# 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:** 5
**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 17, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/81 "2014-07-17T00:43:56Z")
IQ1: Did you duet with Paul Anka in the hit _Having My Baby_? IQ2: Are you the lead vocalist for the band _Yeah Yeah Yeah_s? IQ3: Do Dopers say hi to you a lot? DQ2: Jazz singer? ---
**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, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/82 "2014-07-17T01:13:42Z")
You swept my three previous IQs, all named Oscar. IQs: Did you play the babe in the _Tron_ sequel? Were you a noted Eastern Bloc gymnast? Were you JBK’s favorite designer? ---
**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 17, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/83 "2014-07-17T01:54:44Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is a moon of Uranus named after you? > IQ2: Did you sing “There’s a Hole in the Bucket” with Harry Belafonte? > IQ3: Were you a comic actor called “Babe”? I am not Oberon. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 17, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/84 "2014-07-17T01:56:15Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you duet with Paul Anka in the hit _Having My Baby_? > IQ2: Are you the lead vocalist for the band _Yeah Yeah Yeah_s? > IQ3: Do Dopers say hi to you a lot? Take 2 DQs for the first two. I am not Opal. ---
**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 17, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/85 "2014-07-17T01:57:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You swept my three previous IQs, all named Oscar. > > IQs: > > Did you play the babe in the _Tron_ sequel? > Were you a noted Eastern Bloc gymnast? > Were you JBK’s favorite designer? Well, this time you get 3 DQs. ---
**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 17, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/86 "2014-07-17T01:58:51Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Female. 3. Dead. 4. American. 5. Known for the Arts. 6. First name starts with O. 7. Known for the performing arts. 8. Not an actress. 9. Died after 1964. 10. Singer. 11. Not Caucasian. 12. Winner of a number of awards, but, though nominated, never a Grammy 13. Died after 1990. 14. Not remembered as a jazz singer, but she did sing a little jazz in her time. ---
**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 17, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/87 "2014-07-17T02:44:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is a moon of Uranus named after you? > IQ2: Did you sing “There’s a Hole in the Bucket” with Harry Belafonte? > IQ3: Were you a comic actor called “Babe”? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Oberon. Take 2 DQs for the others. Correct on Oberon. Odetta. Oliver “Babe” Hardy. DQ: Black? IQ1: Are you the chief adviser to the king of Bongo Congo? IQ2: Are you a menhir deliveryman? IQ3: Are we down on our knees because no one wants a fellow with a social disease? ---
**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 17, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/88 "2014-07-17T03:00:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Correct on Oberon. > Odetta. > Oliver “Babe” Hardy. Oops, missed an important question there. I am “the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement”, Odetta. Good job, SCAdian! ---
**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 17, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/89 "2014-07-17T03:36:13Z")
That’s actually about the only thing I know about Odetta - and that only because I spent a good chunk of a day listening to Harry Belafonte on YouTube a while back… Have we done C lately? I am **C**. ---
**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 17, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/90 "2014-07-17T03:58:44Z")
IQs: 1. Was your image as a family man tarnished by a book written by your son? 2. Were you played by both Peter O’Toole and David Tennant in a mini-series? 3. Did you pal around with Tennessee Tuxedo? ---
**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 17, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/91 "2014-07-17T04:52:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your image as a family man tarnished by a book written by your son? > 2. Were you played by both Peter O’Toole and David Tennant in a mini-series? > 3. Did you pal around with Tennessee Tuxedo? DQ. DQ. Not Chumley. (That was one of my favourite cartoons when I was a kid.) ---
**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 17, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/92 "2014-07-17T12:27:51Z")
SCAdian beat me to it. I held back for some reason and thought it might be somebody else. I hate this game sometimes. C C Ceeeee… IQ1: Did you star in _The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman_? IQ2: Are you a musical heavyweight, rumored to have increased your vocal range by three notes after a piece of copper tubing bonked you on the head? IQ3: Are you a sea monster that takes the form of a whirlpool? ---
**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 17, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/93 "2014-07-17T13:36:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you star in _The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman_? > IQ2: Are you a musical heavyweight, rumored to have increased your vocal range by three notes after a piece of copper tubing bonked you on the head? > IQ3: Are you a sea monster that takes the form of a whirlpool? DQ. Not Cass Elliott. Not Charybdis. ---
**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 17, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/94 "2014-07-17T14:25:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your image as a family man tarnished by a book written by your son? > 2. Were you played by both Peter O’Toole and David Tennant in a mini-series? > 3. Did you pal around with Tennessee Tuxedo? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > DQ. > Not Chumley. (That was one of my favourite cartoons when I was a kid.) #1 was Bing Crosby. #2 was Giacomo Casanova. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Last name starts with C? ---
**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, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/95 "2014-07-17T14:35:34Z")
Good job, **SCAdian**! My previous IQs: Did you play the babe in the _Tron_ sequel? - Olivia Wilde. Le sigh: [http://www.pompeiad.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/olivia-wilde-tron-legacy-couch.jpg](http://www.pompeiad.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/olivia-wilde-tron-legacy-couch.jpg) Were you a noted Eastern Bloc gymnast? - Olga Korbut Were you JBK’s favorite designer? - Jackie Kennedy loved Oleg Cassini’s couture. > [@SCAdian](#): > > …Have we done C lately?.. When in doubt, have a look here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648663](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648663) C it is. IQs: Were you an aristocratic but sneaky Tory politico in Jeffrey Archer’s thriller _First Among Equals_? Did you record “letters” to your sister back in Boston? Did you serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and once run for President? ---
**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 17, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/96 "2014-07-17T14:57:22Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a TV detective who kept coming back to ask “just one more thing”? 2. Are you the protagonist of Bizet’s best known work? 3. Did you play Winona Ryder’s sister in _Mermaids_? ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/97 "2014-07-17T20:08:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you an aristocratic but sneaky Tory politico in Jeffrey Archer’s thriller _First Among Equals_? > Did you record “letters” to your sister back in Boston? > Did you serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and once run for President? Three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a TV detective who kept coming back to ask “just one more thing”? > 2. Are you the protagonist of Bizet’s best known work? > 3. Did you play Winona Ryder’s sister in _Mermaids_? Not Columbo. Not Carmen. DQ. **C** 1. Fictional 2. Last name starts with C ---
**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 17, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/98 "2014-07-17T21:48:04Z")
Christina Ricci was the younger sister in _Mermaids_. DQ: Male? IQs: 1. Did you create the comic strip _Blondie_? 2. Are you the best known turtle in the Okefenokee Swamp? 3. Did you sometimes write under the pen-name Boz? ---
**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 18, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/99 "2014-07-18T00:43:40Z")
DQ: From the movies? IQ1: Are you a cartoon character voiced by Mike Henry? IQ2: Did you defend Ulster single-handedly against the armies of queen Medb of Connacht? IQ3: Were you the Human Torch’s girlfriend before you married Quicksilver? ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/100 "2014-07-18T02:33:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create the comic strip _Blondie_? > 2. Are you the best known turtle in the Okefenokee Swamp? > 3. Did you sometimes write under the pen-name Boz? Not Chic Young. Not Churchy La Femme. Not … Charles Dickens? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a cartoon character voiced by Mike Henry? > IQ2: Did you defend Ulster single-handedly against the armies of queen Medb of Connacht? > IQ3: Were you the Human Torch’s girlfriend before you married Quicksilver? DQ. Not … Cuchulain? Not Crystal. Who was the one I didn’t identify from your first lot (_Miss Jane Pittman_)? **C** 1. Fictional 2. Last name starts with C 3. Female 4. Not from the movies [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=6)