# Botticelli - June 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330 "2021-06-01T03:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/1 "2021-06-01T03:59:56Z")
Technically 52 minutes early, but here we go: # I am A ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/2 "2021-06-01T05:41:50Z")
IQ1: So you are A. Did you state the rule of all knowledge is “A is A”. IQ2: Did you direct a film about two gay sheep ranchers (not cowboys!)? IQ3: Do you play guitar in a school boy uniform? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/3 "2021-06-01T07:12:27Z")
Congrats! 1. Are you the literal-minded maid in a series of children’s books by Peggy Parrish? 2. Did Clifford B. Hicks write a series of children’s books about you? 3. Are you the title character of a book by Mildred Ames that was turned into a movie starring Martha Byrne in 1981? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/4 "2021-06-01T11:37:40Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: So you are A. Did you state the rule of all knowledge is “A is A”. > IQ2: Did you direct a film about two gay sheep ranchers (not cowboys!)? > IQ3: Do you play guitar in a school boy uniform? I am not Aristotle DQ I am not Angus Young > [@kitap](#): > > - Are you the literal-minded maid in a series of children’s books by Peggy Parrish? > - Did Clifford B. Hicks write a series of children’s books about you? > - Are you the title character of a book by Mildred Ames that was turned into a movie starring Martha Byrne in 1981? I am not Amelia Bedelia 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 1, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/5 "2021-06-01T12:07:28Z")
Well done, **Miss Take**! Great choice, **EH!** IQs: 1. Did you write _Lysistrata_? 2. Did you write _Fables in Slang_? 3. Are you a werewolf in the Watch in Terry Pratchett’s _Discworld_ series? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/6 "2021-06-01T12:19:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you write _Lysistrata_ ? > - Did you write _Fables in Slang_ ? > - Are you a werewolf in the Watch in Terry Pratchett’s _Discworld_ series? I am no Aristophanes 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 1, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/7 "2021-06-01T12:33:42Z")
Correct on #1. #2 was George Ade. #3 is Angua. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/8 "2021-06-01T12:34:19Z")
## I am A 1. Real 2. 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 1, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/9 "2021-06-01T12:36:43Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have to audition to play yourself in the movie _All That Jazz_? 2. Were you a demon loved by Xander on _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_? 3. In _Cats_ are you the cat at the theatre door, whose name is usually abbreviated? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/10 "2021-06-01T12:41:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you have to audition to play yourself in the movie _All That Jazz_ ? > - Were you a demon loved by Xander on _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ ? > - In _Cats_ are you the cat at the theatre door, whose name is usually abbreviated? DQ DQ I am not Asparagus (Gus) ---
**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 1, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/11 "2021-06-01T13:00:01Z")
#1 was Ann Reinking. #2 was Anya. Correct on Gus. DQs: 1. Living? 2. Last name starts with A? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/12 "2021-06-01T13:06:03Z")
## I am A 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased (presumed) 4. First name starts with A ---
**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 1, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/13 "2021-06-01T14:59:05Z")
IQs: 1. Have you played _both_ of the World’s Finest (well, you’ve played one of them and an actor playing the other)? 2. Did you invent dynamite? 3. Do you have one hand in your pocket, and the other one’s giving a high five? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/14 "2021-06-01T15:09:42Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Have you played _both_ of the World’s Finest (well, you’ve played one of them and an actor playing the other)? > 2. Did you invent dynamite? > 3. Do you have one hand in your pocket, and the other one’s giving a high five? DQ DQ Not Alanis Morrisette ---
**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 1, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/15 "2021-06-01T15:34:18Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the founder of the Illuminati? 2. Were you a long-time panelist on _What’s My Line?_? 3. Were you Jack Burns’s comedy partner? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/16 "2021-06-01T15:42:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Were you the founder of the Illuminati? > - Were you a long-time panelist on _What’s My Line?_ ? > - Were you Jack Burns’s comedy partner? DQ Not Arlene Francis 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 1, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/17 "2021-06-01T15:44:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Were you the founder of the Illuminati? > > > - Were you a long-time panelist on _What’s My Line?_ ? > > - Were you Jack Burns’s comedy partner? DQ Not Arlene Francis DQ [/quote] #1 was Adam Weishaupt. Correct on Arlene. #3 was Avery Schreiber. DQs: 1. American? 2. Died after 1950? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/18 "2021-06-01T15:46:30Z")
## I am A 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased (presumed) 4. First name starts with A 5. American 6. Presumed to have died before 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 1, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/19 "2021-06-01T16:30:19Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > DQ > DQ > Not Alanis Morrisette 1 was Ben Affleck (as Batman and as George Reeves playing Superman in _Hollywoodland_); 2 was Alfred Nobel. DQs: 1. presumed to have died after 1900? 2. disappeared? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/20 "2021-06-01T17:30:42Z")
## I am A 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased (presumed) 4. First name starts with A 5. American 6. Presumed to have died before 1950 7. Presumed to have died after 1900 8. Disappeared [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330.md?page=2)