# Botticelli - January 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 4, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178 "2022-01-04T01:44:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/41 "2022-01-09T14:30:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Do you have a racehorse named Spark Plug? > > > 2. Were you the leading light in men’s fashion in Regency England? > > > 3. Were you the father of the clan that operated the Ponderosa ranch? > > Dunno, but not Beau Brummel or Ben Cartwright #1 was Barney Google. Correct on the others. DQ: Created after 1950? ---
**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, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/42 "2022-01-09T14:35:00Z")
IQs: 1. Did Fred Astaire play you in a musical that reunited him with Ginger Rogers after 10 years? 2. Did you enlist Michael Jordan’s aid in battling space aliens? 3. Were you known as “El Liberatador”? ---
**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, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/43 "2022-01-09T14:52:24Z")
Dunno, not Bugs Bunny and not Simon Bolivar. ---
**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, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/44 "2022-01-09T14:53:41Z")
B. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name begins with B 4. created by an American or Americans 5. not a main character 6. created before 1950 ---
**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, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/45 "2022-01-09T15:16:34Z")
#1 was Josh Barclay in _The Barclays of Broadway_. Correct on the others. DQ: Originally from a work of prose? ---
**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, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/46 "2022-01-09T23:03:00Z")
IQs: 1. Were you, the real person and not the fictional character, played by Charlie Higson (who has also written books about a younger version of the fictional character) in a Caribbean-set episode of _Agatha Christie’s Marple_? 2. Are you the subject of the documentary _Roadrunner_ (which aren’t eaten that often, given that they’re a protected species, although in Mexican folk medicine consuming roadrunner stew was a treatment for skin rashes and other ailments)? 3. Is one of your songs “bad guy” [sic]? ---
**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, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/47 "2022-01-10T00:37:23Z")
IQs: 1. Did your orchestra often accompany Bob Hope on his USO tours? 2. Does your hut walk around on chicken feet? 3. Were you a TV police detective of the 1960’s who was driven to crime scenes in your Rolls Royce? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/48 "2022-01-10T06:19:06Z")
IQ1: Were you friendly with a seasick sea serpent? IQ2: Did you create the two characters referenced in IQ1? IQ3: Are you an “asshole!!” engaged to a “slut!!”? ---
**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, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/49 "2022-01-10T18:26:56Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you, the real person and not the fictional character, played by Charlie Higson (who has also written books about a younger version of the fictional character) in a Caribbean-set episode of _Agatha Christie’s Marple_? > 2. Are you the subject of the documentary _Roadrunner_ (which aren’t eaten that often, given that they’re a protected species, although in Mexican folk medicine consuming roadrunner stew was a treatment for skin rashes and other ailments)? > 3. Is one of your songs “bad guy” [sic]? Dunno, dunno and not Bad Bad Leroy Brown. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your orchestra often accompany Bob Hope on his USO tours? > 2. Does your hut walk around on chicken feet? > 3. Were you a TV police detective of the 1960’s who was driven to crime scenes in your Rolls Royce? Dunno, not Baba Yaga and dunno. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you friendly with a seasick sea serpent? > IQ2: Did you create the two characters referenced in IQ1? > IQ3: Are you an “asshole!!” engaged to a “slut!!”? Not SpongeBob, dunno and dunno. B. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name begins with B 4. created by an American or Americans 5. not a main character 6. created before 1950 7. not originally from a work of prose ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/50 "2022-01-10T19:47:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you friendly with a seasick sea serpent? > > > IQ2: Did you create the two characters referenced in IQ1? > > > IQ3: Are you an “asshole!!” engaged to a “slut!!”? > > Not SpongeBob, dunno and dunno. Beany Boy from the animated _Beany and Cecil_ show, which was ♫ a Bob Clampett cartoon ♫ Brad Majors, from _The Rocky Horror (Picture) Show_ DQ: Originally from filmed media (motion pictures, serials, TV)? Holding 2 DQs. ---
**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, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/51 "2022-01-10T20:19:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Bad Bad Leroy Brown. 1 (real person, not character, played by Charlie Higson on _Marple_) was James Bond; 2 (subject of _Roadrunner_) was Anthony Bourdain; 3 (had song “bad guy”) was Billie Eilish. DQ: character is American? 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 11, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/52 "2022-01-11T02:13:04Z")
B. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name begins with B 4. created by an American or Americans 5. not a main character 6. created before 1950 7. not originally from a work of prose 8. not originally from filmed media (motion pictures, serials, TV) 9. character is almost certainly American ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/53 "2022-01-11T02:24:59Z")
Held DQ: From radio? Holding one DQ. ---
**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, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/54 "2022-01-11T14:17:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did your orchestra often accompany Bob Hope on his USO tours? > > > 2. Does your hut walk around on chicken feet? > > > 3. Were you a TV police detective of the 1960’s who was driven to crime scenes in your Rolls Royce? > > Dunno, not Baba Yaga and dunno. #1 was Les Brown and His Band of Renown. #2 is correct. #3 was Amos Burke of _Burke’s Law_. 2 DQs 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 11, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/55 "2022-01-11T16:52:29Z")
B. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name begins with B 4. created by an American or Americans 5. not a main character 6. created before 1950 7. not originally from a work of prose 8. not originally from filmed media (motion pictures, serials, TV) 9. character is almost certainly American 10. not from radio ---
**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, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/56 "2022-01-11T17:04:45Z")
DQs: 1. Created before 1900? 2. From a song? ---
**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, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/57 "2022-01-11T17:07:23Z")
IQs: 1. Did you compose the music for _West Side Story_? 2. Are you aka The Flash? 3. Did a quiz show’s title tell people to win your money? ---
**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, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/58 "2022-01-11T18:49:50Z")
1. Did you voice Sally in _Cars_ and have your own sitcom? 2. Are you currently the Prime Minster of Israel? 3. Are you a character on _Star Trek: Discovery_? DQ: affiliated with the main character(s) or otherwise Good/sympathetic? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/59 "2022-01-11T21:09:53Z")
IQ1: Were you the original drummer for the Beatles? IQ2: Are you the only non-member to be credited on a Beatles single? IQ3: Are you Bond girl married to a former Beatles drummer? ---
**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, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/60 "2022-01-12T21:03:23Z")
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