# Botticelli March 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525 "2023-03-01T03:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 7, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/101 "2023-03-07T22:20:22Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you Alexander the Great’s dad? > > 2. Are you the title character of a Sondheim musical? > > 3. Did you write _Swann’s Way_? > > I am not Philip, take a DQ, take a DQ. 1. Correct on Philip of Macedonia. 2 is Pippin. 3 was Marcel Proust. DQs 1. Known for the Performing Arts? 2. Unusual first name? ---
**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 8, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/102 "2023-03-08T00:20:44Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Though you are a girl, does your friend normally call you “sir”? > > IQ2: Were you originally called Saul? > > IQ3: Were you originally called Simon? > > I am not Peppermint Patty, I am not Paul, take a, DQ. correct correct I’m surprised you got St Paul but didn’t get St Peter! DQ: DIed after 2000? ---
**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 8, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/103 "2023-03-08T00:31:35Z")
IQ1: Did you write _Nation_ and _Dodger_? IQ2: Did you write _Murder in the Gunroom_? IQ3: Did you write _The Twenty-One Balloons_? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/104 "2023-03-08T00:37:12Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a mayor of South Bend, Indiana-turned-U.S. cabinet member? 2. Were you Zelda Fitzgerald in _Midnight in Paris_? 3. Did you have a Blue Period? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/105 "2023-03-08T01:40:33Z")
IQ1: Are you the red Teletubby? IQ2: Were you the original bassist for The Kinks? IQ3: Were you the bassist for The Monkees? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/106 "2023-03-08T02:05:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _Nation_ and _Dodger_? > IQ2: Did you write _Murder in the Gunroom_? > IQ3: Did you write _The Twenty-One Balloons_? Take a DQ, take another and was his name William de Pere? If not, take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Are you a mayor of South Bend, Indiana-turned-U.S. cabinet member? > 2. Were you Zelda Fitzgerald in _Midnight in Paris_? > 3. Did you have a Blue Period? I am not Pete Buttigieg, take a DQ, I am not Picasso. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you the red Teletubby? > IQ2: Were you the original bassist for The Kinks? > IQ3: Were you the bassist for The Monkees? Take a DQ, take another, I am not Peter Tork. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/107 "2023-03-08T02:07:27Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. First name begins with P 3. Male 4. Fame overlapped the decades 1950-1990. 5. Dead 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Common first name 9. Died after 2000 ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/108 "2023-03-08T02:18:48Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I am not Pete Buttigieg, take a DQ, I am not Picasso. 2 was Alison Pill. DQ: 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 8, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/109 "2023-03-08T02:26:40Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you write _Nation_ and _Dodger_? > > IQ2: Did you write _Murder in the Gunroom_? > > IQ3: Did you write _The Twenty-One Balloons_? > > Take a DQ, take another and was his name William de Pere? If not, take a DQ. Sir Pterry (aka Terry Pratchett) H Beam Piper William Pène du Bois DQ1: Actor? Two DQs reserved. IQ1: Did you star in _Columbo_? IQ2: Did you play an important _Star Wars_ bad guy? IQ3: Did you play an important _Star Wars_ good guy? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/110 "2023-03-08T03:11:35Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I > IQ1: Did you star in _Columbo_? > IQ2: Did you play an important _Star Wars_ bad guy? > IQ3: Did you play an important _Star Wars_ good guy? I am not Peter Falk, Peter Cushing (or David Prowse) or Peter Mayhew. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/111 "2023-03-08T03:12:33Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. First name begins with P 3. Male 4. Fame overlapped the decades 1950-1990. 5. Dead 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Common first name 9. Died after 2000 10. American 11. Not an actor ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/112 "2023-03-08T06:07:17Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you the red Teletubby? > > IQ2: Were you the original bassist for The Kinks? > > IQ3: Were you the bassist for The Monkees? > > Take a DQ, take another, I am not Peter Tork. Po Pete Quaife Correct DQ: Known for music? Holding one 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 8, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/113 "2023-03-08T13:36:31Z")
I have been reminded that _Pippin_ was not by Sondheim, but by Stephen Schwartz. So, I owe one DQ. IQs: 1. Did you play Kris’s lawyer in the original _Miracle on 34th Street_? 2. Were you Dudley Moore’s comedy partner for years? 3. Are you the Rainbow’s Daughter? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/114 "2023-03-08T14:56:11Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Good Earth_? 2. Were you the 2012 Republican candidate for vice president? 3. GREAT CAESAR’S GHOST!? ---
**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 8, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/115 "2023-03-08T16:02:37Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you star in _Columbo_? > > IQ2: Did you play an important _Star Wars_ bad guy? > > IQ3: Did you play an important _Star Wars_ good guy? > > I am not Peter Falk, Peter Cushing (or David Prowse) or Peter Mayhew. correct x3 (I was thinking of Cushing – Peter x3!) IQ1: Did you write “Wedding Song (There Is Love)”? IQ2: Were you #1’s partner\* for many years? IQ3: Did you write _La planète des singes_? \*Accomplice, not mate ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/116 "2023-03-08T17:28:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I have been reminded that _Pippin_ was not by Sondheim, but by Stephen Schwartz. So, I owe one DQ. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Kris’s lawyer in the original _Miracle on 34th Street_? > 2. Were you Dudley Moore’s comedy partner for years? > 3. Are you the Rainbow’s Daughter? Take 2 DQs - I can’t remember #2 - and I am not Polychrome. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you write _The Good Earth_? > 2. Were you the 2012 Republican candidate for vice president? > 3. GREAT CAESAR’S GHOST!? I am not Pearl Buck, I am not, um… Paul Weasel Senator from Wisconsin. Oh all right. Take a DQ. Take another. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write “Wedding Song (There Is Love)”? > IQ2: Were you #1’s partner\* for many years? > IQ3: Did you write _La planète des singes_? I am not Peter Yarrow. I am not Paul Tookey. Peter Tookey and Paul Yarrow? Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/117 "2023-03-08T17:30:08Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. First name begins with P 3. Male 4. Fame overlapped the decades 1950-1990. 5. Dead 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Common first name 9. Died after 2000 10. American 11. Not an actor 12. Known for music ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/118 "2023-03-08T17:36:49Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I am not Pearl Buck, I am not, um… Paul Weasel Senator from Wisconsin. Oh all right. Take a DQ. Take another. 2 was Paul Ryan; 3 was the _Daily Planet_ editor and Superman character Perry White. DQs: 1. known for singing? 2. died after 2010? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/119 "2023-03-08T17:55:32Z")
IQ1: Were you guitarist for Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, but mercifully never for Starship? IQ2: Were you a flamenco guitarist who was part of The Guitar Trio? IQ3: Were you the lead singer and songwriter for The Replacements? ---
**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 8, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/120 "2023-03-08T18:39:35Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play Kris’s lawyer in the original _Miracle on 34th Street_? > > 2. Were you Dudley Moore’s comedy partner for years? > > 3. Are you the Rainbow’s Daughter? > > Take 2 DQs - I can’t remember #2 - and I am not Polychrome. #1 was John Payne. #2 was Peter Cook. Correct on Polychrome. 2 DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525.md?page=7)