# Botticelli - October 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 3, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378 "2018-10-03T16:46:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 3, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/1 "2018-10-03T16:46:21Z")
Old thread (for September): [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=861636](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=861636) I am P. ---
**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 3, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/2 "2018-10-03T17:18:57Z")
Grats, De. IQ1: Are you a Golden Age inventor who gave Superman new gadgets to test? IQ2: Are you an ancient Greek statesman who said “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you”? IQ3: Are you a _Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers_ artist who is also a founding member of the Church of the SubGenius? ---
**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 3, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/3 "2018-10-03T18:32:37Z")
IQ1: Was your father put into a pie by Mr. McGregor? IQ2: Are you the creator of the answer to IQ1? IQ3: Are you the inventor of the tromboon? ---
**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 3, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/4 "2018-10-03T19:41:20Z")
IQs: 1. Did you fall off your donkey on the way to Damascus? 2. Did you invent the composer P.D.Q. Bach? 3. Did you play multiple roles in your last film, _The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu_? ---
**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 3, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/5 "2018-10-03T23:16:07Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Golden Age inventor who gave Superman new gadgets to test? > IQ2: Are you an ancient Greek statesman who said “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you”? > IQ3: Are you a _Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers_ artist who is also a founding member of the Church of the SubGenius? IQ1: I am not Professor Pepperwinkle ( ---
**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 3, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/6 "2018-10-03T23:30:11Z")
Darn, missed the editing window. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Golden Age inventor who gave Superman new gadgets to test? > IQ2: Are you an ancient Greek statesman who said “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you”? > IQ3: Are you a _Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers_ artist who is also a founding member of the Church of the SubGenius? IQ1: I am not Professor Pepperwinkle. IQ2: I am not Pericles. IQ3: Take a DQ. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Was your father put into a pie by Mr. McGregor? > IQ2: Are you the creator of the answer to IQ1? > IQ3: Are you the inventor of the tromboon? IQ1: I am not Peter Rabbit. IQ2: I am not Beatrix Potter. IQ3: I am not P.D.Q. Bach. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you fall off your donkey on the way to Damascus? > 2. Did you invent the composer P.D.Q. Bach? > 3. Did you play multiple roles in your last film, _The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu_? 1. Take a DQ because I don’t know if this is Peter or Paul. 2. I am not Peter Schickele. 1. I am not Peter Sellers. ---
**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 4, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/7 "2018-10-04T01:52:29Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Did you fall off your donkey on the way to Damascus? > 2. Did you invent the composer P.D.Q. Bach? > 3. Did you play multiple roles in your last film, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu? > 4. Take a DQ because I don’t know if this is Peter or Paul. > 5. I am not Peter Schickele. > > 1. I am not Peter Sellers. #1 was Paul. DQ: 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 4, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/8 "2018-10-04T01:56:54Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in a move that was titled “[Name] Is Dead”? 2. Were you a French Romantic painter, renowned for your portrait of Empress Josephine? 3. Were you the leader of six Armenian immigrants who founded a candy company? ---
**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 4, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/9 "2018-10-04T14:25:01Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Golden Age inventor who gave Superman new gadgets to test? > IQ2: Are you an ancient Greek statesman who said “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you”? > IQ3: Are you a Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers artist who is also a founding member of the Church of the SubGenius? > > IQ1: I am not Professor Pepperwinkle. > IQ2: I am not Pericles. > IQ3: Take a DQ. Paul Mavrides DQ: Last name start with P? ---
**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 4, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/10 "2018-10-04T17:01:12Z")
[Tsk, tsk, Prof. Pepperwinkle was Silver Age, not Golden Age.] ---
**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 4, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/11 "2018-10-04T19:27:22Z")
I didn’t expect to stump him with your username. ---
