# 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:** 14
**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, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/261 "2020-01-29T15:02:20Z")
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 12. not known for business 13. common first name 14. born before 1901 15. not best known as an athlete ---
**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, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/262 "2020-01-29T16:08:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Red Sonja, dunno, and not Sacheen Littlefeather. 2 (ousted president of FIFA) was Sepp Blatter. IQs: 1. Did you spend an episode of your talk show following a fire ant? 2. Were you the first person interviewed by the above character? 3. Have you played a cop, a lawyer, a pageant MC, and half-white half-Comanche twin brothers? DQ: known for a single event? ---
**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, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/263 "2020-01-29T18:41:38Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you spend an episode of your talk show following a fire ant? > 2. Were you the first person interviewed by the above character? > 3. Have you played a cop, a lawyer, a pageant MC, and half-white half-Comanche twin brothers?.. Not Space Ghost, dunno, and not William Shatner. 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 12. not known for business 13. common first name 14. born before 1901 15. not best known as an athlete 16. known for a single event ---
**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, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/264 "2020-01-29T22:02:57Z")
DQ: Known from work on civil rights or other social issues? ---
**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, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/265 "2020-01-29T22:47:42Z")
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 12. not known for business 13. common first name 14. born before 1901 15. not best known as an athlete 16. known for a single event 17. not best known from work on civil rights or other social issues ---
**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, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/266 "2020-01-29T23:28:05Z")
DQ: Any other direct family member famous? ---
**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, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/267 "2020-01-29T23:29:07Z")
IQs: 1. Did you solve crimes on television with your self-made millionaire spouse in the early 1980s? 2. Were you the principal television spokesperson for Wheat Thins in the 1970s and 80s? 3. Did you play Donna Reed’s daughter on The Donna Reed Show? ---
**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, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/268 "2020-01-30T01:02:13Z")
IQs: 1. Did you possibly kill Mr. Body in the Study with the Revolver? 2. Did you play the killer in _After the Thin Man_? 3. Did Peter Falk play you in _Murder by Death_? ---
**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 30, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/269 "2020-01-30T01:18:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Space Ghost, dunno, and not William Shatner. 2 was Susan Powter. DQ: event happened between 1940-1960? IQs: 1. Did you appear in a TV channel bumper parodying _Dimensions of Dialogue_? 2. Did you direct _Dimensions of Dialogue_? 3. Are you the most famous person from what is now Demre, Turkey? ---
**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, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/270 "2020-01-30T04:08:35Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you solve crimes on television with your self-made millionaire spouse in the early 1980s? > 2. Were you the principal television spokesperson for Wheat Thins in the 1970s and 80s? > 3. Did you play Donna Reed’s daughter on The Donna Reed Show? Not Samantha Hart, not Sandy Duncan, and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you possibly kill Mr. Body in the Study with the Revolver? > 2. Did you play the killer in _After the Thin Man_? > 3. Did Peter Falk play you in _Murder by Death_? Not Miss Scarlett, dunno, and not Sam Spade. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you appear in a TV channel bumper parodying _Dimensions of Dialogue_? > 2. Did you direct _Dimensions of Dialogue_? > 3. Are you the most famous person from what is now Demre, Turkey? Dunno x3. 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 12. not known for business 13. common first name 14. born before 1901 15. not best known as an athlete 16. known for a single event 17. not best known from work on civil rights or other social issues 18. no other direct family member famous 19. event did not happen between 1940-1960 No more IQs, please. Ask all earned DQs by noon EST Sunday, please. ---
**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, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/271 "2020-01-30T12:46:58Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you possibly kill Mr. Body in the Study with the Revolver? > 2. Did you play the killer in After the Thin Man? > 3. Did Peter Falk play you in Murder by Death? > Not Miss Scarlett, dunno, and not Sam Spade. #1 is correct. #2 was James Stewart. #3 was Sam Diamond. DQ: Known for crime? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/272 "2020-01-30T14:06:47Z")
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 12. not known for business 13. common first name 14. born before 1901 15. not best known as an athlete 16. known for a single event 17. not best known from work on civil rights or other social issues 18. no other direct family member famous 19. event did not happen between 1940-1960 20. not known for crime ---
**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, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/273 "2020-01-30T14:10:38Z")
DQ: known for religion? ---
**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, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/274 "2020-01-30T15:04:39Z")
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 12. not known for business 13. common first name 14. born before 1901 15. not best known as an athlete 16. known for a single event 17. not best known from work on civil rights or other social issues 18. no other direct family member famous 19. event did not happen between 1940-1960 20. not known for crime 21. not known for religion ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/275 "2020-01-30T18:15:44Z")
IQs: 1. Did you solve crimes on television with your self-made millionaire spouse in the early 1980s? 2. Were you the principal television spokesperson for Wheat Thins in the 1970s and 80s? 3. Did you play Donna Reed’s daughter on The Donna Reed Show? Not Samantha Hart, not Sandy Duncan, and dunno. 4. Stefanie Powers (character was Jennifer Hart) 5. correct 6. Shelley Fabares DQ: 1. Was the event she is known for her death? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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 30, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/276 "2020-01-30T20:33:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3. 1 (was in a parody of _Dimensions of Dialogue_) was Rick Sanchez, or Morty Smith; 2 (director of _Dimensions of Dialogue_) was Jan Svankmajer; 3 (most famous person from what is now Demre, Turkey) was St. Nicholas. DQ: event was related to politics? 2 DQs reserved. (_Dimensions of Dialogue_ can be viewed here: youtube .com/watch?v=J-0a4Yxs4YY . I’m not sure how safe for work it is, so I didn’t hotlink it.) ---
**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, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/277 "2020-01-30T20:47:03Z")
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 12. not known for business 13. common first name 14. born before 1901 15. not best known as an athlete 16. known for a single event 17. not best known from work on civil rights or other social issues 18. no other direct family member famous 19. event did not happen between 1940-1960 20. not known for crime 21. not known for religion 22. event she is known for was not her death 23. event was related to politics ---
**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 31, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/278 "2020-01-31T16:31:15Z")
DQ: event happened during the 1960s? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/279 "2020-01-31T19:30:51Z")
She was in her 70’s or later when she died. I’m guessing whatever happened happened earlier in her life: the turn of the century, WWI, the Roaring 20’s, the Depression. ---
**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 31, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/280 "2020-01-31T19:42:05Z")
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 12. not known for business 13. common first name 14. born before 1901 15. not best known as an athlete 16. known for a single event 17. not best known from work on civil rights or other social issues 18. no other direct family member famous 19. event did not happen between 1940-1960 20. not known for crime 21. not known for religion 22. event she is known for was not her death 23. event was related to politics 24. event happened during the 1960s [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679.md?page=15)