# Botticelli - June 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 7, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406 "2012-06-07T17:23:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/221 "2012-06-18T21:15:54Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Are you the only name by which a graffiti artist and filmmaker is known? > IQ2: Are you an innocent and _extremely_ naive Boston bartender? > IQ3: Are you a notorious college football coaching legend with a trademark hat? IQ1: DQ IQ2: I am not Woody Boyd IQ3: I am not Bear Bryant ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/222 "2012-06-18T21:16:54Z")
IQ1 - Robert Ballard, who, upon discovering the wreck of the _RMS Titanic_ failed to claim the salvage rights, and regrets that failure since items have been taken from the wreck by commercial companies. IQ2 - Hitler drew inspiration from Benito Mussolini in the 1920’s as he clawed his way to power in Germany. IQ3 - John Basilone won the CMH on Guadalcanal when he manned a machine gun and mowed down a large number of Japanese infantry, as depicted in HBO’s _The Pacific_. DQ - Are you noted mainly for your performance in your art, as an actor for example, rather than creating it, as a director? DQ - Were you born after January 1, 1950? I would like to reserve my third DQ until these two are answered. (Mainly b/c I have no idea for a third question - yet!) ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/223 "2012-06-18T21:39:08Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Are you the only name by which a graffiti artist and filmmaker is known? This is [Banksy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy). I’m stuck for a DQ too - **Wargamer** asked the one I was thinking of, so I’ll wait to see how his are answered before I ask mine. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/224 "2012-06-18T23:22:11Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > This is [Banksy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy). After I shut my computer down, I curled up on the couch, planned on taking a nap… BANKSY! fnarg. **The letter is B** 1. I am a real person 2. I am male 3. My last name begins with B 4. I am alive as of today (06/18/12) 5. I am American 6. I am involved in the creative arts 7. The medium is visual 8. No, I am NOT noted for my performance in my art 9. I was born after 01/01/1950 ---
**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:** [June 19, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/225 "2012-06-19T01:56:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Might you invite me to kiss your shiny metal ass? > Did your gruff dad prefer you to your younger brother? > Did your political opponent look an awful lot like Gore Vidal? Yes, Bender from _Futurama_. Boromir’s dad preferred him to Faramir in _LOTR_. The conservative challenger’s opponent in _Bob Roberts_ was played by… Gore Vidal. DQs: Best known for film work? One DQ reserved. IQs: Was your grandfather a cook for British troops? Did you compose the score for _Out of Africa_? Were you reelected even after being filmed committing a crime? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/226 "2012-06-19T02:50:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > Was your grandfather a cook for British troops? > Did you compose the score for _Out of Africa_? > Were you reelected even after being filmed committing a crime? IQ1: DQ IQ2: I am not John Barry IQ3: I am not Marion Barry _she says, sniffing and wiping her nose_ **The letter is B** The letter is B 1. I am a real person 2. I am male 3. My last name begins with B 4. I am alive as of today (06/18/12) 5. I am American 6. I am involved in the creative arts 7. The medium is visual 8. No, I am NOT noted for my performance in my art 9. I was born after 01/01/1950 10. I am not _best_ known for work in film. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/227 "2012-06-19T03:15:47Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > I’m stuck for a DQ too - **Wargamer** asked the one I was thinking of, so I’ll wait to see how his are answered before I ask mine. DQ: Are you best known for work in television? IQ1: Are you a director known in large part for fantastic explosions and special effects? IQ2: Are you the author of _The Decameron_? IQ3: Are you a prolific author of horror and fantasy? ---
**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:** [June 19, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/228 "2012-06-19T03:27:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your grandfather a cook for British troops? > Did you compose the score for _Out of Africa_? > Were you reelected even after being filmed committing a crime? Barack Obama. Correct as to J. Barry and M. Barry. DQs: Painter? Have you won any widely-recognized awards? IQs: Are you a CMU grad featured in the most recent issue of _Parade_ magazine? Did your brother joke about an odd way to announce your new job? Were you Lokai’s nemesis? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/229 "2012-06-19T12:59:52Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Are you a director known in large part for fantastic explosions and special effects? > IQ2: Are you the author of _The Decameron_? > IQ3: Are you a prolific author of horror and fantasy? IQ1: I am not Michael Bey IQ2: DQ IQ3: I am not Ray Bradbury > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > Are you a CMU grad featured in the most recent issue of _Parade_ magazine? > Did your brother joke about an odd way to announce your new job? > Were you Lokai’s nemesis? IQ1: I am not John Besh IQ2: DQ IQ3: DQ ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/230 "2012-06-19T13:02:01Z")
**The letter is B** 1. I am a real person 2. I am male 3. My last name begins with B 4. I am alive as of today (06/18/12) 5. I am American 6. I am involved in the creative arts 7. The medium is visual 8. No, I am NOT noted for my performance in my art 9. I was born after 01/01/1950 10. I am not best known for work in film. 11. I am not best known for work in television 12. I am not a painter 13. I have won an award for my work ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/231 "2012-06-19T13:48:15Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ2: Are you the author of _The Decameron_? Giovanni Bocaccio DQ: Are you a writer? IQ1: Are you a Colombian artist famous for exaggeratedly plump figures? IQ2: Are the Hellraiser and Candyman movie franchises based on your work? IQ3: Were you banned from MLB for life in 1921? