# Botticelli - April 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 1, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852 "2019-04-01T13:08:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [April 8, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/61 "2019-04-08T17:16:59Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > My best guess is Sargent Carter from Gomer Pyle. I am not Sergeant Carter. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/62 "2019-04-09T15:46:03Z")
I think it’s someone from _The Godfather_, but unfortunately I’m not familiar with it enough to say who. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/63 "2019-04-09T16:10:06Z")
Good point - just because it takes place during a war doesn’t mean it’s a war story. I already guessed. Am I allowed to give DLR a hint? ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/64 "2019-04-09T17:22:15Z")
You’re past the deadline, **KO** , so no, sorry. It is indeed someone from _The Godfather_. It’s Peter Clemenza > **[Peter Clemenza](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Clemenza)** > > Peter Clemenza is a fictional character who first appeared in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather. He is played by Academy Award-nominee Richard Castellano in Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 film adaptation of the novel, and by Bruno Kirby (as a young man) in The Godfather Part II (1974). > Born near Trapani, Sicily, Peter Clemenza is one of Don Vito Corleone's caporegimes and oldest friends, as well as the godfather of his eldest son, Sonny. He has a reputation as a superb judge of talent; his regi... > **[Peter Clemenza](https://godfather.fandom.com/wiki/Peter_Clemenza)** > > "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." ―Peter Clemenza\[src\] Peter "Pete" Clemenza was one of the two original caporegimes in the Corleone family (the other being Salvatore Tessio), ruling over the family's territory in The Bronx. Peter Clemenza was born... The pudgy Corleone \*caporegime \*made immortal by the line, “Take the gun. Leave the cannoli.” ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/65 "2019-04-09T18:16:47Z")
I would have guessed one of the Corleones anyway. It’s been ages since I’ve seen the Godfather movies and only remember a few characters, but I’m OK with this answer. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/66 "2019-04-09T19:25:58Z")
Ah. I’m one of the few who’ve never read or seen it, but I’ve heard the quote. Good one, EH. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/67 "2019-04-09T20:44:50Z")
Me, too. On to “D”, EH! ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/68 "2019-04-09T21:21:37Z")
Right, then. D it is. Have at you! ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/69 "2019-04-09T21:49:09Z")
IQs: 1. Were you one of the original Mousketeers whose dead body was discovered at his home this week? 2. Was your noble steed named Yellowcup (or Bouton d’Or)? 3. Were you the first queen of Carthage? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/70 "2019-04-10T03:01:48Z")
I really should watch _The Godfather_ (and sequels) sometime. IQs: 1. Are you played by Rainn Wilson on _The Office_? 2. Are you a male model known for your “Blue Steel” pose? 3. Did you claim “I can’t say as ever I was lost, but I was bewildered once for three days”? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/71 "2019-04-10T03:08:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you one of the original Mousketeers whose dead body was discovered at his home this week? > 2. Was your noble steed named Yellowcup (or Bouton d’Or)? > 3. Were you the first queen of Carthage? Dunno, not D’Artagnan, and dunno. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > I really should watch _The Godfather_ (and sequels) sometime… Agreed! I’m not a Mob-movie guy generally, but the first two, in particular, really are very good. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Are you played by Rainn Wilson on _The Office_? > 2. Are you a male model known for your “Blue Steel” pose? > 3. Did you claim “I can’t say as ever I was lost, but I was bewildered once for three days”? Not Dwight “Bears, beets, _Battlestar Galactica_” Shrute, Derek Zoolander, and dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/72 "2019-04-10T04:13:47Z")
IQ1: Are you a former Ku Klux Klan leader, once elected to the Louisiana state legislature? IQ2: Are you an actor best known for your leading roles as the husband of a Secretary of State, and the co-owner of a regional airline? IQ3: Are you a Greek orator, who practiced elocution by putting pebbles in your mouth and orating to the waves, and incidentally the namesake of the oldest student organization at the University of Georgia, founded in 1803, of which your humble correspondent is a proud alumnus? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/73 "2019-04-10T13:30:55Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Are you a former Ku Klux Klan leader, once elected to the Louisiana state legislature? > > IQ2: Are you an actor best known for your leading roles as the husband of a Secretary of State, and the co-owner of a regional airline? > > IQ3: Are you a Greek orator, who practiced elocution by putting pebbles in your mouth and orating to the waves, and incidentally the namesake of the oldest student organization at the University of Georgia, founded in 1803, of which your humble correspondent is a proud alumnus? Not David Duke, dunno, and not Demosthenes. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/74 "2019-04-10T14:51:56Z")
IQ1: In Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice,” did you come through with a gang of Tanqueray and a fat ass J of some bubonic chronic that made Dogg choke? IQ2: Have you played Doctor Who and The Purple Man from _Jessica Jones_? IQ3: Are you IQ2’s father-in-law, who was the 5th Doctor Who? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/75 "2019-04-10T15:17:29Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you one of the original Mousketeers whose dead body was discovered at his home this week? > 2. Was your noble steed named Yellowcup (or Bouton d’Or)? > 3. Were you the first queen of Carthage? > Dunno, not D’Artagnan, and dunno. #1 was Dennis Day (not the singer). #2 is correct. #3 was Dido. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/76 "2019-04-10T15:19:19Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Huey, Dewey and Louie’s mom? 2. Did you play Suzanne Sugarbaker on _Designing Women_? 3. Did you write _Notes from the Underground_? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/77 "2019-04-10T15:55:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Dwight “Bears, beets, _Battlestar Galactica_” Shrute, Derek Zoolander, and dunno. 3 was Daniel Boone. IQs: 1. Does your version of “Misirlou” play over the opening credits of _Pulp Fiction_? 2. Were you a British singer who recorded “Son of a Preacher Man”? 3. Were you eventually revealed as William Mark Felt? DQ: American/created by an American? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/78 "2019-04-10T19:05:36Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: In Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice,” did you come through with a gang of Tanqueray and a fat ass J of some bubonic chronic that made Dogg choke? > IQ2: Have you played Doctor Who and The Purple Man from _Jessica Jones_? > IQ3: Are you IQ2’s father-in-law, who was the 5th Doctor Who? Dunno, not David Tennant, and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Huey, Dewey and Louie’s mom? > 2. Did you play Suzanne Sugarbaker on _Designing Women_? > 3. Did you write _Notes from the Underground_? Not Daisy Duck, dunno, and not Dostoevsky. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Does your version of “Misirlou” play over the opening credits of _Pulp Fiction_? > 2. Were you a British singer who recorded “Son of a Preacher Man”? > 3. Were you eventually revealed as William Mark Felt?.. Dunno, not Dusty Springfield, and not Deep Throat. D. 1. real 2. male 3. American ---
**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:** [April 10, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/79 "2019-04-10T20:00:21Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: In Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice,” did you come through with a gang of Tanqueray and a fat ass J of some bubonic chronic that made Dogg choke? > IQ2: Have you played Doctor Who and The Purple Man from Jessica Jones? > IQ3: Are you IQ2’s father-in-law, who was the 5th Doctor Who? > > Dunno, not David Tennant, and dunno. Dr. Dre, correct, Peter Davidson DQ: Alive? DQ: Politician? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/80 "2019-04-10T20:13:33Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Huey, Dewey and Louie’s mom? > 2. Did you play Suzanne Sugarbaker on Designing Women? > 3. Did you write Notes from the Underground? > Not Daisy Duck, dunno, and not Dostoevsky. #1 was Donald’s sister Della Duck, not Daisy. #2 was Delta Burke. Correct on Feodor. DQ: Last name starts with D? 1 DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=5)