# 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:** 9
**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, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/161 "2023-07-14T13:43:27Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not…Davis? If not, take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Take another DQ. 1 was Dvorak; 2 was Judi Dench; 3 was Dave Barry. D Qs: 1. living? 2. male? 3. American? ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/162 "2023-07-14T14:06:08Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Surname begins with _“D”_. 3. Living. 4. Not male. 5. American. ---
**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, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/163 "2023-07-14T16:26:06Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Are you Bill Murray’s actor brother? > > 2. Did you lie down in front of the yellow bulldozer before it could demolish your home? > > 3. Are you secretly Wonder Warthog? > > 1. I am not Brian Doyle Murray. > 2. I am not Dent, Arthur Dent. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct, Correct and Philbert Desenex. DQ: Born before 1970? ---
**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 14, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/164 "2023-07-14T16:35:23Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Surname begins with _“D”_. 3. Living. 4. Not male. 5. American. 6. Not born before 1970, but only barely. ---
**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, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/165 "2023-07-14T17:06:15Z")
IQs: 1. Did you appear in a number of films opposite the Marx Brothers? 2. Did you do a double act with Peter Cook for years? 3. Did you star in the sitcom _Funny Face_? ---
**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, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/166 "2023-07-14T17:53:20Z")
IQs: 1. Did you live in the midst of the great Kansas prairies with your uncle, who was a farmer, and your aunt, who was the farmer’s wife? 2. Did you warn about the military-industrial complex in a 1961 speech? 3. Did you sing with the Belmonts? ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/167 "2023-07-14T17:58:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you appear in a number of films opposite the Marx Brothers? > 2. Did you do a double act with Peter Cook for years? > 3. Did you star in the sitcom _Funny Face_? 1. Dunno. DQ. 2. Also dunno. DQ. 3. I am not Doris Day. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Did you live in the midst of the great Kansas prairies with your uncle, who was a farmer, and your aunt, who was the farmer’s wife? > 2. Did you warn about the military-industrial complex in a 1961 speech? > 3. Did you sing with the Belmonts? 1. I am not Dorothy Gale (or her little dog, too!) 2. I am not Dwight David Eisenhower. 3. I am not Dion. ---
**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, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/168 "2023-07-14T18:28:07Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not Dorothy Gale (or her little dog, too!) > 2. I am not Dwight David Eisenhower. > 3. I am not Dion. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Were you a producer and writer on _The Simpsons_ and _Futurama_ with an unusual middle initial? 2. Did your son write the memoir _Spare_? 3. “Any of you pricks move, and I’ll execute every MOTHERFUCKING LAST ONE OF YA!” In a 1994 film, does your cover of an Eastern Mediterranean folk song immediately follow this? ---
**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 14, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/169 "2023-07-14T19:36:59Z")
Congratz SMV Cleaning up last rounds IQ’s for those who are interested > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 1. Are you famous because, of course, no one can talk to someone like you unless that someone happens to be you? > 2. Did Vampira and Bela Lugosi star in your most famous movie? > 3. Were you sued by Vampira? 1. The famous Mr. Ed 2. Ed Wood (Plan 9 from outer space) 3. Elvira On to D. IQ: 1. Did you give your Jewish Boyfriend a bad haircut that was literally the stuff of legend? 2. Did you run the loading dock of a paper company 3. Were you the title character of a movie about leprechauns starring Sean Connery. ---
**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, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/170 "2023-07-14T21:06:29Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you appear in a number of films opposite the Marx Brothers? > > 2. Did you do a double act with Peter Cook for years? > > 3. Did you star in the sitcom _Funny Face_? > > 1. Dunno. DQ. > 2. Also dunno. DQ. > 3. I am not Doris Day. #1 was Margaret Dumont. #2 was Dudley Moore. #3 was Sandy Duncan. DQs: 1. Known for the perfoming arts? 2. Caucasian? 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 14, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/171 "2023-07-14T21:12:14Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Did you produce and star in **The China Syndrome**? > 2. Did you marry Harold Lloyd? > 3. Are you Perry Mason’s secretary? Michael Douglas, Mildred Davis, and Della Street. DQs 1.White? 