**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 4, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/12 "2018-10-04T23:46:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in a move that was titled “[Name] Is Dead”? > 2. Were you a French Romantic painter, renowned for your portrait of Empress Josephine? > 3. Were you the leader of six Armenian immigrants who founded a candy company? 1. I am not Pauly Shore. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. was claimed to be real by someone else, actual status unknown 2. last word of name begins with P ---
**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 5, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/13 "2018-10-05T01:10:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in a move that was titled “[Name] Is Dead”? > 2. Were you a French Romantic painter, renowned for your portrait of Empress Josephine? > 3. Were you the leader of six Armenian immigrants who founded a candy company? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. I am not Pauly Shore. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. #1 is correct. #2 was Pierre-Paul Prud’hon. #3 was Peter Paul Halajian, founder of Peter Paul candies. DQs: 1. American? 2. Male? ---
**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 5, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/14 "2018-10-05T03:22:17Z")
IQs: Did you run the bar where Murphy Brown hung out? Did your car get stuck in a river in _It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World_? Is your Versace coat on view at a Navy Pier restaurant in Chicago? ---
**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 5, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/15 "2018-10-05T10:55:39Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the young defense lawyer in _It’s A Wonderful Life_? 2. Are you the dour and taciturn friend of Pogo in the comic strip of that name? 3. Were you the wife of Epimetheus? ---
**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 5, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/16 "2018-10-05T12:14:10Z")
IQ1: Did you play “Pig Vomit” in Howard Stern’s bio movie _Private Parts_? IQ2: Were you a children’s show host whose career took a nosedive when you were caught masturbating in an X-rated theater? IQ3: Are you the real name of IQ2? ---
**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 5, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/17 "2018-10-05T16:46:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you run the bar where Murphy Brown hung out? > Did your car get stuck in a river in _It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World_? > Is your Versace coat on view at a Navy Pier restaurant in Chicago? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Phil Silvers. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the young defense lawyer in _It’s A Wonderful Life_? > 2. Are you the dour and taciturn friend of Pogo in the comic strip of that name? > 3. Were you the wife of Epimetheus? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Porky Pine. 3. I am not Pandora. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play “Pig Vomit” in Howard Stern’s bio movie _Private Parts_? > IQ2: Were you a children’s show host whose career took a nosedive when you were caught masturbating in an X-rated theater? > IQ3: Are you the real name of IQ2? IQ1: Take a DQ. IQ2: I am not Pee-wee Herman. IQ3: I am not Paul Rubens. DQS: 1. was claimed to be real by someone else, actual status unknown 2. last word of name begins with P 3. not American 4. 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 5, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/18 "2018-10-05T17:03:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Knowed Out View Post > IQ1: Did you play “Pig Vomit” in Howard Stern’s bio movie Private Parts? > IQ2: Were you a children’s show host whose career took a nosedive when you were caught masturbating in an X-rated theater? > IQ3: Are you the real name of IQ2? > > IQ1: Take a DQ. > IQ2: I am not Pee-wee Herman. > IQ3: I am not Paul Rubens. Paul Giamatti DQ: Caucasian? ---
**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 5, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/19 "2018-10-05T17:19:07Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the young defense lawyer in It’s A Wonderful Life? > 2. Are you the dour and taciturn friend of Pogo in the comic strip of that name? > 3. Were you the wife of Epimetheus? > 4. Take a DQ. > 5. I am not Porky Pine. > 6. I am not Pandora. #1 was John Payne. Correct on the others. DQ: Born after 1800? ---
**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 5, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/20 "2018-10-05T19:13:06Z")
Previous IQs: Did you run the bar where Murphy Brown hung out? - Phil Did your car get stuck in a river in _It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World_? - Yes, Phil Silvers Is your Versace coat on view at a Navy Pier restaurant in Chicago? - Phil Connors (Bill Murray) from _Groundhog Day_ Phil x3! Two DQs reserved. IQs: Are you probably the best-known person born on Corfu? Are you Arthur’s adorable puppy on PBS? Were you a black poet who admired George Washington? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378.md?page=2)