# Botticelli - March 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 2, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880 "2018-03-02T12:39:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/21 "2018-03-03T14:18:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs > > You are a real person and not mythical. Was your mom Euterpe tied up and robbed by criminals? > Have you played a bank robber, a detective and a magician? > Have you played a mobster’s moll, a detective and a sorceress? Take 3 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 3, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/22 "2018-03-03T16:49:45Z")
IQ1: Are you a contributor to _Parade_ magazine, once considered Cecil’s rival? IQ2: Are you a former owner of the Cincinnati Reds who was banned from managing them because of pro-Nazi views? IQ3: Are you a British comedian with prominent misaligned eyes? ---
**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, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/23 "2018-03-03T16:55:33Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a contributor to _Parade_ magazine, once considered Cecil’s rival? > IQ2: Are you a former owner of the Cincinnati Reds who was banned from managing them because of pro-Nazi views? > IQ3: Are you a British comedian with prominent misaligned eyes? #3. I am not Marty Feldman. Take 2 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:** [March 3, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/24 "2018-03-03T21:20:03Z")
Previous IQs: You are a real person and not mythical. Was your mom Euterpe tied up and robbed by criminals? - Michael Dukakis Have you played a bank robber, a detective and a magician? - British actor Eddie Marsan, in _Hancock, Sherlock Holmes_ and _Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell_ Have you played a mobster’s moll, a detective and a sorceress? - Helen Mirren, in _The Long Good Friday, Prime Suspect_ and _Excalibur_ DQs: Won an Emmy? Greatest fame before 1990? Best known for comedy? IQs: Did you play Cmdr. Adama’s daughter? Were you a film bombshell with a five-letter first name? Were you a film bombshell with a seven-letter first name? ---
**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, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/25 "2018-03-03T21:40:55Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with M 3. Dead 4. Female 5. American 6. In the Arts, broadly defined 7. Died since 1964 8. Actress 9. Not remembered as a beauty 10. Did some movies, but best known for TV 11. Won an Emmy 12. Greatest fame before 1990 13. Best known for comedy (though she did some drama) ---
**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, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/26 "2018-03-03T21:42:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play Cmdr. Adama’s daughter? > Were you a film bombshell with a five-letter first name? > Were you a film bombshell with a seven-letter first name? Take a DQ for #1. 2) I am not Jayne Mansfield. 3) I am not Marilyn Monroe. ---
**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, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/27 "2018-03-03T23:19:11Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a contributor to Parade magazine, once considered Cecil’s rival? > IQ2: Are you a former owner of the Cincinnati Reds who was banned from managing them because of pro-Nazi views? > IQ3: Are you a British comedian with prominent misaligned eyes? > #3. I am not Marty Feldman. > > Take 2 DQs. Marilyn Vos Savant, Marge Schott, correct DQ: Known for sitcoms? holding a 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:** [March 4, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/28 "2018-03-04T01:42:21Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with M 3. Dead 4. Female 5. American 6. In the Arts, broadly defined 7. Died since 1964 8. Actress 9. Not remembered as a beauty 10. Did some movies, but best known for TV 11. Won an Emmy 12. Greatest fame before 1990 13. Best known for comedy (though she did some drama) 14. Best known for a sitcom ---
**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, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/29 "2018-03-04T19:32:20Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play Cmdr. Adama’s daughter? - Maren Jensen on the original _Battlestar Galactica_ Were you a film bombshell with a five-letter first name? - Yes, Jayne Mansfield Were you a film bombshell with a seven-letter first name? - Yes, Marilyn Monroe DQ: Greatest fame before 1970? IQs: An actress, were you one of the permanent cast of _The Dick Van Dyke Show_? Did you write _A Wrinkle in Time_? Were you a U.S. senator who shared a name with two Chief Justices of the United States? ---
**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, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/30 "2018-03-04T19:59:57Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with M 3. Dead 4. Female 5. American 6. In the Arts, broadly defined 7. Died since 1964 8. Actress 9. Not remembered as a beauty 10. Did some movies, but best known for TV 11. Won an Emmy 12. Greatest fame before 1990 13. Best known for comedy (though she did some drama) 14. Best known for a sitcom 15. Greatest fame before 1970 ---
**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, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/31 "2018-03-04T20:01:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > An actress, were you one of the permanent cast of _The Dick Van Dyke Show_? > Did you write _A Wrinkle in Time_? > Were you a U.S. senator who shared a name with two Chief Justices of the United States? #1) I am neither Rose Marie nor Mary Tyler Moore. #2) I am not Madeleine d’Engel. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/32 "2018-03-04T21:21:37Z")
IQ1: Did you play Aunt Clara in _Bewitched_? IQ2: Did you play Darin’s mother in the same series? IQ3: Are you Samantha’s father? ---
**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, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/33 "2018-03-04T23:36:17Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Aunt Clara in _Bewitched_? > IQ2: Did you play Darin’s mother in the same series? > IQ3: Are you Samantha’s father? 1. I am not Marian Lorne. 2. I don’t remember ever seeing Darren’s mother. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Maurice. ---
**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 5, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/34 "2018-03-05T02:47:01Z")
correct, Mabel Albertson, correct Darin’s mother was with Serena and started gossipping about Endora, so Serena turned her into a cat. What? Elizabeth Montgomery was hawt! DQ: Star of sitcom? holding 2 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 5, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/35 "2018-03-05T02:59:31Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with M 3. Dead 4. Female 5. American 6. In the Arts, broadly defined 7. Died since 1964 8. Actress 9. Not remembered as a beauty 10. Did some movies, but best known for TV 11. Won an Emmy 12. Greatest fame before 1990 13. Best known for comedy (though she did some drama) 14. Best known for a sitcom 15. Greatest fame before 1970 16. Not the star of the sitcom ---
**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 5, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/36 "2018-03-05T12:53:33Z")
I feel like we have enough info, but so far I’m drawing a blank. DQ: Did the sitcom take place in America? holding a 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:** [March 5, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/37 "2018-03-05T15:39:16Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with M 3. Dead 4. Female 5. American 6. In the Arts, broadly defined 7. Died since 1964 8. Actress 9. Not remembered as a beauty 10. Did some movies, but best known for TV 11. Won an Emmy 12. Greatest fame before 1990 13. Best known for comedy (though she did some drama) 14. Best known for a sitcom 15. Greatest fame before 1970 16. Not the star of the sitcom 17. The sitcom took place in America ---
**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 5, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/38 "2018-03-05T16:11:10Z")
KO, you are so going to kick yourself… ---
**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 5, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/39 "2018-03-05T19:33:15Z")
Previous IQs: An actress, were you one of the permanent cast of _The Dick Van Dyke Show_? - Thought it was Rose Marie for sure! Did you write _A Wrinkle in Time_? - Almost right - it’s Madeleine L’Engle Were you a U.S. senator who shared a name with two Chief Justices of the United States? - Warren G. Magnuson (and Earl Warren and Warren Burger) DQs: B&W sitcom? IQs: Were you referred to as “the Vilnius schoolteacher”? Did future author Pat Conroy graduate from a school you headed? Did your dad win glory at the 1864 Battle of Franklin? ---
**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 5, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/40 "2018-03-05T19:47:16Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with M 3. Dead 4. Female 5. American 6. In the Arts, broadly defined 7. Died since 1964 8. Actress 9. Not remembered as a beauty 10. Did some movies, but best known for TV 11. Won an Emmy 12. Greatest fame before 1990 13. Best known for comedy (though she did some drama) 14. Best known for a sitcom 15. Greatest fame before 1970 16. Not the star of the sitcom 17. The sitcom took place in America 18. Black & white, turning into color [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880.md?page=3)