# \[ GAME \] Botticelli - Nov. 2014

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [October 31, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138 "2014-10-31T16:34:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 21

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**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:** [November 27, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/401 "2014-11-27T14:55:10Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you an RAF veteran and an FRCVS?  
> IQ2: Was your son executed after he succeeded you in a top job?  
> IQ3: Was William of Orange your son-in-law?

Take 3 DQs.

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**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:** [November 27, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/402 "2014-11-27T14:56:21Z")

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> [@fanganga](#):
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> IQ1: Would I call you by your title and surname if I’m nasty?  
> IQ2: Do you repeatedly ask if someone is a threat or a menace?  
> IQ3: Are you the Martian Manhunter?

1. I am not Janet Jackson.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not J’onn J’onnzz.

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**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:** [November 27, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/403 "2014-11-27T14:57:24Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Dead
3. Male
4. From the US

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**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:** [November 27, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/404 "2014-11-27T16:03:14Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you an RAF veteran and an FRCVS?  
> IQ2: Was your son executed after he succeeded you in a top job?  
> IQ3: Was William of Orange your son-in-law?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Take 3 DQs.

James Herriot.  
James VI and I.  
James II.  
DQ1: Died after 1900?  
DQ2: First name starts with J?  
DQ3: Known for the Arts?  
IQ1: Were you obnoxious and disliked?  
IQ2: Did you prefer to be a lover, rather than a patriot?  
IQ3: Were you the first white man to go overland from the Great Salt Lake to California?

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**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:** [November 27, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/405 "2014-11-27T16:22:39Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Dead
3. Male
4. From the US
5. Died after 1900
6. First name starts with J
7. Known for the Arts

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**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:** [November 27, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/406 "2014-11-27T16:24:16Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you obnoxious and disliked?  
> IQ2: Did you prefer to be a lover, rather than a patriot?  
> IQ3: Were you the first white man to go overland from the Great Salt Lake to California?

Mr. Adian, dear Mr. Adian, I can tell you’ve seen a musical in your time:  
I’m neither John Adams nor Tom Jefferson in this rhyme,  
And unless #3 is Joseph Smith take a DQ in your prime.

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/407 "2014-11-27T16:32:35Z")

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Hi all!

IQ1: Are you from the planet Rimbor?  
IQ2: Did you captain the Argo?  
IQ3: Did you direct _Hairspray_?

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**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:** [November 27, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/408 "2014-11-27T16:35:09Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> Hi all!
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> IQ1: Are you from the planet Rimbor?  
> IQ2: Did you captain the Argo?  
> IQ3: Did you edit your personal copy of the Bible to remove all mentions of miracles, resurrection, and other supernatural events?

Welcome back… Tim!

Take a DQ for #1. I’m not Jason. I’m still not Thomas Jefferson.

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**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:** [November 27, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/409 "2014-11-27T16:37:50Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you obnoxious and disliked?  
> IQ2: Did you prefer to be a lover, rather than a patriot?  
> IQ3: Were you the first white man to go overland from the Great Salt Lake to California?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Mr. Adian, dear Mr. Adian, I can tell you’ve seen a musical in your time:  
> I’m neither John Adams nor Tom Jefferson in this rhyme,  
> And unless #3 is Joseph Smith take a DQ in your prime.

Correct on Adams and Jefferson.  
Jedidiah Smith.  
DQ: Known for the performing arts?  
IQ1: Did you form an impromptu quartet with Carl Perkins, Elvis, and The Man in Black?  
IQ2: Were you The Man in Black?  
IQ3: Did you sing about a boy whose daddy used him for alligator bait?

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/410 "2014-11-27T16:45:16Z")

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Well, I realized the duplication and edited my entry but you’d already replied.

So:  
IQ1 was Jo Nah (aka Ultra Boy, of the LSH)  
You are correct on IQ2 and IQ3v1.

Holding the DQ as I want to clarify the double IQ3 asap  
Three ‘new’ questions’

IQ1: Are you from the planet Trom?  
IQ2: Did you sing about the baddest man in the whole damn town?  
IQ3: (aka IQ3v2 above): Did you direct _Hairspray_?

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**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/411 "2014-11-27T17:11:57Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Dead
3. Male
4. From the US
5. Died after 1900
6. First name starts with J
7. Known for the Arts
8. Known for the Performing Arts

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**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/412 "2014-11-27T17:14:09Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you form an impromptu quartet with Carl Perkins, Elvis, and The Man in Black?  
> IQ2: Were you The Man in Black?  
> IQ3: Did you sing about a boy whose daddy used him for alligator bait?

Take a DQ for #1.  
I am not Johnny Cash.  
I am not Jerry Lee Lewis.

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**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/413 "2014-11-27T17:16:31Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> IQ1: Are you from the planet Trom?  
> IQ2: Did you sing about the baddest man in the whole damn town?  
> IQ3: (aka IQ3v2 above): Did you direct _Hairspray_?

1. Jan Arrah, Element Lad, I am not, though he was one of my favorites.
2. I am not Jim Croce.
3. Take a DQ. I can’t remember his name.

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/414 "2014-11-27T17:40:07Z")

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DQ: Are you primarily known as a musician?

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**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/415 "2014-11-27T17:46:17Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Dead
3. Male
4. From the US
5. Died after 1900
6. First name starts with J
7. Known for the Arts
8. Known for the Performing Arts
9. Not a musician

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/416 "2014-11-27T17:57:03Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> IQ1: Are you from the planet Trom?  
> IQ2: Did you sing about the baddest man in the whole damn town?  
> IQ3: (aka IQ3v2 above): Did you direct _Hairspray_?

Correct on 1 and 2, 3 was John Waters.

IQ1: Did you play a character who was elected to congress?  
IQ2: Are you an American composer who has a brass instrument named after you?  
IQ3: Did you write the Well World series?

DQ: Are you known as an actor?

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**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/417 "2014-11-27T18:04:35Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Dead
3. Male
4. From the US
5. Died after 1900
6. First name starts with J
7. Known for the Arts
8. Known for the Performing Arts
9. Not a musician
10. Known as an actor

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**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/418 "2014-11-27T18:05:43Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> IQ1: Did you play a character who was elected to congress?  
> IQ2: Are you an American composer who has a brass instrument named after you?  
> IQ3: Did you write the Well World series?
> 
> DQ: Are you known as an actor?

1. I am not Jimmy Stewart.
2. I am not John Philip Sousa.
3. I am not Jack L. Chalker.

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/419 "2014-11-27T18:17:53Z")

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Correct on all three, well done!

IQ1: Did you play Catwoman?  
IQ2: Did you play the Joker?  
IQ3: Did you play detective Nordberg?

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**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/420 "2014-11-27T18:24:07Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> Correct on all three, well done!
> 
> IQ1: Did you play Catwoman?  
> IQ2: Did you play the Joker?  
> IQ3: Did you play detective Nordberg?

I am not Julie Newmar.  
I am not Jack Nicholson.  
Take a DQ for #3.

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