# Botticelli - August 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 3, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104 "2019-08-03T05:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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 19, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/121 "2019-08-19T20:57:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Have you played a horse doctor, an African explorer and Peter Minuit? > 2. Are you an eccentric inventor in Duckburg? > 3. Did a neighbor lady tell you that she’d always wanted to tell you just what she thought of you, but, being a Christian woman, she couldn’t say it? Dunno x3. G. 1. real 2. last name begins with G 3. male 4. 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 19, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/122 "2019-08-19T21:56:16Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you played a horse doctor, an African explorer and Peter Minuit? > 2. Are you an eccentric inventor in Duckburg? > 3. Did a neighbor lady tell you that she’d always wanted to tell you just what she thought of you, but, being a Christian woman, she couldn’t say it? > Dunno x3. #1 was Groucho Marx (in, respectively, _A Day at the Races, Animal Crackers_ and _The Story of Mankind_ [in which Harpo played Isaac Newton and Chico played an adviser to Christopher Columbus].) #2 is Gyro Gearloose. #3 is Elvira Gulch from _The Wizard of Oz_. DQs: 1. Born after 1969? 2. Known for the Arts? 3. American? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/123 "2019-08-19T22:08:24Z")
DQ: Actor? ---
**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, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/124 "2019-08-20T02:21:00Z")
IQs: 1. Was your catchphrase “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird.”? 2. Did you write The Shadow series of pulp novels? 3. Did you play the mayor’s wife in _The Music Man_? ---
**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, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/125 "2019-08-20T03:20:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your catchphrase “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird.”? > 2. Did you write The Shadow series of pulp novels? > 3. Did you play the mayor’s wife in _The Music Man_? Dunno, dunno and not Hermione Gringold. G. 1. real 2. last name begins with G 3. male 4. living 5. born before 1969 6. known for the Arts 7. not American 8. actor ---
**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, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/126 "2019-08-20T04:31:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3. 1 was also Groucho Marx; 2 was Bryant Gumbel (in a _Chappelle’s Show_ skit); 3 was Betty Gilpin. DQs: 1. European? 2. born before 1940? IQs: 1. Are you a self-proclaimed Israel psychic and spoon-bender? 2. Did you write “The Unquiet Dead”, “The Idiot’s Lantern”, and other episodes of _Doctor Who_? 3. Have you played a wizard, a Maine sheriff, and an Irish cop (or _garda_)? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/127 "2019-08-20T05:35:13Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in the Road Warrior/Mad Max movies? 2. Did Jay Leno ask you what the hell you were thinking after you got caught with a hooker? 3. Are you number 2’s brother who co-starred in L.A. Story? ---
**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, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/128 "2019-08-20T11:26:45Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your catchphrase “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird.”? > 2. Did you write The Shadow series of pulp novels? > 3. Did you play the mayor’s wife in The Music Man? > Dunno, dunno and not Hermione Gringold. #1 was “Lonesome” George Gobel. #2 was Maxwell Grant. #3 is, indeed, Hermione Gingold. 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 20, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/129 "2019-08-20T14:01:10Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a self-proclaimed Israel psychic and spoon-bender? > 2. Did you write “The Unquiet Dead”, “The Idiot’s Lantern”, and other episodes of _Doctor Who_? > 3. Have you played a wizard, a Maine sheriff, and an Irish cop (or _garda_)?.. Not Uri Geller, dunno, and not the incomparable Brendan Gleeson. > [@atimnie](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in the Road Warrior/Mad Max movies? > 2. Did Jay Leno ask you what the hell you were thinking after you got caught with a hooker? > 3. Are you number 2’s brother who co-starred in L.A. Story? Not Mel Gibson, Hugh Grant or… Percy Grant? G. 1. real 2. last name begins with G 3. male 4. living 5. born before 1969 6. known for the Arts 7. not American 8. actor 9. European 10. born after 1940 ---
**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 20, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/130 "2019-08-20T14:14:57Z")
DQ: Native English speaker? holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/131 "2019-08-20T14:17:27Z")
3 was Richard E. Grant. DQ: British? ---
**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, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/132 "2019-08-20T14:42:18Z")
Richard E. Grant isn’t Hugh Grant’s brother, so I’m inclined to disallow that DQ. G. 1. real 2. last name begins with G 3. male 4. living 5. born before 1969 6. known for the Arts 7. not American 8. actor 9. European 10. born after 1940 11. native English speaker ---
**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, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/133 "2019-08-20T15:24:22Z")
DQs: 1. Best known for movies? 2. Best known for one role? ---
**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, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/134 "2019-08-20T15:55:52Z")
G. 1. real 2. last name begins with G 3. male 4. living 5. born before 1969 6. known for the Arts 7. not American 8. actor 9. European 10. born after 1940 11. native English speaker 12. not best known for movies 13. arguably not best known for one role ---
**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, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/135 "2019-08-20T16:25:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Dumbledore in some of the Harry Potter films? 2. Did you play Prof. Moody in some of the Harry Potter films? 3. Have you been cast to play Batman in DC’s series _Titans_? ---
**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, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/136 "2019-08-20T16:35:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Uri Geller, dunno, and not the incomparable Brendan Gleeson. 2 was Mark Gatiss. DQs: 1. born before 1950? 2. best known from television? IQs: 1. Were you offered the role of Clarence Beeks, but turned it down? 2. Did you play Clarence Beeks? 3. Were you a comedian and sitcom actor known as the Great One? ---
**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, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/137 "2019-08-20T16:49:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Dumbledore in some of the Harry Potter films? > 2. Did you play Prof. Moody in some of the Harry Potter films? > 3. Have you been cast to play Batman in DC’s series _Titans_? Ah, well, I see Mr. Gleeson has already been asked. Never mind #2. ---
**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 20, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/138 "2019-08-20T19:55:51Z")
IQ1: Did Johnny Depp play you in a 1993 film, of which the title asks about eating you? IQ2: Were you the star of the UK version of _The Office_? IQ3: Are you the only member of Monty Python who was born in America? ---
**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, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/139 "2019-08-20T20:04:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Dumbledore in some of the Harry Potter films? > 2. Did you play Prof. Moody in some of the Harry Potter films? > 3. Have you been cast to play Batman in DC’s series _Titans_? Not Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson (earlier asked about, as you note) and dunno. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Were you offered the role of Clarence Beeks, but turned it down? > 2. Did you play Clarence Beeks? > 3. Were you a comedian and sitcom actor known as the Great One? Not George Peppard, dunno, and not Jackie Gleason. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did Johnny Depp play you in a 1993 film, of which the title asks about eating you? > IQ2: Were you the star of the UK version of _The Office_? > IQ3: Are you the only member of Monty Python who was born in America? Not Gilbert Grape, Ricky Gervais or Terry Gilliam. G. 1. real 2. last name begins with G 3. male 4. living 5. born before 1969 6. known for the Arts 7. not American 8. actor 9. European 10. born after 1940 11. native English speaker 12. not best known for movies 13. arguably not best known for one role 14. born after 1950 15. best known from television ---
**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, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/140 "2019-08-20T21:50:48Z")
Correct on the first 2. The last is Iain Glen. IQ: Are you married to Jamie Lee Curtis? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104.md?page=8)