# Botticelli July 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 8, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747 "2020-07-08T16:04:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/61 "2020-07-11T00:43:04Z")
IQs: 1. Are you cinema’s foremost motel owner, mama’s boy, and taxidermist? 2. Did you poetically note the difference between sweets and alcohol? 3. Were you an eccentric pigeon-keeping Serbian inventor? ---
**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 11, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/62 "2020-07-11T03:57:16Z")
IQs: Did a thinly-disguised version of you appear in _Gone Girl_? - Nancy Grace Did an actress who once vehemently opposed your husband go on to play you? - Jane Fonda played Nancy Reagan in _The Butler_ (opposite a remarkably good portrayal of her husband by Alan Rickman) Were you Bill Sykes’s kind-hearted but abused girlfriend? - Nancy, in _Oliver Twist_ Nancy x3! DQs: American? Born since 1950? Political/military? IQs: Were you a tragic heroine of Tolkien’s writings? Were you one of George Washington’s top generals? Are you the chair of the House Judiciary Committee? ---
**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 11, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/63 "2020-07-11T11:54:07Z")
IQs: 1. Did you imprison the wizard Merlin in a tree? 2. Were you Voldemort’s pet snake? 3. Did Harry Secombe play you in the highly-acclaimed 1950’s BBC Radio series _The Goon Show_? ---
**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 11, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/64 "2020-07-11T16:22:25Z")
Apologies for the late reply – this thread somehow got changed from “watching” to “tracking”, so I didn’t grt notified of the new posts. 🙁 > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Are you cinema’s foremost motel owner, mama’s boy, and taxidermist? > 2. Did you poetically note the difference between sweets and alcohol? > 3. Were you an eccentric pigeon-keeping Serbian inventor? Not Norman Bates. DQ. Not Nicola Tesla. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a tragic heroine of Tolkien’s writings? > Were you one of George Washington’s top generals? > Are you the chair of the House Judiciary Committee? DQ. Not Nathanial Greene. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you imprison the wizard Merlin in a tree? > 2. Were you Voldemort’s pet snake? > 3. Did Harry Secombe play you in the highly-acclaimed 1950’s BBC Radio series _The Goon Show_ ? Not … Nimue? Not Nagini. DQ. . . **N** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with N 4. Living 5. American 6. Born after 1950 7. Not political/military. ---
**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 11, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/65 "2020-07-11T18:10:09Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a tragic heroine of Tolkien’s writings? - Nienor Were you one of George Washington’s top generals? - Yes, Nathanael Greene Are you the chair of the House Judiciary Committee? - Withdrawn; it’s Jerrold and not Gerald Nadler DQs: Best known for the Arts? Born after 1975? IQs: Did you once ask Aubrey to pass the salt? Did you probably not actually say “Get there fustest with the mostest”? Did David Letterman joke that spackle was part of your makeup kit? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/66 "2020-07-11T18:43:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Are you cinema’s foremost motel owner, mama’s boy, and taxidermist? > > > 2. Did you poetically note the difference between sweets and alcohol? > > > 3. Were you an eccentric pigeon-keeping Serbian inventor? > > Not Norman Bates. > DQ. > Not Nicola Tesla. 2 was Ogden Nash (“Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker”). One DQ reserved. IQs: 1. Did you appear in a _Sesame Street_ special in 1988 to sing “A Consumer Advocate is a Person in Your Neighborhood”? 2. Are you Captain Haddock’s butler? 3. Did you write _Lolita_ and _Pnin_? ---
**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 11, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/67 "2020-07-11T19:57:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you once ask Aubrey to pass the salt? > Did you probably not actually say “Get there fustest with the mostest”? > Did David Letterman joke that spackle was part of your makeup kit? DQ. Not Nathan Bedford Forrest. DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you appear in a _Sesame Street_ special in 1988 to sing “A Consumer Advocate is a Person in Your Neighborhood”? > 2. Are you Captain Haddock’s butler? > 3. Did you write _Lolita_ and _Pnin_ ? Not … Ralph Nader? DQ. Not Vladimir Nabokov. . . **N** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with N 4. Living 5. American 6. Born after 1950 7. Not political/military 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Not born after 1975 ---
**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 11, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/68 "2020-07-11T20:12:28Z")
Previous IQs: Did you once ask Aubrey to pass the salt? - Lord Nelson, in the books of Patrick O’Brian Did you probably not actually say “Get there fustest with the mostest”? - Yes, Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest Did David Letterman joke that spackle was part of your makeup kit? - Manuel Noriega DQs: Best known for the visual arts (film, stage, TV, painting, photography, etc.)? Won a top award in his field? IQs: Was Hagrid very sorry to see you go? Were you a nasty cat at Hogwarts? Did Don Johnson play you on TV? ---
