# 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:** 2
**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, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/21 "2018-10-05T19:37:14Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Mighty Mouse’s girlfriend? 2. Are you Underdog’s girlfriend? 3. At the end of your life were you making money by simply signing blank pieces of paper? ---
**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, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/22 "2018-10-05T19:44:59Z")
IQ1: Are you head coach for the Detroit Lions? IQ2: Are you head coach for the New Orleans Saints? IQ3: Are you head coach for the Philadelphia Eagles? ---
**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 6, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/23 "2018-10-06T01:37:43Z")
IQ1: Are you the Knight of the Round Table that was the subject of Wagner’s final opera? IQ2: Is your grandfather very clean? IQ3: Are you Barney Gumble’s choice for all time best Prime Minister of England? ---
**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 6, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/24 "2018-10-06T03:31:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? Respectively: Take a DQ. I am not Pal. I am not Phyllis Wheatley. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Mighty Mouse’s girlfriend? > 2. Are you Underdog’s girlfriend? > 3. At the end of your life were you making money by simply signing blank pieces of paper? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Polly Purebred. 3. I am not Pablo Picasso. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you head coach for the Detroit Lions? > IQ2: Are you head coach for the New Orleans Saints? > IQ3: Are you head coach for the Philadelphia Eagles? IQ1: Take a DQ. IQ2: Take a DQ. IQ3: I am not Doug Peterson. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Knight of the Round Table that was the subject of Wagner’s final opera? > IQ2: Is your grandfather very clean? > IQ3: Are you Barney Gumble’s choice for all time best Prime Minister of England? IQ1: I am not Parsifal. IQ2: I am not Paul McCartney. IQ3: I am not Lord Palmerston. 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 5. probably Caucasian 6. born before 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 6, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/25 "2018-10-06T04:50:53Z")
Previous IQs: Are you probably the best-known person born on Corfu? - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Are you Arthur’s adorable puppy on PBS? - Yes, Pal, on _Arthur_ Were you a black poet who admired George Washington? - Yes, Phyllis Wheatley DQs: A Biblical character? Considered a good guy? One DQ reserved. IQs: Are you an everyman agent of SHIELD? Did you found Kenyon College? Did Prof. Harold Hill woo you? ---
**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 6, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/26 "2018-10-06T19:27:46Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Mighty Mouse’s girlfriend? > 2. Are you Underdog’s girlfriend? > 3. At the end of your life were you making money by simply signing blank pieces of paper? > 4. Take a DQ. > 5. I am not Polly Purebred. > 6. I am not Pablo Picasso. #1 was Pearl Pureheart. Correct on the others. DQ: Born before 400 A.D.? ---
**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 6, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/27 "2018-10-06T20:44:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Knowed Out View Post > IQ1: Are you head coach for the Detroit Lions? > IQ2: Are you head coach for the New Orleans Saints? > IQ3: Are you head coach for the Philadelphia Eagles? > > IQ1: Take a DQ. > IQ2: Take a DQ. > IQ3: I am not Doug Peterson. Matt Patricia, Sean Payton, correct holding 2 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:** [October 6, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/28 "2018-10-06T23:20:58Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Alexander the Great’s dad? 2. Are you Socrates’s best known pupil? 3. Did you hang with Athos and Aramis? ---
**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, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/29 "2018-10-07T01:14:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you an everyman agent of SHIELD? > Did you found Kenyon College? > Did Prof. Harold Hill woo you? Respectively: I am not Phil Coulson. Take a DQ. I am not Marian Paroo. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Alexander the Great’s dad? > 2. Are you Socrates’s best known pupil? > 3. Did you hang with Athos and Aramis? 1. I am not Phillip of Macedon. 2. I am not Plato. 3. I am not Porthos. 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 5. probably Caucasian 6. born before 1800 7. not a Biblical character 8. not a “good guy”; more of an aggravation 9. born after 400 A.D. ---
**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, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/30 "2018-10-07T04:15:52Z")
Previous IQs: Are you an everyman agent of SHIELD? - Yes, Phil Coulson Did you found Kenyon College? - Episcopal Bishop Philander Chase of Ohio Did Prof. Harold Hill woo you? - Yes, Marian Paroo in _The Music Man_ DQ: European? Born after 1066? IQs: Did Judi Dench play you, the title character in a movie? Was Brett your buddy and subordinate? Were you a Presidential candidate in the first season of _24_? ---
**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, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/31 "2018-10-07T14:31:27Z")
DQ: Is your name a sobriquet (like “Ivan the Terrible”)? 1 DQ left ---
