# 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:** 14
**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, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/261 "2023-07-19T17:42:46Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > 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. 1. Patrick Troughton 2. Correct (reverse the polarity of the Neurton flow!) 3. Peter Davidson Congrats Professor, I was in the process of trying to narrow it down to her, when I read further and found that you got it. I also didn’t know her name so I wouldn’t have been able to win it. On to G! DQs 1. Are you a gargoyle owned by Caine and Abel? 2. Do you run a detective agency out of New Hong Kong 3. Were you a professional wrestler in the 50’s known for your lustrous golden hair. ---
**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, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/262 "2023-07-19T18:23:47Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQ wrap-up: 1 was Pete; 3 was St. Patrick. IQs: 1. Was your actual first name Mohandas (the first name you’re known by is in fact an adjective meaning “Great-souled”)? 2. Were you in _Conan the Destroyer_? 3. Do collections of your work include _Call Me When You Find America_, _Wouldn’t a Gremlin Have Been More Sensible?_, and _Guilty, Guilty, Guilty!_? ---
**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, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/263 "2023-07-19T18:25:31Z")
IQ1: Will you survive, hey, hey? IQ2: Are you little goil married to Meathead? IQ2: Were you a frequent dancing guest star on _The Gong Show_? ---
**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, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/264 "2023-07-19T19:05:13Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > DQs > > 1. Are you a gargoyle owned by Caine and Abel? > 2. Do you run a detective agency out of New Hong Kong > 3. Were you a professional wrestler in the 50’s known for your lustrous golden hair. 1. I am not Goldie. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Gorgeous George. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your actual first name Mohandas (the first name you’re known by is in fact an adjective meaning “Great-souled”)? > 2. Were you in _Conan the Destroyer_? > 3. Do collections of your work include _Call Me When You Find America_, _Wouldn’t a Gremlin Have Been More Sensible?_, and _Guilty, Guilty, Guilty!_? 1. I am not Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not George Trudeau. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Will you survive, hey, hey? > IQ2: Are you little goil married to Meathead? > IQ2: Were you a frequent dancing guest star on _The Gong Show_? 1. I am not Gloria Gaynor. 2. I am not Gloria Bunker Spitznik (sp?). 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/265 "2023-07-19T19:06:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Will you survive, hey, hey? > > IQ2: Are you little goil married to Meathead? > > IQ2: Were you a frequent dancing guest star on _The Gong Show_? > > 1. I am not Gloria Gaynor. > 2. I am not Gloria Bunker Spitznik (sp?). > 3. Take a DQ. Correct Correct - it’s spelled Stivic Gene Gene the Dancing Machine 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 19, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/266 "2023-07-19T19:08:22Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional ---
**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, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/267 "2023-07-19T19:22:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - I am not Goldie. > - Take a DQ. > - I am not Gorgeous George. 1. was yours truly Buck Godot the other two are correct. (I’m having a Deja vu moment that I used Gorgeous George in a previous round, but I searched for any posts I’d made about wrestlers and came up empty) DQ: Originally from Literature? ---
**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, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/268 "2023-07-19T19:29:21Z")
Congratulations, Prof! Great guess! > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@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 Just for the record, IQ2 was Polycarp. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Did you play the Doctor who had a car named Bessy Nitpick, because, hey, Doper: _Bessie_. IQs: 1. After your acting career fell into abeyance after starring in a hit sitcom the 1970s, did you resurrect it as a commentator on professional poker? 2. Are you a primate who lives with a man with odd taste in headwear? 3. Were you a surfer girl, played in a movie by Sandra Dee and then on TV by Sally Field? ---
**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, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/269 "2023-07-19T19:35:21Z")
IQ1: Was a song of yours ubiquitous at sporting events in the 70s, 80s and 90s, only to disappear after your rather sordid arrest and conviction? IQ2: Did you co-create the best known table top role playing game? IQ3: Were you first person to be executed in the US after the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976? ---
