# 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:** 9
**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 19, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/161 "2016-02-19T16:33:20Z")
Still thinking… ---
**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 20, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/162 "2016-02-20T03:32:26Z")
OK. Are you Chef Boyardee? ---
**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 20, 2016, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/163 "2016-02-20T11:02:07Z")
Born in Italy, I came to America when I was 16 and joined my brother in the restaurant business. I opened my own restaurant twelve years later, in Cleveland. My recipe for spaghetti sauce was so popular that customers wanted to teke samples home, so I began bottling it; within three years I was selling it nationwide. My name is Ettore **B** oiardi, but to make it easier for Americans to pronounce I spelt it phonetically as my brand name: Chef Boy-Ar-Dee. ---
**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 20, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/164 "2016-02-20T12:28:13Z")
Wow. Well done, EH! I would never have guessed him. ---
**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 20, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/165 "2016-02-20T12:57:20Z")
Good choice for a mystery guest, SCAdian. One of those “hidden in plain sight” types. ---
**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 21, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/166 "2016-02-21T02:11:50Z")
Thanks! As it happens, we did Boiardi awhileback - see post 60 here: [Botticelli September 2011 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=623007) Our next letter, continuing our march through the alphabet, is C ---
**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 21, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/167 "2016-02-21T02:14:41Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Lincoln’s first Secretary of the Treasury? 2. Were you Lincoln’s first Secretary of War? 3. Were you Lincoln’s first Secretary of the Interior? ---
**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 21, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/168 "2016-02-21T02:21:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Lincoln’s first Secretary of the Treasury? > 2. Were you Lincoln’s first Secretary of War? > 3. Were you Lincoln’s first Secretary of the Interior? Not Salmon P. Chase, Simon Cameron or Caleb Blood Smith (great name!). ---
**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 21, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/169 "2016-02-21T03:50:54Z")
IQ1: Did you play a submariner, two field marshals, and a psychotic bank robber? IQ2: Did you write about Henry, Beatrice, and their friends? IQ3: Did John take your place in working with Mike and Joe? ---
**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 21, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/170 "2016-02-21T12:56:17Z")
IQ1: Were you mayor of Detroit from 1974-1994? IQ2: Were you a rock guitarist known for hits like \*Maybelline \*and _Roll Over Beethoven_? IQ3: Were you fined $757 for refusing to play in front of a segregated audience in Augusta Georgia in 1961? ---
**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 21, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/171 "2016-02-21T13:49:46Z")
Correct on all three. (No surprises there.) IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _Minnie the Moocher_? 2. Did you have a hit with _Orange-Colored Sky_? 3. Did you have a hit with _Pennies from Heaven_? ---
**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 22, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/172 "2016-02-22T04:48:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a submariner, two field marshals, and a psychotic bank robber? > IQ2: Did you write about Henry, Beatrice, and their friends? > IQ3: Did John take your place in working with Mike and Joe? Not Cliff Robertson (a guess), not Beverly Cleary, and dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you mayor of Detroit from 1974-1994? > IQ2: Were you a rock guitarist known for hits like \*Maybelline \*and _Roll Over Beethoven_? > IQ3: Were you fined $757 for refusing to play in front of a segregated audience in Augusta Georgia in 1961? Not Coleman Young, I really should know #2 but I’m blanking, and not… Johnny Cash? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Minnie the Moocher_? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Orange-Colored Sky_? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Pennies from Heaven_? Not Cab Calloway, dunno and dunno. ---
**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 22, 2016, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/173 "2016-02-22T12:10:35Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a submariner, two field marshals, and a psychotic bank robber? > IQ2: Did you write about Henry, Beatrice, and their friends? > IQ3: Did John take your place in working with Mike and Joe? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Cliff Robertson (a guess), not Beverly Cleary, and dunno. Christopher Plummer (_The Sound of Music_, _Waterloo_, _The Night of the Generals_, and _The Silent Partner_). The two field marshals were Wellington and Rommel. Correct. Chad Mitchell. When he dropped out of his eponymous trio, John Denver was selected as his replacement. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? ---
**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 22, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/174 "2016-02-22T12:12:20Z")
> [@](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with Minnie the Moocher? > 2. Did you have a hit with Orange-Colored Sky? > 3. Did you have a hit with Pennies from Heaven? > Not Cab Calloway, dunno and dunno. Correct on the Hi-De-Ho Man. #2 was Nat “King” Cole. #3 was Bing Crosby. DQ: Last name starts with C? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 22, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/175 "2016-02-22T13:49:49Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you mayor of Detroit from 1974-1994? > IQ2: Were you a rock guitarist known for hits like Maybelline and Roll Over Beethoven? > IQ3: Were you fined $757 for refusing to play in front of a segregated audience in Augusta Georgia in 1961? > > Not Coleman Young, I really should know #2 but I’m blanking, and not… Johnny Cash? correct, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles holding 2 DQs ---
**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 23, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/176 "2016-02-23T00:25:36Z")
IQ1: Did Flora MacDonald take you for a boat ride? IQ2: Were you noted for being friendlier than others like you? IQ3: Did your brother Buck die as a result of wounds received in two shot-outs with the police? ---
**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 23, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/177 "2016-02-23T14:51:28Z")
Chuck Berry - d’oh! I could see him in my mind but just couldn’t come up with his name. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did Flora MacDonald take you for a boat ride? > IQ2: Were you noted for being friendlier than others like you? > IQ3: Did your brother Buck die as a result of wounds received in two shot-outs with the police? Dunno the first two; not Clyde. C. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with C ---
**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 23, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/178 "2016-02-23T17:33:03Z")
DQ: Alive? IQs: 1. Did you play the “Hercules Poirot” character in _Murder By Death_? 2. Did Carrie Fisher give you the Lifetime Achievement Award on a quasi-important awards show? 3. Did you team up with Mike Myers for two movies based on your SNL skits? ---
**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 23, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/179 "2016-02-23T18:12:05Z")
IQ1: Are you the CEO of Godfather’s pizza who ran for the Republican nomination for President in 2011? IQ2: Are you a former Black Panther honcho who fled the US for 7 years and returned to join the LDS church? IQ3: Are you a veteran supporting actor, possibly best known for your role as Dick Halloran in the 1980 film _The Shining_? DQ: American? holding a DQ ---
**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 23, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859/180 "2016-02-23T18:25:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the “Hercules Poirot” character in _Murder By Death_? > 2. Did Carrie Fisher give you the Lifetime Achievement Award on a quasi-important awards show? > 3. Did you team up with Mike Myers for two movies based on your SNL skits? Not James Coco, C-3PO or… dammit, I’m blanking. Dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the CEO of Godfather’s pizza who ran for the Republican nomination for President in 2011? > IQ2: Are you a former Black Panther honcho who fled the US for 7 years and returned to join the LDS church? > IQ3: Are you a veteran supporting actor, possibly best known for your role as Dick Halloran in the 1980 film _The Shining_?.. Not Herman Cain, dunno, and not Scatman Crothers. C. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. dead 5. American [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859.md?page=10)