# Botticelli - Feb. 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 1, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859 "2016-02-01T17:33:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [February 25, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/201 "2016-02-25T00:48:34Z")
DQ: known for law enforcement? ---
**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:** [February 25, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/202 "2016-02-25T01:21:25Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Jackie Chan’s partner in the Rush Hour movies? > IQ2: Are you a hipster icon and bebop saxophonist nicknamed “Yardbird”? > IQ3: Are you an NAACP Litigation Director credited with dismantling the Jim Crow laws? > > Not Chris “Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?” Tucker or Charlie Parker; dunno the third (only Thurgood Marshall comes to mind). Charles Hamilton Houston DQ: Athlete? holding a DQ ---
**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:** [February 25, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/203 "2016-02-25T03:38:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > What’s the Captain Crunch line from, **SCA**? “[The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaWU1CmrJNc)” (around 2:10). ---
**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:** [February 25, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/204 "2016-02-25T05:05:59Z")
Thanks for the link, **SCAdian**. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your brother the first child born to a US president-elect? > IQ2: Were you a New York judge who disappeared? > IQ3: Were you John of Gaunt’s brother-in-law, the writer? Not Caroline Kennedy, Judge Crater or… Chaucer? C. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. dead 5. American 6. died after 1900 7. not known for the arts 8. not military 9. died before 1980 10. not particularly known for science, business or politics 11. born before 1900 12. best known for one specific event, or several closely-related events 13. not mainly regarded as a criminal 14. known for law enforcement 15. not an athlete ---
**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:** [February 25, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/205 "2016-02-25T12:17:38Z")
Aha! This looks like a job for Eliot Cness. IQs: 1. Did you portray a Hong Kong police officer, a Chinese guard and Passepartout? 2. Did you perform on the soundtrack for _When Harry Met Sally_? 3. Did you play Cary Grant’s ghost wife in _Topper_? ---
**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:** [February 25, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/206 "2016-02-25T12:33:08Z")
IQ1: Did you lead sailors and dockworkers against the British in protest in 1770, resulting in your death in the Boston Massacre? IQ2: Are you the first black woman to be elected to the US Senate in 1982? IQ3: Are you the first black woman to be elected to the US Congress in 1968, and the first black major party candidate to run for POTUS? DQ: Police? holding 1 DQ '(thanks for the earworm, SCAdian) ---
**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:** [February 25, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/207 "2016-02-25T12:59:17Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your brother the first child born to a US president-elect? > IQ2: Were you a New York judge who disappeared? > IQ3: Were you John of Gaunt’s brother-in-law, the writer? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Caroline Kennedy, Judge Crater or… Chaucer? Correct on all three. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/208 "2016-02-25T15:04:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Did you portray a Hong Kong police officer, a Chinese guard and Passepartout? > 2. Did you perform on the soundtrack for _When Harry Met Sally_? > 3. Did you play Cary Grant’s ghost wife in _Topper_? Not Jackie Chan, Harry Connick Jr. or… Cyd Cherisse? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you lead sailors and dockworkers against the British in protest in 1770, resulting in your death in the Boston Massacre? > IQ2: Are you the first black woman to be elected to the US Senate in 1982? > IQ3: Are you the first black woman to be elected to the US Congress in 1968, and the first black major party candidate to run for POTUS?.. Not Crispus Attucks, Carol Moseley-Braun (sp?) or Shirley Chisholm. C. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. dead 5. American 6. died after 1900 7. not known for the arts 8. not military 9. died before 1980 10. not particularly known for science, business or politics 11. born before 1900 12. best known for one specific event, or several closely-related events 13. not mainly regarded as a criminal 14. known for law enforcement 15. not an athlete 16. not police ---
**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:** [February 25, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/209 "2016-02-25T15:15:19Z")
> [@](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Did you portray a Hong Kong police officer, a Chinese guard and Passepartout? > 2. Did you perform on the soundtrack for When Harry Met Sally? > 3. Did you play Cary Grant’s ghost wife in Topper? > Not Jackie Chan, Harry Connick Jr. or… Cyd Cherisse? Correct, correct, and Constance Bennett. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/210 "2016-02-25T15:50:47Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > (thanks for the earworm, SCAdian) Any time. 😃 It’s one of the most easily caught earworms I know. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/211 "2016-02-25T15:54:19Z")
