# Botticelli - Jan 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 28, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120 "2020-12-28T19:27:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [January 11, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/281 "2021-01-11T22:11:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did TR take to heart your teachings on naval power? > Were you the Nazi hitman in _The ODESSA File_ ? > Were you also AKA Gandalf, Olorin and Tharkun? Not William McKinley? Take a DQ Not Mithrandir (sp?) ---
**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:** [January 11, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/282 "2021-01-11T22:21:49Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an ancient monarch mentioned in the poem _A Shropshire Lad_? 2. Did you star opposite Bob Hope in _The Lemon Drop Kid_? 3. Did you play Sam on _Richard Diamond, Private Eye_? ---
**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:** [January 11, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/283 "2021-01-11T22:41:15Z")
IQ1: Did you star in _Texas Across the River_? IQ2: When told to say “good night”, did you say “good night” to youself? IQ3: Did Ray Walton play you in a '60s sitcom? ---
**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:** [January 11, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/284 "2021-01-11T22:51:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Are you an ancient monarch mentioned in the poem _A Shropshire Lad_ ? > - Did you star opposite Bob Hope in _The Lemon Drop Kid_ ? > - Did you play Sam on _Richard Diamond, Private Eye_ ? Take 3 DQs > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you star in _Texas Across the River_ ? > IQ2: When told to say “good night”, did you say “good night” to youself? > IQ3: Did Ray Walton play you in a '60s sitcom? Take a DQ Not Dick Martin Not Uncle Martin the Martian ---
**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:** [January 12, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/285 "2021-01-12T00:01:12Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Are you an ancient monarch mentioned in the poem _A Shropshire Lad_ ? > > > > > - Did you star opposite Bob Hope in _The Lemon Drop Kid_ ? > > > - Did you play Sam on _Richard Diamond, Private Eye_ ? > > Take 3 DQs #1. Mithridates, according to legend, ate arsenic in small portions every day and built up a tolerance. “Mithridates, he died old.” #2 was Marilyn Maxwell. #3 was Mary Tyler Moore, whose legs were all that were shown. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name starts with M? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/286 "2021-01-12T00:46:20Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M ---
**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:** [January 12, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/287 "2021-01-12T01:01:29Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you star in _Texas Across the River_ ? > > > > > IQ2: When told to say “good night”, did you say “good night” to youself? > > > IQ3: Did Ray Walton play you in a '60s sitcom? > > Take a DQ > Not Dick Martin > Not Uncle Martin the Martian Dean Martin. ✅ ✅ Martin x3! DQ: Known for the Arts? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/288 "2021-01-12T01:06:13Z")
IQ1: Were you a fictional 1890s Toronto police detective? IQ2: Did you write about #1? IQ3: Are your works listed in the Köchel-Verzeichniss? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/289 "2021-01-12T02:11:54Z")
Take 2 DQs Not Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ---
**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:** [January 12, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/290 "2021-01-12T02:12:33Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M 4. Not known for the Arts ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/291 "2021-01-12T02:37:36Z")
1. Are you best known for playing **Castiel** on _Supernatural_? 2. Did you once utter the line “Did you see the sunrise this morning?” 3. Did you write a book about your 9 month stay in a TB Santorum in the 1930s? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/292 "2021-01-12T04:43:13Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Are you best known for playing **Castiel** on _Supernatural_ ? > - Did you once utter the line “Did you see the sunrise this morning?” > - Did you write a book about your 9 month stay in a TB Santorum in the 1930s? DQ Not Magnum, PI 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:** [January 12, 2021, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/293 "2021-01-12T05:11:49Z")
Previous IQs: Did TR take to heart your teachings on naval power? - Not William McKinley, but historian Alfred Thayer Mahan Were you the Nazi hitman in _The ODESSA File_? - Mackensen Were you … AKA Gandalf, Olorin and Tharkun? - Yes, Mithrandir, in the writings of JRR Tolkien DQs: American? Living? IQs: Were you a costar of _Adam-12_? Did your followers apologize for your ardent anti-Semitism centuries later? Were your words woven into a unique rug a few years ago? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/294 "2021-01-12T05:26:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a fictional 1890s Toronto police detective? > IQ2: Did you write about #1? > IQ3: Are your works listed in the Köchel-Verzeichniss? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Take 2 DQs > Not Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart William Murdoch. Maureen Jennings. ✅ Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/295 "2021-01-12T06:13:56Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you best known for playing **Castiel** on _Supernatural_? > 2. Did you once utter the line “Did you see the sunrise this morning?” > 3. Did you write a book about your 9 month stay in a TB Santorum in the 1930s? Misha Collins, correct, Betty MacDonald. DQs: 1. Known for Science? 2. Caucasian? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2021, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/296 "2021-01-12T06:38:05Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M 4. Not known for the Arts 5. Not American 6. Not living 7. Not known for Science 8. Not Caucasian ---
**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:** [January 12, 2021, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/297 "2021-01-12T06:42:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a costar of _Adam-12_ ? > Did your followers apologize for your ardent anti-Semitism centuries later? > Were your words woven into a unique rug a few years ago? Not Randolph Mantooth Take a DQ Not Maya Angelou? - Wild guess, take a DQ if wrong ---
**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:** [January 12, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/298 "2021-01-12T12:57:22Z")
IQs: 1. Did you buy Manhattan from the Indians? 2. Did Richard Dreyfuss play you in _The Big Fix_? 3. Did you wheel your wheelbarrow down streets broad and narrow? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/299 "2021-01-12T16:42:17Z")
DQ1: Known for military/political? DQ2: Known for one particular incident/deed/whatever? IQ1: Were Bill and Charlie the oldest of your seven children? IQ2: Did your father use Amoracchius before his forced retirement? IQ3: Were you Thayandanegea’s sister? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/300 "2021-01-12T18:25:20Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > > Were you a costar of _Adam-12_ ? > > Not Randolph Mantooth Oops! Just remembered Mantooth was on _Emergency!_, not _Adam-12_. Both shows did crossovers with each other, which is probably why I mixed them up. Take another DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you buy Manhattan from the Indians? > - Did Richard Dreyfuss play you in _The Big Fix_ ? > - Did you wheel your wheelbarrow down streets broad and narrow? Take 2 DQs. Not Molly Malone > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were Bill and Charlie the oldest of your seven children? > IQ2: Did your father use Amoracchius before his forced retirement? > IQ3: Were you Thayandanegea’s sister? Not Molly Weasley Take 2 DQs [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120.md?page=16)