# 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:** 4
**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, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/61 "2018-10-13T04:03:28Z")
OK, it’s after 10PM. I am the [Person from Porlock!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_from_Porlock) Who, in 1797, visited Samuel Taylor Coleridge for an hour and distracted him from writing down the rest of “Kubla Khan”. Possibly Coleridge made him up as an excuse for why the poem was unfinished. New game on Saturday. ---
**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 13, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/62 "2018-10-13T12:34:12Z")
I remember the story, but don’t remember the term. IIRC Coleridge said he was a salesman who wouldn’t take no for an answer. ---
**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, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/63 "2018-10-13T13:33:43Z")
Good one! Well chosen. ---
**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, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/64 "2018-10-13T16:19:01Z")
New game: I am F. ---
**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, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/65 "2018-10-13T17:19:43Z")
D’oh! I thought of Porlock and Xanadu, but was thinking of the town and not the otherwise-unnamed person himself. Should’ve taken a stab at it. IQs: Are your father, mother and uncle all psychiatrists? Did you praise Washington’s generalship during the 1776-1777 New Jersey campaign? Did both of your successors have the same word as one of their names? ---
**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, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/66 "2018-10-13T17:42:39Z")
IQs: 1. Are you one of Murphy Brown’s cohosts on _Murphy In The Morning_? 2. Are you credited with legendarily making the first Christmas tree? 3. Did you play the title role on _The Nanny_? ---
**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 13, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/67 "2018-10-13T18:18:04Z")
IQ1: Are you one of the Warriors Three along with Volstagg and Hogun the Grim? IQ2: Did you bite off the hand of Tyr? IQ3: Are you Odin’s wife, who can see the future but tells no one? ---
**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, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/68 "2018-10-13T21:44:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are your father, mother and uncle all psychiatrists? > Did you praise Washington’s generalship during the 1776-1777 New Jersey campaign? > Did both of your successors have the same word as one of their names? Respectively: Take a DQ because I can’t remember Fraiser’s (and Lilith’s) son’s first name. Take a DQ. I am not Fulgencio Batista. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one of Murphy Brown’s cohosts on _Murphy In The Morning_? > 2. Are you credited with legendarily making the first Christmas tree? > 3. Did you play the title role on _The Nanny_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not…St. Francis? 3. I am not Fran Drescher. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you one of the Warriors Three along with Volstagg and Hogun the Grim? > IQ2: Did you bite off the hand of Tyr? > IQ3: Are you Odin’s wife, who can see the future but tells no one? IQ1: I am not Fandral the Dashing. IQ2: I am not Fenrir. IQ3: I am not Freya. ---
**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, 2018, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/69 "2018-10-14T05:02:02Z")
Previous IQs: Are your father, mother and uncle all psychiatrists? - You were very close; it was Frederick Crane, from _Frasier_ Did you praise Washington’s generalship during the 1776-1777 New Jersey campaign? - Frederick the Great Did both of your successors have the same word as one of their names? - I’ll rephrase DQs: Real? Male? IQs: You were an American. Did both of your successors have the same word as one of their names? Were you an important leader on Aurora in the Isaac Asimov novel _The Robots of Dawn_? Did you coworkers watch your wedding home movies and mock you _MST3K_-style? ---
**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, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/70 "2018-10-14T13:28:05Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one of Murphy Brown’s cohosts on Murphy In The Morning? > 2. Are you credited with legendarily making the first Christmas tree? > 3. Did you play the title role on The Nanny? > 4. Take a DQ. > 5. I am not…St. Francis? > 6. I am not Fran Drescher. #1 is Frank Fontana. Correct on the others. DQ: Last name starts with F? ---
**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, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/71 "2018-10-14T13:33:36Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a lovably inept lawman on a 1960’s sitcom? 2. Are you the Shakespearean character whom Verdi made the subject of his last opera? 