# Botticelli - May, 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 2, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330 "2013-05-02T17:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/81 "2013-05-08T17:11:04Z")
IQ: Were you a major ballet dancer? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/82 "2013-05-08T17:15:10Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you a major ballet dancer? I was not Mikhail Baryshnikov. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/83 "2013-05-08T17:42:05Z")
I actually was going for Balanchine. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/84 "2013-05-08T17:48:14Z")
Okay, but Ballachine’s better known as a choreographer and ballet director than as a dancer. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/85 "2013-05-08T18:25:07Z")
:smack: You are quite right. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/86 "2013-05-08T19:15:13Z")
**etv78** , you could always just rephrase. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your control use the name “John Anderson”? > Did you play a barrel-chested nobleman in _Henry V_? > Did you direct that 1989 movie? Benedict Arnold’s control was really named Maj. John Andre. Brian Blessed. Kenneth Branagh. DQs: Actor? Died since 2000? Won a top prize in your field of the arts? IQs: Did you convert to Roman Catholicism after leaving a top job? Were you played by an actress who also played a witch and an inquisitive MP? Did you forget your name when you met your future wife? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/87 "2013-05-08T19:23:54Z")
IQ: Are you an American who helped bring dance to the masses, though not as a dancer yourself? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/88 "2013-05-08T19:28:06Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you an American who helped bring dance to the masses, though not as a dancer yourself? Unless this is Balanchine again, take 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:** [May 8, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/89 "2013-05-08T19:33:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Kenneth Branagh. > > DQs: > > Actor? > Died since 2000? > Won a top prize in your field of the arts? > > IQs: > > Did you convert to Roman Catholicism after leaving a top job? > Were you played by an actress who also played a witch and an inquisitive MP? > Did you forget your name when you met your future wife? DQ1) Real. DQ2) Male. DQ3) American. DQ4) Dead. DQ5) Last name starts with B. DQ6) Died since 1900. DQ7) Best known for the creative arts. DQ8) Died since 1975. DQ9) Actor. DQ10) Died before 2000. DQ11) Did win a top prize in my field of the arts. (I’ll give you that even though I think that Kenneth Branagh question was REAAAAALLY vague, and Tim Burton was more fitting considering the above Batman stuff.) Jack Benny forgot his own name when he met Mary Livingstone. 2 DQs for the others. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/90 "2013-05-08T20:24:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Unless this is Balanchine again, take a DQ. Yup, Balanchine again. No DQ for me. 😃 ---
**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:** [May 8, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/91 "2013-05-08T20:25:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you convert to Roman Catholicism after leaving a top job? > Were you played by an actress who also played a witch and an inquisitive MP? > Did you forget your name when you met your future wife? Tony Blair. The same actress who played Cherie Blair, Tony’s wife, in two movies also played Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies, and an MP in _Skyfall_. I’ll rephrase the third. DQs: Oscar winner? Best known as a dramatic actor? IQs: You’re not Jack Benny. Did you forget your name when you met your future wife? Did you play a king and a robot gunman? Are you a Texan who’s played an android and John Adams? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …(I’ll give you that even though I think that Kenneth Branagh question was REAAAAALLY vague, and Tim Burton was more fitting considering the above Batman stuff.)… Well, since I’d referred to a particular movie in the previous question, I thought it was clear that by “that movie” I meant “_that_ movie.” Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/92 "2013-05-08T20:26:33Z")
IQ: Even though you’re known for playing toughies, did you have the rep as a teddy bear at heart? (NOT Balanchine ;)) ---
**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:** [May 8, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/93 "2013-05-08T20:32:38Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Even though you’re known for playing toughies, did you have the rep as a teddy bear at heart? > > (NOT Balanchine ;)) YES! Take a DQ! You’ve earned it. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/94 "2013-05-08T20:34:49Z")
Going for Ernest Borgnine. DQ: Was that award an Oscar? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/95 "2013-05-08T20:36:15Z")
[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:91, topic:657330”] DQs: Oscar winner? Best known as a dramatic actor? IQs: You’re not Jack Benny. Did you forget your name when you met your future wife? Did you play a king and a robot gunman? Are you a Texan who’s played an android and John Adams? DQ1) Real. DQ2) Male. DQ3) American. DQ4) Dead. DQ5) Last name starts with B. DQ6) Died since 1900. DQ7) Best known for the creative arts. DQ8) Died since 1975. DQ9) Actor. DQ10) Died before 2000. DQ11) Did win a top prize in my field of the arts. DQ12) Did not win an Oscar. DQ13) Not known as a dramatic actor. I am not Yul Brynner, et cetera, et cetera. William “Bill” Daniels (KITT, and 1776) isn’t a Texan, so take 2 DQs for 1 and 3. ETA: Boy, isn’t SCAdian going to be surprised when he logs back in? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/96 "2013-05-08T20:38:39Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Going for Ernest Borgnine. > > DQ: Was that award an Oscar? That was asked in post #91. Try again. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/97 "2013-05-08T23:16:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > ETA: Boy, isn’t SCAdian going to be surprised when he logs back in? Yes. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the best-known employee of Admiral Sir Miles Messervy? > IQ2: Do you share a house with your ward, Dick Grayson, and your butler? > IQ3: Did your performances include music by Joe Green? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > The name’s NOT Bond, James Bond. I am still NOT… Batman! > > DQ for the third. If you check with the city clerk in Gotham City (or whoever the appropriate official is), I believe you’ll find no record of any legal relationship between Batman and Dick Grayson. Victor Borge, during his performances, would introduce a piece as “by Giuseppe Verdi - Joe Green, to you.” DQ: Did you play a character who did an impression of a zit being popped? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/98 "2013-05-08T23:23:51Z")
DQ: Did you ever do stand-up? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/99 "2013-05-09T00:06:56Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ: Did you ever do stand-up? No, I’m not Bob Newhart. No, I’m not Elaine Booser. No, I’m not Milton Berle. There ya go, a threefer. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/100 "2013-05-09T00:11:08Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ: Did you play a character who did an impression of a zit being popped? Did you mean this to be an IQ? No, I’m not John Belushi (as Bluto from _Animal House_). And you’re right, so go ahead and take another DQ for Mr. Wayne. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330.md?page=6)