# Botticelli August 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071 "2022-08-04T03:35:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/181 "2022-08-23T19:43:19Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Abner Marsh’s business partner? - Joshua York, in George R.R. Martin’s novel _Fevre Dream_ Did you play Superman’s mom? - Yes, Susannah York Did you often say Jon Snow knew nothing? - Ygritte, in _Game of Thrones_ DQs: Rock/pop musician? Has won a Grammy? IQs: Were you Gorlois’s wife? Were you a man of infinite jest? Did the Culper Ring try to help you after a worldwide disaster? ---
**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, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/182 "2022-08-23T20:07:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a French artist who was a progenitor of the performance art movement? > 2. Were you a son of Morgan le Fay? > 3. Are you a Hall of Famer who spent his whole career with the Boston Red Sox? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Carl Yaztrzemski. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Gorlois’s wife? > Were you a man of infinite jest? > Did the Culper Ring try to help you after a worldwide disaster? Respetively: I am not Ygraine. I am not Yorrick. I am not Yorrick (in _Y the Last Man_). DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. last name starts with Y 4. living 5. born before 1970 6. known for the Arts 7. American 8. born after 1950 9. best known for the performing arts 10. has acted, not best known for it 11. Caucasian 12. known for music, including singing 13. sort of a rock/pop musician 14. has won multiple Grammies ---
**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, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/183 "2022-08-23T20:15:11Z")
Swept me again! Damn, you’re good. Gotta think of more Ys… ---
**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 23, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/184 "2022-08-23T22:06:06Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a French artist who was a progenitor of the performance art movement? > > 2. Were you a son of Morgan le Fay? > > 3. Are you a Hall of Famer who spent his whole career with the Boston Red Sox? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Carl Yaztrzemski. #1 was Yves Klein. #2 was Ywain. Correct on Yastrzemski. DQ: Solo artist? 1 DQ 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 23, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/185 "2022-08-23T22:12:33Z")
IQs: Were you a low-level Death Eater? Did a recent kids’ book about you end with you in a car with your horse? Did your character ask a hospitalized President to sign some important papers? ---
**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, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/186 "2022-08-23T22:40:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a low-level Death Eater? > Did a recent kids’ book about you end with you in a car with your horse? > Did your character ask a hospitalized President to sign some important papers? Respectively: I am not Yaxley. I am not the Man in the Yellow Hat. I am not Sean Young. DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. last name starts with Y 4. living 5. born before 1970 6. known for the Arts 7. American 8. born after 1950 9. best known for the performing arts 10. has acted, not best known for it 11. Caucasian 12. known for music, including singing 13. sort of a rock/pop musician 14. has won multiple Grammies 15. has a band, the band isn’t really well-known ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/187 "2022-08-24T02:00:41Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you an oversized gorilla? > > IQ2: Did you play a WAAF officer in _The Battle of Britain_? > > IQ3: Did you play a Sandman looking for Sanctuary? > > IQ1: I am not Mighty Joe Young. > IQ2: Take a DQ. > IQ3: I am not Michael York. 1. Correct 2. Susannah York 3. Correct DQ: First name starts with A-M? ---
**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 24, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/188 "2022-08-24T13:54:29Z")
DQ: Most successful in the 1970s? ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/189 "2022-08-24T14:49:12Z")
DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. last name starts with Y 4. living 5. born before 1970 6. known for the Arts 7. American 8. born after 1950 9. best known for the performing arts 10. has acted, not best known for it 11. Caucasian 12. known for music, including singing 13. indirectly connected to rock/pop, but likely when you think of him it’s in a different category 14. has won multiple Grammies 15. has a band, the band isn’t really well-known 16. first name starts with A-M 17. most successful after the 1970s Note clarification of answer #13. ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/190 "2022-08-24T14:59:42Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the lead singer for the Classics IV? 2. Are you married to Garth Brooks? 3. Were you Harry Stewart’s humorous singing alter ego? ---
