# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/441 "2015-09-21T15:26:39Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Professor P holds the record for guessing me on the very first turn. > > IQ1: Did you write _Don Quixote_? > IQ2: Have you played abrasive federal investigators in _Twin Peaks_ and _NCIS: Los Angeles_? > IQ3: Are you the first Puerto Rican fighter in history to win a world title in four different weight classes? 1. M. Cervantes… Manuel? 2. Kyle MacLachlan, also the subject of one of my IQs quite recently 🙂 3. 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 21, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/442 "2015-09-21T16:51:01Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you one of the Monkees? > 2. Were you another one of the Monkees? > 3. Did you play the Saint on TV? > > 1. Mickey Dolan > 2. DQ, though I’m pretty sure I’ll remember it when I read it… > 3. DQ 1. Correct. 2. Michael Nesmith. 3. Roger Moore. DQs: Ah, what to ask, what to ask? 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 21, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/443 "2015-09-21T17:34:13Z")
IQs: Did your theories of naval power influence T.R.? Were you never heard to say a word at the bar where you so long sat? Was Orson your boss? ---
**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 21, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/444 "2015-09-21T18:21:38Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you write Don Quixote? > IQ2: Have you played abrasive federal investigators in Twin Peaks and NCIS: Los Angeles? > IQ3: Are you the first Puerto Rican fighter in history to win a world title in four different weight classes? > > 1. M. Cervantes… Manuel? > 2. Kyle MacLachlan, also the subject of one of my IQs quite recently > 3. DQ Miguel Cervantes, Miguel Ferrer (note I said “abrasive”), Miguel Cotto Miguel x3! I’ll take 2 DQs out of that, which I’ll hold. ---
**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 21, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/445 "2015-09-21T18:26:31Z")
IQ1: Are you a Fantastic Four villain whose sidekick is the Awesome Android? IQ2: Are you an Iron Man frenemy whose real name is Whitney Frost? IQ3: Are you the blind girlfriend of Ben Grimm? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/446 "2015-09-21T19:33:51Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/447 "2015-09-21T19:38:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your theories of naval power influence T.R.? > Were you never heard to say a word at the bar where you so long sat? > Was Orson your boss? You know, I was recently listening to a history podcast about WW1 where this book was mentioned, throwing in that Teddy as well as the great powers in Europe in the early 20th century read it… but I’m unable to recall the name or the author. So, DQx2 and Mork from Ork. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/448 "2015-09-21T19:48:15Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Fantastic Four villain whose sidekick is the Awesome Android? > IQ2: Are you an Iron Man frenemy whose real name is Whitney Frost? > IQ3: Are you the blind girlfriend of Ben Grimm? 1. Androids associated with FF villains really should be doombots, but I’m guessing that’s not the case here. DQ. 2. wild guess - Black Mamba? 3. Alicia Masters ---
**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 21, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/449 "2015-09-21T19:53:47Z")
IQs: 1. Are you supposed to show on October 15th of this year? 2. Did you write _The Godfather_? 3. Are you still a “wild and crazy 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 21, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/450 "2015-09-21T20:09:18Z")
Previous IQs: Did your theories of naval power influence T.R.? - Alfred Thayer Mahan. Were you never heard to say a word at the bar where you so long sat? - Morn, on _ST: DS9_. Was Orson your boss? - Yes, Mork from Ork. DQs: Living? American? IQs: Were you a top Clinton advisor who later became a conservative pundit? Were you an orange spokescat? Were you a prominent financier of the American Revolution? ---
**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 21, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/451 "2015-09-21T21:52:15Z")
IQ1: Were you killed whilst attempting to kill Wop May? IQ2: Did you design a saddle and run for president? IQ3: Did your character ask a flatmate if he was decent? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/452 "2015-09-21T22:38:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you supposed to show on October 15th of this year? > 2. Did you write _The Godfather_? > 3. Are you still a “wild and crazy guy”? DQ. I’m not Mario Puzo or Steve Martin. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/453 "2015-09-21T22:39:40Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. Not American ---
**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 21, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/454 "2015-09-21T22:54:28Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you supposed to show on October 15th of this year? > 2. Did you write The Godfather? > 3. Are you still a “wild and crazy guy”? > DQ. > I’m not Mario Puzo or Steve Martin. Marty McFly (in _Back To The Future 2_). Correct, correct. DQ: Born after 1980? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/455 "2015-09-21T22:57:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a top Clinton advisor who later became a conservative pundit? > Were you an orange spokescat? > Were you a prominent financier of the American Revolution? DQ, I’m not Morris the cat, and DQ ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/456 "2015-09-21T23:04:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you killed whilst attempting to kill Wop May? > IQ2: Did you design a saddle and run for president? > IQ3: Did your character ask a flatmate if he was decent? Most likely that’s 3 DQs, unless Walter Mondale did more inventing than I recall. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/457 "2015-09-21T23:08:32Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. Not American 5. Not born after 1980 ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/458 "2015-09-22T01:07:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you killed whilst attempting to kill Wop May? > IQ2: Did you design a saddle and run for president? > IQ3: Did your character ask a flatmate if he was decent? > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Most likely that’s 3 DQs, unless Walter Mondale did more inventing than I recall. Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen. George McClellan. Marsha Mason (_The Goodbye Girl_). Paula McFadden: I thought you said you were decent. Elliot Garfield: I am decent. I also happen to be naked. DQ1: European? DQ2: Known for the Arts? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 22, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/459 "2015-09-22T02:49:02Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Fantastic Four villain whose sidekick is the Awesome Android? > IQ2: Are you an Iron Man frenemy whose real name is Whitney Frost? > IQ3: Are you the blind girlfriend of Ben Grimm? > > 1. Androids associated with FF villains really should be doombots, but I’m guessing that’s not the case here. DQ. > 2. wild guess - Black Mamba? > 3. Alicia Masters The Mad Thinker, Mystique, correct holding 4 DQs ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/460 "2015-09-22T06:11:04Z")
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