# 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:** 6
**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 10, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/101 "2020-01-10T15:50:47Z")
Now I know who this is… I think… ---
**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 10, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/102 "2020-01-10T17:20:39Z")
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 23. Last name is Jones ---
**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, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/103 "2020-01-10T19:00:24Z")
IQ: Were you a lead actress on _Mad Men_? ---
**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 10, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/104 "2020-01-10T19:50:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: > > Were you a lead actress on _Mad Men_? I am indeed January Jones! Chosen because, well, it’s January. Next game goes to EH. ---
**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, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/105 "2020-01-10T20:14:45Z")
Good one, EH. ---
**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 11, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/106 "2020-01-11T00:56:54Z")
Thanks! I’ve never actually seen a full episode of the show, but I’ve certainly heard of her. Lessee… I think our next letter should be O ---
**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 11, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/107 "2020-01-11T03:38:49Z")
1. Were you originally orange in the first season of an iconic children’s show? 2. Were you Linus Van Pelt’s favorite teacher? 3. Did CCR listen to you while looking out their back door? ---
**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 11, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/108 "2020-01-11T17:16:54Z")
IQs: 1. Did you, a senator, give the keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic convention, then go on to higher political office a few years later? 2. Did you marry Charlie Chaplin? 3. Were you a little round-headed boy seeking a point? ---
**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 11, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/109 "2020-01-11T17:55:53Z")
IQs: 1. Are you noted for your large paintings of cow skulls? 2. Did you invent the safety elevator? 3. Are you the Earth-3 evil counterpart to Batman? ---
**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 11, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/110 "2020-01-11T21:36:57Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > 1. Were you originally orange in the first season of an iconic children’s show? > 2. Were you Linus Van Pelt’s favorite teacher? > 3. Did CCR listen to you while looking out their back door? Not Oscar the Grouch, dunno, and not… Ophelia? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you, a senator, give the keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic convention, then go on to higher political office a few years later? > 2. Did you marry Charlie Chaplin? > 3. Were you a little round-headed boy seeking a point? Not Barack Obama, Oona Chaplin or Obie. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you noted for your large paintings of cow skulls? > 2. Did you invent the safety elevator? > 3. Are you the Earth-3 evil counterpart to Batman? Not Georgia O’Keeffe or Mr. Otis, and dunno. ---
**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 11, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/111 "2020-01-11T22:01:40Z")
_1. Were you originally orange in the first season of an iconic children’s show? 2. Were you Linus Van Pelt’s favorite teacher? 3. Did CCR listen to you while looking out their back door?_ Right on 1, 2 is Miss Othmar and 3 is Buck Owens. _Dinosaur Victrola listenin’ to Buck Owens Doo, doo, doo, lookin’ out my backdoor_ Real? Male? ---
**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 11, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/112 "2020-01-11T22:04:02Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you noted for your large paintings of cow skulls? > 2. Did you invent the safety elevator? > 3. Are you the Earth-3 evil counterpart to Batman? > Not Georgia O’Keeffe or Mr. Otis, and dunno. Correct on Georgia and James Otis. #3 is Owlman. DQ: Last name starts with O? ---
**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 12, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/113 "2020-01-12T00:42:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Barack Obama, Oona Chaplin or Obie. 3 was Oblio (in _The Point_). IQs: 1. Did you write _Down and Out in Paris and London_? 2. Did you direct _F for Fake_? 3. Was a photo of you taped to Dennis Nedry’s computer monitor? One 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 12, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/114 "2020-01-12T04:16:26Z")
Oblio in _The Point_ was referred to as “little Obie,” **DLR** , but you can take a DQ if you want. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Down and Out in Paris and London_? > 2. Did you direct _F for Fake_? > 3. Was a photo of you taped to Dennis Nedry’s computer monitor?.. Dunno x3. O. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with O ---
**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 12, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/115 "2020-01-12T05:43:45Z")
1. Did you play Blossom’s friend? 2. Are you the persona of Kate Micucci in a comedy music duo? 3. Were you an overweight comic actor teamed with a skinny British comic actor? ---
**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 12, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/116 "2020-01-12T12:00:31Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the title character of the best known poem by Ludovico Ariosto? 2. Are you the protagonist of a series of books by Dean Koontz? 3. Did you found the colony of Georgia? ---
**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 12, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/117 "2020-01-12T16:09:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3. 1 (author of _Down and Out in Paris and London_) was George Orwell; 2 (director of _F for Fake_) was Orson Welles; 3 (photo on Nedry’s monitor) was Robert Oppenheimer (in _Jurassic Park_). IQs: 1. Do you try to arrest a mouse for throwing bricks at a cat? 2. Did you pitch the ShamWow? 3. Are you the Discworld’s crocodile god? DQs: 4. living? 5. American? 6. known from the arts? 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 13, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/118 "2020-01-13T01:25:33Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > 1. Did you play Blossom’s friend? > 2. Are you the persona of Kate Micucci in a comedy music duo? > 3. Were you an overweight comic actor teamed with a skinny British comic actor? Dunno, dunno, and not Oliver “Another fine mess!” Hardy. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the title character of the best known poem by Ludovico Ariosto? > 2. Are you the protagonist of a series of books by Dean Koontz? > 3. Did you found the colony of Georgia? Dunno, dunno and not Oglethorpe. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Do you try to arrest a mouse for throwing bricks at a cat? > 2. Did you pitch the ShamWow? > 3. Are you the Discworld’s crocodile god?.. Dunno, dunno, and not… Omnivorius? ---
**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 13, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/119 "2020-01-13T01:39:12Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the title character of the best known poem by Ludovico Ariosto? > 2. Are you the protagonist of a series of books by Dean Koontz? > 3. Did you found the colony of Georgia? > Dunno, dunno and not Oglethorpe. #1. The poem is _Orlando Furioso._ Orlando is the Italianized version of Roland, Charlemagne’s premier paladin. #2 is Odd Thomas. Correct on James Oglethorpe. 2 DQ’s reserved. ---
**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 13, 2020, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/120 "2020-01-13T06:39:27Z")
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