# \[GAME\] 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:** 29
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/561 "2014-09-26T12:38:46Z")
IQ: Were you a rival dancer of Fred Astaire? ---
**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 26, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/562 "2014-09-26T12:56:05Z")
Previous IQs: Did you keep a coconut shell on your desk? - Yes, JFK: [http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Ey5l6Vagyk2dwA6BTctDZg.aspx](http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Ey5l6Vagyk2dwA6BTctDZg.aspx) Was your nickname for your husband “Bunny”? - Yes, Jackie Kennedy. Did you tell your son’s speechwriter that you were too conservative for him to write for you? - Joe Kennedy Sr. said this to Ted Sorensen (whose autobiography I just read). DQ: Last name start with K? IQs: Did a fictional version of you appear briefly in _Enemy at the Gates_? Were you the top bad guy in _Breaker Morant_? Did you once refer to the President as being “loaded”? ---
**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 26, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/563 "2014-09-26T13:05:30Z")
Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle View Post Correct on all 3. IQs: 1. Did you create the character of Weary Willie? 2. Are you #1’s son? 3. Did you create Pogo? Not clown Emmett Kelley, and not cartoonist Walt Kelly. Take a DQ for #2. I have no idea who Emmett’s son is. Correct. Emmett Kelly’s son is Emmett Kelly, Jr. He continued the Weary Willie role after his father retired. 1 DQ 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:** [September 26, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/564 "2014-09-26T13:12:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did Tim Conway often try to make you corpse? > IQ2: Were you an artillery officer who became an air force chief of staff? > IQ3: Did you and your brothers play brothers in a film? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Harvey Korman or Stacy (Long Riders) Keach > > Take a DQ for #2 Correct. Albert Kesselring. Keith Carradine and his brothers played the Youngers in _The Long Riders_. DQ1: American? DQ2: Known for the Arts? IQ1: Were you known as “Creepy”? IQ2: Did you do a strip about a family with pets named Barfy and Sam? IQ3: Were you one of the stars in a film about two girls and their guidance counselor? ---
**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 26, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/565 "2014-09-26T13:18:05Z")
DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/566 "2014-09-26T14:25:17Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Soviet Armenian composer who wrote _Sabre Dance_? > IQ2: Did your album _Tapestry_ win a Grammy for Album of the Year in 1972? > IQ3: Are you an Austrian violinist and composer who rediscovered lost classics by masters such as Pugnani and Vivaldi, then later admitted you wrote the pieces yourself? Not Aram Kharchaturian (I don’t know the exact spelling- please be meriful) Not Carole King Take a DQ for #3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/567 "2014-09-26T14:26:20Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you a rival dancer of Fred Astaire? Not Gene Kennedy. I mean Gene Kelly! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/568 "2014-09-26T14:27:21Z")
SUMMARY 1. Male 2. Not Living 3. Last name starts with K 4. American 5. Not known for the arts (no matter how broadly defined) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/569 "2014-09-26T14:30:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Keith Carradine and his brothers played the Youngers in _The Long Riders_. > IQ1: Were you known as “Creepy”? > IQ2: Did you do a strip about a family with pets named Barfy and Sam? > IQ3: Were you one of the stars in a film about two girls and their guidance counselor? Not Bill (Family Circu) Keane Not Kevin (Wild THings) Bacon 'm not sure of #1, but I’ll guess… not Stephen King? If that’s wrong, take a DQ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/570 "2014-09-26T14:31:28Z")
SUMMARY 1. Male 2. Not Living 3. Last name starts with K 4. American 5. Not known for the arts (no matter how broadly defined) 6. Real person ---
**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 26, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/571 "2014-09-26T14:31:37Z")
IQs: 1. Did you portray Captain Kangaroo? 2. Were you the pharaoh also known as Cheops? 3. Did you paint _The Kiss_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/572 "2014-09-26T14:36:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did a fictional version of you appear briefly in _Enemy at the Gates_? > Were you the top bad guy in _Breaker Morant_? > Did you once refer to the President as being “loaded”? Not… Nikita Kruschev? I loved the movie _ **Breaker Morant** _, but I haven’t seen it in years and I don’t remember the villain. Ask a DQ. Not Henry Kissinger (he was referring to Nixon, who was drunk a lot in term 2) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/573 "2014-09-26T14:38:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you portray Captain Kangaroo? > 2. Were you the pharaoh also known as Cheops? > 3. Did you paint _The Kiss_? Not Bob Keeshan (though I did consider picking him for a minute!) No idea on #2- ask a DQ Not… Paul Klee (only K painter I can think of)? If that’s wrong, take a 2nd DQ ---
**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 26, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/574 "2014-09-26T14:57:22Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you portray Captain Kangaroo? > 2. Were you the pharaoh also known as Cheops? > 3. Did you paint The Kiss? > > Not Bob Keeshan (though I did consider picking him for a minute!) > > No idea on #2- ask a DQ > > Not… Paul Klee (only K painter I can think of)? If that’s wrong, take a 2nd DQ #2 was Khufu. #3 was Gustav Klimt. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 26, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/575 "2014-09-26T15:25:47Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not Aram Kharchaturian (I don’t know the exact spelling- please be meriful) > > Not Carole King > > Take a DQ for #3 Close enough. Take out the first r. correct Fritz Kreisler 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:** [September 26, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/576 "2014-09-26T15:30:10Z")
SUMMARY 1. Male 2. Not Living 3. Last name starts with K 4. American 5. Not known for the arts (no matter how broadly defined) 6. Real person 7. Born before 1900 ---
**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 26, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/577 "2014-09-26T15:49:50Z")
IQ1: Were you a boxer who became a stand-up comic after your first loss and took the last name of the boxer who beat you? IQ2: Are you a silent film actor given the nickname of “The Great Stone Face” because of your deadpan expressions? IQ3: Are you a director whose first big hit was the film _Spartacus_? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/578 "2014-09-26T17:02:22Z")
Nevermind. You covered Hank Kissinger. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/579 "2014-09-26T17:11:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a boxer who became a stand-up comic after your first loss and took the last name of the boxer who beat you? > IQ2: Are you a silent film actor given the nickname of “The Great Stone Face” because of your deadpan expressions? > IQ3: Are you a director whose first big hit was the film _Spartacus_? Not Buster Keaton or Stanley Kubrick. Take a DQ for the boxer. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/580 "2014-09-26T17:13:38Z")
IQ: Are you a Bond villain who recently passed away? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353.md?page=30)