# 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:** 8
**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 21, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/141 "2019-08-21T03:39:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQ: Are you married to Jamie Lee Curtis? Not Christopher, Baron Haden-Guest. ---
**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 21, 2019, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/142 "2019-08-21T11:06:16Z")
DQ: Well (or best) known from a TV series produced this century? ---
**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 21, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/143 "2019-08-21T15:06:31Z")
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 16. well (or best) known from a TV series produced this century ---
**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 21, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/144 "2019-08-21T15:40:51Z")
IQs: 1. Were you married to Gene Wilder? 2. Though not married to him, did Gene Wilder admit to having an affair with you? 3. Did John Cleese say at your funeral: “Good riddance to him, the freeloading bastard! I hope he fries.”? ---
**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 21, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/145 "2019-08-21T15:57:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you married to Gene Wilder? > 2. Though not married to him, did Gene Wilder admit to having an affair with you? > 3. Did John Cleese say at your funeral: “Good riddance to him, the freeloading bastard! I hope he fries.”? Not Gilda Radner, dunno (“him”?!?), and not Graham Chapman. ---
**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 21, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/146 "2019-08-21T17:20:09Z")
IQ1: Are you a longtime tuxedo-wearing wrestling announcer who passed away this past January? IQ2: Are you considered the NFL insider for Fox Sports? IQ3: Were you a longtime Monday Night Football play-by-play caller alongside Howard Cosell and Don Meredith? ---
**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 21, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/147 "2019-08-21T18:06:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Gilda Radner, dunno (“him”?!?), and not Graham Chapman. Correct on Gilda. Gene had an affair with Teri Garr during the making of \*Young Frankenstein. \* Correct on Graham. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 21, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/148 "2019-08-21T18:45:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not George Peppard, dunno, and not Jackie Gleason. 1 was G. Gordon Liddy; 2 was Paul Gleason. DQ: born after 1960? IQs: 1. Do you teach at Riverdale High? 2. Did your husband nickname a record-setting aircraft after you? 3. Did you play Babu Bhatt on _Seinfeld_ and Bashir’s father on _Star Trek: Deep Space 9_? ---
**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 21, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/149 "2019-08-21T19:21:23Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a longtime tuxedo-wearing wrestling announcer who passed away this past January? > IQ2: Are you considered the NFL insider for Fox Sports? > IQ3: Were you a longtime Monday Night Football play-by-play caller alongside Howard Cosell and Don Meredith? Dunno, dunno, and not… Bryant Gumbel? Probably not. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Do you teach at Riverdale High? > 2. Did your husband nickname a record-setting aircraft after you? > 3. Did you play Babu Bhatt on _Seinfeld_ and Bashir’s father on _Star Trek: Deep Space 9_? Not Mrs. Grundy, “Glamorous” Glynnis Yeager, and dunno (although I can visualize the actor; he also played Raj’s dad on _BBT_). 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 16. well (or best) known from a TV series produced this century 17. born after 1960 We’re going to go over 20 again, so more IQs, please. I’ll answer all earned DQs asked by noon EST Friday. ---
**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 21, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/150 "2019-08-21T19:48:03Z")
DQ: Known as the lead actor in a series? ---
**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 21, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/151 "2019-08-21T20:13:00Z")
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 16. well (or best) known from a TV series produced this century 17. born after 1960 18. known as a lead actor in a series > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …We’re going to go over 20 again, so more IQs, please. I’ll answer all earned DQs asked by noon EST Friday. That is, _no_ more IQs, please. Thanks. ---
**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 21, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/152 "2019-08-21T21:37:14Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a longtime tuxedo-wearing wrestling announcer who passed away this past January? > IQ2: Are you considered the NFL insider for Fox Sports? > IQ3: Were you a longtime Monday Night Football play-by-play caller alongside Howard Cosell and Don Meredith? > > Dunno, dunno, and not… Bryant Gumbel? Probably not. Gene Okerlund, Jay Glazer, Frank Gifford DQ: Best known for comedic roles? holding 3 DQs ---
**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 22, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/153 "2019-08-22T14:31:36Z")
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 16. well (or best) known from a TV series produced this century 17. born after 1960 18. known as a lead actor in a series 19. not best known for comedic roles ---
**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 22, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/154 "2019-08-22T19:36:07Z")
DQ: Currently in a series that’s still airing? holding 2 DQs ---
**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 22, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/155 "2019-08-22T20:31:24Z")
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 16. well (or best) known from a TV series produced this century 17. born after 1960 18. known as a lead actor in a series 19. not best known for comedic roles 20. currently in a series that’s still airing ---
**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 22, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/156 "2019-08-22T21:11:28Z")
DQ: from the UK? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 23, 2019, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/157 "2019-08-23T00:34:26Z")
DQ: Does the series this person star in air on BBC America? holding a DQ ---
**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 23, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/158 "2019-08-23T00:44:36Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > …One DQ reserved. Remind me from what IQ you have one reserved? I looked back and saw only one, which you just asked. 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 16. well (or best) known from a TV series produced this century 17. born after 1960 18. known as a lead actor in a series 19. not best known for comedic roles 20. currently in a series that’s still airing 21. not from the UK 22. series this person stars in does not air on BBC America ---
**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 23, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/159 "2019-08-23T01:22:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Mrs. Grundy, “Glamorous” Glynnis Yeager, and dunno (although I can visualize the actor; he also played Raj’s dad on _BBT_). Belated IQ wrap-up: 3 was Brian George. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Remind me from what IQ you have one reserved? I looked back and saw only one, which you just asked. Post #136. I count: two DQs earned from the reply in post #139 (the answer for 1 being G. Gordon Liddy, not George Peppard), one asked in post #148, one earned in post #149, and one asked in post #156. Looking back, I notice I didn’t say “1 DQ reserved” in post #148, which was sloppy of me. ---
**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 23, 2019, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/160 "2019-08-23T11:16:59Z")
Native English speaker but not from the UK? Why do you hate us? DQ: Is current series airing on an American antenna channel (ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, FOX, CW, etc)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104.md?page=9)