# 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:** 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:** [May 7, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/101 "2016-05-07T12:45:09Z")
> [@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? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Boris Badanov, DQ DQ Correct on Boris. #2 was Bartok. #3 is P.D.Q. Bach. DQ: Famous before 1980? 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 7, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/102 "2016-05-07T15:55:08Z")
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 14. Famous after 1980 ---
**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, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/103 "2016-05-07T17:55:42Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Barbara Bach, not Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, DQ Correct as to the first two (very good!). The third is Boromir, whose dad Denethor, Steward of Gondor, said that to his other son, Faramir. DQ: Famous after 2000? IQs: Have you played a concierge, an aggressive prosecutor, a network executive and an impresario? Did George Washington serve as one of your aides-de-camp? Did Holmes liken Watson to you? ---
**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, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/104 "2016-05-07T18:16:28Z")
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 14. Famous after 1980 15. More famous on or before 2000 ---
**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, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/105 "2016-05-07T18:21:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Have you played a concierge, an aggressive prosecutor, a network executive and an impresario? > Did George Washington serve as one of your aides-de-camp? > Did Holmes liken Watson to you? I used to draw pictures of Otho and Lobelia when I was a kid. Don’t know why. Maybe because they were the only hobbits that weren’t cute. not Ned Beatty(?), not Benedict Arnold(?), don’t remember ---
**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, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/106 "2016-05-07T19:38:47Z")
IQs: In Lewis Carroll’s poem _The Hunting of the Snark_: 1. Are you the group’s leader? 2. Are you what the group found? 3. Did you “softly and suddenly” vanish away? ---
**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, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/107 "2016-05-07T22:11:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > In Lewis Carroll’s poem _The Hunting of the Snark_: > > 1. Are you the group’s leader? > 2. Are you what the group found? > 3. Did you “softly and suddenly” vanish away? Enjoy your three 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 8, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/108 "2016-05-08T01:20:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > In Lewis Carroll’s poem _The Hunting of the Snark_: > > 1. Are you the group’s leader? > 2. Are you what the group found? > 3. Did you “softly and suddenly” vanish away? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Enjoy your three DQs. #1 was the Bellman (and what he says three times is true). #2 was the Boojum! #3 was the Baker, for the Snark WAS a Boojum, you see. 4 DQs reserved. Maybe tomorrow I’ll have thought of a better line of attack for the 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 8, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/109 "2016-05-08T04:04:53Z")
Previous IQs: Have you played a concierge, an aggressive prosecutor, a network executive and an impresario? - Bob Balaban, in _The Grand Budapest Hotel, Absence of Malice, Seinfeld_ and _A Mighty Wind_. Did George Washington serve as one of your aides-de-camp? - Gen. Edward Braddock, during the French and Indian War. Did Holmes liken Watson to you? - Holmes refers to the good doctor as “my Boswell,” recalling the biographer of Dr. Samuel Johnson. DQs: Considered a liberal? Associated with stereotypical “women’s issues”? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did Julia Roberts play you, a real person, in a hit movie? Are you a boy voiced by a woman? Have you played a madman, a thief, an epidemiologist and a tank commander? ---
**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 8, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/110 "2016-05-08T11:52:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did Julia Roberts play you, a real person, in a hit movie? Yes, I am Erin Brockovich! I am an environmental activist portrayed in 2000 by Julia Roberts. Congrats EH! ---
**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, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/111 "2016-05-08T11:58:15Z")
Good one, EH! ---
**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, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/112 "2016-05-08T18:52:40Z")
Thanks! ISTR we did Erin B. in another Botticelli thread, but I can’t find it through a SDMB search. My other two IQs: Are you a boy voiced by a woman? - Bart Simpson. Have you played a madman, a thief, an epidemiologist and a tank commander? - Brad Pitt, in _12 Monkeys, Thelma & Louise, World War Z_ and _Fury_. Continuing our latest march through the alphabet, our next letter, of course, is C ---
**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, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/113 "2016-05-08T19:32:31Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the Lord of Lothlorien? 2. Did you play #1 in the movie trilogy? 3. Were you an exuberant, bushy-mustached comedian who used to tour with Bob Hope? ---
**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 8, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/114 "2016-05-08T20:24:10Z")
IQ1: Is your song “You’re So Vain” allegedly about Warren Beatty? IQ2: Were you the QB for the Atlanta Falcons in their only Super Bowl appearance in 1998? IQ3: Are you the star of numerous productions of _Hello Dolly_? ---
**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, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/115 "2016-05-09T04:09:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Lord of Lothlorien? > 2. Did you play #1 in the movie trilogy? > 3. Were you an exuberant, bushy-mustached comedian who used to tour with Bob Hope? Not Celeborn, Martin Csokas (sp?) and dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Is your song “You’re So Vain” allegedly about Warren Beatty? > IQ2: Were you the QB for the Atlanta Falcons in their only Super Bowl appearance in 1998? > IQ3: Are you the star of numerous productions of _Hello Dolly_? Not Carly Simon, dunno, and not Carol Channing. ---
**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, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/116 "2016-05-09T11:07:19Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Is your song “You’re So Vain” allegedly about Warren Beatty? > IQ2: Were you the QB for the Atlanta Falcons in their only Super Bowl appearance in 1998? > IQ3: Are you the star of numerous productions of Hello Dolly? > Not Carly Simon, dunno, and not Carol Channing. Chris Chandler DQ: Real? ---
**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, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/117 "2016-05-09T11:15:32Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Lord of Lothlorien? > 2. Did you play #1 in the movie trilogy? > 3. Were you an exuberant, bushy-mustached comedian who used to tour with Bob Hope? > Not Celeborn, Martin Csokas (sp?) and dunno. Correct x2. #3 was Jerry Colonna. DQ: Male? ---
**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, 2016, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/118 "2016-05-09T11:21:01Z")
IQs: 1. Were you born William Claude Dukenfield? 2. Did you write _Martin Chuzzlewit_? 3. Were you an Italian Renaissance painter who, in your paining _Salome with the Head of John the Baptist_ used your own head as a model for John’s? ---
**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, 2016, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/119 "2016-05-09T11:22:16Z")
IQ1: Were you Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter? IQ2: Are you a country singer who was married to actress Renee Zellweger for 4 months? IQ3: Are you an Irish mythological hero who was tricked into violating a geas by being offered dog meat? ---
**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, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/120 "2016-05-09T15:04:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you born William Claude Dukenfield? > 2. Did you write _Martin Chuzzlewit_? > 3. Were you an Italian Renaissance painter who, in your paining _Salome with the Head of John the Baptist_ used your own head as a model for John’s? Dunno, not Charles Dickens, and not Caravaggio (sp?). > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter? > IQ2: Are you a country singer who was married to actress Renee Zellweger for 4 months? > IQ3: Are you an Irish mythological hero who was tricked into violating a geas by being offered dog meat? Not Cyrus Vance, dunno, and not Culcuhan (sp?). C. 1. fictional 2. male [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458.md?page=7)