# Botticelli - Sep 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 3, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928 "2013-09-03T22:04:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/221 "2013-09-18T17:54:26Z")
To be clear, I’m not raising this issue to get the chance to be gamemaster again. Someone else is welcome to do that. I’m raising it because it goes to the “as famous as Botticelli” acid test of who is the proper subject of one of these rounds. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/222 "2013-09-18T17:59:33Z")
I never thought that was your motive. Games need to have clear rules: this situation hasn’t come up before since I’ve been here. I guess I misjudged how famous Gericault was. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/223 "2013-09-18T18:55:04Z")
I say ‘By all means, continue. My crappy memory is not your fault.’ ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/224 "2013-09-18T19:18:18Z")
IQ1: Does your uncle fiddle about? IQ2: Did you and Philip accuse each other of inappropriate activities with your uncles? IQ3: Did you advocate tiptoeing through the tulips? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/225 "2013-09-18T19:52:43Z")
IQ1: Did you play in Miles Davis’ second quintet while you were still a teenager? IQ2: Did you play The Doctor? IQ3: Are you a different actor who has played The Doctor? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/226 "2013-09-18T19:54:58Z")
…still waiting for one more Yes vote before I continue… ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/227 "2013-09-18T22:19:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …still waiting for one more Yes vote before I continue… Go for it. I didn’t remember his name, but I did remember the painting enough that I was able to form a mental image of it without having to look it up. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you bound to die, poor boy? > IQ2: Are you a Robert Burns hero who gave his name to a type of hat? > IQ3: Did you and your soon-to-be husband start your business association as attempted blackmailers? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Tom Dooley. > I’m not Tam o’Shanter > Take a DQ for #3. Correct on Tom Dooley and Tam o’Shanter. #3 was Tuppence Beresford, from Agatha Christie’s books. DQ: European? IQ1: Did your adventures involve a motor cycle, an airship and a submarine boat? IQ2: Did you have a flying lab and a triphibian atomicar? IQ3: Did you sing “Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad”? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/228 "2013-09-18T22:21:09Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > But most of us at least did admit to recognizing _The Raft of the Medusa,_ so I’m all for it counting. (Not that I would actually recognize the painting, but I remember the name.) > > IQ1: Have you played an angel, a witch, and a man? > IQ2: Did a small cartoon start out as part of your show and end up a standalone that’s been on the air for decades? > IQ3: Does your son see dead people? Okay, then, thanks to all who voted. #1: Take a DQ. #2: love Trace Ullman, not her. #3. It’s been to long since I’ve seen _The Sixth Sense_. 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:** [September 18, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/229 "2013-09-18T22:22:11Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Does your uncle fiddle about? > IQ2: Did you and Philip accuse each other of inappropriate activities with your uncles? > IQ3: Did you advocate tiptoeing through the tulips? I’m not Tommy. I’m not Terence. I’m not Tiny Tim. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/230 "2013-09-18T22:23:12Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Did you play in Miles Davis’ second quintet while you were still a teenager? > IQ2: Did you play The Doctor? > IQ3: Are you a different actor who has played The Doctor? Take a DQ for #1. I’m neither Tom Baker nor David Tennant. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/231 "2013-09-18T22:24:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your adventures involve a motor cycle, an airship and a submarine boat? > IQ2: Did you have a flying lab and a triphibian atomicar? > IQ3: Did you sing “Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad”? I’m not Tin-Tin, and I’m not Tom Swift Jr. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/232 "2013-09-18T22:25:15Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Not American 4. Known for the arts 5. Not a political/military figure 6. Alive 7. European ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/233 "2013-09-18T23:17:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your adventures involve a motor cycle, an airship and a submarine boat? > IQ2: Did you have a flying lab and a triphibian atomicar? > IQ3: Did you sing “Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad”? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Tin-Tin, and I’m not Tom Swift Jr. > Take a DQ for #3. It’s been close to fifty years since I last read Tintin, so I’ll take your word for it that he fits the description. I’ll rephrase… Correct on Tom Swift Jr. That was one of Tammy Wynette’s early hits. DQ: Known for music (singer/instrumentalist/conductor/songwriter/dancer)? IQ1: Are you an American whose adventures involved a motor cycle, an airship and a submarine boat? IQ2: Were you knighted a few years ago for services to literature? IQ3: Were you born in a cabin on the coast of Angola? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/234 "2013-09-18T23:40:47Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Not American 4. Known for the arts 5. Not a political/military figure 6. Alive 7. European 8. Not known for music ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/235 "2013-09-18T23:43:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you an American whose adventures involved a motor cycle, an airship and a submarine boat? > IQ2: Were you knighted a few years ago for services to literature? > IQ3: Were you born in a cabin on the coast of Angola? I’m not Tom Swift. Unless #2 is Terence “Spike” Milligan, take a DQ. I’m not Tarzan. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/236 "2013-09-19T00:36:33Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you an American whose adventures involved a motor cycle, an airship and a submarine boat? > IQ2: Were you knighted a few years ago for services to literature? > IQ3: Were you born in a cabin on the coast of Angola? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Tom Swift. > Unless #2 is Terence “Spike” Milligan, take a DQ. > I’m not Tarzan. Correct on Tom Swift and Tarzan. #2 is Sir Terry Pratchett. DQ: First name starts with ‘T’? IQ1: Were you one of two girls who were such close friends that their names were merged into one? IQ2: Did you play the happiest millionaire’s butler? IQ3: Did you sing about a man questioning green-eyed girls in Memphis? ---
**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:** [September 19, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/237 "2013-09-19T00:58:21Z")
IQ1: Are you depicted in Gutzon Borglum’s most famous work? IQ2: Did many people mistakenly believe the Kinks’ hit “Waterloo Sunset” was about you and your co-star in a 1967 literary adaptation? IQ3: Are you the author of the novel referenced in IQ2? ---
**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:** [September 19, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/238 "2013-09-19T01:16:42Z")
OK, then. IQs: Did your much more famous son fail to go to your funeral, when he relatively easily might have? Was your previous marijuana use an issue after your death? Are you the most famous son of Lancaster, Ohio? ---
**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:** [September 19, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/239 "2013-09-19T12:08:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you one of two girls who were such close friends that their names were merged into one? > IQ2: Did you play the happiest millionaire’s butler? > IQ3: Did you sing about a man questioning green-eyed girls in Memphis? I’m not Tommy Steele for #2. Take 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:** [September 19, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/240 "2013-09-19T12:09:43Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you depicted in Gutzon Borglum’s most famous work? > IQ2: Did many people mistakenly believe the Kinks’ hit “Waterloo Sunset” was about you and your co-star in a 1967 literary adaptation? > IQ3: Are you the author of the novel referenced in IQ2? Take 3 DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928.md?page=13)