# 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:** 10
**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 20, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/181 "2024-04-20T22:02:45Z")
Nope. I had my swing-and-a-miss with Tennessee Ernie Ford. I put that up as a clue when I thought of him, hoping to help someone else. You go again, **SCA!** ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/182 "2024-04-20T22:20:38Z")
Oh, man! The name “Lefty Frizzell” popped in my head when the Prof suggested it, but I thought he was a baseball player. ---
**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 20, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/183 "2024-04-20T23:25:20Z")
I’ve only heard of Lefty Wilbury. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/184 "2024-04-20T23:53:42Z")
Oh, dear. Never heard of him. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/185 "2024-04-21T01:57:35Z")
When we got the “Lefty” clue, the only one I could think about who wasn’t a baseball player was Lefty Driesell, basketball coach. ---
**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 21, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/186 "2024-04-21T06:43:26Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Oh, dear. Never heard of him. Either you don’t listen to country, or you’re too young to remember the '60s. 🙂 I am **J**. ---
**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 21, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/187 "2024-04-21T13:26:34Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the Secretary of the Treasury? 2. Did you write the poem _Trees_? 3. In _Blazing Saddles_, did your inn have an orange roof? ---
**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 21, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/188 "2024-04-21T15:10:01Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play for the Chicago Bulls? 2. Are you the hockey mask-wearing associate of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? 3. Did you write _50 Shades of Grey_? ---
**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 21, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/189 "2024-04-21T15:22:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Secretary of the Treasury? > 2. Did you write the poem _Trees_? > 3. In _Blazing Saddles_, did your inn have an orange roof? 1. DQ 2. Not Joyce Kilmer 3. Not … Howard Johnson? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you play for the Chicago Bulls? > 2. Are you the hockey mask-wearing associate of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? > 3. Did you write _50 Shades of Grey_? DQ x3 ---
**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 21, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/190 "2024-04-21T15:45:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you the Secretary of the Treasury? > > 2. Did you write the poem _Trees_? > > 3. In _Blazing Saddles_, did your inn have an orange roof? > > 1. DQ > 2. Not Joyce Kilmer > 3. Not … Howard Johnson? #1 is Janet Yellen. Correct on the others. DQ: Real? ---
**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 21, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/191 "2024-04-21T18:45:45Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you play for the Chicago Bulls? > 2. Are you the hockey mask-wearing associate of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? > 3. Did you write _50 Shades of Grey_? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ x3 1 was Michael Jordan; 2 was Casey Jones; 3 was E.L. James. DQs: 1. male? 2. first name begins with J? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 21, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/192 "2024-04-21T21:14:44Z")
**J**. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name begins with J ---
**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 21, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/193 "2024-04-21T21:25:16Z")
IQs: 1. Did Daniel Webster defend you in _The Devil and Daniel Webster_? 2. Did the townspeople erect a statue to you in Dogpatch? 3. Did you retrieve the golden fleece? ---
**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 21, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/194 "2024-04-21T21:27:22Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Nancy Reagan in Lee Daniels’ _The Butler_? 2. Are you the current Speaker of the US House of Representatives? 3. Were you a pregnant teenager in a 2007 movie? DQ: created by Americans? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/195 "2024-04-21T23:31:02Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a bookie-turned-NFL commentator fired for racist remarks in the 1980s? 2. Were you the first American president who could be an answer to this question? 3. Are you the last American president who could be an answer to this question? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/196 "2024-04-22T00:28:02Z")
1. Did you marry Medea? 2. Were you Ozma’s maid? 3. Did you play John Winchester on **Supernatural**? ---
**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 22, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/197 "2024-04-22T01:16:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Daniel Webster defend you in _The Devil and Daniel Webster_? > 2. Did the townspeople erect a statue to you in Dogpatch? > 3. Did you retrieve the golden fleece? DQ DQ Not Jason > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Nancy Reagan in Lee Daniels’ _The Butler_? > 2. Are you the current Speaker of the US House of Representatives? > 3. Were you a pregnant teenager in a 2007 movie? DQ x3 > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a bookie-turned-NFL commentator fired for racist remarks in the 1980s? > 2. Were you the first American president who could be an answer to this question? > 3. Are you the last American president who could be an answer to this question? DQ Not John Adams Not Joe Biden > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you marry Medea? > 2. Were you Ozma’s maid? > 3. Did you play John Winchester on **Supernatural**? Still not Jason DQ DQ . . . **J**. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name begins with J 4. Created by Americans ---
**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 22, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/198 "2024-04-22T01:19:50Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you play Nancy Reagan in Lee Daniels’ _The Butler_? > 2. Are you the current Speaker of the US House of Representatives? > 3. Were you a pregnant teenager in a 2007 movie? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ x3 1 was Jane Fonda; 2 was Mike Johnson; 3 was Juno. DQs: 1. main character? 2. from prose? 3. created before 1960? ---
**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 22, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/199 "2024-04-22T01:22:36Z")
**J**. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name begins with J 4. Created by Americans 5. Sorta kinda main character 6. Not from prose 7. Created before 1960 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/200 "2024-04-22T02:26:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were you a bookie-turned-NFL commentator fired for racist remarks in the 1980s? > > 2. Were you the first American president who could be an answer to this question? > > 3. Are you the last American president who could be an answer to this question? > > DQ > Not John Adams > Not Joe Biden Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder, and of course correct and correct. DQ: From a comic book? IQs: 1. Are you the eponymous subject of a Heinlein story about the extension of civil rights to genetically enhanced chimpanzees? 2. Did you play a newspaper editor with the catchphrase “Great Caesar’s ghost!” in 1978? 3. Are you the biological father of a mild mannered reporter who worked for the newspaper editor? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756.md?page=11)