# Botticelli -- Aug 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 28, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645 "2020-07-28T21:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/121 "2020-08-04T18:53:44Z")
Yes. Music is a performing but not a visual art. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/122 "2020-08-04T19:46:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you a syrup-chugging Vermont State Trooper? > Were you a world-weary theatre critic about whom David Sedaris wrote? > Were you a barmaid at Cheers? Three DQs. ~~**T**~~ 1 Real 2. Male 3. Not known for the sciences 4. Last name starts with T 5. Dead 6. Known from the Arts 7. American 8. Known (but not best known) from the visual arts (acting, photography, sculpture, painting, etc.) 9. Died after 1899 10. Not best known for the visual arts 11. Died after 1950 12. Have won a top award in my field ---
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/123 "2020-08-04T19:50:31Z")
DQ: Singer, composer or musician? ---
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/124 "2020-08-04T19:58:47Z")
[quote=“SCAdian, post:122, topic:916645”] ~~**T**~~ 1 Real 2. Male 3. Not known for the sciences 4. Last name starts with T 5. Dead 6. Known from the Arts 7. American 8. Known (but not best known) from the visual arts (acting, photography, sculpture, painting, etc.) 9. Died after 1899 10. Not best known for the visual arts 11. Died after 1950 12. Have won a top award in my field 13. Not a singer, composer or musician ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/125 "2020-08-05T01:05:49Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a syrup-chugging Vermont State Trooper? - Thorney (sp?), in _Super Troopers_ Were you a world-weary theatre critic about whom David Sedaris wrote? - Thaddeus Bristol, who penned scathing reviews of childrens’ Christmas pageants: [Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol](https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/8472985/front-row-center-with-thaddeus-bristol) Were you a barmaid at Cheers? - Carla Tortelli DQs: Best known for work behind the scenes? Died after 2000? White? IQs: Were you Penelope’s son? Did Elessar take this name for his royal house? Did Celeborn have this laughable other name? ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/126 "2020-08-05T01:13:28Z")
IQs: 1. Did you drive the Thunderbolt Grease Slapper? 2. Are you aka Greer Grant Nelson in Marvel Comics? 3. Are two of your middle names DeLacey and Giuseppe? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/127 "2020-08-05T07:59:08Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you the main character of Mercedes Lackey’s Arrows of the Queen trilogy? > 2. Did you voice Tony the Tiger for years? > 3. Are you a fictional teen female detective whose best friend is Honey Wheeler? Correct Thurl Ravenscroft Correct DQ: Are you a writer? ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/128 "2020-08-05T13:40:17Z")
Now that the power’s back on… > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Penelope’s son? > Did Elessar take this name for his royal house? > Did Celeborn have this laughable other name? Not Telemachus. Not Telcontar. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you drive the Thunderbolt Grease Slapper? > 2. Are you aka Greer Grant Nelson in Marvel Comics? > 3. Are two of your middle names DeLacey and Giuseppe? Three DQs. ~~**T**~~ 1 Real 2. Male 3. Not known for the sciences 4. Last name starts with T 5. Dead 6. Known from the Arts 7. American 8. Known (but not best known) from the visual arts (acting, photography, sculpture, painting, etc.) 9. Died after 1899 10. Not best known for the visual arts 11. Died after 1950 12. Have won a top award in my field 13. Not a singer, composer or musician 14. Not best known for work behind the scenes 15. Did not die after 2000 16. White 17. A writer, amongst other things ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/129 "2020-08-05T15:37:14Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Penelope’s son? - Yes, Telemachus Did Elessar take this name for his royal house? - Yes, Telcontar Did Celeborn have this laughable other name? - Teleporno DQ: Fiction writer? IQs: Were you the latest caretaker of the Overlook Hotel? Were you JFK’s White House physician? Did you appear in both filmed versions of _Mother, May I Sleep with Danger_? ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/130 "2020-08-05T17:03:33Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you drive the Thunderbolt Grease Slapper? > > > 2. Are you aka Greer Grant Nelson in Marvel Comics? > > > 3. Are two of your middle names DeLacey and Giuseppe? > > Three DQs. #1 was Tom Slick. #2 is Tigra. #3 is Abraham DeLacey Giuseppe Casey Thomas O’Malley, from _The Aristocats_, usually known as simply “Thomas O’Malley” or “O’Malley the Alley Cat”. 3 DQs 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:** [August 6, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/131 "2020-08-06T15:35:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the latest caretaker of the Overlook Hotel? > Were you JFK’s White House physician? > Did you appear in both filmed versions of _Mother, May I Sleep with Danger_ ? Three DQs. ~~**T**~~ 1 Real 2. Male 3. Not known for the sciences 4. Last name starts with T 5. Dead 6. Known from the Arts 7. American 8. Known (but not best known) from the visual arts (acting, photography, sculpture, painting, etc.) 9. Died after 1899 10. Not best known for the visual arts 11. Died after 1950 12. Have won a top award in my field 13. Not a singer, composer or musician 14. Not best known for work behind the scenes 15. Did not die after 2000 16. White 17. A writer, amongst other things 18. Not a fiction writer No more IQs, please. Ask all remaining earned DQs by noon EDT tomorrow. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/132 "2020-08-06T15:51:00Z")
