# Botticelli - August 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 31, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070 "2024-07-31T19:27:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/301 "2024-08-29T21:46:36Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the lead role in _Marcus Welby, MD_? 2. Were you a friend and colleague of Henry David Thoreau? 3. Did you coach football at a prominent Texas university? ---
**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 30, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/302 "2024-08-30T00:53:12Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Fat Amy in _Pitch Perfect_? 2. After writing and drawing original work like _The Pertwillaby Papers_ and _Captain Kentucky_, did you follow in the footsteps of your idol Carl Barks to work on the Disney duck characters, even writing the epic _Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck_? 3. Does Scrooge encounter you twice in _The Life and Times_ (once in the Dakota Badlands, and later on in a different capacity)? ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/303 "2024-08-30T04:29:11Z")
IQ1: Were you a double of a missing king in a novel? IQ2: Were you that king? IQ3: Were you the title character of the sequel to that novel? ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/304 "2024-08-30T15:00:49Z")
DQ: First name Robert or Richard? Good to see you back, **SCA**! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/305 "2024-08-30T15:36:24Z")
IQs: 1. Did you graduate West Point in 1841, 22 years before your untimely July 1st death? 2. Were you a handsome movie star of Westerns, mentioned in a fourth-wall-breaking line in _Blazing Saddles_? 3. Did you write children’s books about Busytown, featuring such characters as Lowly Worm, Mr. Fixit and Bananas Gorilla? ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/306 "2024-08-30T16:24:58Z")
IQs: 1. Could you turn the world on with your smile? 2. Did you play Artemus Gordon on TV? 3. Were you assaulted by the guy who played the guy who was Artemus Gordon’s partner in the movie? ---
**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 30, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/307 "2024-08-30T17:32:07Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. In a Dire Straits song (later covered by the Indigo Girls), do you find a convenient streetlight, step out of the shade, and say something like, “You and me babe, how 'bout it?” > 2. Are you one of the few historically attested female pirates of the Spanish Main? > 3. Are you her captain? Not Rick Blaine, dunno and dunno. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the lead role in _Marcus Welby, MD_? > 2. Were you a friend and colleague of Henry David Thoreau? > 3. Did you coach football at a prominent Texas university? Not Rex Harrison, not Richard Cullen Bryant and dunno. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you Fat Amy in _Pitch Perfect_? > 2. After writing and drawing original work like _The Pertwillaby Papers_ and _Captain Kentucky_, did you follow in the footsteps of your idol Carl Barks to work on the Disney duck characters, even writing the epic _Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck_? > 3. Does Scrooge encounter you twice in _The Life and Times_ (once in the Dakota Badlands, and later on in a different capacity)? Not Rowdy Wilson, dunno and not Theodore Roosevelt. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a double of a missing king in a novel? > IQ2: Were you that king? > IQ3: Were you the title character of the sequel to that novel? Dunno, not King Ruritania and not King Ruritania II. And welcome back, **SCA**! > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you graduate West Point in 1841, 22 years before your untimely July 1st death? > 2. Were you a handsome movie star of Westerns, mentioned in a fourth-wall-breaking line in _Blazing Saddles_? > 3. Did you write children’s books about Busytown, featuring such characters as Lowly Worm, Mr. Fixit and Bananas Gorilla? Not Gen. Reynolds, not Roderick Crawford and not Richard Scarry. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Could you turn the world on with your smile? > 2. Did you play Artemus Gordon on TV? > 3. Were you assaulted by the guy who played the guy who was Artemus Gordon’s partner in the movie? Not Ann Richards, dunno and not Chris Rock. R. 1. real 2. male 3. first name begins with R 4. dead 5. American 6. died before 1924 7. not known from the Arts 8. first name not Robert or Richard ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/308 "2024-08-30T17:38:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you graduate West Point in 1841, 22 years before your untimely July 1st death? > > 2. Were you a handsome movie star of Westerns, mentioned in a fourth-wall-breaking line in _Blazing Saddles_? > > 3. Did you write children’s books about Busytown, featuring such characters as Lowly Worm, Mr. Fixit and Bananas Gorilla? > > Not Gen. Reynolds, not Roderick Crawford and not Richard Scarry. Correct on #1 and #3. #2 was Randolph Scott (“You’d do it for Randolph Scott, wouldn’t you?”) DQ: From North 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 30, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/309 "2024-08-30T17:45:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Rowdy Wilson, dunno and not Theodore Roosevelt. 