# Botticelli - January 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 31, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412 "2022-12-31T12:35:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/101 "2023-01-10T15:18:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you sing “Circle in the Sand”? > Have you played a Federal prosecutor, a computer wiz and a concierge? > Are you an alliterative Olympic diver? Respectively: I am not Belinda Carlisle. I am not Bob Balaban. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. real 2. female 3. first name begins with B ---
**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, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/102 "2023-01-10T15:23:44Z")
You are correct, sir. ---
**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, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/103 "2023-01-10T15:25:30Z")
IQs: 1. Did Pilate release you instead of Jesus? 2. Do you become Captain Marvel when you say Shazam? 3. Did you write the hymn _To Be A Pilgrim_? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/104 "2023-01-10T17:43:43Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > > > 1. Did you portray a fearful feline? > > 2. Were you a Wonderful cop? > > 3. Were you named after #2 (above)? > > 1. I am not Mel Blanc. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. 1 was Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion 2 was Bert the Cop from It’s a Wonderful Life 3 was Bert from Sesame Street Bert X3! DQs: 1. Living? 2. From the arts? 1 DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/105 "2023-01-10T21:53:51Z")
Swept me! 1. Were you played by Richard Mulligan on **Soap**? 2. Are you an actress best known for playing Bailey Quarters? 3. Did you have many baby chicks and name all of them after fellow Oz emigre Dorothy Gale? ---
**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, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/106 "2023-01-10T22:35:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Pilate release you instead of Jesus? > 2. Do you become Captain Marvel when you say Shazam? > 3. Did you write the hymn _To Be A Pilgrim_? 1. I am not ~~Wodewick~~ Barabbas. 2. I am not Billy Batson. 3. Take a DQ. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you played by Richard Mulligan on **Soap**? > 2. Are you an actress best known for playing Bailey Quarters? > 3. Did you have many baby chicks and name all of them after fellow Oz emigre Dorothy Gale? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Billina. DQs: 1. real 2. female 3. first name begins with B 4. living 5. known from the arts > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > 2 was Bert the Cop from It’s a Wonderful Life > 3 was Bert from Sesame Street See [here](https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Are_Bert_and_Ernie_named_after_characters_from_It%27s_a_Wonderful_Life%3F). ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/107 "2023-01-10T22:42:31Z")
Oh for the love of… I meant Jan Smithers was best known for playing Bailey! Let’s just ignore that. 1. was Burt Campbell. DQ: Known for the Performing Arts? ---
**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, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/108 "2023-01-10T23:17:18Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did Pilate release you instead of Jesus? > > 2. Do you become Captain Marvel when you say Shazam? > > 3. Did you write the hymn _To Be A Pilgrim_? > > 1. I am not ~~Wodewick~~ Barabbas. > 2. I am not Billy Batson. > 3. Take a DQ. Cowwect, Correct, and John Bunyan. 1 DQ 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 11, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/109 "2023-01-11T04:42:43Z")
DQs: 1. real 2. female 3. first name begins with B 4. living 5. known from the arts 6. known for the performing arts ---
**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, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/110 "2023-01-11T15:31:17Z")
DQ: American? ---
**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, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/111 "2023-01-11T16:50:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did you “get deaded” nearly every week on the highly acclaimed, flamingo-scented 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 2. Did you do that “sinful modern singing” most weeks on the highly acclaimed, bagpipe-driven 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 3. Did you write _The Face In The Frost_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/112 "2023-01-11T17:35:58Z")
1. Did you play Suyin in **The Meg**? 2. Are you Trot’s best friend in Baum’s works? 3. Is your real name Saladin Paracelsus de Lambertine Evagne von Smith? ---
**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, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/113 "2023-01-11T17:44:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you “get deaded” nearly every week on the highly acclaimed, flamingo-scented 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 2. Did you do that “sinful modern singing” most weeks on the highly acclaimed, bagpipe-driven 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 3. Did you write _The Face In The Frost_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you play Suyin in **The Meg**? > 2. Are you Trot’s best friend in Baum’s works? > 3. Is your real name Saladin Paracelsus de Lambertine Evagne von Smith? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/114 "2023-01-11T20:21:39Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you play Suyin in **The Meg**? > 2. Are you Trot’s best friend in Baum’s works? > 3. Is your real name Saladin Paracelsus de Lambertine Evagne von Smith? Li Bingbing, Cap’n Bill, Button-Bright. DQs: Caucasian? Known for singing? One DQ 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 11, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/115 "2023-01-11T21:19:21Z")
DQs: 1. real 2. female 3. first name begins with B 4. living 5. known from the arts 6. known for the performing arts 7. American 8. Caucasian 9. known for singing ---
**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, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/116 "2023-01-12T13:34:13Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you “get deaded” nearly every week on the highly acclaimed, flamingo-scented 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > 2. Did you do that “sinful modern singing” most weeks on the highly acclaimed, bagpipe-driven 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > 3. Did you write _The Face In The Frost_? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. #1 was Lance Corporal Bluebottle. (Waits for Applause. Not a sausage.) #2 was Minnie Bannister. #3 is John Bellairs. DQ: Born before 1970? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/117 "2023-01-12T16:34:16Z")
1. Were you the voice of Ariel in Disney’s animated **The Little Mermaid**? 2. Were you played by Lauren Cohan on **Supernatural**? 3. Did you create **The Tick**? ---
**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, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/118 "2023-01-12T17:11:01Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you the voice of Ariel in Disney’s animated **The Little Mermaid**? > 2. Were you played by Lauren Cohan on **Supernatural**? > 3. Did you create **The Tick**? 1. I am not Jodi Benson. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Ben Edlund. DQs: 1. real 2. female 3. first name begins with B 4. living 5. known from the arts 6. known for the performing arts 7. American 8. Caucasian 9. known for singing 10. born after 1970 ---
**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, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/119 "2023-01-12T18:25:41Z")
Previous IQs: Did you sing “Circle in the Sand”? - Yes, Belinda Carlisle Have you played a Federal prosecutor, a computer wiz and a concierge? - Yes, Bob Balaban, in _Absence of Malice, 2010: The Year We Make Contact_ and _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ Are you an alliterative Olympic diver? - Brian Boitano DQ: Best known as a soloist? IQs: Are you a singer whose last name ends with a repeated consonant? Did David Sedaris once sing like you would have, had you had a Christmas album? Were you a singer with the same last name as the victor of the Battle of Chancellorsville? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/120 "2023-01-12T18:42:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you an alliterative Olympic diver? - Brian Boitano Um, Brian Boitano was an alliterative Olympic **SKATER**. You obviously haven’t watched _South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut_ enough. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412.md?page=7)