# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/441 "2023-07-29T02:34:03Z")
IQ1: Was _One Million Lawyers and Other Disasters_ one of your albums? IQ2: Did you write “Wedding Song (There Is Love)”? IQ3: Was “My Love” a #1 hit for 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 29, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/442 "2023-07-29T02:38:46Z")
Dunno, not Paul Anka and not Paul McCartney. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/443 "2023-07-29T02:48:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was _One Million Lawyers and Other Disasters_ one of your albums? > IQ2: Did you write “Wedding Song (There Is Love)”? > IQ3: Was “My Love” a #1 hit for you? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Paul Anka and not Paul McCartney. Tom Paxton Paul Stookey Not the one I had in mind, but it seems to be a valid answer. IQ1: Did you write the music for “You’re the One”? IQ2: Were you a fictional '60s British spy? IQ3: Did you write about Mack Bolan? DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/444 "2023-07-29T02:49:10Z")
Oh lord, and I listened to that song yesterday! 1. Do you host **The Amazing Race**? 2. Did you play the female lead in the _Naked Gun_ movies? 3. Is your most famous role AJ Simon on the TV show **Simon and Simon**? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/445 "2023-07-29T02:49:55Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I listened to that song yesterday! Which one? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/446 "2023-07-29T02:52:47Z")
Sloop John B ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/447 "2023-07-29T02:54:36Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Sloop John B Which version? ---
**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 29, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/448 "2023-07-29T02:56:20Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write the music for “You’re the One”? > IQ2: Were you a fictional '60s British spy? > IQ3: Did you write about Mack Bolan? Dunno x3. ---
**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 29, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/449 "2023-07-29T03:00:01Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Do you host **The Amazing Race**? > 2. Did you play the female lead in the _Naked Gun_ movies? > 3. Is your most famous role AJ Simon on the TV show **Simon and Simon**? Not Jeff Probst, not Priscilla Presley and dunno. ---
**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 29, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/450 "2023-07-29T03:34:11Z")
IQ Do you live in the best of all possible worlds? Did you teach your band to play 20 years before 1967? Did you get you and your brothers kicked out of Boneville? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/451 "2023-07-29T03:56:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you write the music for “You’re the One”? > > IQ2: Were you a fictional '60s British spy? > > IQ3: Did you write about Mack Bolan? > > Dunno x3. Petula Clark (who also co-wrote and sang “My Love”) Emma Peel Don Pendleton Three DQs reserved pending answers to first two. ---
**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 29, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/452 "2023-07-29T12:53:56Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Underdog’s girlfriend? 2. Were you arguably the first person to use the term “short story”? 3. Does Rizzo invoke your name when throwing her milkshake at her boyfriend? ---
**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 29, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/453 "2023-07-29T14:23:48Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQ > > Do you live in the best of all possible worlds? > Did you teach your band to play 20 years before 1967? > Did you get you and your brothers kicked out of Boneville? Not Dr. Pangloss, not Sgt. Pepper, and dunno. ---
**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 29, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/454 "2023-07-29T14:26:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Underdog’s girlfriend? > 2. Were you arguably the first person to use the term “short story”? > 3. Does Rizzo invoke your name when throwing her milkshake at her boyfriend? Not Priscilla, dunno and dunno. P. 1. fictional 2. female ---
**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 29, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/455 "2023-07-29T15:41:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Underdog’s girlfriend? > 2. Were you arguably the first person to use the term “short story”? > 3. Does Rizzo invoke your name when throwing her milkshake at her boyfriend? Not Priscilla, dunno and dunno. [/quote] #1 was sweet Polly Purebred. #2 was Edgar Allan Poe. #3 is Pinky Lee. DQs: 1. Last name starts with P? 2. American creator or creators? 3. From TV or movies? ---
**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 29, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/456 "2023-07-29T17:44:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > Do you live in the best of all possible worlds? > > Did you teach your band to play 20 years before 1967? > > Did you get you and your brothers kicked out of Boneville? > > Not Dr. Pangloss, not Sgt. Pepper, and dunno. 1. was Phoney Bone ---
**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 29, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/457 "2023-07-29T19:08:53Z")
DQ: From originally from movies or TV? IQ: 1. Did you invent a tabular representation of binomial coefficients where each row is based on a sum of elements of the previous row? 2. Were you the first person to hunt bugs bunny ? 3. Were you the first of the Doctor’s Companions from America? ---
**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 29, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/458 "2023-07-29T19:40:17Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the only female member of the Them, and the opponent of War? 2. Are you the CEO of Stark Industries? 3. Did your buttocks briefly have their own fan club? ---
**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 29, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/459 "2023-07-29T23:18:55Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > DQ: From originally from movies or TV? > > IQ: > > 1. Did you invent a tabular representation of binomial coefficients where each row is based on a sum of elements of the previous row? > 2. Were you the first person to hunt bugs bunny ? > 3. Were you the first of the Doctor’s Companions from America? Dunno x3. And please take another DQ. ---
**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 29, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/460 "2023-07-29T23:19:26Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the only female member of the Them, and the opponent of War? > > 2. Are you the CEO of Stark Industries? > > 3. Did your buttocks briefly have their own fan club? Dunno, not Pepper and dunno. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407.md?page=24)