# August 2014 Botticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 3, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690 "2014-08-03T00:37:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/241 "2014-08-08T15:13:55Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you a Mouseketeer turned beach babe? I am not Annette Funicello. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/242 "2014-08-08T16:05:40Z")
IQs: Were you an insecure, desperately-macho investigative reporter on _Murphy Brown_? Do I often quote your axiom, “Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood”? Are you the sole offspring of two psychologists? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/243 "2014-08-08T17:09:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Famke Jansen (sp?). > Take a DQ for #2. > I am not Farrah Fawcett. Frances Bean Cobain DQ: Regarded as a TV star? DQ in reserve ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/244 "2014-08-08T17:19:43Z")
IQ1: Was your novel adapted into film as _Fried Green Tomatoes_? IQ2: Did you appear in the opening scene of _Shakes the Clown_ as Bobcat Goldthwait’s girlfriend? IQ3: Are you a sardonic social commentator and author who frequently played a judge on _Law and Order_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/245 "2014-08-08T17:46:14Z")
\*\*IQ2: Did you play on the first Super Bowl winning team, and then take another team to the Super Bowl as head coach? IQ3: Did you smuggle out the Iran-Contra scandal in your underwear?\*\* Forrest Gregg and Fawn Hall DQ1: Did you ever star in a TV series DQ2: Did you ever win an Oscar, TOny or Emmy award? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/246 "2014-08-08T17:50:00Z")
IQ1: Did you play with HUmble Pie and the Herd before gaining worldwide fame? IQ2: Are you the most famous singer ever born in Zanzibar? IQ3: Are you a country singer whose son-in-law and grandddaughter both had #1 hits on the Billboard pop charts? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/247 "2014-08-08T18:00:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you an insecure, desperately-macho investigative reporter on _Murphy Brown_? > Do I often quote your axiom, “Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood”? > Are you the sole offspring of two psychologists? Take a DQ for #1. I’m pretty sure the first name is Frank, and I can see him, but… Take a DQ for #2. I thought that was Carl Jung, though. Unless #3 is Anna Freud, take another 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:** [August 8, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/248 "2014-08-08T18:03:25Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. American 5. Known for the Arts 6. First name starts with F 7. Born east of the Mississippi 8. Died after 1950 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Born north of the Mason-Dixon 11. Known for TV (though she did stage and movie work, she’s really and truly best remembered for one role on TV) 12. Won an Emmy. Astorian, since you duplicated KO’s earlier question, you get to ask another 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:** [August 8, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/249 "2014-08-08T18:04:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Was your novel adapted into film as _Fried Green Tomatoes_? > IQ2: Did you appear in the opening scene of _Shakes the Clown_ as Bobcat Goldthwait’s girlfriend? > IQ3: Are you a sardonic social commentator and author who frequently played a judge on _Law and Order_? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/250 "2014-08-08T18:05:37Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play with HUmble Pie and the Herd before gaining worldwide fame? > > IQ2: Are you the most famous singer ever born in Zanzibar? > > IQ3: Are you a country singer whose son-in-law and grandddaughter both had #1 hits on the Billboard pop charts? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/251 "2014-08-08T18:06:11Z")
IQ: Did you have 3 daughters, and 3 step-sons? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/252 "2014-08-08T18:17:13Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you have 3 daughters, and 3 step-sons? 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:** [August 8, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/253 "2014-08-08T18:18:14Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. American 5. Known for the Arts 6. First name starts with F 7. Born east of the Mississippi 8. Died after 1950 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Born north of the Mason-Dixon 11. Known for TV (though she did stage and movie work, she’s really and truly best remembered for one role on TV) 12. Won an Emmy. (Copying from previous page.) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/254 "2014-08-08T19:00:37Z")
Florence Henderson DQ: Comedic actress? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/255 "2014-08-08T19:17:12Z")
Previous IQs: Were you an insecure, desperately-macho investigative reporter on _Murphy Brown_? - Frank Fontana Do I often quote your axiom, “Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood”? - Friederich Nietzsche (sp?) Are you the sole offspring of two psychologists? - This was Frederick Crane, son of Drs. Frasier Crane and Lilith Sternin DQs: Best-known TV role began after 1990? Would sometimes sing? One DQ reserved. IQs: Was Montresor your secret nemesis? Did your character’s hump sometimes change sides? Did you and your flatmate not do well on a game show? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/256 "2014-08-08T19:37:30Z")
IQ: Did you have play a character who had a nephew named Opie? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/257 "2014-08-08T19:46:18Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ: Did you have play a character who had a nephew named Opie? Yes, indeed, I am Frances Bavier, Aunt Bea on _the Andy Griffith Show._ Congratulations, Astorian! ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/258 "2014-08-08T20:00:32Z")
IQ1: Was your novel adapted into film as Fried Green Tomatoes? - Fannie Flagg IQ2: Did you appear in the opening scene of Shakes the Clown as Bobcat Goldthwait’s girlfriend? - Florence Henderson IQ3: Are you a sardonic social commentator and author who frequently played a judge on Law and Order? - Fran Liebowitz Grats, **astorian**! ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/259 "2014-08-08T20:16:53Z")
I know of the character but not the actress. Good job, **Astorian**! Previous IQs: Was Montresor your secret nemesis? - Fortunato, in Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado.” Did your character’s hump sometimes change sides? - Marty Feldman in _Young Frankenstein_. Did you and your flatmate not do well on a game show? - Felix Unger and Oscar Goldman, on _Password_: [Felix and Oscar on Password - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzgwEMKZgBg). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/260 "2014-08-08T20:22:27Z")
Okay, the new letter is… \*\* E\*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=14)