# \[GAME\] Botticelli - Sep 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 3, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353 "2014-09-03T12:37:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [September 11, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/241 "2014-09-11T15:49:57Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ) Did you write novels satirizing both lazy, alcoholic war correspondents and greedy funeral directors? > > IQ2) Did you lose the heavyweight title to Jersey Joe Walcott? > > IQ3) Did your employer’s wife inspire Jean RHys’ best known book? 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:** [September 11, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/242 "2014-09-11T16:06:05Z")
Evelyn Waugh spoofed war journalists in _ **Scoop** _ and the funeral induistry in _ **The Loved One.** _ Ezzard Charles was heavyweight champ between Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott Jean Rhys’ \*\*\*The Wide Sargasso Sea \*\*\*told the backstory of Mr. Rochester’s wife. Rochester was the employer of Jane Eyre. DQ) Are you human? DQ2) Are you in the sci-fi or fantasy genre? DQ3) Have you appeared in comic books, comic strips, or in animated form? ---
**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:** [September 11, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/243 "2014-09-11T16:24:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a fictional character killed in the fighting during the June Rebellion? > IQ2: Are you a fictional character killed in the fighting during in the June Rebellion? > IQ3: Were you an ill-advised king? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Ethelred the Unready. Take 2 DQs for the first two. Eponine and Enjolras, from _Les Miserables_. Correct on Ethelred. DQ1: Appeared in more than one book? DQ2: From a genre novel? IQ1: Did your partner’s ghost visit you on Christmas Eve? IQ2: Were you one of the princes in the Tower? IQ3: Are you the eponymous pig in a work by Wodehouse? ---
**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:** [September 11, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/244 "2014-09-11T16:28:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #2. I am not Edgar. Take 2 DQs for the others. #1 is Egius, and #3 is Ellidyr. 5DQs in reserve, but will probably use none of them. hmmmm… ---
**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:** [September 11, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/245 "2014-09-11T18:02:45Z")
IQ1: Are you Winnie the Pooh’s pessimistic donkey friend? IQ2: Are you the half-elven Lord of Rivendell and father of Arwen? IQ3: Are you considered the principle enemy of the state in _Nineteen Eighty Four_? ---
**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:** [September 11, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/246 "2014-09-11T18:47:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Eponine and Enjolras, from _Les Miserables_. > Correct on Ethelred. > DQ1: Appeared in more than one book? > DQ2: From a genre novel? > IQ1: Did your partner’s ghost visit you on Christmas Eve? > IQ2: Were you one of the princes in the Tower? > IQ3: Are you the eponymous pig in a work by Wodehouse? I’m not Ebenezer Scrooge. I’d tell you to take 2 more DQs, but… ---
**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:** [September 11, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/247 "2014-09-11T18:50:56Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you Winnie the Pooh’s pessimistic donkey friend? > IQ2: Are you the half-elven Lord of Rivendell and father of Arwen? > IQ3: Are you considered the principle enemy of the state in _Nineteen Eighty Four_? I am not Elrond. However, I am Eeyore (not that it matters to anyone, I’m sure). Congratulations, KO! You get “F” next. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/248 "2014-09-11T19:33:18Z")
Ha Haaa! Orbital Mind Reading Laser \> Tinfoil hats! I am F! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/249 "2014-09-11T19:44:53Z")
IQ1) Were you known as the Fordham Flash? IQ2) Have you played drums for the same band since 1967, when you were fired from John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers for excessive boozing? IQ3) Did you manage the Fort Wayne Daisies in The All-American Girls Baseball League, and thereby inspire Tom Hanks’ character in \*\*\*A League of Their Own \*\*\*? ---
**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:** [September 11, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/250 "2014-09-11T19:54:54Z")
Way to go, **Knowed Out**! Previous IQs: Were you Lincoln’s SecWar? - Yes, Edwin Stanton Were you Lincoln’s AG? - Yes, Edward Bates Did you have an affair with your videographer? - John Edwards (D-N.C.) New IQs: Were you the intrepid in-the-field reporter for _FYI_? Did you coworkers watch your wedding home movies without your knowledge? Did your dad kill your best childhood friend and make you watch? ---
