# \[GAME\] Botticelli Oct 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 1, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044 "2014-10-01T01:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/1 "2014-10-01T01:41:07Z")
Happy October! In honor of Halloween month, the new letter is N! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/2 "2014-10-01T02:05:17Z")
IQ: Did Charlie Brown mention you while hands out scripts for the Christmas play? IQ2: Are you a major Israeli politician? IQ3: Are you a former Egyptian leader? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/3 "2014-10-01T04:41:26Z")
IQ1: Were you the bishop of Myra? IQ2: Did you weigh a seventh of a ton? IQ3: Did you write the soundtrack for a film about a bird? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/4 "2014-10-01T11:56:13Z")
IQ1) Were you the unelected Vice President under an unelected President? IQ2) Did your art help bring down William Marcy “Boss” Tweed of Tammany Hall? IQ3) Did Bear Bryant call you the best player he’d ever coached? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/5 "2014-10-01T12:06:27Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did Charlie Brown mention you while hands out scripts for the Christmas play? > > IQ2: Are you a major Israeli politician? > IQ3: Are you a former Egyptian leader? don’t remember, not Benjamin Netanyahu, dunno ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/6 "2014-10-01T12:09:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the bishop of Myra? > IQ2: Did you weigh a seventh of a ton? > IQ3: Did you write the soundtrack for a film about a bird? dunno, not Nikita Koloff (wt 285 lbs), feel like I should know this one but don’t ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/7 "2014-10-01T12:12:02Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you the unelected Vice President under an unelected President? > > IQ2) Did your art help bring down William Marcy “Boss” Tweed of Tammany Hall? > > IQ3) Did Bear Bryant call you the best player he’d ever coached? not Nelson Rockefeller, not Thomas Nash, dunno (I’m sure it’s not Joe Namath, but I can’t think of anybody else) ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/8 "2014-10-01T13:03:08Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _99 Red Balloons_? 2. Did you write _Custard the Dragon_? 3. Were you one of the major agents of T.H.U.N.D.E.R.? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/9 "2014-10-01T13:16:45Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the bishop of Myra? > IQ2: Did you weigh a seventh of a ton? > IQ3: Did you write the soundtrack for a film about a bird? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno, not Nikita Koloff (wt 285 lbs), feel like I should know this one but don’t St Nicholas. Never heard of Koloff (now that I have, should I be impressed?). I’ll rephrase. Neil Diamond (_Jonathan Livingston Seagull_). DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? IQ1: Are you a fictional character whose assistant frequently described as weighing a seventh of a ton? IQ2: Was Peter Ustinov your batman? IQ3: Are you a man who starred in a '70s pantyhose commercial? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/10 "2014-10-01T14:13:46Z")
Ah, October, and there’s Botticelli in the air… IQs: Were you a Minnesota insurance salesman who got in a heap o’ trouble? Were you a costar of _Hellcats of the Navy_? Was your adoptive “dad” very sorry to see you go? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/11 "2014-10-01T14:37:43Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Nelson Rockefeller, not Thomas Nash, dunno (I’m sure it’s not Joe Namath, but I can’t think of anybody else) Two of your answers are 100% correct, and one is only 95% correct… since you only missed Thomas Nast by one letter, I get no DQs. here. IQ1) Are you the world’s most nauseatingly cute kitten? IQ2) Were you unhappily married to one of the reporters who broke the Watergate story? IQ3) Are you a reclusive Montenegrin gourmand and bibliophile? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/12 "2014-10-01T15:31:17Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/13 "2014-10-01T15:34:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _99 Red Balloons_? > 2. Did you write _Custard the Dragon_? > 3. Were you one of the major agents of T.H.U.N.D.E.R.? I know that song, and I think her name was something like Nena? dunno This sounds like something from Marvel comics, but I’m probably wrong: Not Nick Fury? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/14 "2014-10-01T15:37:12Z")
Those were: Nebuchadnezzar Nasser DQs 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:** [October 1, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/15 "2014-10-01T15:37:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a fictional character whose assistant frequently described as weighing a seventh of a ton? > IQ2: Was Peter Ustinov your batman? > IQ3: Are you a man who starred in a '70s pantyhose commercial? dunno dunno, but this is such a weird question, I gotta know the answer Not Joe Namath, but he’s already been asked about ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/16 "2014-10-01T15:41:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a Minnesota insurance salesman who got in a heap o’ trouble? > Were you a costar of _Hellcats of the Navy_? > Was your adoptive “dad” very sorry to see you go? I think you mean Fargo, and I’m sure I got his name wrong: Not Ned Flunderman I’m going to take a WAG and say not Brigit Nielsen Can you be a little more specific? This seems to apply to a lot of people. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/17 "2014-10-01T15:43:30Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Are you the world’s most nauseatingly cute kitten? > > IQ2) Were you unhappily married to one of the reporters who broke the Watergate story? > > IQ3) Are you a reclusive Montenegrin gourmand and bibliophile? Not Nermal dunno dunno ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/18 "2014-10-01T15:47:51Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with 99 Red Balloons? > 2. Did you write Custard the Dragon? > 3. Were you one of the major agents of T.H.U.N.D.E.R.? > > I know that song, and I think her name was something like Nena? > dunno > This sounds like something from Marvel comics, but I’m probably wrong: Not Nick Fury? Correct on Nena. #2 was Ogden Nash. #3 is not from Marvel but Tower Comics. He was NoMan. DQs: 1. Alive? 2. Last name starts with N? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/19 "2014-10-01T15:50:34Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet in WWII? 2. Were you a 20th Century commercial print artist known for your splotchy pictures of sports events and celebrities? 3. Are you Rex Stout’s rotund detective? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/20 "2014-10-01T15:53:59Z")
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