# Botticelli, April 2014
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [April 6, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513 "2014-04-06T23:17:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 5
### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/81 "2014-04-11T00:00:23Z")
Thanks. Never heard of Rufus, and of course, consistent with Botticelli rules, I won’t look it up.
---
### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/82 "2014-04-11T00:21:32Z")
DQs:
1. Real
2. American
3. Living
4. Last name starts with K
5. Born after 1950
6. Female
7. Born east of the Mississippi
8. Involved in the creative arts (assuming this includes the performing arts)
9. Born before 1975
10. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line
11. Not an actress
12. Has won more than one top award in her field: has won ten Grammys.
13. Singer
14. Not a Visual Artist (by which I mean not a painter, sculptor, printmaker, fashion designer, graphic artist), though she has often perform on stage to an audience
15. Not best known for Rock & Roll (but I had to check some definitions to be sure)
16. R& B artist, known for Funk
17. Biggest hits in the 1970s and 1980s.
18. Black
18A. Fronted for Rufus before beginning her solo career.
18B. Notable hits include _Tell Me Something Good_(with Rufus); _I Feel For You_ and _I’m Every Woman_.
Again, I’m only posting these hints 'cause I’m going to be gone for a few days and don’t want the game to have to wait until Monday.
---
### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/83 "2014-04-11T03:16:49Z")
Finally managed to get back into the Botticelli thread, but I’m even more clueless on this on than EH is.
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Thanks. Never heard of Rufus, and of course, consistent with Botticelli rules, I won’t look it up.
---
### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/84 "2014-04-11T05:12:21Z")
Um, I was going to use my DQs, but you flat out gave it away with your #18s.
IQ: Is one of your biggest hits a Prince cover that famously started with Melle Mel rapping your name and prominently featured a sample of Stevie Wonder’s harmonica playing?
---
### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2014, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/85 "2014-04-11T10:35:23Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> Um, I was going to use my DQs, but you flat out gave it away with your #18s.
>
> IQ: Is one of your biggest hits a Prince cover that famously started with Melle Mel rapping your name and prominently featured a sample of Stevie Wonder’s harmonica playing?
Oh, good!
Yes, I am the Queen of Funk, Chaka Khan!
Here’s [I Feel For You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04yCea2HOhY).
Good for you, ChockFull! Everyone enjoy the game; I’ll be back Monday.
---
### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/86 "2014-04-11T17:19:41Z")
Good one! Shoulda gotten her. Well done, **ChockFull**!
---
### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/87 "2014-04-11T19:58:02Z")
Nicely done, **ChockFul** l!
---
### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/88 "2014-04-12T22:44:56Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> IQ2: Are you the self-styled original Texas Jewboy?
> IQ3: Are you an entertainer whose rabbi father initially disapproved of your career choice?
For the record, these were (IQ2) Kinky Friedman and (IQ3) Krusty the Clown.
Next up…
D
---
### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/89 "2014-04-13T01:24:18Z")
IQs:
Were you a noted American painter who was a strong supporter of President Lincoln?
Did you recently write a book about Lincoln’s Cabinet?
Did Jamie Lee Curtis use your name as a codename in a major movie?
---
### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/90 "2014-04-13T02:11:16Z")
IQ1: Do you work for ZOWIE?
IQ2: Did you read something for King Belshazzar?
IQ3: Were you a fictional US Army corporal with a handlebar moustache?
---
### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/91 "2014-04-13T19:18:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> Were you a noted American painter who was a strong supporter of President Lincoln?
> Did you recently write a book about Lincoln’s Cabinet?
> Did Jamie Lee Curtis use your name as a codename in a major movie?
3 DQs for you. I’m guessing the last one was from _True Lies_ after she joins Arnie in Omega sector
> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> IQ1: Do you work for ZOWIE?
> IQ2: Did you read something for King Belshazzar?
> IQ3: Were you a fictional US Army corporal with a handlebar moustache?
1: Not Our Man Derek Flint
2: Not the Prophet Daniel of writing on the wall fame.
3: Take a DQ.
---
### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/92 "2014-04-13T22:47:24Z")
IQs:
1. Were you aka Ziggy Stardust?
2. Are you secretly Matt Murdock?
3. Are you a venerable comic strip character for whom a towering style of sandwich is named?
---
### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/93 "2014-04-14T01:24:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Were you aka Ziggy Stardust?
> 2. Are you secretly Matt Murdock?
> 3. Are you a venerable comic strip character for whom a towering style of sandwich is named?
