# Botticelli, Nov. 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 31, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093 "2022-10-31T20:23:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 5, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/101 "2022-11-05T22:15:53Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a friend of Tom-from-the-last-round? 2. Are you Sam Gamgee’s pony? 3. Did your brother marry Eowyn? ---
**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 6, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/102 "2022-11-06T15:52:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a friend of Tom-from-the-last-round? > 2. Are you Sam Gamgee’s pony? > 3. Did your brother marry Eowyn? Not Bert Not Bill Not Boromir ---
**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 6, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/103 "2022-11-06T16:00:22Z")
Swept me. IQs: 1. Did Dan Aykroyd originally plan on you playing Dr. Venkman in _Ghostbusters_? 2. Did you star opposite Brendan Fraser in _Furry Vengeance_? 3. Is your latest album titled _Renaissance_? ---
**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 6, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/104 "2022-11-06T22:31:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Dan Aykroyd originally plan on you playing Dr. Venkman in _Ghostbusters_? > 2. Did you star opposite Brendan Fraser in _Furry Vengeance_? > 3. Is your latest album titled _Renaissance_? Not … John Belushi? DQ DQ ---
**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 7, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/105 "2022-11-07T15:20:25Z")
Correct on Belushi. #2 was Brooke Shields. #3 is Beyonce. DQs: 1. Originally from a work of prose fiction? 2. Created after 1900? ---
**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 7, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/106 "2022-11-07T15:26:17Z")
**B** 1, Fictional 2. Male 3. Only known name starts with ‘B’ 4. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Created after 1900 ---
**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 7, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/107 "2022-11-07T17:43:07Z")
IQs: Was your eleventy-first birthday the subject of much merriment? Did you, his beloved young cousin, attend the event? Were you a revered Took with a loud-sounding name? ---
**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 7, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/108 "2022-11-07T17:59:35Z")
IQs: 1. Do you have electric boots and a mohair suit? 2. Are you the patron saint of English writers? 3. Were you a character of Red Skelton’s known for bragging? ---
**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 7, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/109 "2022-11-07T18:10:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your eleventy-first birthday the subject of much merriment? > Did you, his beloved young cousin, attend the event? > Were you a revered Took with a loud-sounding name? Not Bilbo Baggins Not Frodo Baggins Not Bullroarer Took > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you have electric boots and a mohair suit? > 2. Are you the patron saint of English writers? > 3. Were you a character of Red Skelton’s known for bragging? DQ (Is that a Beatles song?) Not the ~~Venomous~~ Venerable Bede DQ (All I can think of is Clem Kadiddlehopper, Heathcliff and Gertrude.) ---
**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 7, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/110 "2022-11-07T18:57:46Z")
Swept me. IQs: Did you lose at Fredericksburg? Did you lose in the Red River campaign? Did you lose at the Bermuda Hundred? ---
**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 7, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/111 "2022-11-07T19:00:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Do you have electric boots and a mohair suit? > > 2. Are you the patron saint of English writers? > > 3. Were you a character of Red Skelton’s known for bragging? > > DQ (Is that a Beatles song?) > Not the ~~Venomous~~ Venerable Bede > DQ (All I can think of is Clem Kadiddlehopper, Heathcliff and Gertrude.) #1 was Bennie, of Bennie and the Jets, by Elton John. #2 is correct. #3 was Bolivar Shagnasty. DQs: 1. From a song? 2. Created after 1950? ---
**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 8, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/112 "2022-11-08T00:52:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you lose at Fredericksburg? > Did you lose in the Red River campaign? > Did you lose at the Bermuda Hundred? Three DQs (I assume Bragg and Beauregard are in there somewhere, but…) **B** 1, Fictional 2. Male 3. Only known name starts with ‘B’ 4. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Created after 1900 6. Not from a song 7. 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:** [November 8, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/113 "2022-11-08T01:36:50Z")
IQ1: Are you the king of the Koopas? IQ2: Are you an anthropomorphic gumball machine? IQ3: Were you the canine star of a series of 1970s family films? ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/114 "2022-11-08T14:47:41Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you the king of the Koopas? > IQ2: Are you an anthropomorphic gumball machine? > IQ3: Were you the canine star of a series of 1970s family films? DQ DQ Not Benji ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/115 "2022-11-08T15:03:10Z")
Previous IQs: Did you lose at Fredericksburg? - Gen. Ambrose Burnside Did you lose in the Red River campaign? - Gen. Nathaniel Banks Did you lose at the Bermuda Hundred? - Gen. Benjamin Butler Bragg and Beauregard are good guesses, but there were plenty of bad Civil War generals (many but not all of whom were B’s) to go around. DQs: American creator(s)? American character? Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Were you Ozymandias’s unusual pet? Did Warren Beatty play you in a movie that was unusually violent for its time? Did you sing “Circle in the Sand”? ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/116 "2022-11-08T15:53:36Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the grandfather of the author of the book _Jaws_? 2. Did your radio show feature a car (a Maxwell) that was notoriously hard to start? 3. Were you a bald jazz band leader who left music to follow a career in comedy movies? ---
**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 8, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/117 "2022-11-08T18:29:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Ozymandias’s unusual pet? > Did Warren Beatty play you in a movie that was unusually violent for its time? > Did you sing “Circle in the Sand”? DQ Not … Clyde Barrow? DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the grandfather of the author of the book _Jaws_? > 2. Did your radio show feature a car (a Maxwell) that was notoriously hard to start? > 3. Were you a bald jazz band leader who left music to follow a career in comedy movies? DQ Not … Jack Benny? DQ **B** 1, Fictional 2. Male 3. Only known name starts with ‘B’ 4. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Created after 1900 6. Not from a song 7. Created after 1950 8. Not created by Americans 9. Not an American character 10. Might, after a fashion, be alive today Not familiar with General Banks (US or CS?) or the Bermuda Hundred (which sounds like it should be a very early Virginia colony). ---
**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 8, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/118 "2022-11-08T18:40:54Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you the king of the Koopas? > > IQ2: Are you an anthropomorphic gumball machine? > > IQ3: Were you the canine star of a series of 1970s family films? > > DQ > DQ > Not Benji Bowser, usually the main villain in the Mario video games Benson, from _Regular Show_ Correct DQ: Originally from a movie or television show? DQ: European creator(s)? ---
**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 8, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/119 "2022-11-08T18:48:39Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Ozymandias’s unusual pet? - Bubastis, a genetically-engineered lynx, in _Watchmen_ Did Warren Beatty play you in a movie that was unusually violent for its time? - Yes, Clyde Barrow, in _Bonnie and Clyde_ Did you sing “Circle in the Sand”? - Belinda Carlisle DQs: Human? First appeared in a movie? IQs: Were you Africa’s answer to a certain count from Transylvania? Did you create and run _Hill Street Blues_? Have you played, during your long career, a con man, a senior military officer, a top CIA man and a mythical Greek king? ---
**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 8, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/120 "2022-11-08T19:12:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Africa’s answer to a certain count from Transylvania? > Did you create and run _Hill Street Blues_? > Have you played, during your long career, a con man, a senior military officer, a top CIA man and a mythical Greek king? Not … Blacula? DQ DQ **B** 1, Fictional 2. Male 3. Only known name starts with ‘B’ 4. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Created after 1900 6. Not from a song 7. Created after 1950 8. Not created by Americans 9. Not an American character 10. Might, after a fashion, be alive today 11. Originally from a movie or television show 12. European creator(s) 13. Human 14. Did not first appear in a movie [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093.md?page=7)