# Botticelli May 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 29, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458 "2016-04-29T22:14:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 6, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/81 "2016-05-06T12:16:23Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a noted bandleader and brother of the most popular recording artist of the first half of the 20th Century? 2. Were you a fictional radio interviewer who often mistimed his entrances? 3. Is the movie _All That Jazz_ your semi-autobiography? ---
**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 6, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/82 "2016-05-06T13:22:00Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with B 4. Alive 5. American ---
**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 6, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/83 "2016-05-06T13:23:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a noted bandleader and brother of the most popular recording artist of the first half of the 20th Century? > 2. Were you a fictional radio interviewer who often mistimed his entrances? > 3. Is the movie _All That Jazz_ your semi-autobiography? not Count Basie(?), not Bug Jack Barron(?), DQ (can’t remember the name) ---
**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 6, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/84 "2016-05-06T15:06:23Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Are you the real name of the superhero Timber Wolf? > IQ2: Did you write _The Postman_? > IQ3: Was your co-host Huntley? (And are you both difficult to rhyme with ‘contrapuntally’?) Brin Londo, David Brin, and of course you’re correct about David Brinkley. DQ1: Known for the Arts? Holding 2 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 6, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/85 "2016-05-06T15:15:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a noted bandleader and brother of the most popular recording artist of the first half of the 20th Century? > 2. Were you a fictional radio interviewer who often mistimed his entrances? > 3. Is the movie _All That Jazz_ your semi-autobiography? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Count Basie(?), not Bug Jack Barron(?), DQ (can’t remember the name) #1 was Bob Crosby, brother of Bing #2 was Wally Ballou, a stock Bob & Ray character #3 was Bob Fosse DQS: 1. Born after 1970? 2. Known for the Arts? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 6, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/86 "2016-05-06T16:01:32Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with B 4. Alive 5. American 6. Born before 1970 7. Not known for the arts Ask another DQ Prof. Tim ninja’ed you. ---
**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 6, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/87 "2016-05-06T17:19:00Z")
DQ: Known for government/politics? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 6, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/88 "2016-05-06T18:20:20Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with B 4. Alive 5. American 6. Born before 1970 7. Not known for the arts 8. Known for a certain category of political issues, but not regarded as a politician, nor has she served in government ---
**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 6, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/89 "2016-05-06T18:21:36Z")
DQ: Caucasian? ---
**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 6, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/90 "2016-05-06T18:24:38Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a blue ox? 2. Were you married to Martin Landau? 3. Did you play Chachi on _Happy Days_? ---
**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 6, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/91 "2016-05-06T18:54:05Z")
Previous IQs: Was your mom far more concerned about getting all of her daughters married off than was your dad? - Not a Bronte. This was Lizzie Bennet, in Austen’s _Pride and Prejudice_. Were you her elder (and supposedly prettier) sister? - Also not a Bronte, but Jane Bennet. Were you named after a much-less-well-known ornithologist? - James Bond. DQs: Conservative? Identified with a particular social issue? Have an equally-famous husband? IQs: Did you pitch Florida orange juice before becoming a conservative activist? Were you one of two female U.S. senators elected from your state in the same year? Have you played a rapist, a detective, a computer genius and a supervillain? ---
**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 6, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/92 "2016-05-06T21:07:25Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with B 4. Alive 5. American 6. Born before 1970 7. Not known for the arts 8. Known for a certain category of political issues, but not regarded as a politician, nor has she served in government 9. Caucasian 10. Not conservative 11. Not identified with a particular social issue 12. Does not have an equally-famous husband ---
**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 6, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/93 "2016-05-06T21:09:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a blue ox? > 2. Were you married to Martin Landau? > 3. Did you play Chachi on _Happy Days_? not Babe, DQ, not Scott Baio ---
**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 6, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/94 "2016-05-06T21:10:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you pitch Florida orange juice before becoming a conservative activist? > Were you one of two female U.S. senators elected from your state in the same year? > Have you played a rapist, a detective, a computer genius and a supervillain? not Anita Bryant, not Barbara Boxer(?), not Benedict Cumberbach(?) ---
**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 6, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/95 "2016-05-06T22:22:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a blue ox? > 2. Were you married to Martin Landau? > 3. Did you play Chachi on _Happy Days_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Babe, DQ, not Scott Baio Correct, Barbara Bain, Correct. DQ: Known from television? ---
**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 7, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/96 "2016-05-07T02:36:32Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with B 4. Alive 5. American 6. Born before 1970 7. Not known for the arts 8. Known for a certain category of political issues, but not regarded as a politician, nor has she served in government 9. Caucasian 10. Not conservative 11. Not identified with a particular social issue 12. Does not have an equally-famous husband 13. Not known from television ---
**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 7, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/97 "2016-05-07T04:23:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Anita Bryant, not Barbara Boxer(?), not Benedict Cumberbach(?) Correct on the first two; the last is Benedict Cumberpatch, but close enough (in _Atonement, Sherlock, The Imitation Game_ and _Star Trek Into Darkness_). IQs: Are you Ringo Starr’s wife? Were you Bilbo’s snappish, grasping female relative? Did your dad say he would have preferred you lived, and your brother died instead? ---
**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 7, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/98 "2016-05-07T11:14:10Z")
IQs: 1. Did you work for Fearless Leader? 2. Are you the bat from _Anastasia_? 3. Are you Peter Schickele’s fictional alter ego? ---
**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 7, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/99 "2016-05-07T12:26:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you Ringo Starr’s wife? > Were you Bilbo’s snappish, grasping female relative? > Did your dad say he would have preferred you lived, and your brother died instead? not Barbara Bach, not Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, DQ ---
**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 7, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/100 "2016-05-07T12:28:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you work for Fearless Leader? > 2. Are you the bat from _Anastasia_? > 3. Are you Peter Schickele’s fictional alter ego? not Boris Badanov, DQ DQ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458.md?page=6)