# Botticelli April 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 4, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845 "2015-04-04T23:29:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**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:** [May 7, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/541 "2015-05-07T19:57:45Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. American 5. Known for the arts 6. First name starts with J 7. Born before 1975 8. 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:** [May 7, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/542 "2015-05-07T20:05:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you cheat your brother out of his birthright and their father’s blessing? > IQ2: Does an Engllish word meaning a long complaint, especially a sad or mournful one, derive from your name? > IQ3: Are you one of only two actors who have been nominated for an acting Oscar in every decade from the 1960s through the 2000s? not that conniving swine Jacob, not Jerrymander(?), not Jack Nicholson maybe ---
**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:** [May 7, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/543 "2015-05-07T20:09:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you love to sail in the _Victura_? > Did you chair the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in the 1980s? > Are you that person’s current spouse? 3 DQs for you I remember Strom Thurman was the chair oddly enough, but no J’s there. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/544 "2015-05-07T20:09:36Z")
Okay, since I had 3 duplicate questions… DQ1) Singer or musician? DQ2) Caucasian? DQ3) Born after 1960? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/545 "2015-05-07T20:12:04Z")
IQ1) Did you get in a lot of trouble for calling New York City “Hymietown”? IQ2) Are you a rock legend who was named after the composer of _ **Show Boat** _? IQ3) Did you shout “OY” in a series of popular battery commercials? ---
**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:** [May 7, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/546 "2015-05-07T23:47:03Z")
IQs: 1. Were you troubled on your TV show by a puppet named Umbriago? 2. Did you record _Lay Something On The Bar (Beside Your Elbow)_ and _The Navy Gets Tje Gravy (But The Army Gets The Beans_ ? 3. Do good things come from your garden in the valley? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/547 "2015-05-07T23:47:28Z")
IQ1: Did you play a prosecuting attorney on a TV comedy? IQ2: Did you play the commander of a team of four aliens living undercover as humans on earth? IQ3: Did the recent SNL reunion show list your name “in memorial”, only to pan to you sitting in the audience with a confused then angry reaction? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/548 "2015-05-08T01:03:59Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. American 5. Known for the arts 6. First name starts with J 7. Born before 1975 8. Known for the performing arts 9. Not a singer or musician 10. Caucasian 11. Was not born after 1960 ---
**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:** [May 8, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/549 "2015-05-08T01:04:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you cheat your brother out of his birthright and their father’s blessing? > IQ2: Does an Engllish word meaning a long complaint, especially a sad or mournful one, derive from your name? > IQ3: Are you one of only two actors who have been nominated for an acting Oscar in every decade from the 1960s through the 2000s? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not that conniving swine Jacob, not Jerrymander(?), not Jack Nicholson maybe Correct. The prophet Jeremiah (“jeremiad”). Correct. One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did you write “Mr Bojangles”? IQ2: Did you sing “Cherokee Fiddle”? IQ3: Did you sing “If the Devil Danced in Empty Pockets”? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/550 "2015-05-08T01:06:58Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you get in a lot of trouble for calling New York City “Hymietown”? > > IQ2) Are you a rock legend who was named after the composer of _ **Show Boat** _? > > IQ3) Did you shout “OY” in a series of popular battery commercials? not Jessie Jackson, not Elton John maybe, remember the commercial but not the guy’s name ---
**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:** [May 8, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/551 "2015-05-08T01:08:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you troubled on your TV show by a puppet named Umbriago? > 2. Did you record _Lay Something On The Bar (Beside Your Elbow)_ and _The Navy Gets The Gravy (But The Army Gets The Beans_ ? > 3. Do good things come from your garden in the valley? dunno x2, not the Jolly Green Giant ---
**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:** [May 8, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/552 "2015-05-08T01:11:46Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a prosecuting attorney on a TV comedy? > IQ2: Did you play the commander of a team of four aliens living undercover as humans on earth? > IQ3: Did the recent SNL reunion show list your name “in memorial”, only to pan to you sitting in the audience with a confused then angry reaction? not John Laroquette, not John Lithgow, not John Lovitz ---
**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:** [May 8, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/553 "2015-05-08T01:14:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write “Mr Bojangles”? > IQ2: Did you sing “Cherokee Fiddle”? > IQ3: Did you sing “If the Devil Danced in Empty Pockets”? dunno x2, not Robert Johnson ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/554 "2015-05-08T01:26:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Jason Mewes, not John Lennon, not Jason and the Argonauts(?) Correct on all three. IQ1. Do you look like a walrus (and play the straight man to your explosion-loving colleague? IQ2. Did your memoirs mention Pullo and Vorenus? IQ3. Were you controversially sacked due to an incident involving a late lunch? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/555 "2015-05-08T02:18:01Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you troubled on your TV show by a puppet named Umbriago? > 2. Did you record Lay Something On The Bar (Beside Your Elbow) and The Navy Gets The Gravy (But The Army Gets The Beans ? > 3. Do good things come from your garden in the valley? > > dunno x2, not the Jolly Green Giant #1 was Jimmy Durante. #2 was Jerry Lewis. Correct on Jolly Green. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/556 "2015-05-08T02:19:21Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the creator of _Knights of the Dinner Table_? 2. Did you write _Born Free_? 3. Did you write _Leaf By Niggle_? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/557 "2015-05-08T02:21:36Z")
A sweep of the John L’s. IQ1: Were you _The Tall Guy_? IQ2: Were you pulled over and ticketed for speeding while Chris Rock was your passenger? IQ3: Do you sing with Kyle Gass? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/558 "2015-05-08T02:42:31Z")
Previous IQs: Did you love to sail in the _Victura_? - John F. Kennedy: [http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/0VB9As8Dd0Cgfh8OnhAOrg.aspx](http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/0VB9As8Dd0Cgfh8OnhAOrg.aspx) Did you chair the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in the 1980s? - Joe Biden. Are you that person’s current spouse? - Jill Biden. DQs: Actor? Has won a top prize? Born east of the Miss. River? IQs: Were you born and raised not far from a notorious POW camp? Were you the plaintiff in a landmark case permitting lawyer advertising? In a Harlan Ellison short story, were you a kid who never grew up? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/559 "2015-05-08T04:45:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write “Mr Bojangles”? > IQ2: Did you sing “Cherokee Fiddle”? > IQ3: Did you sing “If the Devil Danced in Empty Pockets”? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno x2, not Robert Johnson Jerry Jeff Walker. Johnny Lee. Joe Diffie. (Which one did you have in mind for Robert Johnson, or was that just a WAG?) DQs 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:** [May 8, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/560 "2015-05-08T12:08:20Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > (Which one did you have in mind for Robert Johnson, or was that just a WAG?) WAG. It sounded like the type of song he’d sing. DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. American 5. Known for the arts 6. First name starts with J 7. Born before 1975 8. Known for the performing arts 9. Not a singer or musician 10. Caucasian 11. Was not born after 1960 12. Actor 13. Has won a top prize 14. Born east of the Mississippi [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845.md?page=29)