# Botticelli - July 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 7, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874 "2021-07-07T03:09:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/221 "2021-07-22T22:51:48Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you the primary songwriter and one of two vocalists for The Cars? > > > IQ2: Were you the other vocalist for The Cars, who sang their highest charting song _Drive_ > > > IQ3: Did you spill your seed onto the ground? > > One is Ocasek. Take a DQ for the other. And not Onan. Yes, Ric Ocasek Benjamin Orr Yes DQ: Real? ---
**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, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/222 "2021-07-22T23:12:00Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you also known as Tippetarius? > > > 2. Did the title of the book you were introduced in refer to you as “the Unlucky”? > > > 3. Are you a humbug named Diggs? > > Take a DQ, not Oswald?, not The Great Oz? Take the appropriate DQs. #1 was Ozma of Oz. #2 was Ojo (also from Oz). Correct on #3. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Last name starts with O? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/223 "2021-07-22T23:41:52Z")
Sigh… I knew the Oz answers after posting. That’s what I get for posting right after waking up. O: 1. Real 2. Female. 3. First name starts with O. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/224 "2021-07-23T00:01:06Z")
IQ1: Were you referenced along with Uma Thurman in a truly cringey Oscar telecast monologue by David Letterman? IQ2: Did you win both a Hugo and Nebula award for your novelette _Bloodchild_? IQ3: Did the Drevlians come to regret murdering your husband? ---
**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, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/225 "2021-07-23T00:05:35Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a singer known as “the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement”? 2. Were you a 19th Century French symbolist painter? 3. Did you create the comic strip _The Little King_? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/226 "2021-07-23T01:15:30Z")
You got all mine above. IQs 1. Are you the “Sparrow from Minsk”? 2. Did you play a police officer in _Hot Fuzz_? 3. Were you Thirteen on _House_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/227 "2021-07-23T02:12:26Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you referenced along with Uma Thurman in a truly cringey Oscar telecast monologue by David Letterman? > IQ2: Did you win both a Hugo and Nebula award for your novelette _Bloodchild_? > IQ3: Did the Drevlians come to regret murdering your husband? Not Oprah, Orson Scott Card? or take a DQ and take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a singer known as “the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement”? > 2. Were you a 19th Century French symbolist painter? > 3. Did you create the comic strip _The Little King_? Take 3 DQs. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you the “Sparrow from Minsk”? > 2. Did you play a police officer in _Hot Fuzz_? > 3. Were you Thirteen on _House_? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/228 "2021-07-23T02:31:15Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@MissTake](#): > > > > IQs > > > > > 1. Are you the “Sparrow from Minsk”? > > > 2. Did you play a police officer in _Hot Fuzz_ ? > > > 3. Were you Thirteen on _House_ ? > > Take 3 DQs. Olga Korbut, Olivia Coleman, Olivia Wilde DQs 1. Alive? 2. Known for The Arts? 3. American? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/229 "2021-07-23T03:45:33Z")
O: 1. Real 2. Female. 3. First name starts with O. 4. Alive 5. Gained fame from the Arts but has gotten some fame from the non-Arts after and may be how some recognize her 6. American ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/230 "2021-07-23T06:35:20Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you referenced along with Uma Thurman in a truly cringey Oscar telecast monologue by David Letterman? > > > IQ2: Did you win both a Hugo and Nebula award for your novelette _Bloodchild_ ? > > > IQ3: Did the Drevlians come to regret murdering your husband? > > Not Oprah, Orson Scott Card? or take a DQ and take a DQ. Correct Octavia Butler St. Olga of Kiev - nasty piece of work. DQ: Born after 1960? Holding one DQ ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/231 "2021-07-23T06:59:08Z")
O: 1. Real 2. Female. 3. First name starts with O. 4. Alive 5. Gained fame from the Arts but has gotten some fame from the non-Arts after and may be how some recognize her 6. American 7. Born after 1960. ---
