# Botticelli - Dec 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 4, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225 "2020-12-04T19:33:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [December 11, 2020, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/181 "2020-12-11T04:59:59Z")
IQ1: Did you write “How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink”? IQ2: Were you a US Army five-star general? IQ3: Do you and your dog hang out with a short blond? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/182 "2020-12-11T05:45:48Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Not real 3. Last name starts with O 4. Would not be alive today, if real 5. Not American 6. Not originally from film 7. From prose 8. Not science fiction genre (assuming SF stands for science fiction) 9. Was a good guy most of the time 10. Not European 11. Not from the UK 12. Not from mysteries 13. Created by Europeans 14. First appeared before 1950 15. Has appeared in at least one movie ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/183 "2020-12-11T05:56:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you one of Drew Carey’s best friends in his sitcom? > Did you, in a Roald Dahl novel, collect semen from European monarchs? > For all your many other faults, did you at least refuse to comply with segregation in New Orleans? Not Oswald Whoa, I missed that book! Must not be one his children’s works. Take a DQ Take another DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are you an avant-garde performance/conceptual artist associated with the Fluxus group, though you never formally joined it? > 2. Were two car brands (and indirectly a band) named after you? > 3. “There’s a long and winding stairway without a banister/ > We’ll throw him down and feed him on cockroaches served from a canister/ > [You], [you], never before has a boy asked for more/ > He will rue the day somebody named him” you? Take a DQ Not Ransom E Olds (Speedwagon) Not Oliver Twist > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write “How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink”? > IQ2: Were you a US Army five-star general? > IQ3: Do you and your dog hang out with a short blond? Not PJ O’Roarke Take 2 DQs ---
**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:** [December 11, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/184 "2020-12-11T07:49:49Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you write “How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink”? > > IQ2: Were you a US Army five-star general? > > IQ3: Do you and your dog hang out with a short blond? > > Not PJ O’Roarke > Take 2 DQs ✅ Omar Bradley. Obelix. DQ: Created after1900 One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/185 "2020-12-11T07:52:38Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Not real 3. Last name starts with O 4. Would not be alive today, if real 5. Not American 6. Not originally from film 7. From prose 8. Not science fiction genre (assuming SF stands for science fiction) 9. Was a good guy most of the time 10. Not European 11. Not from the UK 12. Not from mysteries 13. Created by European 14. First appeared before 1950 15. Has appeared in at least one movie 16. Created after 1900 ---
**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:** [December 11, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/186 "2020-12-11T13:43:01Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Jane opposite Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan? 2. Did _Xanadu_ tank your career? 3. Did you play a psychiatrist in _Psycho_? ---
**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:** [December 11, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/187 "2020-12-11T14:14:08Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Take a DQ > Not Ransom E Olds (Speedwagon) > Not Oliver Twist 1 (performance artist) was Yoko Ono. DQ: Asian? IQs: 1. Was your name derived from the word “nothing” in Cardassian? 2. Are you a basketball player formerly married to a Kardashian? 3. Do you host the game show _Ask Me Another_ on NPR? ---
**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:** [December 11, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/188 "2020-12-11T14:56:13Z")
Previous IQs: Were you one of Drew Carey’s best friends in his sitcom? - Yes, Oswald Did you, in a Roald Dahl novel, collect semen from European monarchs? - The title character in _My Uncle Oswald_ - definitely not a kids’ book, and quite a lot of fun (beware, some spoilers in the Wiki article): [My Uncle Oswald - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Uncle_Oswald) For all your many other faults, did you at least refuse to comply with segregation in New Orleans? - Lee Harvey Oswald was a murderer, a bully, a wife-beater, a whiner and a mooch, but he always insisted on sitting at the back of the buses in his hometown. Oswald x3! DQs: Lead character? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you say, near the end of your life, that you had “done some service to the State, and they know it”? Were you the nude organist on _Monty Python_? Were you the person from antiquity after whom he was named? ---
**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:** [December 11, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/189 "2020-12-11T15:37:53Z")
IQ1: Are you the founder of the colony of Georgia? IQ2: Are you the daughter of Polonius? IQ3: Were you the letterer for Chris Claremont’s run on _X-men_? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/190 "2020-12-11T19:39:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Were you Jane opposite Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan? > - Did _Xanadu_ tank your career? > - Did you play a psychiatrist in _Psycho_ ? Not Maureen O’Sullivan Not Olivia Newton-John? The movie bombed, but she and ELO both had big hits on the soundtrack. EDIT: Ah, but it did end her film career. Take a DQ - Just watched it on TCM over Thanksgiving, but I don’t remember the actor’s name - Dr. Exposition Dump at the end. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Was your name derived from the word “nothing” in Cardassian? > 2. Are you a basketball player formerly married to a Kardashian? > 3. Do you host the game show _Ask Me Another_ on NPR? Not Odo Not Lamar Odom Take a DQ > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you say, near the end of your life, that you had “done some service to the State, and they know it”? > Were you the nude organist on _Monty Python_ ? > Were you the person from antiquity after whom he was named? Take 3 DQs - No O in Terry Jones, and I never knew the organist had a name. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the founder of the colony of Georgia? > IQ2: Are you the daughter of Polonius? > IQ3: Were you the letterer for Chris Claremont’s run on _X-men_ ? DQ Not Ophelia DQ ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/191 "2020-12-11T19:42:30Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Not real 3. Last name starts with O 4. Would not be alive today, if real 5. Not American 6. Not originally from film 7. From prose 8. Not science fiction genre (assuming SF stands for science fiction) 9. Was a good guy most of the time 10. Not European 11. Not from the UK 12. Not from mysteries 13. Created by European 14. First appeared before 1950 15. Has appeared in at least one movie 16. Created after 1900 17. Not Asian 18. Not lead character - a major character, but not the lead ---
**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:** [December 11, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/192 "2020-12-11T19:51:52Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > > > IQ1: Are you the founder of the colony of Georgia? > > > IQ2: Are you the daughter of Polonius? > > > IQ3: Were you the letterer for Chris Claremont’s run on _X-men_ ? > > DQ > Not Ophelia > DQ James Oglethorpe, correct, Tom Orzechowski DQ: Fantasy genre? DQ: Human? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/193 "2020-12-11T19:59:17Z")
[quote=“ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness, post:191, topic:927225, full:true”] DQs: 1. Male 2. Not real 3. Last name starts with O 4. Would not be alive today, if real 5. Not American 6. Not originally from film 7. From prose 8. Not science fiction genre (assuming SF stands for science fiction) 9. Was a good guy most of the time 10. Not European 11. Not from the UK 12. Not from mysteries 13. Created by European 14. First appeared before 1950 15. Has appeared in at least one movie 16. Created after 1900 17. Not Asian 18. Not lead character - a major character, but not the lead 19. Fantasy genre 20. Not human And that’s 20. I’m closing this one to further IQs. Get any outstanding DQs in by 12 noon PST Sunday 12/13 ---
**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:** [December 11, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/194 "2020-12-11T23:34:43Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Were you Jane opposite Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan? > > > > > - Did _Xanadu_ tank your career? > > > - Did you play a psychiatrist in _Psycho_ ? > > Not Maureen O’Sullivan > Not Olivia Newton-John? The movie bombed, but she and ELO both had big hits on the soundtrack. EDIT: Ah, but it did end her film career. > Take a DQ - Just watched it on TCM over Thanksgiving, but I don’t remember the actor’s name - Dr. Exposition Dump at the end. Correct, Correct, and Simon Oakland. DQ: Last name starts with O’ (including the apostrophe)? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/195 "2020-12-12T00:07:19Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Not real 3. Last name starts with O 4. Would not be alive today, if real 5. Not American 6. Not originally from film 7. From prose 8. Not science fiction genre (assuming SF stands for science fiction) 9. Was a good guy most of the time 10. Not European 11. Not from the UK 12. Not from mysteries 13. Created by European 14. First appeared before 1950 15. Has appeared in at least one movie 16. Created after 1900 17. Not Asian 18. Not lead character - a major character, but not the lead 19. Fantasy genre 20. Not human 21. Last name does not start with O’ (including the apostrophe) ---
**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:** [December 12, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/196 "2020-12-12T05:31:41Z")
Previous IQs: Did you say, near the end of your life, that you had “done some service to the State, and they know it”? - Othello, in the Shakespeare play Were you the nude organist on _Monty Python_? - Onan Were you the person from antiquity after whom he was named? - The Biblical Onan (who displeased God by “spilling his seed on the ground”) DQ: From Tolkien? Played in a movie by a well-known actor? Magic user? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/197 "2020-12-12T06:16:12Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Not real 3. Last name starts with O 4. Would not be alive today, if real 5. Not American 6. Not originally from film 7. From prose 8. Not science fiction genre (assuming SF stands for science fiction) 9. Was a good guy most of the time 10. Not European 11. Not from the UK 12. Not from mysteries 13. Created by European 14. First appeared before 1950 15. Has appeared in at least one movie 16. Created after 1900 17. Not Asian 18. Not lead character - a major character, but not the lead 19. Fantasy genre 20. Not human 21. Last name does not start with O’ (including the apostrophe) 22. From Tolkien 23. Played in a movie by a well-known actor - I would say internationally, this was the actor’s breakthrough role, although he was already well-known in his home country 24. Not a magic user ---
**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:** [December 12, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/198 "2020-12-12T13:55:43Z")
Oh, from Tolkein? Obviously it’s Orson Bean. 😀 ---
**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:** [December 12, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/199 "2020-12-12T16:56:35Z")
Heh. But his _last_ name is the “O.” I’m probably gonna kick myself, but I can’t think of who this might be. Hmmm… ---
**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:** [December 12, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/200 "2020-12-12T17:35:19Z")
The Prof stole the DQ I was going to ask (#21), so I’ll ask this instead: DQ: First name also starts with a vowel? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225.md?page=11)