# Boticelli Oct. 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 2, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166 "2019-10-02T18:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [October 19, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/281 "2019-10-19T21:34:02Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 3 (director of _Jeanne Dielman_) was Chantal Akerman. > > IQs: > > 1. On SNL, were you you, and we weren’t? > 2. Did you appear in _The Thirty-Foot Bride of Candy Rock_, without your frequent partner? > 3. Are you the most famous asp bite victim? 1. I am not Chevy Chase, and neither are you. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Cleopatra. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/282 "2019-10-19T21:35:09Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. European 7. Last name starts with C 8. Died after 1900 ---
**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:** [October 19, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/283 "2019-10-19T22:24:49Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an Italian operatic tenor, and one of the first vocal artists to be commercially recorded? > IQ2: Are you a funk bandleader who wears multicolored wigs? > IQ3: Did you posthumously sing “Unforgettable” with your daughter? > > 1. I am not Enrico Caruso? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Nat “King” Cole. George Clinton DQ" Known for the Performing Arts? ---
**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:** [October 19, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/284 "2019-10-19T22:48:12Z")
IQ1: Did you play Balok in the ST: TOS episode “The Corbomite Maneuver”? IQ2: Did you play an aspiring actor in \*Taxi \*and a security chief in _Babylon 5_? IQ3: Are you a standup comic who allegedly stole material from Louis C.K.? ---
**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:** [October 20, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/285 "2019-10-20T01:06:44Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. European 7. Last name starts with C 8. Died after 1900 9. Known for the Performing Arts KO, take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/286 "2019-10-20T02:05:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Chevy Chase, and neither are you. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Cleopatra. 2 was Lou Costello. IQs: 1. Are you a British science fiction author who wrote _The Prestige_? 2. Are you an American comic book writer and editor who has worked on _Black Panther_, _Quantum and Woody_, and most recently _Deathstroke_? 3. Did you install solar panels on the White House? DQ: from continental Europe? ---
**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:** [October 20, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/287 "2019-10-20T03:48:31Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the Finch family’s beloved cook? - Calpurnia, in _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Contrary to what a 2000 movie showed, and as awful as you were, is it generally thought that you didn’t murder your father? - Emperor Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius, played by Joaquin Phoenix in _Gladiator_ Were you appointed Chief Justice of the United States in 1864? - Yes, Salmon P. Chase DQs: Died after 1950? Won a top award in his field? IQs: Did you fly across America, “crash by crash”? Were you mentioned in the title of Col. Sherman Potter’s favorite movie? Did you play T.R. Devlin? ---
**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:** [October 20, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/288 "2019-10-20T14:02:44Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. European 7. Last name starts with C 8. Died after 1900 9. Known for the Performing Arts 10. Not from continental Europe 11. Died after 1950 12. Won a top award in his field, and many honors ---
**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:** [October 20, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/289 "2019-10-20T14:03:57Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a British science fiction author who wrote _The Prestige_? > 2. Are you an American comic book writer and editor who has worked on _Black Panther_, _Quantum and Woody_, and most recently _Deathstroke_? > 3. Did you install solar panels on the White House? 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:** [October 20, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/290 "2019-10-20T14:05:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you fly across America, “crash by crash”? > Were you mentioned in the title of Col. Sherman Potter’s favorite movie? > Did you play T.R. Devlin? 1. I am not Wrong Way Corrigan. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Cary Grant. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/291 "2019-10-20T19:13:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 1 (British author of _The Prestige_) was Christopher Priest; 2 (American comic book writer known for _Black Panther_) was Christopher Priest; 3 (put solar panels on the White House) is Jimmy Carter. IQs: 1. Have you come to say that bananas must be ripened in a certain way? 2. Because of your scientific work, are your notebooks radioactive? 3. Did you play Donna on _Doctor Who_? DQs: 4. died before 2000? 5. from England? One DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/292 "2019-10-20T20:42:41Z")
Take 2 > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Balok in the ST: TOS episode “The Corbomite Maneuver”? > IQ2: Did you play an aspiring actor in \*Taxi \*and a security chief in _Babylon 5_? > IQ3: Are you a standup comic who allegedly stole material from Louis C.K.? ---
**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:** [October 20, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/293 "2019-10-20T21:44:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Take 2 Sorry, thought I’d done that one. Take 3 DQs. Ah, I did. See 285. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/294 "2019-10-20T21:46:14Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. European 7. Last name starts with C 8. Died after 1900 9. Known for the Performing Arts 10. Not from continental Europe 11. Died after 1950 12. Won a top award in his field, and many honors 13. Died before 2000 14. English ---
**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:** [October 20, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/295 "2019-10-20T21:47:14Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you come to say that bananas must be ripened in a certain way? > 2. Because of your scientific work, are your notebooks radioactive? > 3. Did you play Donna on _Doctor Who_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Madame Curie. 3. I am not Catherine Tate. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/296 "2019-10-20T21:56:18Z")
IQ1: Were you a skin flick actress born with the name Jean Poremba? IQ2: Did you work with the Beach Boys before forming an act with your wife? IQ3: Did the Beach Boys sing about you, and did Dr Hook say they wanted your job? ---
**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:** [October 20, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/297 "2019-10-20T22:36:31Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > IQ1: Were you a skin flick actress born with the name Jean Poremba? > IQ2: Did you work with the Beach Boys before forming an act with your wife? > IQ3: Did the Beach Boys sing about you, and did Dr Hook say they wanted your job? #2. I am not Glen Campbell (??) Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/298 "2019-10-20T23:04:44Z")
I’ll take 3. Candie Evans, Captain Daryl Dragon, Johnny Carson Well known in America? Known for comedy? Known from TV? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/299 "2019-10-21T00:48:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Madame Curie. > 3. I am not Catherine Tate. 1 was Chiquita Banana. IQs: 1. Were your columns the basis for _Sex and the City_? 2. Are you a _Sex and the City_ actress who ran in the 2018 Democratic primary for governor in New York? 3. Did you win that primary? DQs: 4. died before 1980? 5. won an Oscar? ---
**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:** [October 21, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/300 "2019-10-21T02:01:00Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. European 7. Last name starts with C 8. Died after 1900 9. Known for the Performing Arts 10. Not from continental Europe 11. Died after 1950 12. Won a top award in his field, and many honors 13. Died before 2000 14. English 15. Not as well known in America as in England, but known 16. Known for comedy 17. Known from TV (won a BAFTA) and movies and stage shows 18. Died after 1980 19. Did not win an Oscar [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166.md?page=16)