# Botticelli - April 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 2, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756 "2024-04-02T20:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 2, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/1 "2024-04-02T20:48:18Z")
Starting off with # D. [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.R4nCboSPs3-qKtBej07MMQHaHa?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.R4nCboSPs3-qKtBej07MMQHaHa?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain) [Last month:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/211) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/2 "2024-04-02T20:59:22Z")
IQs: 1. Was Walter Koenig’s Chekov character on _Star Trek_ modeled after you? 2. Did you write _Taps_ as a general in the Union Army? 3. Did you play the sidekick to Gene Kelly’s character in _Singing In The Rain_? ---
**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 2, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/3 "2024-04-02T21:38:30Z")
IQs: Did a little kid named Elmo often drop by your house? Did the creator of your best-known character say the character was probably going to eventually die of autoerotic asphyxiation? Did you and your girlfriend once use full-body condoms? ---
**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 2, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/4 "2024-04-02T22:23:56Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was Walter Koenig’s Chekov character on _Star Trek_ modeled after you? > 2. Did you write _Taps_ as a general in the Union Army? > 3. Did you play the sidekick to Gene Kelly’s character in _Singing In The Rain_? #3. I am not Donald O’Connor. Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did a little kid named Elmo often drop by your house? > Did the creator of your best-known character say the character was probably going to eventually die of autoerotic asphyxiation? > Did you and your girlfriend once use full-body condoms? #1. I am not Dagwood Bumstead. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/5 "2024-04-03T01:13:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Was Walter Koenig’s Chekov character on _Star Trek_ modeled after you? > > 2. Did you write _Taps_ as a general in the Union Army? > > 3. Did you play the sidekick to Gene Kelly’s character in _Singing In The Rain_? > > #3. I am not Donald O’Connor. > Take 2 DQs. #1 was Davy Jones (of the Monkees, not of the locker.) #2 was Dan Butterfield. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/6 "2024-04-03T02:20:11Z")
Congrats! 1. Did you write, among other works, **The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance**? 2. Do you have a pink kitten named Eureka? 3. Did you win the gold medal in women’s figure skating in 1976? ---
**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 3, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/7 "2024-04-03T02:22:15Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a North American president, but not of the U.S.? 2. Were you Janet on _The Good Place_? 3. As fans of a classic comedy know, are you _not_ an old man–you’re 37? ---
**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 3, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/8 "2024-04-03T03:22:02Z")
Previous IQs: Did a little kid named Elmo often drop by your house? - Yes, Dagwood Bumstead in _Blondie_ Did the creator of your best-known character say the character was probably going to eventually die of autoerotic asphyxiation? - Chris Carter once said that David Duchovny’s _X-Files_ character, FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder, was likely to go that way Did you and your girlfriend once use full-body condoms? - Lt. Frank Drebin in _The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!_ DQs: American? First name start with D? IQs: Did you decline to return for the recent reboot of a popular sitcom originally set in a West Coast city? Are you an actor, best known for sf, with the exact same name as a prominent Vermont businessman of the 1920s? Were you the second-smallest but fastest member of the Parr family? ---
**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 3, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/9 "2024-04-03T12:03:00Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with D ---
**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 3, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/10 "2024-04-03T12:04:12Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Did you write, among other works, **The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance**? > - Do you have a pink kitten named Eureka? > - Did you win the gold medal in women’s figure skating in 1976? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Dorothy Gale. #3. I am not Dorothy Hamill. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a North American president, but not of the U.S.? > 2. Were you Janet on _The Good Place_? > 3. As fans of a classic comedy know, are you _not_ an old man–you’re 37? Take 3 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you decline to return for the recent reboot of a popular sitcom originally set in a West Coast city? > Are you an actor, best known for sf, with the exact same name as a prominent Vermont businessman of the 1920s? > Were you the second-smallest but fastest member of the Parr family? #3. I am not Dash. 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 3, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/11 "2024-04-03T13:45:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Jefferson Davis; 2 was D’arcy Carden; 3 was Dennis, in _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_. DQs: 1. living? 2. known for the arts? 1 DQ 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 3, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/12 "2024-04-03T15:05:11Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:9, topic:999756, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with D 5. Living 6. Not known for the Arts ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/13 "2024-04-03T16:48:43Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a Gold Glove-winning former Yankee shortstop? 2. Did you hold five-star rank in two different militaries? 3. Was an LPGA tournament named in your honor? ---
**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 3, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/14 "2024-04-03T16:53:45Z")
IQs: 1. Did you sing with the Supremes? 2. Did you invent a keyboard with a non-QWERTY layout? 3. In the middle of the journey of our life, did you come to yourself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost? DQ: born after 1970? ---
**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 3, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/15 "2024-04-03T16:58:43Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Are you a Gold Glove-winning former Yankee shortstop? > 2. Did you hold five-star rank in two different militaries? > 3. Was an LPGA tournament named in your honor? 1. I am not Derek Jeter (?). Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Did you sing with the Supremes? > 2. Did you invent a keyboard with a non-QWERTY layout? > 3. In the middle of the journey of our life, did you come to yourself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost? 1. I am not Diana Ross. 2. I am not Dvorak (?). 3. I am not Dante Alighieri. ---
**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 3, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/16 "2024-04-03T16:59:00Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with D 5. Living 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Born before 1970 ---
**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 3, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/17 "2024-04-03T19:06:34Z")
Previous IQs: Did you decline to return for the recent reboot of a popular sitcom originally set in a West Coast city? - David Hyde Pierce, for _Frasier_ Are you an actor, best known for sf, with the exact same name as a prominent Vermont businessman of the 1920s? - Michael Dorn, Worf on _ST:TNG_ and _DS9_ Were you the second-smallest but fastest member of the Parr family? - Yes, Dash, in _The Incredibles_ DQs: Best known for politics/military? White? IQs: Were you a plump judge and personal friend of President Lincoln whom he appointed to SCOTUS? Did your world gain membership in the Second Empire by building a particular form of transportation? Did Patrick Stewart play you onstage in London in late 1985? ---
**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 3, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/18 "2024-04-03T19:10:13Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with D 5. Living 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Born before 1970 8. Best known for politics/military 9. White ---
**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 3, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/19 "2024-04-03T19:10:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a plump judge and personal friend of President Lincoln whom he appointed to SCOTUS? > Did your world gain membership in the Second Empire by building a particular form of transportation? > Did Patrick Stewart play you onstage in London in late 1985? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 3, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/20 "2024-04-03T19:16:56Z")
David Davis (they’d ridden circuit together in rural Illinois, back in the day), the title character in the Jerry Pournelle sf novel _King David’s Spaceship_, and that other King David, in Peter Shaffer’s play _Yonodab_ (and I saw it!). David x3! DQs: Currently holds public office? From a state east of the Mississippi River? IQs: Were you a US senator from Connecticut and a close friend of Ted Kennedy’s? Are you now the senior US senator from Illinois? Are you the recently-deceased senior US senator from California? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756.md?page=2)