# Botticelli - Nov. 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 21, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438 "2013-11-21T16:23:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [November 24, 2013, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/21 "2013-11-24T05:27:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the over-cosmetized wife of a philandering televangelist? > 2. Did you portray Sarah Palin on SNL? > 3. Are you a Doper mod? Not Tammy Fae Bakker, Tina Fey or **TubaDiva**. [![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4001/4496972703_e97dafba5d.jpg) ](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4001/4496972703_e97dafba5d.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/22 "2013-11-24T11:47:24Z")
IQ1: Are you a woman who came to fame through her association with a particular railroad? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/23 "2013-11-24T14:03:34Z")
IQ1: Did you sing “Music! Music! Music!”? IQ2: If you can’t go to Heaven when you die, would you like to go to Texas? IQ3: Did you not want to play house? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/24 "2013-11-24T14:23:58Z")
Dunno any of those four. Take yer DQs. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/25 "2013-11-24T14:38:12Z")
I was being a bit coy here, the railroad to which I referred was merely a codename - I was referring to **Harriet Tubman** of Underground Railroad fame. DQ: Known for your contribution to science or technology? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/26 "2013-11-24T15:54:48Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a different Doper mod? 2. Was Mighty Manfred your pet Wonder Dog? 3. Were you the Russian author of _Fathers and Sons_? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/27 "2013-11-24T16:15:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing “Music! Music! Music!”? > IQ2: If you can’t go to Heaven when you die, would you like to go to Texas? > IQ3: Did you not want to play house? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno any of those four. Take yer DQs. Teresa [Brewer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gUNZAmFfKA). Tanya [Tucker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBVa_NqONf4). Tammy [Wynette](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXu9QDLL4Bo). DQ1: Died after 1950? DQ2: Last name starts with T? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Was your husband an artillery officer who later held a top job? IQ2: Is your surname sometimes compared with Oscar’s? IQ3: Were you an undersized general? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/28 "2013-11-24T20:08:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a different Doper mod? > 2. Was Mighty Manfred your pet Wonder Dog? > 3. Were you the Russian author of _Fathers and Sons_? Not **tomndebb** , dunno, and not Turgenev. > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Was your husband an artillery officer who later held a top job? > IQ2: Is your surname sometimes compared with Oscar’s? > IQ3: Were you an undersized general? Not Bess Truman, dunno, or Gen. Tom Thumb. T. 1. real 2. female 3. American 4. dead 5. not known for the arts 6. died since 1900 7. not known for contributions to science or technology 8. died after 1950 9. first name starts with T ---
**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:** [November 24, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/29 "2013-11-24T20:50:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your husband an artillery officer who later held a top job? > IQ2: Is your surname sometimes compared with Oscar’s? > IQ3: Were you an undersized general? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Bess Truman, dunno, or Gen. Tom Thumb. Correct on Bess Truman and Tom Thumb. Oscar was Wilde, but Thornton Wilder. DQ1: Sports figure? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did your ex-husband try to reduce the competition? IQ2: Did you command a French submarine that had sunk, and then been salvaged and put into service by your country? IQ3: Are you Darrin and Samantha’s daughter? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/30 "2013-11-24T21:38:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a different Doper mod? > 2. Was Mighty Manfred your pet Wonder Dog? > 3. Were you the Russian author of _Fathers and Sons_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not **tomndebb** , dunno, and not Turgenev. #2 was Tom Terrific, cartoon character from Captain Kangaroo’s Treasure House. DQ: Political? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/31 "2013-11-24T22:51:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > …IQ2: Is your surname sometimes compared with Oscar’s?.. > [@SCAdian](#): > > …Oscar was Wilde, but Thornton Wilder. I don’t get it. Or should there be a “was” between the last two names…? > [@SCAdian](#): > > …IQ1: Did your ex-husband try to reduce the competition? > IQ2: Did you command a French submarine that had sunk, and then been salvaged and put into service by your country? > IQ3: Are you Darrin and Samantha’s daughter? Dunno the first two; not Tabitha. T. 1. real 2. female 3. American 4. dead 5. not known for the arts 6. died since 1900 7. not known for contributions to science or technology 8. died after 1950 9. first name starts with T 10. not a sports figure 11. not political At least, not in the sense usually meant in this game. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/32 "2013-11-24T23:24:30Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the eponymous protagonist of a little-performed Shakespearean play? 2. Were you a talking cat in a short story by Saki? 3. Were you a cat with three lives in a Disney film? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/33 "2013-11-24T23:28:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your ex-husband try to reduce the competition? > IQ2: Did you command a French submarine that had sunk, and then been salvaged and put into service by your country? > IQ3: Are you Darrin and Samantha’s daughter? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno the first two; not Tabitha. Ice skater Tonya Harding, whose ex hired someone to break Nancy Kerrigan’s leg. Georg Ritter von Trapp. Correct on Tabitha Stephens. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/34 "2013-11-24T23:52:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Oscar was Wilde, but Thornton Wilder. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I don’t get it. Or should there be a “was” between the last two names…? Or a gapping comma, yes. Sorry about that… ---
**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:** [November 25, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/35 "2013-11-25T02:32:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the eponymous protagonist of a little-performed Shakespearean play? > 2. Were you a talking cat in a short story by Saki? > 3. Were you a cat with three lives in a Disney film? Not Titus Andronicus, and dunno the other two. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/36 "2013-11-25T14:18:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the eponymous protagonist of a little-performed Shakespearean play? > 2. Were you a talking cat in a short story by Saki? > 3. Were you a cat with three lives in a Disney film? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Titus Andronicus, and dunno the other two. For #1 I had in mind Timon of Athens, but Titus Andronicus works as well. #2 was Tobermory; #3 was Thomasina (from _The Three Lives of Thomasina_) DQs: 1. Criminal? 2. Died after 1990? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/37 "2013-11-25T14:48:21Z")
T. 1. real 2. female 3. American 4. dead 5. not known for the arts 6. died since 1900 7. not known for contributions to science or technology 8. died after 1950 9. first name starts with T 10. not a sports figure 11. not political 12. not a criminal 13. died after 1990 ---
**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:** [November 25, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/38 "2013-11-25T14:55:38Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Dick Tracy’s wife (maiden name, please)? 2. Did Spike Milligan voice your character on the highly esteemed _Goon Show_? 3. Was your big line: “God bless us, every one!” ---
**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:** [November 25, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/39 "2013-11-25T15:38:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Dick Tracy’s wife (maiden name, please)? > 2. Did Spike Milligan voice your character on the highly esteemed _Goon Show_? > 3. Was your big line: “God bless us, every one!” Not Tess Trueheart, dunno the second, and not Tiny Tim. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438/40 "2013-11-25T15:40:35Z")
#2 was Throat. I’ll hold off on the DQ until I can think of a good one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2013/674438.md?page=3)