# 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:** 9
**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 7, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/161 "2014-01-07T14:50:17Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Have you been known to fight gangs for local charities? > IQ2: Is there a forest in Middle Earth named after you? > IQ3: Do you have a magic bag? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Fangorn. I am not Felix the Cat, the wonderful, wonderful cat. ---
**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 7, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/162 "2014-01-07T14:53:16Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. First appeared in print 3. First appeared before 1900 ---
**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 7, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/163 "2014-01-07T19:01:29Z")
Previous IQs: Are you the creator of _Downton Abbey_? - Julian Fellowes. Did you play an android in a recent sf movie? - Michael Fassbender, in _Prometheus_ (and he was very good). Are you the alter ego of a radio personality? - Fartman was the “superhero” creation of Howard Stern. DQs: Male? Last name start with F? American? IQs: Were you Banquo’s son? Are you a longtime tennis star? Did you star in _Skyhei$t_? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/164 "2014-01-07T19:14:25Z")
That was Fulbright. DQ: Created after 1850? ---
**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 7, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/165 "2014-01-07T20:41:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1: Unless it’s Elmer Fudd, take a DQ. I’m not the Fuddster. > #2: I’m not Fritz Frelang. > #3: I’m not Frankie Lymon. Correct on Friz and Frankie. The high-diving artist was Fearless Freep; and because he didn’t show up, Yosemite Sam tries to make Bugs do the dive instead. Of course, Sam ends up doing the dive. Repeatedly. DQ: Created by an American author? ---
**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 7, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/166 "2014-01-07T20:57:29Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. First appeared in print 3. First appeared before 1900 4. Male 5. Last name starts with F 6. Not American 7. Created before 1850 8. Not created by an American author ---
**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 7, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/167 "2014-01-07T20:59:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Banquo’s son? > Are you a longtime tennis star? > Did you star in _Skyhei$t_? I am not Fleance. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 7, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/168 "2014-01-07T21:12:57Z")
IQ1: Do you lead a band of young pickpockets? IQ2: Since I’ve been gone, is all you have left a band of gold? IQ3: Were you a character name often used by “Mad’s maddest artist”? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/169 "2014-01-07T22:24:07Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Have you been known to fight gangs for local charities? > IQ2: Is there a forest in Middle Earth named after you? > IQ3: Do you have a magic bag? 1: **Fezzik** from the Princess Bride, as played by Andre the Giant : “I’m out of practice fighting one on one - normally I fight gangs for local charities and the like” 2: As you said, Fangorn. 3: As you said, Felix the Cat DQ: Originally in a work in English? IQ1: Did you endorse a claimant for the throne of Denmark after many other claimants had killed each other? IQ2: Are you the authority figure who antagonised Quasimodo? IQ3: Are you a fat and ill-disciplined knight? ---
**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 7, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/170 "2014-01-07T22:30:05Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Do you lead a band of young pickpockets? > IQ2: Since I’ve been gone, is all you have left a band of gold? > IQ3: Were you a character name often used by “Mad’s maddest artist”? 1. I’m not Fagin. 1. I’m not Freda Payne. I should remember 3, but I don’t. 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:** [January 7, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/171 "2014-01-07T22:32:31Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > DQ: Originally in a work in English? > > IQ1: Did you endorse a claimant for the throne of Denmark after many other claimants had killed each other? > IQ2: Are you the authority figure who antagonised Quasimodo? > IQ3: Are you a fat and ill-disciplined knight? Yep, English. I’m not Fortinbras, and I’m not Frollo. However, the better part of valour being discretion, I must admit… I am Sir John Falstaff! ---
**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 7, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/172 "2014-01-07T22:40:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I’m not Fagin. > > 1. I’m not Freda Payne. > I should remember 3, but I don’t. Take a DQ. Correct on Fagin and Freda Payne. “Mad’s maddest artist” was Don Martin, and Fonebone was his creation. No need for me to pose a DQ, since I see that **fanganga** has won the game. Nicely done, **fanganga**! ---
**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 7, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/173 "2014-01-07T23:08:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are two Antarctic mountains named after the ships used in your fatal Arctic expedition? > IQ2: Did you speak for a pig and a bear? > IQ3: Are you a fictional wild dog who was tamed? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. If #2 isn’t June Foray, take another. I am not White Fang. Sir John Franklin. The ships (lost with Franklin and his party) were HMS _Erebus_ and _Terror_. Frank Oz, who was the voice of Miss Piggy and Fozzie. Correct on White Fang. ---
**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 7, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/174 "2014-01-07T23:11:26Z")
Yeah, I thought of Frank Oz minutes after I guessed, and too late to go back. I’ve been kicking myself since. ---
**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 7, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/175 "2014-01-07T23:19:28Z")
All right, **fanganga**! Good job. I can at least console myself that I asked the first Shakespeare question in this round (I think). Previous IQs: Were you Banquo’s son? - Yes, Fleance, in _Macbeth_. Are you a longtime tennis star? - Roger Federer. Did you star in _Skyhei$t_? - Frank Gorshin. It was a TV movie I vaguely remember - something about stealing a load of cash from a jet. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/176 "2014-01-07T23:40:35Z")
Thanks everybody. My initial is **E** ---
**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 7, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/177 "2014-01-07T23:57:53Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a hypocritical preacher from a novel by Sinclair Lewis? 2. Were you the Queen of Jazz? 3. Did you write about relativity? ---
**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 8, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/178 "2014-01-08T00:52:34Z")
IQ1: Were you the worst ski jumper at the 1988 Winter Olympics? IQ2: Did you play the banjo on “The Ballad of Jed Clampett”? IQ3: Did you invite the reader to accompany the narrator “when the evening is spread out against the sky, like a patient etherized upon a table”? ---
**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 8, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/179 "2014-01-08T01:41:09Z")
IQ1: Do you eschew capitalization? IQ2: Will you give me an answer that I’ll endorse? IQ3: Did your musical brother die last week? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/180 "2014-01-08T02:15:04Z")
Sca-would’ve been funnier if the “D” wasn’t capitalized. 😉 IQ-Did your grandson marry your deputy’s daughter? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=10)