**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 24, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/191 "2022-08-24T18:48:15Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a low-level Death Eater? - Yes, Yaxley Did a recent kids’ book about you end with you in a car with your horse? - Not the Man in the Yellow Hat, but Yankee Doodle: [Amazon.com](https://www.amazon.com/Crankee-Doodle-Tom-Angleberger/dp/0547818548) (very funny kids’ book, BTW) Did your character ask a hospitalized President to sign some important papers? - Not Sean Young (what movie was that?), but Yakov Smirnoff, in _Buckaroo Banzai_ Two DQs 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 25, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/192 "2022-08-25T00:13:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the lead singer for the Classics IV? > 2. Are you married to Garth Brooks? > 3. Were you Harry Stewart’s humorous singing alter ego? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Tricia Yearwood (previously used by Elendil’s Heir). 3. Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did your character ask a hospitalized President to sign some important papers? - Not Sean Young (what movie was that?) _The Fabulous Adventures of Rachel the Replicant!_ no, really, she hadn’t been mentioned yet, I figured it was worth a guess DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. last name starts with Y 4. living 5. born before 1970 6. known for the Arts 7. American 8. born after 1950 9. best known for the performing arts 10. has acted, not best known for it 11. Caucasian 12. known for music, including singing 13. has often indirectly sung rock/pop, but likely when you think of him it’s in a different category 14. has won multiple Grammies 15. has a band, the band isn’t really well-known 16. first name starts with A-M 17. most successful after the 1970s ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/193 "2022-08-25T13:39:23Z")
DQ: Best known for country music? One DQ reserved. Ah, I think I might have it. IQ: Are you a country singer with the same first name as a post-1950 POTUS? ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/194 "2022-08-25T13:55:28Z")
DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. last name starts with Y 4. living 5. born before 1970 6. known for the Arts 7. American 8. born after 1950 9. best known for the performing arts 10. has acted, not best known for it 11. Caucasian 12. known for music, including singing 13. has often indirectly performed rock/pop, but likely when you think of him it’s in a different category 14. has won multiple Grammies 15. has a band, the band isn’t really well-known 16. first name starts with A-M 17. most successful after the 1970s 18. not known for country music, has indirectly performed a country rock song and a country pop song, has also performed two original country-esque songs > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: > > Are you a country singer with the same first name as a post-1950 POTUS? I am not Dwight Yoakam (previously used by the Prof.). ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/195 "2022-08-25T13:56:30Z")
Ah, thanks. Missed that. ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/196 "2022-08-25T16:41:25Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the lead singer for the Classics IV? > > 2. Are you married to Garth Brooks? > > 3. Were you Harry Stewart’s humorous singing alter ego? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Tricia Yearwood (previously used by Elendil’s Heir). > 3. Take a DQ. #1 was Donnie Yost. Correct on #2. #3 was Yogi Yorgesson. 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 25, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/197 "2022-08-25T20:41:19Z")
I’m still stumped. I yield my last earned DQ to whoever would like to use it. ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/198 "2022-08-25T20:44:49Z")
EH’s DQ: Second letter of last name is A or E? ---
**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 26, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/199 "2022-08-26T03:18:21Z")
DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. last name starts with Y 4. living 5. born before 1970 6. known for the Arts 7. American 8. born after 1950 9. best known for the performing arts 10. has acted, not best known for it 11. Caucasian 12. known for music, including singing 13. has often indirectly performed rock/pop, but likely when you think of him it’s in a different category 14. has won multiple Grammies 15. has a band, the band isn’t really well-known 16. first name starts with A-M 17. most successful after the 1970s 18. not known for country music, has indirectly performed a country rock song and a country pop song, has also performed two original country-esque songs 19. second letter of last name is A or E Note that 16 refers to the person’s actual first name, not his stage epithet. ---
**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 26, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/200 "2022-08-26T13:30:27Z")
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm… DQs: 1. Known for parodies and novelty songs? 2. Accordion player? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071.md?page=11)