# Botticelli March 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 29, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512 "2016-02-29T16:12:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/361 "2016-03-24T21:07:28Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Known for the Arts 4. Alive 5. American 6. Known for the Performing Arts 7. Actress 8. First name starts with K 9. A beauty? Maybe. Pretty and cute, but not a sex bomb. 10. Did movies, but better known from TV 11. Not from a TV series currently airing 12. Born before 1990 13. Known for really light drama, though she did have a sitcom ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/362 "2016-03-24T21:58:46Z")
DQ: Born before 1960? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/363 "2016-03-24T22:56:59Z")
IQ1: Did you play the title character in the TV series _Felicity_? IQ2: Did you play Charlotte York in _Sex and the City_? IQ3: Did you play Rudy Huxtable in _The Cosby Show_? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/364 "2016-03-24T23:17:30Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Known for the Arts 4. Alive 5. American 6. Known for the Performing Arts 7. Actress 8. First name starts with K 9. A beauty? Maybe. Pretty and cute, but not a sex bomb. 10. Did movies, but better known from TV 11. Not from a TV series currently airing 12. Born before 1990 13. Known for really light drama, though she did have a sitcom 14. Born before 1960 ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/365 "2016-03-24T23:18:35Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the title character in the TV series _Felicity_? > IQ2: Did you play Charlotte York in _Sex and the City_? > IQ3: Did you play Rudy Huxtable in _The Cosby Show_? I didn’t watch either _Felicity_ or _Sex and the City_. Take 2 DQs. I am not Keshia Knight Pulliam. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/366 "2016-03-25T00:15:19Z")
IQ1: Did you write _Out of Africa_? IQ2: Are you best known for playing a schoolteacher on TV? IQ3: Did your parents fight to turn off your life support? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/367 "2016-03-25T00:17:21Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ2: Are you best known for playing a schoolteacher on TV? I’m not Gabriel Kaplan, but I am Karen Valentine. Good job, SCAdian! ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/368 "2016-03-25T02:01:58Z")
She just popped into my mind while I was thinking of Karens. If I’d actually been trying to remember her name I’d still be working on it next week… I am **L**. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/369 "2016-03-25T03:56:08Z")
All right, **SCAdian**! Good one. Previous IQs: Is a kids’ memory game named after you? - Kim’s Game: [Kim's Game - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%27s_Game). Did you first write about that game? - Rudyard Kipling. Has your best-known character been both a waitress and a pharma saleswoman? - Yes, Kaley Cuoco. On to L… IQs: Did you send Simon Cameron to St. Petersburg? Did the actress who played you have to drink disgusting milkshakes to put on weight for the role? Were you a famous son who looked a lot like Leonardo DiCaprio in your youth? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/370 "2016-03-25T11:16:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you send Simon Cameron to St. Petersburg? > Did the actress who played you have to drink disgusting milkshakes to put on weight for the role? > Were you a famous son who looked a lot like Leonardo DiCaprio in your youth? Three DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/371 "2016-03-25T12:10:40Z")
IQ1: Were your books _Get Shorty_, _Out of Sight_ and _3:10 to Yuma_ made into movies? IQ2: Did you defeat “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler for the World Boxing Council’s middleweight title in 1987? IQ3: Did you compose _West Side Story_? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/372 "2016-03-25T13:38:11Z")
IQs: 1. Did you and your orchestra accompany Bob Hope on many of his goodwill Christmas tours? 2. Does Amy Adams play you in a movie that opens today? 3. Did you play Catwoman in the 1960’s _Batman_ movie? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/373 "2016-03-25T14:09:17Z")
Previous IQs: Did you send Simon Cameron to St. Petersburg? - Abraham Lincoln sent his failed SECWAR overseas as Ambassador to Russia. Did the actress who played you have to drink disgusting milkshakes to put on weight for the role? - So said Sally Field in an NPR interview when she was preparing to play Mary Todd Lincoln in Spielberg’s _Lincoln_. Were you a famous son who looked a lot like Leonardo DiCaprio in your youth? - Robert Todd Lincoln: [http://clevelandcivilwarroundtable.com/images/people/lincoln/lincoln\_rob\_21.jpg](http://clevelandcivilwarroundtable.com/images/people/lincoln/lincoln_rob_21.jpg) DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with L? IQs: Did a Judean freedom-fighter want to be known by this name? Were you a twin who wore a white cloak? Were you his sister? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/374 "2016-03-25T20:53:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were your books _Get Shorty_, _Out of Sight_ and _3:10 to Yuma_ made into movies? > IQ2: Did you defeat “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler for the World Boxing Council’s middleweight title in 1987? > IQ3: Did you compose _West Side Story_? Not Elmore Leonard. Not … Sugar Ray Leonard? A guess based on the other two Leonards… Not Leonard Bernstein. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you and your orchestra accompany Bob Hope on many of his goodwill Christmas tours? > 2. Does Amy Adams play you in a movie that opens today? > 3. Did you play Catwoman in the 1960’s _Batman_ movie? Not … Guy Lombardo? DQ. DQ (though I probably should know this). > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did a Judean freedom-fighter want to be known by this name? > Were you a twin who wore a white cloak? > Were you his sister? Three DQs. **L** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does start with L, but I think you probably wouldn’t recognise it ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/375 "2016-03-25T20:57:41Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you and your orchestra accompany Bob Hope on many of his goodwill Christmas tours? > 2. Does Amy Adams play you in a movie that opens today? > 3. Did you play Catwoman in the 1960’s Batman movie? > > Not … Guy Lombardo? > DQ. > DQ (though I probably should know this). #1 was Les Brown, with his Band of Renown. #2 is Lois Lane, appearing in _Superman vs. Batman: Dawn of Justice_. #3 was Lee Meriwether. DQs: 1. Alive? 2. Known for the Arts? 3. American? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/376 "2016-03-25T22:28:26Z")
**L** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does start with L, but I think you probably wouldn’t recognise it 4. Alive 5. Known for the Arts 6. American ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/377 "2016-03-25T22:30:41Z")
IQ1: Are you the stage name of Joseph Pujol, French flatulist? IQ2: Are you best known for playing Connor MacCloud in the \*Highlander \*movies? IQ3: Were you married to IQ2 and currently playing Marth Kent in _Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice_? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/378 "2016-03-25T22:45:45Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a pianist whose first name was Wladziu? 2. Are you married to Chrissy Teigen? 3. Is a cookie named after you, the protagonist of a novel by R. D. Blackmore? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/379 "2016-03-25T23:04:56Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the stage name of Joseph Pujol, French flatulist? > IQ2: Are you best known for playing Connor MacCloud in the \*Highlander \*movies? > IQ3: Were you married to IQ2 and currently playing Marth Kent in _Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice_? Not Le Petomane. DQ. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a pianist whose first name was Wladziu? > 2. Are you married to Chrissy Teigen? > 3. Is a cookie named after you, the protagonist of a novel by R. D. Blackmore? Not Liberace. Never heard of her. DQ. Not … Lorna Doone? ---
**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:** [March 26, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/380 "2016-03-26T01:06:03Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a pianist whose first name was Wladziu? > 2. Are you married to Chrissy Teigen? > 3. Is a cookie named after you, the protagonist of a novel by R. D. Blackmore? > Not Liberace. > Never heard of her. DQ. > Not … Lorna Doone? #1 is correct. #2 is John Legend. #3 is correct. DQ: Known for the performing arts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=20)