# Botticelli June 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 2, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445 "2015-06-02T15:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**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 18, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/321 "2015-06-18T13:24:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you lead the first party to reach the South Pole? > IQ2: Did you lead the second party to reach the South Pole? > IQ3: Did Harold, Phil, Don and Lew wonder what had happened to you? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > take 3 DQs Roald Amundsen. Robert Falcon Scott. Randolph [Scott](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ymC7ipQWk). DQ1: Known for the Arts? DQ2: Born east of the Mississippi? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Were “How Blue” and “Whoever’s in New England” #1 hits for you? IQ2: Were you an ecdysiast who appeared in _Stage Door Canteen_? IQ3: Was “Killing Me Softly with His Song” a #1 hit for you? ---
**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 18, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/322 "2015-06-18T13:45:10Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a British statesman who wrote biographies of both Gladstone and Churchill? - Roy Jenkins. Did you never visit your son at school despite his heartbreaking notes begging you to? - Lord Randolph Churchill, cold-as-ice father of Winston Churchill. Did you and Jim Baker swap jobs in 1985? - Yes, Donald Regan. DQs: Born since 1975? Considered a beauty? IQs: Are you Howard Stern’s retired-military sidekick? Were you the second Saavik? Did you ruefully observe that it can be hard getting your pay from a dead king? ---
**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 18, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/323 "2015-06-18T14:04:02Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you appear in both Diff’rent Strokes and The Facts of Life? > 2. Did Clarice sing “There’s Always Tomorrow” to you? > 3. Did you play piano for Jimmy Dean on his show? > I’m on a roll today > > Take 3 DQs #1 was Charlotte Rae. #2 was Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer in the Rankin Bass holiday perennial. #3 was Rowlf the Dog, in the early days of Jim Henson’s muppeteering. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/324 "2015-06-18T14:38:43Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did your first major league team regard you as a bust, and trade you for Jim Fregosi? > > IQ2) Were you a British Home Secretary regularly mocked (and compared to a fish) on _ **Monty Python’s Flying Circus?** _ > > IQ3) Did you die on the couch while being interviewed about health food on _ **The Dick Cavett Show** _? 1. Nolan Ryan 2. Reginald Maudling 3. J.I. Rodale Holding 3 DQs ---
**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 18, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/325 "2015-06-18T22:58:34Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Alive 3. Female 4. First name starts with R 5. American 6. Not known for the arts 7. Not born east of the Mississippi River 8. Born since 1975 9. Not known for beauty ---
**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 18, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/326 "2015-06-18T22:59:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were “How Blue” and “Whoever’s in New England” #1 hits for you? > IQ2: Were you an ecdysiast who appeared in _Stage Door Canteen_? > IQ3: Was “Killing Me Softly with His Song” a #1 hit for you? dunno x2, not Roberta Flack ---
**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 18, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/327 "2015-06-18T23:03:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you Howard Stern’s retired-military sidekick? > Were you the second Saavik? > Did you ruefully observe that it can be hard getting your pay from a dead king? not Robin Quivers, the 2nd Saavik sucked and I don’t remember her name, dunno ---
**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 19, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/328 "2015-06-19T02:32:18Z")
DQ: Known for Sports? ---
**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 19, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/329 "2015-06-19T04:02:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were “How Blue” and “Whoever’s in New England” #1 hits for you? > IQ2: Were you an ecdysiast who appeared in _Stage Door Canteen_? > IQ3: Was “Killing Me Softly with His Song” a #1 hit for you? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno x2, not Roberta Flack Reba McEntire. Gypsy Rose Lee. Correct. IQ: Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line? Two DQs reserved. ---
**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, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/330 "2015-06-19T04:20:19Z")
Previous IQs: Are you Howard Stern’s retired-military sidekick? - Yes, Robin Quivers. Were you the second Saavik? - Robin Curtis (not nearly as good as Kirstie A. in the role, I agree). Did you ruefully observe that it can be hard getting your pay from a dead king? - Robin Hood, in the Russell Crowe version. Robin x3! DQs: Best known for a single incident? Won a top award in her field? IQs: Did you write _Joseph Anton_? Were you a very bad untitled man in Westeros? Were you the youngest marsupial about whom A.A. Milne wrote? ---
