# Botticelli - December 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 4, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496 "2021-12-04T14:50:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 6, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/21 "2021-12-06T17:33:14Z")
D. 1. real 2. female 3. first name starts with D 4. living 5. American 6. known for the Arts ---
**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 6, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/22 "2021-12-06T17:34:56Z")
Held DQs: Born after 1965? Known for performing arts? ---
**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, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/23 "2021-12-06T17:36:45Z")
IQs: 1. Are you playing the lead in the upcoming film _Cyrano_? 2. Have you played a Kung Fu master, an investigative reporter and a toy store owner? 3. Did Peter Falk play you in _Murder By Death_? ---
**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 6, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/24 "2021-12-06T17:41:07Z")
IQ1: Are you the radio show host that gave Weird Al Yankovic his start? IQ2: Did Virgil, Beatrice and St. Bernard give you an extensive tour? IQ3: Were you the fourth official James Bond? ---
**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 6, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/25 "2021-12-06T17:46:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you playing the lead in the upcoming film _Cyrano_? > 2. Have you played a Kung Fu master, an investigative reporter and a toy store owner? > 3. Did Peter Falk play you in _Murder By Death_? Not David Tennant, not Dustin Hoffman (in _Kung Fu Panda, All the President’s Men_ and _Mr. Magorium’s Magic Emporium_), and dunno (his name was some kind of a Sam Spade-type pun, I barely recall) > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you the radio show host that gave Weird Al Yankovic his start? > IQ2: Did Virgil, Beatrice and St. Bernard give you an extensive tour? > IQ3: Were you the fourth official James Bond? Not Rick Dees, Dante or Timothy Dalton. D. 1. real 2. female 3. first name starts with D 4. living 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. born before 1965 8. known for the performing arts ---
**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, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/26 "2021-12-06T17:55:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Are you playing the lead in the upcoming film _Cyrano_ ? > > > 2. Have you played a Kung Fu master, an investigative reporter and a toy store owner? > > > 3. Did Peter Falk play you in _Murder By Death_ ? > > Not David Tennant, not Dustin Hoffman (in _Kung Fu Panda, All the President’s Men_ and _Mr. Magorium’s Magic Emporium_ ), and dunno (his name was some kind of a Sam Spade-type pun, I barely recall) #1 is Peter Dinklage. #2 is correct. #3 is Sam Diamond. DQs: 1. Actress? 2. Born before 1950? ---
**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 6, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/27 "2021-12-06T18:00:01Z")
Ah, Sam Diamond. Of course. D. 1. real 2. female 3. first name starts with D 4. living 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. born before 1965 8. known for the performing arts 9. not best known as an actress 10. born after 1950 ---
**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 6, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/28 "2021-12-06T18:13:47Z")
IQs: 1. Speaking of _Esio Trot_, did you write it? 2. Do you receive your honorific title at the end of _Shanghai Knights_, set in 1887–_much_ earlier than you received it in real life, one of the many anachronisms in the film? 3. Did you have a Philadelphia Eagles jacket, liking the logo, and appeared in it on the cover of a 1994 issue of _People_ magazine? ---
**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 6, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/29 "2021-12-06T18:25:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Are you the radio show host that gave Weird Al Yankovic his start? > > > IQ2: Did Virgil, Beatrice and St. Bernard give you an extensive tour? > > > IQ3: Were you the fourth official James Bond? > > Not Rick Dees, Dante or Timothy Dalton. #1 is Dr. Demento Correct for the other two. DQ: Known for music? ---
**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 6, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/30 "2021-12-06T18:32:29Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Speaking of _Esio Trot_, did you write it? > 2. Do you receive your honorific title at the end of _Shanghai Knights_, set in 1887–_much_ earlier than you received it in real life, one of the many anachronisms in the film? > 3. Did you have a Philadelphia Eagles jacket, liking the logo, and appeared in it on the cover of a 1994 issue of _People_ magazine? Not Roald Dahl, dunno and dunno. D. 1. real 2. female 3. first name starts with D 4. living 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. born before 1965 8. known for the performing arts 9. not best known as an actress 10. born after 1950 11. known for music ---
**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 6, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/31 "2021-12-06T19:13:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Roald Dahl, dunno and dunno. 