# 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:** 7
**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, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/121 "2017-11-07T23:19:43Z")
IQs: 1. Did Allan Sherman write a parody song requesting your return home? 2. Were you Garry Moore’s sidekick on _The Garry Moore Show_? 3. Were you born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.? ---
**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 8, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/122 "2017-11-08T13:07:20Z")
IQ1: Did you most famously play a character whose wife left him due to being a lesbian? IQ2: Are you the title character of a George Eliot novel? IQ3: Are you involved in a Sisyphian quest to hunt down a bird? ---
**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 8, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/123 "2017-11-08T13:16:44Z")
IQ1: Are you the Clampetts’ banker in _The Beverly Hillbillies_? IQ2: Did you elope with Othello? IQ3: Are you a movie character noted for the phrase “You’re all worthless and weak”? ---
**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, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/124 "2017-11-08T16:35:29Z")
Love your last one, **KO**! IQs: Were you a painter born in East Liverpool, Ohio, known for your scenes of gritty life on the streets? Are you the robot in _Prometheus_? Were you a fictional monarch who wanted a spacecraft for your planet? ---
**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, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/125 "2017-11-08T23:49:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Allan Sherman write a parody song requesting your return home? > 2. Were you Garry Moore’s sidekick on _The Garry Moore Show_? > 3. Were you born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.? DQ. DQ. Not John Denver. > [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ1: Did you most famously play a character whose wife left him due to being a lesbian? > IQ2: Are you the title character of a George Eliot novel? > IQ3: Are you involved in a Sisyphian quest to hunt down a bird? Three DQs. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Clampetts’ banker in _The Beverly Hillbillies_? > IQ2: Did you elope with Othello? > IQ3: Are you a movie character noted for the phrase “You’re all worthless and weak”? Not Milburn Drysdale. Not Desdemona. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a painter born in East Liverpool, Ohio, known for your scenes of gritty life on the streets? > Are you the robot in _Prometheus_? > Were you a fictional monarch who wanted a spacecraft for your planet? DQ. DQ. Not King David. (I’ve read that book several times.) ---
**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, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/126 "2017-11-08T23:54:05Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Allan Sherman write a parody song requesting your return home? > 2. Were you Garry Moore’s sidekick on The Garry Moore Show? > 3. Were you born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.? > DQ. > DQ. > Not John Denver. 1. “Won’t you come home, Disraeli, won’t you come home? Come home to Queen Victoria! You know that House of Commons, that House of Lords, they’re sittin’ waitin’ for ya!” 2. Durwood Kirby. 3. Correct. Far out. DQs: 4. Real? 5. 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 8, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/127 "2017-11-08T23:58:13Z")
IQs: 1. Did you trouble the Justice League of America with your Materioptikon? 2. Were you played in films by both Sylvester Stallone and Karl Urban? 3. Are you aka Aldonza Lorenzo? ---
**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 9, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/128 "2017-11-09T02:12:57Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Clampetts’ banker in The Beverly Hillbillies? > IQ2: Did you elope with Othello? > IQ3: Are you a movie character noted for the phrase “You’re all worthless and weak”? > > Not Milburn Drysdale. > Not Desdemona. > DQ. Doug Neidermeyer from _Animal Hosue_ DQ: Last name start with D? ---
**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 9, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/129 "2017-11-09T02:27:24Z")
IQ1: Did you write _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_? IQ2: Are you the character rescued by Ford Prefect in said book? IQ3: Are you a holistic detective written about by IQ1? ---
**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 9, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/130 "2017-11-09T04:14:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you trouble the Justice League of America with your Materioptikon? > 2. Were you played in films by both Sylvester Stallone and Karl Urban? > 3. Are you aka Aldonza Lorenzo? Three DQs. