# 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:** 7
**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 14, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/121 "2024-08-14T19:13:21Z")
DQ: From a comedy show? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/122 "2024-08-15T00:54:11Z")
HDQs 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with L. 4. American 5. First appeared after 1950 6. Good guy 7. Not from a work of literature. 8. Not a protagonist 9. Did not first appear in a movie 10. From a TV show 11. First appeared before 1980. 12. From a comedy show ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/123 "2024-08-15T01:24:18Z")
DQ: First appeared before 1965? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/124 "2024-08-15T07:13:03Z")
HDQs 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with L. 4. American 5. First appeared after 1950 6. Good guy 7. Not from a work of literature. 8. Not a protagonist 9. Did not first appear in a movie 10. From a TV show 11. First appeared before 1980. 12. From a comedy show 13. First appeared after 1965. ---
**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 15, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/125 "2024-08-15T12:54:14Z")
IQs: 1. Did Danny DeVito play you on _Taxi_? 2. Did you play the White Knight in all-star TV version of _Alice In Wonderland_? 3. Did Ted Cassidy play you on _The Addams Family_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/126 "2024-08-16T04:31:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Danny DeVito play you on _Taxi_? > 2. Did you play the White Knight in all-star TV version of _Alice In Wonderland_ > 3. Did Ted Cassidy play you on _The Addams Family_? I am not Louie, take a DQ, I am not Lurch ---
**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 16, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/127 "2024-08-16T15:41:07Z")
Correct, Lloyd Bridges, Correct. DQ: From a sitcom? ---
**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 17, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/128 "2024-08-17T02:00:16Z")
Previous IQs: Are you standup comic who pretends to have a particular line of work? - Larry the Cable Guy Were you an early political aide of FDR’s? - Louis Howe Were you Jimmy Carter’s best-known OMB director? - Bert Lance DQs: Won an Emmy for the role? Show set in a big city? One DQ reserved. IQs: Are you a very large, very buff lifeguard in Bikini Bottom? Were you Bill Clinton’s last SECTREAS? Did an actor who played a doctor on TV next play the lead in a show named after you? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/129 "2024-08-17T03:29:28Z")
DQ: Human? IQs: 1. Were you America’s most famous accordionist not surnamed Yankovic? 2. Were you a professor of theology at Bowdoin College who won the Medal of Honor? 3. Did you help end Ottoman rule over Arabia? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/130 "2024-08-17T04:59:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a very large, very buff lifeguard in Bikini Bottom? > Were you Bill Clinton’s last SECTREAS? > Did an actor who played a doctor on TV next play the lead in a show named after you? Take 3 more DQs. > [@SunUp](#): > > DQ: Human? > > IQs: > > 1. Were you America’s most famous accordionist not surnamed Yankovic? > 2. Were you a professor of theology at Bowdoin College who won the Medal of Honor? > 3. Did you help end Ottoman rule over Arabia? Take 2 DQs and I am not Lawrence,of Arabia. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/131 "2024-08-17T05:02:17Z")
DQs 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with L. 4. American 5. First appeared after 1950 6. Good guy 7. Not from a work of literature. 8. Not a protagonist 9. Did not first appear in a movie 10. From a TV show 11. First appeared before 1980. 12. From a comedy show 13. First appeared after 1965. 14. From a sitcom 15. Did not win an Emmy for the role 16. I would call it a,large city 17. Human ---
**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 17, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/132 "2024-08-17T16:24:59Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the son of George & Louise Jefferson? 2. Did you have a hit with _Lady Marmalade_ (original version)? 3. Did you contribute to the song and video for _Lady Marmalade_ (Moulin Rouge version)? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/133 "2024-08-17T17:33:15Z")
I am not Lionel, Patti LaBelle or Lil Kim. ---
**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 18, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/134 "2024-08-18T01:59:14Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a very large, very buff lifeguard in Bikini Bottom? - Larry the Lobster Were you Bill Clinton’s last SECTREAS? - Larry Summers Did an actor who played a doctor on TV next play the lead in a show named after you? - McLean Stevenson was in _Hello, Larry_ after he left _MASH_ Larry x3! DQs: White guy? Had a notable catchphrase? First appeared after 1972? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/135 "2024-08-18T02:08:05Z")
DQs 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with L. 4. American 5. First appeared after 1950 6. Good guy 7. Not from a work of literature. 8. Not a protagonist 9. Did not first appear in a movie 10. From a TV show 11. First appeared before 1980. 12. From a comedy show 13. First appeared after 1965. 14. From a sitcom 15. Did not win an Emmy for the role 16. I would call it a,large city 17. Human 18. White 19. Maybe. Frankly, I’m not sure. What I think of as a catch phrase for him would probably be unrecognized out of context. 20. First appeared after 1972. Okay, we are at at least 20 DQs. Please ask any last DQs by 7 PM Mountain time on Sunday. ---
**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 18, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/136 "2024-08-18T14:40:57Z")
Swept me! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/137 "2024-08-18T14:47:55Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you America’s most famous accordionist not surnamed Yankovic? > > 2. Were you a professor of theology at Bowdoin College who won the Medal of Honor? > > 3. Did you help end Ottoman rule over Arabia? > > Take 2 DQs and I am not Lawrence,of Arabia. Lawrence Welk, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, and of course T.E. Lawrence “of Arabia”. Lawrence x 3! DQ: Character has won several awards in-universe? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/138 "2024-08-18T18:03:44Z")
DQs 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with L. 4. American 5. First appeared after 1950 6. Good guy 7. Not from a work of literature. 8. Not a protagonist 9. Did not first appear in a movie 10. From a TV show 11. First appeared before 1980. 12. From a comedy show 13. First appeared after 1965. 14. From a sitcom 15. Did not win an Emmy for the role 16. I would call it a,large city 17. Human 18. White 19. Maybe. Frankly, I’m not sure. What I think of as a catch phrase for him would probably be unrecognized out of context. 20. First appeared after 1972. 21. Has won several awards in universe. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/139 "2024-08-18T19:23:42Z")
Last DQ: Covered a Thanksgiving promotion that went awry? ---
**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 18, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/140 "2024-08-18T20:22:57Z")
Ooo, I think I know who it is, but if so, I’ll let **SunUp** take the prize. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070.md?page=8)