2 was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; 3 was Princess Diana. DQ: known for singing? 1 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 6, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/32 "2021-12-06T22:27:34Z")
IQ1: Did you perform your debut solo single at both the Oscars and the Grammys in 1978? IQ2: Were you forced to heil der Fuhrer’s face? IQ3: Were you the king of the surf guitar? ---
**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, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/33 "2021-12-07T16:13:33Z")
Not Donna Summer, dunno and not Dave Kerr. D. 1. real 2. female 3. first name starts with D 4. living 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. born before 1965 8. known for the performing arts 9. not best known as an actress 10. born after 1950 11. known for music 12. known for singing ---
**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 7, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/34 "2021-12-07T17:45:38Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you perform your debut solo single at both the Oscars and the Grammys in 1978? > IQ2: Were you forced to heil der Fuhrer’s face? > IQ3: Were you the king of the surf guitar? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Donna Summer, dunno and not Dave Kerr. Debby Boone, with the long-suppressed in my memory _You Light Up My Life_ Donald Duck, in the WWII propaganda short [_Der Fuhrer’s Face_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Fuehrer%27s_Face) Dick Dale DQ: Award winner? DQ: Best known as a solo act (as opposed to singer in a group)? DQ: Best known for rock genre? ---
**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, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/35 "2021-12-07T19:23:46Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a tenor who sang on _The Jack Benny Show_ on radio? 2. Did you host _American Showtime_? 3. Did your nickname inspire Abbott & Costello’s most famous skit? ---
**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 7, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/36 "2021-12-07T22:09:20Z")
IQs: 1. Did you make plenty of stuff up for your novel _Big Trouble_? 2. Have you played Janet, Bad Janet, Neutral Janet, Disco Janet, and several Earth mortals in the forms of Janets? 3. Starting in the second season of a TV show, did you get listed in the opening credits (third billing, after the guy who likes horses and the photographer)? DQ: most famous in the 80s? ---
**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 8, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/37 "2021-12-08T18:45:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a tenor who sang on _The Jack Benny Show_ on radio? > 2. Did you host _American Showtime_? > 3. Did your nickname inspire Abbott & Costello’s most famous skit? Not Placido Domingo, dunno and not Dizzy Dean > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you make plenty of stuff up for your novel _Big Trouble_? > 2. Have you played Janet, Bad Janet, Neutral Janet, Disco Janet, and several Earth mortals in the forms of Janets? > 3. Starting in the second season of a TV show, did you get listed in the opening credits (third billing, after the guy who likes horses and the photographer)? > … Not Dave Barry, dunno and dunno D. 1. real 2. female 3. first name starts with D 4. living 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. born before 1965 8. known for the performing arts 9. not best known as an actress 10. born after 1950 11. known for music 12. known for singing 13. award winner 14. best known as a solo act (as opposed to singer in a group) 15. arguably best known for rock genre 16. arguably most famous in the Eighties ---
**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 8, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/38 "2021-12-08T21:00:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Dave Barry, dunno and dunno 2 was D’arcy Carden, on _The Good Place_; 3 was DeForest Kelley (Shatner’s had two horse farms and Nimoy published multiple books of his photography). DQ: Caucasian? One DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/39 "2021-12-08T21:00:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you a tenor who sang on _The Jack Benny Show_ on radio? > > > 2. Did you host _American Showtime_ ? > > > 3. Did your nickname inspire Abbott & Costello’s most famous skit? > > Not Placido Domingo, dunno and not Dizzy Dean #1 was Dennis Day. #2 was incorrectly put. I’ll rephrase. #3 is correct. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/40 "2021-12-08T21:49:23Z")
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