# Botticelli - May 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 2, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823 "2022-05-02T17:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 13, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/81 "2022-05-13T22:34:09Z")
IQ1: Did you keep your face in a jar by the door? IQ2: Are you the guitarist for U2? IQ3: Did you prophesy the destruction of Jerusalem? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/82 "2022-05-13T23:41:55Z")
IQs: 1. In _The Venture Bros._, do you get a mention in the Shallow Gravy song “Jacket” (“Fonzie’s…jacket/Bolero …jacket/tuxedo…jacket/an [you] jacket!”)? 2. Are you an American comedienne of Nigerian descent and current cast member of _Saturday Night Live_? 3. did you write onetwothreefourfive poemsjustlikethis [this is some filler to make up the spacing]Jesus ---
**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, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/83 "2022-05-14T02:27:24Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Q1: Did you keep your face in a jar by the door? > IQ2: Are you the guitarist for U2? > IQ3: Did you prophesy the destruction of Jerusalem? #1. I am not Eleanor Rigby. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Ezekiel. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In _The Venture Bros._ , do you get a mention in the Shallow Gravy song “Jacket” (“Fonzie’s…jacket/Bolero …jacket/tuxedo…jacket/an [you] jacket!”)? > 2. Are you an American comedienne of Nigerian descent and current cast member of _Saturday Night Live_ ? > 3. did you write onetwothreefourfive poemsjustlikethis > > Jesus 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not [howdoyoulikeyourblueeyedboy] e. e. cummings ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/84 "2022-05-14T02:42:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not [howdoyoulikeyourblueeyedboy] e. e. cummings 1 was Dwight Eisenhower; 2 was Ego Nwodim. Correct on Cummings. DQs: 1. male? 2. living? ---
**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 14, 2022, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/85 "2022-05-14T06:56:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did you keep your face in a jar by the door? > > > IQ2: Are you the guitarist for U2? > > > IQ3: Did you prophesy the destruction of Jerusalem? > > #1. I am not Eleanor Rigby. > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. I am not Ezekiel. Correct The Edge Correct DQ: Last name starts with E? ---
**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 14, 2022, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/86 "2022-05-14T07:07:12Z")
IQ1: Were you the fastest milkman in the West? IQ2: Did you write _Foucault’s Pendulum_? IQ3: Did you depict impossible perspectives in your artwork? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/87 "2022-05-14T13:13:59Z")
IQs: 1. Are you associated with the number e? 2. Were you an art forger profiled by literary forger Clifford Irving? 3. Is Benjamin Braddock yelling your name at this point? [![](https://www.sceen-it.com/Service/sceenit/sceen/medium/1044.jpg/nos/.jpg) ](https://www.sceen-it.com/Service/sceenit/sceen/medium/1044.jpg/nos/.jpg) ---
**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, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/88 "2022-05-14T14:23:41Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. First name stars with E ---
**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, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/89 "2022-05-14T14:25:14Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you the fastest milkman in the West? > IQ2: Did you write _Foucault’s Pendulum_ ? > IQ3: Did you depict impossible perspectives in your artwork? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Umberto Eco. 3. I am not M. C. Escher. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you associated with the number e? > 2. Were you an art forger profiled by literary forger Clifford Irving? > 3. Is Benjamin Braddock yelling your name at this point? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Elaine Robinson. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/90 "2022-05-14T14:43:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Elaine Robinson 1 was Leonhard Euler; 2 was Elmyr de Hory; 3 was CORREEEEECCT! DQs: 1. American? 2. known from the 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 14, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/91 "2022-05-14T14:46:30Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. First name stars with E 5. Not American 6. Known from the Arts ---
**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 14, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/92 "2022-05-14T17:40:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you the fastest milkman in the West? > > > IQ2: Did you write _Foucault’s Pendulum_ ? > > > IQ3: Did you depict impossible perspectives in your artwork? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Umberto Eco. > 3. I am not M. C. Escher. Ernie, from [Benny Hill’s novelty song](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_(The_Fastest_Milkman_in_the_West)) Correct, Correct DQ: Known for acting? ---
**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, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/93 "2022-05-14T20:34:27Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. First name stars with E 5. Not American 6. Known from the Arts 7. Known for acting, among other things ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/94 "2022-05-15T17:10:27Z")
1. AKA Dr. Robotnik, are you the sworn enemy of Sonic the Hedgehog (koo koo ka choo)?.. 2. …“Mrs. Robinson”, the song–was it originally about you? 3. Were you a painter born Domenikos Theotokopoulos? ---
**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, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/95 "2022-05-15T17:15:11Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. AKA Dr. Robotnik, are you the sworn enemy of Sonic the Hedgehog (koo koo ka choo)?.. > 2. …“Mrs. Robinson”, the song–was it originally about you? > 3. Were you a painter born Domenikos Theotokopoulos? Take 2 DQs. #3. I am not El Greco. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/96 "2022-05-15T20:38:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 2 DQs. > #3. I am not El Greco. 1 was Dr. Eggman; 2 was Eleanor Roosevelt. DQs: 1. European? 2. born 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 16, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/97 "2022-05-16T03:07:01Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. First name stars with E 5. Not American 6. Known from the Arts 7. Known for acting, among other things 8. European 9. Born before 1970 ---
**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 16, 2022, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/98 "2022-05-16T07:07:52Z")
IQ1: were you the million dollar mermaid? IQ2: Did you compose an opera based on _Hansel and Gretel_? IQ3: Are you a depressed ass? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/99 "2022-05-16T13:09:47Z")
IQs: 1. Is a bright light city gonna set your soul, gonna set your soul on fire? 2. Are you an offbeat comedian who appears in _UHF_ as the clumsy shop teacher? 3. Were you in love with Narcissus, issus, issus…? ---
**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, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/100 "2022-05-16T13:21:16Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: were you the million dollar mermaid? > IQ2: Did you compose an opera based on _Hansel and Gretel_ ? > IQ3: Are you a depressed ass? 1. I am not Esther Williams. 2. I am not Engelbert Humperdinck. 3. I am not Eeyore. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is a bright light city gonna set your soul, gonna set your soul on fire? > 2. Are you an offbeat comedian who appears in _UHF_ as the clumsy shop teacher? > 3. Were you in love with Narcissus, issus, issus…? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Emo Phillips (??). #3. I am not Echo. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823.md?page=6)