# \[GAME\] 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:** 8
**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 8, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/141 "2014-09-08T20:21:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you carry a lantern in your search for an honest man? > IQ2: Were you the grandmother of Prince George of Cambridge? > IQ3: Are you George and Martha Wilson’s neighbour? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Diogenes J. Cynic. > > No idea on #2 > > Not Dennis the Menace \ “Diogenes J Cynic”? Diana, Princess of Wales. Correct. DQ: American? IQ1: Are you Ned Nickerson’s girlfriend? IQ2: Are you a private detective often hired by Nero Wolfe? IQ3: Did you urgently need to build a spaceship to keep your country independent? ---
**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 8, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/142 "2014-09-08T20:56:12Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the world famous girl detective? 2. Were you Spike’s girlfriend on _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_? 3. Are you the unknown woman? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/143 "2014-09-08T21:36:12Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you elope with Othello? > IQ2: Are you a TV character that a style of shorts is named after? > IQ3: Did your boyfriend tell you that binding him in seven green withes that were never dried makes him weak? Not Desdemona Not Daisy Duke (Catherine Bach… sigh!) Not Delilah ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/144 "2014-09-08T21:37:12Z")
Summary 1. Not real 2. Not male 3. Not American ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/145 "2014-09-08T21:38:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the world famous girl detective? > 2. Were you Spike’s girlfriend on _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_? > 3. Are you the unknown woman? Not Nancy Drew Not Drusilla I don’t know the unknown woman (nobody does!)- so take a 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 8, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/146 "2014-09-08T21:39:57Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the world famous girl detective? > 2. Were you Spike’s girlfriend on Buffy the Vampire Slayer? > 3. Are you the unknown woman? > > Not Nancy Drew > Not Drusilla > I don’t know the unknown woman (nobody does!)- so take a DQ. Correct on the first two. The unknown woman is “named” Jane Doe. DQ: Last name starts with D? ---
**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 8, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/147 "2014-09-08T21:45:03Z")
IQs: 1. Were you “Winnipeg’s Sweetheart”? 2. Do you host _The Price Is Right_? 3. Did you write _The Story of Civilization_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/148 "2014-09-08T21:55:35Z")
Summary 1. Not real 2. Not male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with D ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/149 "2014-09-08T21:56:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you “Winnipeg’s Sweetheart”? > 2. Do you host _The Price Is Right_? > 3. Did you write _The Story of Civilization_? Not Drew Carey or Will (and Ariel) Durant I don’t know Winnipeg’s Sweetheart (I figured it was Bobby Hull). Take a 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 8, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/150 "2014-09-08T22:02:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you “Winnipeg’s Sweetheart”? > 2. Do you host _The Price Is Right_? > 3. Did you write _The Story of Civilization_? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Drew Carey or Will (and Ariel) Durant > > I don’t know Winnipeg’s Sweetheart (I figured it was Bobby Hull). Take a DQ Actress Deanna Durban is #1. Correct on the others. DQ: Best known from movies? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/151 "2014-09-08T23:51:42Z")
Summary 1. Not real 2. Not male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with D 5. Have appeared on the big screen, but not best known for that ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/152 "2014-09-08T23:52:57Z")
Summary 1. Not real 2. Not male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with D 5. Have appeared on the big screen, but probably not best known as a movie character ---
**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 9, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/153 "2014-09-09T00:19:38Z")
You can say that again! I guess we should go with the second #5. IQs: Were you a noted advocate who shares a birthdate with my dad? Did the same actor who played your dad for a long time, also play an editor in _The Hudsucker Proxy_? Did your husband work for JFK, and you worked for LBJ? ---
**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 9, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/154 "2014-09-09T01:24:35Z")
Ahem: > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you Ned Nickerson’s girlfriend? > IQ2: Are you a private detective often hired by Nero Wolfe? > IQ3: Did you urgently need to build a spaceship to keep your country independent? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/155 "2014-09-09T12:08:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You can say that again! I guess we should go with the second #5. > > IQs: > > Were you a noted advocate who shares a birthdate with my dad? > Did the same actor who played your dad for a long time, also play an editor in _The Hudsucker Proxy_? > Did your husband work for JFK, and you worked for LBJ? Not … CLarence Darrow? Dunno #2 Not Doris Kearns Goodwin SO, you get 1 DQ for sure. 2 if Darrow is wrong. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/156 "2014-09-09T12:09:20Z")
IQ1: Are you Ned Nickerson’s girlfriend? IQ2: Are you a private detective often hired by Nero Wolfe? IQ3: Did you urgently need to build a spaceship to keep your country independent? Not Nancy Drew or Fred Durkin. Take a DQ for #3 ---
**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 9, 2014, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/157 "2014-09-09T12:21:05Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Perry Mason’s secretary? 2. Did you hang with Maynard G. Krebs? 3. Were you a tenor on Jack Benny’s radio show? ---
**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 9, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/158 "2014-09-09T12:31:29Z")
IQ1: Do you draw the comic _Meat Cake_ and sing O_nward Suckdog Soldiers_? IQ2: Are you Barry Humphries in drag? IQ3: Did you play the Vulcan High Priestess in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock? ---
**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 9, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/159 "2014-09-09T12:44:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you Ned Nickerson’s girlfriend? > IQ2: Are you a private detective often hired by Nero Wolfe? > IQ3: Did you urgently need to build a spaceship to keep your country independent? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Nancy Drew or Fred Durkin. Take a DQ for #3 Correct on the first two. King David, in Jerry Pournelle’s _King David’s Spaceship_. DQ: Best known from television? IQ1: Did you play a character who was stranded on a tropical island for several years? IQ2: Did you play “identical cousins” on a TV show? IQ3: Sid you star in _Tammy and the Bachelor_? ---
**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 9, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/160 "2014-09-09T13:15:38Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a noted advocate who shares a birthdate with my dad? - Yes, Clarence Darrow (b. April 17) Did the same actor who played your dad for a long time, also play an editor in _The Hudsucker Proxy_? - David Hyde Pierce’s dad on _Frasier_ was played by John Mahoney, who was also in _THP_. Did your husband work for JFK, and you worked for LBJ? - Yes, Doris Kearns Goodwin (her husband is Richard Goodwin). DQ: European? IQs: Is your boss’s boss a conehead? Did you remind everyone of the dangers of absolute power? Were you a Southern woman with a popular TV show? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353.md?page=9)