# Botticelli - January 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 7, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391 "2013-01-07T20:36:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/41 "2013-01-11T23:36:33Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Are your son and ex-husband in a band together? > Were you the first major classical composer to record yourself playing one of your own compositions? Valerie Bertinelli, formerly married to Eddie Van Halen and mother of replacement bassist Wolfgang Van Halen. > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Hmm, I’d always thought that was Sergei Rachmanninoff. Earlier than that, and with a ‘B’? Could it be **Anton Bruckner**? Johannes Brahms recorded a wax cylinder of part of one of the Hungarian Dances for Thomas Edison’s sound engineer in 1889. DQ1: Have you also appeared on screen? I’ll save my second one for now. New IQs: Would you “prefer not to”? Are you a member of the Drones Club? Do you live in a hut that has chicken legs? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/42 "2013-01-11T23:59:51Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a character from an old British legend? Miss this? ---
**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, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/43 "2013-01-12T03:32:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQs: > > Did you and your sons have a large ranch near Virginia City NV? > Did you jump off the Tallahatchie Bridge? > Did you and your best friend share a house in Frostbite Falls MN? > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > No, I’m not Ben Cartwright of the ‘Ponderosa’ ranch. > Stumped > Stumped - that’s 2 DQs for you. Yes, Ben Cartwright. Billie Joe McAllister, in the song “Ode to Billie Joe.” Bullwinkle J Moose (whose best friend, of course, was Rocket J Squirrel). DQ: Were you a policeman, private detective or other crimefighter? Reserving the second DQ… IQs: Did you, your brother and your father have a wild dolphin for a pet? Did you play the divorced father of twins, an uncle, and a New England police chief? Were you a foretopman aboard a Royal Navy ship? ---
**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, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/44 "2013-01-12T04:04:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > Did a castmember of an _SNL_-type show object to your appearance on it? > Did you run a rustic Vermont inn? > Are you the wife and occasional costar of a prominent comic actor? The title character of the movie _Bob Roberts_. Yes, Bob Newhart. Connie Booth, who appeared on _Fawlty Towers_ with her then-husband (I think they’ve since divorced) John Cleese. DQs: Created by an author who is still alive? First appeared after 1950? IQs: Did you once give an umbrella as a sarcastic gift? Did you appear in a movie that, in its original release, had an anachronism appear briefly in the background of a scene? Did you and your brother once look at a toy truck in a government building? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/45 "2013-01-12T06:00:44Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Are you a member of the Drones Club? I’m sure if I strained the old bean, I could come up with at least one of my mates who has a ‘B’ somewhere about him, but I’d say it’s a fair cop. I am **Bertram Wilberforce Wooster** , Bertie to my chums. Well played, Chocky! ---
**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, 2013, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/46 "2013-01-12T08:42:38Z")
To wrap up the previous game > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Would you “prefer not to”? > Do you live in a hut that has chicken legs? Bartleby the Scrivener, from Melville’s short story of the same name. Baba Yaga of Russian folklore. Let’s keep rolling through the alphabet. Next up: C ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/47 "2013-01-12T08:47:18Z")
IQ: Did my celebrity crush recently become engaged to your grandson? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/48 "2013-01-12T09:25:12Z")
IQ1: Is Springsteen leaning on you in the cover shot of [Born to Run](http://graffiti.ntci.on.ca/2011-12/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bruce-springsteen-foto-1.jpg)? IQ2: Did the Dalai Lama predict that you would receive total consciousness on your deathbed? IQ3: Were you the first casualty of the Boston Massacre? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/49 "2013-01-12T10:56:21Z")
IQs IQ1: Are you a balding kid, who always wears a sweater with a zigzag pattern? IQ2: Do you publish religious tracts? IQ3: Do you usually hang out with Lenny? ---
