# 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:** 16
**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, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/301 "2015-07-22T18:12:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _I Can’t Smile Without You_? > 2. Did you have a hit with _The Wind Beneath My Wings_? > 3. Are you aka Erica Abi Wright? not Barry Manilow, not Barbra Streisand, dunno ---
**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 22, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/302 "2015-07-22T18:26:25Z")
Is DQ answer #7 purposefully plural? Previous IQs: Did you protect black servants threatened during the New York City Draft Riots? - John Wilkes Booth (which I was surprised to recently learn). Were you Dr. Johnson’s biographer and boon companion? - The inimitable Boswell. Were you a U.S. senator who went a little crazy during his reelection campaign? - Michelle Bachmann was never a senator, nor male; this was the title character in the movie _Bulworth_. DQs: Born in or after 1950? Died in or after 2000? Married to another famous person? IQs: Did you sing of a geometric shape in a granular medium? Was your official residence a basement in Russell? Have you played a concierge, a Vietnam vet and a weatherman? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/303 "2015-07-22T19:13:07Z")
DQ1) Are you a two-time NFL rushing champion who’s much better known as a lawyer? DQ2) Did you write a book entitled “Slouching Toward Gomorrah”? DQ3) Were you a foreman of the loading dock at the Prendegast Tool & Dye company? ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/304 "2015-07-22T19:14:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Here’s 3 DQs as a welcome back gift. Thanks!! > [@TexCat](#): > > IQ’s: > > 1. Did you write a mystery series about a burglar who owned a bookstore? > 2. Are you that burglar? > 3. Are you an Astro’s catcher and 2nd baseman in the hall of fame? 1. Lawrence Block 2. Bernie Rhodenbarr 3. Craig Biggio DQ: Known for the sciences? ---
**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 22, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/305 "2015-07-22T20:01:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Ann Romano’s daughter? > IQ2: Did you play Fanny Brice and Dolly Levi? > IQ3: Did you play a woman who fed a crocodile? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Valerie Bertinelli, not Barbra Streisand(?), dunno Correct. Correct. Betty White (_Lake Placid_). One DQ reserved. IQ1: Were you a member of the Invaders and the Kid Commandos? IQ2: Were you the youngest person to hold the Miss America title? IQ3: Were you the first black US Navy diver? ---
**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, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/306 "2015-07-22T20:42:37Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with I Can’t Smile Without You? > 2. Did you have a hit with The Wind Beneath My Wings? > 3. Are you aka Erica Abi Wright? > > not Barry Manilow, not Barbra Streisand, dunno Correct on #1. Bette Midler had the hit with _Wind Beneath My Wings_. #3 is better known as Erykah Badu. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/307 "2015-07-23T00:23:47Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. Known for the arts, but not most famous for it 5. American 6. Died after 1900 7. Last name starts with B 8. Born in or after 1900 9. Not involved in politics 10. Not born in or after 1950 11. Died in or after 2000 12. Married to another famous person 13. Not known for the sciences ---
**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, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/308 "2015-07-23T00:28:13Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Are you a two-time NFL rushing champion who’s much better known as a lawyer? > > IQ2) Did you write a book entitled “Slouching Toward Gomorrah”? > > IQ3) Were you a foreman of the loading dock at the Prendegast Tool & Dye company? dunno, not Robert Bork, not Archie Bunker(?) ---
**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, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/309 "2015-07-23T00:29:47Z")
DQs: 1. Caucasian? 2. Known as a beauty? ---
**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, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/310 "2015-07-23T00:31:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a member of the Invaders and the Kid Commandos? > IQ2: Were you the youngest person to hold the Miss America title? > IQ3: Were you the first black US Navy diver? not Bucky(?), dunno x2 ---
**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, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/311 "2015-07-23T00:35:27Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Master and Margarita_? 2. Did you write _Cousin Bette_? 3. Did you write _Peter and the Starcatchers_ with Ridley Pearson? ---
**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, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/312 "2015-07-23T00:37:20Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. Known for the arts, but not most famous for it 5. American 6. Died after 1900 7. Last name starts with B 8. Born in or after 1900 9. Not involved in politics 10. Not born in or after 1950 11. Died in or after 2000 12. Married to another famous person 13. Not known for the sciences 14. Caucasian 15. Beauty is a matter of debate, but she has inspired others to copy her ---
**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, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/313 "2015-07-23T00:38:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Master and Margarita_? > 2. Did you write _Cousin Bette_? > 3. Did you write _Peter and the Starcatchers_ with Ridley Pearson? take 3 DQs ---
**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 23, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/314 "2015-07-23T01:51:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a member of the Invaders and the Kid Commandos? > IQ2: Were you the youngest person to hold the Miss America title? > IQ3: Were you the first black US Navy diver? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Bucky(?), dunno x2 Correct. Marian Bergeron (she was 15). BMCM Carl Brashear, portrayed by Cuba Gooding Jr in _Men of Honor_. Three DQs reserved. IQ1: Were you editor of _Cosmopolitan_ for several decades? IQ2: Was your older son called by his first name, repeated? ---
**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, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/315 "2015-07-23T02:31:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > … > IQs: > > Did you sing of a geometric shape in a granular medium? > Was your official residence a basement in Russell? > Have you played a concierge, a Vietnam vet and a weatherman? Ahem. ---
**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, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/316 "2015-07-23T03:13:40Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write The Master and Margarita? > 2. Did you write Cousin Bette? > 3. Did you write Peter and the Starcatchers with Ridley Pearson? > take 3 DQs #1 was Mikhail Bulgakov. #2 was Honore de Balzac. #3 was Dave Berry. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/317 "2015-07-23T03:28:56Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the female tennis player who won “The Battle of the Sexes” in 1973? 2. Are you the male tennis player that she beat? 3. Are you the female athlete and golfer with a museum in Beaumont, TX? ---
**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, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/318 "2015-07-23T12:39:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you editor of _Cosmopolitan_ for several decades? > IQ2: Was your older son called by his first name, repeated? take 2 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 23, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/319 "2015-07-23T12:43:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Did you sing of a geometric shape in a granular medium? > Was your official residence a basement in Russell? > Have you played a concierge, a Vietnam vet and a weatherman? > Ahem. Sorry, pulled an \*\*astorian \*\*there. 🙂 dunno x2, not Matthew Broderick(?) ---
**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, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/320 "2015-07-23T12:44:39Z")
> [@TexCat](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the female tennis player who won “The Battle of the Sexes” in 1973? > 2. Are you the male tennis player that she beat? > 3. Are you the female athlete and golfer with a museum in Beaumont, TX? not Billie Jean King, not Bobby Riggs, dunno [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=17)