# 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:** 6
**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 12, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/101 "2014-06-12T21:52:31Z")
DQ: Noted for involvement in/opposition to Civil Rights Movement? ---
**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 12, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/102 "2014-06-12T22:20:55Z")
R 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with R 4. Dead 5. American 6. Died since 1950 7. Born east of the Mississippi River 8. Not best known for the creative arts 9. Did not die after 1980 10. Not born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 11. Political/military 12. Not best known for a single incident 13. In the military 14. Not noted for wartime service 15. Never elected to Federal office 16. Never appointed to the U.S. Cabinet 17, Not known for the performing arts 17. Not in the medical field 18. Not noted as an athlete 19. Does not have an uncommon first name 20. Not noted for involvement in/opposition to Civil Rights Movement And that’s twenty. Following SOP, those who were awarded DQs for this game (Prof P, Knowed Out and Elendil’s Heir) may each ask one final DQ phrased as “Are you Firstname Lastname?” I shall return… ---
**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 12, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/103 "2014-06-12T22:26:13Z")
Having absolutely no good idea whatsoever, DQ: Are you Rin Tin Tin? ---
**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 12, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/104 "2014-06-12T22:34:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Are you Rin Tin Tin? No. ---
**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 13, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/105 "2014-06-13T03:58:50Z")
Hmm. Still stumped. Lemme think… ---
**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 13, 2014, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/106 "2014-06-13T12:03:52Z")
I concede. I’m totally drawing a blank. ---
**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 13, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/107 "2014-06-13T15:08:01Z")
Oh, what the hell. Are you Randolph Scott? ---
**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 13, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/108 "2014-06-13T21:51:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you Randolph Scott? No. I am aviator, polar explorer and Medal of Honor recipient Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr. And when Prof P asked if I had an uncommon first name, I had to resist the temptation to answer “Well, not every Tom, Dick or Harry has a name like mine, but some of them do…” ---
**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 13, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/109 "2014-06-13T23:05:44Z")
OK, SCAdian! Good choice. ---
**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 14, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/110 "2014-06-14T03:18:59Z")
Yes, definitely. Well played. ---
**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 14, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/111 "2014-06-14T04:06:14Z")
Shall we try **Y**? ---
**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 14, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/112 "2014-06-14T13:04:54Z")
Y not? IQs: 1. Did you create the comic strip _Blondie_? 2. Did you sue Hanna-Barbera over a character’s name? 3. Did you “Yust Go Nuts At Christmas”? ---
**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 14, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/113 "2014-06-14T15:27:48Z")
Already can’t think of that many Y names… IQ1: Are you a New Age musician from Greece? IQ2: Are you a stand-up comic from Russia? IQ3: Are you the first American League player to hit over 400 home runs? ---
**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 14, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/114 "2014-06-14T22:45:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create the comic strip _Blondie_? > 2. Did you sue Hanna-Barbera over a character’s name? > 3. Did you “Yust Go Nuts At Christmas”? I seriously considered being Chic Young, but decided to go with another person - which is good, because it would be downright embarrassing to lose the game on the very first IQ… Not Yogi Berra. Not … Yogi Yorgesson? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Already can’t think of that many Y names… > > IQ1: Are you a New Age musician from Greece? > IQ2: Are you a stand-up comic from Russia? > IQ3: Are you the first American League player to hit over 400 home runs? Not … Yanni? Not Yakov Smirnoff. DQ. ---
**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 14, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/115 "2014-06-14T23:28:51Z")
Correct for all 3. 1. Did you play Batgirl on TV? 2. Were you a Hanna-Barbera duck? 3. Were you the artistic son of The Father of Op Art? ---
**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 14, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/116 "2014-06-14T23:41:21Z")
Carl Yaztremski DQ: Real? ---
**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 14, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/117 "2014-06-14T23:49:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you play Batgirl on TV? > 2. Were you a Hanna-Barbera duck? > 3. Were you the artistic son of The Father of Op Art? Yvonne something, I think - take a DQ. Not Yakky Doodle. DQ. ---
**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 14, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/118 "2014-06-14T23:50:32Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ: Real? Y 1. Real ---
**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 14, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/119 "2014-06-14T23:54:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct for all 3. > > 1. Did you play Batgirl on TV? > 2. Were you a Hanna-Barbera duck? > 3. Were you the artistic son of The Father of Op Art? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Yvonne something, I think - take a DQ. > Not Yakky Doodle. > DQ. Yvonne Craig. Yakky’s right. Victory Vasarely invented Op Art. His also relatively famous son called himself Yvaral. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Alive? ---
**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 14, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/120 "2014-06-14T23:56:46Z")
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