# Botticelli June 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875 "2023-06-01T14:47:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/121 "2023-06-14T14:43:35Z")
1. Did Joe Pesci play you in the **Lethal Weapon** movies? 2. Did you play Buck Greene and Colonel Decker on different 1980s TV shows? 3. Did you play Johnny Cage in the 1995 movie **Mortal Kombat**? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/122 "2023-06-14T15:07:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Lola at the Copa, Copacabana, not the other Lola, and certainly not L-O-L-A Lola Haha, tricked ya! Nos. 1 and 2 were indeed Lolas, from the Barry Manilow and Kinks songs; but No. 2 was Lydia Deetz, Winona Ryder’s Goth girl character from _Beetlejuice._ DQ: 1. Living? ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/123 "2023-06-14T17:06:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write about the Sacketts? > 2. Did you sing about riding on your pony on your boat? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Valotte_? Not Louis L’Amour, dunno and dunno. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Have you played a rancher, a cyborg and a stunt man? > IQ2: Were you between Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt? > IQ3: Were you fired from Rolling Stone magazine for writing a negative review of Canned Heat? Not Lee Majors, not Lee Meriwether and dunno > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQ: > > 1. Are you a risk taking archeolgist with daddy issues > 2. Were you a reclisive genius who won over half of the prizes in the Frito lay sweepstakes by entering innumerable times > 3. Were you known for your violet eyes. Dunno x3. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did Joe Pesci play you in the **Lethal Weapon** movies? > 2. Did you play Buck Greene and Colonel Decker on different 1980s TV shows? > 3. Did you play Johnny Cage in the 1995 movie **Mortal Kombat**? Also dunno x3. L. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with L 4. dead ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/124 "2023-06-14T17:07:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you write about the Sacketts? > > 2. Did you sing about riding on your pony on your boat? > > 3. Did you have a hit with _Valotte_? > > Not Louis L’Amour, dunno and dunno. Correct Lyle Lovett Julian Lennon DQs: 1. Known for the Arts? 2. Died after 1900? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/125 "2023-06-14T17:10:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. Are you a risk taking archeolgist with daddy issues > > 2. Were you a reclisive genius who won over half of the prizes in the Frito lay sweepstakes by entering innumerable times > > 3. Were you known for your violet eyes. > > Dunno x3. 1. Laura Croft aka the tomb raider 2. Lazlo Hollyfeld from the movie Real Genius (one of my all time faves) 3. Liz (Elizabeth) Taylor Reserve 3 for now. ---
**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 14, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/126 "2023-06-14T18:25:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Have you played a rancher, a cyborg and a stunt man? > > IQ2: Were you between Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt? > > IQ3: Were you fired from Rolling Stone magazine for writing a negative review of Canned Heat? > > Not Lee Majors, not Lee Meriwether and dunno Correct, Correct, rock crititc Lester Bangs Holding one DQ IQ1: Are you a former member of the Moody Blues who later teamed up with Paul McCartney in Wings? IQ2: Were you bassist for the Faces/Small Faces? IQ3: DId you found a line of plus-size women’s clothing? ---
**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 14, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/127 "2023-06-14T18:37:03Z")
I ruled out Elizabeth Taylor as to the violet eyes, but didn’t think of her nickname. D’oh! > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > … > IQ1: Are you a former member of the Moody Blues who later teamed up with Paul McCartney in Wings? > IQ2: Were you bassist for the Faces/Small Faces? > IQ3: DId you found a line of plus-size women’s clothing? Dunno, dunno and not Lane Bryant. L. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with L 4. dead 5. not known for the Arts 6. died after 1900 ---
**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 14, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/128 "2023-06-14T18:49:33Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Qui-Gon Jinn in _The Phantom Menace_? 2. Did you create _The Phantom_? 3. Did you write _The Phantom of the Opera_? ---
**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 14, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/129 "2023-06-14T19:03:18Z")
Not Liam “Always a bigger fish” Neeson, dunno and dunno. ---
**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 14, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/130 "2023-06-14T19:04:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > s: > > 1. Did you play Qui-Gon Jinn in _The Phantom Menace_? > 2. Did you create _The Phantom_? > 3. Did you write _The Phantom of the Opera_? Correct on Liam Neeson. #2 was Lee Falk. #3 was Gaston Leroux. DQs: 1. Known for politics/military? 2. Died after 1970? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/131 "2023-06-14T19:05:47Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did Joe Pesci play you in the **Lethal Weapon** movies? > 2. Did you play Buck Greene and Colonel Decker on different 1980s TV shows? > 3. Did you play Johnny Cage in the 1995 movie **Mortal Kombat**? Leo Getz, Lance LeGault, Linden Ashby. Holding 3 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 14, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/132 "2023-06-14T19:07:18Z")
L. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with L 4. dead 5. not known for the Arts 6. died after 1900 7. not really known for politics/military 8. died before 1970 ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/133 "2023-06-14T19:27:04Z")
