# 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:** 18
**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 24, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/341 "2021-06-24T19:47:29Z")
1. I am not Buddy Rich (??) 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Fred Rogers. ---
**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 24, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/342 "2021-06-24T19:58:44Z")
Yes, Hal Roach, Yes DQ: Known for The Arts? ---
**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 24, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/343 "2021-06-24T20:19:31Z")
IQ1: Were you a sweet transvestite’s butler? IQ2: Did you create and portray IQ1? IQ3: Did you blow up Vince Lombardi High School? ---
**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, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/344 "2021-06-24T20:23:12Z")
IQs: 1. Were you ill the Day the Earth Stood Still, but you told us just where we stand? 2. And did you draw Flash Gordon who was there, in silver underwear? 3. Were you the Invisible 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 24, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/345 "2021-06-24T20:28:15Z")
# DQs: 1. Male 2. Real 3. American 4. Dead 5. Last name starts with R 6. Known for the Arts ---
**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 24, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/346 "2021-06-24T20:31:12Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you a sweet transvestite’s butler? > IQ2: Did you create and portray IQ1? > IQ3: Did you blow up Vince Lombardi High School? 1. I am not Riff-Raff. 2. I am not Richard O’Brien. 3. I am not the Ramones (??) > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you ill the Day the Earth Stood Still, but you told us just where we stand? > 2. And did you draw Flash Gordon who was there, in silver underwear? > 3. Were you the Invisible Man? 1. I am not Michael Rennie. 2. I am not Alex Raymond. 3. I am not Claude Raines. > It’s astounding. Time is fleeting. ---
**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, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/347 "2021-06-24T20:49:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Michael Rennie. > 2. I am not Alex Raymond. > 3. I am not Claude Raines. A clean sweep! No surprise there, but I saw the opportunity and took it. IQs: 1. Did you once (allegedly) eat twelve hotdogs in between games of a double-header? 2. Are you the author of novels featuring Temperance Brennan–who in turn, on TV, writes novels featuring you? 3. Are you my sister’s roommate’s dog (and also the main character of _A Christmas Story_)? ---
**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 24, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/348 "2021-06-24T20:54:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you a sweet transvestite’s butler? > > > > > IQ2: Did you create and portray IQ1? > > > IQ3: Did you blow up Vince Lombardi High School? > > 1. I am not Riff-Raff. > 2. I am not Richard O’Brien. > 3. I am not the Ramones (??) Yes, Yes, I’ll accept it. I was going for Riff Randall (Riff x2) - the PJ Soles character who actually presses the detonator at the end of _Rock and Roll High School_, but the Ramones certainly helped out with the mayhem and destruction. IQ1: Did you compose _The Sound of Music_ and _The King and I_? IQ2: Are you known by the alias Mister Fantastic? IQ3: Was your theme song _Happy Trails_? ---
**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 24, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/349 "2021-06-24T20:55:20Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you once (allegedly) eat twelve hotdogs in between games of a double-header? > 2. Are you the author of novels featuring Temperance Brennan–who in turn, on TV, writes novels featuring you? > 3. Are you my sister’s roommate’s dog (and also the main character of _A Christmas Story_ )? #2. I am not Kathy Reichs. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 24, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/350 "2021-06-24T20:56:09Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you compose _The Sound of Music_ and _The King and I_ ? > IQ2: Are you known by the alias Mister Fantastic? > IQ3: Was your theme song _Happy Trails_ ? 1. I am not Richard Rodgers. 2. I am not Reed Richards. 3. I am not Roy Rogers. ---
**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 24, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/351 "2021-06-24T21:07:04Z")
Previous IQs: Was your mom a prostitute and your best friend a scientist and inventor? - Rorschach, in _Watchmen_ Did you start a car company despite your crime-related first name? - Ransom Olds Were you a noted portrayer of Sherlock Holmes? - I’ll rephrase DQs: Best known for the performing arts? Died since 2000? IQs: Were you a noted portrayer of Sherlock Holmes before 1980? Were you “the Butcher of Prague”? Were you a loathed teacher on PBS’s _Arthur_? ---
**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 24, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/352 "2021-06-24T21:30:33Z")
# DQs: 1. Male 2. Real 3. American 4. Dead 5. Last name starts with R 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Died since 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:** [June 24, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/353 "2021-06-24T21:32:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a noted portrayer of Sherlock Holmes before 1980? > Were you “the Butcher of Prague”? > Were you a loathed teacher on PBS’s _Arthur_ ? #1. I am not Basil Rathbone. #2 I am not Reinhardt Heydrich. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/354 "2021-06-24T21:46:18Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Are you the heroine of the book **Hawkmistress!**? > 2. Did you play Uriel on **Supernatural**? > 3. Do you play Leon Vance? Romilly MacAran, Robert Wisdom, Rocky Carroll. DQs: 1. Caucasian? 2. Best known for TV? 3. Died after 2010? ---
**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 24, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/355 "2021-06-24T22:26:41Z")
# DQs: 1. Male 2. Real 3. American 4. Dead 5. Last name starts with R 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Died since 2000 9. Black 10. Not best known for TV 11. Died before 2010 ---
**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 24, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/356 "2021-06-24T22:42:57Z")
IQs 1. Did you portray the heartless one in a 1978 version of a 1939 film? 2. Did you portray a detective in a tv show opposite Archie Bunker? 3. Did you portray Marcellus Wallace? ---
**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 24, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/357 "2021-06-24T23:48:43Z")
#1. That was a really great question; I enjoyed figuring it out. I am not Nipsey “Slide Me Some Oil” Russell. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 24, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/358 "2021-06-24T23:51:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. That was a really great question; I enjoyed figuring it out. I am not Nipsey “Slide Me Some Oil” Russell. > Take 2 DQs for the others. 🙂, Howard Rollins, Ving Rhames DQs 1. Known primarily for music? 2. Born after 1940? ---
**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 24, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/359 "2021-06-24T23:53:49Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:355, topic:943330, full:true”] # DQs: 1. Male 2. Real 3. American 4. Dead 5. Last name starts with R 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Died since 2000 9. Black 10. Not best known for TV 11. Died before 2010 12. Known primarily for music 13. Born before 1940 ---
**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, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/360 "2021-06-24T23:58:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #2. I am not Kathy Reichs. Take 2 DQs for the others. 1 (ate twelve hot dogs between baseball games) was Babe Ruth; 3 (main character of _A Christmas Story_ and also roommate’s dog) was Ralphie. DQs: 1. played an instrument? 2. known for pop genre? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330.md?page=19)