# 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:** 6
**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 9, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/101 "2013-05-09T00:42:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ: Did you play a character who did an impression of a zit being popped? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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. Yes, that was meant to be an IQ. (Do I look like I’m awake to you?) DQ1: Was that award an Emmy? One DQ reserved IQ1: Were you a detective with a cockatoo? IQ2: Speaking of cockatoos, did you write a series of books about the adventures of two boys, two girls and a cockatoo? IQ3: Speaking of boys and girls, were you a detective with an “almost twin” older brother? ---
**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, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/102 "2013-05-09T00:54:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Was that award an Emmy? > > IQ1: Were you a detective with a cockatoo? > IQ2: Speaking of cockatoos, did you write a series of books about the adventures of two boys, two girls and a cockatoo? > IQ3: Speaking of boys and girls, were you a detective with an “almost twin” older brother? 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. DQ14) Did not win an Emmy. I am not Baretta. Take 2 more DQ’s. ---
**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 9, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/103 "2013-05-09T01:01:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a detective with a cockatoo? > IQ2: Speaking of cockatoos, did you write a series of books about the adventures of two boys, two girls and a cockatoo? > IQ3: Speaking of boys and girls, were you a detective with an “almost twin” older brother? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Baretta. Take 2 more DQ’s. Correct on Baretta. #2 was Enid Blyton, and #3 was Trixie Belden. Thinking… ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/104 "2013-05-09T18:47:10Z")
May I assume: 15)Not a stand-up comic? (Your “3-fer” was an IQ answer to 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 9, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/105 "2013-05-09T18:52:08Z")
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. DQ14) Did not win an Emmy. DQ15) Not a stand-up comic. Sorry for the misunderstanding, etv78. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/106 "2013-05-09T18:53:44Z")
IQ: Did you start in TV with your wife Gracie? ---
**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, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/107 "2013-05-09T19:04:53Z")
I’m not George Burns (who had a stage and radio career with Gracie Allen before TV). Otherwise, take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/108 "2013-05-09T19:09:45Z")
Yup, thinking Burns. Thanks for the info on his pre-TV career (which I forgot) ---
**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 10, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/109 "2013-05-10T19:36:01Z")
Whistling… Hmm, I wonder if I broke the thread? ---
**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 10, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/110 "2013-05-10T20:30:56Z")
This dropped off my subscribed threads list again - dammit! > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? Bill Clinton, when he met Hillary Rodham in the Yale Law School library. Yes, Yul Brynner. Brent Spiner, who played Data on _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ and Adams in a Broadway revival of _1776_. DQs: Best known for TV appearances? Played the same role more than once? IQs: Did your character once discuss different meanings of the term “Phoenix”? Were you Nixon’s football-watching pal? Did you challenge your own dad to a fight? ---
**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 10, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/111 "2013-05-10T23:38:49Z")
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. DQ14) Did not win an Emmy. DQ15) Not a stand-up comic. DQ16) Best known for work that’s mainly shown on TV these days. DQ17) Played the same roles more than once. DQ for the first question. Bebe Rebozo (IIRC) was Nixon’s buddy; Bruce Banner challenged his abusive father to a fight. ---
**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 11, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/112 "2013-05-11T01:17:15Z")
IQ1: Speaking of detectives and brothers (we were), do you and your brother Horace solve mysteries? IQ2: Speaking of doctors’ sons, do yours and his adopted brother Hadji often get involved in mysterious events? IQ3: Speaking of adoption, were you a Navy warrant officer with ten kids who adopted his second wife’s eight? ---
**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 11, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/113 "2013-05-11T02:24:22Z")
#2 is Dr. Benton Quest. #3 is Frank Beardsley, from Yours, Mine and Ours. DQ for #1. ---
**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 11, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/114 "2013-05-11T02:35:47Z")
Correct on Dr Quest and Frank Beardsley. (In the movie, Frank and Helen had a baby, #19. Did you know that in real life there was also a #20?) #1 is Judy Bolton, from the series by Margaret Sutton. ---
**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 11, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/115 "2013-05-11T03:56:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your character once discuss different meanings of the term “Phoenix”? > Were you Nixon’s football-watching pal? > Did you challenge your own dad to a fight? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ for the first question. Bebe Rebozo (IIRC) was Nixon’s buddy; Bruce Banner challenged his abusive father to a fight. Bob Balaban’s character Dr. Chandra discussed the different mythical meanings of “Phoenix” in the movie _2010: The Year We Make Contact_. Yes, Bebe Rebozo. I’ll rephrase. One DQ reserved. IQs: You are a real person. Did you once challenge your own dad to a fight? You are another real person. Did you accidentally kill someone in your teens? Did you admit in an interview that Eleanor Roosevelt was not beloved in your home growing 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 11, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/116 "2013-05-11T13:43:01Z")
Morning. Brain fuzzy. 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:** [May 11, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/117 "2013-05-11T13:44:01Z")
[quote=“SCAdian, post:114, topic:657330”] Correct on Dr Quest and Frank Beardsley. (In the movie, Frank and Helen had a baby, #19. Did you know that in real life there was also a #20?) No, I didn’t. Did you know they remade the movie with Dennis Quaid? It, uh, wasn’t very good. ---
**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 11, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/118 "2013-05-11T15:25:56Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:117, topic:657330”] > [@SCAdian](#): > > Correct on Dr Quest and Frank Beardsley. (In the movie, Frank and Helen had a baby, #19. Did you know that in real life there was also a #20?) > No, I didn’t. Did you know they remade the movie with Dennis Quaid? > It, uh, wasn’t very good. After seeing the poster and reading about the changes they’d made in the story, I didn’t bother watching it. Figured it couldn’t possibly be as good as the original, anyway. Frank Beardsley died just a few months ago, BTW. ---
**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 11, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/119 "2013-05-11T17:04:40Z")
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, **but a character he portrayed did**. DQ13) Not known as a dramatic actor. DQ14) Did not win an Emmy. DQ15) Not a stand-up comic. DQ16) Best known for work that’s mainly shown on TV these days. DQ17) Played the same roles more than once. Edited DQ12, just to help make this one a bit more solvable. ---
**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 11, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/120 "2013-05-11T20:27:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > You are a real person. Did you once challenge your own dad to a fight? > You are another real person. Did you accidentally kill someone in your teens? > Did you admit in an interview that Eleanor Roosevelt was not beloved in your home growing up? George W. Bush, his wife Laura Bush, and his mother Barbara Bush. So… we have a dead American actor, died between 1975 and 2000, last name starts with B, not known as a dramatic actor, best known for work now on TV. He didn’t win an Oscar, but played someone who did. How should we use our three remaining earned DQs? How can we narrow the field? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330.md?page=7)