# 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:** 22
**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, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/421 "2021-06-28T16:29:55Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star opposite Gene Wilder in _The World’s Greatest Lover_? 2. Were you the Boop-boop-a-doop Girl? 3. Were you the last king of Hawaii? ---
**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, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/422 "2021-06-28T16:37:48Z")
Not Madeline Kahn, dunno and not Kamehameha. ---
**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, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/423 "2021-06-28T16:39:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star opposite Gene Wilder in _The World’s Greatest Lover_ ? > 2. Were you the Boop-boop-a-doop Girl? > 3. Were you the last king of Hawaii? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Madeline Kahn, dunno and not Kamehameha. #1 was Carol Kane. #2 was Helen Kane. Correct on Kamehameha. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/424 "2021-06-28T16:41:41Z")
K. 1. fictional 2. male ---
**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, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/425 "2021-06-28T17:44:12Z")
IQ1: Was your biggest hit a duet with Elton John? IQ2: Did you fall for Fay Wray, Jessical Lange and Naomi Watts? IQ3: Did your rabbi father disapprove of your career as an entertainer? ---
**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, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/426 "2021-06-28T18:01:22Z")
Not Kiki Dee, King Kong or Krusty the Clown. ---
**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, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/427 "2021-06-28T19:11:53Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Dr. “Bones” McCoy, and also Judge Dredd? 2. Did you write the Animorphs novels? 3. “Ten…nine…eight…seven six five…four…three…two–” “One second please! _Please_ Mr.” you? ---
**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, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/428 "2021-06-28T19:42:12Z")
Swept me! IQ1: Did you direct _War and Peace_ and _Solomon and Sheba_? IQ2: Did you develop a series of pelvic muscle exercises which are named for you? IQ3: Do you travel with St. Nicolas, letting him dish out rewards while you deliver punishments? ---
**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, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/429 "2021-06-28T20:51:01Z")
IQs 1. Were you an Ohioan desperate for a Section 8? 2. Did you hope to be a doctor, but ended up bottom of your military class and watching over a bunch of POWs? 3. Did you portray #2? ---
**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, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/430 "2021-06-28T21:36:16Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a 20th Century Armenian classical composer? 2. Are you the title character in _The Taming of the Shrew_? 3. Are you the head of engineering at the U.S. Air Force’s Kessel Run? ---
**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 29, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/431 "2021-06-29T04:10:50Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you play Dr. “Bones” McCoy, and also Judge Dredd? > 2. Did you write the Animorphs novels? > 3. “Ten…nine…eight…seven six five…four…three…two–” “One second please! _Please_ Mr.” you? Not Karl Urban, dunno, and not JFK. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you direct _War and Peace_ and _Solomon and Sheba_? > IQ2: Did you develop a series of pelvic muscle exercises which are named for you? > IQ3: Do you travel with St. Nicolas, letting him dish out rewards while you deliver punishments? Not King Vidor, Kegel or Kris Kringle. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you an Ohioan desperate for a Section 8? > 2. Did you hope to be a doctor, but ended up bottom of your military class and watching over a bunch of POWs? > 3. Did you portray #2? Not Cpl. Max Klinger of Toledo, not Col. Wilhelm Klink, and not Werner Klemperer. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a 20th Century Armenian classical composer? > 2. Are you the title character in _The Taming of the Shrew_? > 3. Are you the head of engineering at the U.S. Air Force’s Kessel Run? Dunno, not Kate and dunno (certainly not Han Solo or Chewbacca). ---
**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 29, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/432 "2021-06-29T05:35:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did you direct _War and Peace_ and _Solomon and Sheba_ ? > > > IQ2: Did you develop a series of pelvic muscle exercises which are named for you? > > > IQ3: Do you travel with St. Nicolas, letting him dish out rewards while you deliver punishments? > > Not King Vidor, Kegel or Kris Kringle. Yes, yes, and I’ll rephrase IQ1: Originally from Germanic folklore, and more recently in Hollywood horror films, do you deliver punishments to naughty children at Christmastime? IQ2: You was here in WWII-era graffiti? IQ3: Are you a perpetual 10-year-old who wants to catch 'em all? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/433 "2021-06-29T06:51:10Z")
Congrats! 1. Are you an animated dimwitted henchman who bakes excellent spinach puffs? 2. Did you accidentally get turned into a llama? 3. Did you win an Oscar for **Harlan County USA**? ---
**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 29, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/434 "2021-06-29T13:56:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Karl Urban, dunno, and not JFK. 2 (Animorphs author) was K.A. Applegate. DQ: first name begins with K? ---
**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 29, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/435 "2021-06-29T13:57:49Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Originally from Germanic folklore, and more recently in Hollywood horror films, do you deliver punishments to naughty children at Christmastime? > IQ2: You was here in WWII-era graffiti? > IQ3: Are you a perpetual 10-year-old who wants to catch 'em all? Not Kriplach (?), not Kilroy and dunno. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you an animated dimwitted henchman who bakes excellent spinach puffs? > 2. Did you accidentally get turned into a llama? > 3. Did you win an Oscar for **Harlan County USA**? Dunno, not Kuzco and not Kate Bigelow. K. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with K ---
**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 29, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/436 "2021-06-29T13:58:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you a 20th Century Armenian classical composer? > > > 2. Are you the title character in _The Taming of the Shrew_ ? > > > 3. Are you the head of engineering at the U.S. Air Force’s Kessel Run? > > Dunno, not Kate and dunno (certainly not Han Solo or Chewbacca). #1 was Aram Khatchaturian. Correct on Kate. #3 is Sushil Kumar. I had just been reading about the Kessel Run. > Kessel Run is the operational name for Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC)’s Detachment 12. Its mission is to deliver combat capabilities warfighters love and revolutionize the Air Force software acquisition process. DQs: 1. Originally from TV or movies? 2 Created by an American or Americans? ---
**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 29, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/437 "2021-06-29T14:41:41Z")
I’d never heard of Sushil Kumar, and he apparently doesn’t merit a Wiki bio, as four others of that name do: [Sushil Kumar (disambiguation) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushil_Kumar_(disambiguation)). Anyone else here know about him? ---
**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 29, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/438 "2021-06-29T14:44:17Z")
Sigh. Okay, I withdraw the question. I just thought the whole Kessel Run thing was interesting. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/439 "2021-06-29T15:11:22Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Are you an animated dimwitted henchman who bakes excellent spinach puffs? > 2. Did you accidentally get turned into a llama? > 3. Did you win an Oscar for **Harlan County USA**? Kronk, correct, Barbara Kopple. DQs: 1. From a genre? 2. Would be alive if real? ---
**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 29, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/440 "2021-06-29T16:41:34Z")
K. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with K 4. not from a genre, I’d say, but YMMV 5. might be alive now if real [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330.md?page=23)