# Botticelli - April 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 3, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348 "2021-04-03T21:37:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**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 27, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/321 "2021-04-27T21:00:01Z")
Checkin’ on [EH’s List.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/78) and updating it mentally for the last few games… I am [![](https://static3.depositphotos.com/1000819/137/i/950/depositphotos_1377615-stock-photo-christmas-font-letter-b.jpg) ](https://static3.depositphotos.com/1000819/137/i/950/depositphotos_1377615-stock-photo-christmas-font-letter-b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/322 "2021-04-27T22:47:08Z")
Congrats! 1. Did you play Father Marcus on the TV series **The Exorcist**? 2. Are you the heroine of Mary Stewart’s book **Nine Coaches Waiting**? 3. Did you play Nancy Drew in a series of 1930s movies? ---
**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 28, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/323 "2021-04-28T02:36:01Z")
Well done, **PP**. I’d forgotten Carlin’s cartoon sitcom. IQs: Were you shot to death by cops on a country road in the Thirties? Were you, too? Are you a former ODIN agent turned into a vengeful cyborg? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/324 "2021-04-28T03:25:11Z")
IQs 1. Are you the US’s only Olympian to win multiple golds in figure skating? 2. Were you the first European golfer to win The Masters golf tournament? 3. Were you the _second_ European golfer to win The Masters golf tournament? ---
**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 28, 2021, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/325 "2021-04-28T03:27:48Z")
Congrats, Prof.! I had narrowed it down to Gary Coleman, then Jeff Conaway; now I’m wondering if Coleman and Carlin ever appeared together in something. IQs: 1. Do you have a cameo in _Blazing Saddles_ (playing with your orchestra in the middle of the desert)? 2. Did you paint a naked woman on a giant clam shell? 3. A person associated with the American Revolution, is your house at 239 Arch St., in Philadelphia, PA? ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/326 "2021-04-28T04:09:23Z")
IQ1: Are you Dick King-Smith’s best known creation? IQ2: Were you a TV deective whose name is reminiscent of a religious cap? IQ3: Did you perform the first human heart transplant? ---
**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 28, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/327 "2021-04-28T14:22:31Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Did you play Father Marcus on the TV series **The Exorcist**? > 2. Are you the heroine of Mary Stewart’s book **Nine Coaches Waiting**? > 3. Did you play Nancy Drew in a series of 1930s movies? Take 3 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you shot to death by cops on a country road in the Thirties? > Were you, too? > Are you a former ODIN agent turned into a vengeful cyborg? 1. I am not Clyde Barrow. 2. I am not Bonnie. 3. Take a DQ. > [@bordelond](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you the US’s only Olympian to win multiple golds in figure skating? > 2. Were you the first European golfer to win The Masters golf tournament? > 3. Were you the _second_ European golfer to win The Masters golf tournament? 1. I am not Brian Boitano (??). Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you have a cameo in _Blazing Saddles_ (playing with your orchestra in the middle of the desert)? > 2. Did you paint a naked woman on a giant clam shell? > 3. A person associated with the American Revolution, is your house at 239 Arch St., in Philadelphia, PA? 1. I am not Count Basie. 2. I am not Botticelli Take a DQ. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you Dick King-Smith’s best known creation? > IQ2: Were you a TV detective whose name is reminiscent of a religious cap? > IQ3: Did you perform the first human heart transplant? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3, I am not Dr. Christian Barnaard (sp?). ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/328 "2021-04-28T14:35:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you Dick King-Smith’s best known creation? > > IQ2: Were you a TV detective whose name is reminiscent of a religious cap? > > IQ3: Did you perform the first human heart transplant? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3, I am not Dr. Christian Barnaard (sp?). Babe, the sheep-pig. Baretta (biretta). Christi **aa** n Barn **a** rd, but quite close enough. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 28, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/329 "2021-04-28T14:37:17Z")
Previous IQs: Were you shot to death by cops on a country road in the Thirties? - Yes, Clyde Barrow Were you, too? - Yes, Bonnie Parker Are you a former ODIN agent turned into a vengeful cyborg? - Barry, on _Archer_ DQ: Last name start with B? IQs: Did you sing “King Edward’s on the throne, it’s the Age of Men”? Did you gain the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”? Did you play an accused female felon in Pittsburgh? ---
**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 28, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/330 "2021-04-28T14:38:37Z")
IQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with B ---
**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 28, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/331 "2021-04-28T14:39:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you sing “King Edward’s on the throne, it’s the Age of Men”? > Did you gain the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”? > Did you play an accused female felon in Pittsburgh? #1. I am not Mr. Banks. Take 2 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:** [April 28, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/332 "2021-04-28T14:40:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Count Basie. > 2. I am not Botticelli > Take a DQ. 3 was Betsy Ross. DQ: living? ---
**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 28, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/333 "2021-04-28T14:51:51Z")
Previous IQs: Did you sing “King Edward’s on the throne, it’s the Age of Men”? - Yes, Mr. Banks, in _Mary Poppins_ Did you gain the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”? - Gen. Nathaniel Banks, during the Civil War, when Confederate troops captured a huge trove of supplies from him Did you play an accused female felon in Pittsburgh? - Elizabeth Banks, in _The Next Three Days_ Banks x3! DQs: American? Born since 1950? IQs: Did your father say that he wished you had lived and your younger brother had died instead? Did a friend blow a ship-shaped smoke cloud through a ring you had blown? Did you encourage a shy friend to dance with a pretty girl? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/334 "2021-04-28T15:02:23Z")
_1. Are you the US’s only Olympian to win multiple golds in figure skating?_ Not Boitano but **Dick Button** (1948, 1952) _2. Were you the first European golfer to win The Masters golf tournament?_ **Seve Ballesteros** _3. Were you the_ second _European golfer to win The Masters golf tournament?_ **Bernhard Langer** … DQ **Known for the arts?** 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:** [April 28, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/335 "2021-04-28T15:14:44Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with B 4. Dead 5. American 6. Born before 1950 7. Known for the Arts ---
**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 28, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/336 "2021-04-28T15:16:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your father say that he wished you had lived and your younger brother had died instead? > Did a friend blow a ship-shaped smoke cloud through a ring you had blown? > Did you encourage a shy friend to dance with a pretty girl? #1. I am not Boromir. #2. I am not Bilbo Baggins. #3. I am not Frodo Baggins. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/337 "2021-04-28T15:19:33Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > 2 DQs reserved DQs **Known for the performing arts?** **Died before 2000?** ---
**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 28, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/338 "2021-04-28T15:24:01Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with B 4. Dead 5. American 6. Born before 1950 7. Known for the Arts 8. Known for the Performing Arts 9. Died before 2000 ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/339 "2021-04-28T15:28:01Z")
IQs 1. In 1987, did you famously begin hosting your game show with your hair un-dyed? 2. Is an NBA salary-cap exception named after you? 3. Are you a sports commentator who’s noted for incorporating puns into athletes’ names? ---
**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 28, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/340 "2021-04-28T15:32:03Z")
#1. I am not Bob Barker (??) Take 2 DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348.md?page=18)