# 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:** 7
**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 9, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/121 "2015-09-09T11:54:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a fellow of infinite jest? > IQ2: Were you the eponymous protagonist of a novel by Herman Wouk? > IQ3: Were you a giant gorilla? I am not Yorick. I am not Youngblood Hawke. I am not Ying Yong? Okay, take a 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 9, 2015, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/122 "2015-09-09T11:59:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a fellow of infinite jest? > IQ2: Were you the eponymous protagonist of a novel by Herman Wouk? > IQ3: Were you a giant gorilla? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Yorick. > I am not Youngblood Hawke. > I am not Ying Yong? Okay, take a DQ. Correct. Correct. Mighty Joe Young. DQ: 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 9, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/123 "2015-09-09T12:02:00Z")
DQ: 1. Real ---
**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 9, 2015, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/124 "2015-09-09T12:20:31Z")
Grats Perfesser! IQ1: Are you the name of a thunderbolt Johnny Thunder would inadvertently summon whenever he said “say you”? IQ2: Are you a Slavic witch who flies around on a mortar wielding a pestle? IQ3: Did the Norse gods create the Earth from your flesh and the ocean from your blood? ---
**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 9, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/125 "2015-09-09T12:34:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Grats Perfesser! > > IQ1: Are you the name of a thunderbolt Johnny Thunder would inadvertently summon whenever he said “say you”? > IQ2: Are you a Slavic witch who flies around on a mortar wielding a pestle? > IQ3: Did the Norse gods create the Earth from your flesh and the ocean from your blood? I am not Yz. I am not Baba Yaga. I am not Ymir. ---
**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 9, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/126 "2015-09-09T14:41:31Z")
Good one, I’ve seen other reference to that series but haven’t read it myself. IQ1: Did you share a Nobel prize with IQ2? IQ2: Did you share a Nobel prize with IQ1? IQ3: Did you famously forget a cello in a taxi? ---
**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 9, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/127 "2015-09-09T14:49:23Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Good one, I’ve seen other reference to that series but haven’t read it myself. > > IQ1: Did you share a Nobel prize with IQ2? > IQ2: Did you share a Nobel prize with IQ1? > IQ3: Did you famously forget a cello in a taxi? I am not Yo-Yo Ma. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 9, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/128 "2015-09-09T15:14:31Z")
IQ1: Were you a left fielder/first baseman for the Boston Red Sox from 1961-1983? IQ2: Are you one of the writers of _Puff, the Magic Dragon_? IQ3: Are you one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships? ---
**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 9, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/129 "2015-09-09T15:24:48Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a left fielder/first baseman for the Boston Red Sox from 1961-1983? > IQ2: Are you one of the writers of _Puff, the Magic Dragon_? > IQ3: Are you one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships? I am not Peter Yarrow. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 9, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/130 "2015-09-09T15:35:24Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Good one, I’ve seen other reference to that series but haven’t read it myself. > > IQ1: Did you share a Nobel prize with IQ2? > IQ2: Did you share a Nobel prize with IQ1? > IQ3: Did you famously forget a cello in a taxi? Yassir Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Shimon Peres. Yo Yo Ma is correct, of course. DQ: Alive? 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 9, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/131 "2015-09-09T15:37:26Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead ---
**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 9, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/132 "2015-09-09T15:39:42Z")
IQ1: Were you a quarterback for the 49ers? IQ2: Were you a Wide Receiver for the Steelers? IQ3: Did you train Bruce Lee? ---
**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 9, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/133 "2015-09-09T15:42:44Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you a quarterback for the 49ers? > IQ2: Were you a Wide Receiver for the Steelers? > IQ3: Did you train Bruce Lee? Take 3 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 9, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/134 "2015-09-09T16:06:43Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you a quarterback for the 49ers? > IQ2: Were you a Wide Receiver for the Steelers? > IQ3: Did you train Bruce Lee? Steve Young, Yancey Thigpen, and Yip Man. Yip Man taught a teenaged Bruce Lee. There’s an interesting semi-biographical movie Ip Man, which is apparently what you get when you cross a biography with a Hong Kong martial arts movie. Invading Japanese are karate masters and make an arena to fight in, but eventually lose to the protagonist’s superior kung fu skill. DQ1: Does your last name start with a Y? DQ2: Known for the Arts? DQ3: Born prior to 1900? holding one DQ. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/135 "2015-09-09T16:10:38Z")
IQ1: Did you have 20/10 eyesight? IQ2: Were you nicknamed “Yaz”? IQ3: Did you first get ranked in San’yaku in 2014? ---
**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 9, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/136 "2015-09-09T16:13:32Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Last name starts with Y 4. Known for the Arts 5. Born after 1900 ---
**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 9, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/137 "2015-09-09T16:15:07Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > IQ1: Did you have 20/10 eyesight? > IQ2: Were you nicknamed “Yaz”? > IQ3: Did you first get ranked in San’yaku in 2014? Take DQs for #1 and #3. I am not Carl Yastrzemski. ---
**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 9, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/138 "2015-09-09T16:21:57Z")
IQ1: Is the original Skid Row (according to Seattle, at least) named after you? IQ2: Did you star in _Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon_? IQ3: Did you also star in _Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon_? ---
**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 9, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/139 "2015-09-09T16:22:42Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Is the original Skid Row (according to Seattle, at least) named after you? > IQ2: Did you star in _Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon_? > IQ3: Did you also star in _Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon_? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/140 "2015-09-09T16:32:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ1: Did you have 20/10 eyesight? > IQ2: Were you nicknamed “Yaz”? > IQ3: Did you first get ranked in San’yaku in 2014? > > Take DQs for #1 and #3. I am not Carl Yastrzemski. Chuck Yeager, Correct, Yoshikaze (sumo). DQ: American? DQ: Known for performing arts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=8)