# Botticelli: Early December 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 29, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443 "2012-11-29T05:19:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/21 "2012-11-30T06:35:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > Caucasian? > Born since 1950? > Best known for the creative arts? Caucasian, yes. Born before 1950. Known for the creative arts. Summary for T: 1. First name does not start with T. 2. Male. 3. Real. 4. Naturalized American. 5. Alive. 6. Caucasian. 7. Born before 1950. 8. Known for the creative arts. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/22 "2012-11-30T06:39:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you, in a comedy movie, marvel at Americans’ obsession with breasts? > A real person, was your name mentioned in a song in _Grease_? > Did your dad like to go around the house with no shoes on to “let [his] feet breathe”? I’m not Troy Donahue, who was mentioned in “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee” in _Grease_. DQs on the other two. > [@Enginerd](#): > > I’ll stick with 2 DQs, but I’ll (again) wait until you’ve answered the outstanding ones. It ain’t easy keeping up with **EH**. 😃 Fair enough. It’s hard keeping up with him! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/23 "2012-11-30T13:56:30Z")
DQ: Are you a musician or involved in the music industry? DQ: Is English your native language? ---
**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:** [November 30, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/24 "2012-11-30T18:21:35Z")
IQ1: Do you think the most wonderful thing about you is that you are the only one of your kind? IQ2: Did you supposedly curse the US presidency? IQ3: Were you an astronomer with a prosthetic nose? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/25 "2012-11-30T18:53:23Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > DQ: Are you a musician or involved in the music industry? > DQ: Is English your native language? I am not a musician, nor am I involved in the music industry. English is my native language. Summary for T: 1. First name does not start with T. 2. Male. 3. Real. 4. Naturalized American. 5. Alive. 6. Caucasian. 7. Born before 1950. 8. Known for the creative arts. 9. Not a musician, nor involved in the music industry. 10. Native language is English. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/26 "2012-11-30T18:54:30Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Do you think the most wonderful thing about you is that you are the only one of your kind? > > IQ2: Did you supposedly curse the US presidency? > > IQ3: Were you an astronomer with a prosthetic nose? I’m not Tecumseh or Tycho Brahe. Take a DQ for your first question. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/27 "2012-11-30T19:21:48Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Do you think the most wonderful thing about you is that you are the only one of your kind? > [@Spoons](#): > > I’m not Tecumseh or Tycho Brahe. Take a DQ for your first question. Not Tigger, who always sang (at least in the Disney versions) “the most wonderful thing about Tiggers is I’m the only one” DQ: Actor? IQ1: Are you part of an extremely vulgar Canadian comedy team? IQ2: Are you a founding member of the band Wyld Stallyns? IQ3: Did you give Bugs Bunny his catchphrase? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/28 "2012-11-30T19:21:50Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you an Italian immigrant who was involved in electricity discoveries? Missed this? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/29 "2012-11-30T19:25:18Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Missed this? I did, and thanks for pointing it out. No idea; DQ for you. But it may be moot–see my next post. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/30 "2012-11-30T19:31:58Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > DQ: Actor? Yes, an actor. Summary for T: 1. First name does not start with T. 2. Male. 3. Real. 4. Naturalized American. 5. Alive. 6. Caucasian. 7. Born before 1950. 8. Known for the creative arts. 9. Not a musician, nor involved in the music industry. 10. Native language is English. 11. Actor. > [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you part of an extremely vulgar Canadian comedy team? > > IQ2: Are you a founding member of the band Wyld Stallyns? > > IQ3: Did you give Bugs Bunny his catchphrase? I don’t know who gave Bugs Bunny his catchphrase, I’m definitely not Ted “Theodore” Logan, but I am… Dave Thomas. Who, together with Rick Moranis, were Bob and Doug McKenzie of SCTV. Not sure if I’d call Bob and Doug “vulgar,” though I guess they might be considered by some to be. But Thomas was more than just Doug McKenzie; he appeared on TV (Grace Under Fire," for example) and in films (“Rat Race”), and has done a lot of voice work in animation. Good job! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/31 "2012-11-30T19:56:38Z")
