# 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:** 2
**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, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/21 "2018-09-08T01:04:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you the world’s first cloned sheep? Yes, I am Dolly! Named as the 1997 Breakthrough of the Year by _Science Magazine_. Next round goes to the Prof. ---
**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 8, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/22 "2018-09-08T05:09:37Z")
Swept me, too, and good job, **Prof. P.**! That was a damned quick round. ---
**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, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/23 "2018-09-08T13:48:31Z")
The one-word name (and not being in the Arts) was the giveaway. Looking at EH’s handy list, I see M and N haven’t been used in a bit, so… I am M! ---
**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 8, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/24 "2018-09-08T21:06:45Z")
I forgot we could use animals. Grats, Prof. IQ1: Are you quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons? IQ2: Are you quarterback for the Detroit Lions? IQ3: Are you quarterback for the NY Giants? ---
**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 8, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/25 "2018-09-08T21:09:43Z")
IQs: Were you a longtime spokesman for Publisher’s Clearinghouse? Did you advise Neo on how to survive the Matrix? Do you play Teddy on _Westworld_? ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/26 "2018-09-08T21:19:33Z")
IQs: 1. Did your steam shovel dig out a cellar, but couldn’t get out of it? 2. Do you have a sister named after a season? 3. Do you hail from the extradimnsional land of Zrfff? ---
**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, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/27 "2018-09-09T01:52:41Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I forgot we could use animals. Grats, Prof. > > IQ1: Are you quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons? > IQ2: Are you quarterback for the Detroit Lions? > IQ3: Are you quarterback for the NY Giants? #2. I am not Eli Manning. Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a longtime spokesman for Publisher’s Clearinghouse? > Did you advise Neo on how to survive the Matrix? > Do you play Teddy on _Westworld_? #1. I am not Ed McMahon. #2. I am not Morpheus. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your steam shovel dig out a cellar, but couldn’t get out of it? > 2. Do you have a sister named after a season? > 3. Do you hail from the extradimnsional land of Zrfff? #1. I am not Mike Mulligan. Take a DQ for #2. #3. I am not Mr. Mxyzptlk. ---
**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, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/28 "2018-09-09T17:43:28Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons? > IQ2: Are you quarterback for the Detroit Lions? > IQ3: Are you quarterback for the NY Giants? > #2. I am not Eli Manning. Take 2 DQs. Matt Ryan, Matthew Stafford, correct DQ: Real? DQ: Last name start with M? ---
**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, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/29 "2018-09-09T17:47:07Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with M ---
**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, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/30 "2018-09-09T17:48:56Z")
IQ1: Are you an NBA sportscaster who was fired by NBC for biting women? IQ2: Are you head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals? IQ3: Are you an American composer noted for the ragtime tunes used in the soundtrack for _The Sting_? ---
**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, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/31 "2018-09-09T17:54:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an NBA sportscaster who was fired by NBC for biting women? > IQ2: Are you head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals? > IQ3: Are you an American composer noted for the ragtime tunes used in the soundtrack for _The Sting_? #3. I am not Marvin Hamlisch (who used tunes written by Scott Joplin, if I remember correctly). Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 9, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/32 "2018-09-09T18:17:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Mike Mulligan. > Take a DQ for #2. > #3. I am not Mr. Mxyzptlk. #2 was Morty Smith, of _Rick and Morty_ (whose sister is named Summer.). IQs: 1. Were your novels adapted into the movies _The Incredible Shrinking Man_ and _What Dreams May Come_? 2. Did you write the screenplay for _ET_? 3. Did you play Otter in _Animal House_? DQ: Living? ---
**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 9, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/33 "2018-09-09T18:43:12Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a longtime spokesman for Publisher’s Clearinghouse? - Yes, Ed McMahon Did you advise Neo on how to survive the Matrix? - Yes, Morpheus Do you play Teddy on _Westworld_? - James Marsden DQ: Male? IQs: Were you a fictional villain with the same name as your brother? Were you that brother? Were you a bad guy on _Babylon 5_ who ended up on display after your death? ---
**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, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/34 "2018-09-09T22:24:17Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with M 3. Deceased 4. Male ---
**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, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/35 "2018-09-09T22:26:35Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were your novels adapted into the movies _The Incredible Shrinking Man_ and _What Dreams May Come_? > 2. Did you write the screenplay for _ET_? > 3. Did you play Otter in _Animal House_? 1. I am not Richard Matheson. Take 2 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 9, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/36 "2018-09-09T22:27:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a fictional villain with the same name as your brother? > Were you that brother? > Were you a bad guy on _Babylon 5_ who ended up on display after your death? Take 3 DQs. (I know I’ll facepalm when I see who 1 & 2 are.) ---
**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 9, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/37 "2018-09-09T23:06:25Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a fictional villain with the same name as your brother? - James Moriarty Were you that brother? - James Moriarty (Conan Doyle was never much on continuity) Were you a bad guy on _Babylon 5_ who ended up on display after your death? - Mr. Morden DQs: American? Died since 1950? Best known for the Arts? IQs: Did you play Lois Lane in the first big-budget _Superman_ movie? Did you (perhaps apocryphally) help load and fire a cannon during the Battle of Monmouth? Did Kathy Bates play you, a real person, in a historical drama? ---
**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 10, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/38 "2018-09-10T00:50:06Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with M 3. Deceased 4. Male 5. American 6. Died since 1950 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 10, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/39 "2018-09-10T00:51:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play Lois Lane in the first big-budget _Superman_ movie? > Did you (perhaps apocryphally) help load and fire a cannon during the Battle of Monmouth? > Did Kathy Bates play you, a real person, in a historical drama? 1. I am not Margot Kidder. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 10, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/40 "2018-09-10T12:46:17Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an NBA sportscaster who was fired by NBC for biting women? > IQ2: Are you head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals? > IQ3: Are you an American composer noted for the ragtime tunes used in the soundtrack for The Sting? > #3. I am not Marvin Hamlisch (who used tunes written by Scott Joplin, if I remember correctly). > Take 2 DQs for the others. Marv Albert, Marvin Lewis, correct. Marvin x 3! DQ: Known for the Sciences? holding a DQ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762.md?page=3)