IQ: Were you a western gunslinger and lawman also known as Josiah Horner? ---
**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:** [February 25, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/212 "2016-02-25T18:57:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you a western gunslinger and lawman also known as Josiah Horner? Not… Ike Clanton? ---
**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:** [February 25, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/213 "2016-02-25T19:02:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you a western gunslinger and lawman also known as Josiah Horner? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not… Ike Clanton? That was Frank M. Canton, an Indiana-born fellow who became an Oklahoma marshall. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/214 "2016-02-25T21:35:27Z")
IQ1: Were you a power running back for the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints from 1978-1985, primarily because of your 34-inch thighs? IQ2: Were you nominated for an Oscar as the heroic hotel manager who sheltered refugees in the 2004 film _Hotel Rwanda_? IQ3: Did you lead the band Parliament-Funkadelic? ---
**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:** [February 26, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/215 "2016-02-26T01:55:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Any time. 😃 It’s one of the most easily caught earworms I know. In fact, all I had to do was read KO’s question and answer it, and I was stuck with the song for the next two hours… :mad: IQ1: Did you star with Owen Wilson in a film about a sheriff and his partner who travel to London? IQ2: Were you #1’s character in that film? IQ3: Were you CO of the American Volunteer Group? ---
**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:** [February 26, 2016, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/216 "2016-02-26T05:11:02Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a power running back for the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints from 1978-1985, primarily because of your 34-inch thighs? > IQ2: Were you nominated for an Oscar as the heroic hotel manager who sheltered refugees in the 2004 film _Hotel Rwanda_? > IQ3: Did you lead the band Parliament-Funkadelic? Dunno, not Don Cheadle, and not George Clinton. > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Did you star with Owen Wilson in a film about a sheriff and his partner who travel to London? > IQ2: Were you #1’s character in that film? > IQ3: Were you CO of the American Volunteer Group? Lemme check… no, still not Jackie Chan. Dunno #2. Not Gen. Chennault. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/217 "2016-02-26T13:01:17Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you a power running back for the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints from 1978-1985, primarily because of your 34-inch thighs? > IQ2: Were you nominated for an Oscar as the heroic hotel manager who sheltered refugees in the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda? > IQ3: Did you lead the band Parliament-Funkadelic? > > Dunno, not Don Cheadle, and not George Clinton. Earl Campbell DQ: Judge? 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:** [February 26, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/218 "2016-02-26T16:58:52Z")
IQ: Did your disappearance in the 1930’s have you dubbed “the Missingest Man in New York”? ---
**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:** [February 26, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/219 "2016-02-26T21:00:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did your disappearance in the 1930’s have you dubbed “the Missingest Man in New York”? Still not Judge Crater. C. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. dead 5. American 6. died after 1900 7. not known for the arts 8. not military 9. died before 1980 10. not particularly known for science, business or politics 11. born before 1900 12. best known for one specific event, or several closely-related events 13. not mainly regarded as a criminal 14. known for law enforcement 15. not an athlete 16. not police 17. not a judge ---
**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:** [February 26, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/220 "2016-02-26T22:01:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you star with Owen Wilson in a film about a sheriff and his partner who travel to London? > IQ2: Were you #1’s character in that film? > IQ3: Were you CO of the American Volunteer Group? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Lemme check… no, still not Jackie Chan. Dunno #2. Not Gen. Chennault. Correct. Chon Wang. Correct. DQ: Fed (FBI/Secret Service/Border Patrol/US Marshal/whatever)? Two DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859.md?page=12)