# Botticelli, July 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 1, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407 "2023-07-01T15:38:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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 18, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/241 "2023-07-18T20:13:15Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Are you a swindling, cheating thief of a slave who serves as the narrator in _A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum_? > > 2. Was your last film _The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu_? > > 3. Did you play Dr. Jane Foster in a number of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies? > > DQ > Not Peter Sellars > Not Natalie Portman #1 was Pseudolus (played by Zero Mostel in the movie and on stage). Correct on the others. DQ: Known for TV? ---
**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 18, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/242 "2023-07-18T21:00:42Z")
IQs: Were you US Ambassador to France and died while swimming in a hotel pool? Were you a prominent young actress on _Dallas_? Were you a longtime US senator from Rhode Island? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/243 "2023-07-18T21:14:14Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 1. Did you travel around the world in eighty days? > > 2. Are you the first marathoner? > > 3. Did you play a Russian assassin, the wife of King Robert Bruce, and Amy March? > > Not Phileas Fogg > Not Philippedes > Take a DQ > > Why is autocorrect suggesting “Pedophiles” for “Philippedes”? Correct, correct (although it’s traditionally rendered “Pheidippides”), and [Florence Pugh](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/season-florence-pugh-1265411/), who played Yelena Belova in _Black Widow_ and _Hawkeye_, Lady Elizabeth de Burgh in _The Outlaw King_, and Amy March in _Little Women._ 1 DQ reserved. IQs: 1. Were you a Borogravian innkeeper’s daughter who disguised herself as a boy to join the army, and ended up sergeant of a platoon of similarly-gender-hiding soldiers? 2. Were you the creator of IQ1? 3. Were you an obnoxiously officious Head Boy (and butt of your sibling’s jokes) at Hogwarts? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/244 "2023-07-18T21:44:36Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. Are you the host of Wait Wait Don’t tell me? > > 2. Were you friends with an invisible dragon in a movie? > > 3. Were you friends with a dragon in a folk song? > > Not Paula Poundstone > Not Pete from _Pete’s Dragon_ > Not Jackie Paper from _Puff the Magic Dragon_ 1. She was a panelist, not the host but I’ll re-direct 2-3 Correct DQ 1. Are you the main host of “Wait Wait don’t tell me”, (not a panelist) 2. Did cooks have to skate across a skillet with pork rinds on their feet order to make you flap jacks. 3. Is the statistical distribution that describes the number of radioactive decay events in a given time named after you? ---
**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 18, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/245 "2023-07-18T21:49:06Z")
**P** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with P 4. Known for the arts 5. Dead 6. American (immigrated to the US as a child) 7. Known for acting 8. Died after 1980 9. Not known from movies, although did appear in a few 10. Known for TV appearances ---
**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 18, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/246 "2023-07-18T21:53:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you US Ambassador to France and died while swimming in a hotel pool? > Were you a prominent young actress on _Dallas_? > Were you a longtime US senator from Rhode Island? DQ Not Victoria Principal DQ > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. Were you a Borogravian innkeeper’s daughter who disguised herself as a boy to join the army, and ended up sergeant of a platoon of similarly-gender-hiding soldiers? > 2. Were you the creator of IQ1? > 3. Were you an obnoxiously officious Head Boy (and butt of your sibling’s jokes) at Hogwarts? DQ - I know it’s Discworld, but don’t remember the name Not Terry Pratchett Not Percy Weasley > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 1. Are you the main host of “Wait Wait don’t tell me”, (not a panelist) > 2. Did cooks have to skate across a skillet with pork rinds on their feet order to make you flap jacks. > 3. Is the statistical distribution that describes the number of radioactive decay events in a given time named after you? DQ Not Paul Bunyan DQ ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/247 "2023-07-18T22:01:46Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. Are you the main host of “Wait Wait don’t tell me”, (not a panelist) > > 2. Did cooks have to skate across a skillet with pork rinds on their feet order to make you flap jacks. > > 3. Is the statistical distribution that describes the number of radioactive decay events in a given time named after you? > > DQ > Not Paul Bunyan > DQ 1. Peter Sagal 2. Correct 3. Siméon Denis Poisson DQ: Known for scripted TV? 1DQ reserved ---
**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 18, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/248 "2023-07-18T22:02:56Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you play the Master in _The Curse of Fatal Death_? > 2. Did you direct _The Master_? > 3. Are you William’s sister-in-law? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > 3 DQs 1 was Jonathan Pryce; 2 was Paul Thomas Anderson; 3 was Pippa Middleton. DQs: 1. died after 2000? 2. played leading roles? 1 DQ 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 19, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/249 "2023-07-19T00:24:02Z")
**P** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with P 4. Known for the arts 5. Dead 6. American (immigrated to the US as a child) 7. Known for acting 8. Died after 1980 9. Not known from movies, although did appear in a few 10. Known for TV appearances 11. Not known for scripted TV, although appearances were scripted 12. Died before 2000 13. Played leading roles ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/250 "2023-07-19T01:52:24Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Are you one of the daughters of the Rainbow in the Oz books? > 2. Did you play Sam Winchester for 15 years? > 3. Were you and your cousin Julian the main characters in the book **Gone-Away Lake**? Polychrome, Jared Padalecki, Portia Blake. DQs: 1. Known for comedy? 