# Botticelli - January 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 31, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679 "2019-12-31T17:46:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/241 "2020-01-28T02:30:02Z")
Welcome, [vote] Personal [/vote] ! ---
**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, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/242 "2020-01-28T02:34:01Z")
IQs: 1. Did you voice Mr. Whoopee on _Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales_? 2. Did Pres. Grant nominate you to be on the Supreme Court only for you to die a few days before the Senate could confirm it? 3. Did you write the Bartimaeus Trilogy? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/243 "2020-01-28T02:51:44Z")
I’d like to point out that I did clarify what a fictional dramatic work was by saying “i.e., movie or TV”. Oh, well. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Suharto (or Sukarno). 1 was Don Shirley; 2 was Socrates. Correct on Suharto. DQs: 1. first name begins with S? 2. American? ---
**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, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/244 "2020-01-28T03:29:45Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > I’m a newbie, and I’m just going to jump in. If I err please let me know. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play first base for the Dodgers in the 70s and 80s? > 2. Did you marry another world-class tennis player in 2001? > 3. Are you a former governor who famously hiked the Appalachian Trail? A very warm personal welcome, **Personal**! Dunno, not Pete Sampras, and not Terry Sanford of South Carolina. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you voice Mr. Whoopee on _Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales_? > 2. Did Pres. Grant nominate you to be on the Supreme Court only for you to die a few days before the Senate could confirm it? > 3. Did you write the Bartimaeus Trilogy? Dunno, not Edwin Stanton, and dunno. S. 1. real 2. female 3. deceased 4. first name begins with S 5. American ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/245 "2020-01-28T14:11:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > A very warm personal welcome, **Personal**! Dunno, not Pete Sampras, and not Terry Sanford of South Carolina. 1. Steve Garvey 2. Steffi Graf 3. Correct (actually Mark Sanford, but we’re not picky right) DQ 1. Politician? 2. Author? ---
**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, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/246 "2020-01-28T14:17:13Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you voice Mr. Whoopee on Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales? > 2. Did Pres. Grant nominate you to be on the Supreme Court only for you to die a few days before the Senate could confirm it? > 3. Did you write the Bartimaeus Trilogy? > Dunno, not Edwin Stanton, and dunno. #1 was Larry Storch. Correct on #2. #3 is Jonathan Stroud. DQ: Died after 1949? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/247 "2020-01-28T14:26:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Welcome, [vote] Personal [/vote] ! Just wait until next time! ---
**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, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/248 "2020-01-28T16:22:29Z")
S. 1. real 2. female 3. deceased 4. first name begins with S 5. American 6. involved in politics, but not remembered as a politician 7. died after 1949 ---
**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, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/249 "2020-01-28T16:32:24Z")
DQ: Died after 1999? ---
**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, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/250 "2020-01-28T16:34:17Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a child actress who went on to become an ambassador? 2. Did you compose the music for the musical _The Caveman_? 3. Did you have a hit with _Anticipation_? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/251 "2020-01-28T17:32:08Z")
IQs: 1. In one of the endings of a 1986 video game, do you appear without your power suit, revealing you to be female? 2. Were you the first American woman in space? 3. Did you have an appropriate name for playing a secretary in a certain long-running film series? ---
**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, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/252 "2020-01-28T19:11:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a child actress who went on to become an ambassador? > 2. Did you compose the music for the musical _The Caveman_? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Anticipation_? Not Shirley Temple, dunno, and not Carly Simon. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In one of the endings of a 1986 video game, do you appear without your power suit, revealing you to be female? > 2. Were you the first American woman in space? > 3. Did you have an appropriate name for playing a secretary in a certain long-running film series? Not the SPARTAN, Sally Ride and… dunno. S. 1. real 2. female 3. deceased 4. first name begins with S 5. American 6. involved in politics, but not remembered as a politician 7. died after 1949 8. died before 1999 ---
**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, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/253 "2020-01-28T20:37:07Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a child actress who went on to become an ambassador? > 2. Did you compose the music for the musical The Caveman? > 3. Did you have a hit with Anticipation? > Not Shirley Temple, dunno, and not Carly Simon. Correct, Paul Simon, and correct. DQ: Known for the Arts? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/254 "2020-01-28T22:08:13Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play a bailiff on Night Court? 2. Were you an Australian war artist who painted women working in munitions factories? 3. Were you a school teacher later elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly? ---
**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, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/255 "2020-01-28T23:08:02Z")
IQs: 1. Are you considered by many to be the greatest boxer of all time? 2. Are you Leslie Charteris’s most famous character? 3. Did you win the gold for Men’s Singles in ice skating in the first Winter Olympics? ---
**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, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/256 "2020-01-28T23:10:53Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play a bailiff on Night Court? > 2. Were you an Australian war artist who painted women working in munitions factories? > 3. Were you a school teacher later elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly? Dunno x3 > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you considered by many to be the greatest boxer of all time? > 2. Are you Leslie Charteris’s most famous character? > 3. Did you win the gold for Men’s Singles in ice skating in the first Winter Olympics? Not Smuhammad Ali, not Simone and dunno S. 1. real 2. female 3. deceased 4. first name begins with S 5. American 6. involved in politics, but not remembered as a politician 7. died after 1949 8. died before 1999 9. not known for the Arts ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/257 "2020-01-29T03:42:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not the SPARTAN, Sally Ride and… dunno. 1 was Samus Aran; 3 was Samantha Bond, who played Moneypenny in the (James) Bond movies. DQs: 1. died before 1969? 2. best known from science? IQs: 3. Are you the She-Devil of the Hyrkanian Steppes? 4. Were you ousted as president of FIFA due to scandal? 5. Did you accept Marlon Brando’s Oscar? ---
**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, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/258 "2020-01-29T05:25:09Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the She-Devil of the Hyrkanian Steppes? > 2. Were you ousted as president of FIFA due to scandal? > 3. Did you accept Marlon Brando’s Oscar? Not Red Sonja, dunno, and not Sacheen Littlefeather. S. 1. real 2. female 3. deceased 4. first name begins with S 5. American 6. involved in politics, but not remembered as a politician 7. died after 1949 8. died before 1999 9. not known for the Arts 10. died after 1969 11. not best known from science ---
**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, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/259 "2020-01-29T12:57:29Z")
IQs: 1. Are you considered by many to be the greatest boxer of all time? 2. Are you Leslie Charteris’s most famous character? 3. Did you win the gold for Men’s Singles in ice skating in the first Winter Olympics? Not Smuhammad Ali, not Simone and dunno #1 is Sugar Ray Robinson. #2 is Simon Templar, the Saint. #3 was Ulrich Salchow. DQs: 1. Known for business? 2. Common first name? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/260 "2020-01-29T14:41:23Z")
1. Did you play a bailiff on Night Court? 2. Were you an Australian war artist who painted women working in munitions factories? 3. Were you a school teacher later elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly? Dunno x3 4. Selma Diamond 5. Sybil Craig 6. Sarah A. Anderson DQ: 1. Born before 1901? 2. Best known as an athlete? One DQ reserved [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679.md?page=14)