IQs: 1. Were you one of the most famous stars of the Harlem Globetrotters, and the second-greatest basketball player to come from Wilmington, N.C.? 2. Did you write a series of thirteen children’s books, concealing your real name, Daniel Handler, under this pseudonym? 3. Were you a writer for a fictional sketch comedy show, based on your actress and creator’s experiences as a writer for a famous real-life sketch comedy show? ---
**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 14, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/134 "2023-06-14T20:40:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you a former member of the Moody Blues who later teamed up with Paul McCartney in Wings? > > IQ2: Were you bassist for the Faces/Small Faces? > > IQ3: DId you found a line of plus-size women’s clothing? > > Dunno, dunno and not Lane Bryant. Denny Laine, Ronnie Lane (Back in the 80s I always mixed up/conflated the two) Correct - fun bit of trivia - Her name was actually Lena, but the bank messed up her loan paperwork, and she just rolled with it. DQ: Known for business? DQ: American? Holding one DQ ---
**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 15, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/135 "2023-06-15T13:07:13Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a skittles performer who had a hit with _Rock Island Line_? 2. Was a running joke of the 1920’s, “Don’t step on it! It might be [you].”? 3. Were you “over a barrel” in the movie _Tarantula_? ---
**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 15, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/136 "2023-06-15T17:31:21Z")
IQ1: Were you the first woman to win both the Hugo and Nebula awards for one of your works? IQ2: Are you an overly affectionate skunk? IQ3: Did you sing a song whose title became a SDMB meme? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/137 "2023-06-16T02:02:54Z")
IQs: 1. On your back do you have the battle of Waterloo and beside it the wreck of the Hesperus too? 2. Did you write all your notes backwards because you were left handed 3. Are you professor Xavier’s son? ---
**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 16, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/138 "2023-06-16T16:49:07Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you one of the most famous stars of the Harlem Globetrotters, and the second-greatest basketball player to come from Wilmington, N.C.? > > 2. Did you write a series of thirteen children’s books, concealing your real name, Daniel Handler, under this pseudonym? > > 3. Were you a writer for a fictional sketch comedy show, based on your actress and creator’s experiences as a writer for a famous real-life sketch comedy show? Not Meadowlark Lemon, not Lemony Snicket and not Julia Louis-Dreyfus (sp?). > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a skittles performer who had a hit with _Rock Island Line_? > 2. Was a running joke of the 1920’s, “Don’t step on it! It might be [you].”? > 3. Were you “over a barrel” in the movie _Tarantula_? Dunno x3. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first woman to win both the Hugo and Nebula awards for one of your works? > IQ2: Are you an overly affectionate skunk? > IQ3: Did you sing a song whose title became a SDMB meme? Not Ursula K. LeGuin, not Louis Loverboy Skunk and not Simon “Rio” LeBon of Duran Duran. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQs: > > 1. On your back do you have the battle of Waterloo and beside it the wreck of the Hesperus too? > 2. Did you write all your notes backwards because you were left handed > 3. Are you professor Xavier’s son? Not Lydia, O Lydia; dunno and dunno. L. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with L 4. dead 5. not known for the Arts 6. died after 1900 7. not really known for politics/military 8. died before 1970 9. known, in a way, for business 10. American ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/139 "2023-06-16T17:14:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. On your back do you have the battle of Waterloo and beside it the wreck of the Hesperus too? > > 2. Did you write all your notes backwards because you were left handed > > 3. Are you professor Xavier’s son? > > Not Lydia, O Lydia; dunno and dunno. 1. Yes the tattooed lady 2. Leonardo Da Vinci 3. Legion DQs 1. known for inventing something or innovating the new way something was done (e.g. first person to put ads on radio) 2. Born before 1890? 3 DQs still reserved ---
**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 16, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/140 "2023-06-16T17:41:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a skittles performer who had a hit with _Rock Island Line_? > 2. Was a running joke of the 1920’s, “Don’t step on it! It might be [you].”? > 3. Were you “over a barrel” in the movie _Tarantula_? #1 was Lonnie Donegan. #2 was Lon Chaney, Sr. #3 was Leo G. Carroll. DQ: Caucasian? 2 DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875.md?page=8)