# 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:** 4
**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, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/61 "2022-01-12T22:04:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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? Not Leonard Bernstein, not Barry and not Ben Stein. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 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_? Not Bonnie Hunt, not Bennett and dunno. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > 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? Not Pete Best, Billy Preston or Barbara Bach. 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 11. created after 1900 12. from a song 13. affiliated with the main character(s) or otherwise good/sympathetic ---
**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, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/62 "2022-01-12T22:14:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Bonnie Hunt, not Bennett and dunno. 1 is correct; correct on Naftali Bennett; 3 was Michael Burnham. DQ: created after 1930? ---
**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, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/63 "2022-01-13T12:31:01Z")
Swept me. 1. Are you the main character in the song _You Tell Her, I Stutter_? 2. Were you a French Impressionist painter who died young in the war? 3. Do you remember sweet Alice whose hair was so brown? ---
**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, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/64 "2022-01-13T14:51:15Z")
Dunno x3. 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 11. created after 1900 12. from a song 13. affiliated with the main character(s) or otherwise good/sympathetic 14. created after 1930 ---
**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, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/65 "2022-01-13T17:43:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Swept me. > > 1. Are you the main character in the song _You Tell Her, I Stutter_ ? > 2. Were you a French Impressionist painter who died young in the war? > 3. Do you remember sweet Alice whose hair was so brown? :cough: ---
**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 13, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/66 "2022-01-13T18:17:03Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the _Crazy Ex-Girlfriend_? 2. Did you create (and star in) _Crazy Ex-Girlfriend_? 3. Were you a broker who made off with a lot of money through fraudulent dealings at your securities firm, until you were arrested in 2008 and sentenced to 150 years in prison? ---
**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 13, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/67 "2022-01-13T18:50:00Z")
Held DQ: Song associated with WWII? ---
**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 13, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/68 "2022-01-13T19:16:22Z")
Swept my last IQs. IQ1: Are you a mostly silent man-child played by Rowan Atkinson? IQ2: Are you an actor who spawned a meme of meeting a violent death in many of your films? IQ3: Did you play both a hobbit and said hobbit’s heir in the same film? ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/69 "2022-01-14T16:06:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > Swept me. > > > > 1. Are you the main character in the song _You Tell Her, I Stutter_ ? > > 2. Were you a French Impressionist painter who died young in the war? > > 3. Do you remember sweet Alice whose hair was so brown? > > :cough: > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3. Ahem. ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/70 "2022-01-14T16:06:34Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you the _Crazy Ex-Girlfriend_? > 2. Did you create (and star in) _Crazy Ex-Girlfriend_? > 3. Were you a broker who made off with a lot of money through fraudulent dealings at your securities firm, until you were arrested in 2008 and sentenced to 150 years in prison? Dunno, dunno and not Bernie Madoff. ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/71 "2022-01-14T16:08:34Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > … > IQ1: Are you a mostly silent man-child played by Rowan Atkinson? > IQ2: Are you an actor who spawned a meme of meeting a violent death in many of your films? > IQ3: Did you play both a hobbit and said hobbit’s heir in the same film? None of the Beans: Mr., Sean or Orson! 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 11. created after 1900 12. from a song 13. affiliated with the main character(s) or otherwise good/sympathetic 14. created after 1930 15. song not associated with WWII ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/72 "2022-01-14T16:17:33Z")
[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:69, topic:957178, full:true”] > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > > Swept me. > > > > > > > 1. Are you the main character in the song _You Tell Her, I Stutter_ ? > > > > 2. Were you a French Impressionist painter who died young in the war? > > > > 3. Do you remember sweet Alice whose hair was so brown? > > > > [/quote] > > > > > > :cough: > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Dunno x3. > > Ahem. Ah. Well, sorry. #1. _Oh, **Bill McCloskey** was a husky, healthy, handsome lad…_ #2 was Frederic Bazille. #3 was Ben Bolt. ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/73 "2022-01-14T16:18:34Z")
DQ: From a song generally associated with a female singer? 2 DQs 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 14, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/74 "2022-01-14T17:05:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Bernie Madoff. 1 (the _Crazy Ex-Girlfriend_) was Rebecca Bunch; 2 (played the _Crazy Ex-Girlfriend_ and created the show) was Rachel Bloom. 3 was correct. Two 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 14, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/75 "2022-01-14T19:15:13Z")
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 11. created after 1900 12. from a song 13. affiliated with the main character(s) or otherwise good/sympathetic 14. created after 1930 15. song not associated with WWII 16. not, I’d say, from a song generally associated with a female singer, but YMMV With four reserved DQs pending, no more IQs, 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 14, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/76 "2022-01-14T22:54:34Z")
DQs: 1. From a Broadway show tune? 2. From a jazz or blues song? ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/77 "2022-01-15T02:12:20Z")
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 11. created after 1900 12. from a song 13. affiliated with the main character(s) or otherwise good/sympathetic 14. created after 1930 15. song not associated with WWII 16. not, I’d say, from a song generally associated with a female singer, but YMMV 17. not from a Broadway show tune 18. not from a jazz or blues song ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/78 "2022-01-15T02:24:29Z")
DQ: song is associated with Christmas and/or the winter season? 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 15, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/79 "2022-01-15T17:53:16Z")
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 11. created after 1900 12. from a song 13. affiliated with the main character(s) or otherwise good/sympathetic 14. created after 1930 15. song not associated with WWII 16. not, I’d say, from a song generally associated with a female singer, but YMMV 17. not from a Broadway show tune 18. not from a jazz or blues song 19. song is associated with Christmas and/or the winter season ---
**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 16, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/80 "2022-01-16T03:02:23Z")
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