# 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:** 13
**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 17, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/241 "2021-06-17T12:39:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Jefferson Davis; 2 was Dana Delaney; 3 was Phillip K. Dick. DQ: first name begins with D? 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 17, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/242 "2021-06-17T13:25:00Z")
IQs: Were you a woman named Varina with a famous husband? Did you play a preacher with a troubled son in _Jungle Fever_? Were you a country singer who got his own Seventies variety show? ---
**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 17, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/243 "2021-06-17T13:50:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a woman named Varina with a famous husband? > Did you play a preacher with a troubled son in _Jungle Fever_ ? > Were you a country singer who got his own Seventies variety show? #3. I am not Mac Davis (??) 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:** [June 17, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/244 "2021-06-17T14:56:08Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a woman named Varina with a famous husband? - Varina Davis, Jefferson’s wife Did you play a preacher with a troubled son in _Jungle Fever_? - Ossie Davis Were you a country singer who got his own Seventies variety show? - Yes, Mac Davis Davis x3! DQs: American? Last name start with D? IQs: Did you sacrifice yourself to stop a military coup on the Moon? Were you Mrs. Rehnquist’s codename in _True Lies_? Were you a Civil War governor of Ohio? ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/245 "2021-06-17T14:57:44Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. First name does not start with D 5. American 6. Last name starts with D ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/246 "2021-06-17T14:58:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you sacrifice yourself to stop a military coup on the Moon? > Were you Mrs. Rehnquist’s codename in _True Lies_ ? > Were you a Civil War governor of Ohio? #2. I am not Doris. 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:** [June 17, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/247 "2021-06-17T15:06:28Z")
Previous IQs: Did you sacrifice yourself to stop a military coup on the Moon? - Ezra Dahlquist, in Heinlein’s 1949 short story “The Long Watch” Were you Mrs. Rehnquist’s codename in _True Lies_? - Yes, “Doris” (along with her husband, “Boris”) Were you a Civil War governor of Ohio? - David Tod DQs: Political/military? Born since 1950? IQs: Do you work for the PHB? Did Lincoln appoint you to SCOTUS? Are you the bad guy in _The Quiet 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:** [June 17, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/248 "2021-06-17T15:19:57Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:245, topic:943330, full:true”] **DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. First name does not start with D 5. American 6. Last name starts with D 7. Not political/military 8. Born since 1950 ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/249 "2021-06-17T15:21:06Z")
IQs: Do you work for the PHB? Did Lincoln appoint you to SCOTUS? Are you the bad guy in _The Quiet Man_ ? [/quote] #2. I am not David Davis (??) 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:** [June 17, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/250 "2021-06-17T15:36:35Z")
Previous IQs: Do you work for the PHB? - Dilbert (and the Pointy-Haired Boss) Did Lincoln appoint you to SCOTUS? - Yes, David Davis Are you the bad guy in _The Quiet Man_? - Danaher DQs: Best known for the Arts? Has won a top award in his field? IQs: Was a joke slogan in a political campaign in which you ran “Better a lizard than a wizard”? Did you serve in the Army during the Korean War and had the middle name Stanley? Did you write the _New World Symphony_? ---
**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 17, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/251 "2021-06-17T16:26:16Z")
IQs: 1. A highly successful singer-songwriter, actress, and businesswoman, have you reportedly said “I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb–and I’m not blonde either”? 2. Were you a scientist scientist in _Barbarella_? 3. Speaking of scientists, did you envision a sphere surrounding a star to capture its energy? DQ: born before 1980? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/252 "2021-06-17T22:30:51Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Did you notoriously “Do Dallas”? > 2. Are you Sophronia Temminick’s best friend in the Finishing School series? > 3. Did Hoyt Axton write a song about you and the Dealer and a dog named Jake? Correct, Dimity Ann Plumleigh-Teignmott, correct. DQ: Caucasian? ---
**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 17, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/253 "2021-06-17T22:34:41Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:248, topic:943330”] **DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. First name does not start with D 5. American 6. Last name starts with D 7. Not political/military 8. Born since 1950 9. Best known for the Arts 10. Has not won a top award in his field 11. Born before 1980 12. Not Caucasian ---
**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 17, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/254 "2021-06-17T22:36:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was a joke slogan in a political campaign in which you ran “Better a lizard than a wizard”? > Did you serve in the Army during the Korean War and had the middle name Stanley? > Did you write the _New World Symphony_ ? 1. I am not David Duke. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Dvorak. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. A highly successful singer-songwriter, actress, and businesswoman, have you reportedly said “I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb–and I’m not blonde either”? > 2. Were you a scientist scientist in _Barbarella_ ? > 3. Speaking of scientists, did you envision a sphere surrounding a star to capture its energy? 1. I am not Deborah Harry. 2. I am not Durand Durand. 3. I am not Dyson. ---
**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 17, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/255 "2021-06-17T22:48:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Deborah Harry. > 2. I am not Durand Durand. > 3. I am not Dyson. 1 was Dolly Parton. Correct on Freeman Dyson. DQs: 1. born after 1965? 2. known for acting? ---
**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 17, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/256 "2021-06-17T22:49:41Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. First name does not start with D 5. American 6. Last name starts with D 7. Not political/military 8. Born since 1950 9. Best known for the Arts 10. Has not won a top award in his field 11. Born before 1980 12. Not Caucasian 13. Born before 1965 14. Known for acting ---
**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 17, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/257 "2021-06-17T23:24:32Z")
IQs 1. Did you costar in a movie with an actor who previously portrayed a sparkly vampire? 2. Are you The Collector? 3. Are you an actor whose off camera habit led to your firing from a very popular CBS drama? ---
**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 18, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/258 "2021-06-18T00:01:09Z")
#2. I am not Benicio del Toro. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 18, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/259 "2021-06-18T01:21:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Benicio del Toro. > Take 2 DQs. Willem Dafoe, yes, Gary Dourdan DQs Know primarily for film acting? Usually protagonist? ---
**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 18, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/260 "2021-06-18T02:37:37Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. First name does not start with D 5. American 6. Last name starts with D 7. Not political/military 8. Born since 1950 9. Best known for the Arts 10. Has not won a top award in his field 11. Born before 1980 12. Not Caucasian 13. Born before 1965 14. Known for acting 15. Not primarily known for film acting 16. Occasionally protagonist, usually major supporting character [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330.md?page=14)