# Botticelli - September 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 2, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600 "2019-09-02T20:16:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 3, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/21 "2019-09-03T14:52:00Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with M 3. American 4. Not political/military 5. Living 6. Known for the Arts 7. Either best known for acting or for singing, it’s a toss-up 8. Greatest fame arguably before 1990 9. Currently active ---
**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 3, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/22 "2019-09-03T14:53:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the heroine of _The Pirates of Penzance_? > Have you played a scheming nobleman, a spy and an Austenien hero? > Did your son Casey end up living in Brattleboro, Vt.? 1. I am not Mabel. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 3, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/23 "2019-09-03T15:15:07Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the heroine of _The Pirates of Penzance_? - Yes, Mabel Have you played a scheming nobleman, a spy and an Austenien hero? - Mark Strong, in _Sherlock Holmes, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_ and _Emma_. Did your son Casey end up living in Brattleboro, Vt.? - Edward R. Murrow DQs: Has won either an Oscar or a Grammy? White? IQs: Did you introduce Neo to the Matrix? Does your strip go 'round and 'round into infinity? Were you the lead male character in the novel _Rebecca_? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/24 "2019-09-03T15:25:54Z")
IQs: IQ1: Are you known for your Sophie Tucker jokes, red hair, and being Divine? IQ2: Were you the first wife of a former Beatle? IQ3: Were you married to Anson Williams, and did you appear on several episodes of Happy Days? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/25 "2019-09-03T16:35:18Z")
Good one, **Prof. Pepperwinkle**! As soon as I saw Honus Wagner, I couldn’t believe I didn’t think of it. IQ1: Were you a singer after whom was named both a health food and a decadent dessert? IQ2: Did the restaurant Jack Rabbit Slim’s, in the movie _Pulp Fiction_, call their vanilla milkshake after a comedy duo of which you were one half? IQ3: Were you the mother of the Muses? ---
**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 3, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/26 "2019-09-03T17:00:27Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > IQs: > > IQ1: Are you known for your Sophie Tucker jokes, red hair, and being Divine? Yes, I am the Divine Miss M, Bette Midler! Hey, they don’t all have to be hard. Good one, atimnie! Take it away! ---
**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 3, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/27 "2019-09-03T17:25:18Z")
Good job, **atimnie**! My previous IQs: Did you introduce Neo to the Matrix? - Morpheus Does your strip go 'round and 'round into infinity? - Moebius Were you the lead male character in the novel _Rebecca_? - Maxim de Winter ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/28 "2019-09-03T17:52:37Z")
Got a feeling the DQs will come rapidly… Okay, I am _ **Z** _ ---
**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 3, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/29 "2019-09-03T18:05:56Z")
IQs: Did you play the mom of two different doomed young women? Did you invent the warp drive? Were you Ike’s favorite writer? ---
**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 3, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/30 "2019-09-03T18:15:28Z")
IQs: 1. Are you one of the Wonder Twins? 2. Did you star in _A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum_? 3. Did you have sisters named Magda and Eva? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/31 "2019-09-03T18:36:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play the mom of two different doomed young women? > Did you invent the warp drive? > Were you Ike’s favorite writer? First two, take a DQ, third one is … Zane Grey? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/32 "2019-09-03T18:39:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one of the Wonder Twins? > 2. Did you star in _A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum_? > 3. Did you have sisters named Magda and Eva? Not Zero Mostel, and not Zsa Zsa Gabor, dahlink. Not Zan either, but I looked that up, so take a DQ for that. ---
**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 3, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/33 "2019-09-03T18:45:45Z")
DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/34 "2019-09-03T18:52:41Z")
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 3, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/35 "2019-09-03T18:56:28Z")
Gosh, I blinked and there’s a new game. IQ1: Are you Walden’s resident tanning competitor? IQ2: Are you his airhead nephew? IQ3: Did you play J. D. on _Scrubs_? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/36 "2019-09-03T19:18:40Z")
Dang, that was quick! Well done, **atimnie**! Previous IQs - IQ1: Were you a singer after whom was named both a health food and a decadent dessert? - The opera singer Dame Nellie Melba, the eponym of Melba toast and Peaches Melba. IQ2: Did the restaurant Jack Rabbit Slim’s, in the movie _Pulp Fiction_, call their vanilla milkshake after a comedy duo of which you were one half? - Dean Martin, the partner of Jerry Lewis. IQ3: Were you the mother of the Muses? - Mnemosyne, the personification of memory. New IQs: IQ1: Were you the wife of a writer, and one half of a famous Guilded Age couple? IQ2: Were you a minor Hebrew prophet? (two acceptable answers) IQ3: Are you a movie director, famous/notorious for your use of slo-mo and over-the-top violence? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/37 "2019-09-03T19:29:48Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Gosh, I blinked and there’s a new game. > > IQ1: Are you Walden’s resident tanning competitor? > IQ2: Are you his airhead nephew? > IQ3: Did you play J. D. on _Scrubs_? And that’s three DQs. Told ya this would be quick. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/38 "2019-09-03T19:32:10Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Dang, that was quick! Well done, **atimnie**! > > Previous IQs - > > IQ1: Were you a singer after whom was named both a health food and a decadent dessert? - The opera singer Dame Nellie Melba, the eponym of Melba toast and Peaches Melba. > > IQ2: Did the restaurant Jack Rabbit Slim’s, in the movie _Pulp Fiction_, call their vanilla milkshake after a comedy duo of which you were one half? - Dean Martin, the partner of Jerry Lewis. > > IQ3: Were you the mother of the Muses? - Mnemosyne, the personification of memory. > New IQs: > > IQ1: Were you the wife of a writer, and one half of a famous Guilded Age couple? > > IQ2: Were you a minor Hebrew prophet? (two acceptable answers) > > IQ3: Are you a movie director, famous/notorious for your use of slo-mo and over-the-top violence? Not Zelda Fitzgerald, and not Zephaniah/Zachariah. Should know three, but take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/39 "2019-09-03T19:52:53Z")
Previous IQs: IQ1: Were you the wife of a writer, and one half of a famous Guilded Age couple? - Correct. IQ2: Were you a minor Hebrew prophet? (two acceptable answers) - Correct. IQ3: Are you a movie director, famous/notorious for your use of slo-mo and over-the-top violence? - Zack Snyder, of _300_ fame. New IQs: IQ1: Were you an African warlord who faced off against Julius Caesar in an Epic Rap Battle of History? IQ2: Is “Parsi” the name for Indian adherents of the religion you founded? IQ3: Was the alternate form of the name of IQ2 part of the title of a tone poem by Richard Strauss, and a philosophical novel by Friedrich Nietzsche? DQ1: Female? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/40 "2019-09-03T20:25:26Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Previous IQs: > > IQ1: Were you the wife of a writer, and one half of a famous Guilded Age couple? - Correct. > > IQ2: Were you a minor Hebrew prophet? (two acceptable answers) - Correct. > > IQ3: Are you a movie director, famous/notorious for your use of slo-mo and over-the-top violence? - Zack Snyder, of _300_ fame. > > New IQs: > > IQ1: Were you an African warlord who faced off against Julius Caesar in an Epic Rap Battle of History? > > IQ2: Is “Parsi” the name for Indian adherents of the religion you founded? > > IQ3: Was the alternate form of the name of IQ2 part of the title of a tone poem by Richard Strauss, and a philosophical novel by Friedrich Nietzsche? > > DQ1: Female? I’m guessing 1 is Zulu, and 3 is definitely Zarathustra, take a DQ on 2, and 1 if it’s the incorrect answer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600.md?page=3)