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/232 "2012-06-19T14:12:23Z")
My reserved DQ Are you a sculptor? IQ1. Did you once tell your leading lady there were only two reasons you take off your hat? IQ2. Were the actor who delivered that line? IQ3. Were you a Cold War hero who beat the Russkies at their own game? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/233 "2012-06-19T16:00:10Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Colombian artist famous for exaggeratedly plump figures? > IQ2: Are the Hellraiser and Candyman movie franchises based on your work? > IQ3: Were you banned from MLB for life in 1921? IQ1: I am not Botero IQ2: I am not Clive Barker IQ3: DQ > [@Wargamer](#): > > IQ1. Did you once tell your leading lady there were only two reasons you take off your hat? > IQ2. Were the actor who delivered that line? > IQ3. Were you a Cold War hero who beat the Russkies at their own game? IQ1:DQ IQ2: DQ IQ3: DQ ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/234 "2012-06-19T16:01:26Z")
The letter is B 1. I am a real person 2. I am male 3. My last name begins with B 4. I am alive as of today (06/18/12) 5. I am American 6. I am involved in the creative arts 7. The medium is visual 8. No, I am NOT noted for my performance in my art 9. I was born after 01/01/1950 10. I am not _best_ known for work in film. 11. I am not best known for work in television 12. I am not a painter 13. I have won an award for my work 14: I am a writer 15: I am not a sculptor ---
**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:** [June 19, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/235 "2012-06-19T16:05:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a CMU grad featured in the most recent issue of _Parade_ magazine? > Did your brother joke about an odd way to announce your new job? > Were you Lokai’s nemesis? Besh didn’t go to CMU, but Blair Underwood did. Anticipating the outcries of “Nepotism!”, JFK joked that he would announce his brother Bobby’s appointment as Attorney General by whispering the news out the doorway at midnight, but only if the sidewalk was empty. Bele, in the _Star Trek_ episode “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.” (Frank Gorshin played one of them; I forget which). DQ: Best known for work in theater? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Did you once play an underling for a boss with a very pecular phobia? Was your faith in the Constitution whole and complete? Did you foolishly try to keep pictures of your mansion from being published? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/236 "2012-06-19T21:09:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > Did you once play an underling for a boss with a very pecular phobia? > Was your faith in the Constitution whole and complete? > Did you foolishly try to keep pictures of your mansion from being published? IQ1: DQ IQ2: DQ IQ3: I can only think of Barbra Streisand, so probable DQ **The letter is B** 1. I am a real person 2. I am male 3. My last name begins with B 4. I am alive as of today (06/18/12) 5. I am American 6. I am involved in the creative arts 7. The medium is visual 8. No, I am not noted for my performance in my art 9. I was born after 01/01/1950 10. I am not _best_ known for work in film. 11. I am not best known for work in television 12. I am not a painter 13. I have won an award for my work 14: I am a writer 15: I am not a sculptor 14. I am not best known for my work in the theater ---
**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:** [June 20, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/237 "2012-06-20T01:59:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > Did you once play an underling for a boss with a very pecular phobia? > Was your faith in the Constitution whole and complete? > Did you foolishly try to keep pictures of your mansion from being published? Bob Hoskins played Smee in the movie _Hook_; his boss had a thing about alligators with clocks in their tummies. Barbara Jordan: [American Rhetoric: Barbara Jordan - Statement on House Judiciary Proceedings to Impeach President Richard Nixon (text-audio-video)](http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/barbarajordanjudiciarystatement.htm) Yes, Barbra Streisand: [Streisand effect - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect) DQs: Are you a dancer? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you star in _White Nights_? Did you create an oft-performed arrangement of _The Nutcracker_? Were you Al Gore’s 2000 campaign chair? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/238 "2012-06-20T03:24:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > Did you star in _White Nights_? > Did you create an oft-performed arrangement of _The Nutcracker_? > Were you Al Gore’s 2000 campaign chair? IQ1: I am not Baryshnikov IQ2: I am not Balanchine IQ3: DQ **The letter is B** 1. I am a real person 2. I am male 3. My last name begins with B 4. I am alive as of today (06/18/12) 5. I am American 6. I am involved in the creative arts 7. The medium is visual 8. No, I am not noted for my performance in my art 9. I was born after 01/01/1950 **10.** I am not _best_ known for work in film. 10. I am not best known for work in television 11. I am not a painter 12. I have won an award for my work **14** : I am a writer 15: I am not a sculptor 13. I am not best known for my work in the theater 14. I am not a dancer ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/239 "2012-06-20T03:31:21Z")
IQ: Did you cause a plane to delay departure because you refused to put your iPhone away? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/240 "2012-06-20T04:03:00Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ3: Were you banned from MLB for life in 1921? Catcher Buck Weaver of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox scandal. DQ: Are you primarily known as a novelist? IQ1: Did Tom Hanks star in two recent films based on your novels? IQ2: Are you a playwright and actor who took a turn as a police captain one of the Law and Order franchise shows? IQ3: Did your feud with Tupac (allegedly) turn deadly for both of you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406.md?page=13)