# 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:** 6
**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 18, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/101 "2022-01-18T22:27:27Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Are you a former host of _America’s Got Talent_ who was at one time married to Mariah Carey? > > > > > 1. Are you one of the Backstreet Boys? > > > 2. Are you best remembered for singing duets with Jeannette Macdonald? > > Not Nick Cannon > Not Nick Carter? or was he N’Sync? - I vaguely remember that name from teen mag covers at the checkout counter > Take a DQ Correct, Correct, and Nelson Eddy. DQ: Died before 1900? ---
**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 18, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/102 "2022-01-18T22:55:07Z")
**N** 1. Real 2. First name starts with N 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Died before 1900 ---
**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 19, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/103 "2022-01-19T00:51:35Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the central character in the highly esteemed 1950’s all-leather BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 2. Were you Abraham Lincoln’s stepmother? 3. Were you the lead singer for Herman’s Hermits? ---
**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 19, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/104 "2022-01-19T01:04:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you the central character in the highly esteemed 1950’s all-leather BBC radio series _The Goon Show_ ? > 2. Were you Abraham Lincoln’s stepmother? > 3. Were you the lead singer for Herman’s Hermits? Take 2 DQs Not Peter Noone ---
**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 19, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/105 "2022-01-19T12:44:38Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Are you the central character in the highly esteemed 1950’s all-leather BBC radio series _The Goon Show_ ? > > > > > 1. Were you Abraham Lincoln’s stepmother? > > > 2. Were you the lead singer for Herman’s Hermits? > > Take 2 DQs > Not Peter Noone #1 is the incomparable Welshman Neddy Seagoon! (wild applause) #2 was Nancy Hanks. #3 is correct. DQs: 1. European? 2. Died before 1700? ---
**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 19, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/106 "2022-01-19T17:51:07Z")
**N** 1. Real 2. First name starts with N 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Died before 1900 7. Not European 8. Died after 1700 ---
**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 19, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/107 "2022-01-19T19:46:29Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a nefarious Australian bushranger? 2. Were you a master of deadpan humor in 1930’s Hollywood movies? 3. Are your famous these days for saying “Sluggo is lit”? ---
**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 19, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/108 "2022-01-19T20:58:37Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the put-upon wife of Carl Bernstein? - Yes, Nora Ephron Were you often misquoted as having said “Get there fustest with the mostest”? - Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest Were you FDR’s first VP? - John Nance Garner DQs: From the Northern Hemisphere? Political/military? IQs: Were you Amelia Earhart’s navigator? Was your dad mayor of Baltimore long before you went into politics? Were you a prominent African leader who met with JFK? ---
**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 19, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/109 "2022-01-19T21:46:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you a nefarious Australian bushranger? > 2. Were you a master of deadpan humor in 1930’s Hollywood movies? > 3. Are your famous these days for saying “Sluggo is lit”? (In reverse order) Not Nancy, dunno, but **Yes** , I am **Ned Kelly** > **[Ned Kelly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Kelly)** > > Edward Kelly (December 1854\[a\] – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police-murderer. One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout with the police. > Kelly was born in the then–British colony of Victoria as the third of eight children to Irish parents. His father, a transported convict, died shortly after serving a six-month prison sentence, leaving Kelly, then aged 12, as the eldest ma... That went a lot quicker than I thought it would. Congratulations, Prof ---
**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 19, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/110 "2022-01-19T22:27:01Z")
I think we’ve had him before, but he’s a good choice. I am [https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.58a9b83ab0c904f4adf9c26ce47678ee?rik=2KJYY3FR4Wpt6A&pid=ImgRaw&r=0](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.58a9b83ab0c904f4adf9c26ce47678ee?rik=2KJYY3FR4Wpt6A&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ---
**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 20, 2022, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/111 "2022-01-20T07:14:02Z")
IQ1: Were you a bullfrog that always had some mighty fine wine? IQ2: Were you the voice actress for Rocky J Squirrel, among others? IQ3: Did you create R_ocky and Bullwinkle_? ---
**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 20, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/112 "2022-01-20T14:27:27Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Q1: Were you a bullfrog that always had some mighty fine wine? > IQ2: Were you the voice actress for Rocky J Squirrel, among others? > IQ3: Did you create R _ocky and Bullwinkle_ ? #1. I am not Jeremiah. #2. I am not June Foray. #3. I am not Jay Ward. ---
**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 20, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/113 "2022-01-20T18:36:29Z")
Good job, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Were you Amelia Earhart’s navigator? - Fred Noonan Was your dad mayor of Baltimore long before you went into politics? - Nancy Pelosi Were you a prominent African leader who met with JFK? - Kwame Nkrumah On to J! IQs: Were you one of Lincoln’s senior aides, who lived in the White House? Were you the other? Was Dave Barry scornful of your attempt, through a flunky, to cut in line at a ski resort? ---
**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 20, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/114 "2022-01-20T21:11:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you one of Lincoln’s senior aides, who lived in the White House? > Were you the other? > Was Dave Barry scornful of your attempt, through a flunky, to cut in line at a ski resort? 1. I am not John Hay. I don’t remember the other. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 20, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/115 "2022-01-20T22:15:00Z")
Swept me IQ1: Did you complain about your older sister by famously repeating her name three times? IQ2: Do you ain’t got time to bleed? IQ3: Did you, an author, having been born in the 19th century in the United States of America, develop a habit, or perhaps a proclivity, as one might, for composing sentences of great length and containing what some, in a wrong-headed reductionist approach to literature, would consider to be an excessive number of subordinate clauses? ---
**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 20, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/116 "2022-01-20T22:46:04Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you complain about your older sister by famously repeating her name three times? > IQ2: Do you ain’t got time to bleed? > IQ3: Did you, an author, having been born in the 19th century in the United States of America, develop a habit, or perhaps a proclivity, as one might, for composing sentences of great length and containing what some, in a wrong-headed reductionist approach to literature, would consider to be an excessive number of subordinate clauses? 1. That’s one of the Bradys. I didn’t watch them. Take a DQ. 2. That’s probably from Predator. It’s been too long. Take a DQ. 3. Well, it’s not James Thurber. Take a DQ. ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/117 "2022-01-20T23:32:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did you complain about your older sister by famously repeating her name three times? > > > IQ2: Do you ain’t got time to bleed? > > > IQ3: Did you, an author, having been born in the 19th century in the United States of America, develop a habit, or perhaps a proclivity, as one might, for composing sentences of great length and containing what some, in a wrong-headed reductionist approach to literature, would consider to be an excessive number of subordinate clauses? > > 1. That’s one of the Bradys. I didn’t watch them. Take a DQ. > 2. That’s probably from Predator. It’s been too long. Take a DQ. > 3. Well, it’s not James Thurber. Take a DQ Yep , Jan Brady Jesse Ventura, yes, originally a line from _Predator_, and later used as the title of his autobiography. Henry James DQs: Real? Male? First name starts with J? ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/118 "2022-01-20T23:33:10Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with J ---
**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 21, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/119 "2022-01-21T01:47:08Z")
IQ1: Are you a member of rock’s “27 Club” who drowned in your swimming pool shortly after leaving your band? IQ2: Are you a member of the “27 Club” who died of heart failure in Paris shortly after releasing your band’s 6th album? IQ3: Are you a member of the “27 Club” who died of a heroin overdose shortly before the release of what turned out to be the best-selling album of 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 21, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/120 "2022-01-21T03:01:04Z")
1. I am not Jimi Hendrix. 2. I am not Jim Morrison. 3. I am not Janis Joplin. Take a DQ for any I got wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178.md?page=7)