2 DQs 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 14, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/172 "2023-07-14T22:34:57Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > A clean sweep! > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a producer and writer on _The Simpsons_ and _Futurama_ with an unusual middle initial? > 2. Did your son write the memoir _Spare_? > 3. “Any of you pricks move, and I’ll execute every MOTHERFUCKING LAST ONE OF YA!” In a 1994 film, does your cover of an Eastern Mediterranean folk song immediately follow this? Which you repaid with another clean sweep, 'cuz I’m only guessing that 1. I am not Dan Castellaneta 2. No clue at all - DQ 3. I am not someone who sang “Hava Nagila”. DQ. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQ: > > 1. Did you give your Jewish Boyfriend a bad haircut that was literally the stuff of legend? > 2. Did you run the loading dock of a paper company > 3. Were you the title character of a movie about leprechauns starring Sean Connery. 1. I am not Delilah. 2. I am not Darryl, from Dunder-Miflin’s Scranton branch. 3. I am not Darby O’Gill DQs: 1. Real. 2. Surname begins with _“D”_. 3. Living. 4. Not male. 5. American. (So far.) 6. Not born before 1970, but only barely. 7. Known for the performing arts. 8. Caucasian/white. @kitap, your last DQ is a repeat of one of @Prof.Pepperwinkle’s, so take another. ---
**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, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/173 "2023-07-14T22:39:00Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not Dan Castellaneta > 2. No clue at all - DQ > 3. I am not someone who sang “Hava Nagila”. DQ. 1 was David X. Cohen; 2 was Princess Diana; 3 was [Dick Dale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T8As2kzelk). DQs: 1. born before 1975? 2. known for acting? 1 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 14, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/174 "2023-07-14T23:23:21Z")
_Pulp Fiction_, of course. DQs: 1. Real. 2. Surname begins with _“D”_. 3. Living. 4. Not male. 5. American (So far.) 6. Not born before 1970, but only barely. 7. Known for the performing arts. 8. Caucasian/white. 9. Born before 1975. 10. Not known for acting. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/175 "2023-07-15T00:24:18Z")
DQ: Known for writing? ---
**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 15, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/176 "2023-07-15T01:10:57Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Surname begins with _“D”_. 3. Living. 4. Not male. 5. American (So far.) 6. Not born before 1970, but only barely. 7. Known for the performing arts. 8. Caucasian/white. 9. Born before 1975. 10. Not known for acting. 11. Published author, but not primarily known for writing. ---
**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 15, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/177 "2023-07-15T01:12:54Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > IQ: > > > > 1. Did you give your Jewish Boyfriend a bad haircut that was literally the stuff of legend? > > 2. Did you run the loading dock of a paper company > > 3. Were you the title character of a movie about leprechauns starring Sean Connery. > > 1. I am not Delilah. > 2. I am not Darryl, from Dunder-Miflin’s Scranton branch. > 3. I am not Darby O’Gill swept IQ: 1. Were you defeated by the mirror knight? 2. Are you a little bit Rock & Roll? 3. Do you get dragged into hell at the end of the Opera bearing your name? ---
**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, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/178 "2023-07-15T01:39:01Z")
IQs: 1. Do you also voice Abe, Barney Gumbel, Mayor Quimby, Lenny, Eddie, and Sideshow Mel? 2. Did you move to Gravity Falls for the summer? 3. Were you the first person of European descent born in 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 15, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/179 "2023-07-15T01:48:20Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 1. Were you defeated by the mirror knight? > 2. Are you a little bit Rock & Roll? > 3. Do you get dragged into hell at the end of the Opera bearing your name? IQs. 1. Probably a DQ for you, but…I am not Ser Dunk the Tall 2. I am not Donnie Osmond. 3. I am not Don Giovanni. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > . Do you also voice Abe, Barney Gumbel, Mayor Quimby, Lenny, Eddie, and Sideshow Mel? > 2. Did you move to Gravity Falls for the summer? > 3. Were you the first person of European descent born in America? 1. I am not Dan Castellaneta. 2. DQ. 3. I am not Virginia Dare (though I do frequently vacation in the county that bears her name). ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/180 "2023-07-15T02:11:09Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not Virginia Dare (though I do frequently vacation in the county that bears her name). Strike that last bit about vacationing in Dare County - I was thoughtlessly referring to myself, rather than “D”; it’s not a clue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407.md?page=10)