# Botticelli - May 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 30, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367 "2023-04-30T13:08:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**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 25, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/341 "2023-05-25T21:25:04Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the manager of an early baseball team, famous for never wearing a uniform in the dugout and moving your players around the diamond by means of a rolled-up scorecard? > 2. Are you a quick-witted Lancashire-born comedian and long-running team captain on the British panel show _Would I Lie To You_? > 3. Are you a character from _The Threepenny Opera_, subject of songs by Berthold Brecht and, later, Bobby Darin? > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > take 3 DQs No. 1 was Cornelius “Connie Mack” McGillicuddy. No. 2 is comedian Lee Mack. No. 3 is Mack the Knife. Three big Macks to go, please! DQs 1. Known for the arts? 2. Born after 1960? 3. North American? ---
**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, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/342 "2023-05-25T21:30:23Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the son of two fictional psychiatrists? - That was Frederick and not Frasier Crane Jr. Were you one of those two? - Yes, Dr. Frasier Crane Were you killed by the FBI near East Liverpool, Ohio? - Yes, Pretty Boy Floyd Good job, **BuGo**! On to M. IQs: Were you a pretty big deal north of the Wall? Were mischievous young hobbits always getting into your crops? Were you a southern African pilot and writer? ---
**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, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/343 "2023-05-25T21:45:17Z")
IQ1: Did you inform your clientele that they were soaking in it? IQ2: Did you direct the first on-screen appearance of Hannibal Lecter? IQ3: Were you the Angel of Death? ---
**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 25, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/344 "2023-05-25T21:57:05Z")
IQs: 1. Have you had a long and varied career, from writing on _Your Show of Shows_ in the early 50s to seeing the sequel to one of your films made as a series on Hulu? 2. Did you say “Hey” when you couldn’t remember people’s names? 3. Does one of your books begin “It was a dark and stormy night”? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/345 "2023-05-25T21:57:36Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M 4. Contributed to the Arts but is not primarily known for them 5. Born before 1960 6. Not North American > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a pretty big deal north of the Wall? > Were mischievous young hobbits always getting into your crops? > Were you a southern African pilot and writer? take 3 DQs > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > 1Q1: Did you inform your clientele that they were soaking in it? > IQ2: Did you direct the first on-screen appearance of Hannibal Lecter? > IQ3: Were you the Angel of Death? 1. That palm olive woman. I want to say Marge? 2. Take a DQ 3. Not Archangel Michael? ---
**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, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/346 "2023-05-25T22:08:29Z")
Welcome back, **SMV!** IQs: 1. Were you an award-winning playwright who married Marilyn Monroe? 2. Did you star opposite Bob Hope in _The Lemon Drop Kid_? 3. Were you the lead female singer for The Fifth Dimension? ---
**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 25, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/347 "2023-05-25T22:22:25Z")
DQ: living? (Also, I have IQs you haven’t answered yet.) ---
**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, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/348 "2023-05-25T22:32:34Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > 1Q1: Did you inform your clientele that they were soaking in it? > > IQ2: Did you direct the first on-screen appearance of Hannibal Lecter? > > IQ3: Were you the Angel of Death? > > 1. That palm olive woman. I want to say Marge? > 2. Take a DQ > 3. Not Archangel Michael? Close enough, and you got the correct product. Madge Michael Mann, director of _Manhunter_ Not who I had in mind, but it’s a valid response. I’ll rephrase. DQ: European? ---
**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, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/349 "2023-05-25T22:35:48Z")
IQ1: Were you known as the Angel of Death, and buried in Brazil under the false name Wolfgang Gerhard? IQ2: Well, you came and you gave without taking? IQ3: Did you sing about the answer to IQ2? ---
**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 26, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/350 "2023-05-26T01:13:54Z")
IQs: 1. Are you only pawn, in game of life? 2. Are you the filmmaker who created IQ 1? 3. Are you the jazz musician after whom IQ 2 named IQ 1? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/351 "2023-05-26T01:45:33Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > (Also, I have IQs you haven’t answered yet.) Sorry you slipped those in while I was answering the others > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you had a long and varied career, from writing on _Your Show of Shows_ in the early 50s to seeing the sequel to one of your films made as a series on Hulu? > 2. Did you say “Hey” when you couldn’t remember people’s names? > 3. Does one of your books begin “It was a dark and stormy night”? 