# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/21 "2017-10-31T17:10:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Presuming that’s an IQ, no, I am not Marvin the Paranoid Android. It was an IQ/guess, and you hit the right answer. IQ1: Were you World Chess Champion in the 1920s/1930s? IQ2: Are you an author mainly known for writing a series of books about a teenage James Bond-style character? IQ3: Are you an Argentinian golf major winner? ---
**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:** [October 31, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/22 "2017-10-31T17:48:54Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a 20th Century Finnish architect and designer of note who was not Aaro Saarinen? > 2. Are you the hero of Army of Darkness? > 3. Did you steal your father’s harem? > Dunno, not Ash, and not… Aladdin? #1 was Alvar Aalto. #2 is correct. #3 was Absalom, son of King David. DQs: 1. Animal? 2. Created after 1960? ---
**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:** [October 31, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/23 "2017-10-31T17:52:30Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Hanna-Barbera’s myrmecoid superhero? 2. Did you tell Hercules “hold this for me a minute”? 3. Did you lose to Athena in a contest you won? ---
**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:** [October 31, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/24 "2017-10-31T19:49:56Z")
IQ1: Did you lose a race because you were distracted by golden apples? IQ2: Did someone ask who mourned for you? IQ3: Did you write violin concerti named _L’inverno_ and _L’estate_? ---
**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:** [October 31, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/25 "2017-10-31T20:36:18Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > …IQ2: Did Ian Holm play you in _Alien_?.. Damn, you’re good! Yes, I am the (a bit twitchy) science officer of the USCSS _Nostromo_, Ash as seen in _Alien_: [Ash (Alien) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_(Alien)). Well done, **KO**! ---
**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:** [October 31, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/26 "2017-10-31T20:53:17Z")
Good job, KO! ---
**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 1, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/27 "2017-11-01T00:59:56Z")
I was thinking about robots all day. Sometimes I find the right path. So I am B! ---
**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 1, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/28 "2017-11-01T01:13:06Z")
IQs: 1. Does Michael Weatherly play you in a currently running TV series? 2. Did you write the poem _To a Louse_? 3. Did you invent the photophone? ---
**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 1, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/29 "2017-11-01T03:38:04Z")
IQs: Are you the second officer of the starship _Orville_? Are you Denethor’s elder son? Were you often Capt. Aubrey’s coxswain? ---
**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 1, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/30 "2017-11-01T12:27:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Does Michael Weatherly play you in a currently running TV series? > 2. Did you write the poem _To a Louse_? > 3. Did you invent the photophone? not Bull, DQ, this sounds like something out of Superman, but I don’t remember ---
**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 1, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/31 "2017-11-01T12:28:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the second officer of the starship _Orville_? > Are you Denethor’s elder son? > Were you often Capt. Aubrey’s coxswain? DQ (going to binge this series later), not Boromir, 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 1, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/32 "2017-11-01T12:48:30Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Does Michael Weatherly play you in a currently running TV series? > 2. Did you write the poem To a Louse? > 3. Did you invent the photophone? > not Bull, DQ, this sounds like something out of Superman, but I don’t remember Correct on Bull. #2 was Robert Burns. #3 was Alexander Graham Bell. It wasn’t as successful as his other invention. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/33 "2017-11-01T13:27:45Z")
IQ1: Are you one of The Five? IQ2: Are you a naval commander with oddly specific taste in drinks? IQ3: Are you an Australian comedian most famous for performing in drag? ---
**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 1, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/34 "2017-11-01T16:10:58Z")
Previous IQs: Are you the second officer of the starship _Orville_? - Bortus Are you Denethor’s elder son? - Yes, Boromir Were you often Capt. Aubrey’s coxswain? - Bondin DQs: American? Last name start with B? IQs: A fictional character, did you fall in love with a man with the first name FitzWilliam? Were you that person’s elder sister? Did Donald Sutherland play you in a 2005 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 1, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/35 "2017-11-01T17:48:02Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Face in the Frost_? 2. Did you write _All the Bells on Earth_? 3. Did you write _Madeline_? ---
**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 1, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/36 "2017-11-01T17:52:01Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with B ---
**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 1, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/37 "2017-11-01T17:54:28Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ1: Are you one of The Five? > IQ2: Are you a naval commander with oddly specific taste in drinks? > IQ3: Are you an Australian comedian most famous for performing in drag? DQ, DQ, not whatever Dame Edna’s real name is ---
**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 1, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/38 "2017-11-01T17:55:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > A fictional character, did you fall in love with a man with the first name FitzWilliam? > Were you that person’s elder sister? > Did Donald Sutherland play you in a 2005 movie? 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 1, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/39 "2017-11-01T17:57:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Face in the Frost_? > 2. Did you write _All the Bells on Earth_? > 3. Did you write _Madeline_? take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/40 "2017-11-01T18:54:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, DQ, not whatever Dame Edna’s real name is Borodin (one of the group of Russian romantic period composers known as “The Five”), James Bond (hope you’re kicking yourself :)), and Barry Humphries. Not sure if your last answer escapes a DQ or not so I’ll pose 2 for now: DQ: Alive? DQ: Known primarily for accomplishments in the Arts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196.md?page=3)