# 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:** 6
**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 3, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/101 "2014-01-03T23:16:52Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > Not Vaclav Havel or Mr Hooper. DQ Correct on Hooper. I was thinking of Stephen Harper of Canada as the piano-playing prime minister, but Havel fits, so you’re correct there too. The author of the book on card games was Edmond Hoyle, of “according to Hoyle” fame. DQ: European? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/102 "2014-01-03T23:27:34Z")
IQ: Were you executed as a war criminal even though you didn’t possess WMDs ---
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/103 "2014-01-03T23:27:58Z")
DQ: Alive? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/104 "2014-01-03T23:34:33Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > DQ: European? Not European > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you executed as a war criminal even though you didn’t possess WMDs Not Saddam Hussein > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Alive? Not alive. H 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with H 5. Not European 6. Dead ---
**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, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/105 "2014-01-03T23:47:58Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Vietnamese revolutionary leader? 2. Were you emperor of Japan during WWII? 3. Were you a 20th Century Emperor of Ethiopia? ---
**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 4, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/106 "2014-01-04T00:13:57Z")
IQ1: Did you found a restaurant chain for travelling railroad passengers? IQ2: Is one of your best-known roles that of Hedy Lamarr? Sorry, that’s _Hedley_! IQ3: Did you play Jennifer’s childhood sweetheart on an episode of “WKRP in Cincinnati”? ---
**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 4, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/107 "2014-01-04T00:16:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a major influence in sportscasting? > IQ2: Are you an old maid in pursuit of a cowboy? > IQ3: Did you learn to shoot so you could hunt down the men who raped you and killed your husband? > [@guylevesque](#): > > Not Howard Cosell. 2 DQs Correct on Howard Cosell. Hildegarde Hamhocker, from the _Tumbleweeds_ strip. Hannie Caulder. DQ1: Asian? DQ2: Known for the Arts? IQ1: Did Nero Wolfe leave you standing on his doorstep ringing the doorbell? IQ2: Are you a fictional Army nurse? IQ3: Are you an orange-coloured cartoon cat? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/108 "2014-01-04T19:58:04Z")
IQ1: Are you a preacher with a hook for a hand? IQ2: Did you cross the Alps with elephants? IQ3: Were you the leader of the first team to climb Everest? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/109 "2014-01-04T21:01:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Vietnamese revolutionary leader? > 2. Were you emperor of Japan during WWII? > 3. Were you a 20th Century Emperor of Ethiopia? Not Ho Chi Minh, Hirohito or Haile Selassie. > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did you found a restaurant chain for travelling railroad passengers? > IQ2: Is one of your best-known roles that of Hedy Lamarr? Sorry, that’s _Hedley_! > IQ3: Did you play Jennifer’s childhood sweetheart on an episode of “WKRP in Cincinnati”? No idea. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did Nero Wolfe leave you standing on his doorstep ringing the doorbell? > IQ2: Are you a fictional Army nurse? > IQ3: Are you an orange-coloured cartoon cat? Not Chubby Huggs? > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you a preacher with a hook for a hand? > IQ2: Did you cross the Alps with elephants? > IQ3: Were you the leader of the first team to climb Everest? Not Hannibal. Don’t know the first one but it doesn’t matter, because I am indeed **Sir Edmund Hillary,** first climber to reach the summit of the Everest along with Tenzing Norgay. ---
**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 4, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/110 "2014-01-04T21:16:40Z")
Way to go, fanganga! ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/111 "2014-01-04T22:11:06Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you a preacher with a hook for a hand? > IQ2: Did you cross the Alps with elephants? > IQ3: Were you the leader of the first team to climb Everest? Hooray! Thank you. 1 was **Abu Hamza** 2 as you said was **Hannibal Barca** And 3 was your man, who I initially wasn’t going to post but then thought “Wait a minute, wasn’t he from New Zealand?” My initial is **G**. ---
**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 4, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/112 "2014-01-04T22:22:28Z")
Nicely done, **fanganga**! Answers to my most recent questions: > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did you found a restaurant chain for travelling railroad passengers? > IQ2: Is one of your best-known roles that of Hedy Lamarr? Sorry, that’s _Hedley_! > IQ3: Did you play Jennifer’s childhood sweetheart on an episode of “WKRP in Cincinnati”? Number 1 was Fred Harvey. Number 2 was Harvey Korman, and the role is from _Blazing Saddles_. Number 3 was Hoyt Axton. ---
**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 4, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/113 "2014-01-04T22:26:33Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the lead singer of the Grateful Dead? 2. Did you create Dick Tracy? 3. Do you frequently stomp your way through Tokyo? ---
**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 4, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/114 "2014-01-04T22:57:26Z")
IQ1: Were you Jan Brady’s imaginary boyfriend? IQ2: Were you the nemesis of Sergeant Carter? IQ3: Did you take a ferry across the Mersey? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/115 "2014-01-05T00:13:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the lead singer of the Grateful Dead? > 2. Did you create Dick Tracy? > 3. Do you frequently stomp your way through Tokyo? 1: I am not Jerry Garcia 2: I don’t know to whom you refer 3: I am not Godzilla > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Were you Jan Brady’s imaginary boyfriend? > IQ2: Were you the nemesis of Sergeant Carter? > IQ3: Did you take a ferry across the Mersey? 1: I don’t know to whom you refer. 2: I don’t know to whom you refer. 3: I am not … Gerry of the Pacemakers? ---
**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 5, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/116 "2014-01-05T00:18:58Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > 1: I don’t know to whom you refer. > 2: I don’t know to whom you refer. > 3: I am not … Gerry of the Pacemakers? Correct on Gerry Marsden, of Gerry and the Pacemakers. Number 1 was George Glass, and number 2 was Gomer Pyle. DQ: Are you real? DQ: Are you 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 5, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/117 "2014-01-05T01:26:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the lead singer of the Grateful Dead? > 2. Did you create Dick Tracy? > 3. Do you frequently stomp your way through Tokyo? > [@fanganga](#): > > 1: I am not Jerry Garcia > 2: I don’t know to whom you refer > 3: I am not Godzilla Chester Gould created the comic strip detective Dick Tracy. DQ: Is G the first letter of your last name? ---
**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 5, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/118 "2014-01-05T02:03:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did Nero Wolfe leave you standing on his doorstep ringing the doorbell? > IQ2: Are you a fictional Army nurse? > IQ3: Are you an orange-coloured cartoon cat? > [@guylevesque](#): > > Not Chubby Huggs? That lot were J Edgar Hoover (in _The Doorbell Rang_), Margaret Houlihan and Heathcliff. IQ1: Are you known for crashing into trees? IQ2: Can I call you Meyer? IQ3: Did you write of the first and the last? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/119 "2014-01-05T02:06:45Z")
IQ: Did your future wife have the hots for your future son? ---
**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 5, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/120 "2014-01-05T02:22:33Z")
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