2. Caucasian? I DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/251 "2023-07-19T12:57:04Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 1. Were you a Borogravian innkeeper’s daughter who disguised herself as a boy to join the army, and ended up sergeant of a platoon of similarly-gender-hiding soldiers? > > 2. Were you the creator of IQ1? > > 3. Were you an obnoxiously officious Head Boy (and butt of your sibling’s jokes) at Hogwarts? > > DQ - I know it’s Discworld, but don’t remember the name > Not Terry Pratchett > Not Percy Weasley IQ1 was Polly Perks, from _Monstrous Regiment._ DQs (one reserved, one from this round): 1. Known for commercials? 2. Born before 1945? IQs: 1. Did you invent the cathode ray tube? 2. Were you a martyred Bishop of Smyrna, whose name was adopted as a username by a now-departed Doper with an interest in Episcopalian theology, hermeneutics, and church polity? 3. Did you receive a famous letter carried by and about your enslaved servant Onesimus? ---
**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 19, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/252 "2023-07-19T13:29:39Z")
IQs: 1. Are yoiu the current Secretary of Transporation? 2. Were you Raj’s sister on _The Big Bang Theory_? 3. Did you originate the “Here Comes The Judge” sketches that later appeared on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_? ---
**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 19, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/253 "2023-07-19T13:51:40Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Goofy’s neighbor in _Goof Troop_? 2. 'Cause baby you’re a fiiiiiiirewooooork? 3. Were you born in Roman Britain, possibly Carlisle or Glannoventa in the county of Cumbria–though these days you’re much more associated with a different nearby isle altogether? DQ: famous in the 1960s? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/254 "2023-07-19T14:43:27Z")
IQs 1. Did you play the Doctor who played the Recorder 2. Did you play the Doctor who had a car named Bessy 3. Did you play the Doctor who used celery as a boutonniere. ---
**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 19, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/255 "2023-07-19T16:57:21Z")
**P** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with P 4. Known for the arts 5. Dead 6. American (immigrated to the US as a child) 7. Known for acting 8. Died after 1980 9. Not known from movies, although did appear in a few 10. Known for TV appearances 11. Not known for scripted TV, although appearances were scripted 12. Died before 2000 13. Played leading roles 14. Known for comedy 15. Caucasian 16. Known for commercials 17. Born before 1945 18. Not famous in the 1960s ---
**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 19, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/256 "2023-07-19T17:17:34Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. Did you invent the cathode ray tube? > 2. Were you a martyred Bishop of Smyrna, whose name was adopted as a username by a now-departed Doper with an interest in Episcopalian theology, hermeneutics, and church polity? > 3. Did you receive a famous letter carried by and about your enslaved servant Onesimus? Not Philo Farnsworth DQ Not Philemon > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are yoiu the current Secretary of Transporation? > 2. Were you Raj’s sister on _The Big Bang Theory_? > 3. Did you originate the “Here Comes The Judge” sketches that later appeared on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_? Not Pete Buttigeg 2 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you Goofy’s neighbor in _Goof Troop_? > 2. 'Cause baby you’re a fiiiiiiirewooooork? > 3. Were you born in Roman Britain, possibly Carlisle or Glannoventa in the county of Cumbria–though these days you’re much more associated with a different nearby isle altogether? DQ Not Katy Perry DQ > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 1. Did you play the Doctor who played the Recorder > 2. Did you play the Doctor who had a car named Bessy > 3. Did you play the Doctor who used celery as a boutonniere. DQ Not my first Doctor Jon Pertwee DQ - The first guy after Tom Baker’s long run That puts us quite a way over 20, so no more IQs please. ---
**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 19, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/257 "2023-07-19T17:22:42Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Are yoiu the current Secretary of Transporation? > > 2. Were you Raj’s sister on _The Big Bang Theory_? > > 3. Did you originate the “Here Comes The Judge” sketches that later appeared on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_? > > Not Pete Buttigeg > 2 DQs #1 is Correct. #2 was Priya. #3 was Pigmeat Markham. 2 DQs 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 19, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/258 "2023-07-19T17:25:08Z")
Oh! 💡 FirstName LastName Question: Are you Clara “Where’s The Beef?” Peller? ---
**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 19, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/259 "2023-07-19T17:29:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > FirstName LastName Question: Are you Clara “Where’s The Beef?” Peller? **YES!!** I am **Clara Peller** famous for delivering the “where’s the beef?” catchphrase in mid-1980s Wendy’s commercials. > **[Clara Peller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Peller)** > > Clara Peller (August 4, 1902 – August 11, 1987) was a Russian-born American manicurist and television personality who, already an octogenarian, starred in the 1984 "Where's the beef?" advertising campaign for the Wendy's fast food restaurant chain, created by the Dancer Fitzgerald Sample advertising agency. > Born in Imperial Russia, in 1902, one of eight or nine children born to Wolf Swerdlove (Swerdlov/Sverdlov; died 1949) and Yudis (aka "Julia" or "Judith") Tilkin (or Tilken; died 1952), you... Congratulations, Prof.!! ---
**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 19, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/260 "2023-07-19T17:32:02Z")
Danke schoen! I am [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.ryz94lkQUAvI5a6cti9jSgHaJW?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.ryz94lkQUAvI5a6cti9jSgHaJW?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) That is a **G** if anyone has trouble with the pic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407.md?page=14)