# Botticelli -- November 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 3, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528 "2016-11-03T12:25:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 16, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/81 "2016-11-16T03:17:33Z")
IQ: Did the government ask you to change your hairstyle? ---
**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 16, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/82 "2016-11-16T14:02:49Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Did the government ask you to change your hairstyle? Yes! I am Veronica Lake! Well done, SCA! ---
**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 16, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/83 "2016-11-16T14:25:14Z")
D’oh! Shoulda thought of her. Good job, **SCAdian**! ---
**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 17, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/84 "2016-11-17T19:33:01Z")
Sorry about the delay. I am **W**. ---
**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 17, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/85 "2016-11-17T20:35:27Z")
IQs: Miffed, did you refuse to accept the credentials of a diplomat after you heard he told a risqué joke about you and your new wife? Did your boss ask after the health of a horse you rode? Did your delight in balloons briefly become a meme this summer? ---
**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 17, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/86 "2016-11-17T22:51:40Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a former presidential candidate born in Elwood, IN? 2. Did you run through the town in your nightgown? 3. Did you write _Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus_? ---
**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 18, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/87 "2016-11-18T02:31:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Miffed, did you refuse to accept the credentials of a diplomat after you heard he told a risqué joke about you and your new wife? > Did your boss ask after the health of a horse you rode? > Did your delight in balloons briefly become a meme this summer? Not … Woodrow Wilson? DQ. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a former presidential candidate born in Elwood, IN? > 2. Did you run through the town in your nightgown? > 3. Did you write _Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus_? DQ. Not Wee Willie Winkie. 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 18, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/88 "2016-11-18T03:23:29Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a former presidential candidate born in Elwood, IN? > 2. Did you run through the town in your nightgown? > 3. Did you write Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus? > DQ. > Not Wee Willie Winkie. > DQ. #1 was Wendell L. Willkie. Correct on Wee. #3 was Ludwig Wittgenstein. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 18, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/89 "2016-11-18T03:25:57Z")
IQs: 1. Have you been portrayed by Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp? 2. Would you rather pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? 3. Did you write the hymn/carol _Joy To The World_? ---
**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 18, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/90 "2016-11-18T05:06:52Z")
Previous IQs: Miffed, did you refuse to accept the credentials of a diplomat after you heard he told a risqué joke about you and your new wife? - Yes, Woodrow Wilson. He learned that the newly-arrived British ambassador had joked at a dinner party, “When the President proposed, his sweetheart was so surprised she fell right out of bed.” Did your boss ask after the health of a horse you rode? - William Howard Taft, who had telegrammed Theodore Roosevelt, “I had a long ride this morning and feel wonderful.” T.R. immediately responded, “How is the horse?” Did your delight in balloons briefly become a meme this summer? - William Jefferson Clinton: [17 Pictures Of Bill Clinton Realizing That Balloons Exist](https://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/bill-the-balloon-guy?utm_term=.crq1EoNxM#.giZjvAOML) DQs: American? Last name start with W? IQs: Were you the reluctant Penna. semi-hero of the musical _1776_? Were you Lincoln’s SECNAV? Did James Carville work on your Senate campaign before working for Bill Clinton? ---
**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 19, 2016, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/91 "2016-11-19T11:55:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you been portrayed by Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp? > 2. Would you rather pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? > 3. Did you write the hymn/carol _Joy To The World_? Not Willy Wonka. Not J Wellington Wimpy. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you the reluctant Penna. semi-hero of the musical _1776_? > Were you Lincoln’s SECNAV? > Did James Carville work on your Senate campaign before working for Bill Clinton? Not James Wilson. Not Gideon Welles. DQ. **W** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with W ---
**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 19, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/92 "2016-11-19T13:13:47Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the reluctant Penna. semi-hero of the musical _1776_? - Yes, James Wilson Were you Lincoln’s SECNAV? - Yes, Gideon Welles Did James Carville work on your Senate campaign before working for Bill Clinton? - Sen. Harris Wofford (D-Penna.) DQ: Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Did you successfully defend Ft. Meigs? Were you a noted British abolitionist? Are your Weimereiners a favorite photographic subject of yours? ---
**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 19, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/93 "2016-11-19T14:01:43Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you been portrayed by Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp? > 2. Would you rather pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? > 3. Did you write the hymn/carol Joy To The World? > Not Willy Wonka. > Not J Wellington Wimpy. > DQ. Correct. Correct. #3 is Isaac Watts. DQ: From a movie or 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 19, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/94 "2016-11-19T14:04:47Z")
IQs: 1. Were/are you the main keyboardist for Yes? 2. Did you write _Our Town_? 3. Is it true that people can’t push you around, you really won’t go? ---
**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 19, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/95 "2016-11-19T21:36:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you successfully defend Ft. Meigs? > Were you a noted British abolitionist? > Are your Weimereiners a favorite photographic subject of yours? DQ. DQ. Not William(?) Wegman. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were/are you the main keyboardist for Yes? > 2. Did you write _Our Town_? > 3. Is it true that people can’t push you around, you really won’t go? DQ. Not … Thornton Wilder? Not Little Willy. **W** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with W 5. Could be alive today, if real 6. Not from a movie or 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 19, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/96 "2016-11-19T22:07:43Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were/are you the main keyboardist for Yes? > 2. Did you write Our Town? > 3. Is it true that people can’t push you around, you really won’t go? > DQ. > Not … Thornton Wilder? > Not Little Willy. #1 is Rick Wakeman. Correct on the other two. DQ: From a song? ---
**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 19, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/97 "2016-11-19T22:09:27Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the title character of a Monkees song? 2. Do you hang around with the Eggmen? 3. Did you star in _Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger_? ---
**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 20, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/98 "2016-11-20T01:23:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the title character of a Monkees song? > 2. Do you hang around with the Eggmen? > 3. Did you star in _Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger_? Three DQs. **W** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with W 5. Could be alive today, if real 6. Not from a movie or movies 7. Not from a song ---
**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 20, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/99 "2016-11-20T01:44:56Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the title character of a Monkees song? > 2. Do you hang around with the Eggmen? > 3. Did you star in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger? > Three DQs. #1 is D. W. Washburn. #2 is the Walrus, goo goo gajoob! #3 is Patrick Wayne, son of John DQs: 1. from a work of prose fiction? 2. Protagonist? 3. from a work of science-fiction or fantasy? ---
**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 20, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2016/770528/100 "2016-11-20T01:45:57Z")
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