**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 19, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/331 "2015-06-19T12:03:10Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Alive 3. Female 4. First name starts with R 5. American 6. Not known for the arts 7. Not born east of the Mississippi River 8. Born since 1975 9. Not known for beauty 10. Not known for sports 11. Born north of Mason-Dixon line 12. Best known for single incident 13. Has not won a top award in her field ---
**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 19, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/332 "2015-06-19T12:06:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you write _Joseph Anton_? > Were you a very bad untitled man in Westeros? > Were you the youngest marsupial about whom A.A. Milne wrote? dunno, not Mance Rayder(?), not Roo ---
**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 19, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/333 "2015-06-19T12:50:32Z")
DQ: Best known for a criminal act? 1 DQ 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 19, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/334 "2015-06-19T14:48:22Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Alive 3. Female 4. First name starts with R 5. American 6. Not known for the arts 7. Not born east of the Mississippi River 8. Born since 1975 9. Not known for beauty 10. Not known for sports 11. Born north of Mason-Dixon line 12. Best known for single incident 13. Has not won a top award in her field 14. Incident may be regarded as criminal, but prosecution has yet to occur ---
**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, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/335 "2015-06-19T15:38:40Z")
Previous IQs: Did you write _Joseph Anton_? - Salman Rushdie, about his time in hiding after the _Satanic Verses_ fatwa was announced. It was his pseudonym, after Joseph Conrad and Anton Chekhov, writers whom he loved. Were you a very bad untitled man in Westeros? - I’ll rephrase. Were you the youngest marsupial about whom A.A. Milne wrote? - Yes, Roo. DQ: If prosecuted, would probably be on Federal charge(s)? IQs: Were you a very bad untitled man in Westeros who hung out with Biter? Was Gendry one of your bastards? Did you appear in a cola ad with a pop starlet and a dog? ---
**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 19, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/336 "2015-06-19T17:07:11Z")
I’m revising DQ 14. EH, you can ask another DQ if you wish. DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Alive 3. Female 4. First name starts with R 5. American 6. Not known for the arts 7. Not born east of the Mississippi River 8. Born since 1975 9. Not known for beauty 10. Not known for sports 11. Born north of Mason-Dixon line 12. Best known for single incident 13. Has not won a top award in her field 14. While perhaps not a criminal act, incident could be subject to lawsuit ---
**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, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/337 "2015-06-19T18:14:42Z")
Hmmm. DQ: Lawsuit likely to be filed in Federal court? And from before: IQs: Were you a very bad untitled man in Westeros who hung out with Biter? Was Gendry one of your bastards? Did you appear in a cola ad with a pop starlet and a dog? ---
**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 19, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/338 "2015-06-19T19:04:11Z")
DQ: Incident happen in 2010 or later? IQs: 1. Did you hang with Yank, Doodle, Dan and Dee? 2. Did you hang with Droop-a-Long? 3. Are you the Pharaoh to whom Moses probably said “Let my people go!”? ---
**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 19, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/339 "2015-06-19T19:08:23Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Alive 3. Female 4. First name starts with R 5. American 6. Not known for the arts 7. Not born east of the Mississippi River 8. Born since 1975 9. Not known for beauty 10. Not known for sports 11. Born north of Mason-Dixon line 12. Best known for single incident 13. Has not won a top award in her field 14. While perhaps not a criminal act, incident could be subject to lawsuit 15. Potential lawsuit most likely not federal in nature 16. Incident happened in 2010 or later ---
**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 19, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/340 "2015-06-19T19:14:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a very bad untitled man in Westeros who hung out with Biter? > Was Gendry one of your bastards? > Did you appear in a cola ad with a pop starlet and a dog? dunno, not Robert Baratheon, not Roger Clemens(?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445.md?page=18)