# Botticelli - December 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 2, 2017, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317 "2017-12-02T08:30:14Z")\ **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:** [December 29, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/181 "2017-12-29T17:43:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you appear on Broadway in a role specifically written for you by playwright Joseph Kesselring? > 2. Did you write the music to _Camelot_ and _Brigadoon_? > 3. Did you write the lyrics to _Camelot_ and _Brigadoon_? Dunno; not Lerner and Lowe (sp?). ---
**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 29, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/182 "2017-12-29T18:19:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct x3. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you appear on Broadway in a role specifically written for you by playwright Joseph Kesselring? > 2. Did you write the music to _Camelot_ and _Brigadoon_? > 3. Did you write the lyrics to _Camelot_ and _Brigadoon_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno; not Lerner and Lowe (sp?). #1 was Peter Lorre in the role of Doc Einstein in _Arsenic and Old Lace_. Correct on Lerner and Loewe. DQ: Known for baseball or football? ---
**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 29, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/183 "2017-12-29T19:17:49Z")
L. 1. real 2. last name starts with L 3. dead 4. male 5. American 6. not best known for his military service 7. died after 1900 8. white 9. not known for the Arts 10. died after 1990 11. not known for politics 12. not known for police work, law or crime 13. not known for writing 14. known for sport 15. known for baseball or football ---
**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 29, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/184 "2017-12-29T19:22:31Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a coach of the Green Bay Packers in the 1960s? 2. Were you manager of the Dodgers for two decades? 3. Have you appeared in cameos in numerous superhero films? ---
**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 29, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/185 "2017-12-29T20:05:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a coach of the Green Bay Packers in the 1960s? > 2. Were you manager of the Dodgers for two decades? > 3. Have you appeared in cameos in numerous superhero films? Not Vince Lombardi, Tommy Lasorda or Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) ---
**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 29, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/186 "2017-12-29T20:32:53Z")
Correct on all three. For #3 I was thinking of someone else, but Leahy certainly counts. IQs: 1. Have you appeared in a number of cameos in Marvel Universe superhero films? 2. Did #1 appear as you in _The Fantastic Four_? 3. Did you play the Green Hornet’s sidekick Kato in the 1960’s TV 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:** [December 29, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/187 "2017-12-29T20:49:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Have you appeared in a number of cameos in Marvel Universe superhero films? > 2. Did #1 appear as you in _The Fantastic Four_? > 3. Did you play the Green Hornet’s sidekick Kato in the 1960’s TV series? I’m not Stan Lee, dunno, and not Bruce Lee. ---
**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 29, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/188 "2017-12-29T20:59:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct on all three. For #3 I was thinking of someone else, but Leahy certainly counts. > > IQs: > > 1. Have you appeared in a number of cameos in Marvel Universe superhero films? > 2. Did #1 appear as you in _The Fantastic Four_? > 3. Did you play the Green Hornet’s sidekick Kato in the 1960’s TV series? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’m not Stan Lee, dunno, and not Bruce Lee. Correct. Mailman Willy Lumpkin. Correct. DQ: Known for baseball? ---
**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 29, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/189 "2017-12-29T21:23:50Z")
L. 1. real 2. last name starts with L 3. dead 4. male 5. American 6. not best known for his military service 7. died after 1900 8. white 9. not known for the Arts 10. died after 1990 11. not known for politics 12. not known for police work, law or crime 13. not known for writing 14. known for sport 15. known for baseball or football 16. known for baseball ---
**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 30, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/190 "2017-12-30T00:04:16Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a noted player for the Boston Celtics who was named NBA’s Most Valuable Player from 1984–1986? > IQ2: Are you a stand-up comic noted for “Git 'er done”? > IQ3: Are you the drummer for U2? > > Not Larry Bird, Larry the Cable Guy or Larry Dunnohislastname Larry Mullen Jr. DQ: Pitcher? holding 1 DQ ---
**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 30, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/191 "2017-12-30T03:27:51Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a hard-as-nails detective in some of Robert Rankin’s novels? 2. Did you have a daughter after being (allegedly) raped by Clark Gable? 3. Did you star in a comic strip that was a spinoff from the strip _They’ll Do It Every Time_? ---
**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 30, 2017, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/192 "2017-12-30T04:59:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a hard-as-nails detective in some of Robert Rankin’s novels? > 2. Did you have a daughter after being (allegedly) raped by Clark Gable? > 3. Did you star in a comic strip that was a spinoff from the strip _They’ll Do It Every Time_? Dunno, not Lana Turner, and dunno. L. 1. real 2. last name starts with L 3. dead 4. male 5. American 6. not best known for his military service 7. died after 1900 8. white 9. not known for the Arts 10. died after 1990 11. not known for politics 12. not known for police work, law or crime 13. not known for writing 14. known for sport 15. known for baseball or football 16. known for baseball 17. pitcher ---
**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 30, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/193 "2017-12-30T13:37:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a hard-as-nails detective in some of Robert Rankin’s novels? > 2. Did you have a daughter after being (allegedly) raped by Clark Gable? > 3. Did you star in a comic strip that was a spinoff from the strip _They’ll Do It Every Time_? [quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:192, topic:803317”] Dunno, not Lana Turner, and dunno. #1 is Laszlo Woodbine. #2 was Loretta Young. #3 was Little Iodine. DQ: Hall of Famer? 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:** [December 30, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/194 "2017-12-30T21:36:05Z")
Hmm. Didn’t know that about Loretta Young. L. 1. real 2. last name starts with L 3. dead 4. male 5. American 6. not best known for his military service 7. died after 1900 8. white 9. not known for the Arts 10. died after 1990 11. not known for politics 12. not known for police work, law or crime 13. not known for writing 14. known for sport 15. known for baseball or football 16. known for baseball 17. pitcher 18. Hall of Famer ---
**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 31, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/195 "2017-12-31T02:15:40Z")
DQ: Manager? ---
**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 31, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/196 "2017-12-31T04:55:23Z")
L. 1. real 2. last name starts with L 3. dead 4. male 5. American 6. not best known for his military service 7. died after 1900 8. white 9. not known for the Arts 10. died after 1990 11. not known for politics 12. not known for police work, law or crime 13. not known for writing 14. known for sport 15. known for baseball or football 16. known for baseball 17. pitcher 18. Hall of Famer 19. manager ---
**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 31, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/197 "2017-12-31T15:19:30Z")
IQ: Is your surname a citrus? ---
**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 31, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/198 "2017-12-31T18:09:32Z")
I am not going to get this one. KO and DC, if you want my 2 DQs, you may use them. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/199 "2018-01-01T05:24:09Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ: Is your surname a citrus? Dunno (and Happy New Year!). ---
**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:** [January 1, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/200 "2018-01-01T13:44:07Z")
Bob Lemon, manager of the Yankees. I thought it could have been Tommy Lasorda, but he’s still alive. Using Professor’s DQs: DQ1: Known primarily for playing in the National League? DQ2: Have you played for or managed a World Series team? 1 DQ left [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317.md?page=11)