# 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
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/121 "2014-04-16T07:37:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQ: Did you write songs and front for the Kinks?
> 'nother IQ: Did you record _Lady in Red_?
Not Ray Davies, although I was thinking of doing him. I think DQ #12 is the only one he doesn’t match.
Not Chris DeBurgh
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### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/122 "2014-04-16T12:40:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did Henry Gibson recite poetry on your show?
> IQ2: Do you insult people by referring to them as pieces of sports equipment?
> IQ3: Did you become famous by killing a man from Gath?
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> 2: Not Don “hockey puck” Rickles.
> Take 2 DQs for the others
Dan Rowan or Dick Martin - take your pick.
Correct on Don Rickles.
David, who killed the Philistine champion Goliath of Gath.
Thinking…
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> #1 is indeed Daniel Inouye. He was the President pro tempore of the United States Senate from 2010 until his death in 2012.
Medal of Honor recipient, too.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/123 "2014-04-16T13:51:15Z")
DQ: Known for Rock & Roll?
IQs:
1. Was your horse named Horse?
2. Are you Gwyneth Paltrow’s mom?
3. Did Steve Landesberg play you on _Barney Miller?_
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/124 "2014-04-16T14:26:49Z")
Forget the last IQ, and substitute: Are you the lead singer for the Who?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/125 "2014-04-16T14:28:13Z")
Previous IQs:
Are you a Hitler clone who until recently worked for ISIS? - Doctor (that’s his first name) Krieger, the mad scientist in the FX animated spy spoof _Archer_.
Are many Scottish coastlanders pissed at you? - Yes, Donald Trump for his big marshlands-destroying golf resort.
Have you played a criminal mastermind, a Nazi bigwig and the President of the United States? - Yes, Donald Pleasence, for the roles you mention.
DQ:
Best known as a solo artist?
IQs:
Did your people build a spaceship hoping others would rescue its pilot?
Do most people not know your first name, Fitzwilliam?
Is your coworker Wally quite the sly slacker?
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/126 "2014-04-16T18:22:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> DQ: Known for Rock & Roll?
Yes
> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Was your horse named Horse?
> 2. Are you Gwyneth Paltrow’s mom?
> 3. Are you the lead singer for the Who?
Not Dudley Doright
Not Blythe Danner
Not Roger Daltry - but yeah, he does match most of the DQs so far.
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> DQ:
> Best known as a solo artist?
Yes
> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did your people build a spaceship hoping others would rescue its pilot?
> Do most people not know your first name, Fitzwilliam?
> Is your coworker Wally quite the sly slacker?
Take DQs for 1&2.
Not Dilbert
Summary:
D
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with D
4. Living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Not born after 1960
8. Known for the arts
9. Known for the performing arts
10. Not an actor (although I have acted)
11. Still performing
12. Have won a major award in my field
13. Singer
14. British
15. Known for Rock and Roll
16. Best known as a solo artist
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/127 "2014-04-16T18:24:33Z")
IQ; Were you the U.K.'s “answer” to Bob Dylan?
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/128 "2014-04-17T01:10:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQ; Were you the U.K.'s “answer” to Bob Dylan?
Not…Donovan? Before my time, and I think his biggest US hit was “Mellow Yellow”, which isn’t exactly “Like A Rolling Stone”. But I seem to recall hearing that his earlier stuff was more folky.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/129 "2014-04-17T01:14:27Z")
You’re right, Donovan is more folky, but since they inducted Leonard Cohen into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, who can say?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/130 "2014-04-17T01:24:01Z")
IQs:
1. Were you the King of Skiffle?
2. Did Chubby Checker copy his name from yours?
3. Did you have a band named after you that featured Steve Winwood?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/131 "2014-04-17T02:47:49Z")
Previous IQs:
Did your people build a spaceship hoping others would rescue its pilot? - The titular monarch in the Pournelle book _King David’s Spaceship_.
Do most people not know your first name, Fitzwilliam? - Mr. Darcy of _Pride and Prejudice_.
Is your coworker Wally quite the sly slacker? - Yes, Dilbert.
Two DQs reserved. What would be useful to know at this point?
IQs:
Is your current middle name Hercules?
Did you and several classmates make a short-lived mutual promise never to marry?
Did invaders enjoy a meal cooked for you and your family?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/132 "2014-04-17T03:06:35Z")
Maybe pinpoint age. I can’t think of anything else, and I’m coming up blank on other British rockers.
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/133 "2014-04-17T16:02:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you the King of Skiffle?
> 2. Did Chubby Checker copy his name from yours?
> 3. Did you have a band named after you that featured Steve Winwood?
1: Take a DQ
2: Not Fats Domino
3: Not Spencer Davis
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir;17296804
IQs:
Is your current middle name Hercules?
Did you and several classmates make a short-lived mutual promise never to marry?
Did invaders enjoy a meal cooked for you and your family?[/QUOTE]
3 more DQs for you
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/134 "2014-04-17T16:12:51Z")
Previous IQs:
Is your current middle name Hercules? - Elton John, FKA Reginald Dwight.
Did you and several classmates make a short-lived mutual promise never to marry? - Dwight D. Eisenhower and some West Point pals.
Did invaders enjoy a meal cooked for you and your family? - Dolley Madison had to leave the White House in a hurry when British troops approached the capital.
DQ:
Born after 1950?
Four DQs reserved.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/135 "2014-04-17T17:05:00Z")
> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you the King of Skiffle?
> 2. Did Chubby Checker copy his name from yours?
> 3. Did you have a band named after you that featured Steve Winwood?
>
> 1: Take a DQ
> 2: Not Fats Domino
> 3: Not Spencer Davis
Right on Fats and Spencer. #1 was Lonnie Donegan, best remembered for his Skiffle rendition of _Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It’s Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight?_, who was apparently a major influence on a young John Lennon and George Harrison.
Waiting on the DQ for now.
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/136 "2014-04-17T17:39:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Is your current middle name Hercules? - Elton John, FKA Reginald Dwight.
I was unaware of the Hercules addition, but yes, I am in fact **Reginald Dwight** AKA Elton John.
Good job!!!
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/137 "2014-04-17T18:01:17Z")
Good going, EH! Congratulations.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/138 "2014-04-17T18:33:08Z")
Thanks! That was fun. Elton’s middle name is one of my favorite bits of pop culture trivia: [Elton John - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_john)
Our next letter is
M
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/139 "2014-04-17T18:46:00Z")
IQs:
1. Did you play Rollin Hand on _Mission: Impossible_?
2. Did you play Peter Pan opposite Cyril Ritchard?
3. Did you regularly bombard Capt. Kangaroo with ping-pong balls?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2014/685513/140 "2014-04-17T18:49:03Z")
Dunno the first, but no, I’m not Mary Martin or Mister Greenjeans.
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