# 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:** 7
**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, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/121 "2023-01-12T20:17:44Z")
D’oh - thanks! Got my wires crossed; I was thinking of Greg Louganis. DQ withdrawn. ---
**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, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/122 "2023-01-13T12:58:02Z")
DQ: Known for Country & Western music? 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 13, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/123 "2023-01-13T13:32:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? Respectively: I am not Bonnie Raitt. I am not Bill Clinton. Take a DQ. 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 11. not known for country & western music ---
**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, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/124 "2023-01-13T14:04:41Z")
DQ: Known for Pop music? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/125 "2023-01-13T19:30:12Z")
> [@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**? Correct, Bela Talbot, correct. DQ: Won awards? ---
**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, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/126 "2023-01-13T19:32:42Z")
IQs: 1. Are you aka Impulse in DC Comics? 2. Are you the Chewbacca counterpart in _Spaceballs_? 3. Did you write _My Last Duchess_? ---
**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, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/127 "2023-01-13T19:49:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Impulse in DC Comics? > 2. Are you the Chewbacca counterpart in _Spaceballs_? > 3. Did you write _My Last Duchess_? 1. I am not Bart Allen. 2. I am not Barf. 3. Take a DQ. 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 11. not known for country & western music 12. known for pop music 13. won awards ---
**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, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/128 "2023-01-14T03:20:36Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a singer whose last name ends with a repeated consonant? - yes, Bonnie Raitt Did David Sedaris once sing like you would have, had you had a Christmas album? - not Bill Clinton, but Billie Holiday Were you a singer with the same last name as the victor of the Battle of Chancellorsville? Brenda (and not Robert E.) Lee DQs: Best known as a solo performer? Considered a one-hit wonder? IQs: After King Joffrey dumped you from the Kingsguard, did you leave King’s Landing in disgust? Were you pushed from a high tower after seeing two illicit lovers doing their thang? Did you hang out with Rorge and Ralph the Sweetling? ---
**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, 2023, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/129 "2023-01-14T04:29:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > After King Joffrey dumped you from the Kingsguard, did you leave King’s Landing in disgust? > Were you pushed from a high tower after seeing two illicit lovers doing their thang? > Did you hang out with Rorge and Ralph the Sweetling? I suspect one of these is Bran Stark; I’m not him. Take two DQs for the others. 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 11. not known for country & western music 12. known for pop music 13. won awards 14. best known as a solo performer 15. not considered a one-hit wonder ---
**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, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/130 "2023-01-14T13:38:19Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you aka Impulse in DC Comics? > > 2. Are you the Chewbacca counterpart in _Spaceballs_? > > 3. Did you write _My Last Duchess_? > > 1. I am not Bart Allen. > 2. I am not Barf. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct, Correct, and Robert Browning. DQ: Born after 1990? ---
**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, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/131 "2023-01-14T13:41:26Z")
IQs: 1. Did you give Dorothy and Toto a place to stay their first night in Munchkinland? 2. Are you the hero of _Blazing Saddles_? 3. Are you going to play a Quantumverse arms dealer in the third Ant-Man movie? ---
**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, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/132 "2023-01-15T00:44:44Z")
Customarily you have to designate _which_ question you’re answering, but I’ll let you have it. Previous IQs: After King Joffrey dumped you from the Kingsguard, did you leave King’s Landing in disgust? - Ser Barristan Selmy Were you pushed from a high tower after seeing two illicit lovers doing their thang? - this was Bran Stark Did you hang out with Rorge and Ralph the Sweetling? - Biter All from _Game of Thrones,_ of course. DQs: Won a Grammy? Considered a beauty? ---
**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, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/133 "2023-01-15T01:37:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you give Dorothy and Toto a place to stay their first night in Munchkinland? > 2. Are you the hero of _Blazing Saddles_? > 3. Are you going to play a Quantumverse arms dealer in the third Ant-Man movie? 1. I am not Bok. 2. I am not Black Bart. 3. I am not Bill Murray. 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 11. not known for country & western music 12. known for pop music 13. won awards 14. best known as a solo performer 15. not considered a one-hit wonder 16. born after 1990 17. won a Grammy 18. considered attractive ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/134 "2023-01-15T02:14:21Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you give Dorothy and Toto a place to stay their first night in Munchkinland? > > 2. Are you the hero of _Blazing Saddles_? > > 3. Are you going to play a Quantumverse arms dealer in the third Ant-Man movie? > > 1. I am not Bok. > 2. I am not Black Bart. > 3. I am not Bill Murray. Correct on Boq. Correct and Correct. Swept me! ---
**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 15, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/135 "2023-01-15T12:42:36Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a French Impressionist painter who died in the Franco-Prussian war? 2. Did you compose _Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring_? 3. Did you play a super-scientist fugitive, a master of legerdemain, and the housemate of a space alien? ---
**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 16, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/136 "2023-01-16T01:15:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a French Impressionist painter who died in the Franco-Prussian war? > 2. Did you compose _Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring_? > 3. Did you play a super-scientist fugitive, a master of legerdemain, and the housemate of a space alien? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Bach. 3. I am not [Bill Bixby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2656). ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/137 "2023-01-16T01:36:27Z")
DQ: Known as a songwriter as well? ---
**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 16, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/138 "2023-01-16T17:04:39Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a French Impressionist painter who died in the Franco-Prussian war? > > 2. Did you compose _Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring_? > > 3. Did you play a super-scientist fugitive, a master of legerdemain, and the housemate of a space alien? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Bach. > 3. I am not [Bill Bixby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2656). #1 was Frederic Bazille. Correct on the others. DQ: New album out in the last three years? ---
**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 16, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/139 "2023-01-16T17:15:33Z")
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 11. not known for country & western music 12. known for pop music 13. won awards 14. best known as a solo performer 15. not considered a one-hit wonder 16. born after 1990 17. won a Grammy 18. considered attractive 19. co-writes own songs 20. new album out in the last three years Well, that’s it for IQs. Anyone who has DQs reserved (which I believe is just **Doc O’Boogie** ) can ask them. ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/140 "2023-01-16T22:20:02Z")
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