# 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:** 5
**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 8, 2020, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/81 "2020-01-08T05:46:08Z")
Previous IQs: Are you an, er, prominent porn actress? - Yes, Jenna Jameson Did you play a young aristocrat on _Downton Abbey_? - Lily James Did Finney blame you for ruining his career? - Capt. James T. Kirk, in ST:TOS “Court Martial” DQs: Noted for her love life? Best known for comedy? IQs: Were you a Silly Party candidate for Parliament with the middle initial “Q.”? Early in your career, did you once play Puck while very ill? Is it widely thought that you made it your business to keep Chris Christie out of a top role in the Trump Administration? ---
**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 8, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/82 "2020-01-08T16:02:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a Silly Party candidate for Parliament with the middle initial “Q.”? > Early in your career, did you once play Puck while very ill? > Is it widely thought that you made it your business to keep Chris Christie out of a top role in the Trump Administration? Respectively: I am not Jethro Q. Walrustitty. I am not John Barrymore? I am not Jeff Sessions? DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Known for the arts 5. Last name starts with J 6. American 7. Actress 8. Born after 1950 9. Not usually brunette 10. Considered conventionally attractive 11. Born before 1979 12. Known primarily from TV 13. Has been in movies 14. Not married 15. Best known for one particular TV series 16. Not noted for her love life 17. Not best known for comedy (Question 11 has been corrected.) ---
**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 8, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/83 "2020-01-08T16:52:04Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a Silly Party candidate for Parliament with the middle initial “Q.”? - Yes, good ol’ Jethro Q. Walrustitty Early in your career, did you once play Puck while very ill? - Dame Judi Dench Is it widely thought that you made it your business to keep Chris Christie out of a top role in the Trump Administration? - Jared Kushner (Christie, as US Attorney for New Jersey, prosecuted Kushner’s father) DQs: Lead of her best-known TV series? Series still airing new episodes? IQs: Did you have the first successful sex-change operation? Were you an ornithologist best-known for something else? You are a contemporary British character. Did you, with regret, decide to have an abortion so as not to interfere with your career? ---
**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 8, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/84 "2020-01-08T17:25:28Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write the Arly Hanks series of mysteries? 2. Did you write _Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man_? 3. Did you write the poem _Trees_? ---
**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 8, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/85 "2020-01-08T18:43:48Z")
1. Were you known as Jack the Dripper? 2. Were you one of the original Charlie’s Angels? 3. Were you another one? ---
**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 8, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/86 "2020-01-08T19:03:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you have the first successful sex-change operation? > Were you an ornithologist best-known for something else? > You are a contemporary British character. Did you, with regret, decide to have an abortion so as not to interfere with your career? Respectively: I am not Christine Jorgensen. I am not James Bond. Take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the Arly Hanks series of mysteries? > 2. Did you write _Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man_? > 3. Did you write the poem _Trees_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not James Joyce. 3. I am not Joyce Kilmer. > [@atimnie](#): > > 1. Were you known as Jack the Dripper? > 2. Were you one of the original Charlie’s Angels? > 3. Were you another one? 1. I am not Jackson Pollock. 2. I am not Jill. 3. Take a DQ. 4. Real 5. Female 6. Living 7. Known for the arts 8. Last name starts with J 9. American 10. Actress 11. Born after 1950 12. Not usually brunette 13. Considered conventionally attractive 14. Born before 1979 15. Known primarily from TV 16. Has been in movies 17. Not married 18. Best known for one particular TV series 19. Not noted for her love life 20. Not best known for comedy 21. Not exactly the lead of her best-known TV series, but a major role 22. Series is not still airing new episodes ---
**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 8, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/87 "2020-01-08T21:42:30Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the Arly Hanks series of mysteries? > 2. Did you write Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man? > 3. Did you write the poem Trees? > 4. Take a DQ. > 5. I am not James Joyce. > 6. I am not Joyce Kilmer. #1 was Joan Hess. Correct on the others. DQ: Known from a police or detective TV series? ---
**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 8, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/88 "2020-01-08T22:06:52Z")
_2. Were you one of the original Charlie’s Angels? 3. Were you another one?_ Actually, I was going for Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith. 3 DQs reserved, since I don’t have a clue. ---
