# Botticelli October 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 2, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977 "2023-10-02T01:34:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 9, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/81 "2023-10-09T21:23:41Z")
IQ1:Were you considered one of the worst film directors of all time and the subject of a Tim Burton-directed biopic? IQ2: Were you the Phantom of the Paradise? IQ3: Were you obsessed with stealing a talking flute? ---
**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, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/82 "2023-10-09T21:32:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the patsy in “The Red-Headed League”? > Were you a top U.S. arms control negotiator in the Eighties? > Did you and your horse figure in a short story by Susanna Clarke? Respectively: I am not Jabez Wilson. I am not Oliver Worth. I am not George Washington. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1:Were you considered one of the worst film directors of all time and the subject of a Tim Burton-directed biopic? > IQ2: Were you the Phantom of the Paradise? > IQ3: Were you obsessed with stealing a talking flute? IQ1: I am not Edward D. Wood, Jr. IQ2: Take a DQ. IQ3: I am not Witchie-poo. DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. dead 4. American 5. first word of stage name begins with W 6. died after 1900 7. not known for acting, acted but mostly played himself ---
**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 9, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/83 "2023-10-09T21:37:26Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > directed biopic? > > IQ2: Were you the Phantom of the Paradise? > > IQ3: Were you obsessed with stealing a talking flute? > > IQ1: I am not Edward D. Wood, Jr. > IQ2: Take a DQ. > IQ3: I am not Witchie-poo. Correct Winslow Leach Correct DQ: Known for music? ---
**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, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/84 "2023-10-09T21:53:52Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the patsy in “The Red-Headed League”? - Yes, Jabez Wilson, in the Sherlock Holmes story Were you a top U.S. arms control negotiator in the Eighties? - Not Oliver Worth (ha!), but Paul Warnke Did you and your horse figure in a short story by Susanna Clarke? - Not George Washington, but Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington DQs: Won a top entertainment award? Died after 1950? IQs: Is the main building on the Princeton U. campus named after your royal house? Were you Ben Franklin’s least-favorite son, late in life? Were you the best-known dude from Auburn, N.Y.? ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/85 "2023-10-10T03:05:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Is the main building on the Princeton U. campus named after your royal house? > Were you Ben Franklin’s least-favorite son, late in life? > Were you the best-known dude from Auburn, N.Y.? Respectively: I am not William of Orange. I am not William Franklin. I am not William Howard Taft. DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. dead 4. American 5. first word of stage name begins with W 6. died after 1900 7. not known for acting, acted but mostly played himself 8. known for music (sorta) 9. did not win any awards, as far as I can tell 10. died after 1950 ---
**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 10, 2023, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/86 "2023-10-10T07:28:18Z")
IQ1: Are you an outsider musician whose name is Larry? IQ2: Did you share a name with one of your partner-in-crime’s fish? IQ3: Did you join your father and uncle’s rock band at the age of 15? ---
**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 10, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/87 "2023-10-10T12:10:05Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you compose the five-part Dada Trilogy? > > 2. Were you the announcer for the highly acclaimed quantum-scented 1950’s all-popcorn BBC Radio Series _The Goon Show_? > > 3. Did your character step in to succeed Coach’s on _Cheers_? > > 1. I am not Mason Williams. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Woody. Correct, Wallace Greenslade, and correct. DQ: Died after 2000? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/88 "2023-10-10T13:45:16Z")
Okay, I’ll ask the obvious: IQ: Was it said that you hated dogs and babies? ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/89 "2023-10-10T14:02:33Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you an outsider musician whose name is Larry? > IQ2: Did you share a name with one of your partner-in-crime’s fish? > IQ3: Did you join your father and uncle’s rock band at the age of 15? IQ1: Take a DQ. IQ2: I am not Wanda. IQ3: Take a DQ. