are you Parzifal’s son and the subject of a Wagnerian opera? Dunno, not Christopher Lloyd, and not… Launcelot? L. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name begins with L 4. originally from literature 5. not the protagonist 6. born after 1800 7. created by an American author or authors 8. created after 1900 9. from science fiction, fantasy or horror 10. not the antagonist/villain ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/210 "2019-05-23T20:56:52Z")
Previous IQs: IQ1: Did you retire from your very high-profile job, hand over the keys to an old adversary, and open a piano bar in Los Angeles? - Lucifer, in Neil Gaiman’s _Season of Mists_, and on a current TV series. IQ2: Are you the youngest of four siblings who rescued a land from eternal winter? - Correct…ish. It’s _Lucy_ Pevensie. IQ3: Were you the “L” of a group of 17th century nobles whose initials created the word “cabal”? - Lauderdale. The rest were Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, and Arlington. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Laura Pevensie and not… Laughlin? (I know Cromwell and Buckingham, but not the others). IQ1: Did you succeed Saint Peter? IQ2: Are you a renowned biochemist who won two Nobel prizes, for chemistry and for peace? IQ3: Are you the inventor of Linux? DQ1: Side kick to the protagonist? DQ2: Transitioned to 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 23, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/211 "2019-05-23T23:28:15Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Catwoman in the 1960’s Batman movie? > 2. Did your character kill Eddie Valiant’s brother in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? > 3. Are you Parzifal’s son and the subject of a Wagnerian opera? > Dunno, not Christopher Lloyd, and not… Launcelot? #1 was Lee Meriwether. Correct on Christopher Lloyd. #3 was Lohengrin. 2 DQs 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 24, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/212 "2019-05-24T02:51:41Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > > IQ1: Did you succeed Saint Peter? > > IQ2: Are you a renowned biochemist who won two Nobel prizes, for chemistry and for peace? > > IQ3: Are you the inventor of Linux? … Not St. Linus, not Linus Pauling, and not Linus Somecomputerexpert. L. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name begins with L 4. originally from literature 5. not the protagonist 6. born after 1800 7. created by an American author or authors 8. created after 1900 9. from science fiction, fantasy or horror 10. not the antagonist/villain 11. not a sidekick to protagonist 12. has not transitioned to 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 24, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/213 "2019-05-24T03:00:26Z")
DQs: 1. Created after 1970? 2. From a work of science fiction? ---
**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 24, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/214 "2019-05-24T12:22:12Z")
IQ: Do you speak for the trees in a Dr. Seuss story? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/215 "2019-05-24T13:12:43Z")
Previous IQs: IQ1: Did you succeed Saint Peter? - Correct, Linus. IQ2: Are you a renowned biochemist who won two Nobel prizes, for chemistry and for peace? - Correct, Linus Pauling. IQ3: Are you the inventor of Linux? - Correct, Linus Torvalds. Swept my Linusapalooza! > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not St. Linus, not Linus Pauling, and not Linus Somecomputerexpert… IQ1: Would Superman have snapped your spine, catching you falling off a skyscraper, if superhero universes had real-world physics? IQ2: Did you say “It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it”? IQ3: Are you a World of Warcraft gamer, whose name has become memetically famous as a real-life exemplar of the proverb “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread”? ---
**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 24, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/216 "2019-05-24T13:27:26Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ: Do you speak for the trees in a Dr. Seuss story? I’m not the Lorax. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Previous IQs: > > … > > IQ3: Are you the inventor of Linux? - Correct, Linus Torvalds. > > Swept my Linusapalooza!.. I was obviously joke-guessing for that last guy. Please take a DQ. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > > IQ1: Would Superman have snapped your spine, catching you falling off a skyscraper, if superhero universes had real-world physics? > > IQ2: Did you say “It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it”? > > IQ3: Are you a World of Warcraft gamer, whose name has become memetically famous as a real-life exemplar of the proverb “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread”? Not Lois Lane, Robert E. Lee (at the Battle of Fredericksburg, as it happens) or the inimitable Leeeeeeeroy Jenkins. L. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name begins with L 4. originally from literature 5. not the protagonist 6. born after 1800 7. created by an American author or authors 8. created after 1900 9. from science fiction, fantasy or horror 10. not the antagonist/villain 11. not a sidekick to protagonist 12. has not transitioned to movies 13. created after 1970 14. from a work of science fiction ---
**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 24, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/217 "2019-05-24T13:44:36Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the world’s most famous Australopithecus? 2. Were you a leading celebrity impressionist of the 1960’s? 3. Did you write the poem “I have a little budgie”? ---
**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 24, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/218 "2019-05-24T14:09:50Z")
DQ: Adapted to TV/streaming? holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/219 "2019-05-24T17:33:28Z")
Previous IQs: IQ1: Would Superman have snapped your spine, catching you falling off a skyscraper, if superhero universes had real-world physics? - Correct, Lois Lane. IQ2: Did you say “It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it”? - Correct, Robert E. Lee. IQ3: Are you a World of Warcraft gamer, whose name has become memetically famous as a real-life exemplar of the proverb “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread”? - Correct, Leeroy Jenkins. Swept again! > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > … > I was obviously joke-guessing for that last guy. Please take a DQ. > Not Lois Lane, Robert E. Lee (at the Battle of Fredericksburg, as it happens) or the inimitable Leeeeeeeroy Jenkins. Nah, you spotted the “Linus” theme. IQ1: Are you a Richard Scarry character who only owns a jaunty Tyrolean hat, and a single sock? IQ2: Are you a basketball player who brought your native city its first championship in a major sport since 1964? IQ3: Are you a Hall of Fame wide receiver who played for the Steelers in the 1970s? ---
**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 24, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/220 "2019-05-24T17:42:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the world’s most famous Australopithecus? > 2. Were you a leading celebrity impressionist of the 1960’s? > 3. Did you write the poem “I have a little budgie”? Not Lucy, Rich Little and dunno. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > …IQ1: Are you a Richard Scarry character who only owns a jaunty Tyrolean hat, and a single sock? > > IQ2: Are you a basketball player who brought your native city its first championship in a major sport since 1964? > > IQ3: Are you a Hall of Fame wide receiver who played for the Steelers in the 1970s? Not Lowly Worm, Larry Bird or Lynn Swann. L. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name begins with L 4. originally from literature 5. not the protagonist 6. born after 1800 7. created by an American author or authors 8. created after 1900 9. from science fiction, fantasy or horror 10. not the antagonist/villain 11. not a sidekick to protagonist 12. has not transitioned to movies 13. created after 1970 14. from a work of science fiction 15. not adapted to TV/streaming [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407.md?page=12)