**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 9, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/89 "2020-01-09T05:09:25Z")
Previous IQs: Did you have the first successful sex-change operation? - Yes, Christine Jorgenson Were you an ornithologist best-known for something else? - Yes, James Bond You are a contemporary British character. Did you, with regret, decide to have an abortion so as not to interfere with your career? - Det. Chief Insp. Jane Tennison, on _Prime Suspect_ One DQ reserved. IQ: Are you an American actress who has the same initials as a noted race-car driver? ---
**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 9, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/90 "2020-01-09T14:43:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: > > Are you an American actress who has the same initials as a noted race-car driver? I am not Judy Greer (same initials as Jeff Gordon). 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Known for the arts 5. Last name starts with J 6. American 7. Actress 8. Born after 1950 9. Not usually brunette 10. Considered conventionally attractive 11. Born before 1979 12. Known primarily from TV 13. Has been in movies 14. Not married 15. Best known for one particular TV series 16. Not noted for her love life 17. Not best known for comedy 18. Not exactly the lead of her best-known TV series, but a major role 19. Series is not still airing new episodes 20. Not known from a police or detective TV 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 9, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/91 "2020-01-09T18:18:07Z")
Rephrased IQ: You are not Judy Greer. Are you an American actress who has the same initials as a noted race-car driver? ---
**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 9, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/92 "2020-01-09T19:09:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Rephrased IQ: > > You are not Judy Greer. Are you an American actress who has the same initials as a noted race-car driver? I am also not Joanna Gleason. ---
**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 9, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/93 "2020-01-09T20:04:08Z")
Last try. IQ: Are you an American actress, best known for your work on TV, with the initials AJ? ---
**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 9, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/94 "2020-01-09T20:10:08Z")
3 DQs up for grabs. ---
**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 9, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/95 "2020-01-09T22:34:40Z")
I’ll take one of those DQ’s: 1. Known from a science fiction, fantasy, horror or superhero TV series? ---
**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 9, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/96 "2020-01-09T23:10:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: > > Are you an American actress, best known for your work on TV, with the initials AJ? I am not Abbi Jacobson. 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Known for the arts 5. First and last name start with J 6. American 7. Actress 8. Born after 1950 9. Not usually brunette 10. Considered conventionally attractive 11. Born before 1979 12. Known primarily from TV 13. Has been in movies 14. Not married 15. Best known for one particular TV series 16. Not noted for her love life 17. Not best known for comedy 18. Not exactly the lead of her best-known TV series, but a major role 19. Series is not still airing new episodes 20. Not best known from a police or detective TV series 21. Not best known from a science fiction, fantasy, horror or superhero TV series (but was in a superhero movie) Note the change in answer #5. Please get in all final DQs by 3:30PM tomorrow (EST). ---
**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 9, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/97 "2020-01-09T23:12:37Z")
One more of atimnie’s DQs: 1. From a Western or historical-setting show? ---
**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 9, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/98 "2020-01-09T23:43:21Z")
1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Known for the arts 5. First and last name start with J 6. American 7. Actress 8. Born after 1950 9. Not usually brunette 10. Considered conventionally attractive 11. Born before 1979 12. Known primarily from TV 13. Has been in movies 14. Not married 15. Best known for one particular TV series 16. Not noted for her love life 17. Not best known for comedy 18. Not exactly the lead of her best-known TV series, but a major role 19. Series is not still airing new episodes 20. Not best known from a police or detective TV series 21. Not best known from a science fiction, fantasy, horror or superhero TV series (but was in a superhero movie) 22. Best known from a show set several decades before it aired ---
**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 10, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/99 "2020-01-10T04:42:34Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > I am not Abbi Jacobson… Still not who I was thinking of, which was Ann Jillian. But she doesn’t fit the DQ answers so far, so never mind. Hmm. Not sure who this is. Thinkthinkthink… ---
**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 10, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/100 "2020-01-10T15:01:22Z")
…and **atimnie’s** 3rd DQ: DQ: Last name Jones? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679.md?page=6)