# 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:** 13
**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, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/241 "2021-07-23T22:29:35Z")
Take a DQ, not Opus, Take a DQ. ---
**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 24, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/242 "2021-07-24T01:05:29Z")
DQ: Known for acting? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/243 "2021-07-24T01:32:20Z")
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. 14. Not known for acting. ---
**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 24, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/244 "2021-07-24T04:22:27Z")
Previous IQs: Did candidate Barack Obama speak at a monument to you in 2008? - Otto von Bismarck, in Berlin Did your girlfriend snarkily advise you that the London Underground was not a political movement? - Yes, Otto from _A Fish Called Wanda_ Did you rotate your head all the way around and wink at the camera? - Yes, Otto the Autopilot in _Airplane!_ Otto x3! DQ: Were you an early aviator who acted, for a time, as a mentor to the Wright Brothers? Were you an Arkansas governor who went toe to toe with Ike, and lost? Were you an agricultural scientist before starting your own company and then becoming its spokesman? ---
**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 24, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/245 "2021-07-24T05:18:57Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for _The Help_ ? > IQ2: Did you have a Christmas wish for wings that work? > IQ3: Have you played a pirate, an elf, and a rent boy? > [@kitap](#): > > Take a DQ, not Opus, Take a DQ. Octavia Spenser Correct Orlando Bloom DQ: Black? DQ: Known for music? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/246 "2021-07-24T06:21:07Z")
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. 14. Not known for acting. 15. Black 16. Not known for music. @Elendil_s_heir, are those DQs or IQs? ---
**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 24, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/247 "2021-07-24T12:07:50Z")
DQ: Known for the visual arts (painting, sculpting, architecture, fashion design, etc.)? ---
**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 24, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/248 "2021-07-24T14:32:40Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > @Elendil_s_heir, are those DQs or IQs? Oops, sorry - they’re IQs. My DQ: Greatest fame before 2011? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/249 "2021-07-24T16:48:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you an early aviator who acted, for a time, as a mentor to the Wright Brothers? > Were you an Arkansas governor who went toe to toe with Ike, and lost? > Were you an agricultural scientist before starting your own company and then becoming its spokesman? Take a DQ, take a DQ, not Orville Redenbacher. 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. 14. Not known for acting. 15. Black 16. Not known for music. 17. Not known for the visual arts. To further clarify, it is being on television that is the Arts part. 18. Greatest fame before 2011. ---
**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 24, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/250 "2021-07-24T19:31:51Z")
IQ: Were you a competitor on _The Apprentice,_ who later held a position in the Trump administration? ---
**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 24, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/251 "2021-07-24T19:40:52Z")
Oooo, I bet that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/252 "2021-07-24T20:02:57Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Were you a competitor on _The Apprentice,_ who later held a position in the Trump administration? **Yes!!!** I am **Omarosa Manigault!!!** Well done, ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness! ---
**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 24, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/253 "2021-07-24T20:46:49Z")
Ah, good one! Kudos, **CFOHG**. Previous IQs: Were you an early aviator who acted, for a time, as a mentor to the Wright Brothers? - Octave Chanute Were you an Arkansas governor who went toe to toe with Ike, and lost? - Orval Faubus, his nemesis during the Little Rock Central High School desegregation crisis Were you an agricultural scientist before starting your own company and then becoming its spokesman? - Yes, Orville Redenbacher ---
**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 24, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/254 "2021-07-24T21:47:39Z")
Cool… After checking the last letters thread…for our next round, I am **Z** ---
**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 24, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/255 "2021-07-24T21:52:47Z")
IQ: 1. Did you prove by logic that it’s impossible to get there from here? 2. Did you write _A Night In The Lonesome October_? 3. Did you star opposite W. C. Fields in _Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch_? ---
**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 25, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/256 "2021-07-25T00:09:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you prove by logic that it’s impossible to get there from here? > 2. Did you write _A Night In The Lonesome October_ ? > 3. Did you star opposite W. C. Fields in _Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch_ ? DQ Not Roger Zelazny DQ ---
**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 25, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/257 "2021-07-25T12:06:30Z")
#1 was Zeno of Elea. Correct on Roger. #3 was Zasu Pitts. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 25, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/258 "2021-07-25T14:53:36Z")
IQs: 1. Do you have a Book of Dreams and Lucky Numbers? 2. Are you a minion of Gozer the Destructor? 3. Were you an adviser to Pres. Jimmy Carter? ---
**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 25, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/259 "2021-07-25T16:35:28Z")
IQs 1. Were you the wife of Moses? 2. Did you and your brothers conspire to off Joseph? 3. Last king of Judah? (It’s Sunday, going all biblical) ---
**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 25, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/260 "2021-07-25T17:25:12Z")
IQs: Did you often play Tevye? Were you once Lobby Boy of the Grand Budapest Hotel? Did George Hamilton and Antonio Banderas both play you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874.md?page=14)