# 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:** 3
**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:** [December 31, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/41 "2020-12-31T21:05:58Z")
**Miss Take** ’s already asked hers. > Do you want to bang on your drums all day? DQ: Are you Tommy Roe? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/42 "2020-12-31T21:32:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Miss Take** ’s already asked hers. She has? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Are you Tommy Roe? Yes, I am Tommy **R** oe: Two #1 hits in the UK and Australia, two in the US, and three in Canada, with three gold records. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/43 "2020-12-31T21:35:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > She has? You may be unaware of the referent given that her guess was wrong, but if it was right, it was a very direct question that you would have understood immediately. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO17hN-YvBc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO17hN-YvBc) ---
**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:** [December 31, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/44 "2020-12-31T21:43:58Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > You may be unaware of the referent given that her guess was wrong, but if it was right, it was a very direct question that you would have understood immediately. She asked three IQs in #17, and was awarded 3 DQs in #19. She then asked those DQs in #21, and they were answered in #22. Since then her only post was a comment – “Throwing this out there” – in #33 whilst chatting with Prof P. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/45 "2020-12-31T23:17:58Z")
Yeah, but it really was a final DQ guess for Todd Rundgren, despite that. Anywho, Happy New Year! I am… [![](https://www.vhv.rs/dpng/d/100-1009014_gold-letter-g-png-transparent-png.png) ](https://www.vhv.rs/dpng/d/100-1009014_gold-letter-g-png-transparent-png.png) ---
**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 1, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/46 "2021-01-01T01:18:17Z")
It was my stab in the dark guess, yes. Congratulations @Prof.Pepperwinkle! IQs: 1. Did you co-write “Just the Two of Us”? 2. Were you originally ‘born’ as Gleep, changing your name in your next (and forever) appearance in 1970? 3. Are you a Lord of the Wild in a series of YA novels? ---
**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 1, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/47 "2021-01-01T03:59:03Z")
Congrats, **Prof. P.** , and Happy New Year to all! G it is. IQs: Were you known for the menagerie of animals you kept at your HQ during wartime? Did a sculptor strive to capture your expression when you were quoted too high a price for a horse? Were you a Pennsylvanian who went to VMI? ---
**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 1, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/48 "2021-01-01T04:20:00Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you co-write “Just the Two of Us”? > 2. Were you originally ‘born’ as Gleep, changing your name in your next (and forever) appearance in 1970? > 3. Are you a Lord of the Wild in a series of YA novels? 1. I am not Grover Washington. Take 2 DQs for the others. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you known for the menagerie of animals you kept at your HQ during wartime? > Did a sculptor strive to capture your expression when you were quoted too high a price for a horse? > Were you a Pennsylvanian who went to VMI? 1. I am not Hermann Goering (guess??) 2. I am not George Washington (another guess??) 3. Take a 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 1, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/49 "2021-01-01T05:17:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Grover Washington. > Take 2 DQs for the others. Grover (Sesame Street) Grover Underwood (Percy Jackson and the Olympions) IQs 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:** [January 1, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/50 "2021-01-01T13:41:00Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 1, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/51 "2021-01-01T14:47:43Z")
IQs 1. Are you a multi medal winning American diver? 2. Did your short boat tour go bad, leading to years of hijinks? 3. Were you and your wife, Arlene, frequent game show panelists in the 50’s and 60’s? ---
**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 1, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/52 "2021-01-01T14:51:31Z")
#2. I am not Gilligan. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 1, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/53 "2021-01-01T14:53:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Gilligan. > Take 2 DQs. Greg Louganis Martin Gabel DQs 1. Last name begins with G? 2. Living? ---
**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 1, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/54 "2021-01-01T15:46:18Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with G 4. Dead ---
**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 1, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/55 "2021-01-01T17:09:45Z")
IQ1: Are you head coach of the Los Vegas Raiders? IQ2: Are you IQ1’s brother, former head coach of the Washington Redskins from 2014 to 2019? IQ3: Did you call Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell and “Dandy” Don Meredith in the 70’s and 80’s? ---
**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 1, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/56 "2021-01-01T18:32:28Z")
#3. I am not Curt Gowdy (??) Take 2 or 3 DQs. ---
**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 1, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/57 "2021-01-01T23:12:49Z")
IQs 1. Were you a Hollywood leading man whose most famous line was about not giving a damn? 2. Did you kill William Bonney? 3. Were you the King of Swing? ---
**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 1, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/58 "2021-01-01T23:31:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Yeah, but it really was a final DQ guess for Todd Rundgren, despite that. It was worded as an IQ, not a 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 1, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/59 "2021-01-01T23:49:03Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you a Hollywood leading man whose most famous line was about not giving a damn? > 2. Did you kill William Bonney? > 3. Were you the King of Swing? 1. I am not Clark Gable. 2. I am not Pat Garrett. 3. I am not Benny Goodman. ---
**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 1, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/60 "2021-01-01T23:49:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > Yeah, but it really was a final DQ guess for Todd Rundgren, despite that. > > It was worded as an IQ, not a DQ. Okay, you were hosting, so it’s your call. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120.md?page=4)