# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/21 "2020-01-02T04:32:22Z")
1. Were you hounded by a giant talking hedgehog? 2. Did you marry Miss Boopadoop against your parent’s wishes? 3. Were you the last Stooge to be added to the group? ---
**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 2, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/22 "2020-01-02T13:16:19Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. Known for the Performing Arts 5. Last name starts with D 6. Died after 1900 7. American 8. Actress ---
**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 2, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/23 "2020-01-02T13:21:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Halle Berry play you in a tragic biopic? > Were you often the Marx Brothers’ comedic nemesis? > Have you played a spy, an astronaut, a different astronaut, a genius and a showman’s lover? 1. I am not Dorothy Dandridge. 2. I am not Margaret Dumont. 3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > A clean sweep! > > IQs: > > 1. Does a man named Tony live in your finger? > 2. Did you play the above person? > 3. Were you a Cynical Greek philosopher? 1. I am not Diogenes. Take 2 DQs. > [@atimnie](#): > > 1. Were you hounded by a giant talking hedgehog? > 2. Did you marry Miss Boopadoop against your parent’s wishes? > 3. Were you the last Stooge to be added to the group? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Dagwood Bumstead. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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 2, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/24 "2020-01-02T15:29:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Diogenes. > Take 2 DQs. 1 (has man named Tony living in his finger) was Danny Torrance, in _The Shining_; 2 (played Danny Torrance) was Danny Lloyd. DQs: 1. died after 1960? 2. known best from film? IQs: 3. Were you a Welsh World War II fighter pilot-turned-writer, known for books about giant peaches, fantastic foxes, and eccentric chocolatiers, as well as dark short stories like “Lamb to the Slaughter”? 4. Were you an unsuccessful 1990s US presidential candidate? 5. Are you Wolverine’s son? ---
**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 2, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/25 "2020-01-02T15:38:22Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. Known for the Performing Arts 5. Last name starts with D 6. Died after 1900 7. American 8. Actress 9. Died after 1960 10. Film actress, but better known for her love life ---
**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 2, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/26 "2020-01-02T15:39:59Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Welsh World War II fighter pilot-turned-writer, known for books about giant peaches, fantastic foxes, and eccentric chocolatiers, as well as dark short stories like “Lamb to the Slaughter”? > 2. Were you an unsuccessful 1990s US presidential candidate? > 3. Are you Wolverine’s son? 1. I am not Roald Dahl. 2. I am not Bob Dole. 3. Wolverine has a son? Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/27 "2020-01-02T16:24:21Z")
_1. Were you hounded by a giant talking hedgehog? 3. Were you the last Stooge to be added to the group?_ Dinsdale Piranha, from a Monty Python sketch, and “Curly” Joe Darita Known from Hollywood’s glamour days? Known for musicals/comedies? ---
**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 2, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/28 "2020-01-02T17:51:18Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. Known for the Performing Arts 5. Last name starts with D 6. Died after 1900 7. American 8. Actress 9. Died after 1960 10. Film actress, but better known for her love life 11. Known from Hollywood’s glamour days 12. Known for dramas, but did comedies as well, and musicals on the stage ---
**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 2, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/29 "2020-01-02T21:02:26Z")
**EH** , take another DQ. You asked a question the answer of which was “Charles Darwin” and I guessed “Charles Dickens”. My answer was nowhere near close enough, so take the DQ. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/30 "2020-01-02T21:14:58Z")
1. Were you one of the Teletubbies? 2. Are you a singer who appeared in the movie The Company of Wolves? 3. Were you also known as Dr Evil? ---
**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 2, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/31 "2020-01-02T21:49:24Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > 1. Were you one of the Teletubbies? > 2. Are you a singer who appeared in the movie The Company of Wolves? > 3. Were you also known as Dr Evil? 1. I am not Dinky-Winky (total guess). 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Dougie Powers. ---
**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 2, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/32 "2020-01-02T23:52:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Roald Dahl. > 2. I am not Bob Dole. > 3. Wolverine has a son? Take a DQ. Correct on 1 and 2; 3 was Daken. IQs: 1. Did you live in the midst of the great Kansas prairies with your uncle, who was a farmer, and your aunt, who was the farmer’s wife? 2. Did you play pop culture’s foremost paleobotanist? 3. Does a message congratulating you and some guy named Charles on your wedding appear at the end of 1981’s _An American Werewolf in London_? DQ: died before 1990? ---
**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 3, 2020, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/33 "2020-01-03T02:16:44Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. Known for the Performing Arts 5. Last name starts with D 6. Died after 1900 7. American 8. Actress 9. Died after 1960 10. Film actress, but better known for her love life 11. Known from Hollywood’s glamour days 12. Known for dramas, but did comedies as well, and musicals on the stage 13. Died before 1990 ---
**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 3, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/34 "2020-01-03T02:19:33Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you live in the midst of the great Kansas prairies with your uncle, who was a farmer, and your aunt, who was the farmer’s wife? > 2. Did you play pop culture’s foremost paleobotanist? > 3. Does a message congratulating you and some guy named Charles on your wedding appear at the end of 1981’s _An American Werewolf in London_? 1. I am not Dorothy Gale. 2. I am not Laura Dern. 3. I am not Princess Diana. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/35 "2020-01-03T05:33:24Z")
_1. Were you one of the Teletubbies? 2. Are you a singer who appeared in the movie The Company of Wolves? 3. Were you also known as Dr Evil?_ Right on 3. 1 was Dipsy, not Tinky Winky, 2 was Danielle Dax. Often parodied in movies and TV? White/non-Hispanic? ---
**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 3, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/36 "2020-01-03T13:32:18Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. Known for the Performing Arts 5. Last name starts with D 6. Died after 1900 7. American 8. Actress 9. Died after 1960 10. Film actress, but better known for her love life 11. Known from Hollywood’s glamour days 12. Known for dramas, but did comedies as well, and musicals on the stage 13. Died before 1990 14. One famous movie parody, otherwise not so much 15. White/non-Hispanic ---
**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 3, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/37 "2020-01-03T17:34:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Dorothy Gale. > 2. I am not Laura Dern. > 3. I am not Princess Diana. Another clean sweep! IQs: 1. Did your mother-in-law never get your name right? 2. Did you play every Oompa-Loompa in the Tim Burton version of _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_? 3. Did your campaign buttons declare that the person wearing them liked you? ---
**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 3, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/38 "2020-01-03T17:44:16Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Another clean sweep! > > IQs: > > 1. Did your mother-in-law never get your name right? > 2. Did you play every Oompa-Loompa in the Tim Burton version of _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_? > 3. Did your campaign buttons declare that the person wearing them liked you? 1. I am not Darren Stevens. 2. I am not Deep Roy. 3. I am not Dwight D. Eisenhower. ---
**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 3, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/39 "2020-01-03T18:29:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Darren Stevens. > 2. I am not Deep Roy. > 3. I am not Dwight D. Eisenhower. Darn! Two sweeps in a row. IQs: 1. Did you reportedly hone your oratory skills by speaking with pebbles in your mouth? 2. Are you friends with Lucas, Will, Mike, Max, and El? 3. Did you play the title role in _Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles_? ---
**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 3, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/40 "2020-01-03T18:46:32Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Darn! Two sweeps in a row. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you reportedly hone your oratory skills by speaking with pebbles in your mouth? > 2. Are you friends with Lucas, Will, Mike, Max, and El? > 3. Did you play the title role in _Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles_? 1. I am not Desmosthenes. 2. I am not Dustin, but he’s my favorite on the show. Take a DQ for #3. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679.md?page=3)