**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, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/32 "2018-10-07T16:59:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Judi Dench play you, the title character in a movie? > Was Brett your buddy and subordinate? > Were you a Presidential candidate in the first season of _24_? Respectively: I am not Philomena. I am not Parker. I am not David Palmer. 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 5. probably Caucasian 6. born before 1800 7. not a Biblical character 8. not a “good guy”; more of an aggravation 9. born after 400 A.D. 10. European 11. born after 1066 12. identity unknown, name is a sobriquet ---
**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, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/33 "2018-10-07T19:22:02Z")
Swept me! IQs: Did Jane Seymour once play your beautiful young wife? Were you portrayed as a satyr in a Disney movie? Were you briefly imprisoned in very cushy jail from which you easily escaped? ---
**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, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/34 "2018-10-08T14:32:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Jane Seymour once play your beautiful young wife? > Were you portrayed as a satyr in a Disney movie? > Were you briefly imprisoned in very cushy jail from which you easily escaped? Respectively: Take a DQ. I am not Philoctetes. Take a 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:** [October 8, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/35 "2018-10-08T14:38:42Z")
Swept me, too! 1. Are you the author of the Heechee series? 2. Did you write _Pensees_? 3. Were you the one who, in the words of Homer & Jethro (Spike Jones), “stabbed the louse who stole his spouse and then he stabbed the lady and himself”? ---
**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 8, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/36 "2018-10-08T18:16:54Z")
Previous IQs: Did Jane Seymour once play your beautiful young wife? - The Scarlet Pimpernel Were you portrayed as a satyr in a Disney movie? - Yes, Philoctetes, trainer of the gods (voiced by Danny DeVito), in _Hercules_ Were you briefly imprisoned in very cushy jail from which you easily escaped? - Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug kingpin DQs: British? Considered a criminal by the authorities of the day? IQs: Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? Were you a major player in the widely-panned _The Sting, Part 2_? Did you design the USS _Enterprise_, NCC-1701-D? ---
**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, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/37 "2018-10-08T22:36:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you the author of the Heechee series? > 2. Did you write _Pensees_? > 3. Were you the one who, in the words of Homer & Jethro (Spike Jones), “stabbed the louse who stole his spouse and then he stabbed the lady and himself”? 1. I am not Frederik Pohl. 2. I am not…Marcel Proust? 3. Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? > Were you a major player in the widely-panned _The Sting, Part 2_? > Did you design the USS _Enterprise_, NCC-1701-D? Respectively: Take a DQ. If you’re thinking of Paul Newman, he didn’t appear in the sequel. Take a DQ. 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 5. probably Caucasian 6. born before 1800 7. not a Biblical character 8. not a “good guy”; more of an aggravation 9. born after 400 A.D. 10. European 11. born after 1066 12. identity unknown, name is a sobriquet 13. British 14. not considered a criminal by the authorities of the day ---
**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, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/38 "2018-10-08T22:41:11Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Are you the author of the Heechee series? > 2. Did you write Pensees? > 3. Were you the one who, in the words of Homer & Jethro (Spike Jones), “stabbed the louse who stole his spouse and then he stabbed the lady and himself”? > 4. I am not Frederik Pohl. > 5. I am not…Marcel Proust? > 6. Take a DQ. #1. Correct. #2 was Blaise Pascal. #3 is Pagliacci. 2 DQs reserved. IQ: Do the Frenchies seek you here, they seek you there, the Frenchies seek you everywhere? ---
**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 9, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/39 "2018-10-09T02:17:51Z")
Previous IQs: Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? - Preem Palver, in the _Foundation_ series by Isaac Asimov Were you a major player in the widely-panned _The Sting, Part 2_? - Not Paul Newman, but Trevor Plantagenet (played by Jackie Gleason) Did you design the USS _Enterprise_, NCC-1701-D? - Andrew Probert DQs: Born before 1500? English? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you listen to a birthday message from your parents while sunbathing? Do you frequently ask rhetorical questions about whether people have done particularly embarrassing things, and then confess, “I have”? Were you “a basic pleasure model”? ---
**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 9, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/40 "2018-10-09T02:48:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Do the Frenchies seek you here, they seek you there, the Frenchies seek you everywhere? I am not the Scarlet Pimpernel. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you listen to a birthday message from your parents while sunbathing? > Do you frequently ask rhetorical questions about whether people have done particularly embarrassing things, and then confess, “I have”? > Were you “a basic pleasure model”? Respectively: I am not Poole. Take a DQ. I am not Pris. 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 5. probably Caucasian 6. born before 1800 7. not a Biblical character 8. not a “good guy”; more of an aggravation 9. born after 400 A.D. 10. European 11. born after 1066 12. identity unknown, name is a sobriquet 13. British 14. not considered a criminal by the authorities of the day 15. born after 1500 (I already said British for 13.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378.md?page=3)