# Botticelli - August 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 5, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053 "2015-08-05T12:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/41 "2015-08-06T15:33:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you once visit Germany with your best friend LeMoyne? > Did you call your new house Glen Ora? > Did Elaine lust for you at the gym? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Jackie Kennedy Onassis. I am not John Travolta. Take more DQ’s if I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/42 "2015-08-06T15:53:17Z")
IQ1) Were you a Pulitzer-winning playwright, the son-in-law of Jackie Gleason, and the father of a movie star? IQ2) Do you hold the NBA record for career assists? IQ3) Did Reg Dwight pay homage to you when he made up his stage 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 6, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/43 "2015-08-06T15:55:29Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you a Pulitzer-winning playwright, the son-in-law of Jackie Gleason, and the father of a movie star? > > IQ2) Do you hold the NBA record for career assists? > > IQ3) Did Reg Dwight pay homage to you when he made up his stage name? Take 3 DQs. I know Reg Dwight is Elton John, but I don’t know where he took the elements of his name. ---
**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, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/44 "2015-08-06T16:18:52Z")
Previous IQs: Did you once visit Germany with your best friend LeMoyne [Billings]? - JFK: [http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/23/article-2329556-19F5089C000005DC-569\_634x511.jpg](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/23/article-2329556-19F5089C000005DC-569_634x511.jpg) Did you call your new house Glen Ora? - Yes, Jackie Kennedy. Did Elaine lust for you at the gym? - JFK Jr., on _Seinfeld_. DQs: British? Actor? IQs: Did you marry an expatriate Russian ballerina? Were you JFK’s ambassador to India? Did your wife praise another VIP as “modest, wise and good”? ---
**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, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/45 "2015-08-06T16:55:32Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with J, not the First 7. European 8. Over 49 years of age 9. British 10. Best known as an actor, though he has other talents ---
**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, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/46 "2015-08-06T16:56:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you marry an expatriate Russian ballerina? > Were you JFK’s ambassador to India? > Did your wife praise another VIP as “modest, wise and good”? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/47 "2015-08-06T17:46:32Z")
IQ1: Are you a longtime _Mad_ artist, known for the back cover fold-ins? IQ2: Are you the artist for the comic strip _For Better or For Worse_? IQ3: Are you the original animator for _Ren and Stimpy_? ---
**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, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/48 "2015-08-06T18:50:51Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a longtime _Mad_ artist, known for the back cover fold-ins? > IQ2: Are you the artist for the comic strip _For Better or For Worse_? > IQ3: Are you the original animator for _Ren and Stimpy_? Take a DQ for 1. I am not Lynn Johnston. I am not Jon Kricfalusi (sp.?). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/49 "2015-08-06T19:22:48Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you a Pulitzer-winning playwright, the son-in-law of Jackie Gleason, and the father of a movie star? > > IQ2) Do you hold the NBA record for career assists? > > IQ3) Did Reg Dwight pay homage to you when he made up his stage name? Jason Miller, author of _ **That Championship Season** _, married Jackie Gleason’s daughter. His son is Jason Patric. John Stockton holds the assists record. Organist Reg Dwight named himself after two guys who were in the band Bluesology with him: sax player Elton Dean and 6’8" singer “Long” John Baldry. DQ) Have you ever won an Oscar or Tony Award? DQ) Are you English, rather than Irish, Welsh or Scottish? DQ) Over 70? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/50 "2015-08-06T19:28:06Z")
IQ1) Have you played a crime-solving monk on television? IQ2) Are you a former pro soccer player who now makes his living playing tough guys on TV and in movies? IQ3) Did you used to go by the first name “Leaf”? ---
**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, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/51 "2015-08-06T19:40:44Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with J, not the First 7. European 8. Over 49 years of age 9. British 10. Best known as an actor, though he has other talents 11. Never won an Oscar or Tony 12. Not English 13. Over 70 ---
**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, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/52 "2015-08-06T19:41:44Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Have you played a crime-solving monk on television? > > IQ2) Are you a former pro soccer player who now makes his living playing tough guys on TV and in movies? > > IQ3) Did you used to go by the first name “Leaf”? I am not Derek Jacobi. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/53 "2015-08-06T19:47:53Z")
Previous IQs: Did you marry an expatriate Russian ballerina? - British economist John Maynard Keynes. Were you JFK’s ambassador to India? - John Kenneth Galbraith. Did your wife praise another VIP as “modest, wise and good”? - Abigal Adams, John’s wife, said this about George Washington. John x3! DQs: Also a singer? Generally considered handsome? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you write _Children of Men_? Were you “the Napoleon of Crime”? Were you awarded the Palm Leaf of Axanar? ---
**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, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/54 "2015-08-06T20:11:33Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with J, not the First 7. European 8. Over 49 years of age 9. British 10. Best known as an comedic actor, though he has other talents 11. Never won an Oscar or Tony 12. Not English 13. Over 70 14. Not a singer, but he’s sung in movies and TV 15. Not considered handsome ---
**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, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/55 "2015-08-06T20:13:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write _Children of Men_? > Were you “the Napoleon of Crime”? > Were you awarded the Palm Leaf of Axanar? Take DQs for 1 and 3. I am not James Moriarty. ---
**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, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/56 "2015-08-06T20:26:17Z")
Previous IQs: Did you write _Children of Men_? - P.D. James. Were you “the Napoleon of Crime”? - Yes, Prof. James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’s arch-nemesis. Were you awarded the Palm Leaf of Axanar? - James T. Kirk. James x3! DQs: Appeared in any _Harry Potter_ movies? Has been knighted? One DQ still 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 6, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/57 "2015-08-06T20:37:00Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with J, not the First 7. European 8. Over 49 years of age 9. British 10. Best known as an comedic actor, though he has other talents 11. Never won an Oscar or Tony 12. Not English 13. Over 70 14. Not a singer, but he’s sung in movies and TV 15. Not considered handsome 16. Did not appear in any Harry Potter movies 17. Has NOT been knighted. He’s played a knight, though. ---
**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, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/58 "2015-08-06T21:10:08Z")
IQs: Are you the Welsh crooner perhaps best known for “What’s New, Pussycat?” ---
**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, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/59 "2015-08-06T21:18:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the Welsh crooner perhaps best known for “What’s New, Pussycat?” I am not Tom Jones. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/60 "2015-08-06T22:57:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for 1. > I am not Lynn Johnston. > I am not Jon Kricfalusi (sp.?). Al Jaffee, correct x2 holding a DQ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=4)