# 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:** 2
**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 4, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/21 "2021-04-04T19:51:40Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you a singer once married to Paulina Porizkova? > 2. Are you an actor who parodied your US Marshal character on _The Good Place_ ? > 3. Were you the actor spouse of Dame Joan Plowright? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 1. A director, do you have a cameo in _The Blues Brothers_ as a corrections officer? > 2. Did you go by a name derived from your first two initials, given the unflattering word your last seven spelled out? > 3. Did you note > > “Linguistics becomes an ever eerier area, like I feel like I’m in [redacted] > Just trying to tell it like it was”? #2. I am not the Wizard of OZ(PINHEAD). Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a Civil War general who got a college named after him? > Were you AKA Tharkun? > Are you the top Transformers good guy? 1. I am not Oberlin(??) 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Optimus Prime. Happy Easter! ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/22 "2021-04-05T01:09:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@MissTake](#): > > > > IQs > > > > > 1. Were you a singer once married to Paulina Porizkova? > > > 2. Are you an actor who parodied your US Marshal character on _The Good Place_ ? > > > 3. Were you the actor spouse of Dame Joan Plowright? > > Take 3 DQs. Ric Okasek, Timothy Oliphant, Sir Laurence Olivier DQs Known for politics? Born west of the Mississippi? Known primarily for a single event? ---
**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 5, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/23 "2021-04-05T02:07:31Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with O 3. Not known from the Arts 4. Not from the U.S.A. 5. Living 6. Male 7. Born before 1970 8. Not European 9. Known for politics 10. Born south of the Mississippi 11. Not known primarily for a single event ---
**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 5, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/24 "2021-04-05T02:09:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #2. I am not the Wizard of OZ(PINHEAD). > Take 2 DQs. 1 was Frank Oz; 3 was Ogden Nash. DQs: 1. born after 1950? 2. South American? ---
**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 5, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/25 "2021-04-05T02:15:43Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:23, topic:939348, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with O 3. Not known from the Arts 4. Not from the U.S.A. 5. Living 6. Male 7. Born before 1970 8. Not European 9. Known for politics 10. Born south of the Mississippi 11. Not known primarily for a single event 12. Born before 1950 13. South 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 5, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/26 "2021-04-05T15:37:47Z")
Timothy Olyphant has now played deputy U.S. marshals on _Justified, The Good Place_ and _Fargo_. Previous IQs: Were you a Civil War general who got a college named after him? - Not Oberlin (who was an Alsatian pastor), but Oliver O. Howard Were you AKA Tharkun? - Olorin AKA Mithrandir AKA Gandalf Are you the top Transformers good guy? - Yes, Optimus Prime DQs: Head of state? Greatest fame before 1939? IQs: Were you a nonconsecutive President of Nicaragua? Did you say, “I have done some service to the state, and they know it”? Were you related to Lincoln’s SECNAV? ---
**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 5, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/27 "2021-04-05T16:35:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a nonconsecutive President of Nicaragua? Yes, I am ### Daniel Ortega [![](https://regeneracion.mx/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/daniel-ortega.jpg) ](https://regeneracion.mx/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/daniel-ortega.jpg) who has been President of Nicaragua since 2007, and had held similar office to the Presidency there off-and-on from 1997 to 2007. Well done, **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 5, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/28 "2021-04-05T16:40:29Z")
Thanks, **Prof. P.**! I think Nicaragua’s Central American and not South American, but it’s all good. Other previous IQs: Did you say, “I have done some service to the state, and they know it”? - Shakespeare’s Othello Were you related to Lincoln’s SECNAV? - Orson Welles was a cousin of Gideon Welles Lemme think of our next letter… ---
**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 5, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/29 "2021-04-05T16:43:11Z")
Yeah, you’re right. Nicaragua IS in Central America 🤦‍♂️ I’d thought of using Andres Obrador, current President of Mexico, but I didn’t think he was as well known. ---
**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 5, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/30 "2021-04-05T16:48:49Z")
An update: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #78 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/78) It’s been awhile, so next let’s go with # **Q** ---
