# 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:** 4
**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 3, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/61 "2016-03-03T20:44:46Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the head of a law firm on _The Practice_? > IQ2: Did you play a member of _The Partridge Family_? > IQ3: Did you play another member of _The Partridge Family_? Two shows I’ve never watched. Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 3, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/62 "2016-03-03T20:46:47Z")
…45-66 years old… Davyd? Donnie? Darryl? Dik? thinkety think think… ---
**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 3, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/63 "2016-03-03T20:55:55Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with D 4. Known for the arts 5. American 6. Alive 7. Known for the performing arts 8. Currently best known as an actor 9. Known for work on TV, but not solely 10. Born before 1970 11. Uncommon variation of common first name 12. Currently active as an actor 13. Known for comedy roles, but not solely 14. Has been a leading man 15. Has not been nominated for nor has won an Oscar 16. Born after 1950 17. While he doesn’t have leading man looks, he could be considered ruggedly handsome 18. Greatest fame after 1990 19. Has been nominated for an Emmy, but has not won yet 20. First name is either an abbreviation or a diminutive form of said common name - by one letter Kicked in a little extra hint for 20. OK gentlemen, until Friday evening… ---
**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 3, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/64 "2016-03-03T21:20:03Z")
Still coming up blank. Hmmm. ---
**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 3, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/65 "2016-03-03T22:12:25Z")
DQ: Are you Duane “Dog” Chapman? ---
**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 3, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/66 "2016-03-03T22:53:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Are you Duane “Dog” Chapman? I am not. ---
**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 3, 2016, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/67 "2016-03-03T23:57:33Z")
Are you Denis Leary? ---
**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 4, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/68 "2016-03-04T01:27:42Z")
Yes, I am Denis Leary! Grats SCADian! ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/69 "2016-03-04T01:31:39Z")
Ooh, good choice, congrats SCAdian! Oh, and my last 3 were Dylan McDermott, Danny Bonaduche(sp?) and David Cassady. ---
**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 4, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/70 "2016-03-04T01:39:31Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Grats SCADian! Never would have gotten him if you hadn’t given us the “one letter” clue - and I spent some time racking my brain over “Donal” before thinking of “Denis.” 🙂 I am **E**. ---
**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 4, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/71 "2016-03-04T01:53:31Z")
Good job, **SCAdian**! Probably never would’ve guessed Leary. On to E… IQs: Were you a famous ventriloquist and father of an arguably even more famous actress? Did you write “To One in Paradise”? Were you a Democratic Congressman and Christian minister from Penna. in the 1980s? ---
**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 4, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/72 "2016-03-04T02:34:51Z")
Oh, Denis Leary. Good one, KO, and good catch, SCAdian! IQs: 1. Did you play the female lead in _The Twelve Faces of Dr. Lao_? 2. Were you married to Steve Lawrence? 3. Did Rachel Weisz play you in _The Mummy_? ---
**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 4, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/73 "2016-03-04T12:04:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a famous ventriloquist and father of an arguably even more famous actress? > Did you write “To One in Paradise”? > Were you a Democratic Congressman and Christian minister from Penna. in the 1980s? Not Edgar Bergen. DQ. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the female lead in _The Twelve Faces of Dr. Lao_? > 2. Were you married to Steve Lawrence? > 3. Did Rachel Weisz play you in _The Mummy_? DQ. Not … Edie Gorme? Not Evie. ---
**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 4, 2016, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/74 "2016-03-04T12:14:29Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the female lead in The Twelve Faces of Dr. Lao? > 2. Were you married to Steve Lawrence? > 3. Did Rachel Weisz play you in The Mummy? > DQ. > Not … Edie Gorme? > Not Evie. #1 was Barbara Eden. Correct and Correct. DQ: Real? ---
**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 4, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/75 "2016-03-04T14:47:34Z")
IQ1: Are you a film critic who lost the use of your lower jaw the last 10 years of your life? IQ2: Did you have a “really big shoo” that was originally named _The Toast of the Town_? IQ3: Are you the first woman to anchor a network evening newscast in the U.S. since Connie Chung? ---
**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 4, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/76 "2016-03-04T14:49:52Z")
IQs: 1. Did you and your brother kick David Lee Roth out of your band? 2. Were you lead vocalist for Pearl Jam? 3. Did you make the first known sound recording? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/77 "2016-03-04T15:37:34Z")
Always good to start with comic book trivia… IQ1: Were you a supervillain who had a giant-sized, disembodied \ floating next to you all the time? IQ2: Were a non-superpowered police officer with a superhero boyfriend? IQ3: Were you that superhero boyfriend? ---
**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 4, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/78 "2016-03-04T17:20:03Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a famous ventriloquist and father of an arguably even more famous actress? - Yes, Edgar Bergen, dad of Candice. Did you write “To One in Paradise”? - Edgar Allan Poe (I like the last stanza best): [To One in Paradise by Edgar Allan Poe | Poetry Foundation](http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/180810) Were you a Democratic Congressman and Christian minister from Penna. in the 1980s? - Bob Edgar. Edgar x3! DQs: Male? Last name start with E? IQs: Were you Lincoln’s second SECWAR? Were you a king again in Robert Harris’s alt-history novel _Fatherland_? Did you play Capt. Bryant in _Blade Runner_? ---
**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 4, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/79 "2016-03-04T23:49:28Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a film critic who lost the use of your lower jaw the last 10 years of your life? > IQ2: Did you have a “really big shoo” that was originally named _The Toast of the Town_? > IQ3: Are you the first woman to anchor a network evening newscast in the U.S. since Connie Chung? Not … Roger Ebert? Not Ed Sullivan. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you and your brother kick David Lee Roth out of your band? > 2. Were you lead vocalist for Pearl Jam? > 3. Did you make the first known sound recording? DQ. DQ. Not Thomas Edison. > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you a supervillain who had a giant-sized, disembodied \ floating next to you all the time? > IQ2: Were a non-superpowered police officer with a superhero boyfriend? > IQ3: Were you that superhero boyfriend? Three DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Lincoln’s second SECWAR? > Were you a king again in Robert Harris’s alt-history novel _Fatherland_? > Did you play Capt. Bryant in _Blade Runner_? Not Edward Stanton. Not Edward VIII. DQ. **E** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with E ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/80 "2016-03-05T00:01:40Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you a supervillain who had a giant-sized, disembodied \ floating next to you all the time? > IQ2: Were a non-superpowered police officer with a superhero boyfriend? > IQ3: Were you that superhero boyfriend? The Emerald Empress (and her Eye), Shvaughn Erin, and Element Lad. DQ1: Alive? DQ2: Known for the Arts? Holding 1 DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=5)