# Botticelli - July 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 5, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465 "2022-07-05T17:40:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/81 "2022-07-12T21:47:55Z")
Correct on 1 and 2. #3 is Rockin’ Robin. DQ: Created before 1970? ---
**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, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/82 "2022-07-12T21:59:49Z")
DQ: from rock or pop song? IQs: 1. Have you played an a cappella singer, a cat, and the girlfriend of a football hooligan? 2. Did you play the bongos, sketch a topless Marie Curie, and crack safes? 3. Did you get dismissed from _Saturday Night Live_ as a result of saying (at the end of an episode-long storyline spoofing _Dallas_) “It’s the first time I’ve ever been shot in my life. I’d like to know who the fuck did it”? ---
**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, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/83 "2022-07-12T22:05:28Z")
Dunno x3, although some of those sound familiar. R. 1. fictional 2. male 3. it’s probably his first name that starts with R 4. not from movies or TV 5. character actually appears in-story, not someone only referenced or an alias 6. created by an American or Americans 7. created after 1950 8. not originally from a work of prose fiction 9. created before 1990 10. not the protagonist or otherwise sympathetic 11. from a song 12. created after 1970 13. from a rock or pop song ---
**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, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/84 "2022-07-12T23:42:02Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Have you played an a cappella singer, a cat, and the girlfriend of a football hooligan? > 2. Did you play the bongos, sketch a topless Marie Curie, and crack safes? > 3. Did you get dismissed from _Saturday Night Live_ as a result of saying (at the end of an episode-long storyline spoofing _Dallas_) “It’s the first time I’ve ever been shot in my life. I’d like to know who the fuck did it”? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3, although some of those sound familiar. 1 was Rebel Wilson; 2 was Richard Feynman; 3 was Charles Rocket. DQs: 1. from a 70s song? 2. villainous or otherwise non-sympathetic? ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/85 "2022-07-13T16:06:45Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the superhero daughter of the demon Trigon? 2. Are you remembered for many dark paintings that were actually much, much brighter when you first created them? 3. Did Weird Al sing about you in a parody of a Toni Basil song? ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/86 "2022-07-13T16:23:36Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Lisbeth Salander? 2. No, wait–did _you_ play Lisbeth Salander? 3. Did you state that the first letter of your first name = the first letter of your first name? ---
**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 14, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/87 "2022-07-14T14:40:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the superhero daughter of the demon Trigon? > 2. Are you remembered for many dark paintings that were actually much, much brighter when you first created them? > 3. Did Weird Al sing about you in a parody of a Toni Basil song? Not Raven, Rembrandt or Ricky. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you play Lisbeth Salander? > 2. No, wait–did _you_ play Lisbeth Salander? > 3. Did you state that the first letter of your first name = the first letter of your first name? Not Naomi Rapace, not Rooney Mara and dunno. R. 1. fictional 2. male 3. it’s probably his first name that starts with R 4. not from movies or TV 5. character actually appears in-story, not someone only referenced or an alias 6. created by an American or Americans 7. created after 1950 8. not originally from a work of prose fiction 9. created before 1990 10. not the protagonist or otherwise sympathetic 11. from a song 12. created after 1970 13. from a rock or pop song 14. from a '70s song 15. villainous or otherwise non-sympathetic ---
**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 14, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/88 "2022-07-14T14:58:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Naomi Rapace, not Rooney Mara and dunno. Close enough on Noomi Rapace; 2 was objectively correct; 3 was Ayn “A is A” Rand. DQ: from a disco-pop song? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 14, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/89 "2022-07-14T19:36:46Z")
Swept me. IQs: 1. Did you cast James Taylor as God in a rock opera? 2. Were you a stock car boy in a song by Jim Croce? 3. In a very old song, “the moon shines tonight on pretty” you? ---
