# Botticelli - October 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 2, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528 "2016-10-02T21:11:38Z")\ **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:** [October 28, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/121 "2016-10-28T14:24:54Z")
Correct on all three. IQs: 1. Did you have “the face of an angel” but “fights like the devil”? 2. Did you write _The Plague_ and _The Stranger_? 3. Were you Red Skelton’s country bumpkin character? ---
**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 28, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/122 "2016-10-28T16:48:10Z")
Previous IQs: Are you married to actress Rachel Weisz? - Daniel Craig Were you the Finch family’s cook and confidante? - Calpurnia, in _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Were you Don Johnson’s most famous role? - Sonny Crockett, on _Miami Vice_ DQs: First appeared in print? First appeared since 1964? Considered a “good guy”? IQs: Did you serve nonconsecutive terms on SCOTUS? Were you a fire-and-brimstone preacher who served as president of Oberlin College? Was your wife Nora and your dog Asta? ---
**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 28, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/123 "2016-10-28T21:31:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have “the face of an angel” but “fights like the devil”? > 2. Did you write _The Plague_ and _The Stranger_? > 3. Were you Red Skelton’s country bumpkin character? DQ. DQ. Not Clem Kadiddlehopper. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you serve nonconsecutive terms on SCOTUS? > Were you a fire-and-brimstone preacher who served as president of Oberlin College? > Was your wife Nora and your dog Asta? DQ. DQ. Not Nick Charles. **C** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with C 4. American 5. Could be alive today, if real 6. Not known from TV or movies 7. Did not first appear in print 8. First appeared since 1964 9. Not really a “bad guy,” but definitely a rascal ---
**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 28, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/124 "2016-10-28T22:29:16Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have “the face of an angel” but “fights like the devil”? > 2. Did you write The Plague and The Stranger? > 3. Were you Red Skelton’s country bumpkin character? > DQ. > DQ. > Not Clem Kadiddlehopper. #1 was Cat Ballou. #2 was Albert Camus. Correct on Clem. DQs: 1. From a song? 2. First appeared since 1980? ---
**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 28, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/125 "2016-10-28T22:32:13Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the protagonist in the movie _Clueless_? 2. Did you have a hit with _Catch A Falling Star_? 3. Were you one of Sheri Lewis’s puppets? ---
**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 28, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/126 "2016-10-28T22:38:26Z")
**C** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with C 4. American 5. Could be alive today, if real 6. Not known from TV or movies 7. Did not first appear in print 8. First appeared after 1964 9. Not really a “bad guy,” but definitely a rascal 10. From a song 11. Did not first appear after 1980 ---
**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 28, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/127 "2016-10-28T23:02:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist in the movie _Clueless_? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Catch A Falling Star_? > 3. Were you one of Sheri Lewis’s puppets? DQ. DQ. Not Lamb Chop. ---
**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 29, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/128 "2016-10-29T02:08:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist in the movie _Clueless_? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Catch A Falling Star_? > 3. Were you one of Sheri Lewis’s puppets? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > DQ. > Not Lamb Chop. #1 is Cher Horowitz. #2 was Perry Como. Correct. (Charley Horse would have worked as well.) Sooo, a rascal from a song of the 60’s or 70’s. Hmm… 1. Is the “C” for an actual name rather than a title (such as Captain or Colonel or Czar)? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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 29, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/129 "2016-10-29T05:21:36Z")
Previous IQs: Did you serve nonconsecutive terms on SCOTUS? - Charles Evans Hughes Were you a fire-and-brimstone preacher who served as president of Oberlin College? - Charles Grandison Finney Was your wife Nora and your dog Asta? - Yes, Nick Charles Charles x3! DQs: Rock and roll song? Best-known version sung by a man? IQs: Were you Nelson’s #2 at Trafalgar? Did you fly across America, “crash by crash”? Did you title your book _Still Me_? ---
