# August Botticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 1, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072 "2013-08-01T11:47:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 1, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/21 "2013-08-01T16:24:29Z")
DQ1) Real. DQ2) Male. DQ3) American. DQ4) Dead. DQ5) Known for artistic endeavors (as usually defined in this game). DQ6) Died after 01/01/1900. DQ7) Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line DQ8) Known primarily for the performing arts ---
**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 1, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/22 "2013-08-01T16:25:32Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a character who worked closely with another Sir Humphrey? > IQ2: Did you play Stanley in a musical adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire? > IQ3: Did you write “the Great Gatsby”? #1, I have no clue, take a DQ. #2 is Ned Flanders, from the Simpsons. #3 is F. Scott Fitzgerald. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/23 "2013-08-01T16:27:58Z")
#1 was Derek Fowlds, who played Bernard Wooley in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister. Bernard Wooley worked closely with Sir Humphrey Appleby. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/24 "2013-08-01T17:14:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Swamp Fox? > IQ2: Did you write a 19th-century cookbook? > IQ3: Did Bogart and Hepburn star in a film based on one of your books? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Francis Marion. I’m not Fannie Farmer. I don’t know who wrote _The African Queen_, so take a DQ. Correct on Marion and Farmer. _The African Queen_ was written by C S Forester. DQ: Known primarily for work in films? ---
**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 1, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/25 "2013-08-01T17:16:42Z")
DQ1) Real. DQ2) Male. DQ3) American. DQ4) Dead. DQ5) Known for artistic endeavors (as usually defined in this game). DQ6) Died after 01/01/1900. DQ7) Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line DQ8) Known primarily for the performing arts DQ9) Not known for films ---
**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:** [August 1, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/26 "2013-08-01T17:29:28Z")
IQ1: Are you a Stratemeyer pseudonym used by authors writing about a pair of young detectives? IQ2: Did you wish that the English king felt like your big toe, all over? IQ3: Are you a turtle who was the star of a children’s book series? ---
**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 1, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/27 "2013-08-01T17:32:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Stratemeyer pseudonym used by authors writing about a pair of young detectives? > IQ2: Did you wish that the English king felt like your big toe, all over? > IQ3: Are you a turtle who was the star of a children’s book series? Ah, back to the kid detective stories. Smart, since you know my knowledge of them is sketchy. Take 1 for #1. The others are Ben Franklin in the throes of gout, and Franklin (They made a cartoon series from the books. My grandson, Lord help me, loved them when he was 2-to-4. I’ve seen the books. The books are better.) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/28 "2013-08-01T17:45:53Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Stratemeyer pseudonym used by authors writing about a pair of young detectives? > IQ2: Did you wish that the English king felt like your big toe, all over? > IQ3: Are you a turtle who was the star of a children’s book series? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Ah, back to the kid detective stories. Smart, since you know my knowledge of them is sketchy. Take 1 for #1. The others are Ben Franklin in the throes of gout, and Franklin (They made a cartoon series from the books. My grandson, Lord help me, loved them when he was 2-to-4. I’ve seen the books. The books are better.) Correct on Franklin and Franklin. (Not sure if my girls ever watched the show, but I know they had several of the books when they were around four or five.) #1 was also Franklin: Franklin W Dixon, listed as author of the Hardy Boys books. DQ: Died after 1955? ---
**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 1, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/29 "2013-08-01T17:48:36Z")
DQ1) Real. DQ2) Male. DQ3) American. DQ4) Dead. DQ5) Known for artistic endeavors (as usually defined in this game). DQ6) Died after 01/01/1900. DQ7) Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line DQ8) Known primarily for the performing arts DQ9) Not known for films DQ10) Died after 1955 ---
**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:** [August 1, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/30 "2013-08-01T17:48:58Z")
IQ1: Were you a mythical member of the Marvel Comics staff? IQ2: Are you one of the younger pair in a kids’ series about two sets of twins? IQ3: Are you the other member of that pair? ---
**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 1, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/31 "2013-08-01T17:57:40Z")
Are you speaking of the Fearless Forbush-Man or do I have to turn in my Merry Marvel Marching Society button? I did read the Bobbsey Twins, so I remember Flossie and Freddy. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/32 "2013-08-01T18:35:44Z")
Using my reserved DQ: DQ: Known for stage acting? ---
**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 1, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/33 "2013-08-01T18:37:17Z")
DQ1) Real. DQ2) Male. DQ3) American. DQ4) Dead. DQ5) Known for artistic endeavors (as usually defined in this game). DQ6) Died after 01/01/1900. DQ7) Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line DQ8) Known primarily for the performing arts DQ9) Not known for films DQ10) Died after 1955 DQ11) Not known for stage acting. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/34 "2013-08-01T19:10:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a mythical member of the Marvel Comics staff? > IQ2: Are you one of the younger pair in a kids’ series about two sets of twins? > IQ3: Are you the other member of that pair? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Are you speaking of the Fearless Forbush-Man or do I have to turn in my Merry Marvel Marching Society button? I did read the Bobbsey Twins, so I remember Flossie and Freddy. Correct on Irving Forbush, and on Flossie and Freddy Bobbsey. You _have_ an MMMS button? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/35 "2013-08-01T21:59:01Z")
DQ: Is F the initial of your family name? IQ1: Did your dance troupe perform in Hellzapoppin’? IQ2: Do you believe that the English, the English, the English are best? (note, I only know this guy’s family name, so I will accept that) IQ3: Did you play a character whom nobody calls chicken? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/36 "2013-08-01T23:24:01Z")
IQ1: Did you do it your way? IQ2: Did you take your name from a guitar company? IQ3: Did you release an album with a title of something people do not want on potatoes? ---
**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 2, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/37 "2013-08-02T12:06:27Z")
DQ1) Real. DQ2) Male. DQ3) American. DQ4) Dead. DQ5) Known for artistic endeavors (as usually defined in this game). DQ6) Died after 01/01/1900. DQ7) Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line DQ8) Known primarily for the performing arts DQ9) Not known for films DQ10) Died after 1955 DQ11) Not known for stage acting. DQ12) F is the first letter of the last name A note: Today is Madame Pepperwinkle’s Birthday, and the performer is one of her favorites. ---
**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 2, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/38 "2013-08-02T12:08:25Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did your dance troupe perform in Hellzapoppin’? > IQ2: Do you believe that the English, the English, the English are best? (note, I only know this guy’s family name, so I will accept that) > IQ3: Did you play a character whom nobody calls chicken? #1: I’m not Flippin or Felton. (My Dad saw Hellzapoppin on Broadway when it first came out.) Take DQs for 2 & 3. ---
**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 2, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/39 "2013-08-02T12:10:38Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQ1: Did you do it your way? > IQ2: Did you take your name from a guitar company? > IQ3: Did you release an album with a title of something people do not want on potatoes? I’m not Frank Sinatra. I’m not Freddie Fender. #3 could be just about anything. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072/40 "2013-08-02T12:37:31Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did your dance troupe perform in Hellzapoppin’? I was thinking of Frankie Manning, but Flippin and Felton fit. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ2: Do you believe that the English, the English, the English are best? (note, I only know this guy’s family name, so I will accept that) Michael Flanders, of Flanders and Swann whom I only knew as Flanders of Flanders and Swann before I looked him up. The line was the refrain in one of their songs > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ3: Did you play a character whom nobody calls chicken? Michael J Fox, who played Marty McFly in Back to the Future, who had the catchphrase “Nobody calls me chicken” DQ: Are you known mainly for performing music, whether instrumental or sung? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-botticelli/665072.md?page=3)