# Botticelli - Sept. 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 1, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651 "2016-09-01T13:28:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 10
**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 29, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/181 "2016-09-29T13:34:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you appear in both _My Fair Lady_ and _The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes_? > Were you a child of an eccentric British inventor? > Were you another child of an eccentric British inventor? DQ. Not Jeremy Potts. Not Jemima Potts. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you “sound the charge that lead us safe to the rear”? > 2. Were you obnoxious and disliked? > 3. In the final circle of Hell in Dante’s _Inferno_, is Satan eternally chomping on your soul? DQ (though I’m pretty sure I should know this one). Not John Adams. DQ. **J** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not from a work of prose fiction 4. Created by an American author (or authors) 5. Last name starts with J 6. Created after 1950 7. American character 8. Did not first appear in a movie 9. Died in-story, but could have lived until today if real 10. Not known from TV 11. Not created after 1980 12. Considered a good guy ---
**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 29, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/182 "2016-09-29T20:10:51Z")
Previous IQs: Did you appear in both _My Fair Lady_ and _The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes_? - Jeremy Brett. Were you a child of an eccentric British inventor? - Yes, Jeremy Potts in _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_. Were you another child of an eccentric British inventor? - Yes, Jemima Potts. DQ: From comics? IQs: Did you sorta win at Jutland? Was your first name actually Forsythe? Was your raid a key event in South African history? ---
**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 29, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/183 "2016-09-29T20:14:32Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you “sound the charge that lead us safe to the rear”? > 2. Were you obnoxious and disliked? > 3. In the final circle of Hell in Dante’s Inferno, is Satan eternally chomping on your soul? > DQ (though I’m pretty sure I should know this one). > Not John Adams. > DQ. #1 was Jubilation T. Cornpone from the musical _Li’l Abner_, and whom I’ve used before. #2 is correct. #3 is Judas Iscariot. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 30, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/184 "2016-09-30T20:58:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you sorta win at Jutland? > Was your first name actually Forsythe? > Was your raid a key event in South African history? Not John Jellicoe. DQ. DQ. **J** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not from a work of prose fiction 4. Created by an American author (or authors) 5. Last name starts with J 6. Created after 1950 7. American character 8. Did not first appear in a movie 9. Died in-story, but could have lived until today if real 10. Not known from TV 11. Not created after 1980 12. Considered a good guy 13. Not from comics ---
**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 1, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/185 "2016-10-01T05:01:45Z")
Previous IQs: Did you sorta win at Jutland? - Yes, Adm. Jellicoe Was your first name actually Forsythe? - Jughead Jones in _Archie_. Was your raid a key event in South African history? - Jameson - can’t remember his first name. DQs: From radio? Assocated with NYC? IQs: Did Elizabeth Banks play your sexy secretary? Were you captain of the USS _Cairo_ and briefly of the USS _Enterprise_? Did the same boy kill your girlfriend and stab you? ---
**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 1, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/186 "2016-10-01T20:41:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Elizabeth Banks play your sexy secretary? > Were you captain of the USS _Cairo_ and briefly of the USS _Enterprise_? > Did the same boy kill your girlfriend and stab you? Three DQs. **J** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not from a work of prose fiction 4. Created by an American author (or authors) 5. Last name starts with J 6. Created after 1950 7. American character 8. Did not first appear in a movie 9. Died in-story, but could have lived until today if real 10. Not known from TV 11. Not created after 1980 12. Considered a good guy 13. Not from comics 14. Not from radio 15. Not assocated with NYC ---
**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 1, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/187 "2016-10-01T20:47:22Z")
DQ: from a song? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 1, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/188 "2016-10-01T20:52:33Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a bullfrog with very fine wine? 2. Did you come along and save the girl who was tied to the railroad tracks in a song? 3. Is your name my name too? ---
**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 1, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/189 "2016-10-01T21:53:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a bullfrog with very fine wine? > 2. Did you come along and save the girl who was tied to the railroad tracks in a song? > 3. Is your name my name too? Not Jeremiah. Not tall, thin, slow-walkin’, slow-talkin’, long, lean, lanky Jones. 😃 Not John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. (Y’know, I’ve never heard that last one - haven’t the faintest idea what the tune might be…) **J** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not from a work of prose fiction 4. Created by an American author (or authors) 5. Last name starts with J 6. Created after 1950 7. American character 8. Did not first appear in a movie 9. Died in-story, but could have lived until today if real 10. Not known from TV 11. Not created after 1980 12. Considered a good guy 13. Not from comics 14. Not from radio 15. Not assocated with NYC 16. From a song ---
**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 2, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/190 "2016-10-02T00:46:08Z")
DQ: Created after 1963? ---
**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 2, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/191 "2016-10-02T00:56:51Z")
Correct on all three. IQs: 1. Did you save a bunch of people by keeping the mine from collapsing? 2. Did your girlfriend meet you at the candy store but her parents told her you were from the wrong side of town so she had to break up with you? 3. Did you get on the wrong side of Slim, aka Willie McCoy? ---
**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 2, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/192 "2016-10-02T02:20:13Z")
Previous IQs: Did Elizabeth Banks play your sexy secretary? - J. Jonah Jameson, in the early _Spider-Man_ movies: [http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2004\_Spider-Man\_2/004SPT\_Elizabeth\_Banks\_002.jpg](http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2004_Spider-Man_2/004SPT_Elizabeth_Banks_002.jpg) Were you captain of the USS _Cairo_ and briefly of the USS _Enterprise_? - Edward Jellico, in several episodes of _Star Trek: The Next Generation_. Did the same boy kill your girlfriend and stab you? - Jon Snow, on _Game of Thrones_. DQs: From a rock and roll song? Best-known version of song performed by a soloist or a group? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 2, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/193 "2016-10-02T18:46:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Created after 1963? No. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > From a rock and roll song? > Best-known version of song performed by a soloist or a group? No. Yes. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you save a bunch of people by keeping the mine from collapsing? > 2. Did your girlfriend meet you at the candy store but her parents told her you were from the wrong side of town so she had to break up with you? > 3. Did you get on the wrong side of Slim, aka Willie McCoy? I’m neither Jimmy, aka the leader of the pack, nor Big Jim Walker. I am, however, Big **J** ohn, eponymous hero of Jimmy Dean’s song “Big Bad John.” ---
**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 2, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/194 "2016-10-02T19:46:58Z")
Good job, **Prof. P.**! Didn’t think of him. ---
**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 2, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/195 "2016-10-02T21:02:07Z")
If anyone has the intestinal fortitude for it, I here present the unfortunate sequel to _Big Bad John_: [The Cajun Queen.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djpDAnUATlg) I’ll start the October thread when I come up with someone. ---
**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 2, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/196 "2016-10-02T21:12:41Z")
Link to October thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19670814#post19670814](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19670814#post19670814) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651.md?page=9)