# Botticelli - April 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 3, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184 "2022-04-03T11:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 12, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/81 "2022-04-12T13:05:17Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Was the last song you released before your death titled _I Hate Myself and I Want to Die_? > IQ2: Did you compose _Mack the Knife_? > IQ3: Were you a former Disney child star who went on to star in multiple films for director John Carpenter? IQ1: I am not Kurt Cobain? IQ2: I am not Kurt Weil. IQ3: I am not Kurt Russell. Well, there goes the question mark, the first one is now certain to be Cobain. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an early MTV VJ? > 2. Are you secretly Quickdraw McGraw? > 3. Are you the Elegant Elephant of Oz? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not El Kabong. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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 12, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/82 "2022-04-12T15:51:39Z")
Previous IQs: Was a starship named after you in the first JJ Abrams _Star Trek_ film? - Yes, Lord Kelvin Were you a wealthy Satanist who met a bad end in _Angel Heart_? - Ethan Krusemark Were you one of Col. Hogan’s merry little band of military rogues? - Yes, Sgt. Kinchloe DQ: American? IQs: Did you keep half a coconut shell in your office? Were you that person’s spouse? Were you their eldest child? ---
**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 12, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/83 "2022-04-12T19:10:07Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you an early MTV VJ? > > > 2. Are you secretly Quickdraw McGraw? > > > 3. Are you the Elegant Elephant of Oz? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not El Kabong. > 3. Take a DQ. 1 was Kennedy. 2 is El Correcto. 3 is Kabumpo. DQs: 1. American? 2. Known for the Arts? ---
**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 12, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/84 "2022-04-12T19:20:01Z")
Swept me IQ1: Did Ian Fleming intend for you to kill James Bond, until he changed his mind and decided to leave open the possibility of more sequels. IQ2: It wasn’t the airplanes, it was beauty that killed you? IQ3: Do you feel the earth move under your feet? ---
**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 12, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/85 "2022-04-12T20:11:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you keep half a coconut shell in your office? > Were you that person’s spouse? > Were you their eldest child? Respectively: I am not John F. Kennedy. I am not Jackie Kennedy. I am not Caroline Kennedy. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Q1: Did Ian Fleming intend for you to kill James Bond, until he changed his mind and decided to leave open the possibility of more sequels. > IQ2: It wasn’t the airplanes, it was beauty that killed you? > IQ3: Do you feel the earth move under your feet? IQ1: I am not Rosa Klebb. IQ2: I am not King Kong. IQ3: I am not Carole King. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with K 5. American 6. known for the Arts > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQs: > > 1. American? Already asked by 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 12, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/86 "2022-04-12T21:31:05Z")
Another sweep! IQs: Were you a noted investment counselor? Were you a mad scientist and quite possibly a Hitler clone? Did Queen namecheck you in an early hit? ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/87 "2022-04-13T14:14:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a noted investment counselor? > Were you a mad scientist and quite possibly a Hitler clone? > Did Queen namecheck you in an early hit? Respectively: Take a DQ. I am not Krieger. I am not Nikita Khrushchev. ---
**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 13, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/88 "2022-04-13T15:06:41Z")
Mr. Kiplinger, correct and correct (in “Killer Queen”). DQ: Best known for the performing arts? IQs: Were you buried at sea from the deck of a US Navy warship despite technically not being entitled to that honor, by direct order of President Bill Clinton? Were you the first SECWAR? As your fans sing, are you here, are you there, are you every-fucking-where? ---
**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 13, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/89 "2022-04-13T15:28:58Z")
DQ: Died after 1950? ---
**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 13, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/90 "2022-04-13T15:33:25Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an archenemy of Buck Rogers? 2. Did you and Bia help chain Prometheus? 3. Were you the Premiere of the Soviet Union after Khrushchev? ---
**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 13, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/91 "2022-04-13T15:39:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you buried at sea from the deck of a US Navy warship despite technically not being entitled to that honor, by direct order of President Bill Clinton? > Were you the first SECWAR? > As your fans sing, are you here, are you there, are you every-fucking-where? Respectively: I am not John F. Kennedy, Jr. I am not Henry Knox. I am not Kilroy? