# Botticelli - August 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 1, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593 "2017-08-01T20:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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 11, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/161 "2017-08-11T18:05:43Z")
“Jersey” Joe Walcott, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis DQ: Real? DQ: First name start with J? DQ: Male? ---
**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 11, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/162 "2017-08-11T18:15:38Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Female ---
**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 11, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/163 "2017-08-11T18:20:42Z")
Way to go, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Are you a very thin musician with four letters in your first name and three in your last? - Yes, Iggy Pop Did you make a guest appearance, performing for children and winning the heart of Phoebe Buffay, on _Friends_? - Chris Isaacs Will you soon be on TV, playing the captain of the USS _Discovery_? - Jason Isaacs, in the upcoming ST series IQs: Was your wife’s pet name for you “Bunny”? Did Leticia Baldridge work for you in the early 1960s? Was your sister recently U.S. ambassador to Japan? ---
**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 11, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/164 "2017-08-11T18:35:00Z")
IQ1: Were you a NY Yankees shortstop for 20 seasons, nicknamed “Mr. November” due to your outstanding play in the postseason? IQ2: Did you star opposite Bill Murray in 2003’s\* Lost in Translation\*? IQ3: Are you a country artist known for the hits _Angel of the Morning_ and _It’s a Heartache_? ---
**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 11, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/165 "2017-08-11T21:19:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your wife’s pet name for you “Bunny”? > Did Leticia Baldridge work for you in the early 1960s? > Was your sister recently U.S. ambassador to Japan? 1. I’m-a gonna guess Jack Kennedy, who I am not. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 11, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/166 "2017-08-11T21:21:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a NY Yankees shortstop for 20 seasons, nicknamed “Mr. November” due to your outstanding play in the postseason? > IQ2: Did you star opposite Bill Murray in 2003’s\* Lost in Translation\*? > IQ3: Are you a country artist known for the hits _Angel of the Morning_ and _It’s a Heartache_? 1. I am not the illustrious Derek Jeter. 2. I am not Scarlett Johannsen. (sp?) 3. I am not Juice Newton. ---
**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 11, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/167 "2017-08-11T22:26:11Z")
Never heard of him. IQ1: Did you recite a four-line poem advising people to enlist in the Marine Corps? IQ2: Did you move to California with your mother-in-law, your only child, and a cousin? IQ3: Are you that cousin? ---
**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 11, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/168 "2017-08-11T22:33:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Never heard of him. > IQ1: Did you recite a four-line poem advising people to enlist in the Marine Corps? > IQ2: Did you move to California with your mother-in-law, your only child, and a cousin? > IQ3: Are you that cousin? Take a DQ for #1. 2) I am not Tom Joad. 3) I am not Casey Joad. (??) Take 1 or 2 DQs. 3 if Tom is wrong as well. ---
**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 11, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/169 "2017-08-11T22:49:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you recite a four-line poem advising people to enlist in the Marine Corps? > IQ2: Did you move to California with your mother-in-law, your only child, and a cousin? > IQ3: Are you that cousin? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > 2) I am not Tom Joad. > 3) I am not Casey Joad. (??) > > Take 1 or 2 DQs. 3 if Tom is wrong as well. John Wayne, on _Laugh-In_. The sky is blue. The grass is green. Get off your butt And join the Marines. I was thinking of Jed Clampett and Jethro Bodine. I’ve never read _The Grapes of Wrath_(?), so I’ve no idea if your answers fit. DQ: Living? Two(?) DQs 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 11, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/170 "2017-08-11T23:09:48Z")
SCAdian: Take 2 more. Tom Joad, on reflection, was unmarried and without children. ---
**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 11, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/171 "2017-08-11T23:10:48Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Female 4. Living ---
**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 11, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/172 "2017-08-11T23:37:10Z")
DQ1: American? DQ2: Known for the Arts? ---
**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 12, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/173 "2017-08-12T00:38:42Z")
IQ1: Are you the owner of the Dallas Cowboys? IQ2: Are you his former head coach and now a FOX NFL announcer? IQ3: Are you the head coach of the Chicago Bears? ---
**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, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/174 "2017-08-12T00:58:15Z")
Previous IQs: Was your wife’s pet name for you “Bunny”? - Yes, JFK Did Leticia Baldridge work for you in the early 1960s? - Jackie Kennedy; Baldridge was her White House social secretary Was your sister recently U.S. ambassador to Japan? - The late JFK Jr. DQs: Born since 1964? Considered a beauty? IQs: Are you a politician born in a city with a Dunder-Mifflin branch office? Did God tell you in a dream not to dump your fiancee? Were you one of the angels speaking at the beginning of _It’s A Wonderful Life_? ---
**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, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/175 "2017-08-12T02:00:11Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Female 4. Living 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Born before 1964 8. Considered a beauty ---
**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, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/176 "2017-08-12T02:01:12Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the owner of the Dallas Cowboys? > IQ2: Are you his former head coach and now a FOX NFL announcer? > IQ3: Are you the head coach of the Chicago Bears? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/177 "2017-08-12T02:02:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a politician born in a city with a Dunder-Mifflin branch office? > Did God tell you in a dream not to dump your fiancee? > Were you one of the angels speaking at the beginning of _It’s A Wonderful Life_? #2. I am not Joseph. Take 2 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 12, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/178 "2017-08-12T17:17:51Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the owner of the Dallas Cowboys? > IQ2: Are you his former head coach and now a FOX NFL announcer? > IQ3: Are you the head coach of the Chicago Bears? > > Take 3 DQs. Jerry Jones, Jimmy Johnson, John Fox DQ: European? DQ: Known for the Performing Arts? holding a DQ ---
**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 12, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/179 "2017-08-12T17:20:12Z")
IQ1: Are you the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens? IQ2: Are you his brother, head coach of the Michigan Wolverines? IQ3: Are you the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys? ---
**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, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/180 "2017-08-12T17:59:53Z")
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