# 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:** 21
**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 27, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/401 "2021-06-27T19:42:33Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Are you the only female singer to appear on a Van Halen recording? > > > IQ2: Do you amps go to 11? > > > IQ3: Did Frank Sinatra play you in the film adaptation of _Guys and Dolls_ ? > > DQ > I am not Nigel Tufnel > DQ NIcolette Larson, on the song _Could This Be Magic?_ Correct Nathan Detroit DQ: Known for sports/athletics? Holding one DQ ---
**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 27, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/402 "2021-06-27T20:52:13Z")
# I am N 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. American 5. Last name, as he is known by, begins with N 6. Died before 2000 7. Not political/military 8. Died before 1950 9. Not known for writing 10. Not known for The Arts 11. Not known for a single incident 12. Died after 1920 13. Not known for sports/ athletics ---
**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 27, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/403 "2021-06-27T20:58:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Have you portrayed an over-the-hill rock star, a cursed sea captain, and a fjord designer? > - Did you play Sonny Drysdale on _The Beverly Hillbillies_ ? > - Is your name forever linked with that of Jeanette MacDonald? DQ DQ I am not Nelson Eddy > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you host the science TV show _The Eyes of_ [you], aimed at an older audience than your previous one? > 2. Did a bust of you inspire the hairdo of [this character](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/240/3189_2.png), in a classic 1935 horror sequel? > 3. Did you say that mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun? DQ I’m not Nefertiti? Is this Noel Coward? ---
**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 27, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/404 "2021-06-27T21:03:29Z")
Held DQ: Known for business? ---
**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 27, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/405 "2021-06-27T21:03:51Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Have you portrayed an over-the-hill rock star, a cursed sea captain, and a fjord designer? > > > > > - Did you play Sonny Drysdale on _The Beverly Hillbillies_ ? > > > - Is your name forever linked with that of Jeanette MacDonald? > > DQ > DQ > I am not Nelson Eddy #1 was Bill Nighy (in _Love Actually_, _Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest_, and _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_) #2 was Louis Nye. Correct on Nelson Eddy. DQs: 1. Known for crime? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 27, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/406 "2021-06-27T21:06:24Z")
# I am N 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. American 5. Last name, as he is known by, begins with N 6. Died before 2000 7. Not political/military 8. Died before 1950 9. Not known for writing 10. Not known for The Arts 11. Not known for a single incident 12. Died after 1920 13. Not known for sports/ athletics 14. Not known for business 15. Known for crime ---
**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 27, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/407 "2021-06-27T21:24:29Z")
IQ: Were you one of Al Capone’s henchmen who took over the Chicago operation after Capone went to prison? ---
**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 27, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/408 "2021-06-27T21:33:40Z")
DQ More added to appease discourse… ---
**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, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/409 "2021-06-27T21:55:49Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > DQ > I’m not Nefertiti? > Is this Noel Coward? 1 was Bill Nye (hosted _The Eyes of Nye_ for an older audience after previous science show _Bill Nye the Science Guy_); correct on Nefertiti and Coward. DQ: greatest infamy in the 1930s? ---
**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 27, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/410 "2021-06-27T23:05:40Z")
# I am N 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. American 5. Last name, as he is known by, begins with N 6. Died before 2000 7. Not political/military 8. Died before 1950 9. Not known for writing 10. Not known for The Arts 11. Not known for a single incident 12. Died after 1920 13. Not known for sports/ athletics 14. Not known for business 15. Known for crime 16. Greatest infamy in the 1930’s ---
**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 27, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/411 "2021-06-27T23:30:00Z")
DQ: Tall? ---
**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 28, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/412 "2021-06-28T00:19:13Z")
# I am N 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. American 5. Last name, as he is known by, begins with N 6. Died before 2000 7. Not political/military 8. Died before 1950 9. Not known for writing 10. Not known for The Arts 11. Not known for a single incident 12. Died after 1920 13. Not known for sports/ athletics 14. Not known for business 15. Known for crime 16. Greatest infamy in the 1930’s 17. Not tall ---
**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 28, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/413 "2021-06-28T01:23:25Z")
IQ: Were you one of Al Capone’s henchmen who took over the Chicago operation after Capone went to prison? DQ Frank “The Enforcer” Nitti DQ: Died or executed in prison? ---
**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 28, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/414 "2021-06-28T03:01:39Z")
# I am N 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. American 5. Last name, as he is known by, begins with N 6. Died before 2000 7. Not political/military 8. Died before 1950 9. Not known for writing 10. Not known for The Arts 11. Not known for a single incident 12. Died after 1920 13. Not known for sports/ athletics 14. Not known for business 15. Known for crime 16. Greatest infamy in the 1930’s 17. Not tall 18. Did not die / was not executed while behind bars ---
**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, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/415 "2021-06-28T12:53:27Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a TV series with your wife Harriet and your sons? 2. Did you win the Battle of Waterloo? 3. Did you conduct Frank Sinatra’s backing orchestra for years? ---
**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, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/416 "2021-06-28T13:50:50Z")
Previous IQs: Were you FDR’s first VP? - John Nance Garner Were you the protagonist of _The Jerk_? - Yes, Navin Johnson (Steve Martin) Were you a musician who caught Capt. Picard’s eye? - Dr. Nella Daren DQs: Mafiosi? Shot to death? IQs: Were you an American gangster with the same last name as a famous British admiral? In an alternative timeline, were you the chief English magician during the reign of George III? Are you the current executive director of the Planetary Society? ---
**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 28, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/417 "2021-06-28T15:01:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you have a TV series with your wife Harriet and your sons? > - Did you win the Battle of Waterloo? > - Did you conduct Frank Sinatra’s backing orchestra for years? I am not Ozzie Nelson I am not Napoleon no idea, because… > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you an American gangster with the same last name as a famous British admiral? **YES! I am Baby Face Nelson!!** Congrats @Elendil_s_Heir (side note: family lore has my maternal great-grandfather as being part of all that. I know he was part of the Yiddish Mafia that ran between Chicago and St Paul, but not much else) ---
**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, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/418 "2021-06-28T15:42:40Z")
Thanks, **MissTake** - good one! Napoleon actually lost the Battle of Waterloo (although he didn’t surrender there, no matter what ABBA says). Other previous IQs: IQs: In an alternative timeline, were you the chief English magician during the reign of George III? - Gilbert Norrell, in Susanna Clarke’s _Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell_ Are you the current executive director of the Planetary Society? - Bill Nye the Science Guy New letter coming up… ---
**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, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/419 "2021-06-28T15:51:32Z")
Yeah, my 3 were all Nelsons, but not Baby Face. (Ozzy, Lord & Riddle). ---
**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, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/420 "2021-06-28T16:14:14Z")
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