# 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:** 17
**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 23, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/321 "2017-06-23T22:53:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Michael McKean portray you in _Clue_? > 2. Are you Lumpy Brannum’s best known character? > 3. Did the Kingsmen sing about you in 1964? not Reverend Green, DQ 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 23, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/322 "2017-06-23T23:37:01Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Michael McKean portray you in Clue? > 2. Are you Lumpy Brannum’s best known character? > 3. Did the Kingsmen sing about you in 1964? > not Reverend Green, DQ DQ DQ: Best known for appearing as yourself? 1 DQ reserved. #1 was indeed Mr. Green (not Rev., but close enough) #2 was Mr. Greenjeans on _Captain Kangaroo_. #3 was the Jolly Green Giant (ho ho ho). ---
**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 24, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/323 "2017-06-24T01:14:27Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. First name starts with G 5. Born before 1959 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Has acted, but not known as an actor 9. Not best known as a singer or musician 10. American 11. Has not won a top award in his field 12. White 13. Not a comic/comedian 14. Not best known for appearing as himself ---
**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 24, 2017, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/324 "2017-06-24T11:10:29Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a Moon Man from _The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show_? 2. Did you have a hit with _She’s Too Fat For Me_? 3. Are you one of the two named mice in Disney’s _Cinderella_? ---
**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 24, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/325 "2017-06-24T12:32:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Moon Man from _The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show_? > 2. Did you have a hit with _She’s Too Fat For Me_? > 3. Are you one of the two named mice in Disney’s _Cinderella_? take 3 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:** [June 24, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/326 "2017-06-24T12:48:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Moon Man from _The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show_? > 2. Did you have a hit with _She’s Too Fat For Me_? > 3. Are you one of the two named mice in Disney’s _Cinderella_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > take 3 DQs #1. The Moon Men were Cloyd and Gibney. #2 was Arthur Godfrey. #3. The mice are Jacques and Gus-Gus. 3 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 24, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/327 "2017-06-24T19:48:11Z")
Previous Qs: Does your act usually involve you bashing a watermelon? - Yes, Gallagher Did you star in _Shakes the Clown_? - Yes, Bobcat Goldthwaite Did you costar in the 1970s _Buck Rogers_? - Erin Gray, as Wilma Deering DQ: Greatest fame before 2000? IQs: Were you often Holmes’s foil at Scotland Yard? Did you tell a reporter you reserved your feelings for your wife? Did an admiring young lawyer get a tattoo of you? ---
**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 24, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/328 "2017-06-24T22:12:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you often Holmes’s foil at Scotland Yard? > Did you tell a reporter you reserved your feelings for your wife? > Did an admiring young lawyer get a tattoo of you? DQ, DQ, not Erle Stanley Garner? ---
**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 24, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/329 "2017-06-24T22:13:03Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. First name starts with G 5. Born before 1959 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Has acted, but not known as an actor 9. Not best known as a singer or musician 10. American 11. Has not won a top award in his field 12. White 13. Not a comic/comedian 14. Not best known for appearing as himself 15. Greatest fame before 2000 ---
**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 25, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/330 "2017-06-25T04:04:44Z")
Previous IQs: Were you often Holmes’s foil at Scotland Yard? - G. Lestrade (Conan Doyle never told us his full first name) Did you tell a reporter you reserved your feelings for your wife? - SECSTATE George C. Marshall, when asked how he “felt” about a bill pending in Congress Did an admiring young lawyer get a tattoo of you? - Ruth Bader Ginsburg: [Why Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg means so much to millennials.](http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/amicus/2016/09/why_justice_ruth_bader_ginsburg_means_so_much_to_millennials.html) DQs: TV personality? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Did Jack Benny arrange to send ham and eggs to your hotel room on your wedding night? Did you live at stately Wayne Manor? Was Gloin your dad? ---
**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 25, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/331 "2017-06-25T12:54:33Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. First name starts with G 5. Born before 1959 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Has acted, but not known as an actor 9. Not best known as a singer or musician 10. American 11. Has not won a top award in his field 12. White 13. Not a comic/comedian 14. Not best known for appearing as himself 15. Greatest fame before 2000 16. Not a TV personality ---
**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 25, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/332 "2017-06-25T12:56:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did Jack Benny arrange to send ham and eggs to your hotel room on your wedding night? > Did you live at stately Wayne Manor? > Was Gloin your dad? DQ, not Dick Grayson, not Gimli ---
**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 25, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/333 "2017-06-25T15:13:10Z")
DQ: Common first name? 2 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 25, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/334 "2017-06-25T16:41:10Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. First name starts with G 5. Born before 1959 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Has acted, but not known as an actor 9. Not best known as a singer or musician 10. American 11. Has not won a top award in his field 12. White 13. Not a comic/comedian 14. Not best known for appearing as himself 15. Greatest fame before 2000 16. Not a TV personality 17. Common first name ---
**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 25, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/335 "2017-06-25T23:30:54Z")
DQ: Known from sports? ---
**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 25, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/336 "2017-06-25T23:31:58Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a “Gorgeous” pro wrestler? 2. Are you a pugilist who named all of his sons after himself? 3. Were you a lion tamer for the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus? ---
**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 25, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/337 "2017-06-25T23:46:45Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. First name starts with G 5. Born before 1959 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Has acted, but not known as an actor 9. Not best known as a singer or musician 10. American 11. Has not won a top award in his field 12. White 13. Not a comic/comedian 14. Not best known for appearing as himself 15. Greatest fame before 2000 16. Not a TV personality 17. Common first name 18. Not known for sports ---
**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 25, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/338 "2017-06-25T23:48:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a “Gorgeous” pro wrestler? > 2. Are you a pugilist who named all of his sons after himself? > 3. Were you a lion tamer for the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus? not Gorgeous George, not George Foreman, not George Siegfried? ---
**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 25, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/339 "2017-06-25T23:52:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a “Gorgeous” pro wrestler? > 2. Are you a pugilist who named all of his sons after himself? > 3. Were you a lion tamer for the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Gorgeous George, not George Foreman, not George Siegfried? Correct on 1 and 2, #3 was Gunther Gebel-Williams. 2 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 26, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/340 "2017-06-26T01:49:56Z")
Previous IQs: Did Jack Benny arrange to send ham and eggs to your hotel room on your wedding night? - Gracie, wife of George Burns Did you live at stately Wayne Manor? - Yes, Dick Grayson Was Gloin your dad? - Yes, Gimli One DQ reserved. Can’t figure out who this guy is. Hmmm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187.md?page=18)