# Botticelli - October 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 5, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411 "2013-10-05T01:50:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 35
**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 19, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/681 "2013-11-19T00:23:10Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > Given my upbringing, I had 1 and 2 in a different order from you. **George Wilson** was indeed one of them, the other was \*\* Walter the Softy\*\*. Hadn’t realised you weren’t American. 🙂 I saw your version of Dennis (in _Beano_, right?) in shops while I was in Scotland, but I never stopped to read any of it. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/682 "2013-11-19T00:37:15Z")
Yes, I grew up on the Beano. ---
**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 19, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/683 "2013-11-19T01:16:26Z")
IQs: 1. Were you elected president in _Of Thee I Sing_? 2. Were you a vet in _Horse Feathers_? 3. Did you run against FDR in 1940? ---
**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 19, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/684 "2013-11-19T02:26:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you elected president in _Of Thee I Sing_? > 2. Were you a vet in _Horse Feathers_? > 3. Did you run against FDR in 1940? DQ. DQ. Not Wendell Willkie. ---
**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 19, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/685 "2013-11-19T03:20:05Z")
1 was John P. Wintergreen, 2 was Quincy Wagstaff. [who I now realize was a college president, not a vet – that was A Day at the Races, so this DQ’s disqualified.] DQ: From films? ---
**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 19, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/686 "2013-11-19T03:58:01Z")
**W** 1. Fictional 2. W is the initial of my last name 3. Male 4. Not from literature 5. Not depicted as living on 20th- or 21st-century Earth 6. Have appeared in multiple works 7. Not from films (though there was one later) fanganga has three reserved 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:** [November 19, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/687 "2013-11-19T05:03:17Z")
**Prof. P.** , why didn’t Matthau like working with Streisand? Previous IQs: Did you make money fishing, distilling whiskey and growing hemp, among other things? - George Washington (and no, it wasn’t _that_ kind of hemp) Did you never again sleep in the room where your husband died? - Martha Washington Do you take lots of artsy photos of your dogs? - Yes, William Wegman DQs: American? First appeared as a TV character? IQs: Were you a top Catholic prelate profiled in _The New Yorker_? Have you played a librarian, a Soviet officer and a terrified housewife? Did your best friend have much nicer Christmas duds than you? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/688 "2013-11-19T08:03:03Z")
IQ: Are you a klingon who served on the Enterprise? ---
**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 19, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/689 "2013-11-19T13:12:25Z")
(IIRC, this was Matthau’s one-and-only musical, and the differences in making a musical vs a regular movie put him off. Couple that with his naturally grouchy nature and Streisand’s perfectionism (and, at this point, she was still something of a novice to movie making), and you had a breeding ground for insults.) IQs: 1. Did you supposedly summon Samuel’s spirit? 2. Did you die when a house fell on you? 3. Have children been searching for you since the late 1980’s? ---
**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 19, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/690 "2013-11-19T15:01:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a top Catholic prelate profiled in _The New Yorker_? > Have you played a librarian, a Soviet officer and a terrified housewife? > Did your best friend have much nicer Christmas duds than you? Not … Karol Wojtyla? DQ. (Interesting combo…) DQ. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ: Are you a klingon who served on the Enterprise? Not Worf. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you supposedly summon Samuel’s spirit? > 2. Did you die when a house fell on you? > 3. Have children been searching for you since the late 1980’s? Not the Witch of Endor. Not the Wicked Witch of the … East? Not Wally (UK)/Waldo (US). **W** 1. Fictional 2. W is the initial of my last name 3. Male 4. Not from literature 5. Not depicted as living on 20th- or 21st-century Earth 6. Have appeared in multiple works 7. Not from films (though there was one later) 8. American 9. First appeared as a TV character fanganga has three reserved DQs. ---
**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 19, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/691 "2013-11-19T15:12:25Z")
Right on all 3. IQs: 1. Did Richard Thomas play you on a long-running TV series? 2. Were you #1’s father? 3. Were you an early TV show character who encouraged children to draw on the TV screen? ---
**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 19, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/692 "2013-11-19T15:46:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Richard Thomas play you on a long-running TV series? > 2. Were you #1’s father? > 3. Were you an early TV show character who encouraged children to draw on the TV screen? Not John-Boy Walton. DQ. 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 19, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/693 "2013-11-19T15:51:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not John-Boy Walton. > DQ. > DQ. John Walton, Sr. Winky Dink DQs: 1. Protagonist? 2. Show set in the future? ---
**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 19, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/694 "2013-11-19T18:16:06Z")
**W** 1. Fictional 2. W is the initial of my last name 3. Male 4. Not from literature 5. Not depicted as living on 20th- or 21st-century Earth 6. Have appeared in multiple works 7. Not from films (though there was one later) 8. American 9. First appeared as a TV character 10. Protagonist 11. Show not set in the future fanganga has three reserved 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:** [November 19, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/695 "2013-11-19T18:56:52Z")
**Prof. P.** , thanks for the Matthau/Streisand explanation. Previous IQs: Were you a top Catholic prelate profiled in _The New Yorker_? - Not Karol Wojtyla, but I suppose that fits, so I’ll rephrase. Have you played a librarian, a Soviet officer and a terrified housewife? - Rachel Weisz, in _The Mummy, Enemy at the Gates_ and _Dream House_. Did your best friend have much nicer Christmas duds than you? - Ron Weasley’s Yule Ball robes weren’t nearly as snazzy as Harry Potter’s. DQs: On a science fiction show? On a show which first aired before 1980? IQs: Were you a top Catholic prelate, but not a Pope, profiled in _The New Yorker_? Did someone close to you very often express bafflement at your remarks? Was Geraldine your alter ego? ---
**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 19, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/696 "2013-11-19T20:09:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a top Catholic prelate, but not a Pope, profiled in _The New Yorker_? > Did someone close to you very often express bafflement at your remarks? > Was Geraldine your alter ego? DQ. Not … Nero Wolfe? Not Flip Wilson. **W** 1. Fictional 2. W is the initial of my last name 3. Male 4. Not from literature 5. Not depicted as living on 20th- or 21st-century Earth 6. Have appeared in multiple works 7. Not from films (though there was one later) 8. American 9. First appeared as a TV character 10. Protagonist 11. Show not set in the future 12. Not on a science fiction show, though there were science-fictiony elements 13. On a show which first aired before 1980 fanganga has three reserved DQs. Hmm. Based on the above DQs, I expect EH or Prof P to have the correct answer in their next set… ---
**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 19, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/697 "2013-11-19T20:15:03Z")
One quick thought: IQ: Did you frequently thwart the heinous Dr. Loveless, assisted by Artemus Gordon? ---
**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 19, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/698 "2013-11-19T20:36:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Hmm. Based on the above DQs, I expect EH or Prof P to have the correct answer in their next set… > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did you frequently thwart the heinous Dr. Loveless, assisted by Artemus Gordon? Yes, I am indeed 19th-century Secret Service agent James West, of _The Wild Wild West_. ---
**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 19, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/699 "2013-11-19T20:52:17Z")
Just about had to be a Western. I was lucky it wasn’t someone from Rawhide or Wagon Train, since I didn’t watch those. About to leave. I’ll think of a V later on tonight. ---
**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 19, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/700 "2013-11-19T23:25:28Z")
Okay, I’m back, and I am V. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=36)