**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 11, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/69 "2020-07-11T21:15:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was Hagrid very sorry to see you go? > Were you a nasty cat at Hogwarts? > Did Don Johnson play you on TV? Not Norbert. Not Mrs Norris. DQ. . . **N** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with N 4. Living 5. American 6. Born after 1950 7. Not political/military 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Not born after 1975 10. Best known for the visual arts (film, stage, TV, painting, photography, etc.) 11. Have won awards, though not a top award, in my field ---
**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 11, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/70 "2020-07-11T22:40:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you imprison the wizard Merlin in a tree? > > > 2. Were you Voldemort’s pet snake? > > > 3. Did Harry Secombe play you in the highly-acclaimed 1950’s BBC Radio series _The Goon Show_ ? > > Not … Nimue? > Not Nagini. > DQ. Correct, Correct and the new all-leather Welsh phenomenon, Neddie Seagoon. DQ: Known for acting? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/71 "2020-07-11T22:48:22Z")
[quote=“SCAdian, post:67, topic:914747”] Not … Ralph Nader? DQ. Not Vladimir Nabokov.[/quote] Correct on Nader. 2 was Nestor. DQ: born after 1960? IQs: 1. In a speech regarding your campaign fund, did you say your wife had a “respectable Republican cloth coat”? 2. Did you have a hit in 2014 with “Anaconda”? 3. Did you invent the Opti-Grab? ---
**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 11, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/72 "2020-07-11T23:46:27Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In a speech regarding your campaign fund, did you say your wife had a “respectable Republican cloth coat”? > 2. Did you have a hit in 2014 with “Anaconda”? > 3. Did you invent the Opti-Grab? Not … Richard Nixon? DQ. DQ. . . **N** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with N 4. Living 5. American 6. Born after 1950 7. Not political/military 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Not born after 1975 10. Best known for the visual arts (film, stage, TV, painting, photography, etc.) 11. Have won awards, though not a top award, in my field 12. Known for acting 13. Born after 1960 ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/73 "2020-07-12T02:37:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not … Richard Nixon? > DQ. > DQ. Oh good, the quoting worked this time. Correct on Nixon. 2 was Nicki Minaj; 3 was Navin Johnson (in _The Jerk_). DQs: 1. best known from TV? 2. born after 1970? ---
**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 12, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/74 "2020-07-12T02:57:36Z")
**N** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with N 4. Living 5. American 6. Born after 1950 7. Not political/military 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Not born after 1975 10. Best known for the visual arts (film, stage, TV, painting, photography, etc.) 11. Have won awards, though not a top award, in my field 12. Known for acting 13. Born after 1960 14. Probably best known from TV 15. Not born after 1970 ---
**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 12, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/75 "2020-07-12T03:23:44Z")
Previous IQs: Was Hagrid very sorry to see you go? - Yes, Norbert, his pet dragon Were you a nasty cat at Hogwarts? - Yes, Mrs. Norris, who patrolled the hallways at night Did Don Johnson play you on TV? - Private eye Nash Bridges DQ: Was or is on a sitcom? IQs: Do you play the father of a murdered baby on HBO’s _Perry Mason_ miniseries? Does your statue stand in Langley, Va.? Did a clip of you crying “Not the bees!” go viral? ---
**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 12, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/76 "2020-07-12T13:57:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Do you play the father of a murdered baby on HBO’s _Perry Mason_ miniseries? > Does your statue stand in Langley, Va.? > Did a clip of you crying “Not the bees!” go viral? DQ. Not Nathan Hale. DQ. . . **N** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with N 4. Living 5. American 6. Born after 1950 7. Not political/military 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Not born after 1975 10. Best known for the visual arts (film, stage, TV, painting, photography, etc.) 11. Have won awards, though not a top award, in my field 12. Known for acting 13. Born after 1960 14. Probably best known from TV 15. Not born after 1970 16. Have had a minor role in a sitcom ---
**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 12, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/77 "2020-07-12T18:48:33Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the Darling family’s pet dog? 2. Are you the ancient Greek goddess of the night? 3. Are you the Roman equivalent of #2 above? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/78 "2020-07-12T18:49:13Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a journalist who made a real-life journey around the world in 72 days and wrote _Ten Days in a Mad-house_? 2. Are you Queen Dowager of Jordan? 3. (according to your theme song) Hens love roosters, geese love ganders–does everyone else love you? ---
**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 12, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/79 "2020-07-12T22:25:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Darling family’s pet dog? > 2. Are you the ancient Greek goddess of the night? > 3. Are you the Roman equivalent of #2 above? Not Nana. DQ. DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a journalist who made a real-life journey around the world in 72 days and wrote _Ten Days in a Mad-house_ ? > 2. Are you Queen Dowager of Jordan? > 3. (according to your theme song) Hens love roosters, geese love ganders–does everyone else love you? Not Nellie Bly. Not Queen Noor. DQ. ---
**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 13, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/80 "2020-07-13T13:16:38Z")
Previous IQs: Do you play the father of a murdered baby on HBO’s _Perry Mason_ miniseries? - Nate Corddry Does your statue stand in Langley, Va.? - Yes, Nathan Hale, known as America’s first spy, at CIA HQ Did a clip of you crying “Not the bees!” go viral? - Nicolas Cage, in the widely-panned _Wicker Man_ remake DQs: Considered handsome? White? IQs: Were you a Federation bureaucrat briefly on Space Station K-7? Were you married to Maris but yearned for Daphne? Did you play Tommen’s young wife? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747.md?page=5)