# Botticelli - September 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516 "2017-09-04T22:27:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 12, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/81 "2017-09-12T04:10:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle_? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Moonglow and the theme from Picnic_? > 3. Were you aka Wesley Dodds? Dunno x3. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _A Brief History of Time_? > IQ2: Did you pen the tunes “Oh! Susanna” and “Swanee River"? > IQ3: Did you compose ‘West Side Story’ and ‘Sweeney Todd’? Not Stephen Hawking, Foster or Sondheim (or Leonard Bernstein). S. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with S ---
**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 12, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/82 "2017-09-12T12:20:17Z")
IQ1: Are you the ex-wife of Britain’s Prince Andrew? IQ2: While dating Jimmy Kimmel, did you release a video called “I’m f\*\*king Matt Damon”? IQ3: Did you star as Buffy The Vampire Slayer on TV? ---
**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 12, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/83 "2017-09-12T13:58:24Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle? > 2. Did you have a hit with Moonglow and the theme from Picnic? > 3. Were you aka Wesley Dodds? > Dunno x3. #1 is Tobias Smollett. #2 is Morris Stolloff. #3 is the Sandman (Golden Age version). DQs: 1. Created by an American author or authors? 2. Originally from a work of prose fiction? 3. Created 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 12, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/84 "2017-09-12T16:21:49Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Spider-Man villain Flint Marko? 2. Were you aka Hector Hall? 3. Are you aka Oneiros, Daniel and Morpheus? ---
**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 12, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/85 "2017-09-12T17:26:26Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the ex-wife of Britain’s Prince Andrew? > IQ2: While dating Jimmy Kimmel, did you release a video called “I’m f\*\*king Matt Damon”? > IQ3: Did you star as Buffy The Vampire Slayer on TV? Not Sarah Ferguson, Silverman or Michelle Gellar (sp?). > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Spider-Man villain Flint Marko? > 2. Were you aka Hector Hall? > 3. Are you aka Oneiros, Daniel and Morpheus? Dunno x3. S. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with S 4. not created by an American author or authors 5. not originally from a work of prose fiction 6. not created 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 12, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/86 "2017-09-12T17:28:47Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Spider-Man villain Flint Marko? > 2. Were you aka Hector Hall? > 3. Are you aka Oneiros, Daniel and Morpheus? > Dunno x3. #1 was the Sandman. #2 was the Sandman. #3 was the Sandman. There’s nothing like originality in comic books. DQs: 1. Created after 1800? 2. From a song or poem? 3. From a work by a European author? ---
**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 12, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/87 "2017-09-12T17:30:31Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first king of Israel? 2. Did you anoint #1 as king? 3. Are you aka Kieran Marshall? ---
**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 12, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/88 "2017-09-12T18:05:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first king of Israel? > 2. Did you anoint #1 as king? > 3. Are you aka Kieran Marshall? Not Solomon, Samuel (or Zadok) and dunno. S. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with S 4. not created by an American author or authors 5. not originally from a work of prose fiction 6. not created after 1900 7. created after 1800 8. not from a song or poem 9. from a work by a European creator I could have answered the question as asked and said “Not from a work by a European _author_,” but I think I knew what you meant. ---
**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 12, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/89 "2017-09-12T18:47:27Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first king of Israel? > 2. Did you anoint #1 as king? > 3. Are you aka Kieran Marshall? > > Not Solomon, Samuel (or Zadok) and dunno. #1 was Saul, not Solomon (who was the third king). #2 was Samuel, correct. #3 is, yet again, the Sandman. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 12, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/90 "2017-09-12T21:49:02Z")
IQ1: Did you kill a dragon and awaken a woman from magical sleep? IQ2: Were you #1’s father and uncle? IQ2: Were you #1’s mother and aunt? ---
**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 12, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/91 "2017-09-12T21:54:25Z")
DQs: 1. From a work written originally in English? 2. Protagonist? ---
**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 12, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/92 "2017-09-12T21:57:31Z")
IQs: 1. Do you know what Evil lurks in the hearts of men? 2. Did you, “the man who saved the world,” pass away this year? 3. Did you write _The Complete Book of Swords_? ---
**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 13, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/93 "2017-09-13T13:25:20Z")
To clarify, when you say “Not from a work of prose fiction” you mean “not from a published story” correct? IQ1: Did you write the _Baroque Cycle_ series? IQ2: Did you write the _Old Man’s War_ series? IQ3: Did you write the _Hyperion Cantos_ series? ---
**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 13, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/94 "2017-09-13T14:54:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you kill a dragon and awaken a woman from magical sleep? > IQ2: Were you #1’s father and uncle? > IQ2: Were you #1’s mother and aunt? Not… Shrek? Dunno the others. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you know what Evil lurks in the hearts of men? > 2. Did you, “the man who saved the world,” pass away this year? > 3. Did you write _The Complete Book of Swords_? Not The Shadow, dunno, and dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > To clarify, when you say “Not from a work of prose fiction” you mean “not from a published story” correct? > > IQ1: Did you write the _Baroque Cycle_ series? > IQ2: Did you write the _Old Man’s War_ series? > IQ3: Did you write the _Hyperion Cantos_ series? Correct. Dunno, not John Scalzi, dunno. S. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with S 4. not created by an American author or authors 5. not originally from a work of prose fiction 6. not created after 1900 7. created after 1800 8. not from a song or poem 9. from a work by a European creator 10. from a work written originally in English 11. not the protagonist ---
**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 13, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/95 "2017-09-13T22:07:01Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you kill a dragon and awaken a woman from magical sleep? > IQ2: Were you #1’s father and uncle? > IQ2: Were you #1’s mother and aunt? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not… Shrek? Dunno the others. Siegfried, Siegmund, and Sieglinde, respectively, from Wagner’s _Ring_ cycle > [@SCAdian](#): > > 1. from a work written originally in English. So much for my idea about German opera… 😃 DQ1: British character? DQ2: From a play or opera? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Were you a Bulgarian army officer who was not a “chocolate-cream soldier”?? IQ2: Were you Iolanthe’s son? ---
**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 13, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/96 "2017-09-13T22:16:57Z")
IQ3: Were you the jailer who claimed to have shot Col Fairfax? ---
**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 13, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/97 "2017-09-13T22:21:16Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you know what Evil lurks in the hearts of men? > 2. Did you, “the man who saved the world,” pass away this year? > 3. Did you write The Complete Book of Swords? > Not The Shadow, dunno, and dunno. Correct on #1. #2 was Stanislav Petrov, who, one fine day in 1983, upon receiving word that the USA had fired a number of nuclear missiles at the USSR, chose to believe it was a technical error. He was right, of course, but his studied inaction prevented WWIII. #3 is Fred Saberhagen. 2 DQs 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 13, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/98 "2017-09-13T23:35:45Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you write the Baroque Cycle series? > IQ2: Did you write the Old Man’s War series? > IQ3: Did you write the Hyperion Cantos series? > > Dunno, not John Scalzi, dunno. Neil Stephenson, correct, Dan Simmons holding 3 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 15, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/99 "2017-09-15T13:26:36Z")
IQs: 1. Is your feast day on July 15th? 2. Is your feast day on December 26th? 3. Did Roger Moore play you in a TV series? ---
**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 16, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/100 "2017-09-16T21:38:23Z")
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