# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/41 "2015-07-07T16:20:06Z")
Just a hunch (I’m about to put the hammer down… 10-4). IQ1) Were you played by Kris Kristofferson in a movie version of a hit song about CB radios? ---
**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 7, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/42 "2015-07-07T20:51:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a jurist called “notorious”? > Did you direct _The Ghost Writer_? > Did you forego a fashion statement of your predecessor? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a young boy from the Black mining Hills of Dakota who set out to shoot off the legs of your rival? > IQ2: Did you love Little White Dove with a love that couldn’t die? > IQ3: Had the evening headlines read that you went home last night and put a bullet through your head? > [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you played by Kris Kristofferson in a movie version of a hit song about CB radios? I’m not Running Bear, Richard Cory, or any of those other four people, whoever they are, but I am the **R** ubber Duck, hero of the songs “[Convoy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6c_sAWnSNo)” and “[Round the World with the Rubber Duck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukM73rSi488),” by C W McCall, and played by Kristofferson in the movie _Convoy_. ---
**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 7, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/43 "2015-07-07T20:54:35Z")
Okay! WTG, astorian! 10-4, good buddy! ---
**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 8, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/44 "2015-07-08T00:46:46Z")
This is Pigpen, still back in Omaha. Grats again, **astorian**. ---
**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 8, 2015, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/45 "2015-07-08T03:36:25Z")
Way to go, **astorian**. Previous IQs: Are you a jurist called “notorious”? - Ruth Bader Ginsburg (“the Notorious R.B.G.”). Did you direct _The Ghost Write_r? - Roman Polanski. Did you forego a fashion statement of your predecessor? - John Roberts doesn’t have gold stripes on his robe’s sleeves, unlike his predecessor as Chief Justice of the United States, William H. Rehnquist. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/46 "2015-07-08T14:13:04Z")
All right, let me go with the letter…\*\* S\*\* ---
**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 8, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/47 "2015-07-08T15:34:45Z")
IQs: Do you work in Sector 7-G? Did Brits joke about you and the Olympics logo in 2012? Is your best friend’s middle name Mussolini? ---
**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 8, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/48 "2015-07-08T15:48:33Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Vampire: Its Kith and Kin_? 2. Did you close the Hellmouth? 3. Did you paint _A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte_? ---
**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 8, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/49 "2015-07-08T16:08:38Z")
IQ1: Did you try to acquire Bag End for your own while Bilbo and Frodo were away? IQ2: Did IQ1 oppose you when you brought a band of ruffians to take over the Shire? IQ3: Are you the alias IQ2 used? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/50 "2015-07-08T16:18:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Do you work in Sector 7-G? > Did Brits joke about you and the Olympics logo in 2012? > Is your best friend’s middle name Mussolini? Not Bart Simpson Take DQs for 1 and 2 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/51 "2015-07-08T16:20:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Vampire: Its Kith and Kin_? > 2. Did you close the Hellmouth? > 3. Did you paint _A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte_? Not Buffy Summers or Georges Seurat Take a DQ for 1 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/52 "2015-07-08T16:21:41Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you try to acquire Bag End for your own while Bilbo and Frodo were away? > IQ2: Did IQ1 oppose you when you brought a band of ruffians to take over the Shire? > IQ3: Are you the alias IQ2 used? Not Saruman or Sharkey I don’t remember #1- take a DQ (one of the Sackville-Bagginses, I expect) ---
**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 8, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/53 "2015-07-08T16:34:05Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write The Vampire: Its Kith and Kin? > 2. Did you close the Hellmouth? > 3. Did you paint A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte? > Not Buffy Summers or Georges Seurat > > Take a DQ for 1 #1 was Montague Summers. Correct on the others. DQ: Real? ---
**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 8, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/54 "2015-07-08T16:34:27Z")
Previous IQs: Do you work in Sector 7-G? - Homer Simpson. Did Brits joke about you and the Olympics logo in 2012? - His eldest daughter: [How Lisa Simpson got ahead at the Olympics | Design | The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/artblog/2007/jun/05/howlisasimpsontooktheolym). Is your best friend’s middle name Mussolini? - Yes, his son Bart. DQs: American? Male? IQs: Did Elizabeth Taylor once give you voice? Did you try to make money selling pretzels? Were you in a tontine with a future billionaire? ---
**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 8, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/55 "2015-07-08T17:28:33Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Bob’s wife on _The Bob Newhart Show_? 2. Did you play a young girl with a maimed horse in _The Horse Whisperer_? 3. Did you play Janet Weiss in _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/56 "2015-07-08T17:34:30Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Not American ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/57 "2015-07-08T17:36:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did Elizabeth Taylor once give you voice? > Did you try to make money selling pretzels? > Were you in a tontine with a future billionaire? Not Maggie Simpson No idea on 2 or 3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/58 "2015-07-08T17:37:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Bob’s wife on _The Bob Newhart Show_? > 2. Did you play a young girl with a maimed horse in _The Horse Whisperer_? > 3. Did you play Janet Weiss in _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_? Not Suzanne Pleshette or Susan Sarandon. Take a DQ for #2. I saw it, but don’t remember 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 8, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/59 "2015-07-08T17:37:20Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you try to acquire Bag End for your own while Bilbo and Frodo were away? > IQ2: Did IQ1 oppose you when you brought a band of ruffians to take over the Shire? > IQ3: Are you the alias IQ2 used? > > Not Saruman or Sharkey > I don’t remember #1- take a DQ (one of the Sackville-Bagginses, I expect) Lobelia Sackville-Baggins DQ: Alive? ---
**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 8, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/60 "2015-07-08T17:40:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Bob’s wife on _The Bob Newhart Show_? > 2. Did you play a young girl with a maimed horse in _The Horse Whisperer_? > 3. Did you play Janet Weiss in _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Suzanne Pleshette or Susan Sarandon. > > Take a DQ for #2. I saw it, but don’t remember her. Correct, Scarlett Johansson, correct. DQ: Known for the Arts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=4)