# 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:** 8
**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 25, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/141 "2018-10-25T11:41:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not William Jennings Bryan and not Don Bluth. 1. (father of Ada Lovelace) was Lord Byron. DQ: 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 25, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/142 "2018-10-25T12:08:30Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you head coach of the Houston Texans? > IQ2: Are you head coach of the New England Patriots? > IQ3: Are you head coach of the New York Jets? > Dunno, not Bill Belicheck (sp?), dunno. Bill O’Brian, correct, Todd Bowles DQ: Alive? DQ: Last name start with B? ---
**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 25, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/143 "2018-10-25T13:58:24Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you serve with Jack Kennedy, know Jack Kennedy, and Jack Kennedy was a friend of yours? > IQ2: Is confusion over the spelling of your name frequently cited as an example of the Mandela effect? > IQ3: Do rowdy crowds refer to you as “asshole” every time anyone says your name? Not Lloyd Bentsen, dunno and dunno. B. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. Last name started with B ---
**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 25, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/144 "2018-10-25T14:42:50Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the main character of the musical _Company_? 2. Are you Betty Boop’s canine friend? 3. Did you have a hit in 2015 with the song “What Do You Mean?” ---
**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 25, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/145 "2018-10-25T14:52:14Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Snuffy Smith’s city cousin? > 2. Are you legendarily one of the Three Kings? > 3. Have you often reminded us to spay and neuter our pets? > Dunno, not Balthasar, and not Bob Barker. #1 was Barney Google. Correct on the others. DQ: American? ---
**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 25, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/146 "2018-10-25T15:27:29Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a dance partner of Fred Astaire? 2. Did you battle Jack Sparrow in _The Curse of the Black Pearl_? 3. Were you a talking chicken that appeared in a few of the Oz books? ---
**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 25, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/147 "2018-10-25T15:51:31Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the main character of the musical _Company_? > 2. Are you Betty Boop’s canine friend? > 3. Did you have a hit in 2015 with the song “What Do You Mean?” Dunno, not Puppy Boop (?), and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a dance partner of Fred Astaire? > 2. Did you battle Jack Sparrow in _The Curse of the Black Pearl_? > 3. Were you a talking chicken that appeared in a few of the Oz books? Not Binger Bogers, Barbossa or Bob the Talking Chicken (wildass guess). B. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. Last name started with B 5. not American ---
**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 25, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/148 "2018-10-25T17:32:01Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you serve with Jack Kennedy, know Jack Kennedy, and Jack Kennedy was a friend of yours? > IQ2: Is confusion over the spelling of your name frequently cited as an example of the Mandela effect? > IQ3: Do rowdy crowds refer to you as “asshole” every time anyone says your name? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Lloyd Bentsen, dunno and dunno. 1. Correct 2. Stan and Jan Berenstain, creators of the Berenstain Bears books. Many people insist they remember a third ‘e’ in place of the ‘a’. 3. Brad Majors, from The Rocky Horror Picture Show DQ1: European? DQ2: Alive in the 20th century? ---
**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 25, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/149 "2018-10-25T17:33:58Z")
IQ1: Is your face and hat shown on a popular brand of canned pasta products? IQ2: Are you a lawyer who represented Jack Ruby, the Bakkers, and Zsa Zsa Gabor? IQ3: Did you play a sea monster named Sigmund? ---
**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 25, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/150 "2018-10-25T19:42:41Z")
IQ1: Do your son, ex-husband and former brother-in-law play together in a band? IQ2: Are you the Beatles’ first drummer? IQ3: Are you the Kinks’ second drummer? ---
