# January 2014, Botticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 2, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669 "2014-01-02T00:56:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**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:** [January 23, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/441 "2014-01-23T21:55:40Z")
Correct on all 3. IQs: 1. Were you the title character of a live action Disney movie with nine lives? 2. Did you hang out with Ralph Waldo Emerson? 3. Do you possess and wield Mjolnir? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/442 "2014-01-23T22:01:17Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > No, I’m not Theodore ‘Ted’ Logan, nor Tonya Harding. I’m stuck on the singer - Boris Karloff is the only voice my tired brain is coming up with. Correct on Ted Logan and Tonya Harding. You’re correct that Boris Karloff did the narration for the Grinch TV special, but he didn’t sing. That job went to Thurl Ravenscroft. DQ reserved pending answers to SCAdian’s DQs. IQ1: Were you, a cartoon character often seen on TV, voiced by Thurl Ravenscroft? IQ2: Did you once tell us that all the best cowboys have Chinese eyes? IQ3: Do you always get a replay? Do you never tilt at all? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/443 "2014-01-23T22:03:46Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did your father say his name was “no-one”? > IQ2: Are you married to Oberon? > IQ3: Is a curse bearing your name said to afflict US presidents? 1: Telemachus, as you said 2: Titania, as you said 3: Was also Tecumseh - every president elected in a year divisible by 20, from Harrison to Kennedy has died in office, and this became known as Tecumseh’s Curse - probably less of a big deal now that two presidents (Reagan and Bush) have bucked the trend. In any case, I believe the precedent for posing an IQ for a duplicate person is to relinquish the DQ. IQ 1: Is your column a noted landmark? IQ 2: Did you say that all happy families are alike? IQ 3: Did you lead the Peasant’s Revolt? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/444 "2014-01-23T22:31:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Oscar was Wilde, but Thornton was Wilder. > Korak the Killer (Jack Clayton) was the eponymous hero of _The Son of Tarzan_, the third Tarzan book. > Correct on Tuppence Beresford. > IQ1: Were you an Albanian who spent over six decades in India? > IQ2: Were you a 17th-century Dutch admiral? > IQ3: Dere you Dum Dum’s partner? D’oh! :smack: …and three fresh DQs for you. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Where you the last Whig to be elected President of the United States? > IQ2: Are you a guitar maker known for a new type of bolt-on neck? > IQ3: Are you a satyr that appears in what is considered to be one of the worst films of all time? > > I’ll wait to other replies before asking my DQ No, there’s no British President named Taft that I know of. You get two DQs for the President and for the Satyr. I am not Bob Taylor of Taylor guitars. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct on all 3. > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the title character of a live action Disney movie with nine lives? > 2. Did you hang out with Ralph Waldo Emerson? > 3. Do you possess and wield Mjolnir? No, I’m not Henry David Thoreau nor am I Thor. A DQ to you for the Disney cat. > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: American? > DQ2: Known for the Arts? Yes. Yes. Summary - 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name begins with T 5. American 6. Known for The Arts Outstanding DQs - Elendil’s Heir - 1 SCAdian - 3 Fanganga - 1 ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness - 3 Spoons - 1 Professor Pepperwinkle - 1 I have to cook supper and get going - I’ll get to Spoons, Fanganga and any other new questions when I’m back from rehearsal. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/445 "2014-01-23T22:36:20Z")
The Disney cat was the title star of _The Nine Lives of Thomasina_. DQ: Best known for your music? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/446 "2014-01-23T22:36:31Z")
IQ: Are you a musician who formerly cohosted, Entertainment Tonight? ---
**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:** [January 23, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/447 "2014-01-23T23:19:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an Albanian who spent over six decades in India? > IQ2: Were you a 17th-century Dutch admiral? > IQ3: Dere you Dum Dum’s partner? > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > …and three fresh DQs for you. Mother Teresa. Maarten Tromp. Touche Turtle. (The first word of the question, obviously, was meant to be “Were.”) DQ1: Born east of the Mississippi? DQ2: Died after 1920? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Were you an actor who served on a sub tender during WW II? IQ2: Are you the only US President to have received the Medal of Honor? IQ3: Were you the first US president not elected to that office? ---
**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:** [January 23, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/448 "2014-01-23T23:22:49Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a gap-toothed British comic actor often featured in a supporting role in romantic comedies? 2. Are you one of Gibbs’s agents on _NCIS_? 3. Were you That Girl? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/449 "2014-01-24T02:31:48Z")
Previous IQs: Was your evil, manipulative fictional mom named Livia? - Tony Soprano. Were you an emperor who provided a middle name for a future interstellar explorer? - Yes, Tiberius, James T. Kirk’s middle name. Are you a noted American dancer/choreographer? - I’ll rephrase. One DQ reserved. IQs: Are you a noted male American dancer/choreographer? Was your statue near the White House made from captured, melted enemy cannon? Was it whispered that you committed incest with your controversial American dad? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/450 "2014-01-24T04:33:28Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ 1: Is your column a noted landmark? > IQ 2: Did you say that all happy families are alike? > IQ 3: Did you lead the Peasant’s Revolt? No, I’m not Trajan nor Leo Tolstoy. DQ for the Peasant’s Revolt. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a musician who formerly cohosted, Entertainment Tonight? I sense I should know this, but DQ for you. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an actor who served on a sub tender during WW II? > IQ2: Are you the only US President to have received the Medal of Honor? > IQ3: Were you the first US president not elected to that office? No, I’m not Harry Truman nor Theodore Roosevelt. (WAGs) At least one DQ for you. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a gap-toothed British comic actor often featured in a supporting role in romantic comedies? > 2. Are you one of Gibbs’s agents on _NCIS_? > 3. Were you That Girl? No, I’m not Marlo Thomas.2 DQs. > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Were you, a cartoon character often seen on TV, voiced by Thurl Ravenscroft? > IQ2: Did you once tell us that all the best cowboys have Chinese eyes? > IQ3: Do you always get a replay? Do you never tilt at all? DQ for Thurl’s character. No, I’m not Pete Townsend nor Tommy Walker. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a noted male American dancer/choreographer? > Was your statue near the White House made from captured, melted enemy cannon? > Was it whispered that you committed incest with your controversial American dad? No, I’m not Tommy Tune. 2 DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Best known for your music? No. > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Born east of the Mississippi? > DQ2: Died after 1920? > One DQ reserved. Yes. Yes. Summary - 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name begins with T 5. American 6. Known for The Arts 7. Not known for music 8. Born east of the Mississippi 9. Died after 1920 Outstanding DQs - Elendil’s Heir - 3 SCAdian - 2 Fanganga - 2 ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness - 3 Spoons - 2 Professor Pepperwinkle - 2 etv78 - 1 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/451 "2014-01-24T06:07:15Z")
I was going for John Tesh. DQ: Born South of the Mason-Dixon line? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/452 "2014-01-24T06:12:36Z")
IQ: Were your most famous work inspired by a serial killer? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/453 "2014-01-24T08:30:39Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ for Thurl’s character. > No, I’m not Pete Townsend nor Tommy Walker. Correct on Pete Townshend and Tommy Walker. Thurl’s cartoon character is Tony the Tiger of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes–up until his death, that was Thurl you heard saying “They’rrrre great!” in commercials. DQ: Known for writing? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/454 "2014-01-24T09:11:58Z")
Correct on Trajan and Tolstoy IQ1: Are you an American writer born with a name that does not contain a T? IQ2: Did you write Bonfire of the Vanities? IQ3: Did you hold authority in an institution no-one expected? DQ reserved until I see the answers to the others ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/455 "2014-01-24T12:56:50Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were your most famous work inspired by a serial killer? No, I’m not Truman Capote. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you an American writer born with a name that does not contain a T? > IQ2: Did you write Bonfire of the Vanities? > IQ3: Did you hold authority in an institution no-one expected? No, I’m not Barbara Tuchman, Tom Wolfe nor Torquemada. > [@etv78](#): > > DQ: Born South of the Mason-Dixon line? No. > [@Spoons](#): > > DQ: Known for writing? Yes. Summary - 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name begins with T 5. American 6. Known for The Arts 7. Not known for music 8. Born east of the Mississippi 9. Died after 1920 10. Born north of the Macon-Dixon line 11. Known for writing Outstanding DQs - Elendil’s Heir - 3 SCAdian - 2 Fanganga - 2 ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness - 3 Spoons - 1 Professor Pepperwinkle - 2 Back sometime later in the day. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/456 "2014-01-24T13:03:25Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a gap-toothed British comic actor often featured in a supporting role in romantic comedies? > 2. Are you one of Gibbs’s agents on NCIS? > 3. Were you That Girl? > > No, I’m not Marlo Thomas.2 DQs. #1 was Terry-Thomas. #2 is Tim McGee. DQs: 1. Died after 1960? 2. Novelist? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/457 "2014-01-24T13:10:25Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > Correct on Trajan and Tolstoy > > IQ1: Are you an American writer born with a name that does not contain a T? > IQ2: Did you write Bonfire of the Vanities? > IQ3: Did you hold authority in an institution no-one expected? > > DQ reserved until I see the answers to the others 1: Not whom I was thinking of, but she fits 2: As you said, Tom Wolfe 3: As you said, Torquemada DQ: Won a national or international literary award? IQ: Are you a male American writer with a pen name that contains the letter T, and a birth name that doesn’t? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/458 "2014-01-24T13:44:57Z")
Forgot to add, the Peasant’s Revolt was Wat Tyler. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/459 "2014-01-24T14:00:42Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Magnificent Ambersons_? 2. Did you write _The Wonderful O_? 3. Did you write _Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas_? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/460 "2014-01-24T14:11:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an actor who served on a sub tender during WW II? > IQ2: Are you the only US President to have received the Medal of Honor? > IQ3: Were you the first US president not elected to that office? [quote=“Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela, post:450, topic:677669”] No, I’m not Harry Truman nor Theodore Roosevelt. (WAGs) At least one DQ for you./QUOTE] Tony Curtis served aboard USS _Proteus_ (AS 19). (My brother was on the same ship, 22 years later.) Theodore Roosevelt was recently awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor for actions in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. John Tyler was the first VP to inherit the presidency on the death of the elected president. Four DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=24)