# Botticelli - September 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762 "2018-09-04T20:29:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/1 "2018-09-04T20:29:51Z")
Having stumped everyone before, I host again. I am D. ---
**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 5, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/2 "2018-09-05T02:26:21Z")
August thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=859776](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=859776) IQs: Are you the best-known fictional beet farmer in Scranton, Pa.? Were you a fat judge and Lincoln campaign manager who ended up on SCOTUS? Did you write a note before an important event, stick it in your pocket, and forget about it until after the important event was a success? ---
**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 5, 2018, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/3 "2018-09-05T12:18:12Z")
IQ1: Are you a wrestler and action star known as The Rock? IQ2: Are you quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals? IQ3: Are you quarterback for the Oakland Raiders? ---
**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 5, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/4 "2018-09-05T14:15:45Z")
IQs: 1. Have you played a romantic Time Lord, a mind-controlling psychopath and a miserable police detective? 2. Did you play Mel Cooley on _The Dick Van Dyke Show_? 3. Were you a French Impressionist painter who took his inspiration from the then-new field of photography? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/5 "2018-09-06T01:58:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the best-known fictional beet farmer in Scranton, Pa.? > Were you a fat judge and Lincoln campaign manager who ended up on SCOTUS? > Did you write a note before an important event, stick it in your pocket, and forget about it until after the important event was a success? Respectively: 1. I am not Dwight Schrute. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Dwight Eisenhower. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a wrestler and action star known as The Rock? > IQ2: Are you quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals? > IQ3: Are you quarterback for the Oakland Raiders? IQ1: I am not Dwayne Johnson. IQ2: Take a DQ. IQ3: Take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you played a romantic Time Lord, a mind-controlling psychopath and a miserable police detective? > 2. Did you play Mel Cooley on _The Dick Van Dyke Show_? > 3. Were you a French Impressionist painter who took his inspiration from the then-new field of photography? 1. I am not David Tennant. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Degas. ---
**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 6, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/6 "2018-09-06T02:20:34Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you played a romantic Time Lord, a mind-controlling psychopath and a miserable police detective? > 2. Did you play Mel Cooley on The Dick Van Dyke Show? > 3. Were you a French Impressionist painter who took his inspiration from the then-new field of photography? > 4. I am not David Tennant. > 5. Take a DQ. > 6. I am not Degas. Correct, Richard Deacon, Correct. 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 6, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/7 "2018-09-06T02:23:38Z")
IQs: 1. Did you use the pseudonym “Boz” in some of your writings? 2. Were you a young tenor singer who appeared on Jack Benny’s radio show? 3. Were you married to actress Ruby Dee? ---
**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 6, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/8 "2018-09-06T03:58:10Z")
Previous IQs: Are you the best-known fictional beet farmer in Scranton, Pa.? - Yes, Dwight Schrute, from _The Office_ Were you a fat judge and Lincoln campaign manager who ended up on SCOTUS? - David Davis: [David Davis (Supreme Court justice) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis_(Supreme_Court_justice)) Did you write a note before an important event, stick it in your pocket, and forget about it until after the important event was a success? - Yes, Dwight D. Eisenhower: [Dwight Eisenhower Wrote a Letter Accepting Blame for D-Day's Failure, Just in Case | Mental Floss](http://mentalfloss.com/article/57144/eisenhower-wrote-letter-accepting-blame-d-days-failure-just-case) DQ: Male? IQs: Did you, according to a magazine profile, own five tuxedos? Did you order the husband of a beautiful woman for whom you lusted to an almost certain battlefield death? Did you want your planet to have its own spacecraft in order to get better treatment from the Empire of Humanity? ---
