# Botticelli - April 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 1, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476 "2025-04-01T22:19:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/201 "2025-04-28T07:02:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did A A Milne write a poem about you and your mother? > IQ2: Did you play a reporter in Rome, an LRDG captain, and a USAAF general? > IQ3: Did your associates include Stomper andFrito? 1. I am not Gregory Peck. Take 2 DQs. > [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Did you audition for the voice role of Fred Flintstone before landing the role of another iconic TV dad? > 2. Were you approached by Sandra Bullock to produce and star in a TV program of a specific genre? > 3. Did you briefly share an apartment with Mel Gibson while both of you were appearing in a stage play? Take 3 DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did Chris O’Donnell play you on _NCIS::LA_? > 2. Did you write _The Phantom of the Opera_? > 3. Were you the announcer for the highly acclaimed, jabbery-jabber, copper-plated 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? Take a DQ. I am not Gaston LeRoux. I am not Dr. Goon. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you capture Vincennes and Kaskaskia? > Did you say, “The French do not care what they say, so long as they pronounce it correctly?” > Did you meet and were photographed with Babe Ruth while you were in college? I am not George Rogers Clark. I am not… David Lloyd George? I am not… George H.W. Bush? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/202 "2025-04-28T14:18:05Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you audition for the voice role of Fred Flintstone before landing the role of another iconic TV dad? > > 2. Were you approached by Sandra Bullock to produce and star in a TV program of a specific genre? > > 3. Did you briefly share an apartment with Mel Gibson while both of you were appearing in a stage play? > > Take 3 DQs. 1. George O’Hanlon (The Jetsons) 2. George Lopez 3. Geoffrey Rush ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/203 "2025-04-28T14:18:56Z")
DQS: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name start with G? ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/204 "2025-04-28T14:29:46Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did Chris O’Donnell play you on _NCIS::LA_? > > 2. Did you write _The Phantom of the Opera_? > > 3. Were you the announcer for the highly acclaimed, jabbery-jabber, copper-plated 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > Take a DQ. > I am not Gaston LeRoux. > I am not Dr. Goon. #1 was G. Calen. Correct on #2. #3 was Wallace Greenslade. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/205 "2025-04-28T15:45:54Z")
# G 1. Real 2. Male 3. First _and_ last name both start with G ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/206 "2025-04-28T16:16:08Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did A A Milne write a poem about you and your mother? > > IQ2: Did you play a reporter in Rome, an LRDG captain, and a USAAF general? > > IQ3: Did your associates include Stomper andFrito? > > 1. I am not Gregory Peck. James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree correct Goodgulf Greyteeth (who travelled to Fordor with Frito Bugger, Pepsi and Moxie, Spam, Arrowroot son of Arrowshirt – aka Stomper – Gimlet the dwarf, Legolam the elf, and Bromosel) DQ1: American? DQ2: Living? IQ: Were you a mid-20th century pro wrestler whose “first Name” was an adjective describing his appearance? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/207 "2025-04-28T16:19:44Z")
# G 1. Real 2. Male 3. First _and_ last name both start with G 4. American 5. Dead ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/208 "2025-04-28T16:20:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Were you a mid-20th century pro wrestler whose “first Name” was an adjective describing his appearance? I am not Gorgeous George. ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/209 "2025-04-28T16:24:34Z")
DQs: 1. Died before 1950? 2. 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 28, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/210 "2025-04-28T16:27:22Z")
# G 1. Real 2. Male 3. First _and_ last name both start with G 4. American 5. Dead 6. Died after 1950 7. Not known for the arts ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/211 "2025-04-28T19:09:32Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an Oscar-winning actor who murdered your wife three weeks after the wedding? 2. Did you serve your country as a combat trainer, teaching soldiers gymnastics and calisthenics? 3. Were you a college athlete who was suspended indefinitely from your team for repeatedly tripping opponents? ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/212 "2025-04-28T20:18:47Z")
IQs: 1. Was your catchphrase, “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird.”? 2. Were you a stand-up comic who was fired from voicing a duck? 3. Did you compose the score for _Porgy and Bess_? ---
**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 28, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/213 "2025-04-28T21:15:53Z")
IQ1: Were you the Winter Queen’s best-known grandson? IQ2: Were you #1’s best-known great-grandson? IQ3: Were you the best-known person from Gath? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/214 "2025-04-29T00:17:54Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > - Were you an Oscar-winning actor who murdered your wife three weeks after the wedding? > - Did you serve your country as a combat trainer, teaching soldiers gymnastics and calisthenics? > - Were you a college athlete who was suspended indefinitely from your team for repeatedly tripping opponents? Take 3 DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Was your catchphrase, “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird.”? > 2. Were you a stand-up comic who was fired from voicing a duck? > 3. Did you compose the score for _Porgy and Bess_? I am not… George Gobel? I am not Gilbert Gottfried. I am not George Gershwin. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the Winter Queen’s best-known grandson? > IQ2: Were you #1’s best-known great-grandson? > IQ3: Were you the best-known person from Gath? I am not George I of Britain. I am not George II of Britain. I am not Goliath. ---
**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 29, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/215 "2025-04-29T01:49:45Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you the Winter Queen’s best-known grandson? > > IQ2: Were you #1’s best-known great-grandson? > > IQ3: Were you the best-known person from Gath? > > I am not George I of Britain. > I am not George II of Britain. > I am not Goliath. correct George III correct DQ: Known for politics/military? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/216 "2025-04-29T02:15:32Z")
1. Is your best friend and fellow basement public access show star Wayne? 2. Did you play Nick Stokes on **CSI**? 3. Were you married to Jean Smart? ---
**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 29, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/217 "2025-04-29T02:40:20Z")
Previous IQs: Did you capture Vincennes and Kaskaskia? - Yes, George Rogers Clark Did you say, “The French do not care what they say, so long as they pronounce it correctly?” - George Bernard Shaw Did you meet and were photographed with Babe Ruth while you were in college? - [Yes, GHWB, in 1948](https://www.mlb.com/cut4/george-h-w-bush-met-babe-ruth-in-1948-c301340278) George x3 redux! DQ: Died after 1975? IQs: Were you Capt. Picard’s old archeology professor? Were you a noted Luftwaffe general who wore a mustache? Do you appear once, briefly, in a car, in Robert Harris’s novel _Fatherland_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/218 "2025-04-29T03:01:30Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Is your best friend and fellow basement public access show star Wayne? > - Did you play Nick Stokes on **CSI**? > - Were you married to Jean Smart? I am not Garth. Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Capt. Picard’s old archeology professor? > Were you a noted Luftwaffe general who wore a mustache? > Do you appear once, briefly, in a car, in Robert Harris’s novel _Fatherland_? Take a DQ. I am not… Hermann Goering? (I don’t remember him wearing a mustache) I am not… Joseph Goebbels? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/219 "2025-04-29T03:02:49Z")
# G 1. Real 2. Male 3. First _and_ last name both start with G 4. American 5. Dead 6. Died after 1950 7. Not known for the arts 8. Known for politics/military 9. Died after 1975 ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/220 "2025-04-29T03:25:51Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Capt. Picard’s old archeology professor? - Prof. Galen Were you a noted Luftwaffe general who wore a mustache? - Not Goering, but Adolf Galland Do you appear once, briefly, in a car, in Robert Harris’s novel _Fatherland_? - Yes, Joseph Goebbels DQs: Best known for politics? White? IQs: Are you considered the Father of D&D? Were you a noted naval aviation survivor of the Battle of Midway? Were you the second person to play Lando Calrissian? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476.md?page=12)