# Botticelli - February 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 3, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259 "2023-02-03T14:15:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/161 "2023-02-23T03:40:07Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you of Verlaine, and did you marry Koris? > 2. Were you Tony Geary’s most famous role? > 3. Are you Genie Francis’s most famous role? DQ Neither Luke not Laura from General Hospital. I was high school at the time and that wedding thing was inescapable! Never seen a minute of that soap, but you couldn’t avoid it no matter how hard you tried. ---
**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, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/162 "2023-02-23T13:42:15Z")
IQs: Did you joke about your in-laws’ last name? Were you that person’s spouse? Were you their eldest 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 23, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/163 "2023-02-23T14:06:08Z")
IQs: 1. Did you host a 1960’s TV exercise program? 2. Were you a movie Western actor known for using a whip? 3. Were you a Polish science fiction author? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/164 "2023-02-23T17:55:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you joke about your in-laws’ last name? > Were you that person’s spouse? > Were you their eldest son? Take 3 DQs > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you host a 1960’s TV exercise program? > 2. Were you a movie Western actor known for using a whip? > 3. Were you a Polish science fiction author? Not Jack LaLane DQ Not Stanislaw Lem ---
**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, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/165 "2023-02-23T20:20:55Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you host a 1960’s TV exercise program? > > 2. Were you a movie Western actor known for using a whip? > > 3. Were you a Polish science fiction author? > > Not Jack LaLane > DQ > Not Stanislaw Lem 1. Correct on Jack LaLanne. 2. was Lash LaRue. 3. Correct on Stanislaw Lem. DQ: Real? ---
**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, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/166 "2023-02-23T20:26:40Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Ophelia’s brother? 2. Are you a 12th Century addition to a successful story cycle, created because the French wanted tragic and complicated love lives for their heroes? 3. Were you a sultry actress known for your peek-a-boo hair style? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/167 "2023-02-23T23:00:55Z")
**L** 1. Fictional ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/168 "2023-02-23T23:01:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you Ophelia’s brother? > 2. Are you a 12th Century addition to a successful story cycle, created because the French wanted tragic and complicated love lives for their heroes? > 3. Were you a sultry actress known for your peek-a-boo hair style? Not Laertes Not Sir Lancelot DQ ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/169 "2023-02-24T01:38:30Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Were you of Verlaine, and did you marry Koris? > 2. Were you Tony Geary’s most famous role? > 3. Are you Genie Francis’s most famous role? Loyse (the Witch World books), correct, correct. DQ: Female? ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/170 "2023-02-24T01:55:56Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you the baddest man in the whole damn’ town? > > IQ2-3: Were you a pirate who didn’t do anything? > > Not Bad Bad Leroy Brown > Take 2 DQs correct Larry the Cucumber Mr Lunt DQ1: Originally from prose? DQ2: Main character? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/171 "2023-02-24T02:43:56Z")
**L** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Not originally from prose 4. Not a main character ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/172 "2023-02-24T03:16:51Z")
IQ1: Did you play the mother of a blended family with 19 kids? IQ2: Did you star in a commercial for Vitameatavegemin? IQ3: Do Scandinavian girls wear a crown of lighted candles on your day? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/173 "2023-02-24T08:39:11Z")
DQ Not Lucille Ball 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 24, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/174 "2023-02-24T14:50:35Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Were you Ophelia’s brother? > > 2. Are you a 12th Century addition to a successful story cycle, created because the French wanted tragic and complicated love lives for their heroes? > > 3. Were you a sultry actress known for your peek-a-boo hair style? > > Not Laertes > Not Sir Lancelot > DQ Correct, Correct, and Veronica Lake. DQ: Last name starts with L? ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/175 "2023-02-24T14:52:56Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the title character in a series of R-rated computer games in the 90’s? 2. Did you play Mr. Greenjeans on Captain Kangaroo’s TV show? 3. Were you the English bishop who oversaw the translation of the King James Version? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/176 "2023-02-24T17:25:32Z")
1. Did you “give your mother 40 whacks”? 2. Are you the tattooed lady? 3. Are you the title woman in a Kenny Rogers song lamenting the fact that you left him? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/177 "2023-02-24T18:18:26Z")
**L** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Not originally from prose 4. Not a main character 5. Last name starts with L ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/178 "2023-02-24T18:23:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you the title character in a series of R-rated computer games in the 90’s? > 2. Did you play Mr. Greenjeans on Captain Kangaroo’s TV show? > 3. Were you the English bishop who oversaw the translation of the King James Version? Not Leisure Suit Larry take 2 DQs > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you “give your mother 40 whacks”? > 2. Are you the tattooed lady? > 3. Are you the title woman in a Kenny Rogers song lamenting the fact that you left him? Not Lizzie Borden Not Lydia Not Lucille ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/179 "2023-02-24T18:33:08Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Were you the title character in a series of R-rated computer games in the 90’s? > > 2. Did you play Mr. Greenjeans on Captain Kangaroo’s TV show? > > 3. Were you the English bishop who oversaw the translation of the King James Version? > > Not Leisure Suit Larry > take 2 DQs #1 is correct. #2 was Lumpy Branham. #3 was Lancelot Andrewes. DQs: 1. From a movie or TV? 2. Created after 1950? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/180 "2023-02-24T18:35:24Z")
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