# Botticelli - November 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 2, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440 "2015-11-02T17:55:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/281 "2015-11-25T13:34:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you take the biggest piece of meat from the platter at banquets, and keep VIPs waiting while you napped? > Did your stepfather beat your mom until you stepped in? > Did you once give a speech from a rooftop in East Liverpool, Ohio? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/282 "2015-11-25T13:35:44Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a paranoid schizophrenic busker from Chicago who played punk rock on a Technics keyboard, ending many songs with the phrase “Rock over London, rock on, Chicago”? > IQ2: Are you the voice of BoJack Horseman? > IQ3: Are you a Star Trek actor who plays a fictionalized version of yourself on _The Big Bang Theory_? I am not Wil Wheaton. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/283 "2015-11-25T15:54:32Z")
Previous IQs: Did you take the biggest piece of meat from the platter at banquets, and keep VIPs waiting while you napped? - William Howard Taft. Did your stepfather beat your mom until you stepped in? - William Jefferson Clinton. Did you once give a speech from a rooftop in East Liverpool, Ohio? - William Jennings Bryan. William x3! DQs: Real? Male? American? IQs: Are you the best-known person to hail from Auburn, N.Y.? A ladies’ man and a noted environmentalist in addition to your day job, did you keep trying to do that job even after you were told to stop? Do you often feature your dogs in your artwork? ---
**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, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/284 "2015-11-25T16:06:02Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. American ---
**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, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/285 "2015-11-25T16:07:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the best-known person to hail from Auburn, N.Y.? > A ladies’ man and a noted environmentalist in addition to your day job, did you keep trying to do that job even after you were told to stop? > Do you often feature your dogs in your artwork? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/286 "2015-11-25T16:57:20Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you a paranoid schizophrenic busker from Chicago who played punk rock on a Technics keyboard, ending many songs with the phrase “Rock over London, rock on, Chicago”? > IQ2: Are you the voice of BoJack Horseman? > IQ3: Are you a Star Trek actor who plays a fictionalized version of yourself on The Big Bang Theory? > > I am not Wil Wheaton. Take 2 DQs. Wesley Willis, Will Arnette DQ: From literature? holding a 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 25, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/287 "2015-11-25T17:30:07Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. American 4. Not from literature ---
**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, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/288 "2015-11-25T20:15:47Z")
IQ1: Are you the artist of The Spirit? IQ2: Are you a humorist who often said “I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.”? IQ3: Were you the last Kaiser and King of Prussia? ---
**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, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/289 "2015-11-25T20:26:34Z")
Previous IQs: Are you the best-known person to hail from Auburn, N.Y.? - William Seward, Lincoln’s SecState. A ladies’ man and a noted environmentalist in addition to your day job, did you keep trying to do that job even after you were told to stop? - William O. Douglas, SCOTUS associate justice, who struggled with dementia late in life and at least once tried to sit on a case as a full member of the court even after resigning. Do you often feature your dogs in your artwork? - William Wegman, photographer: [http://wegmanworld.typepad.com/.a/6a014e5f228375970c019b00d33a97970c-320wi](http://wegmanworld.typepad.com/.a/6a014e5f228375970c019b00d33a97970c-320wi). Another William x3! DQs: If real, would be alive today? Created since 1964? Best known from movies? IQs: Were you the victor of the Battle of Fallen Timbers? Are you a noted American researcher into SADD? Did John Goodman play a dim cop in a comedy sketch in which you appeared? ---
