# Botticelli - September 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916 "2015-09-04T17:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 4, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/1 "2015-09-04T17:19:23Z")
> [@Botticelli - August 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/532): > > …and now, I am T. > [@Botticelli - August 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/533): > > IQ1) Are you an All-Star Yankee catcher who died in a private plane crash? > > IQ2) Did you sentence Max von Sydow to death is a movie? > > IQ3) Did you tell your wife about a nightmare in which the ghost of the local butcher’s wife haunted you?" > [@Botticelli - August 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/534): > > IQs: > > Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? > Did your portrait painter have a sudden inspiration hit him as to where to paint you? > Did you attend Oberlin College but not graduate? > [@Botticelli - August 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/535): > > I am not Tevya. Take 2 DQs. > [@Botticelli - August 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/536): > > I am not George Henry Thomas. Take 2 DQs. > [@Botticelli - August 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/537): > > Thurman Munson and Telly Savalas (who was Pontius Pilate in _ **The Greatest Story Ever Told** _) > DQ1) Real? > > DQ) Male? DQs: 1. Real 2. Male ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/2 "2015-09-04T18:17:49Z")
IQ1: Are you the Queen of Evil, an evil mystical entity and the mistress of the Dark Circle, enemy of the Phantom Stranger? IQ2: Are you an alchemist/sorcerer IQ1 frequently allied with? IQ3: Are you a parapsychologist who starred in the Phantom Stranger’s backup series, and was eventually moved to _House of Mystery_? ---
**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 4, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/3 "2015-09-04T19:09:32Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Queen of Evil, an evil mystical entity and the mistress of the Dark Circle, enemy of the Phantom Stranger? > IQ2: Are you an alchemist/sorcerer IQ1 frequently allied with? > IQ3: Are you a parapsychologist who starred in the Phantom Stranger’s backup series, and was eventually moved to _House of Mystery_? I am not Dr. Thirteen. Take 2 DQs for the first two. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/4 "2015-09-04T19:31:58Z")
IQ1) Were you the last quarterback to lead the Detroit Lions to an NFL championship? IQ2) Are you a world-famous harmonica player and session whistler (for instance, you whistled the theme music in Old Spice commercials)? IQ3) Did Orson Welles direct an acclaimed film adaptation of your greatest novel right after making _ **Citizen Kane** _? ---
**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 4, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/5 "2015-09-04T19:35:44Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you the last quarterback to lead the Detroit Lions to an NFL championship? > > IQ2) Are you a world-famous harmonica player and session whistler (for instance, you whistled the theme music in Old Spice commercials)? > > IQ3) Did Orson Welles direct an acclaimed film adaptation of your greatest novel right after making _ **Citizen Kane** _? Take 2 DQs. I am not Booth Tarkington. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/6 "2015-09-04T19:37:31Z")
Tobin Rote was the Lions QB and Toots Thielemans was the harmonica player DQ1) First name start with T? DQ2) Alive? ---
**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 4, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/7 "2015-09-04T19:38:56Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with T 4. Dead ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/8 "2015-09-04T21:28:52Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Queen of Evil, an evil mystical entity and the mistress of the Dark Circle, enemy of the Phantom Stranger? > IQ2: Are you an alchemist/sorcerer IQ1 frequently allied with? > IQ3: Are you a parapsychologist who starred in the Phantom Stranger’s backup series, and was eventually moved to House of Mystery? > > I am not Dr. Thirteen. Take 2 DQs for the first two. Tala and Tannarak DQ1: American? DQ2: Known for the arts? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/9 "2015-09-04T21:42:33Z")
IQ1) Did you sing backup on “Tie a Yellow Ribbon” and “Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose”? IQ2) Did Peter Frampton kill you in a terrible movie? IQ3) Did you arrest the wrong man every week on CBS TV, from 1957-1965? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/10 "2015-09-04T21:47:53Z")
IQ1: Were you the chief editor of the Daily Star in the Golden Age? IQ2: After you were blinded, did Dr. Engstrom reconnect your optic nerves to your fingertips? IQ3: Are you a member of the Planeteers who flies the patrol craft “Space Ace”? (This one doesn’t count. I just want to see if you know it. Is your secret identity a shopkeeper in Zooville named Merton McSnurtle? ---
**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 4, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/11 "2015-09-04T22:37:12Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with T 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts ---
**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 4, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/12 "2015-09-04T22:38:54Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you sing backup on “Tie a Yellow Ribbon” and “Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose”? > > IQ2) Did Peter Frampton kill you in a terrible movie? > > IQ3) Did you arrest the wrong man every week on CBS TV, from 1957-1965? Assuming #3 is Perry Mason, I am not Lt. Tragg. Take 2 or 3 DQs accordingly. ---
**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 4, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/13 "2015-09-04T22:39:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you the chief editor of the Daily Star in the Golden Age? > IQ2: After you were blinded, did Dr. Engstrom reconnect your optic nerves to your fingertips? > IQ3: Are you a member of the Planeteers who flies the patrol craft “Space Ace”? > > (This one doesn’t count. I just want to see if you know it. Is your secret identity a shopkeeper in Zooville named Merton McSnurtle? #2. I am not the Ten-Eyed Man. Take 2 DQ’s. I don’t know the extra question, either. ---
**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 5, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/14 "2015-09-05T03:26:08Z")
Previous IQs: Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? - Yes, Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas, a Civil War hero of mine. Did your portrait painter have a sudden inspiration hit him as to where to paint you? - Theodore Roosevelt, who posed for his official portrait by John Singer Sargent at the foot of the White House stairs. After walking all over the house looking for a good spot, the painter saw him standing there: [John Singer Sargent - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Singer_Sargent#Other_work) Did you attend Oberlin College but not graduate? - Thornton Wilder. ---
**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 5, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/15 "2015-09-05T15:27:54Z")
DQs: European? Known for the visual arts? IQs: Did Burt Young play your best-known-character’s brother? Did you play Jesse Stone? Were you played by the nephew of the actor who played you as an older man? ---
**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 5, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/16 "2015-09-05T15:39:18Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with T 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. European 8. Known for the visual arts ---
**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 5, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/17 "2015-09-05T15:40:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > IQs: > > Did Burt Young play your best-known-character’s brother? > Did you play Jesse Stone? > Were you played by the nephew of the actor who played you as an older man? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/18 "2015-09-05T16:20:22Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you the chief editor of the Daily Star in the Golden Age? > IQ2: After you were blinded, did Dr. Engstrom reconnect your optic nerves to your fingertips? > IQ3: Are you a member of the Planeteers who flies the patrol craft “Space Ace”? > > (This one doesn’t count. I just want to see if you know it. Is your secret identity a shopkeeper in Zooville named Merton McSnurtle? > > #2. I am not the Ten-Eyed Man. George Taylor, Tommy Tomorrow extra IQ is The Terrific Whatzit DQ: Painter? holding 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 5, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/19 "2015-09-05T16:23:15Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with T 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. European 8. Known for the visual arts 9. Painter ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/20 "2015-09-05T16:29:53Z")
IQ1: Are you the first Mister Miracle, succeeded after your murder by Scott Free? IQ2: Are you a Sam Spade knockoff comrade of Wonder Woman who carried a single gun you lovingly referred to as “Lulu”? IQ3: Are you the thug who tampered with the Haly’s Circus trapeze ropes, causing Dick Grayson’s parents to fall to their deaths? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=2)