**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 14, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/90 "2022-07-14T20:11:34Z")
Dunno, dunno and not Rosemarie. R. 1. fictional 2. male 3. it’s probably his first name that starts with R 4. not from movies or TV 5. character actually appears in-story, not someone only referenced or an alias 6. created by an American or Americans 7. created after 1950 8. not originally from a work of prose fiction 9. created before 1990 10. not the protagonist or otherwise sympathetic 11. from a song 12. created after 1970 13. from a rock or pop song 14. from a '70s song 15. villainous or otherwise non-sympathetic 16. from a disco-pop song ---
**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 14, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/91 "2022-07-14T20:27:26Z")
IQ: Did you wear a diamond and saw Rita when you were escorted to your chair? ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/92 "2022-07-15T16:32:28Z")
Not Rita, but Lola, and yes, I am # Rico the bad guy from the 1978 Barry Manilow song (at 1:10 here): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f\_-\_9GGl0\_I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_-_9GGl0_I) Good job, **Prof. P.**! ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/93 "2022-07-15T16:34:41Z")
Thank you! Next, I am… [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.744c6f3def70322a97661f11cb666fa5?rik=k2YfCY3rumedCg&riu=http%3a%2f%2f3.bp.blogspot.com%2f-R1c7FJyurgo%2fUdmq2JWrksI%2fAAAAAAAADTM%2fajf4LQVLBng%2fs1600%2fletter_c.jpg&ehk=x0ePpn1mWnZ9mR%2fvYmNzsjI8FnfQdaxszS3NbQsTKHM%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0&sres=1&sresct=1) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.744c6f3def70322a97661f11cb666fa5?rik=k2YfCY3rumedCg&riu=http%3a%2f%2f3.bp.blogspot.com%2f-R1c7FJyurgo%2fUdmq2JWrksI%2fAAAAAAAADTM%2fajf4LQVLBng%2fs1600%2fletter_c.jpg&ehk=x0ePpn1mWnZ9mR%2fvYmNzsjI8FnfQdaxszS3NbQsTKHM%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0&sres=1&sresct=1) ---
**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 15, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/94 "2022-07-15T19:24:13Z")
DLR say’s that’s not showing up. So… # C! ---
**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 15, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/95 "2022-07-15T20:28:59Z")
FWIW, I could see it. IQs: Were you briefly PM in the original _House of Cards_? Did you come close to becoming a Tory PM in _First Among Equals_? Are you the monarch at the end of _First Among Equals_? ---
**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 15, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/96 "2022-07-15T20:54:59Z")
Congrats, Prof.! Interesting–it’s not showing up in Firefox, though I _do_ see it in Edge and Chrome. IQs: 1. Did you say that everybody wanted to be you–even _you_ wanted to be you? 2. Were you a doctor and the first criminal caught by radio? 3. Are you a composer known for your work in electronic music, like _Switched-On Bach_? ---
**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 15, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/97 "2022-07-15T21:14:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you briefly PM in the original _House of Cards_? > Did you come close to becoming a Tory PM in _First Among Equals_? > Are you the monarch at the end of _First Among Equals_? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you say that everybody wanted to be you–even _you_ wanted to be you? > 2. Were you a doctor and the first criminal caught by radio? > 3. Are you a composer known for your work in electronic music, like _Switched-On Bach_? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Dr. Crispin (??). #3. I am not Wendy/Walter Carlos. ---
**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 15, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/98 "2022-07-15T21:18:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Dr. Crispin (??). > #3. I am not Wendy/Walter Carlos. 1 was Cary Grant; 2 was Hawley Crippen; 3 is correct. DQ: real? (are we counting the answer for 2 as close enough?) ---
**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 15, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/99 "2022-07-15T21:19:18Z")
DQ: 1. Real. Yeah, Crispin/Crippen, I knew who you meant. I’m gonna say close enough. ---
**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 17, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/100 "2022-07-17T00:37:27Z")
IQs: 1. Does your name sound like “shrimp days” in Spanish? 2. Did you argue one side of the Scopes Monkey Trial? 3. In the 1978 movie you directed, do characters watch _another_ movie you’d happen to direct a remake of four years later? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465.md?page=6)