**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, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/290 "2015-11-25T21:55:39Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the artist of The Spirit? > IQ2: Are you a humorist who often said “I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.”? > IQ3: Were you the last Kaiser and King of Prussia? I am not Will Eisner. I am not Will Rogers. I am not Kaiser Wilhelm. ---
**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, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/291 "2015-11-25T21:56:39Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. American 4. Not from literature 5. If real, would probably be alive today 6. Created before 1964 7. Best known from movies ---
**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, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/292 "2015-11-25T21:57:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the victor of the Battle of Fallen Timbers? > Are you a noted American researcher into SADD? > Did John Goodman play a dim cop in a comedy sketch in which you appeared? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/293 "2015-11-26T04:20:08Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the victor of the Battle of Fallen Timbers? - Gen. “Mad Anthony” Wayne. Are you a noted American researcher into SADD? - Dr. Wayne London. Did John Goodman play a dim cop in a comedy sketch in which you appeared? - Wayne of _Wayne’s World_ in one _SNL_ segment. Wayne x3! DQs: First name start with W? Primary character? Appeared in more than one movie? IQs: Were you Buck Rogers’s boon companion? Were you the last in your living space to be eaten? Were you the victor of an 1864 naval battle off the coast of Cherbourg, France? ---
**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, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/294 "2015-11-26T12:22:41Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. American 4. Not from literature 5. If real, would probably be alive today 6. Created before 1964 7. Best known from movies 8. Last name starts with W 9. Primary character (or very close to it) 10. Appeared in one movie and remakes of the same movie ---
**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, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/295 "2015-11-26T12:23:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Buck Rogers’s boon companion? > Were you the last in your living space to be eaten? > Were you the victor of an 1864 naval battle off the coast of Cherbourg, France? I am not Wilma Deering. Take 2 DQs for the others. Happy Thankgiving! ---
**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, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/296 "2015-11-26T17:50:11Z")
To you as well, and to all my fellow American Dopers! Previous IQs: Were you Buck Rogers’s boon companion? - Yes, Wilma Deering. Were you the last in your living space to be eaten? - The title character of _A Fish Called Wanda_. Were you the victor of an 1864 naval battle off the coast of Cherbourg, France? - Capt. John A. Winslow of the USS _Kearsarge_, who defeated and sank the Confederate commerce raider CSS _Alabama_. DQs: First movie was in B&W? Considered a heroine or “good girl”? IQs: Did you live next door to a very ornery little boy? Did you have your car’s paintjob trimmed in your college colors? Was it said that you were wrongly doing your husband’s job for him? ---
**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, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/297 "2015-11-26T23:39:51Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. American 4. Not from literature 5. If real, would probably be alive today 6. Created before 1964 7. Best known from movies 8. Last name starts with W 9. Primary character (or very close to it) 10. Appeared in one movie and remakes of the same movie 11. First movie in B&W 12. Not a heroic role, but she is a good girl. ---
**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, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/298 "2015-11-26T23:42:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > First movie was in B&W? > Considered a heroine or “good girl”? > > IQs: > > Did you live next door to a very ornery little boy? > Did you have your car’s paintjob trimmed in your college colors? > Was it said that you were wrongly doing your husband’s job for him? I am not Mr. Wilson. Take a DQ for #2. I am not Edith Wilson. If that’s not right, take another DQ. ---
**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 27, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/299 "2015-11-27T04:31:07Z")
Previous IQs: Did you live next door to a very ornery little boy? - Yes, Mr. Wilson from _Dennis the Menace_. Did you have your car’s paintjob trimmed in your college colors? - Woodrow Wilson; his black car was trimmed with the orange of Princeton U. Was it said that you were wrongly doing your husband’s job for him? - Yes, Edith Wilson, the First Lady, after he was nearly felled by ill health. Wilson x3! DQ: Considered a beauty? IQs: Have you played a soldier, a dictator, an assassin and a jazz musician? Did you command the USS _Monitor_ during its duel with the CSS _Virginia_? Were you duped by the Red-Headed League? ---
**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 27, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/300 "2015-11-27T14:31:40Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. American 4. Not from literature 5. If real, would probably be alive today 6. Created before 1964 7. Best known from movies 8. Last name starts with W 9. Primary character (or very close to it) 10. Appeared in one movie and remakes of the same movie 11. First movie in B&W 12. Not a heroic role, but she is a good girl. 13. Not a beauty, but a pretty little girl. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440.md?page=16)