# Botticelli - February 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 2, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792 "2017-02-02T00:54:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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 18, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/221 "2017-02-18T21:26:44Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a NFL linebacker of Samoan descent who suffered from chronic brain damage and committed suicide in 2012? > IQ2: Were you permanently disabled from a gunshot meant for Ronald Reagan? > IQ3: Are you a professional wrestler from Fiji who died 12 days after being dismissed from trial for involuntary manslaughter? > > DQ. > Not James Brady. > DQ. Junior Seau, correct, Jimmy Snuka DQ: European? holding 3 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:** [February 18, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/222 "2017-02-18T21:30:47Z")
IQs: 1. Are you presently married to Robert Wagner? 2. Did you play Morticia on the TV series _The Addams Family_? 3. Did you play Catwoman on the TV series _Batman_? ---
**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 18, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/223 "2017-02-18T22:21:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you presently married to Robert Wagner? > 2. Did you play Morticia on the TV series _The Addams Family_? > 3. Did you play Catwoman on the TV series _Batman_? Three DQs. **J** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. Last name does not start with J 5. Not American 6. Best known for the arts 7. Not born after 1970 8. Known for the performing arts 9. European ---
**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 19, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/224 "2017-02-19T00:54:15Z")
DQ: Singer? holding 2 DQs ---
**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, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/225 "2017-02-19T05:06:36Z")
Previous IQs: In one of your movies, were you last seen pregnant on a park bench? - Julia Roberts, in _Notting Hill_ Were you spoofed as screeching “Save the liver”? - Julia Child again, on SNL Did you use the excuse of going to visit your son in New Jersey to get out of an undesired social engagement? - Julia Grant, who did not like Mrs. Lincoln, which is why she and her husband Ulysses weren’t at Ford’s Theatre that fateful night in 1865 DQs: British? Has won a top award in her field? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you delayed at Monocacy in 1864? Were you an assassin who came aboard _Serenity_? Did you call a president while his men were storming your house? ---
**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 19, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/226 "2017-02-19T14:50:29Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you presently married to Robert Wagner? > 2. Did you play Morticia on the TV series The Addams Family? > 3. Did you play Catwoman on the TV series Batman? > Three DQs. #1 is Jill St. John. #2 was Carolyn Jones. #3 was Julie Newmar. 3 DQs 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 19, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/227 "2017-02-19T15:48:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you delayed at Monocacy in 1864? > Were you an assassin who came aboard _Serenity_? > Did you call a president while his men were storming your house? Not … J E Johnston? DQ. DQ. **J** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. Last name does not start with J 5. Not American 6. Best known for the arts 7. Not born after 1970 8. Known for the performing arts 9. European 10. Not a singer 11. British 12. Has won a top award in her field ---
**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 19, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/228 "2017-02-19T16:22:23Z")
DQs: 1. Actress? 2. Unusual first name? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/229 "2017-02-19T16:31:58Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the head nurse on a TV drama? > IQ2: Did you find a bomb in a public area and begin an evacuation, though not soon enough to prevent loss of life when it went off a short time later? > IQ3: Were you a famous female chef who was more than six feet tall? Julianna Margulies(ER), Richard Jewell (Olympic Park Bombing, Atlanta Olympics), and correct on Child. IQ1: Did you play M? 3 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 19, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/230 "2017-02-19T19:28:44Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. Last name does not start with J 5. Not American 6. Best known for the arts 7. Not born after 1970 8. Known for the performing arts 9. European 10. Not a singer 11. British 12. Has won a top award in her field 13. Actress 14. Not an unusual first name > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you play M? Yes. I am film, theatre, and TV star Dame **J** udi Dench CH DBE FRSA, winner of an Oscar, a Tony, seven Oliviers, six film and four television BAFTA Awards, and [numerous others](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Judi_Dench). Figured this one probably wouldn’t take long… _The Importance of Being Earnest_ is the first thing that comes to mind when I hear her name. ---
**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 19, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/231 "2017-02-19T19:29:23Z")
Well done… Tim! ---
**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, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/232 "2017-02-19T19:29:55Z")
Previous IQs: Were you delayed at Monocacy in 1864? - Confederate Gen. Jubal Early Were you an assassin who came aboard _Serenity_? - Another, much later guy named Jubal Early Did you call a president while his men were storming your house? - Jubal Harshaw, in Heinlein’s _Stranger in a Strange Land_. Jubal x3! ETA: Nicely done… **Tim**. Fun fact: my dad dated Judi Dench back in the Fifties. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/233 "2017-02-20T04:48:42Z")
Thanks all! Now, I am L. ---
**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, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/234 "2017-02-20T05:00:28Z")
IQs: Did you retire to Hildene? Were you that person’s dad? Were you that person’s mom? ---
**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, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/235 "2017-02-20T12:58:52Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in the TV series _Seahunt_? 2. Did you star in the film _Safety Last_? 3. Did you play Reverend Jim in the TV Series _Taxi_? ---
**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, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/236 "2017-02-20T14:06:26Z")
IQ1: Is one of your catch phrases “Git her done?” IQ2: Are you an NFL linebacker who played for the Miami Dolphins in Superbowls VII & VIII? IQ3: Are you a professional boxer whose nickname is “The Easton Assassin?” ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/237 "2017-02-20T18:20:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you retire to Hildene? > Were you that person’s dad? > Were you that person’s mom? 3xDQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in the TV series _Seahunt_? > 2. Did you star in the film _Safety Last_? > 3. Did you play Reverend Jim in the TV Series _Taxi_? 2xDQ and Christopher Lloyd. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Is one of your catch phrases “Git her done?” > IQ2: Are you an NFL linebacker who played for the Miami Dolphins in Superbowls VII & VIII? > IQ3: Are you a professional boxer whose nickname is “The Easton Assassin?” Larry the Cable Guy, DQ, and Sonny Liston? ---
**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, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/238 "2017-02-20T18:45:25Z")
Previous IQs: Did you retire to Hildene? - Robert Todd Lincoln: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildene](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildene) (a beautiful house still) Were you that person’s dad? - Abraham Lincoln Were you that person’s mom? - Mary Todd Lincoln DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with L? IQs: Were your relations with your son not always happy, and did he not come to your funeral even though he could have without too much trouble? Were you named after a friend of your father and died young? Did your nickname refer to your body shape and you also died young? ---
**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, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/239 "2017-02-20T20:38:43Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Is one of your catch phrases “Git her done?” > IQ2: Are you an NFL linebacker who played for the Miami Dolphins in Superbowls VII & VIII? > IQ3: Are you a professional boxer whose nickname is “The Easton Assassin?” > > Larry the Cable Guy, DQ, and Sonny Liston? correct, Larry Czonka, Larry Holmes for 3x Larry! holding 2 DQs IQ1: In 1985, did you co-write the famine relief song “We Are the World” with Michael Jackson? IQ2: Did your former housekeeper testify that she heard you say “Only the little people pay taxes”? IQ3: Did you take out Balor’s poisonous eye with a sling-stone? ---
**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, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/240 "2017-02-20T22:18:13Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in the TV series Seahunt? > 2. Did you star in the film Safety Last? > 3. Did you play Reverend Jim in the TV Series Taxi? > 2xDQ and Christopher Lloyd. #1 was Lloyd Bridges. #2 was Harold Lloyd. Correct on #3. 2 DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792.md?page=13)