# \[GAME\] 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:** 2
**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, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/21 "2014-10-01T15:54:34Z")
Screenwriter/director Nora Ephron wrote about her unhappy marriage to Carl Bernstein in the novel _ **Heartburn** _ (later a movie with Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson) Fictional detective Nero Wolfe is a book and fine food lover from Meontenegro DQ1) American? (Will save one DQ for later) ---
**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, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/22 "2014-10-01T16:20:59Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a Minnesota insurance salesman who got in a heap o’ trouble? - Yes, from _Fargo_ (the TV show): Lester Nygaard, played by Martin Freeman Were you a costar of _Hellcats of the Navy_? - Nancy Davis, later Reagan Was your adoptive “dad” very sorry to see you go? - I’ll rephrase DQs: Best known for the creative arts? Born since 1964? IQs: You are a fictional character created since 1950. Was your adoptive “dad” very sorry to see you go? Did JFK call you to wish you a happy birthday on the day he died? Did you play “Mr. Big” on _Sex and the City_? ---
**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, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/23 "2014-10-01T16:36:13Z")
> [@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? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno > dunno, but this is such a weird question, I gotta know the answer > Not Joe Namath, but he’s already been asked about Nero Wolfe. (A popular person, evidently - I see two others have asked about him since I did. :)) David Niven. Correct - but I asked about him before you answered astorian’s question, so I didn’t know that was who he meant. DQ1: Known for the Arts? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did you lead expeditions aboard _Fram_? IQ2: Dd you build a ship out of shittim wood? IQ3: Were you the last of the Julio-Claudians? ---
**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, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/24 "2014-10-01T17:14:58Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with N 4. Not American (ask another DQ astorian) 5. Born before 1964 6. Best known for Creative Arts (ask another DQ SCAdian) ---
**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, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/25 "2014-10-01T17:17:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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? dunno not Nagal? not Nero Wolfe, but he’s already been the answer to two IQs 🙂 ---
**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, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/26 "2014-10-01T17:19:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You are a fictional character created since 1950. Was your adoptive “dad” very sorry to see you go? > Did JFK call you to wish you a happy birthday on the day he died? > Did you play “Mr. Big” on _Sex and the City_? dunno not Richard Nixon? not Chris Noth ---
**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, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/27 "2014-10-01T17:21:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you lead expeditions aboard _Fram_? > IQ2: Dd you build a ship out of shittim wood? > IQ3: Were you the last of the Julio-Claudians? Not Franzferdi Nand (take a DQ) Not Noah Not Emperor Nero? ---
**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, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/28 "2014-10-01T17:23:00Z")
> [@](#): > > 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? > > dunno > not Nagal? > not Nero Wolfe, but he’s already been the answer to two IQs 🙂 1. Chester Nimitz. 2. Leroy Neiman. 3. Everybody loves Nero Wolfe. DQs: 1. Alive? (I’ve asked this before, in Post #18.) 2. Author? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/29 "2014-10-01T18:03:40Z")
DQ: European? ---
**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, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/30 "2014-10-01T19:10:48Z")
Previous IQs: You are a fictional character created since 1950. Was your adoptive “dad” very sorry to see you go? - Norbert the baby dragon, whom Hagrid was sorry to lose. Did JFK call you to wish you a happy birthday on the day he died? - FDR’s first VP, John Nance Garner. Did you play “Mr. Big” on _Sex and the City_? - Yes, Chris Noth. DQs: Won a major award in his field? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you have to change a line in your stump speech when some wondered if you were referring to your wife? Did everyone know you by another name even though your birth name was Thelma? Did your future father-in-law throw you repeatedly out of a bar? ---
**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, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/31 "2014-10-01T19:56:37Z")
DQ1) European? ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/32 "2014-10-01T20:01:29Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > DQ1) European? Uhm, post #29 :dubious: ---
**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, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/33 "2014-10-01T20:09:40Z")
Ooo, ooo, I know: DQ: European? ---
**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, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/34 "2014-10-01T20:19:27Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with N 4. Not American 5. Born before 1964 6. Best known for Creative Arts 7. Alive 8. Author 9. European x3 😃 10. Has won a major award in his field ---
**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, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/35 "2014-10-01T20:22:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you have to change a line in your stump speech when some wondered if you were referring to your wife? > Did everyone know you by another name even though your birth name was Thelma? > Did your future father-in-law throw you repeatedly out of a bar? take 3 DQs ---
**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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/36 "2014-10-01T20:23:32Z")
Reserved DQ) Born after 1900? ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/37 "2014-10-01T20:24:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you lead expeditions aboard _Fram_? > IQ2: Dd you build a ship out of shittim wood? > IQ3: Were you the last of the Julio-Claudians? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Not Franzferdi Nand (take a DQ) > Not Noah > Not Emperor Nero? Polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen. Correct. Correct. DQ1: European? No, wait… Three DQs reserved pending answers to “European?” and “Alive?” IQ1: Were you a Corsican artilleryman before moving on to a bigger job? IQ2: Did you supposedly discover the Philosopher’s stone and become immortal? IQ3: Were you Alicky’s husband? ---
**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, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/38 "2014-10-01T20:26:51Z")
Did Martin Scorsese make a controversial movie version of your best known novel? Did you create Inspector Roderick Alleyn? Did you co-write President Franklin Pierce’s biography? ---
**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, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/39 "2014-10-01T20:30:48Z")
DQ) Did you write in a Romance language? ---
**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, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/40 "2014-10-01T21:04:17Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Three DQs reserved pending answers to “European?” and “Alive?” Which, it seems, got snuck in there while I was writing my post… DQ1: Best known for fiction? DQ2: Born west of the Rhine? DQ3: Born south of Vienna (48°12′N)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044.md?page=3)