# Botticelli - June 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 30, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380 "2022-05-30T19:52:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 30, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/1 "2022-05-30T19:52:08Z")
Starting the new month a few days early. **I am B** [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/LetterB.svg/1200px-LetterB.svg.png) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/LetterB.svg/1200px-LetterB.svg.png) ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/2 "2022-05-31T00:31:02Z")
IQs: 1. Do you have a cameo in _Blazing Saddles_ (playing with your orchestra in the middle of the desert)? 2. Speaking of cameos in mid-70s movies, did you do one as a news reporter for the adaption of your novel, although it was ultimately cut? 3. Are you everyone’s favorite American Revolutionary War-era seamstress? ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/3 "2022-05-31T01:46:56Z")
IQs: 1. Were you allowed only one bullet at a time, which you were required to keep in your shirt pocket until needed? 2. In the earliest days of the _Pogo_ comic strip, were you a little human boy who was a friend of Pogo? 3. Did you write the poem _My Last Duchess_? ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/4 "2022-05-31T04:43:42Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Do you have a cameo in _Blazing Saddles_ (playing with your orchestra in the middle of the desert)? > 2. Speaking of cameos in mid-70s movies, did you do one as a news reporter for the adaption of your novel, although it was ultimately cut? > 3. Are you everyone’s favorite American Revolutionary War-era seamstress? Not Count Basie Not Peter Benchley? Not Betsy Ross > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you allowed only one bullet at a time, which you were required to keep in your shirt pocket until needed? > 2. In the earliest days of the _Pogo_ comic strip, were you a little human boy who was a friend of Pogo? > 3. Did you write the poem _My Last Duchess_ ? Not Barney Fife Take 2 DQs ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/5 "2022-05-31T13:52:54Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Count Basie > Not Peter Benchley? > Not Betsy Ross A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Speaking of _Blazing Saddles_ are you the musical director filming “The French Mistake” on another set? 2. Did you lead the Iceni in revolt against the Romans? 3. Have you “always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library”? ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/6 "2022-05-31T15:08:52Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Were you allowed only one bullet at a time, which you were required to keep in your shirt pocket until needed? > > > > > 1. In the earliest days of the _Pogo_ comic strip, were you a little human boy who was a friend of Pogo? > > > 2. Did you write the poem _My Last Duchess_ ? > > Not Barney Fife > Take 2 DQs Correct on Barney. #2 was Bumbazine. #3 was Robert Browning. DQs: 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:** [May 31, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/7 "2022-05-31T15:12:47Z")
IQs: 1. Did Kim Carnes have a hit with a song about you? 2. Are you generally considered by historians to have been the worst POTUS we’ve ever had? 3. Did you write a number of pop hits with Hal David? ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/8 "2022-05-31T17:05:47Z")
**B** 1. Fictional 2. Female ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/9 "2022-05-31T17:06:47Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Speaking of _Blazing Saddles_ are you the musical director filming “The French Mistake” on another set? > 2. Did you lead the Iceni in revolt against the Romans? > 3. Have you “always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library”? Not Buddy Bizarre Take 2 DQs > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did Kim Carnes have a hit with a song about you? > 2. Are you generally considered by historians to have been the worst POTUS we’ve ever had? > 3. Did you write a number of pop hits with Hal David? Not Bette Davis Not James Buchanan Not Burt Bacharach ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/10 "2022-05-31T17:10:54Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Buddy Bizarre > Take 2 DQs 2 was Boudicca; 3 was Jorge Luis Borges. DQs: 1. first name begins with B? 2. from a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.)? ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/11 "2022-05-31T17:30:39Z")
**B** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name begins with B 4. From a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.) ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/12 "2022-05-31T22:25:26Z")
Swept me. IQs: 1. Did you marry Ruth in the _Book of Ruth_? 2. Are you one of the legendary three kings who brought gifts to the infant Jesus? 3. Have you played a master detective, a sorcerer supreme and an intergalactic terrorist? ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/13 "2022-05-31T22:39:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play one of the titular pornographers in _Zack and Miri Make a Porno_? 2. Did you play defense for the Boston Bruins, and often turn up in crossword puzzles given your short last name? 3. Did you create Scrabble? ---
**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, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/14 "2022-06-01T00:16:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you marry Ruth in the _Book of Ruth_ ? > 2. Are you one of the legendary three kings who brought gifts to the infant Jesus? > 3. Have you played a master detective, a sorcerer supreme and an intergalactic terrorist? DQ Not Balthazar Not Benedict Cumberbatch > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you play one of the titular pornographers in _Zack and Miri Make a Porno_ ? > 2. Did you play defense for the Boston Bruins, and often turn up in crossword puzzles given your short last name? > 3. Did you create Scrabble? Not Elizabeth Banks 2 DQs ---
**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, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/15 "2022-06-01T01:03:51Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Elizabeth Banks > 2 DQs 2 was Bobby Orr; 3 was Alfred Mosher Butts. DQs: 1. created by American(s)? 2. first appeared after 1970? ---
**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, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/16 "2022-06-01T01:26:35Z")
**B** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name begins with B 4. From a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.) 5. Not created by American(s) 6. First appeared after 1970 ---
**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, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/17 "2022-06-01T14:19:03Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Arthur Conan Doyle’s mentor? 2. Are you a comic book writer known for _Ultimate Spider-man_, _Powers_, and your lengthy, back-and-forth repetitive dialogue? 3. “I see her old movies on TV And they are always a thrill for me My Daddy says I can be just like her Well, I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish I were…” Would the person singing this (the bridge of your movie’s title song) probably change her mind once she learned what happened to you? ---
**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 1, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/18 "2022-06-01T14:42:20Z")
Last month’s game thread: [Botticelli - May 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823) B it is. IQs: Did you try to help his doctors after President James A. Garfield was shot? Did you play a souvenir salesman on an episode of _Friends_? Were you a Governor of Ohio during the Civil War? ---
**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, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/19 "2022-06-01T16:26:37Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you Arthur Conan Doyle’s mentor? > 2. Are you a comic book writer known for _Ultimate Spider-man_ , _Powers_ , and your lengthy, back-and-forth repetitive dialogue? > 3. “I see her old movies on TV > And they are always a thrill for me > My Daddy says I can be just like her > Well, I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish I were…” > Would the person singing this (the bridge of your movie’s title song) probably change her mind once she learned what happened to you > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you try to help his doctors after President James A. Garfield was shot? > Did you play a souvenir salesman on an episode of _Friends_ ? > Were you a Governor of Ohio during the Civil War? 3 DQs each for both of you ---
**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, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/20 "2022-06-01T16:35:56Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > 3 DQs each for both of you 1 was Dr. Joseph Bell; 2 was Brian Michael Bendis; 3 was Baby Jane. DQs: 1. main character? 2. created by Europeans? 3. from film? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380.md?page=2)