# Botticelli - November 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 30, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196 "2017-10-30T00:21:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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 21, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/221 "2017-11-21T13:33:46Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the owner of a hotel played by John Cleese? 2. Did you play Corporal Klinger on _M_A_S_H\*? 3. Did you write _War and Children_? ---
**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 21, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/222 "2017-11-21T18:18:00Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with F 5. Would not be alive if real 6. Not European 7. Created after 1900 8. Not from a work of prose literature 9. Created after 1950 10. Not from the Northern Hemisphere 11. Not created by an American author or authors (but Americans were involved in other areas) 12. From TV or the movies 13. Not originally from TV, but was in a later adaptation ---
**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 21, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/223 "2017-11-21T18:21:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the owner of a hotel played by John Cleese? > 2. Did you play Corporal Klinger on _M_A_S_H\*? > 3. Did you write _War and Children_? not Basil Fawlty, not Jamie Farr, 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 21, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/224 "2017-11-21T20:31:43Z")
Previous IQs: Were you chair of the RNC in the 1980s? - Frank Fahrenkopf Were you the in-the-field action guy for _FYI_? - Frank Fontana, on _Murphy Brown_ Were you the ominous giant bunny in _Donnie Darko_? - Yes, Frank Frank x3! DQs: From the Western Hemisphere?: [Western Hemisphere - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere) Considered a “good guy”? IQs: Did you play Audrey Van Horne on _Twin Peaks_? Were you Arthur’s tomboy best friend? Did your future wife first see you eating a loaf of bread as you walked down the street? ---
**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 21, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/225 "2017-11-21T20:56:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you play Audrey Van Horne on _Twin Peaks_? > Were you Arthur’s tomboy best friend? > Did your future wife first see you eating a loaf of bread as you walked down the street? not Sherilyn “Tongue cherry stem tying” Fenn, DQ, DQ (you’ve asked this before and I still forget the answer) ---
**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 21, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/226 "2017-11-21T20:58:33Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with F 5. Would not be alive if real 6. Not European 7. Created after 1900 8. Not from a work of prose literature 9. Created after 1950 10. Not from the Northern Hemisphere 11. Not created by an American author or authors (but Americans were involved in other areas) 12. From TV or the movies 13. Not originally from TV, but was in a later adaptation 14. Not from the Western Hemisphere, South Asia, Africa, Oceania, Antarctica, or Earth for that matter 15. Not considered a “good guy” ---
**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 21, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/227 "2017-11-21T22:01:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the owner of a hotel played by John Cleese? > 2. Did you play Corporal Klinger on _M_A_S_H\*? > 3. Did you write _War and Children_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Basil Fawlty, not Jamie Farr, DQ Correct, Correct, Anna Freud. DQ: Created after 1990? ---
**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 22, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/228 "2017-11-22T01:01:57Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with F 5. Would not be alive if real 6. Not European 7. Created after 1900 8. Not from a work of prose literature 9. Created after 1950 10. Not from the Northern Hemisphere 11. Not created by an American author or authors (but Americans were involved in other areas) 12. From TV or the movies 13. Not originally from TV, but was in a later adaptation 14. Not from Earth 15. Not considered a “good guy” 16. Not created 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 22, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/229 "2017-11-22T01:48:43Z")
So, we have an alien (or fantasy world) bad guy, from cinema but later in TV, created 1951-1990, not created by an American… IQs: 1. Are you the mad scientist in _Rocky Horror Picture Show_? 2. Are you the main mad scientist in _Mystery Science Theater 3000_? 3. Did you play Barbarella in the movie of that name? ---
**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 22, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/230 "2017-11-22T04:07:36Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play Audrey Van Horne on _Twin Peaks_? - Yes, the delectable Sherilyn Fenn Were you Arthur’s tomboy best friend? - Francine, on PBS’s _Arthur_ Did your future wife first see you eating a loaf of bread as you walked down the street? - Ben Franklin, newly-arrived in Philadelphia Two DQs reserved. Hmm… ---
**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 22, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/231 "2017-11-22T13:10:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you the mad scientist in _Rocky Horror Picture Show_? Yes, I am Dr. Frank N Furter, Sweet Transvestite from Planet Transylvania! It turns out the original playwright and screenwriter were from Australia & New Zealand. Grats Professor! ---
**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 22, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/232 "2017-11-22T14:41:38Z")
Way to go, **Prof. P.** - you rock (or do the Time Warp… again)! ---
**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 22, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/233 "2017-11-22T15:35:08Z")
Thankee kindly. I am, of course, G. ---
**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 22, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/234 "2017-11-22T16:05:14Z")
IQs: Are you a notable autistic writer and rancher? Did you once greet a student by saying, “Good morning, daughter of the Devil”? Are you perhaps best known for your adventures with the Green Knight? ---
**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 22, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/235 "2017-11-22T16:51:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a notable autistic writer and rancher? > Did you once greet a student by saying, “Good morning, daughter of the Devil”? > Are you perhaps best known for your adventures with the Green Knight? #3. I am not Gawain. Take 2 DQs. #2 I’ve only heard as a joke. The priest greets a young girl at play with “Good morning…”, and the girl replies “Good morning, father.” ---
**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 23, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/236 "2017-11-23T01:44:09Z")
IQ1: Did your art inspire the creature in _Alien_? IQ2: Were you the spiritual adviser for the family of Tsar Nicholas II? IQ3: Are you a country artist who had a rocker alter ego named Chris Gaines? ---
**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 23, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/237 "2017-11-23T01:59:26Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did your art inspire the creature in _Alien_? > IQ2: Were you the spiritual adviser for the family of Tsar Nicholas II? > IQ3: Are you a country artist who had a rocker alter ego named Chris Gaines? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Gregor Rasputin. I am not Garth Brooks. ---
**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 23, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/238 "2017-11-23T04:43:03Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a notable autistic writer and rancher? - Temple Grandin Did you once greet a student by saying, “Good morning, daughter of the Devil”? - Charles Grandison Finney (he always used his middle name) was a conservative, fire-and-brimstone preacher and an early president of Oberlin College. He opposed coeducation, but it was a well-established Oberlin policy by the time he took up his post. The story goes that after he greeted a beautiful young student with “Good morning, daughter of the Devil,” she sweetly replied, “Good morning, father.” Are you perhaps best known for your adventures with the Green Knight? - Yes, Gawain(e) DQs: Real? Male? IQs: Were you Lynesse’s lover in some retellings of Arthurian legend? Were you Launcelot’s son, ditto? Did Patrick Stewart play your dad in a movie? ---
**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 23, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/239 "2017-11-23T13:19:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > I am not Gregor Rasputin. > I am not Garth Brooks. H. R. Giger DQ: Last name starts with G? ---
**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 23, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/240 "2017-11-23T13:29:45Z")
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