# Botticelli May 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 8, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571 "2015-05-08T19:13:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/21 "2015-05-09T15:21:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the ingenue in _I’ll Take Sweden_? > 2. Did Debbie Watson play you in a 1960’s TV series? > 3. Did you play Lurch on _The Addams Family_? Not Ted Cassidy Take two DQs for 1 and 2 ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/22 "2015-05-09T16:23:11Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the commander of a space station that was not in the Solar System? > IQ2: Was someone hired to injure your principal athletic rival just prior to competition? > IQ3: Were you a popular televangelist until a scandal broke? Tracy Scoggins (Babylon 5) and you got the other two correct. DQ: From the UK and/or Ireland? Holding one DQ. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/23 "2015-05-09T17:14:42Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Alive 4. Not in the arts 5. Not American 6. Last name starts with T 1. European 1. Hmmm… not a scientist, but still sort of known for science (big hint) 2. Not from the UK or Ireland ---
**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 9, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/24 "2015-05-09T20:23:00Z")
IQs: Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? Were you famously photographed in a hoodie? Were you a little person who met Abraham Lincoln? ---
**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, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/25 "2015-05-09T20:24:02Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the ingenue in I’ll Take Sweden? > 2. Did Debbie Watson play you in a 1960’s TV series? > 3. Did you play Lurch on The Addams Family? > > Not Ted Cassidy > > Take two DQs for 1 and 2 #1 was Tuesday Weld. #2 was Tammy from the TV series, same character as in the Tammy movie series. Correct on #3. DQ: 1. Related to space travel? 2. Born after 1980? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/26 "2015-05-09T20:35:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? > Were you famously photographed in a hoodie? > Were you a little person who met Abraham Lincoln? Not General Tom Thumb Dad for 1 and 2 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/27 "2015-05-09T20:37:28Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Alive 4. Not in the arts 5. Not American 6. Last name starts with T 1. European 1. Hmmm… not a scientist, but still sort of known for science (big hint) 2. Not from the UK or Ireland 3. Born before 1980 4. Involved in space travel ---
**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:** [May 9, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/28 "2015-05-09T21:03:18Z")
DQ: Known for a historical event? holding 2 DQs IQ1: Did Milton Caniff draw a comic strip about you and pirates? IQ2: Are you a former NFL player who played Chris Rock’s father on TV? IQ3: Are you the Monty Python member that made all the segue animations? ---
**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, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/29 "2015-05-09T21:10:05Z")
IQ: Were you the first woman in space? ---
**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 10, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/30 "2015-05-10T02:01:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you the first woman in space? By Jove, I think he’s got it… ---
**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, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/31 "2015-05-10T04:29:02Z")
Yes, I bet he does. Previous IQs: Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas Were you famously photographed in a hoodie? - Trayvon Martin Were you a little person who met Abraham Lincoln? - Yes, Gen. Tom Thumb DQs (just in case): Soviet citizen? Went into space? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/32 "2015-05-10T04:31:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you the first woman in space? Why, Yes! I am Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space! Bravo, Professor! ---
**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, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/33 "2015-05-10T14:24:55Z")
Thanks! Now, I am H! ---
**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 10, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/34 "2015-05-10T16:40:16Z")
IQ1: Do you live with your wife, son, niece, and father-in-law? IQ2: Does you daughter Gudrun still follow your ideology, which most people despise? IQ3: Can we call you Meyer? ---
**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, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/35 "2015-05-10T17:05:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you live with your wife, son, niece, and father-in-law? > IQ2: Does you daughter Gudrun still follow your ideology, which most people despise? > IQ3: Can we call you Meyer? A clean sweep. Take 3 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:** [May 10, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/36 "2015-05-10T17:08:22Z")
Congrats, **Prof. P.**! IQs: Were you an unspeakable god in the writings of a particular horror author? Were you that author? Did you run the restaurant/bar in Cicely, Alaska? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/37 "2015-05-10T17:09:09Z")
IQ1. Are you the source of the first immortal cell line? IQ2. Were you parodied by _The Simpsons_ in an episode where Mr. Burns became a germophobic shut-in? IQ3. Was your middle name just 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 10, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/38 "2015-05-10T17:10:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you live with your wife, son, niece, and father-in-law? > IQ2: Does you daughter Gudrun still follow your ideology, which most people despise? > IQ3: Can we call you Meyer? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > A clean sweep. Take 3 DQs. Herman Munster. Heinrich Himmler. Hermann Goering. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Female? One DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/39 "2015-05-10T17:10:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Congrats, **Prof. P.**! > > IQs: > > Were you an unspeakable god in the writings of a particular horror author? > Were you that author? > Did you run the restaurant/bar in Cicely, Alaska? I am not Hastur. I am not H. P. Lovecraft. I am not Holling. ---
**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, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/40 "2015-05-10T17:11:55Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > IQ1. Are you the source of the first immortal cell line? > IQ2. Were you parodied by _The Simpsons_ in an episode where Mr. Burns became a germophobic shut-in? > IQ3. Was your middle name just S? Take 2 DQs. I am not Harry S Truman. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=3)