# Botticelli - June 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 11, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899 "2018-06-11T17:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**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 8, 2018, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/301 "2018-07-08T11:58:21Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with C 4. Living 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the performing arts 8. Has won a top award 9. Born since 1950 10. Actor 11. Considered handsome 12. Known for movie work 13. Born before 1975 14. Best known for dramatic action films 15. Has won 2 acting Oscars 16. Not usually the leading man ---
**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 8, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/302 "2018-07-08T11:59:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the second actor to play James T. Kirk? > Did you tell the children during story time to scootch closer? > Did you play a very sad man in a movie with a soundtrack that included excerpts from Handel’s _Messiah_? 1. I am not Chris Pine. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 8, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/303 "2018-07-08T17:33:58Z")
Previous IQs: Are you the second actor to play James T. Kirk? - Yes, Chris Pine Did you tell the children during story time to scootch closer? - Christopher Walken: [The Simpsons - Christopher Walken reads Goodnight Moon - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ1mdBYrFBU) Did you play a very sad man in a movie with a soundtrack that included excerpts from Handel’s _Messiah_? - Casey Affleck, in _Manchester by the Sea_ DQs: European? Greatest fame before 2000? IQs: Have you played an Austrian, a Swede and a Klingon? Have you played a corpse, a bowman and a cowboy? Were you ridiculed for your Cockney accent in a movie? ---
**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 8, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/304 "2018-07-08T20:56:06Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with C 4. Living 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the performing arts 8. Has won a top award 9. Born since 1950 10. Actor 11. Considered handsome 12. Known for movie work 13. Born before 1975 14. Best known for dramatic action films 15. Has won 2 acting Oscars 16. Not usually the leading man 17. European 18. Greatest fame after 2000 ---
**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 8, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/305 "2018-07-08T20:57:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Have you played an Austrian, a Swede and a Klingon? > Have you played a corpse, a bowman and a cowboy? > Were you ridiculed for your Cockney accent in a movie? #2. I am not Kevin Costner (???) Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 9, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/306 "2018-07-09T03:45:08Z")
Previous IQs: Have you played an Austrian, a Swede and a Klingon? - Christopher Plummer, in _The Sound of Music, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_ and _Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country_ Have you played a corpse, a bowman and a cowboy? - Yes, Kevin Costner, in _The Big Chill, Prince of Thieves_ and _Silverado_ Were you ridiculed for your Cockney accent in a movie? - Don Cheadle, in _Ocean’s 11_ Hmm. Two more DQs (reserved) to wrap it up. What should I ask? ---
**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 9, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/307 "2018-07-09T14:21:53Z")
IQ1: Did you portray a British monarch who worked with a speech therapist? IQ2: Did you portray Batman in _The Dark Knight_? IQ3: Did you portray an SS officer in _Inglorious Basterds_? ---
**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 9, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/308 "2018-07-09T17:13:45Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ3: Did you portray an SS officer in _Inglorious Basterds_? Jawohl! Ich ben Christoph Waltz! Good job, KO! ---
**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 9, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/309 "2018-07-09T17:18:43Z")
Gut! New letter is P! ---
**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 9, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/310 "2018-07-09T17:20:44Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_? 2. Are you the hero of a German scifi series whose epic adventures have been published as a monthly serial since 1961? 3. Are you Popeye’s father? ---
**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 9, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/311 "2018-07-09T17:49:09Z")
Nice one. I wouldn’t have thought of him. Congrats, **KO**! IQs: Did Elizabeth Banks play your boss’s sexy secretary? Are you the son of an ambassador who became an ambassador yourself? Have you served several times as the backstage narrator of the Oscar ceremonies? ---
**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 9, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/312 "2018-07-09T22:12:02Z")
Prof and EH, take 3 DQs each. ---
**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 10, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/313 "2018-07-10T02:35:06Z")
Previous IQs: Did Elizabeth Banks play your boss’s sexy secretary? - Peter Parker’s boss was J. Jonah Jameson; Banks was in at least one of the _Spider-Man_ movies as his secretary: [https://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTYyNDA1NzUxM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwOTQ3NzY3.\_V1\_SX640\_SY720\_.jpg](https://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTYyNDA1NzUxM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwOTQ3NzY3._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg) Are you the son of an ambassador who became an ambassador yourself? - Peter Galbraith (to Croatia), son of John Kenneth Galbraith (India). Have you served several times as the backstage narrator of the Oscar ceremonies? - Peter Coyote Peter x3! DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with P? IQs: Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? The first Episcopal Bishop of Ohio, did you found Kenyon College? Were you Arthur’s adorable puppy? ---
**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 10, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/314 "2018-07-10T16:42:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_? > 2. Are you the hero of a German scifi series whose epic adventures have been published as a monthly serial since 1961? > 3. Are you Popeye’s father? #1 was Phil Tead. #2 is Perry Rhodan. #3 is Poopdeck Pappy. 3 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:** [July 10, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/315 "2018-07-10T18:40:59Z")
DQ roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with P ---
**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 10, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/316 "2018-07-10T18:48:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? > The first Episcopal Bishop of Ohio, did you found Kenyon College? > Were you Arthur’s adorable puppy? take 3 DQs again ---
**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 10, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/317 "2018-07-10T21:48:23Z")
DQs: 1. Living? 2. American? 3. Known for the Arts? ---
**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 11, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/318 "2018-07-11T05:24:59Z")
Previous IQs: Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? - Preem Palver, in Asimov’s _Foundation_ series The first Episcopal Bishop of Ohio, did you found Kenyon College? - Philander Chase Were you Arthur’s adorable puppy? - Pal, in the kids’ _Arthur_ books and PBS series DQs: Born since 1950? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Do you live next door to a pineapple under the sea? Did you play a demonic character on the original _Battlestar Galactica_? Were you the most prominent Virginia Anti-Federalist? ---
**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 11, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/319 "2018-07-11T15:26:54Z")
DQ roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with P 4. Living 5. American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Born since 1950 ---
**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 11, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/320 "2018-07-11T15:29:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Do you live next door to a pineapple under the sea? > Did you play a demonic character on the original _Battlestar Galactica_? > Were you the most prominent Virginia Anti-Federalist? this is going to be a short game take 3 DQs [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899.md?page=17)