# Botticelli - June, 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766 "2014-06-01T13:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/261 "2014-06-28T02:42:05Z")
IQ1: Were you counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon? IQ2: Did you write _Love Story_? IQ3: Were you a news commentator with Walter Kronkite at CBS? ---
**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 28, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/262 "2014-06-28T15:22:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you introduce the song _Santa Claus Is Coming To Town_ on your radio broadcast? > 2. Were you The Perfect Fool? > 3. Did you slap George Kaufman’s face after attending the debut of his play _The Royal Family_? Ouch. Dunno any of these. > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Did you demand surrender in the name of the great Jehovah and the Continental Congress? > IQ2: Did you command the Marine Raiders? > IQ3: Did you take Vashti’s place after she was sent away? Not Ethan Allen; dunno the other two. > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Were you visited by four ghosts on a particular night? > IQ2: Did you play a character who was taught commodities trading by the Duke brothers? > IQ3: Once upon a midnight dreary, did you ponder, weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore? Still not Ebenezer Scrooge; not either Eddie Murphy or E.A. Poe. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon? > IQ2: Did you write _Love Story_? > IQ3: Were you a news commentator with Walter Kronkite at CBS? Not John Ehrlichman, Erich Segal or Eric Severeid (sp?). E. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with E 4. not a politician 5. dead 6. American 7. born before 1975 ---
**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:** [June 28, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/263 "2014-06-28T16:13:49Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you introduce the song Santa Claus Is Coming To Town on your radio broadcast? > 2. Were you The Perfect Fool? > 3. Did you slap George Kaufman’s face after attending the debut of his play The Royal Family? > > Ouch. Dunno any of these. #1 was Eddie Cantor on a Thanksgiving Day broadcast. #2 was Ed Wynn. #3 was Ethel Barrymore. The play was a satire on the Barrymore family, and, while Ethel came out looking like a champ, her brothers were portrayed as something of buffoons. She didn’t actually sue Kaufman, but the lady was NOT happy. DQs: 1. Known for the Arts, creative or performing, as we know and love them? 2. Born before 1900? 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/264 "2014-06-28T16:18:16Z")
I got hat-tricked. ☹ IQ1: Did you often play swashbucklers and war heroes, but was rejected by the armed services when you attempted to enlist? IQ2: Are you a British Indian pop singer known for the hit single _After The Lovin’_? IQ3: Are you a cartoonist, best known for the comic strip _Nancy_? ---
**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:** [June 28, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/265 "2014-06-28T22:40:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you demand surrender in the name of the great Jehovah and the Continental Congress? > IQ2: Did you command the Marine Raiders? > IQ3: Did you take Vashti’s place after she was sent away? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Ethan Allen; dunno the other two. Correct on Ethan Allen. Evans Carlson commanded the outfit commonly known as “Carlson’s Raiders.” A nice Jewish girl named Esther. DQs reserved. IQ1: Did you see a wheel way up in the middle of the air? IQ2: Did you experience difficulty in finding Howland Island? IQ3: Did you sing “Molasses to Rum to Slaves”? ---
**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 29, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/266 "2014-06-29T01:12:27Z")
I’ll be leaving on a weeklong vacation early tomorrow, and may have only occasional Internet access. I’ll try to keep up with this. If I can’t, I appreciate your patience. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > … > IQ1: Did you often play swashbucklers and war heroes, but was rejected by the armed services when you attempted to enlist? > IQ2: Are you a British Indian pop singer known for the hit single _After The Lovin’_? > IQ3: Are you a cartoonist, best known for the comic strip _Nancy_? Not Erroll “In Like” Flynn; dunno the other two. > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Did you see a wheel way up in the middle of the air? > IQ2: Did you experience difficulty in finding Howland Island? > IQ3: Did you sing “Molasses to Rum to Slaves”? Not the Prophet Elijah, dunno, and not Edward Rutledge in _1776_. E. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with E 4. not a politician 5. dead 6. American 7. born before 1975 8. known for the Arts, creative or performing 9. born after 1900 #8 is a close call, but I think this is the most accurate answer. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/267 "2014-06-29T03:40:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you see a wheel way up in the middle of the air? > IQ2: Did you experience difficulty in finding Howland Island? > IQ3: Did you sing “Molasses to Rum to Slaves”? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not the Prophet Elijah, dunno, and not Edward Rutledge in _1776_. Ezekiel. Amelia Earhart got lost on her way to Howland Island. Correct on Edward Rutledge. DQ1: Known for music? DQ2: Died after 1975? IQ1: Did you owe your soul to the company store? IQ2: Were you Issachar’s uncle? IQ3: Did you die because your name was too long? ---
**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:** [June 29, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/268 "2014-06-29T04:23:01Z")
IQs: 1. Do you call people “Possums”? 2. Are you a horse, of course, of course? 3. Were you an investigative reporter whose accident created Max Headroom? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/269 "2014-06-29T18:06:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Erroll “In Like” Flynn; dunno the other two. Correct, Englebert Humperdink, Ernie Bushmiller DQ1: Ever appear in film? DQ2: Musician? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/270 "2014-06-29T23:37:28Z")
IQ1: Did you found a multinational company that was based in Rochester, NY? IQ2: Were you a TV producer, who used a diminutive of his name, period? IQ3: Were you an artist who specialized in sketching impossible realities, such as one had drawing another which is drawing the first? ---
