# Botticelli -- June 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 2, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923 "2020-06-02T13:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 13, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/101 "2020-06-13T13:38:21Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a civil engineer, a US president, and a New England police chief? > IQ2: Did you make frequent use of Del Floria’s Tailor Shop? > IQ3: Were you alarming but disarming, and a really very charming modern girl? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQ1: Kevin Kline? Take a DQ. > IQ2: I am not Ilya Kuryakin. > IQ3: Take a DQ. Brian Keith (_Family Affair_, _The Wind and the Lion_, and _The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming_). Correct. Karen (from the TV show _Karen_). DQ: Originally from prose fiction? One DQ 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 14, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/102 "2020-06-14T03:52:18Z")
Swept me with the Kennedys! IQs: Were you portrayed (perhaps unfairly) as the bad guy in _Breaker Morant_? Were you a US Ambassador to Japan since 1988? Was every scene but one in which you appeared cut from a major movie, and in that one, you played a corpse? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/103 "2020-06-14T06:12:34Z")
1. Was your epitaph “It was beauty killed the beast”? 2. Are you the former host of ABC’s “Nightline”? 3. Were you killed by terrorists on the _Achille Lauro_? ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/104 "2020-06-14T15:14:20Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Did you and Bia chain Prometheus for Zeus? > > 2. Did you write Odd Thomas? > > 3. Did you appear in a silent biographical movie about yourself? > > 4. Take a DQ. > > 5. I am not Dean Koontz. > > 6. Take a DQ. #1 was Kratos. Correct on Dean. #3 was Helen Keller. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/105 "2020-06-14T16:16:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you portrayed (perhaps unfairly) as the bad guy in _Breaker Morant_? > Were you a US Ambassador to Japan since 1988? > Was every scene but one in which you appeared cut from a major movie, and in that one, you played a corpse? Respectively: Take a DQ. Take a DQ. I am not Kevin Bacon. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Was your epitaph “It was beauty killed the beast”? > 2. Are you the former host of ABC’s “Nightline”? > 3. Were you killed by terrorists on the _Achille Lauro_? 1. I am not King Kong. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. 4. fictional 5. male 6. last name starts with K 7. not originally from prose fiction ---
**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 14, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/106 "2020-06-14T16:32:26Z")
DQs: 1. Created by an American or Americans? 2. Created after 1899? ---
**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 14, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/107 "2020-06-14T19:04:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3 was Helen Keller. > > 2 DQs reserved. See posts 95 and 96. ---
**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 14, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/108 "2020-06-14T22:54:53Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > See posts 95 and 96. Right. Disregard my DQ2. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/109 "2020-06-15T11:44:44Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Was your epitaph “It was beauty killed the beast”? > 2. Are you the former host of ABC’s “Nightline”? > 3. Were you killed by terrorists on the _Achille Lauro_? 1. Correct 2. Ted Koppel 3. Leon Klinghoffer DQs: 1. Originally from Film? 2. Created after 1950? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/110 "2020-06-15T14:02:38Z")
1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with K 4. not originally from prose fiction 5. created by an American or Americans 6. not originally from film 7. created after 1950 ---
**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 15, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/111 "2020-06-15T15:33:23Z")
Previous IQs: Were you portrayed (perhaps unfairly) as the bad guy in _Breaker Morant_? - Lord Kitchener Were you a US Ambassador to Japan since 1988? - Caroline Kennedy Was every scene but one in which you appeared cut from a major movie, and in that one, you played a corpse? - Not Kevin Bacon. What movie was that? I’ll rephrase. DQs: American character? Would be alive now, if real? IQs: You are not Kevin Bacon. Was every scene but one in which you appeared cut from a major movie, and in that one, you played a corpse? Were you briefly King of Wakanda? Did Queen namecheck you in a popular song? ---
**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 15, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/112 "2020-06-15T16:35:17Z")
IQs: 1. Were you one of the main characters on _Seinfeld_? 2. Were you known as “the Boop Oop a Doop Girl”? 3. Did you play Tootsie on _The Facts of Life_? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/113 "2020-06-15T18:01:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Kevin Bacon. What movie was that? I’ll rephrase. > > You are not Kevin Bacon. Was every scene but one in which you appeared cut from a major movie, and in that one, you played a corpse? > Were you briefly King of Wakanda? > Did Queen namecheck you in a popular song? Respectively: Okay, regarding my previous answer, I guessed you were referring to _The Big Chill_, and thought “The guy who plays the corpse is Kevin Bacon, right?” but it turns out that was Kevin COSTNER, not Bacon. You have a DQ. I am not Eric Killmonger. Take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you one of the main characters on _Seinfeld_? > 2. Were you known as “the Boop Oop a Doop Girl”? > 3. Did you play Tootsie on _The Facts of Life_? 1. I am not Cosmo Kramer. 2. I am not Helen Kane. 3. Take a DQ. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with K 4. not originally from prose fiction 5. created by an American or Americans 6. not originally from film 7. created after 1950 8. American character 9. it is possible this character could be alive today, if real ---
**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 15, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/114 "2020-06-15T19:49:46Z")
Thanks, **DLR**. Previous IQs: You are not Kevin Bacon. Was every scene but one in which you appeared cut from a major movie, and in that one, you played a corpse? - Yes, Kevin Costner, in _The Big Chill_ Were you briefly King of Wakanda? - Yes, Killmonger Did Queen namecheck you in a popular song? - Nikita Khrushchev (from “Killer Queen”: “A built-in remedy / For Khrushchev and Kennedy / At anytime an invitation / You can’t decline…”) DQs: Bad guy? First appeared in song? IQs: Did you love the smell of napalm in the morning? Have Jonathan Pryce and Donald Sutherland both played your dad? Were you Emma Woodhouse’s childhood friend and eventual husband? ---
**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 15, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/115 "2020-06-15T23:07:23Z")
IQ1: Were you Dobie’s beatnik friend? IQ2: Were you Jack’s son who only lived two days? IQ3: Were you you in a '60s group with Bruce and Athol? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/116 "2020-06-16T03:40:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Dobie’s beatnik friend? > IQ2: Were you Jack’s son who only lived two days? > IQ3: Were you you in a '60s group with Bruce and Athol? You rang? I am indeed like Maynard G. Krebs, big daddy! Next game goes to SCAdian. (I’ve been watching a lot of _Dobie Gillis_ lately.) ---
**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 16, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/117 "2020-06-16T11:10:35Z")
Good one. Good job, SCAdian! ---
**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 16, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/118 "2020-06-16T13:40:51Z")
EH’s list shows this hasn’t been used since last June, so … I am **Q**! ---
**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 16, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/119 "2020-06-16T14:36:27Z")
Good job, **SCAdian**! Previous IQs: Did you love the smell of napalm in the morning? - Lt. Col. Kilgore in\* Apocalypse Now\* Have Jonathan Pryce and Donald Sutherland both played your dad? - Keira Knightley, in _Pirates of the Caribbean_ and _Pride & Prejudice_ Were you Emma Woodhouse’s childhood friend and eventual husband? - George Knightley, in Jane Austen’s _Emma_ Q it is. IQs: Were you a California medical examiner played by Jack Klugman, doc? Did you help 007 in Jamaica, mon? Did you spend some time in Chino for inappropriate contact with eight-year-olds, Dude? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/120 "2020-06-16T16:06:52Z")
IQs: 1. Does one of your movies open with the dictionary definition of “pulp”? 2. Did you claim in a debate to have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency? 3. Are you the journalist who solves crimes with your cats Koko and Yum Yum? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923.md?page=7)