# 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:** 9
**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 24, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/161 "2020-06-24T15:57:03Z")
DQ: best known for theater? Two DQs reserved (plus the extra one from Elendil’s Heir). ---
**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 24, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/162 "2020-06-24T19:18:56Z")
**Q** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with Q 4. Living 5. Known from the arts 6. Born after 1949 7. Not American 8. Known from acting 9. Not European 10. Not born after 1979 11. Not best known from movies (but have appeared in a few) 12. Not born after 1964 13. Has won a top award in his field 14. Not best known for TV (but have appeared there) 15. Best known for serious roles 16. Australian 17. Last name starts with Qua or Que 18. Best known for theatre ---
**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 25, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/163 "2020-06-25T15:11:21Z")
DQs: 1. common last name? 2. best known for a specific theatrical role? One extra DQ 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:** [June 25, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/164 "2020-06-25T15:19:57Z")
DQs: 1. Known for singing? 2. Currently active? 3. Has a famous wife? ---
**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 25, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/165 "2020-06-25T15:24:46Z")
So much for my theory that you all had been kidnapped by a UFO… 😀 **Q** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with Q 4. Living 5. Known from the arts 6. Born after 1949 7. Not American 8. Known from acting 9. Not European 10. Not born after 1979 11. Not best known from movies (but have appeared in a few) 12. Not born after 1964 13. Has won a top award in his field 14. Not best known for TV (but have appeared there) 15. Best known for serious roles 16. Australian 17. Last name starts with Qua or Que 18. Best known for theatre 19. Not a common last name 20. Best known for a specific theatrical role 21. Known for singing 22. Currently active 23. Does not have a famous wife And that’s twenty. No more IQs, please, and ask all remaining earned DQs (I think EH’s is the only one left) by 1200 Eastern tomorrow, 26 June. ---
**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, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/166 "2020-06-25T15:25:29Z")
I have no clue. ---
**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 25, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/167 "2020-06-25T15:29:07Z")
Don’t be silly! There are 23 of them in the post right above yours… 😀 ---
**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, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/168 "2020-06-25T15:54:40Z")
I’m stumped, too. Can’t think of anyone who fits all the answers. ---
**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 26, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/169 "2020-06-26T16:56:31Z")
That’s it, eh? “Firstname/Lastname” DQs by noon Eastern tomorrow (27 Jun), please… ---
**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 27, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/170 "2020-06-27T15:33:31Z")
Final DQ: are you Philip Quast? ---
**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 27, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/171 "2020-06-27T17:28:18Z")
Yes! I am Philip **Q** uast ([Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Quast)), best known for playing Javert in Australia and the West End, and for singing that role at the “Dream Cast” 10th-anniversary concert. Onward… ---
**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 27, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/172 "2020-06-27T20:39:42Z")
Huh. Never heard of him. Good job, **DLR**! ---
**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 27, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/173 "2020-06-27T21:17:11Z")
New game: I am **I**. ---
**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 27, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/174 "2020-06-27T21:45:49Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > I am **I**. That seems redundant, somehow… IQ1: Were you Marvel’s answer to Alfred E Neuman? IQ2: Did you write _Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright_? IQ3: Did you play the only survivor of the prom in the '70s _Carrie_? ---
**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 28, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/175 "2020-06-28T04:10:48Z")
I it is. IQs: Did you do very badly when you gave your deposition in a sexual-harassment lawsuit? Did you record “Baby’s Got It”? Did you write bios of Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/176 "2020-06-28T10:17:16Z")
1. Did you play Gretchen Kraus on Benson? 2. Are you probably best remembered for voicing a snowman? 3. Did you play Tony in the 1975 version of Escape to Witch Mountain? ---
**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 28, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/177 "2020-06-28T13:04:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Marvel’s answer to Alfred E Neuman? > IQ2: Did you write _Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright_ ? > IQ3: Did you play the only survivor of the prom in the '70s _Carrie_ ? IQ1: I am not Irving Forbush. IQ2: I am not Isaac Asimov. IQ3: Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you do very badly when you gave your deposition in a sexual-harassment lawsuit? > Did you record “Baby’s Got It”? > Did you write bios of Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs? Respectively: Take a DQ. Take a DQ. I am not Isaacson. ---
**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 28, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/178 "2020-06-28T13:27:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > That seems redundant, somehow… > > IQ1: Were you Marvel’s answer to Alfred E Neuman? > IQ2: Did you write _Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright_ ? > IQ3: Did you play the only survivor of the prom in the '70s _Carrie_ ? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQ1: I am not Irving Forbush. > IQ2: I am not Isaac Asimov. > IQ3: Take a DQ. Correct. Correct. Amy Irving. 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 28, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/179 "2020-06-28T14:24:58Z")
Great job, DLR! I don’t remember ever hearing about Mr. Quast. IQs: 1. Did you record _Wintersong_ with Sara Bareilles? 2. Did you battle Abdul Abulbul Ameer? 3. Did you play Kinch on _Hogan’s Heroes_? ---
**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 28, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/180 "2020-06-28T15:05:22Z")
IQ1: Did you write the music for the story of the cat that won’t cop out when there’s danger all about? IQ2: Did Ducky look like you when he was young? IQ3: Were you the first Tsar of Russia? (Bonus points for getting the number correct 😀) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923.md?page=10)