**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:** [September 11, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/251 "2014-09-11T19:56:07Z")
_Gotta get some new tinfoil._ IQs: 1. Did you sell your soul to the devil? 2. Did Johnny do you wrong? 3. Art thou the great Shakespearean coward? ---
**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:** [September 11, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/252 "2014-09-11T20:33:19Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > EIQ1: Did your partner’s ghost visit you on Christmas Eve? > IQ2: Were you one of the princes in the Tower? > IQ3: Are you the eponymous pig in a work by Wodehouse? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Ebenezer Scrooge. I’d tell you to take 2 more DQs, but… Correct. Edward V. Empress of Blandings. IQ1: Did you write about Sheelba and Ningauble? IQ2: Did you and your partner create the Pink Panther? IQ3: Did Clint Eastwood appear in a naval comedy with 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:** [September 11, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/253 "2014-09-11T23:09:23Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you known as the Fordham Flash? > > IQ2) Have you played drums for the same band since 1967, when you were fired from John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers for excessive boozing? > > IQ3) Did you manage the Fort Wayne Daisies in The All-American Girls Baseball League, and thereby inspire Tom Hanks’ character in \*\*\*A League of Their Own \*\*\*? 3 DQs for the fur trader ---
**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:** [September 11, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/254 "2014-09-11T23:11:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > New IQs: > > Were you the intrepid in-the-field reporter for _FYI_? > Did you coworkers watch your wedding home movies without your knowledge? > Did your dad kill your best childhood friend and make you watch? dunno, not Frank Burns, sounds familiar but can’t place it ---
**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:** [September 11, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/255 "2014-09-11T23:12:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > _Gotta get some new tinfoil._ > > IQs: > > 1. Did you sell your soul to the devil? > 2. Did Johnny do you wrong? > 3. Art thou the great Shakespearean coward? Not Faust, dunno, not Falstaff ---
**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:** [September 11, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/256 "2014-09-11T23:15:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about Sheelba and Ningauble? > IQ2: Did you and your partner create the Pink Panther? > IQ3: Did Clint Eastwood appear in a naval comedy with you? Not Fritz Leiber, not Fritz Feiling, 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:** [September 12, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/257 "2014-09-12T01:04:28Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you sell your soul to the devil? > 2. Did Johnny do you wrong? > 3. Art thou the great Shakespearean coward? > > Not Faust, dunno, not Falstaff Frankie, from the song _Frankie and Johnny_. correct on the others. DQ: Real? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/258 "2014-09-12T01:46:42Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about Sheelba and Ningauble? > IQ2: Did you and your partner create the Pink Panther? > IQ3: Did Clint Eastwood appear in a naval comedy with you? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Not Fritz Leiber, not Fritz Feiling, dunno Correct. Friz Freleng, actually, but close enough. 🙂 Francis the Talking Mule. DQ: Male? IQ1: Were you a king who wrote flute sonatas? IQ2: Are you Flossie’s twin? IQ3: Did you play the man who ran the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York, on screen? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/259 "2014-09-12T02:13:43Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the intrepid in-the-field reporter for _FYI_? - Frank Fontana on _Murphy Brown_ Did you coworkers watch your wedding home movies without your knowledge? - Yes, Frank Burns - wish I could find that on YouTube! One of favorite _M_A_S_H\* scenes. Did your dad kill your best childhood friend and make you watch? - Frederick the Great. The two tried to run away from home; Prince Frederick’s dad, the king, had the friend executed (shot by firing squad, I think). DQs: American? Last name start with F? IQs: Did your hump change sides? Were you a conservative Maryland ally (usually) of President Lincoln? Were you the first dude in town to swim for fun? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/260 "2014-09-12T03:01:04Z")
DQ roundup 1. Not real 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name does not start with F [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353.md?page=14)