**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, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/270 "2023-07-19T19:48:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not George Trudeau. 1 was correct; 2 was Grace Jones; 3 was **Garry** Trudeau, which I _think_ doesn’t count because you got the name beginning with G wrong. DQ: female? (1 possible DQ reserved.) IQs: 1. Did you direct _Lady Bird_, _Little Women_, and a hotly anticipated (and hot pink) film opening Friday? 2. Did you pinch-hit for the Browns in 1951, wearing the number 1/8, and were the shortest player to ever appear in a baseball game? 3. _What’s Eating_ you? ---
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/271 "2023-07-19T21:06:02Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Originally from literature 3. 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 19, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/272 "2023-07-19T21:08:09Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. After your acting career fell into abeyance after starring in a hit sitcom the 1970s, did you resurrect it as a commentator on professional poker? > 2. Are you a primate who lives with a man with odd taste in headwear? > 3. Were you a surfer girl, played in a movie by Sandra Dee and then on TV by Sally Field? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Curious George. #3. I am not the girl midget Gidget. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Was a song of yours ubiquitous at sporting events in the 70s, 80s and 90s, only to disappear after your rather sordid arrest and conviction? > IQ2: Did you co-create the best known table top role playing game? > IQ3: Were you first person to be executed in the US after the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976? #1. I am not Gary Glitter (?) #2. I am not Gary Gygax. #3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you direct _Lady Bird_, _Little Women_, and a hotly anticipated (and hot pink) film opening Friday? > 2. Did you pinch-hit for the Browns in 1951, wearing the number 1/8, and were the shortest player to ever appear in a baseball game? > 3. _What’s Eating_ you? First off, take a DQ for Garry Trudeau, since that was my significant goof. Take 2 DQs. #3. I am not Gilbert Grape. ---
**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, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/273 "2023-07-19T21:31:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 2 DQs. > #3. I am not Gilbert Grape. 1 was Greta Gerwig; 2 was Eddie Gaedel. DQs: 1. created before 1900? 2. originally from prose? 3. first name begins with G? ---
**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 19, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/274 "2023-07-19T22:08:34Z")
Way to go, **CFOHG**! Previous IQs: Were you US Ambassador to France and died while swimming in a hotel pool? - Pamela Harriman, during the Clinton Administration Were you a prominent young actress on _Dallas_? - Yes, Victoria Principal Were you a longtime US senator from Rhode Island? - Claiborne Pell IQs for the new round to follow. ---
**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, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/275 "2023-07-19T22:12:03Z")
### DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Originally from literature 3. Male 4. Created after 1900 5. Originally from prose 6. First name begins with G ---
**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, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/276 "2023-07-19T22:29:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Was a song of yours ubiquitous at sporting events in the 70s, 80s and 90s, only to disappear after your rather sordid arrest and conviction? > > IQ2: Did you co-create the best known table top role playing game? > > IQ3: Were you first person to be executed in the US after the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976? > > #1. I am not Gary Glitter (?) > #2. I am not Gary Gygax. > #3. Take a DQ. Correct, Correct, Gary Gilmore DQ: Created by American(s)? ---
**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, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/277 "2023-07-19T22:38:17Z")
IQ1: Were you a migrant farm worker and Lennie’s best friend? IQ2: Did you think frankincense was a good gift for an infant? IQ3: Are you never late nor are you early, but you arrive precisely when you mean to? ---
**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, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/278 "2023-07-19T23:08:49Z")
### DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Originally from literature 3. Male 4. Created after 1900 5. Originally from prose 6. First name begins with G 7. Not created by American(s) ---
**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, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/279 "2023-07-19T23:10:19Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you a migrant farm worker and Lennie’s best friend? > IQ2: Did you think frankincense was a good gift for an infant? > IQ3: Are you never late nor are you early, but you arrive precisely when you mean to? #1. I am not George, who knows about the rabbits. #2. I am not Gaspar. #3. I am not the Grey Pilgrim, Gandalf. ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/280 "2023-07-20T02:07:12Z")
IQs: Did you have to borrow money from a neighbor to travel to a new job in 1789? Did you say you wouldn’t mind swearing an oath before every meal, if you had to? Did you give the Harvard U. commencement address in 1947? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407.md?page=15)