# Botticelli - July 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 3, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052 "2012-07-03T01:11:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [July 5, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/21 "2012-07-05T02:50:44Z")
C. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. Unknown if alive today 5. First name begins with “C” 6. Probably born after 1900 7. Not a literary character ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/22 "2012-07-05T05:06:42Z")
IQ1: Do you host an after-school music-and-dance TV program for teens in Baltimore, Maryland? IQ2: Are you a rock star who passes through the town of Sweet Apple, Ohio? IQ3: Do you write adventure novels featuring the character Dirk Pitt? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/23 "2012-07-05T05:30:31Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > I’ll reserve the second DQ until we find out if this is a real person. DQ: Did you first appear in a film/movie? IQ1: Do you run a school for gifted youngsters in West Chester, NY? IQ2: Has your name long been synonymous with great wealth? IQ3: Did you reportedly punch out “[your] fuckin’ singer” for referring to you as “[his] drummer?” ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/24 "2012-07-05T14:31:45Z")
I’ll take my DQ from DeGaulle now: DQ: Did your first appearance in your medium occur before 1950. (IE - If a film character - was your movie released before 1950, if a theater character, did your play premiere before 1950, etc etc.) IQ1: Did you settle down to a life of farming with your true love and a fancy rig? IQ2: Did your husband seemingly spend more time wearing sweaters than doing his job? IQ3: Did you eventually get the right stuff to become the fastest man alive? ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/25 "2012-07-06T01:31:25Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Do you host an after-school music-and-dance TV program for teens in Baltimore, Maryland? > > IQ2: Are you a rock star who passes through the town of Sweet Apple, Ohio? > > IQ3: Do you write adventure novels featuring the character Dirk Pitt? I’m not Dick Clark or Clive Cussler; dunno the second. > [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Do you run a school for gifted youngsters in West Chester, NY? > IQ2: Has your name long been synonymous with great wealth? > IQ3: Did you reportedly punch out “[your] fuckin’ singer” for referring to you as “[his] drummer?” I’m not Prof. Charles Xavier, Croesus or Phil Collins. > [@Wargamer](#): > > IQ1: Did you settle down to a life of farming with your true love and a fancy rig? > IQ2: Did your husband seemingly spend more time wearing sweaters than doing his job? > IQ3: Did you eventually get the right stuff to become the fastest man alive? I’m not Curly from _Oklahoma!_, Mrs. Cliff Huxtable or Chuck Yeager. C. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. Unknown if alive today 5. First name begins with “C” 6. Probably born after 1900 7. Not a literary character 8. Did not first appear in a film or movie 9. Did not first appear before 1950 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/26 "2012-07-06T03:26:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’m not Dick Clark or Clive Cussler; dunno the second. I wasn’t looking for Dick Clark (who, to the best of my knowledge, never hosted in Baltimore–didn’t he originally host “American Bandstand” in Philadelphia?). No, that question was looking for fictional character Corny Collins, in the musical _Hairspray_, which is set in Baltimore. The second IQ was looking for another fictional character in a musical; this time, Conrad Birdie, of _Bye Bye Birdie_. Correct on Cussler. DQ: Were you in a series of fictional works? DQ: Are you known for your appearances in a drawn or painted medium? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/27 "2012-07-06T14:18:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’m not Prof. Charles Xavier, Croesus or Phil Collins. Right on Xavier and Croesus, but the drummer who punched “his” singer was the Rolling Stones’ [Charlie Watts](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Watts). > [@Wikipedia](#): > > A famous anecdote relates that during the mid-1980s, an intoxicated Jagger phoned Watts’ hotel room in the middle of the night asking “Where’s my drummer?”. Watts reportedly got up, shaved, dressed in a suit, put on a tie and freshly shined shoes, descended the stairs, and punched Jagger in the face, saying: “Don’t ever call me your drummer again. You’re my fucking singer!” DQ: Are you a political figure in the fictional world you inhabit? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/28 "2012-07-07T03:14:44Z")
C. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. Unknown if alive today 5. First name begins with “C” 6. Probably born after 1900 7. Not a literary character 8. Did not first appear in a film or movie 9. Did not first appear before 1950 10. Appeared in a series of fictional works 11. Not known for appearances in a drawn or painted medium 12. Not a political figure Answering #10 was a little tricky, but I think my answer is more true than false, and less misleading than a “no” answer. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/29 "2012-07-08T17:56:28Z")
