# Botticelli - February 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 3, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441 "2020-02-03T20:14:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 9, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/61 "2020-02-09T20:21:36Z")
Welcome back, Tim! ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/62 "2020-02-09T20:29:18Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Ursula Le Guin, and the others were correct. > > DQ: Does your last name start with a U? > > IQ1: Are you (possibly apocryphally) believed to be named for a meat packer in New York? > IQ2: Could you light up a light bulb by sticking it into your mouth? > IQ3: Were you a narrator of fables and folklore? not somebody Underwood, don’t know, don’t know take 3 DQs 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Last name starts with U ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/63 "2020-02-09T20:31:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you determine that the world was created Sunday, October 23, 4004 B.C.? > 2. Were you criticized for putting your own poems in anthologies of famous poems you edited? > 3. Are you a 15th Century Italian painter who painted _The Hunt in the Forest_? Take 3 DQs ---
**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 9, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/64 "2020-02-09T21:10:41Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Are you (possibly apocryphally) believed to be named for a meat packer in New York? > IQ2: Could you light up a light bulb by sticking it into your mouth? > IQ3: Were you a narrator of fables and folklore? > [@Personal](#): > > not somebody Underwood, don’t know, don’t know Uncle Sam (Sam Wilson’s company supplied rations for the War of 1812) Uncle Fester (Addams Family) Uncle Remus (Fictional narrator of tales of Br’er Rabbit, etc.) DQ1: Known for the Arts? DQ2: American? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/65 "2020-02-09T21:22:12Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Uncle Sam (Sam Wilson’s company supplied rations for the War of 1812) > Uncle Fester (Addams Family) > Uncle Remus (Fictional narrator of tales of Br’er Rabbit, etc.) > DQ1: Known for the Arts? > DQ2: American? > > One DQ reserved. 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Last name starts with U 5. Known fro the Arts 6. Naturalized American citizen (holds dual citizenship) ---
**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 9, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/66 "2020-02-09T22:51:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you determine that the world was created Sunday, October 23, 4004 B.C.? > 2. Were you criticized for putting your own poems in anthologies of famous poems you edited? > 3. Are you a 15th Century Italian painter who painted _The Hunt in the Forest_? > [@Personal](#): > > Take 3 DQs #1 was Bishop Ussher. #2 was Louis Untermeyer. #3 was Uccello. DQs: 1. Born after 1959? 2. Known for acting? 1 DQ reserved. IQ: Did _The Simpsons_ get its start on your show? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/67 "2020-02-09T23:38:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1 was Bishop Ussher. > #2 was Louis Untermeyer. > #3 was Uccello. > > DQs: > > 1. Born after 1959? > 2. Known for acting? > > 1 DQ reserved. > > IQ: Did _The Simpsons_ get its start on your show? I am, indeed, Tracey Ullman Your game, Prof. ---
**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 9, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/68 "2020-02-09T23:41:37Z")
Thank you very much. I am B! ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/69 "2020-02-10T00:02:36Z")
Was I supposed to start the February thread with A? ETA: Never mind. Looking back, I see I had something wrong. I thought we were supposed to go in alphabetical order! My mistake. ---
**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 10, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/70 "2020-02-10T00:12:35Z")
Sometimes we go in alphabetical order, but we’ve been in random mode for the last few months. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/71 "2020-02-10T02:04:08Z")
IQs 1. Are you the current radio play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers? 2. Are you the radio play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Reds who retired after the 2019 season? 3. Are you the son of a former play-by-play announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals and current lead television announcer for Fox NFL and MLB? ---
**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 10, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/72 "2020-02-10T03:21:29Z")
Good job, **Prof. P.** , and welcome back, **Tim**! Previous IQs: Were you a noted Burmese diplomat? - U Thant, at one time UN Secretary-General Are you the best-known person from Point Pleasant, Ohio? - Yes, Ulysses S. Grant Were you Igraine’s lover? - Uther Pendragon; they were King Arthur’s parents On to B… IQs: Did you use the traveling name “Mr. Underhill”? Were you that person’s beloved uncle? Are you their loathed and greedy cousin? ---
**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 10, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/73 "2020-02-10T04:27:44Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you the current radio play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers? > 2. Are you the radio play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Reds who retired after the 2019 season? > 3. Are you the son of a former play-by-play announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals and current lead television announcer for Fox NFL and MLB? Aaargh! Sports! Take 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 10, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/74 "2020-02-10T04:29:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you use the traveling name “Mr. Underhill”? > Were you that person’s beloved uncle? > Are you their loathed and greedy cousin? I am neither Frodo nor Bilbo Baggins. I am not Lobelia Sackville-Baggins (which should be an S, I’m thinking.) If I’m wrong about Lobelia, take 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 10, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/75 "2020-02-10T14:20:40Z")
Swept me! IQs: Did Gore Vidal play your foe? Have you played a pirate, a detective, a gangster and a Commie? Did you appear in an ad with a dog and a pop singer? ---
**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 10, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/76 "2020-02-10T14:23:50Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > Did Gore Vidal play your foe? > Have you played a pirate, a detective, a gangster and a Commie? > Did you appear in an ad with a dog and a pop singer? and swept me. Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/77 "2020-02-10T16:33:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Aaargh! Sports! > > Take 3 DQs. 1. Are you the current radio play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers? 2. Are you the radio play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Reds who retired after the 2019 season? 3. Are you the son of a former play-by-play announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals and current lead television announcer for Fox NFL and MLB? Answers to IQs: 1. Bob “I Must Be In The Front Row” Uecker 2. Baseball Hall of Famer Marty Brenneman 3. Joe Buck, son of Hall of Fame announcer Jack Buck DQs: 1. Fictional? 2. Female? 1 DQ 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 10, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/78 "2020-02-10T17:12:13Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/79 "2020-02-10T18:37:05Z")
IQs: 1. Did your character play foil to Werner Klemperer’s character on TV? 2. Are you a short person who played a gaseous police captain in the movie _Night Patrol_? 3. Are you the Senator who led the charge to convince President Nixon to resign? ---
**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 10, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/80 "2020-02-10T20:24:14Z")
Previous IQs: Did Gore Vidal play your foe? - The title character in the political satire _Bob Roberts_ Have you played a pirate, a detective, a gangster and a Commie? - British actor Bob Hoskins, in _Hook, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Long Good Friday_ and _Enemy at the Gates_ Did you appear in an ad with a dog and a pop singer? - Bob Dole (and Britney Spears, another B): [Pepsi Commercial - Britney Spears featuring Bob Dole - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt8uNG02ixA) Bob x3! DQs: Living? American? Best known for the Arts? IQs: Were you Faramir’s big brother? Did you play that character? Did you play Dr. Stephen Maturin in a single movie? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441.md?page=5)