# Botticelli - Nov 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 2, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569 "2020-11-02T18:22:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**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, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/402 "2020-11-25T16:04:48Z")
Previous IQs: Did you come up with an effective polio vaccine? - Yes, Dr. Jonas Salk Did you, too? - Dr. Albert Sabin Did Gary Larson depict you, a future scientist, as a child? - Yes, Carl Sagan: [Celebrating Sagan: Far Side](http://celebratingsagan.blogspot.com/2006/12/farside.html) > [@Botticelli - the letters we've used so far](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/72): > > Most recent use of each letter noted. A April 2020, Sept. 2020, Nov. 2020 B Aug. 2020, Oct. 2020, Nov. 2020 C Aug. 2020, Oct. 2020, Nov. 2020 D May 2020, Sept. 2020, Nov. 2020 E July 2020, Oct. 2020 F April 2020, Sept. 2020 G Aug. 2020, Oct. 2020, Nov. 2020 H May 2020, Sept. 2020, Oct. 2020 I July 2020 J Jan. 2020, Aug. 2020, Oct. 2020 K July 2020, Nov. 2020 L June 2020, Oct. 2020 (twice) M Aug. 2020, Nov. 2020 N May 2020, Sept. 2020 O June 2020, Oct. 2020 P Aug. … Thanks, all! Our next letter is # **M** ---
**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, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/403 "2020-11-25T17:08:23Z")
IQs: 1. Are you known as the Archimpressionist? 2. Were you a stand up comic who built a routine around the phrase “you’ll put your eye out”? 3. Did you star in _Pennies From Heaven_? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/404 "2020-11-25T18:48:26Z")
IQ1: Did Andy Kaufman lipsync your catchphrase during the series premier of Saturday Night Live? IQ2: Are you frequently disappointed by the lack of an Earth-shattering kaboom? IQ3: At your birthday party, did you order the Rolling Stones to be killed? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/405 "2020-11-25T19:08:43Z")
1. Are you head coach of the Carolina Panthers? 2. Are you head coach of the Chicago Bears? 3. Are you head coach of the Detroit Lions? ---
**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 25, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/406 "2020-11-25T22:14:02Z")
IQ1: Did your girlfriend think she was a possum? IQ2: Were you the grandfather of Charles the Great? IQ3: Were you a magical cat? ---
**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 26, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/407 "2020-11-26T04:58:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you known as the Archimpressionist? > 2. Were you a stand up comic who built a routine around the phrase “you’ll put your eye out”? > 3. Did you star in _Pennies From Heaven_? Not Monet, dunno, and not Steve Martin. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did Andy Kaufman lipsync your catchphrase during the series premier of Saturday Night Live? > IQ2: Are you frequently disappointed by the lack of an Earth-shattering kaboom? > IQ3: At your birthday party, did you order the Rolling Stones to be killed? Not Mighty Mouse, Marvin the Martian or C. Montgomery Burns. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 1. Are you head coach of the Carolina Panthers? > 2. Are you head coach of the Chicago Bears? > 3. Are you head coach of the Detroit Lions? Dunno x3. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your girlfriend think she was a possum? > IQ2: Were you the grandfather of Charles the Great? > IQ3: Were you a magical cat? Dunno, not Charles Magnus and not McCavity. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/408 "2020-11-26T05:14:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Mighty Mouse, Marvin the Martian or C. Montgomery Burns. Clean sweep! IQ1: Were you the lead guitarist for The Clash? IQ2: Are you the lead guitarist and only remaining original member of Foreigner? IQ3: Were you a British football star in the 60s and 70s who played for Leeds United until a career-ending knee injury? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/409 "2020-11-26T09:15:52Z")
Congrats! 1. Are you a witch with 9 cats who is Cimorene’s good friend in **The Enchanted Forest Chronicles**? 2. Are you the mother of Sam and Dean Winchester? 3. Were you a mystery writer who wrote the first _Man from U.N.C.L.E._ novelization? ---
**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 26, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/410 "2020-11-26T14:09:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did your girlfriend think she was a possum? > > > > > IQ2: Were you the grandfather of Charles the Great? > > > IQ3: Were you a magical cat? > > Dunno, not Charles Magnus and not McCavity. Manny, in _Ice Age 2_. Charles Martel. The magical Mr Mistoffeles. (Macavity was “the mystery cat”.) DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? DQ3: First name starts with ‘M’? ---
**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 26, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/411 "2020-11-26T14:17:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Are you known as the Archimpressionist? > > > 2. Were you a stand up comic who built a routine around the phrase “you’ll put your eye out”? > > > 3. Did you star in _Pennies From Heaven_ ? > > Not Monet, dunno, and not Steve Martin. Correct, Kevin Meaney, correct. 1 DQ reserved. Happy Thanksgiving! ---
**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 26, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/412 "2020-11-26T14:30:11Z")
IQ1: Were you a US government assassin who served in WW II and was reactivated in the '50s at the beginning of a series of novels? IQ2: Were you #1’s boss? IQ3: Did you play #1 in a series of parody movies? ---
