# Botticelli - October 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843 "2021-10-04T01:12:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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 18, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/121 "2021-10-18T13:34:24Z")
K it is! IQs: Did _Doonesbury_ joke about your appreciation of the Hippocratic Oath? Are you the best-known TV character from Toledo, Ohio? Were you, perhaps unfairly, the bad guy in _Breaker Morant_? ---
**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 18, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/122 "2021-10-18T14:02:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did _Doonesbury_ joke about your appreciation of the Hippocratic Oath? > Are you the best-known TV character from Toledo, Ohio? > Were you, perhaps unfairly, the bad guy in _Breaker Morant_ ? Respectively: I am not Henry Kissenger. Take a DQ. I am not Lord Kitchener. DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. last name starts with K 4. dead 5. not American 6. known for the Arts 7. died after 1900 ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/123 "2021-10-18T15:17:07Z")
Using my spare DQ Known for writing? ---
**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 18, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/124 "2021-10-18T17:29:27Z")
Previous IQs: Did _Doonesbury_ joke about your appreciation of the Hippocratic Oath? - Yes, Henry Kissinger (when a surgeon mentioned he’d considered killing you on the operating table) Are you the best-known TV character from Toledo, Ohio? - Cpl. Max Klinger on _MASH_ Were you, perhaps unfairly, the bad guy in _Breaker Morant_? - Yes, Lord Kitchener DQ: European? IQs: Did you keep an inscribed coconut shell in your office? Were you that person’s spouse? Were you that person’s eldest son? ---
**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 18, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/125 "2021-10-18T19:28:05Z")
IQ1: Did you run for President on the platform of “abortions for some, miniature American flags for others”? IQ2: Were you IQ1’s opponent? IQ3: Have you been trying to catch 'em all for 25 years? ---
**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 18, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/126 "2021-10-18T19:31:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you keep an inscribed coconut shell in your office? > Were you that person’s spouse? > Were you that person’s eldest son? Respectively: I am not John F. Kennedy. I am not Jackie Kennedy. I am not John F. Kennedy, Jr. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you run for President on the platform of “abortions for some, miniature American flags for others”? > IQ2: Were you IQ1’s opponent? > IQ3: Have you been trying to catch 'em all for 25 years? IQ1: I am not Kang. IQ2: I am not Kodos. IQ3: I am not Ash Ketchum. DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. last name starts with K 4. dead 5. not American 6. known for the Arts 7. died after 1900 8. not known for writing 9. 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 18, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/127 "2021-10-18T22:08:01Z")
DQ: Known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, fashion design, etc.)? ---
**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 18, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/128 "2021-10-18T22:09:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create _Pogo_? 2. Did you create _Dennis the Menace_? 3. Are you a Russian artist who is considered to be one of the first abstract painters? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/129 "2021-10-18T22:57:50Z")
IQs 1. Did you compose what’s has been considered by some as the most obnoxious piece of music, often used in circuses and by a NHL team? 2. Did you create (Your) Kollege of Musical Knowledge? 3. Along with Prof’s #3, did you teach at a German School of Art? ---
**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 18, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/130 "2021-10-18T23:14:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create _Pogo_? > 2. Did you create _Dennis the Menace_? > 3. Are you a Russian artist who is considered to be one of the first abstract painters? 1. I am not Walt Kelly. 2. I am not Hank Ketcham. 3. I am not Wassily Kandinsky? > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you compose what’s has been considered by some as the most obnoxious piece of music, often used in circuses and by a NHL team? > 2. Did you create (Your) Kollege of Musical Knowledge? > 3. Along with Prof’s #3, did you teach at a German School of Art? 1. Take a DQ. Unless this is Khachaturian again. 2. I am not Kay Kyser. 3. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. last name starts with K 4. dead 5. not American 6. known for the Arts 7. died after 1900 8. not known for writing 9. European 10. not known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, fashion design, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/131 "2021-10-19T00:46:37Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. Unless this is Khachaturian again. > 2. I am not Kay Kyser. > 3. Take a DQ. Eep, sorry for the duplicate IQ Yes Paul Klee DQ Died after 1990? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/132 "2021-10-19T13:31:08Z")
IQs: 1. Do you host **The Amazing Race**? 2. Did you write the book **The Forgotten Door** , among others? 3. Were you the fictitious house band leader on the TV show **Fernwood2Night**? \*\*Also the show’s other name, **America Tonight**? ---
**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 19, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/133 "2021-10-19T14:02:37Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you host **The Amazing Race**? > 2. Did you write the book **The Forgotten Door** , among others? > 3. Were you the fictitious house band leader on the TV show **Fernwood2Night**? \*\*Also the show’s other name, **America Tonight**? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. > [@MissTake](#): > > Eep, sorry for the duplicate IQ > Yes > Paul Klee We had Paul Klee already, but I’ll give you this one 'cause I’m nice. DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. last name starts with K 4. dead 5. not American 6. known for the Arts 7. died after 1900 8. not known for writing 9. European 10. not known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, fashion design, etc.) 11. died before 1990 ---
**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 19, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/134 "2021-10-19T14:31:24Z")
Swept me. IQs: 1. Did you write the Nancy Drew mysteries? 2. Did you play Ted Baxter on _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_? 3. Were you the last king of Hawaii? ---
**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 19, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/135 "2021-10-19T14:59:20Z")
Swept me, too. IQs: Were you a US ambassador to Japan who later considered running for governor of your home state? Was your autobiography titled _True Compass_? Do you appear in a leather jacket on the cover of your best-known biography? ---
**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 19, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/136 "2021-10-19T15:35:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the Nancy Drew mysteries? > 2. Did you play Ted Baxter on _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_? > 3. Were you the last king of Hawaii? 1. I am not Carolyn Keene. 2. I am not Ted Knight. 3. I am not Kamehameha? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a US ambassador to Japan who later considered running for governor of your home state? > Was your autobiography titled _True Compass_? > Do you appear in a leather jacket on the cover of your best-known biography? Respectively: I am not Kennedy. I am not Kennedy. I am not Kennedy? I can’t picture a Kennedy in leather. ---
**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 19, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/137 "2021-10-19T16:11:51Z")
Swept me again. Hmmm… IQs: 1. Are you the “son” of Superman and Lex Luthor? 2. Are you playing HerculePoirot in the upcoming version of _Death on the Nile_? 3. Have you played a Netflix series assassin, an MCU assassin, and a computer game 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 19, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/138 "2021-10-19T16:18:46Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > Were you a US ambassador to Japan who later considered running for governor of your home state? > > Was your autobiography titled _True Compass_? > > Do you appear in a leather jacket on the cover of your best-known biography? > > Respectively: > I am not Kennedy. > I am not Kennedy. > I am not Kennedy? I can’t picture a Kennedy in leather. Would I be out of line, under our usual Botticelli rules, in insisting on first names here? ---
**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 19, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/139 "2021-10-19T16:21:54Z")
I agree with EH on this 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 19, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/140 "2021-10-19T16:35:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the “son” of Superman and Lex Luthor? > 2. Are you playing HerculePoirot in the upcoming version of _Death on the Nile_? > 3. Have you played a Netflix series assassin, an MCU assassin, and a computer game character? 1. I am not Kon-El/Superboy. 2. I am not Kenny Branaugh. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a US ambassador to Japan who later considered running for governor of your home state? > Was your autobiography titled _True Compass_? > Do you appear in a leather jacket on the cover of your best-known biography? Respectively: I am not Robert Kennedy? I am not Teddy Kennedy? I am not Robert F. Kennedy Jr.? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843.md?page=8)