# 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:** 8
**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 25, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/141 "2022-01-25T18:19:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > A South Carolinian, were you Truman’s first SECSTATE? > Did you muse that you were, at the moment, nothing, but that you could be everything? > Did you command the Royal Navy’s fleet at Jutland? Take 3 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 25, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/142 "2022-01-25T18:47:44Z")
IQ1: Did you spend your entire 20-year MLB career playing shortstop for the NY Yankees? IQ2: Did you play the title character in _I, Claudius_? IQ3: Did you make your screen debut opposite a giant ape? ---
**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 25, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/143 "2022-01-25T18:50:40Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you spend your entire 20-year MLB career playing shortstop for the NY Yankees? Yes, I am # Derek Jeter! [https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.2bYg27\_3\_05e7WQ8\_pPo0QHaGK?pid=ImgDet&rs=1](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.2bYg27_3_05e7WQ8_pPo0QHaGK?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) Good job, **Chock!** ---
**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 25, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/144 "2022-01-25T21:29:53Z")
Great! First, some catch-up: > [@](#): > > IQ2: Did you play the title character in _I, Claudius_ ? > IQ3: Did you make your screen debut opposite a giant ape? Derek Jacobi, Jessica Lange Next up… **S** [![](https://friendlystock.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/19-cartoon-letter-s-cartoon-clipart.jpg) ](https://friendlystock.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/19-cartoon-letter-s-cartoon-clipart.jpg) ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/145 "2022-01-25T22:56:53Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Pinocchio’s conscience in the upcoming del Toro movie version? 2. Were you recently seen in a bar in Scotland while taking a break from being in a MCU movie? 3. Were you Trump’s first press secretary? ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/146 "2022-01-25T23:12:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Are you Pinocchio’s conscience in the upcoming del Toro movie version? > - Were you recently seen in a bar in Scotland while taking a break from being in a MCU movie? > - Were you Trump’s first press secretary? Take a DQ Not Sebastian Stan?? Wild guess Not Sean Spicer ---
**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 26, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/147 "2022-01-26T14:23:32Z")
#1 is Sebastian J. Cricket. #2 was Samuel L. Jackson. Correct on #3. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 26, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/148 "2022-01-26T17:49:32Z")
DQs: **S** 1. Real 2. 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 26, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/149 "2022-01-26T19:17:37Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Fred Laswell’s best known character? 2. Did your musical, _The Capeman_, bomb on Broadway? 3. Did the late Meat Loaf play your nephew in the longest running ever movie? ---
**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 26, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/150 "2022-01-26T19:26:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Are you Fred Laswell’s best known character? > - Did your musical, _The Capeman_ , bomb on Broadway? > - Did the late Meat Loaf play your nephew in the longest running ever mov Take a DQ Not Paul Simon Not 🧻 Everett Scott (A Rival Scientist) 🧻 ---
**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 26, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/151 "2022-01-26T19:28:05Z")
#1 is Snuffy Smith. Correct on the others. DQ: Living? ---
**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 26, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/152 "2022-01-26T19:31:49Z")
**S** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/153 "2022-01-26T20:44:46Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a current _SNL_ cast member who has now appeared twice on Weekend Update with Colin Jost, taking whatever he says and gleefully misinterpreting it as outrageous headlines to paint him in as negative a light as possible? 2. Speaking of _Saturday Night Live_, can you see Russia from your house? 3. Did your band mate Keith Levene talk about your determination to get better at playing the bass, saying you “did things quickly. One night, he played the first Ramones album nonstop, all night, then next morning, [redacted] could play the bass. That was it; he was ready! I told you [redacted] did things quickly!” ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/154 "2022-01-26T21:25:17Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are you a current _SNL_ cast member who has now appeared twice on Weekend Update with Colin Jost, taking whatever he says and gleefully misinterpreting it as outrageous headlines to paint him in as negative a light as possible? > 2. Speaking of _Saturday Night Live_ , can you see Russia from your house? > 3. Did your band mate Keith Levene talk about your determination to get better at playing the bass, saying you “did things quickly. One night, he played the first Ramones album nonstop, all night, then next morning, [redacted] could play the bass. That was it; he was ready! I told you [redacted] did things quickly!” Take a DQ Not Sarah Palin, as played by Tina Fey Not Sid Vicious ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/155 "2022-01-26T21:31:51Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Take a DQ > Not Sarah Palin, as played by Tina Fey > Not Sid Vicious 1 was Sarah Sherman. DQ: first name begins with S? ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/156 "2022-01-26T21:41:38Z")
**S** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name begins with S ---
**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 27, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/157 "2022-01-27T13:16:46Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Underdog’s archenemy? 2. Did you compose _Finlandia_? 3. Did you write _Major Barbara_? ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/158 "2022-01-27T14:49:07Z")
IQs: 1. Do characters in one of your works play the game Questions? 2. Are they, in fact, _your_ characters? 3. Did you give the presidential oath of office to Lyndon Johnson? ---
**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 27, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/159 "2022-01-27T18:17:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you Underdog’s archenemy? > 2. Did you compose _Finlandia_ ? > 3. Did you write _Major Barbara_ ? Not Simon Bar Sinister Take 2 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Do characters in one of your works play the game Questions? > 2. Are they, in fact, _your_ characters? > 3. Did you give the presidential oath of office to Lyndon Johnson? Take 3 DQs ---
**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 27, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/160 "2022-01-27T18:26:54Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Were you Underdog’s archenemy? > > > > > 1. Did you compose _Finlandia_ ? > > > 2. Did you write _Major Barbara_ ? > > Not Simon Bar Sinister > Take 2 DQs Correct on Simon. #2 was Jean Sibelius. #3 was George Bernard Shaw. DQs: 1. American? 2. Died before 1900? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178.md?page=9)