**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:** [November 26, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/413 "2020-11-26T15:06:53Z")
1. Were you the main antagonist in _Twelfth Night_? 2. Did Tom Felton portray you? 3. Were you the headmaster of the French school that competed against #2’s school? ---
**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 26, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/414 "2020-11-26T20:05:13Z")
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow AmeriDopers! > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > … > IQ1: Were you the lead guitarist for The Clash? > IQ2: Are you the lead guitarist and only remaining original member of Foreigner? > IQ3: Were you a British football star in the 60s and 70s who played for Leeds United until a career-ending knee injury? Dunno x3 > [@kitap](#): > > … > > 1. Are you a witch with 9 cats who is Cimorene’s good friend in **The Enchanted Forest Chronicles**? > 2. Are you the mother of Sam and Dean Winchester? > 3. Were you a mystery writer who wrote the first _Man from U.N.C.L.E._ novelization? Also dunno x3 > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a US government assassin who served in WW II and was reactivated in the '50s at the beginning of a series of novels? > IQ2: Were you #1’s boss? > IQ3: Did you play #1 in a series of parody movies? Dunno, dunno, and not Our Man Flint? > [@MissTake](#): > > 1. Were you the main antagonist in _Twelfth Night_? > 2. Did Tom Felton portray you? > 3. Were you the headmaster of the French school that competed against #2’s school? Not Malvolio, Draco Malfoy or… Madame Molyneux? M. 1. fictional 2. not male 3. only name starts with M ---
**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:** [November 26, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/415 "2020-11-26T20:15:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Malvolio, Draco Malfoy or… Madame Molyneux? Yes, yes, Madame Olympe Maxime DQ: From a movie? ---
**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:** [November 26, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/416 "2020-11-26T20:30:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you the lead guitarist for The Clash? > > > IQ2: Are you the lead guitarist and only remaining original member of Foreigner? > > > IQ3: Were you a British football star in the 60s and 70s who played for Leeds United until a career-ending knee injury? > > Dunno x3 Mick Jones, Mick Jones, and Mick Jones - Mick Jones x3! You are not any of three different British celebrities named Mick Jones. DQ1: First appeared after 1950? DQ2: Human? Holding my third 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:** [November 26, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/417 "2020-11-26T20:37:11Z")
IQ1: Are you James Bond’s boss? IQ2: Did you coin the phrase “A plague on both your houses” after being mortally wounded by Tybalt? IQ3: Were you the agent presenting your boss’ deal to Dr. Faust? ---
**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 26, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/418 "2020-11-26T21:20:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you a US government assassin who served in WW II and was reactivated in the '50s at the beginning of a series of novels? > > > > > IQ2: Were you #1’s boss? > > > IQ3: Did you play #1 in a series of parody movies? > > Dunno, dunno, and not Our Man Flint? Matt Helm. Mac. Dean Martin. DQ1: Could be alive today, if real? DQ2: American? DQ3: American creator(s)? IQ1: Were you the title character in a '60s Marvel non-super comic? IQ2: Were you a Roman emperor who invaded Gaul from Britannia? IQ3: Were you Thomas and Harry’s mother? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/419 "2020-11-27T08:23:32Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Are you a witch with 9 cats who is Cimorene’s good friend in **The Enchanted Forest Chronicles**? > 2. Are you the mother of Sam and Dean Winchester? > 3. Were you a mystery writer who wrote the first _Man from U.N.C.L.E._ novelization? Morwen, Mary Winchester, Michael Avallone. DQs: 1. From science fiction or fantasy? 2. Protagonist? One DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/420 "2020-11-27T14:22:53Z")
1. Did you disguise yourself as a man so you could enlist in the Imperial Army? 2. Are you the Titaness mother of Athena? 3. Did Athena transform you into a hideous gorgon? ---
**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 28, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/421 "2020-11-28T05:07:08Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you James Bond’s boss? > IQ2: Did you coin the phrase “A plague on both your houses” after being mortally wounded by Tybalt? > IQ3: Were you the agent presenting your boss’ deal to Dr. Faust? Not Adm. Sir Miles “M” Messervy, not Mercutio, and not Mephistopheles. > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Were you the title character in a '60s Marvel non-super comic? > IQ2: Were you a Roman emperor who invaded Gaul from Britannia? > IQ3: Were you Thomas and Harry’s mother? Not Man Ray, not Marcus Aurelius and dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 1. Did you disguise yourself as a man so you could enlist in the Imperial Army? > 2. Are you the Titaness mother of Athena? > 3. Did Athena transform you into a hideous gorgon? Not Mulan, Megara or Medusa. M. 1. fictional 2. not male 3. only name starts with M 4. from a movie 5. first appeared after 1950 6. not human 7. would not be alive today, if real 8. nationality undetermined and/or arguable, but possibly or even likely American, I would say 9. American creator(s) 10. from science fiction or fantasy 11. not a protagonist [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569.md?page=22)