**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 6, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/9 "2018-09-06T12:47:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Knowed Out View Post > IQ1: Are you a wrestler and action star known as The Rock? > IQ2: Are you quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals? > IQ3: Are you quarterback for the Oakland Raiders? > > IQ1: I am not Dwayne Johnson. > IQ2: Take a DQ. > IQ3: Take a DQ. correct, Andy Dalton, Derek Carr DQ: Last name start with D? holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/10 "2018-09-06T22:22:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you use the pseudonym “Boz” in some of your writings? > 2. Were you a young tenor singer who appeared on Jack Benny’s radio show? > 3. Were you married to actress Ruby Dee? 1. I am not Charles Dickens. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Ossie Davis. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you, according to a magazine profile, own five tuxedos? > Did you order the husband of a beautiful woman for whom you lusted to an almost certain battlefield death? > Did you want your planet to have its own spacecraft in order to get better treatment from the Empire of Humanity? Take 3 DQs. IQs: 1. real 2. female 3. only name starts with D ---
**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 7, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/11 "2018-09-07T01:32:03Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you use the pseudonym “Boz” in some of your writings? > 2. Were you a young tenor singer who appeared on Jack Benny’s radio show? > 3. Were you married to actress Ruby Dee? > 4. I am not Charles Dickens. > 5. Take a DQ. > 6. I am not Ossie Davis. Correct, Dennis Day, Correct. DQ: Living? ---
**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 7, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/12 "2018-09-07T01:45:13Z")
IQs: 1. Were you ancient Israel’s only female Judge? 2. Are you a female English singer/songwriter with one name? 3. Were you Othello’s wife? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/13 "2018-09-07T02:54:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you ancient Israel’s only female Judge? > 2. Are you a female English singer/songwriter with one name? > 3. Were you Othello’s wife? 1. I am not Deborah. 2. I am not Duffy. 3. I am not Desdemona. ---
**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 7, 2018, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/14 "2018-09-07T03:04:03Z")
Previous IQs: Did you, according to a magazine profile, own five tuxedos? - Then-NYC Mayor David Dinkins Did you order the husband of a beautiful woman for whom you lusted to an almost certain battlefield death? - King David, from the Old Testament Did you want your planet to have its own spacecraft in order to get better treatment from the Empire of Humanity? - The title character from the Jerry Pournelle sf novel _King David’s Spaceship_ David x3! DQs: Born since 1950? American? Best known for the Arts? IQs: Were you the ingenue in _Phantom of the Opera_? Were you Buzz Lightyear’s partner-gone-bad? Were you the doomed childhood friend of Luke Skywalker’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 7, 2018, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/15 "2018-09-07T12:18:57Z")
IQ1: Did you give Samson a really bad haircut? IQ2: Were you bandleader for the Tonight Show primarily through the Johnny Carson years? IQ3: Are you one of the principal animators and voice actors for _The Venture Brothers_? holding a 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 7, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/16 "2018-09-07T14:07:44Z")
Swept me again! IQs: 1. Are you Don Quixote’s dream girl? 2. Are you a female English singer/songwriter with one name who had a hit written by Eminem? 3. Are you Jim Butcher’s detective protagonist? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/17 "2018-09-07T23:07:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the ingenue in _Phantom of the Opera_? > Were you Buzz Lightyear’s partner-gone-bad? > Were you the doomed childhood friend of Luke Skywalker’s? Respectively: 1. I am not Christine Daaé. 2. I am not Warp Darkmatter. 3. I am not Biggs Darklighter. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you give Samson a really bad haircut? > IQ2: Were you bandleader for the Tonight Show primarily through the Johnny Carson years? > IQ3: Are you one of the principal animators and voice actors for _The Venture Brothers_? IQ1: I am not Delilah. IQ2: I am not Doc Severinsen. IQ3: I am not Doc Hammer. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Swept me again! > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Don Quixote’s dream girl? > 2. Are you a female English singer/songwriter with one name who had a hit written by Eminem? > 3. Are you Jim Butcher’s detective protagonist? 1. I am not Dulcinea. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Harry Dresden. IQs: 1. real 2. female 3. only name starts with D 4. dead 5. born since 1950 6. not American 7. not 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 8, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/18 "2018-09-08T00:25:40Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Don Quixote’s dream girl? > 2. Are you a female English singer/songwriter with one name who had a hit written by Eminem? > 3. Are you Jim Butcher’s detective protagonist? > 4. I am not Dulcinea. > 5. Take a DQ. > 6. I am not Harry Dresden. Correct, Dido, and Correct. DQ: Died after 2000? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/19 "2018-09-08T00:28:26Z")
IQs: 1. real 2. female 3. only name starts with D 4. dead 5. born after 1950 6. not American 7. not known for the Arts 8. died after 2000 ---
**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 8, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/20 "2018-09-08T00:51:23Z")
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