# Botticelli - June 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 5, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187 "2017-06-05T17:19:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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 21, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/281 "2017-06-21T23:41:35Z")
In case SCAdian didn’t nail it: IQ: Did you star as Mary Carson in _The Thorn Birds_? ---
**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 21, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/282 "2017-06-21T23:59:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > If this isn’t it, I give up… > > IQ: Were you the female lead in _Sunset Boulevard_? I am not Gloria Swanson. ---
**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 22, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/283 "2017-06-22T00:00:04Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > In case SCAdian didn’t nail it: > > IQ: Did you star as Mary Carson in _The Thorn Birds_? Yes, I am Barbara Stanwyck! Well done, KO! ---
**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 22, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/284 "2017-06-22T00:14:46Z")
Heard of her; don’t believe I’ve ever seen her in anything. ---
**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 22, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/285 "2017-06-22T11:26:30Z")
Let us go with G! ---
**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 22, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/286 "2017-06-22T13:01:27Z")
Just had to do that, didn’t you? 🙂 See y’all next week… ---
**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 22, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/287 "2017-06-22T13:35:18Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a leading British historian and biographer of Winston Churchill? 2. Were you fired from your longtime job as a duck’s voice? 3. Do you play Leslie Winkle on _The Big Bang Theory_? ---
**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 22, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/288 "2017-06-22T13:48:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a leading British historian and biographer of Winston Churchill? > 2. Were you fired from your longtime job as a duck’s voice? > 3. Do you play Leslie Winkle on _The Big Bang Theory_? DQ, not Gilbert Godfried, not Sara Gilbert ---
**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 22, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/289 "2017-06-22T14:13:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a leading British historian and biographer of Winston Churchill? > 2. Were you fired from your longtime job as a duck’s voice? > 3. Do you play Leslie Winkle on _The Big Bang Theory_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, not Gilbert Godfried, not Sara Gilbert #1 was Martin Gilbert. Correct on 2 and 3. Gilbert x3! DQ: 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 22, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/290 "2017-06-22T14:16:16Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _Girl from Ipanema_? 2. Did you accompany #1 on _Girl from Ipanema_? 3. Did you invent the printing press? ---
**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 22, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/291 "2017-06-22T15:02:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. Gen. Truman Seymour was a Captain (I think) at the Battle of Fort Sumter, but was a General at the one battle of the Civil War that took place in Florida. (I don’t recall the name of that battle.) He may or may not have been an ancestor of mine - the genealogy is spotty. Ah, yes, I vaguely remember having heard of him. Thanks. Previous IQs: Were you an actress other than Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith who played one of Charlie’s Angels on TV? - This was Shelly Hack Were you an actress, not Jane Seymour, who shared a last name with a Civil War general? - Ann Sheridan Were you a mistress of Gov. Willie Stark in _All the King’s Men_? - Ann Stanton Good job, **KO**! On to G. IQs: Were you a noted German tank general during WWII? Was your usual breakfast oatcakes covered in honey? Were you that person’s spouse? ---
**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 22, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/292 "2017-06-22T18:36:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Girl from Ipanema_? > 2. Did you accompany #1 on _Girl from Ipanema_? > 3. Did you invent the printing press? not Stan Getz? (so many covers), DQ, not Guttenburg ---
**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 22, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/293 "2017-06-22T18:38:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a noted German tank general during WWII? > Was your usual breakfast oatcakes covered in honey? > Were you that person’s spouse? not Irwin Grommell (ha ha ha) take 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 22, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/294 "2017-06-22T18:43:39Z")
DQ Roundup 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 22, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/295 "2017-06-22T20:12:44Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Stan Getz? (so many covers), DQ, not Guttenburg Correct on Stan Getz. #2 was Astrid Gilberto. Correct on Gutenberg. DQ: Male? ---
**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 22, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/296 "2017-06-22T20:14:56Z")
IQs: 1. Was your best friend an ape named Ape? 2. Were you Darren & Samantha Stevens’s nosy neighbor? 3. Did you have a hit with _Poker Face_? ---
**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 22, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/297 "2017-06-22T20:22:36Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a noted German tank general during WWII? - Heinz Guderian, the subject of an earlier Botticelli round Was your usual breakfast oatcakes covered in honey? - George Washington Were you that person’s spouse? - Martha Washington (withdrawn; I was thinking the letter was W, not G) DQs: Living? Last name starts with G? IQs: Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? A real person, do you appear in a single scene of _Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell_? Were you the best-known person to hail from New Rumley, Ohio? ---
**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 22, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/298 "2017-06-22T21:05:05Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. First name starts with G ---
**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 22, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/299 "2017-06-22T21:06:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your best friend an ape named Ape? > 2. Were you Darren & Samantha Stevens’s nosy neighbor? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Poker Face_? not George of the Jungle, not Gladys Kravitz, not George Jones? ---
**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 22, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/300 "2017-06-22T21:10:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? > A real person, do you appear in a single scene of _Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell_? > Were you the best-known person to hail from New Rumley, Ohio? DQ, DQ, not US Grant? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187.md?page=16)