# 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:** 20
**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 29, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/381 "2021-04-29T21:18:52Z")
1. DQ 2. I am not Mary Tyler Moore 3. DQ ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/382 "2021-04-29T22:25:21Z")
Congrats! 1. Are you a female African-American writer who co-founded the Hurst/Wright Foundation? 2. Are you an actress probably best known for playing Nancy Taylor in **Groundhog Day**? 3. Are you a female Irish author perhaps best known for her fictional trilogy **Children of the Famine**? ---
**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 29, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/383 "2021-04-29T23:09:16Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Are you the ever-present sidekick and toady to Hercules Grytpype-Thynne on the 1950’s highly acclaimed BBC radio series _The Goon Show_ ? > > > 2. Are you the beguiling woman who tempts Henry Crum in nearly every episode of that same highly acclaimed series? > > > 3. Does your name appear in the title of a highly acclaimed BBC TV series that was nearly called _Owl-Stretching Time_ ? > > 1. DQ > 2. DQ > 3. I am not Monty Python #1 is Count Jim “Leatherbagpipes” Moriarty. #2 is Minnie Bannister. Correct on Monty. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Living? ---
**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 29, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/384 "2021-04-29T23:17:39Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > 1. DQ (but kicking myself) > 2. I am not Edvard Munch > 3. I am not Mary Baker Eddy 1 (Klaatu) was Michael Rennie. DQ: first name begins with M? ---
**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 30, 2021, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/385 "2021-04-30T00:02:41Z")
IQs: 1. When Eddie Izzard does standup and wants to tell a tale about God talking to someone, is yours the voice he impersonates? 2. Did you die after being startled by Sergio Aragones? 3. Did you star in the movie _The Missionary_? ---
**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 30, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/386 "2021-04-30T00:45:34Z")
I am **M** 1. I am real 2. I am male 3. I am deceased 4. My first name begins with M ---
**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 30, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/387 "2021-04-30T00:46:39Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Are you a female African-American writer who co-founded the Hurst/Wright Foundation? > - Are you an actress probably best known for playing Nancy Taylor in **Groundhog Day**? > - Are you a female Irish author perhaps best known for her fictional trilogy **Children of the Famine**? I am not Maya Angelou I am not Andie McDowell I am not Maeve Binchy ---
**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 30, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/388 "2021-04-30T00:47:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - When Eddie Izzard does standup and wants to tell a tale about God talking to someone, is yours the voice he impersonates? > - Did you die after being startled by Sergio Aragones? > - Did you star in the movie _The Missionary_ ? I am not Morgan Freeman DQ DQ ---
**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 30, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/389 "2021-04-30T01:07:14Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you only pawn in game of life? > IQ2: “Ooo-wee-ooo I look just like Buddy Holly. Oh oh and you’re [you]”? > IQ3: In the room, do women come and go talking of you? > [@bordelond](#): > > - DQ > - I am not Mary Tyler Moore > - DQ Mongo, from _Blazing Saddles_ Correct Michelangelo, as referenced in T.S. Eliot’s _The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock_ DQ: Died before 1950? DQ: 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 30, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/390 "2021-04-30T01:07:44Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - When Eddie Izzard does standup and wants to tell a tale about God talking to someone, is yours the voice he impersonates? > > > > > - Did you die after being startled by Sergio Aragones? > > > - Did you star in the movie _The Missionary_ ? > > I am not Morgan Freeman > DQ > DQ #1 was James Mason. #2 was Marty Feldman. #3 was Michael Palin. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**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 30, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/391 "2021-04-30T01:24:40Z")
I am **M** 1. I am real 2. I am male 3. I am deceased 4. My first name begins with M 5. I died after 1950 6. I am American ---
**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 30, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/392 "2021-04-30T01:35:51Z")
IQ1: Are you a musician whose mother invented Liquid Paper? IQ2: Are you a German expressionist silent film director? IQ3: Were you once known as Mr. Television? ---
**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 30, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/393 "2021-04-30T02:04:00Z")
DQs: 1. Known for the Arts? 2. Died after 1990? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 30, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/394 "2021-04-30T02:11:26Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a musician whose mother invented Liquid Paper? > IQ2: Are you a German expressionist silent film director? > IQ3: Were you once known as Mr. Television ? 1. I am not Mike Nesmith 2. DQ 3. I am not Milton Berle ---
**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 30, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/395 "2021-04-30T02:13:15Z")
I am **M** 1. I am real 2. I am male 3. I am deceased 4. My first name begins with M 5. I died after 1950 6. I am American 7. I am not known for the arts 8. I died after 1990 ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/396 "2021-04-30T02:29:44Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > > [@kitap](#): > > > > - Are you a female African-American writer who co-founded the Hurst/Wright Foundation? > > - Are you an actress probably best known for playing Nancy Taylor in **Groundhog Day**? > > - Are you a female Irish author perhaps best known for her fictional trilogy **Children of the Famine**? > > I am not Maya Angelou > I am not Andie McDowell > I am not Maeve Binchy Marita Golden, Marita Geraghty, Marita Conlon- McKenna. Marita x3 (I have been waiting for M to pop up again). DQs: 1. Known for science? 2. Caucasian? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 30, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/397 "2021-04-30T02:30:44Z")
IQs: 1. Did you direct the aforementioned movie with Mongo in it? 2. Were you the other main credited actress on _The Dick van Dyke Show_ besides Mary Tyler Moore, since you played Rob’s co-worker Sally Rogers? 3. Did you have a years-long correspondence with T.S. Eliot, who put your picture on his wall? ---
**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 30, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/398 "2021-04-30T02:33:32Z")
DQ: Unusual first name? ---
**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 30, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/399 "2021-04-30T02:47:17Z")
I am **M** 1. I am real 2. I am male 3. I am deceased 4. My first name begins with M 5. I died after 1950 6. I am American 7. I am not known for the arts 8. I died after 1990 9. I am not known for science 10. I am Caucasian 11. My first name is not unusual ---
**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 30, 2021, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/400 "2021-04-30T02:49:31Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you direct the aforementioned movie with Mongo in it? > 2. Were you the other main credited actress on _The Dick van Dyke Show_ besides Mary Tyler Moore, since you played Rob’s co-worker Sally Rogers? > 3. Did you have a years-long correspondence with T.S. Eliot, who put your picture on his wall ? 1. I am not Mel Brooks 2. I am not Rose Marie 3. DQ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348.md?page=21)