# 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:** 11
**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 22, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/201 "2014-07-22T22:19:49Z")
1. Real 2. Female 3. First name starts with J 4. Not American 5. Alive 6. In the performing arts 7. Born before 1980 8. Actress 9. British 10. TV 11. Born after 1960 12. I think she is, but she is not regarded as a sex symbol ---
**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 22, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/202 "2014-07-22T22:21:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did your son Patrick die soon after his birth? > Were you a noted Ohio potter of the 19th century? > Were you duped by the Red-Headed League? Take 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 22, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/203 "2014-07-22T22:24:07Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > 1: Jane Seymour > 2: I was thinking of Jill Sobule, who had a hit in the 90s titled “I Kissed a Girl”, which was also the title of Katy Perry’s first big hit, which wasn’t a cover. But maybe there’s a Jesse that did it as well. > 3: Jesus, Jehovah, close enough (Monty Python’s Life of Brian) > > I hold onto 1 DQ for now. Take another DQ. I was thinking of Rick Springfield’s “Jesse’s Girl.” ---
**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 22, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/204 "2014-07-22T22:51:09Z")
DQs: 1. Known from American TV? 2. Known for one show in particular? ---
**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 22, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/205 "2014-07-22T22:53:33Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play an anthropomorphized Death in All That Jazz? > 2. Were you M in a few Bond films? > 3. Were you Lara in Dr. Zhivago? > > Don’t remember > Not Judi Dench > Dunno #1 was Jessica Lange. #2 is correct. #3 was Julie Christie. ---
**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 22, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/206 "2014-07-22T22:54:36Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the patron saint of lost causes? 2. Did you write the poem _Sea Fever_? 3. Did you say “Sock it to me” on _Laugh-In_? ---
**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 22, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/207 "2014-07-22T23:02:59Z")
DQ1: In addition to television work, have you also appeared in theatrical films? IQ1: Did you marry your co-star from a George Lucas-produced fantasy film? IQ2: Did you dance in both a Monty Python film and Benny Hill’s TV show? IQ3: Were you the more socially respectable half of a pair described by Robert Louis Stevenson? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/208 "2014-07-22T23:08:26Z")
IQ: Are you a romance novelist, and sister of the catfighter? ---
**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 23, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/209 "2014-07-23T02:35:08Z")
Previous IQs: Did your son Patrick die soon after his birth? - Jackie Kennedy Were you a noted Ohio potter of the 19th century? - Jabez Vodrey Were you duped by the Red-Headed League? - Jabez Wilson, in the Sherlock Holmes story DQs: Brunette? Best known for comedy? Appeared for more than five years on the same show? IQs: Did you command the U.S. troops receiving the actual Confederate surrender at Appomattox? Did you command the Confederate troops as they surrendered? Did President Kennedy particularly enjoy your diplomatic memos? ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/210 "2014-07-23T03:21:23Z")
1. Real 2. Female 3. First name starts with J 4. Not American 5. Alive 6. In the performing arts 7. Born before 1980 8. Actress 9. British 10. TV 11. Born after 1960 12. Not regarded as a sex symbol 13. Not known from American TV 14. Known for one show in particular 15. Not known for theatrical films 16. Brunette 17. Best known for comedy 18. Appeared for more than five years on the same show ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/211 "2014-07-23T03:22:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the patron saint of lost causes? > 2. Did you write the poem _Sea Fever_? > 3. Did you say “Sock it to me” on _Laugh-In_? Not St. Jude, dunno, not Judy Carne ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/212 "2014-07-23T03:23:53Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you marry your co-star from a George Lucas-produced fantasy film? > IQ2: Did you dance in both a Monty Python film and Benny Hill’s TV show? > IQ3: Were you the more socially respectable half of a pair described by Robert Louis Stevenson? dunno, dunno, not Dr. Jekyll ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/213 "2014-07-23T03:26:33Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a romance novelist, and sister of the catfighter? Miss this? ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/214 "2014-07-23T03:28:54Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a romance novelist, and sister of the catfighter? The only thing I can think of is that Streetfighter parody with cats, damn you! Take a DQ. ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/215 "2014-07-23T03:31:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you command the U.S. troops receiving the actual Confederate surrender at Appomattox? > Did you command the Confederate troops as they surrendered? > Did President Kennedy particularly enjoy your diplomatic memos? dunno, dunno, not LBJ? ---
**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 23, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/216 "2014-07-23T04:06:57Z")
Previous IQs: Did you command the U.S. troops receiving the actual Confederate surrender at Appomattox? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Did you command the Confederate troops as they surrendered? - John Brown Gordon Did President Kennedy particularly enjoy your diplomatic memos? - LBJ was no diplomat; this was economist and author John Kenneth Galbraith, JFK’s ambassador to India These DQs will take us to 21. I’m drawing a blank on this brunette British actress, born between 1960-80. What should we ask next? ---
**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 23, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/217 "2014-07-23T04:21:57Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the patron saint of lost causes? > 2. Did you write the poem Sea Fever? > 3. Did you say “Sock it to me” on Laugh-In? > > Not St. Jude, dunno, not Judy Carne Correct on Jude and Judy. John Masefield wrote _Sea Fever_. So she’s a British actress on a British TV series known to Americans… Hmm. IQs: Did you play a companion to the 1st Doctor? Did you play a companion to the 4th and 5th Doctors? Did you play a companion to Matt Smith’s Doctor, and will be to the next Doctor? ---
**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 23, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/218 "2014-07-23T04:29:28Z")
And she’s best known for comedy. Carol Cleveland, Diana Rigg, Judi Dench (already guessed)… hmmm. What was the name of the lead actress on _Fawlty Towers_? Or _Absolutely Fabulous_? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/219 "2014-07-23T04:36:03Z")
That was Jackie Collins DQ: Award winner? ---
**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 23, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/220 "2014-07-23T12:09:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct on Jude and Judy. John Masefield wrote _Sea Fever_. > > So she’s a British actress on a British TV series known to Americans… > > Hmm. > > IQs: > Did you play a companion to the 1st Doctor? > Did you play a companion to the 4th and 5th Doctors? > Did you play a companion to Matt Smith’s Doctor, and will be to the next Doctor? don’t remember the name, ditto, not Jenna Coleman You are so warm, you have got a hot foot. I will give you this hint: She played the Doctor’s companion exactly one time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=12)