**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 29, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/130 "2016-10-29T13:08:03Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a school clown who asks “Why is everybody always pickin’ on me?” 2. Can you take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it with chocolate and a miracle or two?" 3. Did Rickie Lee Jones sing about you being in love? ---
**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 29, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/131 "2016-10-29T21:25:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Nelson’s #2 at Trafalgar? > Did you fly across America, “crash by crash”? > Did you title your book _Still Me_? I really should know 1 and 2, but… Three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a school clown who asks “Why is everybody always pickin’ on me?” > 2. Can you take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it with chocolate and a miracle or two?" > 3. Did Rickie Lee Jones sing about you being in love? Not Charlie Brown. Not the Candyman. DQ. **C** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with C 4. American 5. Could be alive today, if real 6. Not known from TV or movies 7. Did not first appear in print 8. First appeared after 1964 9. Not really a “bad guy,” but definitely a rascal 10. From a song 11. Did not first appear after 1980 12. The “C” is for an actual name rather than a title 13. Not a rock and roll song 14. Best-known version was sung by 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 29, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/132 "2016-10-29T22:34:05Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a school clown who asks “Why is everybody always pickin’ on me?” > 2. Can you take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it with chocolate and a miracle or two?" > 3. Did Rickie Lee Jones sing about you being in love? > Not Charlie Brown. > Not the Candyman. > DQ. Correct on the first two. #3 was “Chuck E.'s” in Love. DQs: 1. First appeared in the 1970’s? 2. Best known version by a black artist? ---
**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 29, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/133 "2016-10-29T23:06:00Z")
**C** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with C 4. American 5. Could be alive today, if real 6. Not known from TV or movies 7. Did not first appear in print 8. First appeared after 1964 9. Not really a “bad guy,” but definitely a rascal 10. From a song 11. Did not first appear after 1980 12. The “C” is for an actual name rather than a title 13. Not a rock and roll song 14. Best-known version was sung by a man 15. Did not first appear in the 1970s 16. Best known version not by a black artist ---
**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 30, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/134 "2016-10-30T00:38:50Z")
IQs: 1. Do you live on Wolverton Mountain with your pretty daughter? 2. Did Danny O’Keefe sing about you having the blues? 3. And did you never return, O did you never return, and is your fate still unlearned? ---
**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 30, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/135 "2016-10-30T01:27:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you live on Wolverton Mountain with your pretty daughter? > 2. Did Danny O’Keefe sing about you having the blues? > 3. And did you never return, O did you never return, and is your fate still unlearned? Not Clifton Clowers (“Wolverton Mountain”). DQ. Not Charlie (“MTA”). ---
**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 30, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/136 "2016-10-30T02:04:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you live on Wolverton Mountain with your pretty daughter? > 2. Did Danny O’Keefe sing about you having the blues? > 3. And did you never return, O did you never return, and is your fate still unlearned? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Clifton Clowers (“Wolverton Mountain”). > DQ. > Not Charlie (“MTA”). Correct, “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”, Correct. DQ: From a Country & Western song? ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/137 "2016-10-30T03:33:46Z")
**C** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with C 4. American 5. Could be alive today, if real 6. Not known from TV or movies 7. Did not first appear in print 8. First appeared after 1964 9. Not really a “bad guy,” but definitely a rascal 10. From a song 11. Did not first appear after 1980 12. The “C” is for an actual name rather than a title 13. Not a rock and roll song 14. Best-known version was sung by a man 15. Did not first appear in the 1970s 16. Best known version not by a black artist 17. From a Country & Western song ---
**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 30, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/138 "2016-10-30T05:04:25Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Nelson’s #2 at Trafalgar? - Adm. Cuthbert Collingwood Did you fly across America, “crash by crash”? - Cal Rodgers, one of my favorite early aviation heroes: [Calbraith Perry Rodgers - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calbraith_Perry_Rodgers) Did you title your book _Still Me_? - Christopher Reeve Think think think… ---
**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 30, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/139 "2016-10-30T12:59:16Z")
IQs: 1. Are you presently running for POTUS? 2. Did Alcuin advise you? 3. Did you create Plastic Man? ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528/140 "2016-10-30T15:36:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you presently running for POTUS? > 2. Did Alcuin advise you? > 3. Did you create Plastic Man? Not Hillary Clinton. Not Charlemagne. DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528.md?page=8)