Do DQs carry over? (assume not) My IQ was Tesla. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/32 "2012-11-30T20:16:33Z")
Was Tesla Italian? I did think of him, but I don’t recall him as being Italian. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/33 "2012-11-30T20:53:17Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I don’t know who gave Bugs Bunny his catchphrase, I’m definitely not Ted “Theodore” Logan, but I am… > > Dave Thomas. > > Who, together with Rick Moranis, were Bob and Doug McKenzie of SCTV. Not sure if I’d call Bob and Doug “vulgar,” though I guess they might be considered by some to be. But Thomas was more than just Doug McKenzie; he appeared on TV (Grace Under Fire," for example) and in films (“Rat Race”), and has done a lot of voice work in animation. > > Good job! Hmm… I think we need a ruling. I wouldn’t call SCTV “extremely vulgar” either. I was actually looking for Terrance Henry Stoot from South Park’s fictional Terrance & Phillip show. Does this really count as a win? It was director Tex Avery that came up with “What’s Up, Doc?” ---
**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:** [November 30, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/34 "2012-11-30T21:31:03Z")
Well, he’s revealed the answer, and it kinda sorta fits, so I think it’s your round, **ChockFull**. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > Did you, in a comedy movie, marvel at Americans’ obsession with breasts? > A real person, was your name mentioned in a song in _Grease_? > Did your dad like to go around the house with no shoes on to “let [his] feet breathe”? This was British comic Terry-Thomas, in _It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World_. Yes, Troy Donahue (“I know what you wanna do…!”) Thomas “Tad” Lincoln, the President’s next-to-last surviving son. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/35 "2012-12-01T10:10:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Well, he’s revealed the answer, and it kinda sorta fits, so I think it’s your round, **ChockFull**. I agree. If I erred in my knowledge of “Canadian comedy teams,” then I erred. Take it away, **ChockFull**! FTR, while there are many Canadian comedians who are well-known in the US, the only “Canadian comedy teams” that I’m aware of are Wayne and Shuster (both of whom are deceased now), and Bob and Doug McKenzie, aka Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas. Terence and Philip are completely off my radar. Regardless, it looks like we’re heading into another round. Go for it, **ChockFull**. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/36 "2012-12-01T17:45:39Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Was Tesla Italian? I did think of him, but I don’t recall him as being Italian. Serbian. > [@](#): > > Nikola Tesla was born on 10 July (O.S. 28 June) 1856 to Serb parents in the village of Smiljan, Austrian Empire (modern-day Croatia). His father, Milutin Tesla, was a priest of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Tesla’s mother, Đuka Tesla (née Mandić), whose father was also a Serbian Orthodox priest, had a talent for making home craft tools and for memorizing many Serbian epic poems, even though she had never learned how to read. - from the Wiki article on [Nikola Tesla](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla). ---
**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 1, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/37 "2012-12-01T21:22:03Z")
The next letter is **R** ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/38 "2012-12-02T06:43:24Z")
IQ1: Did you hear a voice say, “If you build it, he will come”? IQ2: Did you play a character who was a father to Marcia, Greg, and Jan, among others, on a TV show? IQ3: Are you known for originating the phrase, “Survey says?” ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/39 "2012-12-02T06:56:49Z")
IQ: Did you refuse to go to the back of the bus the day **CalMeachem** was born? ---
**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 3, 2012, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443/40 "2012-12-03T05:42:31Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did you hear a voice say, “If you build it, he will come”? > > IQ2: Did you play a character who was a father to Marcia, Greg, and Jan, among others, on a TV show? > > IQ3: Are you known for originating the phrase, “Survey says?” IQ1: I’m guessing that’s the Kevin Costner character from _Field of Dreams_ but I don’t remember the character’s name. Take a DQ I am neither Robert Reed nor Richard Dawson. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you refuse to go to the back of the bus the day **CalMeachem** was born? I am not Rosa Parks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443.md?page=3)