# 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:** 19
**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 17, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/361 "2015-09-17T21:44:02Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Green Lantern enemy whose real name is Steven Sharpe III? > IQ2: Are you the very first Flash? > IQ3: Are you a simian telepathic enemy of the Flash? I am not the Gambler. I am not Jay Garrick (coming to TV this Fall on _The Flash_). I am not Gorilla Grodd. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/362 "2015-09-17T21:46:27Z")
IQ1) Did you call your haircut Arthur? IQ2) Did a certain actor win Emmies for playing you in BOTH the Drama AND the Comedy categories? IQ3) Are you a sitcom character who was named for Noah’s grandson? ---
**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 17, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/363 "2015-09-17T21:50:30Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you call your haircut Arthur? > > IQ2) Did a certain actor win Emmies for playing you in BOTH the Drama AND the Comedy categories? > > IQ3) Are you a sitcom character who was named for Noah’s grandson? #3. I am not Gomer Pyle. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/364 "2015-09-17T22:22:55Z")
Gomer Pyle is right In _ **A Hard Day’s Night** _, a reporter asks George Harrison, “What do you call that haircut of yours?” George smirks and replies, “Arthur.” Ed Asner won both the Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy and Best Actor in a Drama Emmies for the role of… Lou Grant. \*\* DQ1) Male? DQ2) Last name start with G?\*\* ---
**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 17, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/365 "2015-09-17T22:26:15Z")
IQ1: Do you run an orphanage on Apokolips that trains orphans to be fanatical soldiers to Darkseid? IQ2: Are you a Wonder Woman enemy whose alter ego is Dr. Doris Zeul? IQ3: Are you the alias of Legion of Super Heroes member Lightning Lad? ---
**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 17, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/366 "2015-09-17T22:26:46Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with G ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/367 "2015-09-17T22:27:28Z")
IQ1) Did your defensive heroics at 3rd base save game 3 of the 1978 World Series for the Yankees? IQ2) Were you Garth Brooks’ unpopular, unsuccessful pop music alter ego? IQ3) Did you play the effeminate, hippie Jesus in the movie version of _ **Godspell?** _ ---
**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 17, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/368 "2015-09-17T22:27:56Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Do you run an orphanage on Apokolips that trains orphans to be fanatical soldiers to Darkseid? > IQ2: Are you a Wonder Woman enemy whose alter ego is Dr. Doris Zeul? > IQ3: Are you the alias of Legion of Super Heroes member Lightning Lad? 1. I am not Granny Goodness. 2. I am not Giganta. 3. I am not Garth Ranzz. ---
**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 17, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/369 "2015-09-17T22:29:01Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did your defensive heroics at 3rd base save game 3 of the 1978 World Series for the Yankees? > > IQ2) Were you Garth Brooks’ unpopular, unsuccessful pop music alter ego? > > IQ3) Did you play the effeminate, hippie Jesus in the movie version of _ **Godspell?** _ #2. I am not Chris Gaines. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 17, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/370 "2015-09-17T23:58:31Z")
IQ2: Were you Maria Kutschera’s husband? IQ2: Did you command the losing side at the siege of Khartoum? IQ3: Were you originally Archibald Leach? ---
**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, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/371 "2015-09-18T00:45:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ2: Were you Maria Kutschera’s husband? > IQ2: Did you command the losing side at the siege of Khartoum? > IQ3: Were you originally Archibald Leach? I am not Cary Grant. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/372 "2015-09-18T01:47:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ2: Were you Maria Kutschera’s husband? > IQ2: Did you command the losing side at the siege of Khartoum? > IQ3: Were you originally Archibald Leach? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Cary Grant. Take 2 DQs. Georg von Trapp. Chinese Gordon. Correct. DQ1: Living? DQ2: 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 18, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/373 "2015-09-18T02:24:57Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with G 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts ---
**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, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/374 "2015-09-18T03:27:05Z")
Previous IQs: Were you known for having quite a menagerie of animals at your HQ? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, who had a dog, a cat, a raccoon, a squirrel and several other critters IIRC. Did your wife call you “Old Man”? - George Washington. Were you played by the same actor who played a grumpy businessman killed in the snow? - George C. Marshall; the actor appeared in both _Saving Private Ryan_ and _Fargo_. George x3! DQs: American? Born since 1950? Known for the performing arts? IQs: Did you say you knew two and only two songs? Were you played by the same actor who played your brother, but you had whiter hair? Did you famously play a baseball player and a lawman? ---
**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, 2015, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/375 "2015-09-18T10:26:45Z")
IQ1: Did you have Narya and Glamdring? IQ2: Were you the son of Frederick, Prince of Wales? IQ3: Were you the reptilian star of an early animated cartoon? ---
**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, 2015, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/376 "2015-09-18T11:19:00Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with G 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. Not American 7. Born before 1950 8. Not known for the performing 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 18, 2015, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/377 "2015-09-18T11:20:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you say you knew two and only two songs? > Were you played by the same actor who played your brother, but you had whiter hair? > Did you famously play a baseball player and a lawman? Take 3 more 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 18, 2015, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/378 "2015-09-18T11:21:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you have Narya and Glamdring? > IQ2: Were you the son of Frederick, Prince of Wales? > IQ3: Were you the reptilian star of an early animated cartoon? I am not Gandalf. Take a DQ. I am not Gertie the Dinosaur. ---
**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 18, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/379 "2015-09-18T12:39:49Z")
IQ1: Are you a recording artist for whom Ben & Jerry named an ice cream variety? IQ2: Are you a 19th-century American Presbyterian minister and proponent of a puritan lifestyle for whom a type of snack is named? IQ3: Are you a 19th century British Prime Minister for whom a type of tea is named? ---
**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, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/380 "2015-09-18T14:05:11Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a recording artist for whom Ben & Jerry named an ice cream variety? > IQ2: Are you a 19th-century American Presbyterian minister and proponent of a puritan lifestyle for whom a type of snack is named? > IQ3: Are you a 19th century British Prime Minister for whom a type of tea is named? I am not Jerry Garcia. I am not the Rev. Sylvester Graham. I am not Earl Gray. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=20)