# \[GAME\] 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:** 25
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/481 "2014-10-13T01:15:34Z")
Choosers CAN’T research IQs. DQ research is okay. Oh, incidentally askers CAN’T research IQs in an effort to find a diabolically hard question. ---
**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 13, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/482 "2014-10-13T01:20:45Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Is a beef dish named in your honor? Not the duke of Wellington. (Though there is debate about the true origin of the name.) > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Plastic Man’s comedy sidekick? > 2. Were you one of the stars of _Hart to Hart_? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Redneck Woman_? I know “Redneck Girl,” but not “Redneck Woman.” Three DQs. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a dying traveling salesman? Not Willy Loman. **W** 1. Fictional 2. Male Prof P has three DQs. Tim has three. KO has one. etv has none. ---
**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 13, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/483 "2014-10-13T01:23:44Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you the Commandant of Stalag 13? > IQ2: Were you the actor who played him? > IQ3: Were you a frequent visiting Gestapo on the same show?? Not Oberst Wilhelm Klink. Not Werner Klemperer. DQ. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/484 "2014-10-13T01:28:52Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1. Are you one of the kids on _South Park_? > IQ2. Did you star in the movie _Cocoon_? > IQ3. Did you write a short story more than a hundred years ago that is the basis for (and, after truncation, gives the title to) a current TV series? Wendy Testaburger Wilford Brimley Washington Irving (“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”) DQ1: Are you human? DQ2: Was your initial appearance/publication this century? (2001+) DQ3: Are you the protagonist in the works you’re best known for? ---
**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 13, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/485 "2014-10-13T01:29:20Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Plastic Man’s comedy sidekick? > 2. Were you one of the stars of Hart to Hart? > 3. Did you have a hit with Redneck Woman? > > I know “Redneck Girl,” but not “Redneck Woman.” Three DQs. Woozy Winks, Robert Wagner and Gretchen Wilson. DQs: 1. Best known from a movie or movies? 2. Does your last name start with W? 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 13, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/486 "2014-10-13T01:31:01Z")
IQ: Did you die while on a national tour meant to clear your name? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/487 "2014-10-13T01:32:50Z")
IQ1: Are you a robot, on a post apocalyptic Earth? IQ2: Are you the evil wizard in the classic video game _Wizardry_? IQ3: Are you a mythological man-eating creature that is said to live in the forests of North America? ---
**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 13, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/488 "2014-10-13T01:56:43Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you die while on a national tour meant to clear your name? DQ. > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Are you a robot, on a post apocalyptic Earth? > IQ2: Are you the evil wizard in the classic video game _Wizardry_? > IQ3: Are you a mythological man-eating creature that is said to live in the forests of North America? Not Wall-E. DQ. Not the Windigo. (Or the Wendigo, of you prefer that spelling.) **W** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Human 4. Initial appearance/publication was not in this century (2001+) 5. Protagonist in the work(s) I’m best known for (I think…) 6. Not best known from a movie or movies 7. Last name starts with W Prof P has one DQ. Tim has one. KO has one. etv has one. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/489 "2014-10-13T02:02:38Z")
DQ: First appeared 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 13, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/490 "2014-10-13T02:18:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 1. Protagonist in the work(s) I’m best known for (I think…) I have consulted with my wife. She can’t decide either… ---
**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 13, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/491 "2014-10-13T02:22:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Oberst Wilhelm Klink. > Not Werner Klemperer. > DQ. Wolfgang Hofstedder DQ: From literature? DQ: Detective genre? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/492 "2014-10-13T02:23:05Z")
Are you the evil wizard in the classic video game Wizardry? Werdna. DQ: Are you best known for appearing on television? IQ1: Are you secretly the Flash? IQ2: Are you secretly not actually magical at all, just faking it? IQ3: Are you a medical doctor for the US Army? ---