1: Not David Bowie
2: Take a DQ
3: Not Dagwood Bumstead
Outstanding DQs
Elendil’s Heir: 3
SCAdian: 1
Prof. Pepperwinkle: 1
---
### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/94 "2014-04-14T01:25:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Were you aka Ziggy Stardust?
> 2. Are you secretly Matt Murdock?
> 3. Are you a venerable comic strip character for whom a towering style of sandwich is named?
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> 1: Not David Bowie
> 2: Take a DQ
> 3: Not Dagwood Bumstead
#2 is Daredevil. Correct on the others.
DQ: Real?
---
### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/95 "2014-04-14T13:14:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> IQ1: Do you work for ZOWIE?
> IQ2: Did you read something for King Belshazzar?
> IQ3: Were you a fictional US Army corporal with a handlebar moustache?
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> 1: Not Our Man Derek Flint
> 2: Not the Prophet Daniel of writing on the wall fame.
> 3: Take a DQ.
Correct on Derek Flint and Daniel.
Cpl Timothy Aloysius “Dum Dum” Dugan.
DQ: Male?
IQ1: Did you sing about guitars, Cadillacs and hillbilly music?
IQ2: Did your mother tell you that whatever will be, will be?
IQ3: Are you the Man of Bronze?
---
### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/96 "2014-04-14T13:33:16Z")
IQs:
1. Are you a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle?
2. Did you play Mad Dog Murdock on the TV series _The A-Team_?
3. Can you not rest until you have thoroughly humiliated (and hopefully killed) Reed Richards?
---
### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/97 "2014-04-14T16:35:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> DQ: Real?
Yes
> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> DQ: Male?
Yes
> [@](#):
>
> IQ1: Did you sing about guitars, Cadillacs and hillbilly music?
> IQ2: Did your mother tell you that whatever will be, will be?
> IQ3: Are you the Man of Bronze?
1: Not Dwight Yoakum?
2: Not Doris Day
3: Not Doc Savage
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Are you a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle?
> 2. Did you play Mad Dog Murdock on the TV series _The A-Team_?
> 3. Can you not rest until you have thoroughly humiliated (and hopefully killed) Reed Richards?
1: Not Donatello
2: Not Dwight Schultz
3: Not Doctor Doom
Summary:
D
1. Real
2. Male
Weird coincidence on #2. Just last week my kids were talking about how many American cartoons seem to use the same small pool of voice actors, and mentioned Dr. Animo from Ben 10 and Mung Daal from Chowder sounded similar. I looked it up, found they were both voiced by Schultz, and I also saw he was Barclay on Star Trek: The Next Generation and was on the A-Team, which I had never watched. Two weeks ago I would have handed out a DQ for that one.
---
### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/98 "2014-04-14T18:13:36Z")
Previous IQs:
Were you a noted American painter who was a strong supporter of President Lincoln? - David Gilmour Blythe of East Liverpool, Ohio, perhaps best known for this painting: [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mLZ6sF6ZgSA/Uhy7z5W1KaI/AAAAAAAASaA/LcqmhqSKT\_o/s640/Blythe,+David+Gilmour+Lincoln+1863.jpg](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mLZ6sF6ZgSA/Uhy7z5W1KaI/AAAAAAAASaA/LcqmhqSKT_o/s640/Blythe,+David+Gilmour+Lincoln+1863.jpg)
Did you recently write a book about Lincoln’s Cabinet? - Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote _Team of Rivals_.
Did Jamie Lee Curtis use your name as a codename in a major movie? - Yes, in _True Lies_, she becomes Doris (to Ahnuld’s Boris).
DQs:
Last name start with D?
Living?
American?
IQs:
Was your best-known ship the USS _Hartford_?
Were you that person’s half-brother?
Were you the hero of Heinlein’s short story “The Long Watch?”
---
### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/99 "2014-04-14T18:38:05Z")
> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> IQ1: Did you sing about guitars, Cadillacs and hillbilly music?
> IQ2: Did your mother tell you that whatever will be, will be?
> IQ3: Are you the Man of Bronze?
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> 1: Not Dwight Yoakum?
> 2: Not Doris Day
> 3: Not Doc Savage
Correct on all three.
IQ1: Did you give Captain Gridley permission to fire?
IQ2: Are you George and Martha’s neighbour?
IQ3: Did the colour sergeant discuss your imminent death?
---
### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/100 "2014-04-14T18:58:40Z")
Correct on all three. Interesting note about Dwight, too.
IQs:
1. Were you the French Impressionist who first introduced camera angles in your paintings?
2. Are you the title character of a Paul Simon song who is singing from his motel room?
3. Are you credited with creating the first generation of American insane asylums?
[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513.md?page=4)
[Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513.md?page=6)