# Botticelli - July 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 4, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270 "2015-07-04T20:37:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/241 "2015-07-20T16:16:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you the first to be named Prince of Ithilien? > Do you play Anna Bates on a popular PBS show? > Renamed “Timmy,” were you mercilessly lampooned in a MPFC sketch? Not David Frost (several of the Pythons had written for David Frost, and they regarded him as a self-absorbed egomaniac who hogged all the credit for everything his employees did for him.) Take DQs for 1 and 2 ---
**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 20, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/242 "2015-07-20T16:25:53Z")
IQs: 1. Did you direct the classic silent film _Metropolis_? 2. Have you played Inspector Lestrade, the ghost of Jacob Marley, and Sancho Panza? 3. Did Sgt. Hulka tell you to “Lighten up”? ---
**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 20, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/243 "2015-07-20T16:35:01Z")
IQ1: Are you a mad scientist who forced a custodian and three robots to watch bad movies on the _Satellite of Love_? IQ2: Did IQ1 usually end \*MST3K \*by instructing you to push the button? IQ3: Did you own the rights to the \*Gamera \*films that were parodied, and reportedly refused to allow the shows to be rebroadcast once MST3K’s rights ran out? ---
**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 20, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/244 "2015-07-20T16:40:53Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the first to be named Prince of Ithilien? - Faramir, in _LOTR_. Do you play Anna Bates on a popular PBS show? - Joanne Froggatt, on _Downton Abbey_. Renamed “Timmy,” were you mercilessly lampooned in a MPFC sketch? - Yes, David Frost: [Monty Python Flying Circus (sub ita) - Timmy Williams Coffee Time - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abTLsBxkIQc). DQs: American? Last name start with F? IQs: Were you a longtime CBS News poohbah? Were you Earl Warren’s immediate predecessor as Chief Justice of the United States? Were you _FYI_’s gutsy, in-the-field reporter? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/245 "2015-07-20T16:42:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you direct the classic silent film _Metropolis_? > 2. Have you played Inspector Lestrade, the ghost of Jacob Marley, and Sancho Panza? > 3. Did Sgt. Hulka tell you to “Lighten up”? Not Fritz Lang or Francis/Psycho Take a DQ for #2 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/246 "2015-07-20T16:43:33Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a mad scientist who forced a custodian and three robots to watch bad movies on the _Satellite of Love_? > IQ2: Did IQ1 usually end \*MST3K \*by instructing you to push the button? > IQ3: Did you own the rights to the \*Gamera \*films that were parodied, and reportedly refused to allow the shows to be rebroadcast once MST3K’s rights ran out? Not Clayton Forrester or Frank Take a DQ for #3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/247 "2015-07-20T16:44:33Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. First name starts with “F” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/248 "2015-07-20T16:45:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a longtime CBS News poohbah? > Were you Earl Warren’s immediate predecessor as Chief Justice of the United States? > Were you _FYI_’s gutsy, in-the-field reporter? Not Fred Friendly or Fred Vinson Take a DQ for #3 (another Fred, I imagine) ---
**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 20, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/249 "2015-07-20T16:45:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you direct the classic silent film _Metropolis_? > 2. Have you played Inspector Lestrade, the ghost of Jacob Marley, and Sancho Panza? > 3. Did Sgt. Hulka tell you to “Lighten up”? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Fritz Lang or Francis/Psycho > Take a DQ for #2 Correct, Frank Finlay, correct. DQ: Alive? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/250 "2015-07-20T16:56:43Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. First name starts with “F” 5. Dead ---
**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 20, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/251 "2015-07-20T18:37:16Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not Clayton Forrester or Frank > Take a DQ for #3 Sandy Frank DQ: Known for the arts? ---
**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 20, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/252 "2015-07-20T18:59:30Z")
IQ1: Are you the Norse goddess of foreknowledge and wisdom and wife of Odin? IQ2: Are you a Norse fertility god, fated to die at the hands of Surtr at Ragnarok? IQ3: Are you IQ2’s twin sister, a Norse love goddess whose chariot is pulled by cats? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/253 "2015-07-20T19:29:39Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. First name starts with “F” 5. Dead 6. Certainly no artist, but had some involvement in the 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 20, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/254 "2015-07-20T19:47:30Z")
IQs: 1. Did Roger Moore play you in an action/adventure move of the late 1970’s? 2. Did you play Mary in the early 1960’s _Babes In Toyland_? 3. Did you create _Candid Camera_? ---
**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 20, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/255 "2015-07-20T21:54:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the star of the first movie Clint Eastwood was credited in? > IQ2: Did a Stan Freberg sketch have your doctor tell you you should go to Florida for the winter? > IQ3: Did you write _The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be_? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Francis the talking mule. > > Take DQs for 2 and 3 Correct. Ferdinand II of Castile ([here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXmCIFKRrTY), beginning about 2:20). Farley Mowat. IQ1: Died after 1950? IQ2: Born east of the Mississippi? ---
**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 21, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/256 "2015-07-21T01:27:53Z")
IQ1: Did you write about Ningauble of the Seven Eyes? IQ2: Was Ningauble your mentor? IQ3: Did you play an astronaut who was helped by chimpanzees named Cornelius and Zira? ---
**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 21, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/257 "2015-07-21T01:52:56Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a longtime CBS News poohbah? - Yes, Fred Friendly. Were you Earl Warren’s immediate predecessor as Chief Justice of the United States? - Yes, Fred Vinson. Were you _FYI_’s gutsy, in-the-field reporter? - Frank Fontana, on _Murphy Brown_. DQ: Best known as a businessman/entrepreneur? IQs: Were you the politician who invited Lije Baley to Aurora? Were you married to a fat man who shared your profession but cheated on you? Are you Arthur’s tomboy best friend? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/258 "2015-07-21T14:06:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Roger Moore play you in an action/adventure move of the late 1970’s? > 2. Did you play Mary in the early 1960’s _Babes In Toyland_? > 3. Did you create _Candid Camera_? Not Rufus ffolkes Not Alan Funt Take a DQ for #2 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/259 "2015-07-21T14:08:37Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. First name starts with “F” 5. Dead 6. Certainly no artist, but had some involvement in the arts\*\*\* 7. Born West of the Mississippi 8. Believe it or not… I didn’t die before OR after 1950! \*\*\* Not to be coy here… I would have scoffed at the idea that I was an artist of any kind, and yet my career led me to direct involvement in more than one of “the arts” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/260 "2015-07-21T14:09:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about Ningauble of the Seven Eyes? > IQ2: Was Ningauble your mentor? > IQ3: Did you play an astronaut who was helped by chimpanzees named Cornelius and Zira? Not James Franciscus, in _ **Beneath the Planet of the Apes** _ Take a DQ for 1 and 2 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=14)