# 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:** 4
**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 6, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/61 "2017-12-06T19:19:04Z")
IQ1: Was CSN’s Suite: Judy Blue Eyes an homage to you? IQ2: Did you play Alexis Carrington Colby in _Dynasty_? IQ3: Are you the author of _Hollywood Wives_? ---
**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 6, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/62 "2017-12-06T22:39:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Was CSN’s Suite: Judy Blue Eyes an homage to you? > IQ2: Did you play Alexis Carrington Colby in _Dynasty_? > IQ3: Are you the author of _Hollywood Wives_? 1. I am not Judy Collins. 2. I am not Joan Collins. 3. I might not have remembered this if you weren’t playing the trio, but I am not Jackie Collins. ---
**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 7, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/63 "2017-12-07T15:09:23Z")
Easy with that broom, Prof! IQ1: Are you the QB for the Baltimore Ravens? IQ2: Are you the QB for the LA Rams? IQ3: Are you the new starting QB for the SF 49ers? ---
**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 7, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/64 "2017-12-07T16:19:47Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Easy with that broom, Prof! > > IQ1: Are you the QB for the Baltimore Ravens? > IQ2: Are you the QB for the LA Rams? > IQ3: Are you the new starting QB for the SF 49ers? Take 3 QB’s. Uh, DQs. ---
**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 7, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/65 "2017-12-07T17:20:08Z")
Joe Flacco, Jared Goff, Jimmy Garrapalo DQ: Known for the performing arts? holding 2 DQs ---
**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 7, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/66 "2017-12-07T17:34:05Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Female 4. Dead 5. Born before 1950 6. American 7. Born after 1850 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Did not have a famous husband 10. Known for the performing arts ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/67 "2017-12-07T17:48:19Z")
IQ1: Taken literally, did you sing that you were permanently content? IQ2: Are you the only person to win world championships on 2 wheels and 4 wheels? IQ3: Are you the star of a late-90s remake of a Michael Caine classic? ---
**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 7, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/68 "2017-12-07T18:11:05Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ1: Taken literally, did you sing that you were permanently content? > IQ2: Are you the only person to win world championships on 2 wheels and 4 wheels? > IQ3: Are you the star of a late-90s remake of a Michael Caine classic? Take 3 DQs. All I’m coming up with for #3 is _The Italian Job_, but that had Ed Norton and Mark Wahlberg. ---
**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 7, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/69 "2017-12-07T18:11:21Z")
Previous IQs: Did you say, “My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete”? - Not Jefferson, but Barbara Jordan, during the Watergate hearings Did Stephen King use something you wrote as an epigraph in _'Salem’s Lot_? - Shirley Jackson Did you provide the voice of a computer system in a recent Joaquin Phoenix movie? - Scarlett Johansson, in _Her_ DQs: Actress? Won a top award in her field? Considered a beauty? IQs: Did you work at Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems? Did you? Did you, too? ---
**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 7, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/70 "2017-12-07T18:13:54Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Female 4. Dead 5. Born before 1950 6. American 7. Born after 1850 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Did not have a famous husband 10. Known for the performing arts 11. Not an actress 12. Not considered a beauty 13. Won a top award in her field, which, in fact, was created for her ---
**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 7, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/71 "2017-12-07T18:17:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you work at Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems? > Did you? > Did you, too? Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy! I am sure in the miserable annals of the earth you will be duly enshrined! But I am not John Yaya, John Bigbootie or John O’Connor. ---
**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 7, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/72 "2017-12-07T21:08:47Z")
I haven’t seen Buckaroo Banzai in centuries. Should be online somewhere. DQ: Musician? holding a 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 7, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/73 "2017-12-07T21:19:06Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Female 4. Dead 5. Born before 1950 6. American 7. Born after 1850 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Did not have a famous husband 10. Known for the performing arts 11. Not an actress 12. Not considered a beauty 13. Won a top award in her field, which, in fact, was created for her 14. Singer For future reference, are singers considered musicians? I think of musicians as those who play instruments or compose music. Singers might be a subset of that, but I’m not certain. ---
**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 8, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/74 "2017-12-08T02:58:03Z")
Yes, singers are musicians. The voice was the first instrument. 🙂 DQ: Caucasian? ---
**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 8, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/75 "2017-12-08T03:19:40Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Female 4. Dead 5. Born before 1950 6. American 7. Born after 1850 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Did not have a famous husband 10. Known for the performing arts 11. Not an actress 12. Not considered a beauty 13. Won a top award in her field, which, in fact, was created for her 14. Singer 15. Not caucasian ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/76 "2017-12-08T08:30:00Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ1: Taken literally, did you sing that you were permanently content? > IQ2: Are you the only person to win world championships on 2 wheels and 4 wheels? > IQ3: Are you the star of a late-90s remake of a Michael Caine classic? I’m going to have to reduce that to 2 DQs, as my third was Jude Law in Alfie, which was made in 2004 (I misremembered the date). The other two are Mick Jagger (“I can’t get no satisfaction”) and John Surtees. DQ1: Singer of popular music (as opposed to classical)? DQ2: Died before 1970? ---
**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 8, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/77 "2017-12-08T12:56:16Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Female 4. Dead 5. Born before 1950 6. American 7. Born after 1850 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Did not have a famous husband 10. Known for the performing arts 11. Not an actress 12. Not considered a beauty 13. Won a top award in her field, which, in fact, was created for her 14. Singer 15. Not caucasian 16. Not a singer of classical music 17. Died after 1970 She’s not known as a Pop Music singer either, but DC’s question appears to have “either/or” categories. ---
**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 8, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/78 "2017-12-08T13:16:53Z")
I feel like I should know who this is, but I can’t quite grasp it. IQ1: Are you the head coach of Georgia Tech football? IQ2: Are you the head coach of Virginia Tech football? IQ3: Were you recently hired as the head coach of Texas A&M 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 8, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/79 "2017-12-08T13:32:12Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I feel like I should know who this is, but I can’t quite grasp it. > > IQ1: Are you the head coach of Georgia Tech football? > IQ2: Are you the head coach of Virginia Tech football? > IQ3: Were you recently hired as the head coach of Texas A&M football? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 8, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/80 "2017-12-08T13:51:11Z")
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