# Botticelli - July 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 2, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634 "2024-07-02T14:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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 20, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/141 "2024-07-20T02:43:18Z")
Well, I’ve heard of the show, but not him specifically. ---
**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 20, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/142 "2024-07-20T15:45:05Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Well, I’ve heard of the show, but not him specifically Me, too. But IMO, he meets the criteria for notability, so I’d say you earned another round. ---
**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 20, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/143 "2024-07-20T15:48:44Z")
Oh, my sister’s a big fan of the show, and I have heard of him. ---
**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 21, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/144 "2024-07-21T03:15:55Z")
I know of the show but don’t think I’ve ever heard of him. ---
**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 22, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/145 "2024-07-22T22:34:50Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Do I go again? Given that at least one person here has heard of Keoghan, yes. ---
**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 23, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/146 "2024-07-23T03:06:43Z")
Agreed. Take it away, **kitap**! ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/147 "2024-07-23T12:50:06Z")
Okay, I am **E** As in elephant, erudite and Easter. ---
**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 23, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/148 "2024-07-23T13:54:26Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a small, annoying, red Muppet? 2. Are you the VPOTUS’s husband? 3. Are you the King of Ev? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/149 "2024-07-23T14:33:46Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Hall of Fame manager for the Baltimore Orioles? 2. Are you the lead singer of the Lemonheads? 3. Did Stevie Wonder write a tribute song about you? ---
**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 23, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/150 "2024-07-23T14:38:53Z")
IQs: 1. Did Morgan Freeman play you on a children’s show? 2. Were you a founding member of N.W.A? 3. Did you sit at the window, wearing a face that you kept in a jar by the door? ---
**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 23, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/151 "2024-07-23T15:10:46Z")
IQs: 1. Did you (well, your company) film the electrocution of an elephant? 2. Were you an erudite paleobotanist in _Jurassic Park_? 3. Do you briefly appear in _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ (though you’re not associated with Halloween _or_ Christmas, but a different spring holiday altogether)? ---
**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 23, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/152 "2024-07-23T17:39:01Z")
IQs: Were you Henry VIII’s only son to take the throne? Were you Victoria’s only son to take the throne? Were you his grandson, who reigned for less than a year? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/153 "2024-07-24T03:56:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a small, annoying, red Muppet? > 2. Are you the VPOTUS’s husband? > 3. Are you the King of Ev? I am not Elmo. I am not Emhoff. I am not Evrin? Or take a DQ. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Hall of Fame manager for the Baltimore Orioles? > 2. Are you the lead singer of the Lemonheads? > 3. Did Stevie Wonder write a tribute song about you? Take 3 DQs > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Morgan Freeman play you on a children’s show? > 2. Were you a founding member of N.W.A? > 3. Did you sit at the window, wearing a face that you kept in a jar by the door? Take a DQ, take another and I am not Eleanor Rigby. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you (well, your company) film the electrocution of an elephant? > 2. Were you an erudite paleobotanist in _Jurassic Park_? > 3. Do you briefly appear in _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ (though you’re not associated with Halloween _or_ Christmas, but a different spring holiday altogether)? I am not Edison, I am not Ellie Sattler, I am not The Easter Bunny. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Henry VIII’s only son to take the throne? > Were you Victoria’s only son to take the throne? > Were you his grandson, who reigned for less than a year? Take 3 DQs because while they are all Edwards I don’t know their numbers. ---
**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 24, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/154 "2024-07-24T12:33:28Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did Morgan Freeman play you on a children’s show? > > 2. Were you a founding member of N.W.A? > > 3. Did you sit at the window, wearing a face that you kept in a jar by the door? > > Take a DQ, take another and I am not Eleanor Rigby. Morgan Freeman played Easy Reader in the 70s children’s show _The Electric Company_. Eric Robert Wright was a founding member of N.W.A., under his rap name Eazy-E. Correct about Eleanor Rigby. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Female? IQs: 1. Did Katherine Hepburn play you, opposite Peter O’Toole, who was playing the same character he had in an earlier movie with Richard Burton? 2. Are you a former U.S. Senator from North Carolina, who was the Democratic candidate for Vice President in 2004? 3. Are you an English composer whose most famous work is commonly heard around May and June? ---
**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 24, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/155 "2024-07-24T15:09:05Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you a small, annoying, red Muppet? > > 2. Are you the VPOTUS’s husband? > > 3. Are you the King of Ev? > > I am not Elmo. I am not Emhoff. I am not Evrin? Or take a DQ. Correct, Correct, and Evoldo. DQ: First name starts with E? ---
**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 24, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/156 "2024-07-24T15:10:13Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I am not Edison, I am not Ellie Sattler, I am not The Easter Bunny. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Were you in a Spanish study group at a _Community_ college? 2. Are you a cast member of _Saturday Night Live_, known for characters like Lisa from Temecula? 3. Were you the Communist leader of Albania? ---
**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 24, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/157 "2024-07-24T15:11:16Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the famous championship-level lovable stupid idiot on the highly acclaimed, freshly polished, unpolarized, all-Kodiak 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 2. Are you one of Martin Short’s better known characters? 3. Did you end up with Mr. Darcy? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/158 "2024-07-24T15:40:24Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a Hall of Fame manager for the Baltimore Orioles? > > 2. Are you the lead singer of the Lemonheads? > > 3. Did Stevie Wonder write a tribute song about you? > > Take 3 DQs Earl Weaver, Evan Dando and Duke Ellington (the same song also namechecks Ella Fitzgerald!) 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/159 "2024-07-25T04:06:02Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Katherine Hepburn play you, opposite Peter O’Toole, who was playing the same character he had in an earlier movie with Richard Burton? > 2. Are you a former U.S. Senator from North Carolina, who was the Democratic candidate for Vice President in 2004? > 3. Are you an English composer whose most famous work is commonly heard around May and June? I am not Eleanor of Aquitaine, John Edwards or Elgar. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you in a Spanish study group at a _Community_ college? > 2. Are you a cast member of _Saturday Night Live_, known for characters like Lisa from Temecula? > 3. Were you the Communist leader of Albania? Take a DQ, take another and I am not Enver Hoxha. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the famous championship-level lovable stupid idiot on the highly acclaimed, freshly polished, unpolarized, all-Kodiak 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 2. Are you one of Martin Short’s better known characters? > 3. Did you end up with Mr. Darcy? Take a DQ, I am not Ed Grimly, I am not Elizabeth Bennett. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/160 "2024-07-25T04:07:14Z")
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