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_? > IQ2: Are you the character rescued by Ford Prefect in said book? > IQ3: Are you a holistic detective written about by IQ1? Not Douglas Adams. DQ. Not Dirk Gently. **D** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with D ---
**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 9, 2017, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/131 "2017-11-09T09:55:32Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ1: Did you most famously play a character whose wife left him due to being a lesbian? > IQ2: Are you the title character of a George Eliot novel? > IQ3: Are you involved in a Sisyphian quest to hunt down a bird? David Schwimmer (Ross in Friends) Daniel Deronda Dick Dastardly (he never does catch that damn pigeon!) DQ1: Alive? DQ2: Famous for accomplishment in the performing arts? DQ3: Born in the Americas? ---
**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 9, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/132 "2017-11-09T15:00:54Z")
**D** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with D 4. Alive 5. Famous for accomplishment in the performing arts 6. Born in the Americas ---
**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 9, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/133 "2017-11-09T15:54:37Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a painter born in East Liverpool, Ohio, known for your scenes of gritty life on the streets? - David Gilmour Blythe Are you the robot in _Prometheus_? - David (played by Michael Fassbender) Were you a fictional monarch who wanted a spacecraft for your planet? - Yes, the title character in Niven and Pournelle’s _King David’s Spaceship_ David x3! DQs: U.S. citizen? Actor? IQs: Were you married to an actress who has played a reporter and a diplomat? Were you a noted admiral of the American Civil War? Did Patrick Stewart play you on the London stage in late 1985? ---
**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 9, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/134 "2017-11-09T16:14:58Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you trouble the Justice League of America with your Materioptikon? > 2. Were you played in films by both Sylvester Stallone and Karl Urban? > 3. Are you aka Aldonza Lorenzo? > Three DQs. #1 was Dr. Destiny. #2 was Judge Dredd. #3 was Dulcinea, from Cervantes’s _Don Quixote de la Mancha_ DQ: Born after 1960? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 9, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/135 "2017-11-09T17:35:35Z")
IQ1: Are you most famous for playing a paranormal investigator with an animal namesake and female partner? IQ2: Are you a composer who shares a name with an alternative keyboard? IQ3: Are you an actor widely ridiculed for your attempt at a cockney accent? ---
**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 9, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/136 "2017-11-09T18:59:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you married to an actress who has played a reporter and a diplomat? > Were you a noted admiral of the American Civil War? > Did Patrick Stewart play you on the London stage in late 1985? DQ. Not David Dixon Porter. DQ. > [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ1: Are you most famous for playing a paranormal investigator with an animal namesake and female partner? > IQ2: Are you a composer who shares a name with an alternative keyboard? > IQ3: Are you an actor widely ridiculed for your attempt at a cockney accent? Not David Duchovny. Not Antonin Dvorak. DQ. **D** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with D 4. Alive 5. Famous for accomplishment in the performing arts 6. Born in the Americas 7. U.S. citizen 8. Actor, but not best known for that 9. Not born after 1960 ---
**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 9, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/137 "2017-11-09T19:08:56Z")
Correct with the first two, the third is Dick Van Dyke (for his memorable performance in Mary Poppins - well, perhaps more memorable to British ears!). DQ: Musician? IQ: Did you generously give away the last of your silver to help a convict avoid further punishment? ---
**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 9, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/138 "2017-11-09T21:21:55Z")
IQs: 1. Do you play Iron Man in the movies? 2. Did someone this week state that you groped Meryl Streep early in your career? 3. Are you Jim Butcher’s best known character? ---
**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 10, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/139 "2017-11-10T00:01:21Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ: Did you generously give away the last of your silver to help a convict avoid further punishment? DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you play Iron Man in the movies? > 2. Did someone this week state that you groped Meryl Streep early in your career? > 3. Are you Jim Butcher’s best known character? DQ. Not … Dustin Hoffman? Not Harry Dresden. **D** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with D 4. Alive 5. Famous for accomplishment in the performing arts 6. Born in the Americas 7. U.S. citizen 8. Actor, but not best known for that 9. Not born after 1960 10. Musician ---
**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 10, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/140 "2017-11-10T00:29:58Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you play Iron Man in the movies? > 2. Did someone this week state that you groped Meryl Streep early in your career? > 3. Are you Jim Butcher’s best known character? > DQ. > Not … Dustin Hoffman? > Not Harry Dresden. #1 is Robert Downey, Jr. Correct on the other two. DQs: 1. Solo artist? 2. Singer? 3. Pop/rock artist? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196.md?page=8)