3. Are you a fantastic animated character voiced by George Clooney? ---
**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, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/72 "2018-10-14T16:13:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > You were an American. Did both of your successors have the same word as one of their names? > Were you an important leader on Aurora in the Isaac Asimov novel _The Robots of Dawn_? > Did you coworkers watch your wedding home movies and mock you _MST3K_-style? Take 3 DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a lovably inept lawman on a 1960’s sitcom? > 2. Are you the Shakespearean character whom Verdi made the subject of his last opera? > 3. Are you a fantastic animated character voiced by George Clooney? 1. I am not Barney Fife. 2. I am not Falstaff. 3. I am not Mr. Fox. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F ---
**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, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/73 "2018-10-14T16:45:48Z")
Previous IQs: You were an American. Did both of your successors have the same word as one of their names? - Frederick “Fred” Vinson was succeeded as Chief Justice of the United States by Earl Warren and then Warren Burger Were you an important leader on Aurora in the Isaac Asimov novel _The Robots of Dawn_? - Han Fastolfe Did you coworkers watch your wedding home movies and mock you _MST3K_-style? - Maj. Frank Burns on _M_A_S_H\* DQs: American? Living? Political/military? IQs: Did you play the President in _Seven Days in May_? Were you one of Victor Hugo’s most beloved characters? Were you mentioned but never seen in the first Harry Potter novel? ---
**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, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/74 "2018-10-14T21:55:31Z")
Swept me again. 1. Did you fight crime with Dynomutt? 2. Were you a superhero aka Hirem, who fought the evil Dr. Goo Fee? 3. Were you Al Capp’s parody of Dick Tracy? ---
**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 15, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/75 "2018-10-15T00:26:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play the President in _Seven Days in May_? > Were you one of Victor Hugo’s most beloved characters? > Were you mentioned but never seen in the first Harry Potter novel? Respectively: I am not Frederick March. I am not Fantine. I am not Nicholas Flamel. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you fight crime with Dynomutt? > 2. Were you a superhero aka Hirem, who fought the evil Dr. Goo Fee? > 3. Were you Al Capp’s parody of Dick Tracy? 1. I am not the Blue Falcon. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Lester Gooch’s Fearless Fosdick. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. not American 5. not living 6. not involved in politics/the military ---
**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 15, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/76 "2018-10-15T13:28:10Z")
Swept me (although Frederic March spelled his first name without a “k”). IQs: Were you chair of the RNC in the Eighties? Were you revived in Arthur C. Clarke’s _3001_? Were you captain of Hill Street Station? ---
**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 15, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/77 "2018-10-15T14:31:20Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you one of the Warriors Three along with Volstagg and Hogun the Grim? > IQ2: Did you bite off the hand of Tyr? > IQ3: Are you Odin’s wife, who can see the future but tells no one? > > IQ1: I am not Fandral the Dashing. > IQ2: I am not Fenrir. > IQ3: I am not Freya. correct, correct, Frigg DQ: European? ---
**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 15, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/78 "2018-10-15T15:07:49Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Did you fight crime with Dynomutt? > 2. Were you a superhero aka Hirem, who fought the evil Dr. Goo Fee? > 3. Were you Al Capp’s parody of Dick Tracy? > 4. I am not the Blue Falcon. > 5. Take a DQ. > 6. I am not Lester Gooch’s Fearless Fosdick. Correct on 1 and 3. #2 was Fearless Fly. DQ: Died after 1900? ---
**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 16, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/79 "2018-10-16T00:16:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you chair of the RNC in the Eighties? > Were you revived in Arthur C. Clarke’s _3001_? > Were you captain of Hill Street Station? Respectively: Take a DQ. I am not Frank Poole. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with F 4. not American 5. not living 6. not involved in politics/the military 7. European 8. died after 1900 ---
**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 16, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/80 "2018-10-16T01:05:06Z")
IQ1: Did you play the grandson in _The Princess Bride_? IQ2: Did you head the Westboro Baptist Church protests at US soldier funerals? IQ3: Are you vocalist for Limp Bizkit? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378.md?page=5)