# 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:** 9
**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 14, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/161 "2018-03-14T19:58:48Z")
DQ Roundemup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with H 4. Dead 5. European 6. British 7. Died since 1900 8. Served in military, but not primarily known for it 9. Not known for politics 10. Known for entertainment 11. Died before 2000 12. Has acted, but not primarily known for it 13. Died after 1950 14. Not best known as a writer 15. Has not won a top award in his field 16. He can sing, but not primarily known for it 17. Known from TV ---
**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 14, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/162 "2018-03-14T20:30:41Z")
IQ: Known for comedy? ---
**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 14, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/163 "2018-03-14T20:31:36Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first VP? - Hannibal Hamlin of Maine Were you McKinley’s kingmaker? - Marcus Hanna Were you TR’s first SECSTATE? - John Hay (also McKinley’s last) DQs: Best known as a TV host or personality? Greatest fame after 1980? Two DQs reserved. IQ: Are you closely associated with the tune “Wacky Sax”? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/164 "2018-03-14T23:04:08Z")
I think that’s a winner, **EH** … ---
**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 14, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/165 "2018-03-14T23:06:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you closely associated with the tune “Wacky Sax”? Yes, I am Benny Hill! and the tune is “Yakkety Sax.” During a London tour, we passed by his home. Even though he made millions, he rented an everyday flat. ---
**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 14, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/166 "2018-03-14T23:33:24Z")
Well done, EH! ---
**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 15, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/167 "2018-03-15T14:11:28Z")
Thanks! Even though I misremembered the tune’s name: [Benny Hill - Yakety Sax - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNBL5OMeuno) Our next letter is S ---
**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 15, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/168 "2018-03-15T15:24:43Z")
IQs: 1. Did you… see something… on the wing? 2. Did you play the wife in _McMillan & Wife_? 3. Were you the first Christian martyr? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/169 "2018-03-15T17:50:56Z")
IQ: Were you a 90s basketball superstar with a rhyming name? IQ: Are you an actress whose most famous role involved triumphing over evil largely by being the only member of the crew to utilise any common sense? IQ: Were you a former world leader who spent years in a coma before eventually passing? ---
**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 15, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/170 "2018-03-15T19:24:25Z")
IQ1: Are you the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination? IQ2: Were you David Cassidy’s stepmother and did you also play his mother on TV? IQ3: Are you a child actress for whom an adult beverage is named? ---
**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 15, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/171 "2018-03-15T19:33:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you… see something… on the wing? > 2. Did you play the wife in _McMillan & Wife_? > 3. Were you the first Christian martyr? Not William Shatner (or John Lithgow), Stephanie Powers or… St. Stephen? > [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ: Were you a 90s basketball superstar with a rhyming name? > IQ: Are you an actress whose most famous role involved triumphing over evil largely by being the only member of the crew to utilise any common sense? > IQ: Were you a former world leader who spent years in a coma before eventually passing? Dunno, not Sigourney Weaver (except for going back for the cat), and not Ariel Sharon. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination? > IQ2: Were you David Cassidy’s stepmother and did you also play his mother on TV? > IQ3: Are you a child actress for whom an adult beverage is named? Not Shirley Chisholm, Jones or Temple. ---
**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 15, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/172 "2018-03-15T19:39:49Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you… see something… on the wing? > 2. Did you play the wife in McMillan & Wife? > 3. Were you the first Christian martyr? > Not William Shatner (or John Lithgow), Stephanie Powers or… St. Stephen? Correct. #2 was Susan St. James. Correct. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/173 "2018-03-15T19:41:12Z")
IQs 1. Were you the antagonist in _Amadeus_? 2. Were you the first American Bond girl? 3. Are you the partner of Nick Frost in several zany British comedies? ---
**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 15, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/174 "2018-03-15T19:44:08Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the notable female reporter in the musical _Chicago_? 2. Is your best friend Mike Wazowski? 3. Are you Cindy Williams’ best known role? ---
**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 15, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/175 "2018-03-15T20:13:42Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you the antagonist in _Amadeus_? > 2. Were you the first American Bond girl? > 3. Are you the partner of Nick Frost in several zany British comedies? Not Salieri, still not Susan St. James, and not Simon Pegg. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the notable female reporter in the musical _Chicago_? > 2. Is your best friend Mike Wazowski? > 3. Are you Cindy Williams’ best known role? Not Sally, Sully or Shirley. S. 1. real ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/176 "2018-03-15T20:32:05Z")
1. Correct 2. Close but it was Jill St. John; DQ 3. Correct DQ Are you American? ---
**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 15, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/177 "2018-03-15T20:47:24Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the notable female reporter in the musical Chicago? > 2. Is your best friend Mike Wazowski? > 3. Are you Cindy Williams’ best known role? #1 was Mary Sunshine. Correct on Sully and Shirley. DQ: Male? ---
**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 15, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/178 "2018-03-15T20:49:27Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Vampire: His Kith and Kin_? 2. Did you have a hit with _She Works Hard For The Money_? 3. Were you a notable ancient Athenian statesman remembered for your attempts at reform? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/179 "2018-03-16T09:01:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Sigourney Weaver (except for going back for the cat), and not Ariel Sharon. Correct on those two, the basketball player is Shaquille O’Neal. DQ: alive? IQ: [Pretty sure I’ve asked this recently, but no harm in a little memory test] Did you receive nationwide acclaim for ‘just doing your job’ a few years ago (albeit you did that job in amazing circumstances that saved many lives)? IQ: Were you famously born on a Monday? IQ: Were you the founder of one of the oldest American breweries? ---
**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 16, 2018, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2018/809880/180 "2018-03-16T11:27:57Z")
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