**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, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/50 "2013-01-12T18:59:47Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did my celebrity crush recently become engaged to your grandson? No idea. Take a DQ > [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Is Springsteen leaning on you in the cover shot of [Born to Run](http://graffiti.ntci.on.ca/2011-12/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bruce-springsteen-foto-1.jpg)? > IQ2: Did the Dalai Lama predict that you would receive total consciousness on your deathbed? > IQ3: Were you the first casualty of the Boston Massacre? Not Clarence Clemons. Take DQs for the other two. > [@Spoons](#): > > IQs > > IQ1: Are you a balding kid, who always wears a sweater with a zigzag pattern? > > IQ2: Do you publish religious tracts? > > IQ3: Do you usually hang out with Lenny? Not Charlie Brown Not Jack Chick Not Carl from The Simpsons ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/51 "2013-01-12T19:19:15Z")
Claiborn Pell’s grandson is engaged to Michelle Kwan DQ: Politician? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/52 "2013-01-12T20:47:57Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ2: Did the Dalai Lama predict that you would receive total consciousness on your deathbed? > IQ3: Were you the first casualty of the Boston Massacre? Carl Spackler (of Caddyshack fame) and Crispus Attucks. DQ: Are you real? DQ: Are you male? ---
**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, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/53 "2013-01-12T23:31:13Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ: Politician? > [@Enginerd](#): > > DQ: Are you real? > DQ: Are you male? No, no, and no. Summary: C 1. Not a politician 2. Not real 3. Female ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/54 "2013-01-12T23:36:55Z")
IQ1: Did an erudite serial killer take a shine to you? IQ2: Are you breaking my heart and shaking my confidence daily? IQ3: Do you transform your enemies into animals? ---
**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 13, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/55 "2013-01-13T04:21:01Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Did an erudite serial killer take a shine to you? > IQ2: Are you breaking my heart and shaking my confidence daily? > IQ3: Do you transform your enemies into animals? Not Clarice Starling Not Simon and Garfunkle’s Cecilia Take a DQ for #3 ---
**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 13, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/56 "2013-01-13T05:23:04Z")
Way to go, once again, **ChockFull**! From the previous round: > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > Did you once give an umbrella as a sarcastic gift? > Did you appear in a movie that, in its original release, had an anachronism appear briefly in the background of a scene? > Did you and your brother once look at a toy truck in a government building? Bilbo Baggins, just before he disappeared from his eleventy-first birthday party, to a relative who was always losing umbrellas he’d been lent. Frodo Baggins. In the theatrical release of LOTR, you could see a car in the distant background of the scene where he and Sam have reached the border of the Shire; it was digitally edited out in later releases. Bobby Kennedy: [http://www.orwelltoday.com/rfktruck.jpg](http://www.orwelltoday.com/rfktruck.jpg) C, eh? IQs: Are you perhaps the unlikeliest fictional cartoon Vice President of the United States? Were you the first VPOTUS to resign from office? Were you a noted early aviator, born in Pittsburgh? ---
**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 13, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/57 "2013-01-13T05:53:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you perhaps the unlikeliest fictional cartoon Vice President of the United States? > Were you the first VPOTUS to resign from office? > Were you a noted early aviator, born in Pittsburgh? 1. Take a DQ 2. Not John Calhoun, one of only 2 VPOTUS to resign (Agnew being #2) 3. I’ll take a wild guess and say not Charles Lindbergh? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/58 "2013-01-13T06:13:33Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ3: Do you transform your enemies into animals? Circe of Greek mythology. DQ: Did you first appear in a work of literature? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/59 "2013-01-13T07:09:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > C, eh? N, eh? D, eh? Sorry, couldn’t resist. 🙂 IQs: IQ1: Are you Archie Andrews’ black pal? IQ2: Are you the artist who recorded “Wonderin’ Where the Lions Are,” and “The Coldest Night of the Year”? IQ3: Although it has been proven to be untrue, did rumours have you choking to death on a ham sandwich? ---
**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 13, 2013, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391/60 "2013-01-13T07:17:05Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > DQ: Did you first appear in a work of literature? Yes > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Are you Archie Andrews’ black pal? > > IQ2: Are you the artist who recorded “Wonderin’ Where the Lions Are,” and “The Coldest Night of the Year”? > > IQ3: Although it has been proven to be untrue, did rumours have you choking to death on a ham sandwich? #2: Not Mama Cass Elliot. Take DQs for the other 2. I can picture the token black guy from Archie, but I can’t remember his name (or the name of the new token gay guy) Summary: C 1. Not a politician 2. Not real 3. Female 4. First appeared in a work of literature [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2013/646391.md?page=4)