# Botticelli - Oct. 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 5, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262 "2020-10-05T13:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 7, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/61 "2020-10-07T18:34:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Were you a werewolf on _Dark Shadows_ ? > - Are you the eponymous lead character of a Sir Walter Scott novel? > - Are you the title character of a science fiction series created by Buck Henry? #1 was Quentin Collins. #2 is Quentin Durward. #3 was Adam Quark. The show was _Quark._ DQs: 1. Created by an American or Americans? 2. Originally from a work of prose fiction? 3. Created after 1950? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/62 "2020-10-07T18:34:29Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > DQ: > Male? 1. Not Real. 2. Goes by single name. 3. Male ---
**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:** [October 7, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/63 "2020-10-07T18:48:13Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > > > IQ1: Are you the main protagonist in the _The Magicians_ (book and TV series)? > > > IQ2: Did you play wide receiver for the Eagles from 1982-1991? > > > IQ3: Are you aka Starlord of _Guardians of the Galaxy_ ? > > Don’t know, don’t know, not Peter Quill Quentin Coldwater, Mike Quick, correct holding 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:** [October 7, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/64 "2020-10-07T18:53:22Z")
Previous IQs: Did you study an alien spacecraft found buried in modern London? - Yes, Prof. Quatermass Were you one of the Rude Mechanicals? - Peter Quince, in Shakespeare’s _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_ Were you a noted Motown record producer? - Yes, Quincy Jones (sorry I overlooked the earlier reference) DQ: Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Were you a female character in a Toni Morrison novel? Did Anthony Hopkins play you in a historical movie? Did Judi Dench play you in another, set earlier in time? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/65 "2020-10-07T19:17:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a female character in a Toni Morrison novel? > Did Anthony Hopkins play you in a historical movie? > Did Judi Dench play you in another, set earlier in time? Don’t know, not John Quincy Adams, don’t know. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Would be alive today, if real? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Created by an American or Americans? > - Originally from a work of prose fiction? > - Created after 1950? 1. Not Real. 2. Goes by single name. 3. Male 4. Created by an American or Americans 5. Originally from a work of prose fiction 6. Created before 1950 7. Would not be alive today, if real. ---
**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 7, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/66 "2020-10-07T19:37:32Z")
IQ: Did you hang around with Ishmael on the Pequod? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/67 "2020-10-07T20:40:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Did you hang around with Ishmael on the Pequod? # Yes!! I am **Queequeg**. From Moby Dick. Good job, Prof! Edit: Looks like Discourse removes the quote if you quote an post in its entirety. Let’s see if deleting “IQ” helps ---
**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 7, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/68 "2020-10-07T21:12:23Z")
Next up… I am [![](https://static.vecteezy.com/system/resources/previews/000/404/367/original/capital-letter-l-vintage-typography-style-vector.jpg) ](https://static.vecteezy.com/system/resources/previews/000/404/367/original/capital-letter-l-vintage-typography-style-vector.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/69 "2020-10-07T21:34:33Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Did you play Dr. Einstein in _Arsenic and Old Lace_? 2. Did you end your letters to famous people “Lean to your left—lean to your right—stand up, sit down—fight fight fight”? 3. Is your autobiography entitled _“WE”_, in reference to you and your vehicle? ---
**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 7, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/70 "2020-10-07T21:45:05Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Dr. Einstein in _Arsenic and Old Lace_ ? > 2. Did you end your letters to famous people “Lean to your left—lean to your right—stand up, sit down—fight fight fight”? > 3. Is your autobiography entitled _“WE”_ , in reference to you and your vehicle? #1. Heh, heh, heh, no, I’m not Peter Lorre, heh, heh, heh. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/71 "2020-10-08T00:11:00Z")
Congrats Prof! IQs 1. Were you a beautiful songstress who got her start in the Cotton Club? 2. Did you play the receptionist at a Cincinnati radio station? 3. Did you write stories about your settlers life in the upper mid-west that were incorporated into a popular tv show? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/72 "2020-10-08T01:43:34Z")
IQ1: Did you cause many Athenians and Spartans to become frustrated? IQ2: Did you write music reviews for Rolling Stone, Creem, and the Village Voice, among others? IQ3: Do you walk like a woman but talk like a man? ---
**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 8, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/73 "2020-10-08T02:26:28Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you a beautiful songstress who got her start in the Cotton Club? > 2. Did you play the receptionist at a Cincinnati radio station? > 3. Did you write stories about your settlers life in the upper mid-west that were incorporated into a popular tv show? #1. I am not Lena Horne (??) #2. I am not Loni Anderson; #3. I am not Laura Ingalls Wilder. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you cause many Athenians and Spartans to become frustrated? > IQ2: Did you write music reviews for Rolling Stone, Creem, and the Village Voice, among others? > IQ3: Do you walk like a woman but talk like a man? 1. I am not Leander (??) 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not L-O-L-A, Lola. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/74 "2020-10-08T02:38:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. Heh, heh, heh, no, I’m not Peter Lorre, heh, heh, heh. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Laszlo Toth; 3 was Charles Lindbergh. DQs: 1. real? 2. male? IQs: 1. At your funeral, did Peter Lorre quip “Should we drive a stake through his heart, just to make sure?” 2. Did you play Khadija on _Living Single_? 3. Did you write a biography of Santa Claus? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/75 "2020-10-08T02:45:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Lena Horne (??) > #2. I am not Loni Anderson; > #3. I am not Laura Ingalls Wilder. Got ‘em all. IQs 1. Were you considered the First Lady of Rock in the 70’s, but are now retired due to a degenerative disease? 2. Did this woman never promise you a rose garden? 3. Are you a well known singer who, late in life, released an album with Jack White? ---
**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 8, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/76 "2020-10-08T03:45:18Z")
IQs: 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:** [October 8, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/77 "2020-10-08T03:47:21Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. At your funeral, did Peter Lorre quip “Should we drive a stake through his heart, just to make sure?” > 2. Did you play Khadija on _Living Single_ ? > 3. Did you write a biography of Santa Claus? #1. I am not Bela Lugosi. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not L. Frank Baum. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you considered the First Lady of Rock in the 70’s, but are now retired due to a degenerative disease? > 2. Did this woman never promise you a rose garden? > 3. Are you a well known singer who, late in life, released an album with Jack White? #1. I am not Linda Ronstadt. #2. I am not Lynn Anderson. #3. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/78 "2020-10-08T03:48:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Linda Ronstadt. > #2. I am not Lynn Anderson. > #3. Take a DQ. Yes, Yes, Loretta Lynn DQ Alive? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/79 "2020-10-08T04:10:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - I am not Leander (??) > - Take a DQ. > - I am not L-O-L-A, Lola. 1 - Lysistrata, from Aristophanes’ play of the same name. 2 - Lester Bangs 3 - Correct. DQ: First name starts with L? ---
**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:** [October 8, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/80 "2020-10-08T10:43:53Z")
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