**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 5, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/31 "2021-04-05T17:30:48Z")
Congrats! IQs: 1. Was your experience prior to a US presidential election, in fact, four years as a congressman for Indiana’s 4th district, then eight years as a senator for Indiana? 2. Are you a romance novelist whose work is now the basis for the _Bridgerton_ TV series? 3. Were you found on, and named after, the first Sunday after Easter? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/32 "2021-04-05T19:22:09Z")
Congrats! IQs: 1. Did you produce Michael Jackson’s most sold album and the song “We are the World”? 2. Did Jane Seymour portray you in a TV Western/drama series? 3. Were you nominated for a SAG award from your role in _Hustle & Flow_? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/33 "2021-04-05T19:31:50Z")
IQ1: Are you an extremely perverted resident of Quahog? IQ2: Were you captain of the fishing boat _Orca_? IQ3: Were you a harpooner about the whaling ship _Pequod_? ---
**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 5, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/34 "2021-04-05T21:37:28Z")
IQs: 1. Are you currently starring in _The Equalizer_? 2. Did you oversee a census during the reign of Caesar Augustus? 3. Are you the pseudonym for a pair of mystery writers? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/35 "2021-04-06T01:50:59Z")
Congrats! IQs: 1. Are you a dragon who traveled through the center of the earth to the other side through a tube? 2. Did David Selby play you on **Dark Shadows**? 3. Were you a child actress perhaps best known for the TV show **Family**? ---
**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 6, 2021, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/36 "2021-04-06T04:02:53Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > IQs: > 1. Was your experience prior to a US presidential election, in fact, four years as a congressman for Indiana’s 4th district, then eight years as a senator for Indiana? > 2. Are you a romance novelist whose work is now the basis for the _Bridgerton_ TV series? > 3. Were you found on, and named after, the first Sunday after Easter? Not Dan Quayle, dunno and dunno. > [@MissTake](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Did you produce Michael Jackson’s most sold album and the song “We are the World”? > 2. Did Jane Seymour portray you in a TV Western/drama series? > 3. Were you nominated for a SAG award from your role in _Hustle & Flow_? Not Quincy Jones, not Dr. Quinn and dunno. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you an extremely perverted resident of Quahog? > IQ2: Were you captain of the fishing boat _Orca_? > IQ3: Were you a harpooner about the whaling ship _Pequod_? Not Quagmire, Quint or Queequeg (sp?). > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you currently starring in _The Equalizer_? > 2. Did you oversee a census during the reign of Caesar Augustus? > 3. Are you the pseudonym for a pair of mystery writers? Dunno, not Quirinus (sp?) or Ellery Queen. > [@kitap](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Are you a dragon who traveled through the center of the earth to the other side through a tube? > 2. Did David Selby play you on **Dark Shadows**? > 3. Were you a child actress perhaps best known for the TV show **Family**? Dunno, not Quentin Collins and dunno. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/37 "2021-04-06T04:05:27Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > 1. Did you produce Michael Jackson’s most sold album and the song “We are the World”? > > 2. Did Jane Seymour portray you in a TV Western/drama series? > > 3. Were you nominated for a SAG award from your role in _Hustle & Flow_ ? Not Quincy Jones, not Dr. Quinn and dunno. Yes, yes, DJ Qualls DQ: Male? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/38 "2021-04-06T04:13:43Z")
IQs: 1. Are your movies heavily influenced by your vinyl collection? 2. Were you one of the original MTV veejays? 3. Are you an American named a British Queen of Pop? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/39 "2021-04-06T06:20:10Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a dragon who traveled through the center of the earth to the other side through a tube? > 2. Did David Selby play you on **Dark Shadows**? > 3. Were you a child actress perhaps best known for the TV show **Family**? Quox (in **Tik-Tok of Oz** ), correct, Quinn Cummings. DQs: 1. Real? 2. American? ---
**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 6, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/40 "2021-04-06T12:04:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Are you currently starring in _The Equalizer_ ? > > > 2. Did you oversee a census during the reign of Caesar Augustus? > > > 3. Are you the pseudonym for a pair of mystery writers? > > Dunno, not Quirinus (sp?) or Ellery Queen. #1 is Queen Latifah. #2 was, indeed, Quirinius, correct. #3 is correct. DQ: Last name starts with Q? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348.md?page=3)