DQs: 1. Died after 1979? 2. Best known from TV? 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:** [August 6, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/133 "2020-08-06T16:21:34Z")
~~**T**~~ 1 Real 2. Male 3. Not known for the sciences 4. Last name starts with T 5. Dead 6. Known from the Arts 7. American 8. Known (but not best known) from the visual arts (acting, photography, sculpture, painting, etc.) 9. Died after 1899 10. Not best known for the visual arts 11. Died after 1950 12. Have won a top award in my field 13. Not a singer, composer or musician 14. Not best known for work behind the scenes 15. Did not die after 2000 16. White 17. A writer, amongst other things 18. Not a fiction writer 19. Died after 1979 20. Probably best known from TV ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/134 "2020-08-06T16:29:40Z")
Last DQ: Known from TV as themselves rather than as an actor? ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/135 "2020-08-06T16:43:49Z")
~~**T**~~ 1 Real 2. Male 3. Not known for the sciences 4. Last name starts with T 5. Dead 6. Known from the Arts 7. American 8. Known (but not best known) from the visual arts (acting, photography, sculpture, painting, etc.) 9. Died after 1899 10. Not best known for the visual arts 11. Died after 1950 12. Have won a top award in my field 13. Not a singer, composer or musician 14. Not best known for work behind the scenes 15. Did not die after 2000 16. White 17. A writer, amongst other things 18. Not a fiction writer 19. Died after 1979 20. Probably best known from TV 21. Known from TV as myself rather than as an actor Waiting for EH’s last three DQs… . > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Last DQ: Known from TV as themselves rather than as an actor? Known to be male, so no need to use “they”… 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/136 "2020-08-06T19:45:37Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the latest caretaker of the Overlook Hotel? - Jack Torrance, in _The Shining_ Were you JFK’s White House physician? - Dr. Janet Travell, the first woman to hold the post Did you appear in both filmed versions of _Mother, May I Sleep with Danger_? - Tori Spelling DQs: Best known as a TV host? Two DQs 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:** [August 7, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/137 "2020-08-07T00:08:36Z")
~~**T**~~ 1 Real 2. Male 3. Not known for the sciences 4. Last name starts with T 5. Dead 6. Known from the Arts 7. American 8. Known (but not best known) from the visual arts (acting, photography, sculpture, painting, etc.) 9. Died after 1899 10. Not best known for the visual arts 11. Died after 1950 12. Have won a top award in my field 13. Not a singer, composer or musician 14. Not best known for work behind the scenes 15. Did not die after 2000 16. White 17. A writer, amongst other things 18. Not a fiction writer 19. Died after 1979 20. Probably **not** best known from TV 21. Known from **broadcasting** as myself rather than as an actor 22. Best known as a **radio** host **Note the changes in the last three 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:** [August 7, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/138 "2020-08-07T14:58:34Z")
Last two DQs: Political radio host? Conservative? ---
**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:** [August 7, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/139 "2020-08-07T18:48:02Z")
~~**T**~~ 1 Real 2. Male 3. Not known for the sciences 4. Last name starts with T 5. Dead 6. Known from the Arts 7. American 8. Known (but not best known) from the visual arts (acting, photography, sculpture, painting, etc.) 9. Died after 1899 10. Not best known for the visual arts 11. Died after 1950 12. Have won a top award in my field 13. Not a singer, composer or musician 14. Not best known for work behind the scenes 15. Did not die after 2000 16. White 17. A writer, amongst other things 18. Not a fiction writer 19. Died after 1979 20. Probably not best known from TV 21. Known from broadcasting as myself rather than as an actor 22. Best known as a radio host 23. Not a political radio host 24. Possibly conservative; son was Earned “Firstname Lastname” questions by 1800 EDT tomorrow (8 Aug), please. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/140 "2020-08-08T00:21:55Z")
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