# 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:** 2
**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, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/21 "2024-04-03T19:22:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Diana Ross. > 2. I am not Dvorak (?). > 3. I am not Dante Alighieri. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Did you grin a raccoon out of a tree? 2. “Unhand her, [you]! Unhand her, [you]!..Hey, we’re in a rut”? 3. Were you the “her” referred to above? ---
**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, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/22 "2024-04-03T21:52:54Z")
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 10. Not currently in public office 11. From a state east of the Mississippi River ---
**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, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/23 "2024-04-03T21:53:40Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you grin a raccoon out of a tree? > 2. “Unhand her, [you]! Unhand her, [you]!..Hey, we’re in a rut”? > 3. Were you the “her” referred to above? 1. I am not Davy, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier 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, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/24 "2024-04-03T22:03:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Dan Backslide, in the Merrie Melodies cartoon “The Dover Boys”; 3 was dainty Dora Standpipe. DQs: 1. born after 1950? 2. best known specifically from politics? ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/25 "2024-04-03T22:24:10Z")
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 10. Not currently in public office 11. From a state east of the Mississippi River 12. Born before 1950 13. Best known specifically from politics ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/26 "2024-04-04T01:54:13Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 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? Dorothy M. Johnson, correct, correct. DQ: From the South? ---
**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, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/27 "2024-04-04T12:34:44Z")
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 10. Not currently in public office 11. From a state east of the Mississippi River 12. Born before 1950 13. Best known specifically from politics 14. Not from the South ---
**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 4, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/28 "2024-04-04T16:51:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you marry Mary Pickford? 2. La la LA la LA, la la LA la LA…were you a deadpan 90s MTV teen and student at Lawndale High? 3. Are you a former president of the European Council? ---
**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, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/29 "2024-04-04T17:15:39Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you marry Mary Pickford? > 2. La la LA la LA, la la LA la LA…were you a deadpan 90s MTV teen and student at Lawndale High? > 3. Are you a former president of the European Council? 1. I am not Douglas Fairbanks. 2. I am not Daria. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/30 "2024-04-04T18:51:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 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. Correct, #1 was Derek Jeter. #2 was Douglas MacArthur (U.S. and Phillipines) #3 was Dinah Shore. DQ1: From a state east of the West Virginia Panhandle? 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 4, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/31 "2024-04-04T19:09:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Douglas Fairbanks. > 2. I am not Daria. > 3. Take a DQ. 3 (European Council) was Donald Tusk. DQ (to get it out of the way): held political office? ---
**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, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/32 "2024-04-04T19:38:22Z")
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 10. Not currently in public office 11. From a state east of the Mississippi River 12. Born before 1950 13. Best known specifically from politics 14. Not from the South 15. From a state east of West Virginia’s Panhandle 16. Held political office ---
**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 4, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/33 "2024-04-04T20:23:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? Ahem. ---
**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, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/34 "2024-04-04T20:55:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? Ahem. Mea culpa! 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 4, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/35 "2024-04-04T21:02:08Z")
No worries, and thanks. 'Twas Chris Dodd, Dick Durbin and Dianne Feinstein. DQs: A Democrat? Best known for Federal office? Best known for elective office? IQs: Did Christopher Lee play you in the _Star Wars_ prequels? Were you Governor of Ohio during the Civil War? Did you ride across the British countryside pulling a huge bag labeled “SWAG”? ---
**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 4, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/36 "2024-04-04T21:02:53Z")
IQs: 1. Were you constantly ogled by your boss, working 9 to 5 at Consolidated Companies (it’s enough to drive you crazy if you let it)? 2. Did you play the above character? 3. Did you play her boss? ---
**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, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/37 "2024-04-04T22:16:13Z")
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 10. Not currently in public office 11. From a state east of the Mississippi River 12. Born before 1950 13. Best known specifically from politics 14. Not from the South 15. From a state east of West Virginia’s Panhandle 16. Held political office 17. Democrat 18. Not best known for Federal office 19. Equally well known, IMHO, for serving in an elective office, and for not serving in one particular elective office. ---
**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, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/38 "2024-04-04T22:18:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did Christopher Lee play you in the _Star Wars_ prequels? > Were you Governor of Ohio during the Civil War? > Did you ride across the British countryside pulling a huge bag labeled “SWAG”? 1. I am not Count Dooku. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you constantly ogled by your boss, working 9 to 5 at Consolidated Companies (it’s enough to drive you crazy if you let it)? > 2. Did you play the above character? > 3. Did you play her boss? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Dolly Parton. 3. I am not Dabney Coleman. That gives us at least 3 outstanding DQ’s, enough to put us over the 20 limit. So, please ask all unasked DQs by 6pm EDT tomorrow. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/39 "2024-04-05T00:11:07Z")
Last DQ: from east of the Hudson River? ---
**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, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/40 "2024-04-05T02:51:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Dolly Parton. > 3. I am not Dabney Coleman. 1 was Doralee Rhodes. You can tell from these sometimes what I’ve seen lately. 1 DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756.md?page=3)