# Botticelli - June 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 30, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278 "2024-05-30T15:51:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/181 "2024-06-29T22:06:56Z")
# O 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 30, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/182 "2024-06-30T00:41:34Z")
Previous IQs: Did you supposedly say, “Anyone who loves the law or sausage should never see either made”? - Otto von Bismarck Were you a fictional South African minister of justice? - Otto in _A Fish Called Wanda_ Did your head turn entirely around when you got excited? - Otto the Autopilot in _Airplane!_ Otto x3! DQs: Living? American? Last name begins with O? IQs: Were you Mork’s boss from Ork? Did you provide Bilbo’s voice in a cartoon? Were you a descendant of Lincoln’s SECNAV? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/183 "2024-06-30T00:57:49Z")
And there I was, wondering what Linda Blair’s character in _The Exorcist_ was called. Otto (x3), of course. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Mork’s boss from Ork? > Did you provide Bilbo’s voice in a cartoon? > Were you a descendant of Lincoln’s SECNAV? I am not Orson. I am not Orson Bean. I am not Orson Welles. (I did not know that!) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/184 "2024-06-30T00:58:55Z")
# O 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. First name begins with O ---
**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 30, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/185 "2024-06-30T02:14:25Z")
You swept me - Orson x3! I should have said, the film director _claimed_ to have been a descendant of Gideon Welles, but he probably wasn’t. IQs: Were you a noted creator of Broadway hits? Did you ask for more gruel? Were you the young hero of _The Point_? ---
**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 30, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/186 "2024-06-30T13:51:49Z")
DQ: Died before 1950? IQs: 1. Did you break Ursula Andress’s arm while you were her boyfriend? 2. Did you draw _The Little King_ comic strip? 3. Are you currently drawing _Popeye_ on Sundays only? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/187 "2024-06-30T15:43:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a noted creator of Broadway hits? > Did you ask for more gruel? > Were you the young hero of _The Point_? I am not Oscar Hammerstein II, nor am I Oliver Twist. Take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you break Ursula Andress’s arm while you were her boyfriend? > 2. Did you draw _The Little King_ comic strip? > 3. Are you currently drawing _Popeye_ on Sundays only? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/188 "2024-06-30T15:44:29Z")
# O 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. First name begins with O 6. Died since 1950 ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/189 "2024-06-30T16:23:43Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you break Ursula Andress’s arm while you were her boyfriend? > > 2. Did you draw _The Little King_ comic strip? > > 3. Are you currently drawing _Popeye_ on Sundays only? > > Take 3 DQs. #1 was Ryan O’Neal. #2 was Otto Soglow. #3 is Bruce Ozella. DQs: 1. Died after 2000? 2. Known for the Arts? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/190 "2024-06-30T16:40:09Z")
# O 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. First name begins with O 6. Died since 1950 7. Died after 2000 8. Partly but not primarily known for the arts ---
**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:** [July 1, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/191 "2024-07-01T00:52:11Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a noted creator of Broadway hits? - Yes, Oscar Hammerstein II Did you ask for more gruel? - Yes, Oliver Twist Were you the young hero of _The Point_? - Oblio (“Little Obie”) in that heartwarming TV movie DQ: Political/military? IQs: An Alsatian minister, were you the Gandhi of your day? Did you pretend to appear nude from the waist down on _SNL_? Did you refuse to obey the segregation laws in Nawlins, your hometown? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/192 "2024-07-01T13:55:52Z")
IQs: 1. Did Shelley write a poem about your legs? 2. Were you a paleontologist who named the generas _Allosaurus_ and _Brontosaurus_, and had a nasty rivalry with Edward Drinker Cope? 3. Was your partner always getting you into fine messes? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/193 "2024-07-01T15:06:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > An Alsatian minister, were you the Gandhi of your day? > Did you pretend to appear nude from the waist down on _SNL_? > Did you refuse to obey the segregation laws in Nawlins, your hometown? And that’s a sweep. Take 3 DQs. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Shelley write a poem about your legs? > 2. Were you a paleontologist who named the generas _Allosaurus_ and _Brontosaurus_, and had a nasty rivalry with Edward Drinker Cope? > 3. Was your partner always getting you into fine messes? Take 2 DQs. I am not Oliver Hardy. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/194 "2024-07-01T15:07:29Z")
# O 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. First name begins with O 6. Died since 1950 7. Died after 2000 8. Partly but not primarily known for the arts 9. Not known for politics / military ---
**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:** [July 1, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/195 "2024-07-01T15:43:55Z")
DQ: Known for Sports? 1. Are you a baseball player of note who died this last week? 2. Are you the central character of a series of books by Dean Koontz? 3. Did you go crazy when your lover killed your dad? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/196 "2024-07-01T16:47:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you a baseball player of note who died this last week? > 2. Are you the central character of a series of books by Dean Koontz? > 3. Did you go crazy when your lover killed your dad? I am not Orlando Cepeda. Take a DQ. I am not Oedipus. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/197 "2024-07-01T16:48:23Z")
# O 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. First name begins with O 6. Died since 1950 7. Died after 2000 8. Partly but not primarily known for the arts 9. Not known for politics / military 10. Known initially for sports, but probably not the main source of fame now ---
**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:** [July 1, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/198 "2024-07-01T18:07:11Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did Shelley write a poem about your legs? > > 2. Were you a paleontologist who named the generas _Allosaurus_ and _Brontosaurus_, and had a nasty rivalry with Edward Drinker Cope? > > 3. Was your partner always getting you into fine messes? > > Take 2 DQs. > I am not Oliver Hardy. _I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . ._ 1. was Ozymandias, king of kings. 2. was Othniel Charles Marsh, whose vitriolic rivalry with fellow fossil-hunter Edwin Drinker Cope led to the discovery of dozens of species of dinosaurs. Correct on Oliver Hardy. DQs: 1. (American) football player? 2. Last name begins A - M? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/199 "2024-07-01T18:12:18Z")
# O 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. First name begins with O 6. Died since 1950 7. Died after 2000 8. Partly but not primarily known for the arts 9. Not known for politics / military 10. Known initially for sports, but probably not the main source of fame now 11. Football player 12. Last name begins N-Z ---
**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:** [July 1, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/200 "2024-07-01T18:20:21Z")
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