# Botticelli - May 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 30, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098 "2021-04-30T14:06:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**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, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/362 "2021-05-24T14:19:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_? 2. Were you one of the Three Musketeers? 3. Were your first words in your comic strip: “Did ya t’ink I was a cowboy?”? ---
**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, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/363 "2021-05-24T15:45:53Z")
Dunno, not Porthos, and not Popeye the Sailor Man. BTW, I will be traveling the next few days, and may be able to check this thread only once a day. ---
**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, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/364 "2021-05-24T17:01:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_ ? > 2. Were you one of the Three Musketeers? > 3. Were your first words in your comic strip: “Did ya t’ink I was a cowboy?”? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Porthos, and not Popeye the Sailor Man #1 was Phil Tead. Correct on the others. DQ: Real? Happy travels! ---
**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, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/365 "2021-05-24T17:44:12Z")
Thanks! P. 1. fictional ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/366 "2021-05-24T18:42:00Z")
IQ1: Are you credited with inventing television? IQ2: Did you claim there’s a sucker born every minute? IQ3: Were you Motorhead’s drummer? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/367 "2021-05-24T22:15:16Z")
IQs 1. Is your real name Robert Gray? 2. Are you an oft used person, to the point of “no more job gloves” memes, from _No More Jockeys_? 3. Are you an annoying porcine cartoon character, with a little brother named George? ---
**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 25, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/368 "2021-05-25T00:58:54Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you credited with inventing television? > IQ2: Did you claim there’s a sucker born every minute? > IQ3: Were you Motorhead’s drummer? Not Philo Farnsworth, P.T. Barnum or Phil Drummerdude. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Is your real name Robert Gray? > 2. Are you an oft used person, to the point of “no more job gloves” memes, from _No More Jockeys_? > 3. Are you an annoying porcine cartoon character, with a little brother named George? Not Robert Planet, Piotr Nomorejobglovesdude or Porky Pig. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/369 "2021-05-25T01:17:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Robert Planet, Piotr Nomorejobglovesdude or Porky Pig. Pennywise Penelope Pitstop Peppa Pig DQs 1. Male? 2. Character from a TV show or film? 3. American creator(s)? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/370 "2021-05-25T04:54:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Are you credited with inventing television? > > > IQ2: Did you claim there’s a sucker born every minute? > > > IQ3: Were you Motorhead’s drummer? > > Not Philo Farnsworth, P.T. Barnum or Phil Drummerdude. Correct, Correct, I almost want to give you credit for getting the Phil part right - Philthy Phil Taylor DQ: Would be alive today, if real? ---
**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 25, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/371 "2021-05-25T12:57:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did you once lasso and ride a tornado? 2. Are you Astrid Lindgren’s best known character? 3. Did Apollo slay you and take over your oracle? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/372 "2021-05-25T19:13:39Z")
IQ1: Were you the first person to run a marathon? IQ2: Are you the editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet? IQ3: Are you a freelance photographer for the Daily Bugle? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/373 "2021-05-25T23:51:31Z")
1. Are you the main character of the book **Dragondrums**? 2. Did you hire John James Audubon to tutor your daughter at Oakley Plantation, Louisiana? 3. Did you direct **Wayne’s World**? ---
**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 26, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/374 "2021-05-26T02:54:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you once lasso and ride a tornado? > 2. Are you Astrid Lindgren’s best known character? > 3. Did Apollo slay you and take over your oracle? Not Pecos Bill, not Pippi Longstocking, and not… Polyphemus? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first person to run a marathon? > IQ2: Are you the editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet? > IQ3: Are you a freelance photographer for the Daily Bugle? Not Philemon, Perry White or Peter Parker > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you the main character of the book **Dragondrums**? > 2. Did you hire John James Audubon to tutor your daughter at Oakley Plantation, Louisiana? > 3. Did you direct **Wayne’s World**? Dunno, dunno and not Penelope Spheeris (sp?) P. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not a character from a TV show or film 4. American creator(s) 5. kinda hard to say, but yes, I think would be alive today, if real Others may disagree as to that last. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/375 "2021-05-26T03:10:31Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you the main character of the book **Dragondrums**? > 2. Did you hire John James Audubon to tutor your daughter at Oakley Plantation, Louisiana? > 3. Did you direct **Wayne’s World**? Piemur, Lucretia Pirrie, correct. DQs 1. Originally from a book? 2. From a genre? 3. First name starts with P? ---
**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 26, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/376 "2021-05-26T12:27:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you once lasso and ride a tornado? > > > 2. Are you Astrid Lindgren’s best known character? > > > 3. Did Apollo slay you and take over your oracle? > > Not Pecos Bill, not Pippi Longstocking, and not… Polyphemus? Correct, Correct and Python (a titanic godlike snake: Apollo crushed it with his foot.) DQ: Created after 1950?. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/377 "2021-05-26T14:50:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you the first person to run a marathon? > > > IQ2: Are you the editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet? > > > IQ3: Are you a freelance photographer for the Daily Bugle? > > Not Philemon, Perry White or Peter Parker 1 is Phidippides, correct on the other 2 Holding my DQ ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/378 "2021-05-26T17:58:39Z")
IQ1: Did you write _Gravity’s Rainbow_? IQ2: Did you run the Mystery Shack in _Gravity Falls_? IQ3: Have you come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass? ---
**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 27, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/379 "2021-05-27T03:13:29Z")
Not Pynchon, dunno and not Phil Ash. P. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not a character from a TV show or film 4. American creator(s) 5. kinda hard to say, but yes, I think would be alive today, if real 6. not originally from a book 7. not from a genre, as the term is usually understood 8. last name starts with P 9. created after 1950 ---
**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 27, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/380 "2021-05-27T16:08:06Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play (among others) Corporal Bluebottle (waits for applause, not a sausage) on the highly acclaimed 1950’s all-leather BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 2. Did you write _The King of Ys_? 3. Were you known as “the singing rage”? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/381 "2021-05-27T20:10:13Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _Gravity’s Rainbow_ ? > IQ2: Did you run the Mystery Shack in _Gravity Falls_ ? > IQ3: Have you come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Pynchon, dunno and not Phil Ash. Correct Stanley Pines Rowdy Roddy Piper, in the film _They Live_ DQ1: Originally from a theatrical production such as a play, musical, or opera? DQ2: Human? Still holding my previous DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098.md?page=20)