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an archenemy of Buck Rogers? > 2. Did you and Bia help chain Prometheus? > 3. Were you the Premiere of the Soviet Union after Khrushchev? 1. I am not Killer Kane. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with K 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. best known for the performing arts 8. died after 1950 ---
**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 13, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/92 "2022-04-13T15:45:22Z")
Correct about JFK Jr. and Knox; the last is Roy Kent, a grumpy British soccer star in the terrific sports comedy series _Ted Lasso_. DQ: Best known as an actor? IQs: Did you play a nurse in _MASH_ and a doctor on _Star Trek_? Did you play a cowboy and gunslinger several times before playing a doctor on _Star Trek_? Did you write unauthorized bios of Princess Diana and Frank Sinatra, among others? ---
**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 13, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/93 "2022-04-13T15:49:46Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you an archenemy of Buck Rogers? > > > 2. Did you and Bia help chain Prometheus? > > > 3. Were you the Premiere of the Soviet Union after Khrushchev? > > 1. I am not Killer Kane. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct. #2 was Kratos. #3 was Alexei Kosygin. DQ: Died after 2000? 1 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 13, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/94 "2022-04-13T15:58:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play a nurse in _MASH_ and a doctor on _Star Trek_? > Did you play a cowboy and gunslinger several times before playing a doctor on _Star Trek_? > Did you write unauthorized bios of Princess Diana and Frank Sinatra, among others? Respectively: Take a DQ. I am not DeForrest Kelley. I am not Kitty Kelly? DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with K 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. best known for the performing arts 8. died after 1950 9. best known as an actor 10. died after 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 13, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/95 "2022-04-13T15:59:40Z")
DQ: Known for comedies? ---
**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 13, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/96 "2022-04-13T17:46:31Z")
Swept again. IQ1: Were you the original host of _Nightline_? IQ2: Were you a punk rocker’s rapper alter ego? IQ3: Did you play a vain newscaster, a golfing judge, and a cartoonist? ---
**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 13, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/97 "2022-04-13T18:18:07Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you the original host of _Nightline_? > IQ2: Were you a punk rocker’s rapper alter ego? > IQ3: Did you play a vain newscaster, a golfing judge, and a cartoonist? IQ1: I am not Ted Koppel. IQ2: Take a DQ. IQ3: I am not Ted Knight. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with K 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. best known for the performing arts 8. died after 1950 9. best known as an actor 10. died after 2000 11. not _best_ known for comedies, but had role in series of comedies ---
**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 13, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/98 "2022-04-13T18:29:10Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play a nurse in _MASH_ and a doctor on _Star Trek_? - Sally Kellerman, who died not long ago Did you play a cowboy and gunslinger several times before playing a doctor on _Star Trek_? - Yes, DeForest Kelley Did you write unauthorized bios of Princess Diana and Frank Sinatra, among others? - Yes, Kitty Kelley DQ: Best known for movies? IQs: Were you played first by an English and then by a Scottish actor, who will soon be returning to the role? Were you killed under suspicious circumstances and later had a major theatre named after you? Were you a Golden Age of Hollywood composer of film scores? ---
**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 13, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/99 "2022-04-13T19:16:11Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you the original host of _Nightline_ ? > > > IQ2: Were you a punk rocker’s rapper alter ego? > > > IQ3: Did you play a vain newscaster, a golfing judge, and a cartoonist? > > IQ1: I am not Ted Koppel. > IQ2: Take a DQ. > IQ3: I am not Ted Knight. Correct Dee Dee King, the name Dee Dee Ramone used when releasing his much maligned rap album Correct Holding a DQ ---
**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 13, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/100 "2022-04-13T22:12:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you played first by an English and then by a Scottish actor, who will soon be returning to the role? > Were you killed under suspicious circumstances and later had a major theatre named after you? > Were you a Golden Age of Hollywood composer of film scores? Respectively: I am not Obi-wan Kenobi. I am not Robert F. Kennedy. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with K 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. best known for the performing arts 8. died after 1950 9. best known as an actor 10. died after 2000 11. not _best_ known for comedies, but had role in series of comedies 12. best known for movies [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184.md?page=6)