1. I’m not Mel Brooks 2. I’m not Hey! (take a DQ) 3. I’m not Madeline Le’Engle (sp?) > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Were you an award-winning playwright who married Marilyn Monroe? > - Did you star opposite Bob Hope in _The Lemon Drop Kid_? > - Were you the lead female singer for The Fifth Dimension? Take 3 more DQs > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you known as the Angel of Death, and buried in Brazil under the false name Wolfgang Gerhard? > IQ2: Well, you came and you gave without taking? > IQ3: Did you sing about the answer to IQ2? 1. Oh that angel of death. I’m not Joseph Mengle 2. I’m not Maria? 3. Take a DQ > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > - Are you only pawn, in game of life? > - Are you the filmmaker who created IQ 1? > - Are you the jazz musician after whom IQ 2 named IQ 1? 1. I’m not poor Mongo 2. I’m sitll not Mel Brooks 3. I’m not Mongo Jerry? 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M 4. Contributed to the Arts but is not primarily known for them 5. Born before 1960 6. Not North American 7. Dead 8. European ---
**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 26, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/352 "2023-05-26T02:26:26Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 1. I’m not poor Mongo > 2. I’m sitll not Mel Brooks > 3. I’m not Mongo Jerry? Correct on Mongo and Mel Brooks; No. 3 was Mongo Santamaria. (Remember in the movie when the Mexican villager sees Mongo coming and cries “Mongo! Santa Maria!” then runs off in fear? Mel Brooks named Alex Karas’ character “Mongo” just so he could make that joke.) DQ: Active in 20th century? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/353 "2023-05-26T03:08:12Z")
1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M 4. Contributed to the Arts but is not primarily known for them 5. Born before 1960 6. Not North American 7. Dead 8. European 9. Not active in 20th century ---
**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 26, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/354 "2023-05-26T03:24:31Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Have you had a long and varied career, from writing on _Your Show of Shows_ in the early 50s to seeing the sequel to one of your films made as a series on Hulu? > 2. Did you say “Hey” when you couldn’t remember people’s names? > 3. Does one of your books begin “It was a dark and stormy night”? > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 1. I’m not Mel Brooks > 2. I’m not Hey! (take a DQ) > 3. I’m not Madeline Le’Engle (sp?) 1 was correct; 2 was Willie Mays; 3 was indeed Madeleine L’Engle. DQ: died before 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 26, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/355 "2023-05-26T13:02:30Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Were you an award-winning playwright who married Marilyn Monroe? > > - Did you star opposite Bob Hope in _The Lemon Drop Kid_? > > - Were you the lead female singer for The Fifth Dimension? > > Take 3 more DQs #1 was Arthur Miller. #2 was Marilyn Maxwell. #3 was Marilyn McCoo. DQ: Known for politics? 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 26, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/356 "2023-05-26T14:14:00Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a pretty big deal north of the Wall? - Mance Rayder, King-beyond-the-Wall in _GOT_ Were mischievous young hobbits always getting into your crops? - Farmer Maggot, in _LOTR_ Were you a southern African pilot and writer? - Beryl Markham, perhaps best known from _Out of Africa_ DQs: From the British Isles? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Did you command The Citadel after WWII? Did you costar in _The Karate Kid_? Were you no vampire gunslinger, despite your name? ---
**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 26, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/357 "2023-05-26T14:41:58Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the title character of a George Romero movie? 2. Did you have 95 theses? 3. Did you write “A Letter from Birmingham Jail”? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/358 "2023-05-26T15:49:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you command The Citadel after WWII? > Did you costar in _The Karate Kid_? > Were you no vampire gunslinger, despite your name? 1. Douglas Macarther? 2. I know both the actors that play both the boy and the teacher both have names beginning with M but I can’t remember either of them so take a DQ 3. take another DQ (I’m curious about the answer to this this) > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are you the title character of a George Romero movie? > 2. Did you have 95 theses? > 3. Did you write “A Letter from Birmingham Jail”? 1. I’m not Martin? (based purely on the question progression) 2. I’m not Martin Luther 3. I’m **not** Martin Luther King Jr. DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M 4. Contributed to the Arts but is not primarily known for them 5. Born before 1960 6. Not North American 7. Dead 8. European 9. Not active in 20th century 10. Died before 1800 11. Known for Politics but not politician ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/359 "2023-05-26T15:55:22Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I’m Martin Luther King Jr. Did you leave out a word here? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/360 "2023-05-26T15:56:44Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Did you leave out a word here? Yes. I’m **not** Martin Luther King 🤦‍♂️ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367.md?page=19)