**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, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/232 "2021-07-23T12:37:13Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > Qs: > > > > > 1. Were you a singer known as “the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement”? > > > 2. Were you a 19th Century French symbolist painter? > > > 3. Did you create the comic strip _The Little King_ ? > > Take 3 DQs. #1 was Odetta. #2 was Odilon Redon. #3 was Otto Seglow. DQs: 1. Born after 1990? 2. Unusual first name? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/233 "2021-07-23T13:12:21Z")
Previous IQs: Were you AKA Mithrandir and Tharkun? - Olorin, as he was called in the West, but better known as Gandalf Were you the nude organist on _MPFC_? - Onan Were you a Russian nobleman of some literary repute? - Eugene Onegin DQs: White? Considered a beauty? IQs: Were you an abolitionist Civil War general after whom a university was named? Were you denied more gruel? Were you perhaps the best-known Marine lieutenant colonel in US history? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/234 "2021-07-23T17:43:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you an abolitionist Civil War general after whom a university was named? > Were you denied more gruel? > Were you perhaps the best-known Marine lieutenant colonel in US history? Not Oberlin? Not Oliver Twist, Not Oliver “Ollie” North 🎶the mute Marine​:notes: O: 1. Real 2. Female. 3. First name starts with O. 4. Alive 5. Gained fame from the Arts but has gotten some fame from the non-Arts after and may be how some recognize her 6. American 7. Born after 1960. 8. Born before 1990 9. Unusual first name 10. Not white 11. I don’t think so. Individual people may think so but it’s not why she became known. ---
**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, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/235 "2021-07-23T18:42:19Z")
DQ: Known from television? ---
**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, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/236 "2021-07-23T18:45:02Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Sofia in _The Color Purple_? 2. Did you come to Duchess’s aid in _The Aristocats_? 3. Did Paul return you to Philemon? ---
**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, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/237 "2021-07-23T19:13:15Z")
Thanks, **kitap**. Would you clarify your DQ11 answer to make clear that it’s about beauty, please? Previous IQs: Were you an abolitionist Civil War general after whom a university was named? - Oliver O. Howard Were you denied more gruel? - Yes, Oliver Twist Were you perhaps the best-known Marine lieutenant colonel in US history? - Yes, Oliver North Oliver x3! DQ: Famous spouse or SO? IQs: Did candidate Barack Obama speak at a monument to you in 2008? Did your girlfriend snarkily advise you that the London Underground was not a political movement? Did you rotate your head all the way around and wink at the camera? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/238 "2021-07-23T20:41:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Sofia in _The Color Purple_? > 2. Did you come to Duchess’s aid in _The Aristocats_? > 3. Did Paul return you to Philemon? Not Oprah. Take 2 or 3 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did candidate Barack Obama speak at a monument to you in 2008? > Did your girlfriend snarkily advise you that the London Underground was not a political movement? > Did you rotate your head all the way around and wink at the camera? Take a DQ, not Otto from **A Fish Called Wanda** , not Otto the autopilot from **Airplane!** O: 1. Real 2. Female. 3. First name starts with O. 4. Alive 5. Gained fame from the Arts but has gotten some fame from the non-Arts after and may be how some recognize her 6. American 7. Born after 1960. 8. Born before 1990 9. Unusual first name 10. Not white 11. I don’t think she’s known for beauty. Individual people may think she’s beautiful but it’s not why she became known. 12. Mainly known from television. 13. Had - for a period of time - a famous fiance. ---
**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, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/239 "2021-07-23T21:01:25Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you play Sofia in _The Color Purple_ ? > > > 2. Did you come to Duchess’s aid in _The Aristocats_ ? > > > 3. Did Paul return you to Philemon? > > Not Oprah. Take 2 or 3 DQs. Correct on Oprah. #2 was Thomas O’Malley. #3 was Onesimus. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/240 "2021-07-23T22:00:11Z")
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