# \[GAME\] 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:** 40
**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 25, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/781 "2014-10-25T01:29:45Z")
Previous IQs: Were you one of Dr. Hannibal Lecter’s adversaries? - Mason Verger (Gary Oldman in the movie) Did you host Mutual of Omaha’s _Wild Kingdom_? - Yes, Marlin Perkins Did you say, “Time is the fire in which we burn”? - Malcolm McDowell in _Star Trek Generations_ DQs: Male? American? IQs: Were you a top political aide to Bill Clinton in 1996? Did you make a movie focusing on Donald Rumsfeld? Were you a finicky feline? ---
**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 25, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/782 "2014-10-25T01:52:43Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Is a thermodynamic thought experiment involving a demon named after you? > IQ2: Are you a woman who has led Israel? > IQ3: In Titanic, did Kate Winslett’s character chide Leonardo DeCaprio’s for painting less innocent subject matter than you did? Not James Clerk Maxwell. Not Golda Meir. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star opposite Gene Wilder in _Young Frankenstein_? > 2. Ditto #1 > 3. Ditto #1 and 2. Not Marty Feldman. DQ. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a top political aide to Bill Clinton in 1996? > Did you make a movie focusing on Donald Rumsfeld? > Were you a finicky feline? DQ. DQ. Not Morris. **M** 1. First name does not start with ‘M’ 2. Real 3. Male 4. American ---
**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 25, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/783 "2014-10-25T02:07:30Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star opposite Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein? > 2. Ditto #1 > 3. Ditto #1 and 2. > > Not Marty Feldman. > DQ. > DQ. Madeline Kahn and Kenneth Mars also appeared in that film. DQs: 1. Alive? 2. Known for the Arts? ---
**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 25, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/784 "2014-10-25T02:18:29Z")
IQs: 1. Do you and your husband have two sets of twins who have “adventures”? 2. Are you a detective created by Raymond Chandler? 3. Is one of your quotes: “Pathetic earthlings! Who can save you now?” ---
**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 25, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/785 "2014-10-25T03:26:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you and your husband have two sets of twins who have “adventures”? > 2. Are you a detective created by Raymond Chandler? > 3. Is one of your quotes: “Pathetic earthlings! Who can save you now?” Not Mary Bobbsey. Not Philip Marlowe. DQ. **M** 1. First name does not start with ‘M’ 2. Real 3. Male 4. American 5. Dead 6. Best known for the Arts ---
**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 25, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/786 "2014-10-25T05:02:31Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Jesus, Satan, and the Brewmeister? > IQ2: Are you a member of the Flash’s rogues’ gallery? > IQ3: Were you an ambassador from the Centauri Republic? IQ1: Max von Sydow (_Greatest Story Ever Told, Needful Things, Strange Brew_) IQ2: Mirror Master IQ3: Londo Mollari (_Babylon 5_) DQ: Born after 1950? ---
**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 25, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/787 "2014-10-25T05:28:07Z")
IQ1: Was your mustache painted on for most of your career? IQ2: Were you a private detective who lived on a houseboat in Florida? IQ3: Were you the author of the books that chronicled IQ2? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/788 "2014-10-25T11:03:44Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Is a thermodynamic thought experiment involving a demon named after you? > IQ2: Are you a woman who has led Israel? > IQ3: In Titanic, did Kate Winslett’s character chide Leonardo DeCaprio’s for painting less innocent subject matter than you did? 1: **James Clerk Maxwell** , as you said. 2: **Golda Meier** , as you said. 3: “Mr. **Monet** paints lilies, Jack!” IQ1: Did you write of salesmen and Salem? IQ2: Did the swing dance community recently celebrate your centenary? IQ3: Did the moon hit your eye like a big pizza pie? ---
**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 25, 2014, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/789 "2014-10-25T11:48:15Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Was your mustache painted on for most of your career? > IQ2: Were you a private detective who lived on a houseboat in Florida? > IQ3: Were you the author of the books that chronicled IQ2? Not Groucho Marx. I really should know this, but: DQ. Not John D MacDonald. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you write of salesmen and Salem? > IQ2: Did the swing dance community recently celebrate your centenary? > IQ3: Did the moon hit your eye like a big pizza pie? Not … Arthur Miller?. DQ. Not Dean Martin. **M** 1. First name does not start with ‘M’ 2. Real 3. Male 4. American 5. Dead 6. Best known for the Arts 7. Not born after 1950 ---
**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 25, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/790 "2014-10-25T13:09:10Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you and your husband have two sets of twins who have “adventures”? > 2. Are you a detective created by Raymond Chandler? > 3. Is one of your quotes: “Pathetic earthlings! Who can save you now?” > > Not Mary Bobbsey. > Not Philip Marlowe. > DQ. Correct on the first two. #3 is Ming the Merciless from _Flash Gordon_. DQ: Born after 1900? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/791 "2014-10-25T13:37:18Z")
**IQ1) Were you a baseball star whose Dad named him after a stellar catcher for the Detroit Tigers?** Mickey Mantle was named after Tigers catcher Mickey Cochrane. \*\* IQ2) Were you a key Watergate witness, since you were married to the head of CREEP (the Committee to Re-Elect the President)? \*\* John Mitchell headed CREEP, and his wife Martha became a major Watergate witness **IQ3) Were you a DJ who called himself the 5th Beatle?** “Murray the K” Kaufman DQ1) Were you a singer, musician or composer? I’ll reserve 2 DQs for later ---
**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 25, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/792 "2014-10-25T14:06:57Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a sportscaster who was fired from NBC in 1997 for biting, and I don’t mean on commentary? > IQ2: Did you rise from a slab as the Bride of Frankenstein in a Saturday Night Live sketch and sing “I Feel Pretty”? > IQ3: Were you the first commander of the Plymouth Colony militia? > > DQ. > DQ. > Not Miles Standish. Marv Albert, Madeline Khan, correct DQ1: Performing arts? DQ2: Born east of the mighty Mississippi? ---
**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 25, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/793 "2014-10-25T14:17:52Z")
IQ1: Are you a gambling czar played by Anatol Yusef in the HBO series _Boardwalk Empire_? IQ2: Are you aka H. H. Holmes, who ran a hotel during the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago that turned out to be a death trap for at least 27 people? IQ3: Were you the “Junk Bond King” convicted for securities fraud in 1989? ---
**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 25, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/794 "2014-10-25T14:40:22Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the villain in _Iron Man 2_? 2. Did Madonna play you in _Dick Tracy_? 3. Were you Paul Winchell’s main ventriloquist doll? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/795 "2014-10-25T14:45:14Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you write of salesmen and Salem? > IQ2: Did the swing dance community recently celebrate your centenary? > IQ3: Did the moon hit your eye like a big pizza pie? 1: As you said, **Arthur Miller** , who wrote Death of a Salesman, and whose Crucible was set during the Salem Witch Trials. 2:[Frankie Manning](http://frankie100.com/) 3: As you said, **Dean Martin** DQ1: Born north of the Mason Dixon Line? ---
**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 25, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/796 "2014-10-25T15:15:29Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a gambling czar played by Anatol Yusef in the HBO series _Boardwalk Empire_? > IQ2: Are you aka H. H. Holmes, who ran a hotel during the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago that turned out to be a death trap for at least 27 people? > IQ3: Were you the “Junk Bond King” convicted for securities fraud in 1989? Three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the villain in _Iron Man 2_? > 2. Did Madonna play you in _Dick Tracy_? > 3. Were you Paul Winchell’s main ventriloquist doll? Three DQs. **M** 1. First name does not start with ‘M’ 2. Real 3. Male 4. American 5. Dead 6. Best known for the Arts 7. Not born after 1950 8. Born after 1900 9. Not a singer, musician or composer (I’ve sung in public, but that’s not what I’m best known for) 10. Known for the performing arts 11. Born east of the mighty Mississippi 12. Born north of the Mason Dixon Line ---
**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 25, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/797 "2014-10-25T15:34:30Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the villain in Iron Man 2? > 2. Did Madonna play you in Dick Tracy? > 3. Were you Paul Winchell’s main ventriloquist doll? > > Three DQs. #1 is Mickey Rourke. #2 is Breathless Mahoney. #3 is Jerry Mahoney. DQ: Actor? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 25, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/798 "2014-10-25T16:39:48Z")
**M** 1. First name does not start with ‘M’ 2. Real 3. Male 4. American 5. Dead 6. Best known for the Arts 7. Not born after 1950 8. Born after 1900 9. Not a singer, musician or composer (I’ve sung in public, but that’s not what I’m best known for) 10. Known for the performing arts 11. Born east of the mighty Mississippi 12. Born north of the Mason Dixon Line 13. Actor ---
**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 25, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/799 "2014-10-25T17:41:38Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a gambling czar played by Anatol Yusef in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire? > IQ2: Are you aka H. H. Holmes, who ran a hotel during the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago that turned out to be a death trap for at least 27 people? > IQ3: Were you the “Junk Bond King” convicted for securities fraud in 1989? > > Three DQs. Meyer Lansky, Herbert Webster Mudgett, Michael Millikien DQ: Known for comedy roles? reserving 2 DQs ---
**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 25, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/800 "2014-10-25T17:51:03Z")
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