# 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:** 28
**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 2, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/541 "2015-07-02T13:38:28Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a whip-wielding actor in old Hollywood westerns? > 2. Did you create Miss Peach? > 3. Did you host a body-building/exercise show in the 1960’s? > Not Lash LaRue or Jack LaLanne > > Take a DQ for 2 Correct, Mel Lazarus, correct. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/542 "2015-07-02T14:14:48Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Dead 4. American 5. Died after 1950 6. Last name(s) started with L 7. Not known for the arts 8. Died after 2000 9. Not involved in science 10. Born very slightly West of the Mississippi 11. Not a political figure 12. Not connected to sports 13. Not famous for just one incident ---
**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 2, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/543 "2015-07-02T14:53:13Z")
DQ: Known for business? ---
**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 2, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/544 "2015-07-02T14:55:36Z")
Previous IQs: Did you create the original _Battlestar Galactica_? - Yes, Glen Larson. Did you like to draw mischievous cows and women with beehive hairdos? - Yes, _The Far Side_’s Gary Larson. Was a Pennsylvania fort named after you? - Lord Ligonier: [Fort Ligonier - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ligonier) One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you the Imperial Planetologist on Arrakis? Were you R. Daneel Olivaw’s partner? Were you the nerdiest guy at WKRP? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/545 "2015-07-02T15:21:00Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Dead 4. American 5. Died after 1950 6. Last name(s) started with L 7. Not known for the arts 8. Died after 2000 9. Not involved in science 10. Born very slightly West of the Mississippi 11. Not a political figure 12. Not connected to sports 13. Not famous for just one incident 14. Not a businesswoman or entrepreneur ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/546 "2015-07-02T15:22:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the Imperial Planetologist on Arrakis? > Were you R. Daneel Olivaw’s partner? > Were you the nerdiest guy at WKRP? Not Les Nessman Take DQs for 1 and 2 ---
**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 2, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/547 "2015-07-02T19:25:19Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the father of the knight who found the Holy Grail? 2. Did you write _The Phantom of the Opera_? 3. Did you play the Hulk on TV and in movies? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/548 "2015-07-02T19:29:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the father of the knight who found the Holy Grail? > 2. Did you write _The Phantom of the Opera_? > 3. Did you play the Hulk on TV and in movies? Not Lancelot, Gaston Leroux or Lou Ferrigno. ---
**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 2, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/549 "2015-07-02T19:37:32Z")
Correct on all three. IQs: 1. Were you Clyde Crashcup’s assistant? 2. Were you a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named? 3. Were you the foremost Polish author of science fiction? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/550 "2015-07-02T20:02:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct on all three. > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Clyde Crashcup’s assistant? > 2. Were you a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named? > 3. Were you the foremost Polish author of science fiction? Not Leonardo (I used to watch the Chipmunks, too!) or Poe’s Leonore. Take a DQ for #3 (they always get me on sci fi 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:** [July 2, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/551 "2015-07-02T20:12:02Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the Imperial Planetologist on Arrakis? - Liet Kynes, in _Dune_. Were you R. Daneel Olivaw’s partner? - Lije Bailey, in _The Caves of Steel_ and other Asimov stories. Were you the nerdiest guy at WKRP? - Yes, Les Nessman. DQs: Journalist? Won a top prize in her field? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you involuntarily shifting between different universes in an episode of _Star Trek: The Original Series_? Did you have a special pillow embroidered with, “If you can’t say anything nice, sit right next to me”? Did you have to have some letters retyped because you got blood on them? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/552 "2015-07-02T20:28:45Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Dead 4. American 5. Died after 1950 6. Last name(s) started with L 7. Not known for the arts 8. Died after 2000 9. Not involved in science 10. Born very slightly West of the Mississippi 11. Not a political figure 12. Not connected to sports 13. Not a journalist, exactly, but something akin to a journalist 14. Never won a major award (not sure her profession HAS a top prize), but won all kinds of honorary prizes over career ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/553 "2015-07-02T20:31:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you involuntarily shifting between different universes in an episode of _Star Trek: The Original Series_? > Did you have a special pillow embroidered with, “If you can’t say anything nice, sit right next to me”? > Did you have to have some letters retyped because you got blood on them? Not Alice Roosevelt Longworth Take DQs for 1 or 3 ---
**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 2, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/554 "2015-07-02T20:51:21Z")
IQ1: Are you really Joseph Levitch? IQ2: Are you really Sofia Scicolone? IQ3: Are you really Harold Lipschitz? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/555 "2015-07-02T21:23:16Z")
Not Jerry Lewis. Not Sophia Loren Not… Ralph Lauren? ---
**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 2, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/556 "2015-07-02T23:05:11Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you an actress who was discovered in 1937 by a reporter as you sipped a soda in a Hollywood ice cream parlor? > IQ2: Are you the stepson of swimming film star Esther Williams and known for playing Lance Cumson on the 1980s soap opera Falcon Crest? > IQ3: Were you a motivational speaker and PBS star known as Dr Love? > > Not Lana Turner or… Lorenzo Lamas? correct x2, Leo Buscaglia holding 2 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:** [July 2, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/557 "2015-07-02T23:17:13Z")
IQ1: Are you a recurring character in books by Robert Heinlein whose birth name was Woodrow Wilson Smith? IQ2: Did you portray sassy phone operator Ernestine in _Laugh-In_? IQ3: Are you an Argentinian pianist who composed the theme to _Mission Impossible_ and _Dirty Harry_? DQ: Known for a historical event? holding a 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:** [July 3, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/558 "2015-07-03T01:00:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you really Joseph Levitch? > IQ2: Are you really Sofia Scicolone? > IQ3: Are you really Harold Lipschitz? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Jerry Lewis. > > Not Sophia Loren > > Not… Ralph Lauren? Correct. Correct. Hal Linden. Two DQs (one from now and one from a few posts back) reserved. ---
**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 3, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/559 "2015-07-03T02:54:40Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Late, Great Planet Earth_? 2. Did you star in _The Parent Trap_ with Jamie Lee Curtis? 3. Were you Debbie Reynolds’ daughter’s best known role? ---
**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 3, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/560 "2015-07-03T03:43:56Z")
Previous IQs: Were you involuntarily shifting between different universes in an episode of _Star Trek: The Original Series_? - Lazarus. Did you have a special pillow embroidered with, “If you can’t say anything nice, sit right next to me”? - Yes, T.R.'s ornery daughter, Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Did you have to have some letters retyped because you got blood on them? - Lyndon Johnson, who had very dry skin as a young man. DQ: Commentator/critic? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Did you play the treasonous Gen. Scott? Were you a cleric who had a major college named after you? Were you an Italian who wrote _The Leopard_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445.md?page=29)