IQ1: Were you a professional athlete affectionately known as “Pudge” for much of your career? IQ2: Do you know what evil lurks in the hearts of men? IQ3: Did you play fiddle with Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, and the Grateful Dead? ---
**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:** [July 11, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/30 "2012-07-11T04:14:48Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Were you a professional athlete affectionately known as “Pudge” for much of your career? > IQ2: Do you know what evil lurks in the hearts of men? > IQ3: Did you play fiddle with Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, and the Grateful Dead? Dunno the first and third. The second is the Shadow, but that doesn’t start with a C, right…? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/31 "2012-07-11T13:56:44Z")
IQ1. Were you declared the strangest ‘housemother’ in US adoption law? IQ2. Were you noted for your singing of a particular song around 7 during the summers? IQ3. Does our modern world frighten and confuse you? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/32 "2012-07-15T14:22:05Z")
Alright, I get too busy to play for a while and you lot let the thread go on life support… Not literary, film/movie/cinema nor drawn. What’s left? Hmmm… DQ1: Are you from a song? DQ2: Are you associated with somewhere east of the Mississippi? ---
**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:** [July 15, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/33 "2012-07-15T15:33:02Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > IQ1. Were you declared the strangest ‘housemother’ in US adoption law? > IQ2. Were you noted for your singing of a particular song around 7 during the summers? > IQ3. Does our modern world frighten and confuse you? Dunno the first two, but no, I’m not Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer. C. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. Unknown if alive today 5. First name begins with “C” 6. Probably born after 1900 7. Not a literary character 8. Did not first appear in a film or movie 9. Did not first appear before 1950 10. Appeared in a series of fictional works 11. Not known for appearances in a drawn or painted medium 12. Not a political figure 13. Not from a song 14. Strongly associated with somewhere east of the Mississippi ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/34 "2012-07-15T21:03:04Z")
The ‘housemother’ was Charlie O’Casey - ‘Uncle Charlie’ from _My Three Sons_, who was declared a housemother to get around the requirement that a woman live full time in an adoptive household when Ernie was adopted. The 7 singer was Harry Carey, who famously led the Cubs faithful in singing _Take Me Out to the Ball Game_ during the 7th inning stretch at Wrigley Field for years and years. DQ. Did you first appear on one of the Big Four networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, or Fox)? I’ll reserve my other DQ for a moment, if I may. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/35 "2012-07-16T04:22:02Z")
C. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. Unknown if alive today 5. First name begins with “C” 6. Probably born after 1900 7. Not a literary character 8. Did not first appear in a film or movie 9. Did not first appear before 1950 10. Appeared in a series of fictional works 11. Not known for appearances in a drawn or painted medium 12. Not a political figure 13. Not from a song 14. Strongly associated with somewhere east of the Mississippi 15. First appeared on one of the Big Four TV networks ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/36 "2012-07-16T11:45:30Z")
Second DQ - Did you first appear in a sitcom? ---
**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:** [July 17, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/37 "2012-07-17T18:25:34Z")
C. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. Unknown if alive today 5. First name begins with “C” 6. Probably born after 1900 7. Not a literary character 8. Did not first appear in a film or movie 9. Did not first appear before 1950 10. Appeared in a series of fictional works 11. Not known for appearances in a drawn or painted medium 12. Not a political figure 13. Not from a song 14. Strongly associated with somewhere east of the Mississippi 15. First appeared on one of the Big Four TV networks 16. First appeared on a sitcom ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/38 "2012-07-17T19:45:37Z")
IQ1: Did Joanie love you? IQ2: Does your mom own your place of employment? IQ3: Do you spend much of your time somewhere where eveybody knows your name? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/39 "2012-07-17T20:12:29Z")
IQ: Were you a Brooklyn obstertrcian married to a lawyer? ---
**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:** [July 18, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052/40 "2012-07-18T01:24:33Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQ1: Did Joanie love you? > IQ2: Does your mom own your place of employment? > IQ3: Do you spend much of your time somewhere where eveybody knows your name? Not Chachi, Charles (in charge), or Cliffy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2012/627052.md?page=3)