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Was it said that you hated dogs and babies? I am not W.C. Fields. DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. dead 4. American 5. first word of stage name begins with W 6. died after 1900 7. not known for acting, acted but mostly played himself 8. known for music (sorta) 9. did not win any awards, as far as I can tell 10. died after 1950 11. died before 2000 ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/90 "2023-10-10T14:09:09Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you an outsider musician whose name is Larry? > > IQ2: Did you share a name with one of your partner-in-crime’s fish? > > IQ3: Did you join your father and uncle’s rock band at the age of 15? > > IQ1: Take a DQ. > IQ2: I am not Wanda. > IQ3: Take a DQ. Dr. Demento staple Wild Man Fischer Correct Wolfgang Van Halen DQ: DIsc jockey? Holding one DQ IQ: Were you a Top-40 disc jockey with a cameo in George Lucas’ first big hit feature film? ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/91 "2023-10-10T15:11:39Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Were you a Top-40 disc jockey with a cameo in George Lucas’ first big hit feature film? Aaah-OOOOOOO, I am indeed Wolfman Jack! Next game goes to Chock. ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/92 "2023-10-10T16:15:00Z")
Next up… **F** [![](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/fire-letter-f-your-design-50877614.jpg) ](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/fire-letter-f-your-design-50877614.jpg) ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/93 "2023-10-10T16:48:18Z")
IQs: 1. Do you have a glove with knives? 2. Are you a sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania? 3. Were you Boris Badenov’s female sidekick? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/94 "2023-10-10T17:04:46Z")
Great guess, **CFOHG**! And a clever pick, **DLR**! Okay, “F”: 1. Have you played a jealous musician and a theologically rigid inquisitor? 2. Were you an assistant to your brother’s criminal empire, run out of the Hawthorne Inn in Cicero, Illinois? 3. Did you think of yourself and your companions as little brothers of the poor? ---
**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 10, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/95 "2023-10-10T17:09:15Z")
IQs: 1. Did you ask us to think–think about what we’re trying to do to you? 2. Were your lesser-known writings collected in _Fart Proudly_? 3. Did you have a guest role in “Wolf in the Fold”, the _Star Trek_ episode with Jack the Ripper? ---
**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 10, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/96 "2023-10-10T18:01:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Do you have a glove with knives? > 2. Are you a sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania? > 3. Were you Boris Badenov’s female sidekick? Not Freddy Krueger Not Frank N Furter Not Natasha Fatale > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. Have you played a jealous musician and a theologically rigid inquisitor? > 2. Were you an assistant to your brother’s criminal empire, run out of the Hawthorne Inn in Cicero, Illinois? > 3. Did you think of yourself and your companions as little brothers of the poor? Not F. Murray Abraham Take 2 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you ask us to think–think about what we’re trying to do to you? > 2. Were your lesser-known writings collected in _Fart Proudly_? > 3. Did you have a guest role in “Wolf in the Fold”, the _Star Trek_ episode with Jack the Ripper? Not Aretha Franklin Not Ben Franklin DQ ---
**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 10, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/97 "2023-10-10T18:07:06Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Aretha Franklin > Not Ben Franklin > DQ 2 was John Fiedler. DQ: real? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/98 "2023-10-10T18:11:59Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 1. Have you played a jealous musician and a theologically rigid inquisitor? > > 2. Were you an assistant to your brother’s criminal empire, run out of the Hawthorne Inn in Cicero, Illinois? > > 3. Did you think of yourself and your companions as little brothers of the poor? > > Not F. Murray Abraham > Take 2 DQs Correct on F. Murray. 2. was Al Capone’s brother Frank, and by contrast, 3. was Francis of Assisi, who called his order the “little brothers” -“_fratres minores_”, or “friars minor” - of the poor. DQs: 1. Living? 2. Female? ---
**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 10, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/99 "2023-10-10T19:30:22Z")
**F** 1. Fictional 2. Could be alive today, if real 3. Male ---
**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 10, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/100 "2023-10-10T20:30:02Z")
IQs: 1. Did you vanish alongside Amelia Earhart? 2. Did you star in _Monster-in-Law_? 3. Were you Satan’s daughter and thus the Anti-Christ in _Little Demon_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977.md?page=6)