# Botticelli - February 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 2, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851 "2019-02-02T22:10:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 2, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/1 "2019-02-02T22:10:07Z")
New letter is R! ---
**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 3, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/2 "2019-02-03T01:45:40Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Irene Adler opposite Robert Downey, Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes? 2. Do you play Deadpool in he movies? 3. Do you write the Percy Jackson series of books? ---
**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 3, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/3 "2019-02-03T14:07:33Z")
not Renee Russo?, not Ryan Reynolds, 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 3, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/4 "2019-02-03T14:19:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Irene Adler opposite Robert Downey, Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes? > 2. Do you play Deadpool in he movies? > 3. Do you write the Percy Jackson series of books? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Renee Russo?, not Ryan Reynolds, DQ #1 was Rachel McAdams. Correct on Ryan. #3 is Rick Riordan. DQs: 1. Real? 2. 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 3, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/5 "2019-02-03T14:30:09Z")
IQs: 1. Did you and your sister have a hit with _Yesterday Once More_? 2. Did you play Dr. Van Helsing in _Love At First Bite_? 3. Did you play the villain in _Captain America: Civil War_? ---
**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 3, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/6 "2019-02-03T19:33:37Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 3, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/7 "2019-02-03T19:38:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you and your sister have a hit with _Yesterday Once More_? > 2. Did you play Dr. Van Helsing in _Love At First Bite_? > 3. Did you play the villain in _Captain America: Civil War_? DQ, DQ, not Paul Rudd? (I don’t recall there being any villains because it was two sides of heroes fighting each other) ---
**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 3, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/8 "2019-02-03T21:24:33Z")
January thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=868141](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=868141) On to R… IQs: Are you the best-known person from Dixon, Ill.? Are you that person’s spouse? Are you that person’s best-known son? ---
**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 3, 2019, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/9 "2019-02-03T23:12:48Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, DQ, not Paul Rudd? (I don’t recall there being any villains because it was two sides of heroes fighting each other) 1 was Richard Carpenter. 2 was Richard Benjamin. 3 was an error. I meant Captain America: Winter Soldier. Which was Robert Redford. 2 DQs 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:** [February 3, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/10 "2019-02-03T23:13:54Z")
DQ s 1. Living? 2. Last name starts with R? ---
**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 3, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/11 "2019-02-03T23:23:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you the best-known person from Dixon, Ill.? > Are you that person’s spouse? > Are you that person’s best-known son? take 3 DQs ---
**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 3, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/12 "2019-02-03T23:25:08Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. First name starts with R ---
**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 4, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/13 "2019-02-04T02:23:53Z")
Previous IQs: Are you the best-known person from Dixon, Ill.? - Ronald Reagan Are you that person’s spouse? - Nancy Reagan Are you that person’s best-known son? - Ron Reagan Jr. Reagan x3! DQs: American? Born since 1950? Best known for the Arts? IQs: Did you switch jobs in 1985 with Jim Baker? Were you Goneril’s sister? Were you Jean-Luc Picard’s brother? ---
**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 4, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/14 "2019-02-04T13:09:51Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. First name starts with R 5. American 6. Born before 1950 7. Although known for the Arts, is not best known for it ---
**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 4, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/15 "2019-02-04T13:13:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you switch jobs in 1985 with Jim Baker? > Were you Goneril’s sister? > Were you Jean-Luc Picard’s brother? not Donald Regan, DQ, 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 4, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/16 "2019-02-04T16:25:58Z")
Previous IQs: Did you switch jobs in 1985 with Jim Baker? - Yes, Donald Regan, as he became White House Chief of Staff and Jim Baker became Treasury Secretary Were you Goneril’s sister? - Also named Regan, in Shakespeare’s _King Lear_ Were you Jean-Luc Picard’s brother? - Robert Picard, a Frenchman who like him had an inexplicable British accent, on _ST:TNG_ DQs: Best known for political/military? Best known before 1990? IQs: Did you command the Imperial battlecruiser _MacArthur_? Did you own the Cafe Americain? Are you Sterling Archer’s go-to undercover 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 4, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/17 "2019-02-04T16:33:09Z")
IQs: 1. Was Ape (from the cartoon _George of the Jungle_’s voice based on yours? 2. Did you and Peabo Bryson have a hit with a song from _Aladdin_? 3. Did you play Aramis opposite Oliver Reed’s Athos? ---
**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 4, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/18 "2019-02-04T18:07:43Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. First name starts with R 5. American 6. Born before 1950 7. Although known for the Arts, is not best known for it 8. Not known for politics/military 9. Became famous before 1990, enjoyed fame for many years after ---
**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 4, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/19 "2019-02-04T18:09:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you command the Imperial battlecruiser _MacArthur_? > Did you own the Cafe Americain? > Are you Sterling Archer’s go-to undercover name? DQ, DQ, not Rando/Randy/Randal ---
**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 4, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/20 "2019-02-04T18:10:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was Ape (from the cartoon _George of the Jungle_’s voice based on yours? > 2. Did you and Peabo Bryson have a hit with a song from _Aladdin_? > 3. Did you play Aramis opposite Oliver Reed’s Athos? take 3 DQs [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851.md?page=2)