# 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:** 6
**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 12, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/101 "2021-08-12T23:58:59Z")
Good job, Chock! (I’d vote for Coriolanus as S’s worst play, but YMMV.) ---
**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 13, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/102 "2021-08-13T00:09:43Z")
Guess it wasn’t Parzifal after all. Congrats, Chock! (I dunno, I thought _Pericles_ was OK when I saw it two weeks ago.) ---
**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 13, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/103 "2021-08-13T01:19:16Z")
All right, **CFOHG**! Previous IQs: Were you a candidate for POTUS in the first season of _24_? - David Palmer Were you the homecoming queen found dead in the first season of _Twin Peaks_? - Yes, Laura Palmer Were you her father? - Leland Palmer Palmer x3! ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/104 "2021-08-13T01:45:39Z")
Great! My other 2 Shakespeare guesses were Petruchio and Portia (knew it couldn’t be her but I needed a third Shakespeare character) Next up… **L** ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/105 "2021-08-13T06:19:09Z")
Congrats! 1. Did you play Karen Ross in **Congo**? 2. Do you play Sam Hanna on a TV show? 3. Did you play Antonia in a 1995 USA network version of _My Antonia_? ---
**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 13, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/106 "2021-08-13T12:49:03Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first dog in space? 2. Did you occasionally play on stage as Dr. Winston O’Boogie? 3. Has your character been portrayed by Amy Adams, Teri Hatcher, Phyllis Coates, Margot Kidder, Noel Neill, Lesley Ann Warren and Elizabeth Tulloch? ---
**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 13, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/107 "2021-08-13T13:01:53Z")
IQs: 1. Are you on the American penny? 2. Were you in _All of Me_ with Steve Martin? 3. Did you write letters to politicians, other famous people, and companies in the mid-70s, but were in fact Don Novello? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/108 "2021-08-13T16:43:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Were you the first dog in space? I haven’t given out a single DQ yet … Yes, I am **Laika** I thought for sure a real non-human would take awhile to narrow in on… Is that a new record? ---
**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 13, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/109 "2021-08-13T16:45:22Z")
Not quite. I once won a round with the very first IQ guessed. But that was Tiny Tim and it was Christmastime. I am… [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.Bnve_UcqBN7N6ZFf3LCDJgHaJZ?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.Bnve_UcqBN7N6ZFf3LCDJgHaJZ?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/110 "2021-08-13T18:38:29Z")
Congrats! > [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Did you play Karen Ross in **Congo**? > 2. Do you play Sam Hanna on a TV show? > 3. Did you play Antonia in a 1995 USA network version of _My Antonia_? Laura Linney, LL Cool J, Elina Lowensohn. 1. Did you play one of TV’s Simon brothers? 2. Were you married to Hume Cronyn? 3. Did you play Dean Winchester? ---
**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 13, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/111 "2021-08-13T19:30:53Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create the book-jumping Thursday Next? 2. Were you born Frances Gumm? 3. Did you enjoy steaks cut in the shape of Texas? ---
**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 13, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/112 "2021-08-13T20:35:54Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Laura Linney, LL Cool J, Elina Lowensohn. > > 1. Did you play one of TV’s Simon brothers? > 2. Were you married to Hume Cronyn? > 3. Did you play Dean Winchester? #2. I am not Jessica Tandy. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create the book-jumping Thursday Next? > 2. Were you born Frances Gumm? > 3. Did you enjoy steaks cut in the shape of Texas? 1. I am not Jasper ffolkes ( I love the spies talking in footnotes). 2. I am not Judy Garland. Take a DQ. ---
**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 13, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/113 "2021-08-13T21:29:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Jasper ffolkes ( I love the spies talking in footnotes). > 2. I am not Judy Garland. > Take a DQ. Close enough on Jasper Fforde; 3 was Lyndon Johnson. DQ: real? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/114 "2021-08-13T22:09:33Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > > [@kitap](#): > > > > Congrats! > > > > 1. Did you play Karen Ross in **Congo**? > > 2. Do you play Sam Hanna on a TV show? > > 3. Did you play Antonia in a 1995 USA network version of _My Antonia_? > > Laura Linney, LL Cool J, Elina Lowensohn. > > 1. Did you play one of TV’s Simon brothers? > 2. Were you married to Hume Cronyn? > 3. Did you play Dean Winchester? Jameson Parker, correct, Jensen Ackles DQs: 1. Female? 1\_DQ reserved ---
**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 13, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/115 "2021-08-13T22:16:31Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Female ---
**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 14, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/116 "2021-08-14T01:43:33Z")
IQs 1. Did your fiancé forget to tell you he was already married to a woman with serious mental issues? 2. Were you the only woman the eponymous matchmaker was envious of? 3. Did you fall in love with a man raised by wildlife? ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/117 "2021-08-14T02:02:49Z")
IQs 1. As it turns out, did you end up living with your wheelchair-bound sister and putting on too much makeup? 2. Did you encounter a giant swimming rabbit? 3. Do you currently hold the role formerly of (to name the last three in chronological order) David, Matt, and Peter, though you’ll be leaving soon? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/118 "2021-08-14T02:12:09Z")
1. Did you once say “I’m not bad; I’m just drawn that way”? 2. Did you play Sam Winchester? 3. Did you play Sara Sidle? ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/119 "2021-08-14T02:33:27Z")
Wow, well done - that was fast, **Prof. P.**! J it is. IQs: Did you joke that you would announce an important appointment by whispering out your house’s door at 3am to an empty street? Were you that person’s wife? Were you their child? ---
**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 14, 2021, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/120 "2021-08-14T12:10:39Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did your fiancé forget to tell you he was already married to a woman with serious mental issues? > 2. Were you the only woman the eponymous matchmaker was envious of? > 3. Did you fall in love with a man raised by wildlife? 1. I am not Jane Eyre. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Jane Porter. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs > > 1. As it turns out, did you end up living with your wheelchair-bound sister and putting on too much makeup? > 2. Did you encounter a giant swimming rabbit? > 3. Do you currently hold the role formerly of (to name the last three in chronological order) David, Matt, and Peter, though you’ll be leaving soon? 1. I am not Baby Jane. 2. I am not Jimmy Carter. 3. I am not Jodie Whitaker. > [@kitap](#): > > - Did you once say “I’m not bad; I’m just drawn that way”? > - Did you play Sam Winchester? > - Did you play Sara Sidle? 1. I am not Jessica Rabbit. Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you joke that you would announce an important appointment by whispering out your house’s door at 3am to an empty street? > Were you that person’s wife? > Were you their child? 1. I am not John F. Kennedy. 2. I am not Jacqueline Kennedy. 3. I am not JFK, Jr. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881.md?page=7)