**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 29, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/271 "2014-06-29T23:55:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Did you owe your soul to the company store? > IQ2: Were you Issachar’s uncle? > IQ3: Did you die because your name was too long? Dunno any of those. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you call people “Possums”? > 2. Are you a horse, of course, of course? > 3. Were you an investigative reporter whose accident created Max Headroom? Dunno, not Mr. Ed, and dunno. > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did you found a multinational company that was based in Rochester, NY? > IQ2: Were you a TV producer, who used a diminutive of his name, period? > IQ3: Were you an artist who specialized in sketching impossible realities, such as one ha[n]d drawing another which is drawing the first? Not Edward Land, dunno, and not M.C. Escher. E. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with E 4. not a politician 5. dead 6. American 7. born before 1975 8. known for the Arts, creative or performing 9. born after 1900 10. not known for music 11. died after 1975 12. appeared in film, but not best known for it **Knowed Out** , you can ask another DQ, as your “Musician?” is very similar to **SCAdian** ’s. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/272 "2014-06-30T00:15:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Edward Land, dunno, and not M.C. Escher. Correct on Escher. I was thinking more of George Eastman, of Eastman Kodak fame, but close enough, given the question. The TV producer was Ed. Weinberger, whose best-know TV production is probablyy the sitcom, Taxi." DQ reserved for now–let me think a bit. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/273 "2014-06-30T02:32:37Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you call people “Possums”? > 2. Are you a horse, of course, of course? > 3. Were you an investigative reporter whose accident created Max Headroom? > > Dunno, not Mr. Ed, and dunno. #1 is Dame Edna Everage (as portrayed by Barry Humphries). #3 was Edison Carter DQ: Known for the Creative Arts, rather than the performing arts? ---
**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:** [June 30, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/274 "2014-06-30T03:22:05Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you owe your soul to the company store? > IQ2: Were you Issachar’s uncle? > IQ3: Did you die because your name was too long? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno any of those. Tennessee Ernie Ford. Esau. (Issachar was one of Jacob’s sons.) What? You never went to Scout/4H/YMCA/whatever camp and learned about [Eddie Brown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsuTAB_o1K4)?? DQ: Actor? Two DQs reserved. IQ1: Did you star in a movie with Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef? IQ2: Did you direct _On the Waterfront_? IQ3: Were you the victim in a half-finished mystery? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/275 "2014-06-30T12:10:20Z")
IQ1: Did Jason Lee play you as a lottery ticket winner? IQ2: Are you the actor who played his brother Randy? IQ3: Are you the actor who played “Crab Man” on the same show? Reserving a 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 1, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/276 "2014-07-01T03:54:17Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Did you star in a movie with Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef? > IQ2: Did you direct _On the Waterfront_? > IQ3: Were you the victim in a half-finished mystery? Not Eddie Albert, Elia Kazan or Edwin Drood. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did Jason Lee play you as a lottery ticket winner? > IQ2: Are you the actor who played his brother Randy? > IQ3: Are you the actor who played “Crab Man” on the same show?.. I love, love, _loved_ Lee as Earl Hickey in _My Name Is Earl_ (memorably retitled by one TV critic as _Touched by a Redneck_), and am still sorry the show was cancelled. I’m not Ethan Suplee (sp?), either. Don’t remember the name of the guy who played Crab Man. E. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with E 4. not a politician 5. dead 6. American 7. born before 1975 8. known for the Arts, creative or performing 9. born after 1900 10. not known for music 11. died after 1975 12. appeared in film, but not best known for it 13. not known for the creative arts, rather than the performing arts 14. was an actor, but not at all best known for it ---
**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 1, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/277 "2014-07-01T04:14:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you star in a movie with Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef? > IQ2: Did you direct _On the Waterfront_? > IQ3: Were you the victim in a half-finished mystery? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Eddie Albert, Elia Kazan or Edwin Drood. Eddie Albert? I suppose it’s possible… (I was thinking of Eli Wallach in _The Good, the Bad and the Ugly_.) Correct on Kazan and Drood. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/278 "2014-07-01T12:07:19Z")
Crab Man was played by Eddie Steeples. #13 confuses me. Do you mean the mystery guest is better known for the performing arts than the creative arts, or that he’s not known for the creative arts, and remains undefined in his performing arts prowess? Reserving 2 DQs. ---
**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 1, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/279 "2014-07-01T13:09:43Z")
DQ: best known for work on TV? ---
**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 1, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/280 "2014-07-01T20:40:02Z")
**Knowed Out** , I used the phrasing provided to me in answering the question. It means his performing arts niche is not fully defined yet. But it’s kind of a “square peg in a round hole” question. E. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with E 4. not a politician 5. dead 6. American 7. born before 1975 8. known for the Arts, creative or performing 9. born after 1900 10. not known for music 11. died after 1975 12. appeared in film, but not best known for it 13. not known for the creative arts, rather than the performing arts 14. was an actor, but not at all best known for it 15. not best known for work on TV [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766.md?page=15)