# \[GAME\] 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:** 21
**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 10, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/401 "2014-10-10T01:57:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Candide_? > 2. Were you President of the United States? > 3. Were you Batman’s girlfriend in the first Michael Keaton movie? dunno, not Martin Van Buren, not Vicki Vale? ---
**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 10, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/402 "2014-10-10T01:58:28Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you defeat Miyoshi Umeki and win the 1959 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, for your work in _ **Redhead** _? > > IQ2) Did Francis Bacon paint a horrifying spoof of your portrait of Pope Innocent? > > IQ3) Did you say “Tell Mike, it was just business- I always liked him”? dunno x 2, not Vito Corleone ---
**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 10, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/403 "2014-10-10T02:01:11Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you the 1st European to keep going after rounding the southern tip of Africa? > > IQ: Did Andy Roddick’s wife fix you up with your current gf? not Vasco De Gama, dunno (I thought I told you that you weren’t allowed to ask anything about Andy Roddick!) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/404 "2014-10-10T02:09:28Z")
KO: If you’re seriously censoring my gameplay, I drop out of this round, and cede my DQ. ---
**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 10, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/405 "2014-10-10T02:35:53Z")
IQ1: Did you explain the importance of positive thinking? IQ2: Were you the top-scoring WWI ace? IQ3: Are you the eponymous hero of a long-running strip? ---
**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 10, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/406 "2014-10-10T04:16:14Z")
I never heard of that actress either, but whatevs. Congrats, **KO**! Previous IQs: Was your appearance in a bikini a big deal at the time? - Ursula Andress, in _Doctor No_ Were you not a fan of the Chicago meatpacking trade? - Upton Sinclair Did the Germans give you your own train to cause mischief? - Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin), successfully sent to Russia to destabilize it during WWI So on to V… IQs: Were you Dracula’s nemesis? Could you tie a cherry stem into a knot with your tongue? Did you have something of a hobby killing people at a spooky lake camp? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/407 "2014-10-10T11:06:14Z")
Gwen Verdon won the Tony award for _ **Redhead.** _ Bacon did a horrifying send up of Diego Velasquez’ painting of Pope Innocent [Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Study_after_Vel%C3%A1zquez%27s_Portrait_of_Pope_Innocent_X) Abe Vigoda (as Sal Tessio) said, “Tell Mike it was just business.” DQ1) Real person? DQ2) Male? DQ3) Last name start with V? ---
**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 10, 2014, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/408 "2014-10-10T11:11:18Z")
Voltaire wrote _Candide_. Correct on the other two. 1 DQ reserved. [etv, I think KO’s just kidding around!] ---
**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 10, 2014, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/409 "2014-10-10T12:07:59Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > KO: If you’re seriously censoring my gameplay, I drop out of this round, and cede my DQ. No no no, I was just kidding you! Come back etv! Come back! ---
**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 10, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/410 "2014-10-10T12:09:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you explain the importance of positive thinking? > IQ2: Were you the top-scoring WWI ace? > IQ3: Are you the eponymous hero of a long-running strip? Not Norman Vincent Peale, not Baron Von Richtoffen?, not Prince Valiant ---
**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 10, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/411 "2014-10-10T12:11:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Dracula’s nemesis? > Could you tie a cherry stem into a knot with your tongue? > Did you have something of a hobby killing people at a spooky lake camp? Not Van Helsing, dunno (I remember Audrey from Twin Peaks doing so), not Jason Voorhees ---
**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 10, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/412 "2014-10-10T12:12:50Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with V ---
**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 10, 2014, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/413 "2014-10-10T12:30:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you explain the importance of positive thinking? > IQ2: Were you the top-scoring WWI ace? > IQ3: Are you the eponymous hero of a long-running strip? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Not Norman Vincent Peale, not Baron Von Richtoffen?, not Prince Valiant Correct on all three. (It’s “von Richthofen,” by the way. :)) IQ1: Did your grandfather invent baking powder? IQ2: Did you star in a show about a high-tech helicopter? IQ3: Did you paint _The Starry Night_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/414 "2014-10-10T14:06:36Z")
IQ1) Did you cheat on Dean Wormer in _ **Animal House** _? IQ2) Were your sarcastic last words, “I feel myself turning into a god.” IQ3) Did you fire your bass player for remaining friendly with your band’s former singer? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/415 "2014-10-10T14:27:39Z")
DQ: Died after 1900? BTW, remember the cardinal rule of the Dope: Don’t be a jerk. You’d be VERY wise to keep that in mind going forward! ---
**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 10, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/416 "2014-10-10T14:41:49Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your grandfather invent baking powder? > IQ2: Did you star in a show about a high-tech helicopter? > IQ3: Did you paint _The Starry Night_? dunno x2, not Vincent Van Gough ---
**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 10, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/417 "2014-10-10T14:43:46Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you cheat on Dean Wormer in _ **Animal House** _? > > IQ2) Were your sarcastic last words, “I feel myself turning into a god.” > > IQ3) Did you fire your bass player for remaining friendly with your band’s former singer? not his wife, whose name I can’t remember, not Voltaire?, not Eddie Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/418 "2014-10-10T14:47:46Z")
Non game comment: I know the band is named after him, but what a dickish move. IQ: Were you a former Fed chief with a bailout rule named after you? ---
**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 10, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/419 "2014-10-10T14:49:31Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ: Died after 1900? > > BTW, remember the cardinal rule of the Dope: Don’t be a jerk. You’d be VERY wise to keep that in mind going forward! Sorry I upset you etv. I’m just joshing my comrades while playing games. I could rag on you for asking when the mystery guest died when I haven’t said whether he’s dead or alive yet, but I won’t. 😃 Would you like your question to be “Dead?” ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/420 "2014-10-10T14:51:34Z")
Yes. :smack: do you know my IQ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044.md?page=22)