**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 13, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/493 "2014-10-13T03:00:09Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Are you secretly the Flash? > IQ2: Are you secretly not actually magical at all, just faking it? > IQ3: Are you a medical doctor for the US Army? Not … Wally West? (I remember him as Kid Flash, but IIRC he later became the Flash.) DQ. Not Oliver Wendell “Spearchucker” Jones. **W** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Human 4. Initial appearance/publication was not in this century (2001+) 5. Protagonist in the work(s) I’m best known for (Or perhaps not…) 6. Not best known from a movie or movies 7. Last name starts with W 8. First appeared after 1900 9. Not from literature 10. Not best known for appearing on television Prof P has one DQ. Tim has one. KO has none. etv has none. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/494 "2014-10-13T03:24:41Z")
BTW, it was Warren Harding who went on the tour. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/495 "2014-10-13T03:25:41Z")
IQ: Did you have a menacing neighbor? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/496 "2014-10-13T03:45:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Oliver Wendell “Spearchucker” Jones. Okay, here’s a rules question: after a question is asked and answered, can you double-check the results with the web if the response sounds wrong to you? In this case, I wasn’t sure about the character SCAdian referred to so I did check the web. The character in question’s name was Oliver **Harmon** “Spearchucker” Jones on the television show, which was the first hit I got. In the movie (per imdb) he was credited simply as Oliver “Spearchucker” Jones. Further research revealed that in the original novels his name was Oliver Wendell “Spearchucker” Jones. Anyhow, it’s just a IQ so it’s not really a big deal, but I just want to learn how these things work. ---
**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 13, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/497 "2014-10-13T04:08:14Z")
Welcome to the game, **Some**. As noted earlier, only the Chooser/Host/Quizmaster may do any research at all, and only to ensure a correct answer to a DQ. Previous IQs: Did you play the designer of RMS _Titanic_? - Victor Garber, in the big James Cameron movie. Did you work with Clarence and Roger? - Now I forget who I was thinking of - d’oh! But it’ll probably come to me… Did Chekhov name a play after you? - _Uncle Vanya_ On to W. IQs: Does your tomb include the seals of two presidencies which you held in your lifetime? Did you chair the U.S. Bicentennial Commission? Did you burn most of your husband’s letters before you died, much to anguish of later historians? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/498 "2014-10-13T04:08:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not … Wally West? (I remember him as Kid Flash, but IIRC he later became the Flash.) > DQ. Wally West it is! (Yeah, he was Flash after Jay and Barry. I think it’s back to Barry now.) The second I actually thought would be the easiest, it was The Wizard of Oz. 1 DQ reserved for now. IQ1: Are you a medical doctor for the US Army, with the first name of Charles? IQ2: Are you a medical doctor in Victorian era England? IQ3: Are you a Canadian superhero? ---
**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 13, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/499 "2014-10-13T04:17:53Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > In this case, I wasn’t sure about the character SCAdian referred to so I did check the web. The character in question’s name was Oliver **Harmon** “Spearchucker” Jones on the television show, which was the first hit I got. In the movie (per imdb) he was credited simply as Oliver “Spearchucker” Jones. Further research revealed that in the original novels his name was Oliver Wendell “Spearchucker” Jones. I’ve never seen any of the episodes with Spearchucker, but I did read the novel (finally!) a few weeks ago. ---
**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 13, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/500 "2014-10-13T04:24:46Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > BTW, it was Warren Harding who went on the tour. Thank you. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you have a menacing neighbor? DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Does your tomb include the seals of two presidencies which you held in your lifetime? > Did you chair the U.S. Bicentennial Commission? > Did you burn most of your husband’s letters before you died, much to anguish of later historians? Not … Woodrow Wilson? DQ. Not … Martha Washington? > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Are you a medical doctor for the US Army, with the first name of Charles? > IQ2: Are you a medical doctor in Victorian era England? > IQ3: Are you a Canadian superhero? Not Charles Emerson Winchester. Not John Watson. Not Wolverine. **Elendil’s Heir** : Was your Clarence/Roger/V question a reference to _Airplane!_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044.md?page=26)