# Botticelli, Oct. 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 30, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516 "2022-09-30T17:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 13, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/181 "2022-10-13T19:37:30Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Did you pose for a picture in Mr. T’s lap? 2. Wee ooh, do you look like Buddy Holly? 3. Did your books warn that “Reader beware–you’re in for a scare”? ---
**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 13, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/182 "2022-10-13T20:12:12Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you pose for a picture in Mr. T’s lap? > 2. Wee ooh, do you look like Buddy Holly? > 3. Did your books warn that “Reader beware–you’re in for a scare”? #1. I am not Nancy Reagan. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Richard Scarry (??) ---
**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 13, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/183 "2022-10-13T20:16:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Nancy Reagan. > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. I am not Richard Scarry (??) 2 was Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo; 3 was R.L. Stine. DQs: 1. last name begins with R? 2. created by Americans? ---
**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 13, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/184 "2022-10-13T20:42:51Z")
Swept me! IQs: Was your brother a doctor while you were a gamine killing machine? Did you play a senior MI6 official, a Prime Minister in a very bad situation and an untrustworthy military officer? Were you JFK’s and LBJ’s SECSTATE? ---
**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 13, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/185 "2022-10-13T21:08:16Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Fictional 3. Last name starts with R 4. Not created by an American or Americans ---
**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 13, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/186 "2022-10-13T21:09:32Z")
IQs: Was your brother a doctor while you were a gamine killing machine? Did you play a senior MI6 official, a Prime Minister in a very bad situation and an untrustworthy military officer? Were you JFK’s and LBJ’s SECSTATE? [/quote] #3. I am not Dean Rusk. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/187 "2022-10-13T22:52:12Z")
Congrats! 1. Are you the dragon Lessa Impressed in **Dragonflight**? 2. Did you write **Escape from Sobibor**? 3. Are you a Dutch actor who played Sasha Pechersky in the TV movie based on **Escape from Sobibor**? ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/188 "2022-10-13T23:40:59Z")
IQs: 1. Does Moose Mason tell you to STAY AWAY FROM HIS GURL!? 2. Were you Obama’s Chief of Staff-turned-mayor of Chicago? 3. Did you play Marion Crane in _Bates Motel_–and presumably not stand under an umbrella in the shower (that would defeat the entire point of a shower)? ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/189 "2022-10-13T23:57:58Z")
IQ1: Would the people of Rock Ridge give you 24 hours to come up with a plan, even if they initially wouldn’t do it for the sheriff? IQ2: Did Mr. MacGregor put your father in a pie? IQ3: Was a phrase containing your title which must not be named an anagram of your real name? ---
**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 14, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/190 "2022-10-14T01:18:35Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Are you the dragon Lessa Impressed in **Dragonflight**? > 2. Did you write **Escape from Sobibor**? > 3. Are you a Dutch actor who played Sasha Pechersky in the TV movie based on **Escape from Sobibor**? It’s been over 20 years since I’ve read Pern. Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Does Moose Mason tell you to STAY AWAY FROM HIS GURL!? > 2. Were you Obama’s Chief of Staff-turned-mayor of Chicago? > 3. Did you play Marion Crane in _Bates Motel_–and presumably not stand under an umbrella in the shower (that would defeat the entire point of a shower)? 1. I am not Reggie. Take 2 DQs. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Would the people of Rock Ridge give you 24 hours to come up with a plan, even if they initially wouldn’t do it for the sheriff? > IQ2: Did Mr. MacGregor put your father in a pie? > IQ3: Was a phrase containing your title which must not be named an anagram of your real name? 1. I am not Randolph Scott. 2. I am not Peter Rabbit. 3. I am not Tom Riddle. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/191 "2022-10-14T02:22:23Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Are you the dragon Lessa Impressed in **Dragonflight**? > 2. Did you write **Escape from Sobibor**? > 3. Are you a Dutch actor who played Sasha Pechersky in the TV movie based on **Escape from Sobibor**? Ramoth Richard Rashke T Rutger Hauer DQs: 1. Created after 1900? 2.From a genre? 1 DQ held ---
**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 14, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/192 "2022-10-14T02:56:50Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Does Moose Mason tell you to STAY AWAY FROM HIS GURL!? > 2. Were you Obama’s Chief of Staff-turned-mayor of Chicago? > 3. Did you play Marion Crane in _Bates Motel_–and presumably not stand under an umbrella in the shower (that would defeat the entire point of a shower)? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Reggie. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Rahm Emanuel; 3 was Rihanna. DQs: 1. created by English-speaking people? 2. from prose? ---
**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 14, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/193 "2022-10-14T11:53:56Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Fictional 3. Last name starts with R 4. Not created by an American or Americans 5. Created before 1900 6. Not from a genre 7. Not by a native speaker of English 8. From prose ---
**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 14, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/194 "2022-10-14T13:23:40Z")
Previous IQs: Was your brother a doctor while you were a gamine killing machine? - River Tam, on _Firefly_ Did you play a senior MI6 official, a Prime Minister in a very bad situation and an untrustworthy military officer? - Rory Kinnear, in _Skyfall, Black Mirror_ and _Othello_ Were you JFK’s and LBJ’s SECSTATE? - Yes, Dean Rusk DQs: European? Main character? IQs: Were you Nixon’s first SECSTATE? Did you conquer Vincennes and Kaskaskia? Did Johnny Rico serve aboard a troop transport named after you? ---
**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 14, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/195 "2022-10-14T13:51:02Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a former basketball player known for your unusually dyed hair and nicknamed “the Worm”? 2. Were you the title role(s) in _Melinda and Melinda_? 3. Do you appear as accused murderer Victor Creel in the recent season of _Stranger Things_–and also exist in the show, since the iconic horror character you’re easily best known for gets a mention later on in the season? ---
**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 14, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/196 "2022-10-14T14:42:10Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Fictional 3. Last name starts with R 4. Not created by an American or Americans 5. Created before 1900 6. Not from a genre 7. Not by a native speaker of English 8. From prose 9. European 10. Main character ---
**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 14, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/197 "2022-10-14T14:43:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Nixon’s first SECSTATE? > Did you conquer Vincennes and Kaskaskia? > Did Johnny Rico serve aboard a troop transport named after you? 1. I am not Renry Rissinger. Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a former basketball player known for your unusually dyed hair and nicknamed “the Worm”? > 2. Were you the title role(s) in _Melinda and Melinda_? > 3. Do you appear as accused murderer Victor Creel in the recent season of _Stranger Things_–and also exist in the show, since the iconic horror character you’re easily best known for gets a mention later on in the season? 1. I am not Dennis Rodman. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 14, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/198 "2022-10-14T14:46:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Dennis Rodman. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Radha Mitchell; 3 was Robert “Freddy Krueger” Englund. DQs: 1. created after 1800? 2. created by a French person? ---
**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 14, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/199 "2022-10-14T14:51:58Z")
IQ1: Were you a Filipino junior officer in a science-fiction story? IQ2: Were you #1’s CO? IQ3: Do you know rain? ---
**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 14, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/200 "2022-10-14T15:12:30Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Fictional 3. Last name starts with R 4. Not created by an American or Americans 5. Created before 1900 6. Not from a genre 7. Not by a native speaker of English 8. From prose 9. European 10. Main character 11. Created after 1800 12. Author not French [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516.md?page=11)