# 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:** 4
**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 2, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/61 "2014-01-02T18:42:44Z")
I’ll add my thanks for the statistics. Those were interesting! IQ1: Is an Oscar named for you? IQ2: Are you a lab assistant in a Mel Brooks film? IQ3: Were you known for saying, “If you can find a better car, buy it”? ---
**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 2, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/62 "2014-01-02T19:11:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you a noted Windham Hill musician? > Did you found a chain of Pittsburgh-area delis? > Were you a Scandinavian playwright? DQ. DQ. Not Henrik Ibsen. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the mother of Horus? > 2. Did you play Magneto and Gandalf? > 3. Were you chancellor to the pharaoh and high priest of Ra? Not Isis. Not Sir Ian Thingummy - McKellan? Not Imhotep. > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Is an Oscar named for you? > IQ2: Are you a lab assistant in a Mel Brooks film? > IQ3: Were you known for saying, “If you can find a better car, buy it”? DQ. Not Igor. (“What hump?”) DQ. **I** 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 2, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/63 "2014-01-02T19:40:15Z")
Right on all counts. 1. Did you write _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_? 2. Did you battle Abdul Abulbul Amir? 3. Are you Bobby Drake’s codename? ---
**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 2, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/64 "2014-01-02T19:44:18Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Is an Oscar named for you? > IQ2: Are you a lab assistant in a Mel Brooks film? > IQ3: Were you known for saying, “If you can find a better car, buy it”? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > Not Igor. (“What hump?”) > DQ. Correct on Igor (“Eye-gor”). The first question was looking for Irving Thalberg, and the third was looking for Lee Iacocca. DQs: Last name start with I? Known for your achievements in the arts, as we usually define them? ---
**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 2, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/65 "2014-01-02T19:44:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you write _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_? > 2. Did you battle Abdul Abulbul Amir? > 3. Are you Bobby Drake’s codename? Not Ian Fleming. DQ. Not Iceman. **I** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with ‘I’ 4. Known for achievements in the Arts ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/66 "2014-01-02T20:28:03Z")
IQ: Are you a pianist who became involved in Polish independence? ---
**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 2, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/67 "2014-01-02T20:54:27Z")
IQ1: When you meet the man who killed your father, do you plan to introduce yourself, then kill him? IQ2: Are you the female lead character in a film about refugees escaping WWII Europe via Africa? IQ3: Are you the actress who played that character? ---
**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 2, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/68 "2014-01-02T21:25:05Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a pianist who became involved in Polish independence? Not Ignacy Paderewski. > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: When you meet the man who killed your father, do you plan to introduce yourself, then kill him? > IQ2: Are you the female lead character in a film about refugees escaping WWII Europe via Africa? > IQ3: Are you the actress who played that character? Not Inigo Montoya. (At least I assume that’s whom you mean - I’ve never seen whatever movie that is.) DQ. DQ. ---
**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 2, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/69 "2014-01-02T21:31:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Inigo Montoya. (At least I assume that’s whom you mean - I’ve never seen whatever movie that is.) > DQ. > DQ. Correct on Inigo Montoya. (“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”) The movie was _Casablanca_, and the lead female character was Ilsa Lund, who was played by Ingrid Bergman. DQ: American? DQ: Alive today? ---
**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 2, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/70 "2014-01-02T21:34:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Ian Fleming. > DQ. > Not Iceman. Abdul Abulbul Amir fought Ivan Petrovsky Skovar. I better wait on answers before I use my precious little DQ. ---
**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 2, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/71 "2014-01-02T22:33:09Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > The movie was _Casablanca_, and the lead female character was Ilsa Lund, who was played by Ingrid Bergman. I’ve never seen that one, either. **I** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with ‘I’ 4. Known for achievements in the Arts 5. Now American 6. Alive today ---
**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 2, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/72 "2014-01-02T22:50:17Z")
DQ: Known for the performing arts? ---
**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 2, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/73 "2014-01-02T22:54:14Z")
**I** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with ‘I’ 4. Known for achievements in the Arts 5. Now American 6. Alive today 7. Not known for the performing arts ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/74 "2014-01-02T23:01:19Z")
IQ1: Do you sometimes use your middle initial and sometimes not, depending on the genre you’re writing? IQ2: Are you known for your three laws, and do you share a name with someone else who set down a famous set of three laws much earlier? ---
**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 2, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/75 "2014-01-02T23:11:02Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Do you sometimes use your middle initial and sometimes not, depending on the genre you’re writing? > IQ2: Are you known for your three laws, and do you share a name with someone else who set down a famous set of three laws much earlier? DQ. Not Isaac Asimov. ---
**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 3, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/76 "2014-01-03T00:09:15Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Soviet-born classical violinist who dubbed the playing on _Fiddler on the Roof_? 2. Did you right the plays _The Chairs_ and _Rhinoceros_? 3. Were you Agamemnon’s daughter? ---
**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 3, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/77 "2014-01-03T00:36:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Soviet-born classical violinist who dubbed the playing on _Fiddler on the Roof_? > 2. Did you right the plays _The Chairs_ and _Rhinoceros_? > 3. Were you Agamemnon’s daughter? DQ. Not Eugene Ionescu. Not … Iphigenia? ---
**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 3, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/78 "2014-01-03T00:43:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Soviet-born classical violinist who dubbed the playing on _Fiddler on the Roof_? > 2. Did you right the plays _The Chairs_ and _Rhinoceros_? > 3. Were you Agamemnon’s daughter? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > Not Eugene Ionescu. > Not … Iphigenia? I’m impressed you got Ionesco. Iphigenia’s right too. #1 was Isaac Stern. DQ: Best known as an author? ---
**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 3, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/79 "2014-01-03T01:01:29Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a noted Windham Hill musician? - Mark Isham Did you found a chain of Pittsburgh-area delis? - Mr. Isaly (dunno his first name) Were you a Scandinavian playwright? - Yes, Henrik Ibsen DQs: Born since 1950? Born in Europe? IQs: Were you accused of perjury in a court-martial? In a cartoon, did you speak through a window to a guy you wanted to help? Did you keep something you really ought to have destroyed when you had the chance? ---
**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 3, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/80 "2014-01-03T01:22:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m impressed you got Ionesco. Only because you mentioned _Rhinoceros_. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you accused of perjury in a court-martial? > In a cartoon, did you speak through a window to a guy you wanted to help? > Did you keep something you really ought to have destroyed when you had the chance? Three DQs. **I** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with ‘I’ 4. Known for achievements in the Arts 5. Now American 6. Alive today 7. Not known for the performing arts 8. Not best known as an author 9. Not born since 1950 10. Not born in Europe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=5)