# Botticelli - July, 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768 "2014-07-10T14:38:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/1 "2014-07-10T14:38:55Z")
Taking up [EH’s offer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17534983&postcount=304) for someone else to start a new game: I am B. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/2 "2014-07-10T16:16:31Z")
Are you Bevil Bknieval? jk IQ1: Are you a graffiti artist portrayed by Jeffrey Wright in film? IQ2: Did you abdicate the Dutch throne in 2013? IQ3: Are you a tennis player with an unmatched record for 41 straight wins at Wimbledon? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/3 "2014-07-10T17:09:43Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Are you Bevil Bknieval? > > jk > > IQ1: Are you a graffiti artist portrayed by Jeffrey Wright in film? > IQ2: Did you abdicate the Dutch throne in 2013? > IQ3: Are you a tennis player with an unmatched record for 41 straight wins at Wimbledon? You’ve spelt it wrong - it’s B’eval B’knievel." 😃 DQ. Not Queen Beatrix. Not … Bjorn Borg? ---
**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:** [July 10, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/4 "2014-07-10T18:41:07Z")
Evel Knievel was a great choice, by the way, EH. IQs: 1. Did Kim Carnes sing about your eyes? 2. Was your character inspired by Helen Kane? 3. Were you created by Bob Kane? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/5 "2014-07-10T19:34:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Kim Carnes sing about your eyes? > 2. Was your character inspired by Helen Kane? > 3. Were you created by Bob Kane? 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/6 "2014-07-10T19:46:29Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > You’ve spelt it wrong - it’s B’eval B’knievel." 😃 > > DQ. > Not Queen Beatrix. > Not … Bjorn Borg? Basquiat DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/7 "2014-07-10T19:58:55Z")
IQ1: Are you a violinist comedian who had a sidekick named Rochester? IQ2: Are you the member of _Sha Na Na_ who also hosted _The Hollywood Squares_? IQ3: Are you the only British Prime Minster of Jewish birth? ---
**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 10, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/8 "2014-07-10T20:22:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Evel Knievel was a great choice, by the way, EH… Thanks! A fun round for all, I hope. IQs: Did you fake an assassination attempt on yourself? Did your supporters dub you “AuH2O”? Did you place Lois Lane only once? ---
**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:** [July 10, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/9 "2014-07-10T21:16:29Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Kim Carnes sing about your eyes? > 2. Was your character inspired by Helen Kane? > 3. Were you created by Bob Kane? > > 3 DQs. #1 is Bette Davis. #2 is Betty Boop. #3 is Batman. DQ: Male? 2 DQs reserved for now. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/10 "2014-07-10T22:47:54Z")
IQ1: When confronting your protector’s evil boss, were you ordered to “tear him up”? IQ2: Did you portray said evil boss? IQ3: Were you originally a mascot for Capitol Records? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/11 "2014-07-11T01:46:41Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a violinist comedian who had a sidekick named Rochester? > IQ2: Are you the member of _Sha Na Na_ who also hosted _The Hollywood Squares_? > IQ3: Are you the only British Prime Minster of Jewish birth? Not Jack Benny. Not Bowzer. Not Benjamin Disraeli. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you fake an assassination attempt on yourself? > Did your supporters dub you “AuH2O”? > Did you place Lois Lane only once? DQ. Not Barry Goldwater. DQ. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: When confronting your protector’s evil boss, were you ordered to “tear him up”? > IQ2: Did you portray said evil boss? > IQ3: Were you originally a mascot for Capitol Records? 3 DQs. (And welcome back!) B 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/12 "2014-07-11T02:36:56Z")
Previous IQs: Did you fake an assassination attempt on yourself? - The title character in the political satire _Bob Roberts_. Did your supporters dub you “AuH2O”? - Yes, Barry Goldwater, in 1964. Did you place Lois Lane only once? - Kate Bosworth, in _Superman Returns_. DQs: Last name start with B? American? IQs: Are you a famous person whose middle name is Lynton? Did you play a character in a movie who was from India in the book? Were you a popular sitcom character from Maryland? ---
**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:** [July 11, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/13 "2014-07-11T03:02:38Z")
DQs: 1. Alive? 2. Known for the Creative 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:** [July 11, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/14 "2014-07-11T03:05:10Z")
IQs: 1. Were you at various points in time Dan Garrett, Ted Kord and Jaime Reyes? 2. Did you fight crime as the Green Hornet? 3. Did you develop your understated comic stage persona by following the Marx Brothers on tour in the early part of your career? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/15 "2014-07-11T12:12:47Z")
hat tricked again IQ1: Did you play James Garner’s father in _The Rockford Files_? IQ2: Are you Ari Gold’s business partner in _Entourage_? IQ3: Are you the actress who played that character? ---
**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:** [July 11, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/16 "2014-07-11T16:38:34Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: When confronting your protector’s evil boss, were you ordered to “tear him up”? > IQ2: Did you portray said evil boss? > IQ3: Were you originally a mascot for Capitol Records? > [@SCAdian](#): > > 3 DQs. (And welcome back!) Thank you. Got busy at work. 1. Ben the rat, from _Willard_. 2. Ernest Borgnine played the boss in the original version. 3. Bozo the Clown began life as Bozo the Capitol Clown to promote their children’s records. I’ll hold my DQs for now ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/17 "2014-07-11T22:59:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a famous person whose middle name is Lynton? > Did you play a character in a movie who was from India in the book? > Were you a popular sitcom character from Maryland? Three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you at various points in time Dan Garrett, Ted Kord and Jaime Reyes? > 2. Did you fight crime as the Green Hornet? > 3. Did you develop your understated comic stage persona by following the Marx Brothers on tour in the early part of your career? The Green Hornet’s name was Reid, but I can’t remember his first name. Three DQs for you, too. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > hat tricked again > > IQ1: Did you play James Garner’s father in _The Rockford Files_? > IQ2: Are you Ari Gold’s business partner in _Entourage_? > IQ3: Are you the actress who played that character? And three DQs for you as well. B 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with B 4. American 5. Alive 6. Known for the Creative 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:** [July 11, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/18 "2014-07-11T23:19:32Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you at various points in time Dan Garrett, Ted Kord and Jaime Reyes? > 2. Did you fight crime as the Green Hornet? > 3. Did you develop your understated comic stage persona by following the Marx Brothers on tour in the early part of your career? > > The Green Hornet’s name was Reid, but I can’t remember his first name. Three DQs for you, too. #1 was/is the Blue Beetle. #2 was Britt Reid, so you’re right as far as you went. #3 was Jack Benny. DQs: 1. Born before 1960? 2. Author? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 12, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/19 "2014-07-12T05:09:27Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a famous person whose middle name is Lynton? - Tony Blair Did you play a character in a movie who was from India in the book? - Bob Balaban played Dr. Chandra in _2010: The Year We Make Contact_ Were you a popular sitcom character from Maryland? - Elaine Benes, on _Seinfeld_ DQs: Known for the performing arts? Born since 1964? Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line? IQs: Did you have the most elaborate name of any American Civil War general? Did you play both a great statesman and a menial one? Did you play a Southern sniper in _Saving Private Ryan_? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/20 "2014-07-12T14:58:46Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > hat tricked again > > IQ1: Did you play James Garner’s father in _The Rockford Files_? > IQ2: Are you Ari Gold’s business partner in _Entourage_? > IQ3: Are you the actress who played that character? Noah Beery, Barbara “Babs” Miller, Beverly D’Angelo Reserving 3 DQs [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=2)