# Botticelli - January 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 31, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993 "2018-12-31T17:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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 28, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/241 "2019-01-28T05:27:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you play a dying tycoon in _Inception_? > Were you a fictional British criminal? > Were you his equally fictional brother? DQ, not Mr. Pink?, 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 28, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/242 "2019-01-28T14:08:04Z")
DQ: Biggest fame before 1960? ---
**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 28, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/243 "2019-01-28T14:41:16Z")
DQ Summary 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with P 4. American 5. Dead 6. Died after 1900 7. Not known for politics/military 8. Known for the Arts 9. Not a visual artist 10. Died after 1950 11. Not best known as a musician 12. Died before 2000 13. Did not win a top award in his field 14. Known for the Performing Arts 15. Known for acting 16. Considered handsome, but would probably be better described as suave. 17. Biggest fame after 1960 ---
**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 28, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/244 "2019-01-28T14:53:11Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play a dying tycoon in _Inception_? - Pete Postelthwaite Were you a fictional British criminal? - Doug Piranha: [The Piranha Brothers - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBL3XB-PhE8) Were you his equally fictional brother? - Dinsdale Piranha DQs: A leading man? Usually played “good guys”? Best known for movies? ---
**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 28, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/245 "2019-01-28T16:27:39Z")
DQ Summary 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with P 4. American 5. Dead 6. Died after 1900 7. Not known for politics/military 8. Known for the Arts 9. Not a visual artist 10. Died after 1950 11. Not best known as a musician 12. Died before 2000 13. Did not win a top award in his field 14. Known for the Performing Arts 15. Known for acting 16. Considered handsome, but would probably be better described as suave. 17. Biggest fame after 1960 18. Has played some leading man roles, but not best known for it 19. Has played both good and bad guys 20. Not best known for movies That’s 20. Ask any leftover DQs you have. ---
**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 28, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/246 "2019-01-28T20:30:48Z")
I don’t have any more DQs. Hmm… ---
**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 28, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/247 "2019-01-28T22:36:18Z")
Oh, wait, suave? That’s Peter Falk! Oh, wait, no… ---
**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 29, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/248 "2019-01-29T11:23:09Z")
OK, here’s a hint. Two of the following statements are true and one is false. Primarily known for TV Died of natural causes Primarily worked with ensemble casts ---
**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 29, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/249 "2019-01-29T17:46:24Z")
Stumped. ---
**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 29, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/250 "2019-01-29T21:45:38Z")
DQ: Are you Phil Hartman? ---
**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 30, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/251 "2019-01-30T01:15:17Z")
Yes I am! Hartman died in 1998 when his wife shot him. Grats Prof! ---
**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 30, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/252 "2019-01-30T02:30:00Z")
Yeah, I guessed that was the errant postulate. On to Q! ---
**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 30, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/253 "2019-01-30T13:14:49Z")
IQ1: Are you Ishmael’s tattooed friend? IQ2: Are you the Mayan god of wind and wisdom? IQ3: Did you portray Zorba the Greek in film and musicals? ---
**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 30, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/254 "2019-01-30T16:15:51Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you Ishmael’s tattooed friend? > IQ2: Are you the Mayan god of wind and wisdom? > IQ3: Did you portray Zorba the Greek in film and musicals? 1. I am not Queequeg. 2. I am not Quetzalcoatl. 3. I am not Anthony Quinn. ---
**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 30, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/255 "2019-01-30T17:01:16Z")
IQ1: Did John DeLancey play you in several Star Trek series? IQ2: Have Alec McCowen, John Cleese and Ben Whishaw played you? IQ3: Did you direct _Pulp Fiction_? ---
**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 30, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/256 "2019-01-30T17:35:01Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did John DeLancey play you in several Star Trek series? > IQ2: Have Alec McCowen, John Cleese and Ben Whishaw played you? > IQ3: Did you direct _Pulp Fiction_? 1. I am not Q. 2. I am not that Q either. 3. I am not Quentin Tarantino. ---
**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 30, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/257 "2019-01-30T20:07:20Z")
Good job, **Prof. P.**! Poor Phil Hartman - a very talented comic. May he rest in peace. IQs: Did you help 007 in Jamaica? Were you one of the Rude Mechanicals? Were you the top Norwegian Nazi? ---
**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 30, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/258 "2019-01-30T23:20:35Z")
IQ1: Are you the Joker’s girlfriend? IQ2: Are you a Brakebills student? IQ3: Are you another Brakebills student? ---
**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 31, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/259 "2019-01-31T01:49:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Good job, **Prof. P.**! Poor Phil Hartman - a very talented comic. May he rest in peace. > > IQs: > > Did you help 007 in Jamaica? > Were you one of the Rude Mechanicals? > Were you the top Norwegian Nazi? I am not Q. Take a DQ. I am not Quisling. ---
**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 31, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/260 "2019-01-31T01:50:35Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Joker’s girlfriend? > IQ2: Are you a Brakebills student? > IQ3: Are you another Brakebills student? 1. I am not Harley Quinn. 2. I AM NOT Quinn. Take a DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993.md?page=14)