# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/501 "2015-09-23T15:47:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Not Oscar Levant? > 2. Not Ozymandias. > > Take 1 or 2 DQs depending on #1. Ozymandias is correct. Oliver Plunkett was the bishop hanged for alleged participation in “The Popish Plot,” and Oscar Hammerstein II won two Best Song Oscars for “It Might as Well be Spring” and “Last Time I Saw Paris.” DQ1) American? DQ2) First name start with O? ---
**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 23, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/502 "2015-09-23T16:04:29Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you and Eurynome rule the world before you were cast down by Cronus and Rhea? > IQ2: Did you avenge the murder of your father Agamemnon by slaying your mother? > IQ3: Are you the first wife of Paris, abandoned by him in favor of Helen of Troy? 1. I am not Ouranos. 2. I am not Orestes. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 23, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/503 "2015-09-23T16:05:31Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with O ---
**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 23, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/504 "2015-09-23T16:13:36Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you go insane after your boyfriend ‘accidentally’ killed your father? > IQ2: Did you kick your adopted son out onto the street when you discovered him taking heroin? > IQ3: Did Wilhelm fire you a few years after he inherited? Correct, Oliver Queen (Green Arrow), and Otto von Bismarck. DQ: Known for the arts? Reserving one 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 23, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/505 "2015-09-23T16:17:30Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with O 5. 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 23, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/506 "2015-09-23T16:42:00Z")
IQ1) Were you known as Queenie O’Brien for much of you early life? IQ2) Did you write _ **The Plough and the Stars** _? IQ3) Are you a Cleveland disc jockey for whom a very popular soul group of the 70s was 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 23, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/507 "2015-09-23T16:45:38Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you known as Queenie O’Brien for much of you early life? > > IQ2) Did you write _ **The Plough and the Stars** _? > > IQ3) Are you a Cleveland disc jockey for whom a very popular soul group of the 70s was named? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/508 "2015-09-23T17:05:11Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you known as Queenie O’Brien for much of you early life? > > IQ2) Did you write _ **The Plough and the Stars** _? > > IQ3) Are you a Cleveland disc jockey for whom a very popular soul group of the 70s was named? Actress Merle Oberon, Irish playwright Sean O’Casey, and Eddie O’Jay (for whom the O’Jays were named). DQ1) Male? DQ2) European? DQ3) Best known in the field of music? ---
**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 23, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/509 "2015-09-23T17:23:24Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you and Eurynome rule the world before you were cast down by Cronus and Rhea? > IQ2: Did you avenge the murder of your father Agamemnon by slaying your mother? > IQ3: Are you the first wife of Paris, abandoned by him in favor of Helen of Troy? > > 1. I am not Ouranos. > 2. I am not Orestes. > Take a DQ for #3. Ophion, correct, Oenone holding 2 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 23, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/510 "2015-09-23T17:24:57Z")
IQ1: Did you write _Akira_? IQ2: Do your kids include Eric, Flora, Fiona, and Gerard? IQ3: Are you a king who appears in a Shakespeare play? ---
**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 23, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/511 "2015-09-23T17:42:51Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _Akira_? > IQ2: Do your kids include Eric, Flora, Fiona, and Gerard? > IQ3: Are you a king who appears in a Shakespeare play? I am not Otomo. I am not either Oberon. ---
**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 23, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/512 "2015-09-23T17:51:19Z")
IQ1: Did Manwë nominate you to go to Middle Earth and become Gandalf? IQ2: Are you a Fangornian who tried to swallow Pippin and Merry? IQ3: Are you a Valar who rode the great steed Nahar when battling Morgoth? ---
**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 23, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/513 "2015-09-23T18:27:28Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did Manwë nominate you to go to Middle Earth and become Gandalf? > IQ2: Are you a Fangornian who tried to swallow Pippin and Merry? > IQ3: Are you a Valar who rode the great steed Nahar when battling Morgoth? 1. I am not Olorin (?). Take 2 DQs. 3 DQs if I’m wrong on #1. ---
**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 23, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/514 "2015-09-23T19:30:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Regulus’s brother? > IQ2: Were you charged with killing J D Tippit? > IQ3: Did you write about a man who, as a baby, had been found in a handbag in a railway station? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #2. I am not Lee Harvey Oswald. > Take 2 DQs. Gary Oldman (Sirius Black, in the Harry Potter movies). Correct. Oscar Wilde (_The Importance of Being Earnest_). Two DQs reserved. IQ1: Were you half of Michelle? IQ2: Were you the other half? IQ3: Are you really Dallas Burrows? ---
**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 23, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/515 "2015-09-23T20:20:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Gary Oldman (Sirius Black, in the Harry Potter movies). > Correct. > Oscar Wilde (_The Importance of Being Earnest_). > Two DQs reserved. > IQ1: Were you half of Michelle? > IQ2: Were you the other half? > IQ3: Are you really Dallas Burrows? …and take 3 more DQs. (Are the first two the First Lady’s daughters?) ---
**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 23, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/516 "2015-09-23T20:21:04Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with O 5. Known for the Arts 6. Female 7. European 8. Not known for music ---
**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 23, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/517 "2015-09-23T20:31:12Z")
Nice sweep! IQ1: Are you the author of _Metamorphoses_? IQ2: Did you legally change your last name to match your jersey number (sort of)? IQ3: Were you and your wife Beru killed on your farm? ---
**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 23, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/518 "2015-09-23T20:32:34Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Nice sweep! > > IQ1: Are you the author of _Metamorphoses_? > IQ2: Did you legally change your last name to match your jersey number (sort of)? > IQ3: Were you and your wife Beru killed on your farm? I am not Ovid. I am not Ochocinco. I am not Uncle Owen. ---
**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 23, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/519 "2015-09-23T20:33:04Z")
Way to go, **Prof. P**.! I thought you had it. _Laputa: Castle in the Sky_ is my favorite Miyazaki film. Previous IQs: Did you play Prince Ruprecht? - Steve Martin, in _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_. Did you write “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”? - Martin Luther. Were you a prominent German clerical opponent to Nazism? - Martin Niemoller. Martin x3! On to O. IQs: Were you married to Keiko and dad to Molly? Did I smooch your wife in October 2010? Did you wait outside for your wife to finish, er, entertaining her lover? ---
**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 23, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/520 "2015-09-23T20:37:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you married to Keiko and dad to Molly? > Did I smooch your wife in October 2010? > Did you wait outside for your wife to finish, er, entertaining her lover? Only Keiko I remember is Jack Douglas’s wife. Take a DQ for 1. Orlando Bloom? Take a DQ, 'cause I’m probably wrong. Laurence Olivier? Take a DQ if I’m wrong. I am not of these. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=27)