# 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:** 6
**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 18, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/101 "2018-09-18T14:05:27Z")
DQs: Originally in DC Comics? Usually worked alone? ---
**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 18, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/102 "2018-09-18T14:08:59Z")
IQ: In the first Deadpool movie, did Deadpool say that you had the coolest superhero name ever? ---
**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 18, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/103 "2018-09-18T14:21:39Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Karen Gillan play you in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies? > 2. Did you create the first American English dictionary? > 3. Did Andrew Cuomo just defeat you in a primary? > not Nebula, DQ, not Cynthia Nixon Correct, Noah Webster, Correct. 1 DQ 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 18, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/104 "2018-09-18T16:16:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: In the first Deadpool movie, did Deadpool say that you had the coolest superhero name ever? Yes, I am Negasonic Teenage Warhead. I loved how she got under Deadpool’s skin first time he laid eyes on her. Grats Prof! ---
**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 18, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/105 "2018-09-18T16:36:37Z")
Thanks! Next, I am G! ---
**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 18, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/106 "2018-09-18T18:04:20Z")
Way to go, **PP**! IQs: Did you say you were willing to swear a loyalty oath before every meal, if necessary? Did the buttons you once wore have the wrong date on them for that occasion? Did the same man who played you also play a crusty old Minnesota businessman? ---
**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 18, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/107 "2018-09-18T19:51:12Z")
IQ1: Are you a boxer and grill pitchman who gave all your sons the same name as yours? IQ2: Are you the mother of the Titans? IQ3: Did Zeus kidnap you and make you cup bearer of the gods? ---
**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 18, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/108 "2018-09-18T20:49:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Way to go, **PP**! > > IQs: > > Did you say you were willing to swear a loyalty oath before every meal, if necessary? > Did the buttons you once wore have the wrong date on them for that occasion? > Did the same man who played you also play a crusty old Minnesota businessman? #1) I am not Newt Gingrich (??) #2) I am not George W. Bush (??) Take a DQ for #3. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a boxer and grill pitchman who gave all your sons the same name as yours? > IQ2: Are you the mother of the Titans? > IQ3: Did Zeus kidnap you and make you cup bearer of the gods? #1. I am not George Foreman. #2. I am not Gaea. #3. I am not Ganymede. ---
**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 18, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/109 "2018-09-18T21:35:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Nina, not Isaac Newton from the \*Baroque \*series, DQ Belated IQ wrap-up: close enough (it’s spelled Nena), correct (and in [real life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Later_life_of_Isaac_Newton#Running_the_Royal_Mint)), Nancy Wheeler (Barb’s friend in _Stranger Things_). IQs: 1. Were you a blond-haired wrestler with an effeminate, glamor-boy persona? 2. Did you play Tor Johnson in _Ed Wood_? 3. Blind since birth, do you use a cybernetic VISOR to see? ---
**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 18, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/110 "2018-09-18T21:57:20Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a blond-haired wrestler with an effeminate, glamor-boy persona? > 2. Did you play Tor Johnson in _Ed Wood_? > 3. Blind since birth, do you use a cybernetic VISOR to see? 1. I am not Gorgeous George. Take a DQ for #2. 2. I am not Geordie from ST:TNG. ---
**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 19, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/111 "2018-09-19T04:08:38Z")
Previous IQs: Did you say you were willing to swear a loyalty oath before every meal, if necessary? - Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas of Virginia, who, after the outbreak of the Civil War, remained loyal to the U.S. Did the buttons you once wore have the wrong date on them for that occasion? - George Washington; his first inauguration was pushed back from March 4 to April 30, 1789: [http://i2.wp.com/www.georgewashingtoninauguralbuttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/WI-1-A-BRASS-34MM-NEAR-MINT-MASTRO-12-08-2006-4833.60-orig.SHANK\_.jpeg?resize=350%2C350](http://i2.wp.com/www.georgewashingtoninauguralbuttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/WI-1-A-BRASS-34MM-NEAR-MINT-MASTRO-12-08-2006-4833.60-orig.SHANK_.jpeg?resize=350%2C350) Did the same man who played you also play a crusty old Minnesota businessman? - George C. Marshall in _Saving Private Ryan_ was played by the same actor as Jerry Lundegaard’s father-in-law in _Fargo_ George x3! DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with G? IQs: Were you a key creator of Dungeons & Dragons? Were you SpongeBob’s pet snail? Were you Roberta Lincoln’s boss? ---
**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 19, 2018, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/112 "2018-09-19T12:10:58Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with G ---
**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 19, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/113 "2018-09-19T12:12:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a key creator of Dungeons & Dragons? > Were you SpongeBob’s pet snail? > Were you Roberta Lincoln’s boss? 1. I am not E. Gary Gygax. 2. I am not Gary. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 19, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/114 "2018-09-19T12:49:26Z")
IQ1: Are you QB for the San Francisco Forty Niners? IQ2: Are you Running Back for the Miami Dolphin’s, currently active leader for most yards gained? IQ3: Will you diminish, go to the west, and remain you? ---
**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 19, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/115 "2018-09-19T13:00:21Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a key creator of Dungeons & Dragons? - Yes, Gary Gygax Were you SpongeBob’s pet snail? - Yes, Gary Were you Roberta Lincoln’s boss? - Gary Seven, in an episode of the original _Star Trek_ Gary x3! DQ: Living? IQs: Did Ed Harris play you, a real person, in an Eighties movie? Were you the wife of that person? Did Matt Damon play a role that you had first played? ---
**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 19, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/116 "2018-09-19T13:31:20Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you QB for the San Francisco Forty Niners? > IQ2: Are you Running Back for the Miami Dolphin’s, currently active leader for most yards gained? > IQ3: Will you diminish, go to the west, and remain you? #3. I am not Gandalf. Take 2 DQs. **EH** , you swept me. Take 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 19, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/117 "2018-09-19T13:32:20Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with G 4. Deceased ---
**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 19, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/118 "2018-09-19T13:41:43Z")
Previous IQs: Did Ed Harris play you, a real person, in an Eighties movie? - John Glenn, in _The Right Stuff_ Were you the wife of that person? - Annie Glenn Did Matt Damon play a role that you had first played? - Glenn Campbell, in _True Grit_ Glenn x3! DQs: American? Best known for the Arts? Died since 1950? IQs: Were you an unusual prostitute in the works of Douglas Adams? Were you an unsuccessful British general in the American Revolution? Were you recently profiled in the in-flight magazine of United Airlines? ---
**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 19, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/119 "2018-09-19T14:13:00Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with G 4. Deceased 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Died before 1950 ---
**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 19, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/120 "2018-09-19T14:15:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you an unusual prostitute in the works of Douglas Adams? > Were you an unsuccessful British general in the American Revolution? > Were you recently profiled in the in-flight magazine of United Airlines? 1. I am not Eccentria Gallumbits. 2. I am not Thomas Gage (??, I don’t recall how successful Gage was.) Take a DQ for #3. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762.md?page=7)