# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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 26, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/161 "2016-09-26T22:08:11Z")
I was never a big fan of Dottie’s, but I’ve been listening to country since the mid '60s, so… (If I’d noticed DQ 15, I wouldn’t have asked about Shelly, who of course is best known for her duets with David Frizzell.) I’m drawing a blank on X’s, and I have a name I’ve been wanting to use for a while, so I’m going to break the sequence. I am **J**. ---
**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 26, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/162 "2016-09-26T22:21:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you paint _Girl with a Pearl Earring_? 2. Are you a space-traveling Virginian sometimes called “Uncle Jack”? 3. Are you married to Luke Cage in the comics? ---
**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 26, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/163 "2016-09-26T23:58:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint _Girl with a Pearl Earring_? > 2. Are you a space-traveling Virginian sometimes called “Uncle Jack”? > 3. Are you married to Luke Cage in the comics? Not Jan Vermeer (my favourite painter, as you know, but far from my favourite painting). Not John Carter, Warlord of Barsoom. DQ. ---
**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 27, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/164 "2016-09-27T00:00:12Z")
BTW – I’m still experiencing the computer and Internet problems (yes, problems with both!) I mentioned a while back, so my presence may be a bit sporadic here… ---
**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 27, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/165 "2016-09-27T03:17:36Z")
Hope you feel better soon, **Draelin**. IQs: Did you once serve on the _Republic_ and the _Farragut_? Is the book _God’s Secretaries_ about something named after you? Did Robert Conrad and Will Smith both play you? ---
**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 27, 2016, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/166 "2016-09-27T11:36:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint _Girl with a Pearl Earring_? > 2. Are you a space-traveling Virginian sometimes called “Uncle Jack”? > 3. Are you married to Luke Cage in the comics? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Jan Vermeer (my favourite painter, as you know, but far from my favourite painting). > Not John Carter, Warlord of Barsoom. > DQ. Correct x2. #3 is Jessica Jones. DQ: Real? ---
**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 27, 2016, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/167 "2016-09-27T12:20:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you once serve on the _Republic_ and the _Farragut_? > Is the book _God’s Secretaries_ about something named after you? > Did Robert Conrad and Will Smith both play you? Not … James T Kirk? DQ. Not James West. **J** 1. Fictional ---
**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 27, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/168 "2016-09-27T12:22:33Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Turn of the Screw_? 2. Did you play the character given credit for shooting Liberty Valance? 3. Did you play the character who actually shot Liberty Valance? ---
**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 27, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/169 "2016-09-27T22:27:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Turn of the Screw_? > 2. Did you play the character given credit for shooting Liberty Valance? > 3. Did you play the character who actually shot Liberty Valance? DQ. Not … Jimmy Stewart? I know he was the bravest of them all, but no idea who played him. 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 27, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/170 "2016-09-27T23:54:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Turn of the Screw_? > 2. Did you play the character given credit for shooting Liberty Valance? > 3. Did you play the character who actually shot Liberty Valance? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > Not … Jimmy Stewart? > I know he was the bravest of them all, but no idea who played him. DQ. #1 was Henry James. #2 is correct. #3 was John Wayne. DQs: 1. From a work of prose fiction? 2. Created by an American author (or authors)? ---
**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 28, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/171 "2016-09-28T04:17:02Z")
Previous IQs: Did you once serve on the _Republic_ and the _Farragut_? - Yes, James T. Kirk. Is the book _God’s Secretaries_ about something named after you? - King James I of England, after whom the King James Bible was named. Did Robert Conrad and Will Smith both play you? - Yes, James West. James x3! DQ: Male? IQs: Are you a current Federal official with the middle name of Glover? Did you make an election-themed short film that’s getting some attention on the Dope? Did you change shirts about six times a day? ---
**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 28, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/172 "2016-09-28T10:56:56Z")
IQs: 1. Did you record _Scream_ with your brother? 2. Are you the author of the Stephanie Plum series of mysteries? 3. Did you write _Dubliners_? ---
**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 28, 2016, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/173 "2016-09-28T11:05:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > James x3! > > IQs: > > Are you a current Federal official with the middle name of Glover? > Did you make an election-themed short film that’s getting some attention on the Dope? > Did you change shirts about six times a day? DQ x3! > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you record _Scream_ with your brother? > 2. Are you the author of the Stephanie Plum series of mysteries? > 3. Did you write _Dubliners_? DQ. DQ. Not James Joyce **J** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not from a work of prose fiction 4. Created by an American author (or authors) ---
**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 28, 2016, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/174 "2016-09-28T11:29:46Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you record Scream with your brother? > 2. Are you the author of the Stephanie Plum series of mysteries? > 3. Did you write Dubliners? > DQ. > DQ. > Not James Joyce #1 was Janet Jackson. #2 is Janet Evanovich. Correct on James Joyce. DQs: 1. Last name starts with J? 2. Created after 1950? ---
**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 28, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/175 "2016-09-28T16:36:34Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a current Federal official with the middle name of Glover? - John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States. Did you make an election-themed short film that’s getting some attention on the Dope? - Joss Whedon: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=805265](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=805265) Did you change shirts about six times a day? - JFK DQs: American character? First appeared in a movie? Would still be alive today, if real? IQs: Did Mr. Cyphre hire private eye Harry Angel to find you? Was your actual name John Chapman? Did you once, as a joke, bring a folding desk along with you? ---
**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 28, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/176 "2016-09-28T16:49:56Z")
IQs: 1. Did you and your friend Gus-Gus help Cinderella? 2. Did you play Uncle Fester on TV’s _The Addams Family_? 3. Were you a white teenager for 70-some years, only to become a 20-something black man recently? ---
**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 28, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/177 "2016-09-28T21:33:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Mr. Cyphre hire private eye Harry Angel to find you? > Was your actual name John Chapman? > Did you once, as a joke, bring a folding desk along with you? DQ. Not Johnny Appleseed. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you and your friend Gus-Gus help Cinderella? > 2. Did you play Uncle Fester on TV’s _The Addams Family_? > 3. Were you a white teenager for 70-some years, only to become a 20-something black man recently? Not Jacques. Not Jackie Coogan. Not … Rick Jones? **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 ---
**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 28, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/178 "2016-09-28T22:57:44Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you and your friend Gus-Gus help Cinderella? > 2. Did you play Uncle Fester on TV’s The Addams Family? > 3. Were you a white teenager for 70-some years, only to become a 20-something black man recently? > Not Jacques. > Not Jackie Coogan. > Not … Rick Jones? #1. Correct on Jaq. #2. Correct on Jackie. #3. Rick Jones is still white, but Jimmy Olsen is now a black adult on _Supergirl_. DQ: Known from TV? ---
**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, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/179 "2016-09-29T03:36:00Z")
Previous IQs: Did Mr. Cyphre hire private eye Harry Angel to find you? - Missing crooner Johnny Favourite, in the movie _Angel Heart._ Was your actual name John Chapman? - Yes, Johnny Appleseed. Did you once, as a joke, bring a folding desk along with you? - Johnny Carson, when he was a guest of David Letterman’s: [Johnny Carson on "David Letterman Show" part 1. 1985 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gehruIvKoXs) Johnny x3! DQs: Created after 1980? Considered a good guy? 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? ---
**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, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/180 "2016-09-29T12:56:22Z")
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