# 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:** 19
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/361 "2021-01-15T18:27:49Z")
DQ: Known primarily for being a socialite? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/362 "2021-01-15T22:05:02Z")
**My letter is P** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name begins with P 4. Deceased 5. American 6. Known for The Arts 7. Born before 1900 8. She did write prose, but it was not what she was known for 9. Born after 1800 10. Won a top award 11. Born after 1850 12. I’d say known for the performing arts-ish 13. Born east of the Mississippi 14. Not a musician 15. Caucasian 16. Has acted either as herself or uncredited voices in a handful of films 17. Not a comedian 18. She did write a handful of screenplays, but that was not her primary focus 19. Not a socialite Since we’re close to the end, I’m throwing out a hint: Knowed\_Out was really close in one question ---
**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 15, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/363 "2021-01-15T23:27:31Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a pet boy named Sherman? 2. Were you the title character in a 1950’s TV show starring Wally Cox? 3. Did you write the play _Romanov and Juliet_? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/364 "2021-01-16T01:56:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you have a pet boy named Sherman? > - Were you the title character in a 1950’s TV show starring Wally Cox? > - Did you write the play _Romanov and Juliet_ ? I am not Mr. Peabody DQ DQ ---
**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 16, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/365 "2021-01-16T03:44:45Z")
IQ: Was your home’s name composed of the first syllables from your and your husband’s surnames? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/366 "2021-01-16T04:36:57Z")
I am not Mary Pickford ---
**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 16, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/367 "2021-01-16T15:12:30Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did you have a pet boy named Sherman? > > > > > - Were you the title character in a 1950’s TV show starring Wally Cox? > > > - Did you write the play _Romanov and Juliet_ ? > > I am not Mr. Peabody > DQ > DQ Correct on Peabody. #2 was Mr. Peepers. #3 was Peter Ustinov. DQs: 1. Known from radio? 2. Columnist? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/368 "2021-01-16T15:34:54Z")
**My letter is P** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name begins with P 4. Deceased 5. American 6. Known for The Arts 7. Born before 1900 8. She did write prose, but it was not what she was known for 9. Born after 1800 10. Won a top award 11. Born after 1850 12. I’d say known for the performing arts-ish 13. Born east of the Mississippi 14. Not a musician 15. Caucasian 16. Has acted either as herself or uncredited voices in a handful of films 17. Not a comedian 18. She did write a handful of screenplays, but that was not her primary focus 19. Not a socialite 20. Known partially for radio 21. Most known for being a columnist ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/369 "2021-01-16T15:35:39Z")
IQ: Are you a silent movie actress whose stage name is contained in her real name, Eliza Susan? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/370 "2021-01-16T15:37:18Z")
Last 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:** [January 16, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/371 "2021-01-16T16:11:38Z")
Did you mean KO gets the Last DQ, or are you calling for final guesses? ---
**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 16, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/372 "2021-01-16T16:41:07Z")
Previous IQs: Did you write, “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy”? - Also Dorothy Parker, about whom **K\_O** already asked Did you play a crime boss, an unsavory POTUS and the _Reichsfuhrer-SS_? - Donald Pleasence, in _You Only Live Twice, Escape from New York_ and _The Eagle Has Landed_ Did you costar with Robert Wagner in a TV show? - Yes, Stephanie Powers, in _Hart to Hart_ DQ: Associated with Hollywood? Famous husband? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/373 "2021-01-16T21:54:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Did you mean KO gets the Last DQ, or are you calling for final guesses? Discourse removed my quoting KO. He received the last DQ. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/374 "2021-01-16T21:56:42Z")
**My letter is P** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name begins with P 4. Deceased 5. American 6. Known for The Arts 7. Born before 1900 8. She did write prose, but it was not what she was known for 9. Born after 1800 10. Won a top award 11. Born after 1850 12. I’d say known for the performing arts-ish 13. Born east of the Mississippi 14. Not a musician 15. Caucasian 16. Has acted either as herself or uncredited voices in a handful of films 17. Not a comedian 18. She did write a handful of screenplays, but that was not her primary focus 19. Not a socialite 20. Known partially for radio 21. Most known for being a columnist 22. Associated with Hollywood 23. None of her husbands were household names even back in her heydays. ---
**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 16, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/375 "2021-01-16T22:11:12Z")
DQ1: Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line? DQ2: Died before 1950? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/376 "2021-01-16T22:24:03Z")
**My letter is P** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name begins with P 4. Deceased 5. American 6. Known for The Arts 7. Born before 1900 8. She did write prose, but it was not what she was known for 9. Born after 1800 10. Won a top award 11. Born after 1850 12. I’d say known for the performing arts-ish 13. Born east of the Mississippi 14. Not a musician 15. Caucasian 16. Has acted either as herself or uncredited voices in a handful of films 17. Not a comedian 18. She did write a handful of screenplays, but that was not her primary focus 19. Not a socialite 20. Known partially for radio 21. Most known for being a columnist 22. Associated with Hollywood 23. None of her husbands were household names even back in her heydays. 24. Born north of the Mason Dixon line 25. Died after 1950 ---
**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 16, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/377 "2021-01-16T22:26:34Z")
Can’t figure out who this is. Hmmm… ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/378 "2021-01-16T23:54:38Z")
I was confidently going to guess Dorothy Parker, but yeah. Reread the IQs and answers. ---
**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 17, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/379 "2021-01-17T00:10:33Z")
Come on, guys. First name starts with L, gossip columnist, feuded with Hedda Hopper. ---
**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 17, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/380 "2021-01-17T01:00:43Z")
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