1 was Rebel Wilson; 2 was Don Rosa. DQs: 1. died after 1850? 2. known for having something named after him? ---
**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 30, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/310 "2024-08-30T17:57:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Could you turn the world on with your smile? > > 2. Did you play Artemus Gordon on TV? > > 3. Were you assaulted by the guy who played the guy who was Artemus Gordon’s partner in the movie? > > Not Ann Richards, dunno and not Chris Rock. #1 was Mary Richards from _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_. #2 was Ross Martin. Correct on Chris Rock. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/311 "2024-08-30T17:58:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. In a Dire Straits song (later covered by the Indigo Girls), do you find a convenient streetlight, step out of the shade, and say something like, “You and me babe, how 'bout it?” > > 2. Are you one of the few historically attested female pirates of the Spanish Main? > > 3. Are you her captain? > > Not Rick Blaine, dunno and dunno. I have my vengeance! 1. is a line from Mark Knopfler’s “Romeo and Juliet”. 2. is Mary Read, who grew up passing for a boy, then passed for a man when she joined the pirate crew of 3., Captain “Calico Jack” Rackham. Her sex was revealed when she struck up a relationship with the other known female pirate of the time, Ann Bonny. DQs: 1. Known for politics/military? 2. Last name starts with “A” - “M”? One 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 30, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/312 "2024-08-30T17:58:28Z")
Randolph Scott, of course! 🤠 I knew that didn’t sound right. R. 1. real 2. male 3. first name begins with R 4. dead 5. American 6. died before 1924 7. not known from the Arts 8. first name not Robert or Richard 9. from North America 10. died after 1850 11. not really known for having something named after him Although things certainly have been (seven, according to Wiki). ---
**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 30, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/313 "2024-08-30T18:04:08Z")
DQs: 1. Known from politics/goverment? 2. Died after 1889? ---
**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 30, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/314 "2024-08-30T18:22:42Z")
R. 1. real 2. male 3. first name begins with R 4. dead 5. American 6. died before 1924 7. not known from the Arts 8. first name not Robert or Richard 9. from North America 10. died after 1850 11. not really known for having something named after him 12. kinda sorta known for politics/military/government 13. last name starts with A-M 14. died after 1889 I combined **SMV** and **Prof. P.**'s most recent first questions. ---
**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 30, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/315 "2024-08-30T18:43:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you a double of a missing king in a novel? > > IQ2: Were you that king? > > IQ3: Were you the title character of the sequel to that novel? > > Dunno, not King Ruritania and not King Ruritania II. Rudolf Rassendyll King Rudolf Rupert of Hentzau Might as well narrow it down a bit further: DQ1: Died after 1900? DQ2: Last name starts with A-G? One 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 30, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/316 "2024-08-30T19:38:18Z")
Ah, I had the realm right, not the king. 😉 R. 1. real 2. male 3. first name begins with R 4. dead 5. American 6. died before 1924 7. not known from the Arts 8. first name not Robert or Richard 9. from North America 10. died after 1850 11. not really known for having something named after him 12. kinda sorta known for politics/military/government 13. last name starts with A-M 14. died after 1889 15. died after 1900 16. last name stars with A-G ---
**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 30, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/317 "2024-08-30T22:09:45Z")
IQs: 1. Does the logo of your Organisation show a man striking a gong? 2. Are you a judoka and UFC fighter-turned-WWE wrestler? 3. Does “your” tombstone appear in “Where No Man Has Gone Before”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/318 "2024-08-30T23:11:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play the lead role in _Marcus Welby, MD_? > > 2. Were you a friend and colleague of Henry David Thoreau? > > 3. Did you coach football at a prominent Texas university? > > Not Rex Harrison, not Richard Cullen Bryant and dunno. #1 was Robert Young; #2 was Ralph Waldo Emerson; #3 was “Rusty” Russell. 4 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/319 "2024-08-31T15:44:15Z")
DQs: 1. Did you serve in the Spanish-American War? 2. Did you serve in the first world war? ---
**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 31, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/320 "2024-08-31T18:09:21Z")
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