# Botticelli - August 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 12, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575 "2016-08-12T16:46:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 12, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/1 "2016-08-12T16:46:35Z")
Previous thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=797340](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=797340) Continuing our march through the alphabet, our next letter is R Have at you! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/2 "2016-08-12T17:11:08Z")
IQ1) Is the penultimate you retired and living like a king in Patagonia? IQ2) Were you one of two USA gymnasts to compete in the women’s all-around final in the Rio Olympics? IQ3) Were you the personal bodyguard for the Empire’s only non-human Grand Admiral? ---
**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 12, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/3 "2016-08-12T17:41:39Z")
Dunno x3, although I assume the third is a _Star Wars_ question. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/4 "2016-08-12T17:49:44Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > IQ1) Is the penultimate you retired and living like a king in Patagonia? > IQ2) Were you one of two USA gymnasts to compete in the women’s all-around final in the Rio Olympics? > IQ3) Were you the personal bodyguard for the Empire’s only non-human Grand Admiral? The Dread Pirate Roberts, Aly Raisman, and Rukh. (Yes, that one was a Star Wars thing - I still mourn the original EU.) DQ) Female? DQ) Real? DQ) Is R the initial of your last 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 12, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/5 "2016-08-12T18:02:23Z")
Damn, you’re good! R. 1. female 2. real 3. last name starts with R ---
**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, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/6 "2016-08-12T19:24:34Z")
IQs: 1. Was a candy bar named after you? 2. Did you write most of the Oz books after L. Frank Baum passed away? 3. Were you stricken to find out that when your husband died he was meeting with his old mistress? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/7 "2016-08-12T19:50:51Z")
IQ1) Are you widely credited as saying “If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit next to me”? IQ2) Did you ever play a character who destroyed his own happily-ever-after by looking at a penny? IQ3) Did your death inspire an urban legend about a cursed character? ---
**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, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/8 "2016-08-13T03:21:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was a candy bar named after you? > 2. Did you write most of the Oz books after L. Frank Baum passed away? > 3. Were you stricken to find out that when your husband died he was meeting with his old mistress? Not “Baby Ruth” Cleveland, dunno, and not Eleanor Roosevelt. > [@Draelin](#): > > IQ1) Are you widely credited as saying “If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit next to me”? > IQ2) Did you ever play a character who destroyed his own happily-ever-after by looking at a penny? > IQ3) Did your death inspire an urban legend about a cursed character? Not Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Christopher Reeve or… dunno. ---
**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, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/9 "2016-08-13T12:34:43Z")
Correct. Ruth Plumley Thompson. Correct. DQ: Living? ---
**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, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/10 "2016-08-13T12:41:18Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Bolivar Shagnasty, Cauliflower McPugg and Junior, the Mean Widdle Kid? 2. Were you the male lead in _What’s Up, Doc?_? 3. Did you arrange and conduct the orchestra for three albums with Linda Ronstadt? ---
**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, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/11 "2016-08-14T19:33:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Bolivar Shagnasty, Cauliflower McPugg and Junior, the Mean Widdle Kid? > 2. Were you the male lead in _What’s Up, Doc?_? > 3. Did you arrange and conduct the orchestra for three albums with Linda Ronstadt? Dunno, not Ryan O’Neal (love that movie!), and not Nelson Riddle. R. 1. female 2. real 3. last name starts with R 4. dead ---
**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, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/12 "2016-08-14T19:39:03Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Bolivar Shagnasty, Cauliflower McPugg and Junior, the Mean Widdle Kid? > 2. Were you the male lead in What’s Up, Doc?? > 3. Did you arrange and conduct the orchestra for three albums with Linda Ronstadt? > Dunno, not Ryan O’Neal (love that movie!), and not Nelson Riddle. #1 was Red Skelton. Correct and correct. DQ: Died after 1900? ---
**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, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/13 "2016-08-14T19:42:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did you dance in a lot of films with Fred Astaire? 2. Were you nominated for an Oscar for your performance in _Howards End_? 3. Are you a popular TV chef-host on the Food Network? ---
**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 15, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/14 "2016-08-15T04:08:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you dance in a lot of films with Fred Astaire? > 2. Were you nominated for an Oscar for your performance in _Howards End_? > 3. Are you a popular TV chef-host on the Food Network? Not Ginger Rogers, dunno, and not Rachael Ray. R. 1. female 2. real 3. last name starts with R 4. dead 5. died after 1900 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/15 "2016-08-15T11:54:25Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > IQ3) Did your death inspire an urban legend about a cursed character? George Reeves, whose suicide initiated the myth of the Superman Curse. DQ: Died after 1950? ---
**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 15, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/16 "2016-08-15T12:34:21Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you dance in a lot of films with Fred Astaire? > 2. Were you nominated for an Oscar for your performance in Howards End? > 3. Are you a popular TV chef-host on the Food Network? > Not Ginger Rogers, dunno, and not Rachael Ray. Correct. Vanessa Redgrave. Correct. DQ: Known for the Arts? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/17 "2016-08-15T15:02:10Z")
IQ’s: 1. Is your father one of the preeminent stoners in history as well as a comic actor? 2. Did you voice Box in _Logan’s Run_? 3. Did you sing about Jessie’s Girl? ---
**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 15, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/18 "2016-08-15T15:47:29Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > IQ’s: > > 1. Is your father one of the preeminent stoners in history as well as a comic actor? > 2. Did you voice Box in _Logan’s Run_? > 3. Did you sing about Jessie’s Girl? Dunno, not Roscoe Lee Browne, not Rick Springfield. R. 1. female 2. real 3. last name starts with R 4. dead 5. died after 1900 6. died after 1950 7. known for the Arts ---
**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 15, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/19 "2016-08-15T15:58:07Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Western villain played by John Astin in a TV movie? 2. Did Tony Randall play you in a comedy film also starring Jayne Mansfield? 3. Were you Jayne’s character in the above-mentioned film? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/20 "2016-08-15T16:09:31Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny Ace] 1. Is your father one of the preeminent stoners in history as well as a comic actor? 2. Did you voice Box in _Logan’s Run_? 3. Did you sing about Jessie’s Girl? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Roscoe Lee Browne, not Rick Springfield. [/QUOTE] Rae Dawn Chong, correct, correct. DQ: American? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575.md?page=2)