# Botticelli - Aug. 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 2, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881 "2021-08-02T17:36:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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 20, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/201 "2021-08-20T13:31:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you played by Jackie Chan in two movies opposite Owen Wilson? > 2. Did you play Mobius M. Mobius on the Disney+ series _Loki_? > 3. Did you write the songs for _The Music Man_? Not Mr. Wilson, Owen Wilson or that other Mr. (Gareth?) Wilson. > [@MissTake](#): > > DQs > > 1. Have you never eaten a Big Kahuna burger? > 2. Did you and your “sister” assist in a diamond heist? > 3. Did you originally host a popular pick a letter game show? Dunno, dunno and not Vanna White. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you have a recipe for a very large cake that began “Take 40 eggs…” > 2. Were you a news anchorman who told us that was the way it was? > 3. At the end of your first appearance, does your commissioner friend recount to you how a masked, mysterious figure solved the Case of the Criminal Syndicate–but is it revealed afterwards that, unbeknownst to him, you are the secret identity of that mysterious figure? Not Martha Washington, Walter Kronkite or Bruce Wayne. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/202 "2021-08-20T13:40:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Vanna White. Jules Winnfield (_Pulp Fiction_), Otto West (_A Fish Called Wanda_), and Chuck Woolery was the original Wheel of Fortune host DQs: 1. First appeared after 2000? 2. Film win any major awards? 3. Contemporary film (ie not period or futuristic)? ---
**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 20, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/203 "2021-08-20T14:08:10Z")
W. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with W 3. male 4. from film or TV 5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess 6. a main character 7. first appeared after 1970 8. from film, and later TV 9. film first appeared before 2000 10. film did not win any major awards 11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic) Answer #8 revised - thanks. ---
**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 20, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/204 "2021-08-20T14:13:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you played by Jackie Chan in two movies opposite Owen Wilson? > > > 2. Did you play Mobius M. Mobius on the Disney+ series _Loki_ ? > > > 3. Did you write the songs for _The Music Man_ ? > > Not Mr. Wilson, Owen Wilson or that other Mr. (Gareth?) Wilson. #1 was Chon Wang. Correct on Owen. #3 was Meredith Willson, so close enough, I guess. DQ: first appeared after 1989? ---
**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 20, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/205 "2021-08-20T14:19:11Z")
“Gareth” is a good bit different from “Meredith,” although rhyming, so take another DQ, **Prof. P.** W. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with W 3. male 4. from film or TV 5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess 6. a main character 7. first appeared after 1970 8. from film, and later TV 9. film first appeared before 2000 10. film did not win any major awards 11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic) 12. first appeared before 1989 ---
**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 20, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/206 "2021-08-20T14:20:59Z")
DQ: First appeared after 1979? ---
**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 20, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/207 "2021-08-20T14:22:26Z")
W. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with W 3. male 4. from film or TV 5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess 6. a main character 7. first appeared after 1970 8. from film, and later TV 9. film first appeared before 2000 10. film did not win any major awards 11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic) 12. first appeared before 1989 13. first appeared after 1979 ---
**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:** [August 20, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/208 "2021-08-20T15:00:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Martha Washington, Walter Kronkite or Bruce Wayne. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Did you play Unicron at the end of your career? 2. Did you work at the Mystery Shack in a small Oregon town? 3. Were you a player for the Pittsburgh Pirates for 17 years and considered one of the best shortstops, though you’re most known these days for being on the T206 card? ---
**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 20, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/209 "2021-08-20T15:46:17Z")
IQs: 1. Was your place of business at Number 70, Simmery Axe? 2. Did you paint _Christina’s World_? 3. Are you #2’s father, also an artist? ---
**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 20, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/210 "2021-08-20T18:13:19Z")
Oops, I should’ve known better than to misspell Walter Cronkite’s last name. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you play Unicron at the end of your career? > 2. Did you work at the Mystery Shack in a small Oregon town? > 3. Were you a player for the Pittsburgh Pirates for 17 years and considered one of the best shortstops, though you’re most known these days for being on the T206 card? Dunno, dunno and not Willie Stargell. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your place of business at Number 70, Simmery Axe? > 2. Did you paint _Christina’s World_? > 3. Are you #2’s father, also an artist? Dunno, and neither of the Wyeths. ---
**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 20, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/211 "2021-08-20T18:14:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your place of business at Number 70, Simmery Axe? > 2. Did you paint _Christina’s World_ ? > 3. Are you #2’s father, also an artist? #1 was John Wellington Wells, the Sorcerer in Gilbert & Sullivan’s operetta of the same name. Correct on Andrew and N.C. DQ: Considered a good guy? ---
**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 20, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/212 "2021-08-20T18:15:38Z")
W. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with W 3. male 4. from film or TV 5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess 6. a main character 7. first appeared after 1970 8. from film, and later TV 9. film first appeared before 2000 10. film did not win any major awards 11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic) 12. first appeared before 1989 13. first appeared after 1979 14. not entirely a nice person, but a “good guy” in Hollywood terms ---
**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:** [August 20, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/213 "2021-08-20T18:25:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Willie Stargell. 1 was Orson Welles; 2 was _Gravity Falls_’ Wendy; 3 was Honus “The Flying Dutchman” Wagner. DQ: from a mundane movie (i.e. without fantasy or science fiction elements)? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 21, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/214 "2021-08-21T00:32:23Z")
W. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with W 3. male 4. from film or TV 5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess 6. a main character 7. first appeared after 1970 8. from film, and later TV 9. film first appeared before 2000 10. film did not win any major awards 11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic) 12. first appeared before 1989 13. first appeared after 1979 14. not entirely a nice person, but a “good guy” in Hollywood terms 15. from a mundane movie (i.e. without fantasy or science fiction elements) ---
**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 21, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/215 "2021-08-21T12:26:23Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the lead in _Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins_? 2. Did you grouse about chicken jokes on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_? 3. Did you write _Leaves of Grass_? ---
**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 22, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/216 "2021-08-22T02:56:10Z")
Not Remo Williams, dunno and not Walt Whitman. ---
**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 22, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/217 "2021-08-22T13:08:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the lead in _Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins_ ? > 2. Did you grouse about chicken jokes on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_ ? > 3. Did you write _Leaves of Grass_ ? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Remo Williams, dunno and not Walt Whitman. #1 was Fred Ward. #2 was Joanne Worley. Correct on Walt. DQ: From an action/adventure film? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 22, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/218 "2021-08-22T16:56:58Z")
W. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with W 3. male 4. from film or TV 5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess 6. a main character 7. first appeared after 1970 8. from film, and later TV 9. film first appeared before 2000 10. film did not win any major awards 11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic) 12. first appeared before 1989 13. first appeared after 1979 14. not entirely a nice person, but a “good guy” in Hollywood terms 15. from a mundane movie (i.e. without fantasy or science fiction elements) 16. from what may fairly, I think, be described as an action/adventure film Although that’s not how Wikipedia describes it. ---
**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 22, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/219 "2021-08-22T18:26:18Z")
DQ: Caucasian? ---
**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 23, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/220 "2021-08-23T13:08:39Z")
W. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with W 3. male 4. from film or TV 5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess 6. a main character 7. first appeared after 1970 8. from film, and later TV 9. film first appeared before 2000 10. film did not win any major awards 11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic) 12. first appeared before 1989 13. first appeared after 1979 14. not entirely a nice person, but a “good guy” in Hollywood terms 15. from a mundane movie (i.e. without fantasy or science fiction elements) 16. from what may fairly, I think, be described as an action/adventure film 17. Caucasian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881.md?page=12)