**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 25, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/151 "2018-10-25T22:29:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Puppy Boop (?), and dunno. 1. was Bobby (or Bobbie, in the recent gender-flipped version of _Company_). 2. was Bimbo. 3. was Justin Bieber. DQ: known from the arts? Two DQs reserved. IQs: 1. Are you TV’s Science Guy? 2. Were you a 19th century humorist for the Laramie _Boomerang_, who reportedly said “Wagner’s music, I have been informed, is really much better than it sounds”? 3. Have you played a zombie stepfather, a vampire, and a tentacled sea captain? ---
**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 26, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/152 "2018-10-26T01:42:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Is your face and hat shown on a popular brand of canned pasta products? > IQ2: Are you a lawyer who represented Jack Ruby, the Bakkers, and Zsa Zsa Gabor? > IQ3: Did you play a sea monster named Sigmund? Not Chef Boyardee (Boiardi), dunno and dunno. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Do your son, ex-husband and former brother-in-law play together in a band? > IQ2: Are you the Beatles’ first drummer? > IQ3: Are you the Kinks’ second drummer? Dunno, not Pete Best, and dunno. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Are you TV’s Science Guy? > 2. Were you a 19th century humorist for the Laramie _Boomerang_, who reportedly said “Wagner’s music, I have been informed, is really much better than it sounds”? > 3. Have you played a zombie stepfather, a vampire, and a tentacled sea captain? Not Bill Nye, dunno, or Bill Nighy. B. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. Last name started with B 5. not American 6. European 7. not alive in the 20th century 8. not known from the Arts ---
**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 26, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/153 "2018-10-26T14:29:35Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Is your face and hat shown on a popular brand of canned pasta products? > IQ2: Are you a lawyer who represented Jack Ruby, the Bakkers, and Zsa Zsa Gabor? > IQ3: Did you play a sea monster named Sigmund? > Not Chef Boyardee (Boiardi), dunno and dunno. correct, Melvin Belli, Billy Barty DQ: From the UK? DQ: Known for politics/royalty? ---
**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 26, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/154 "2018-10-26T14:47:43Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a dance partner of Fred Astaire? > 2. Did you battle Jack Sparrow in The Curse of the Black Pearl? > 3. Were you a talking chicken that appeared in a few of the Oz books? > Not Binger Bogers, Barbossa or Bob the Talking Chicken (wildass guess). #1 was Barrie Chase. Correct on #2. #3 was Billina. DQ: Born after 1799? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 26, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/155 "2018-10-26T15:45:20Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Do your son, ex-husband and former brother-in-law play together in a band? > IQ2: Are you the Beatles’ first drummer? > IQ3: Are you the Kinks’ second drummer? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Pete Best, and dunno. 1. Valerie Bertinelli, ex-wife of Eddie Van Halen and mother to bassist Wolfgang Van Halen. 2. Yes. 3. Bob Henrit, formerly of Argent. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 26, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/156 "2018-10-26T15:54:57Z")
IQ1: Are you the brawny half of the team that controls the power supply in Bartertown? IQ2: Did you write a novel that later inspired one of Kate Bush’s biggest hits? IQ3: Are you a fictional character, created by the band Devo, who frequently appears in their live performances and in some of their videos? ---
**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 26, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/157 "2018-10-26T15:59:01Z")
IQs: 1. Are you allowed only one bullet, which you keep in your shirt pocket? 2. Are you one of the most famous residents of Frostbite Falls, Minnesota? 3. Are you Melville’s scrivener? ---
**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 26, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/158 "2018-10-26T19:02:08Z")
Huh. Never even heard of Barrie Chase! > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you the brawny half of the team that controls the power supply in Bartertown? > IQ2: Did you write a novel that later inspired one of Kate Bush’s biggest hits? > IQ3: Are you a fictional character, created by the band Devo, who frequently appears in their live performances and in some of their videos? Dunno, dunno and not Mr. Bill. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you allowed only one bullet, which you keep in your shirt pocket? > 2. Are you one of the most famous residents of Frostbite Falls, Minnesota? > 3. Are you Melville’s scrivener? Not Barney Fife, Bullwinkle or the extraordinarily irritating, ought-to-have-been-immediately-fired Bartleby. B. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. Last name started with B 5. not American 6. European 7. not alive in the 20th century 8. not known from the Arts 9. from the UK 10. partly known for politics/royalty 11. born after 1799 ---
**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 26, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/159 "2018-10-26T21:22:04Z")
Here’s Fred & Barrie in 1966: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6U140S_x_o) You swept me latest 3. DQ: Born after 1850? ---
**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 26, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/160 "2018-10-26T23:26:29Z")
B. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. Last name started with B 5. not American 6. European 7. not alive in the 20th century 8. not known from the Arts 9. from the UK 10. partly known for politics/royalty 11. born after 1799 12. born before 1850 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378.md?page=9)