# Botticelli - May 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 29, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506 "2017-04-29T16:43:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/301 "2017-05-16T11:27:02Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > DQ in the AM. Politician? ---
**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 16, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/302 "2017-05-16T14:48:45Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you manage to escape Earth before it was demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass? > IQ2: Did you write about IQ1? > IQ3: Are you the proprietor of a holistic detective agency that IQ2 wrote about? > > Not Arthur Dent. > Not Douglas Thingummy. > Not Dirk Gently. Adams. How could you forget ADAMS? holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/303 "2017-05-16T14:54:08Z")
While we’re waiting… Is there a “master post” with the rules we’re going by? Parameters for questions, etc. I’d like to read up as a refresher, especially if I happen to host a round at some point. Along those lines, is someone compiling a list of subjects so we don’t pick one already done? ---
**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 16, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/304 "2017-05-16T14:58:22Z")
IQ1: Did you allege that you were attacked by thugs who asked “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” IQ2: In _The Court Jester_, did your character fumble with a rhyme to remember which drink was poisoned? IQ3: Are you currently the best selling author alive? ---
**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 16, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/305 "2017-05-16T15:15:16Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > While we’re waiting… > > Is there a “master post” with the rules we’re going by? Parameters for questions, etc. I’d like to read up as a refresher, especially if I happen to host a round at some point. Along those lines, is someone compiling a list of subjects so we don’t pick one already done? We more or less go by the rules [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli_(game)), with the option to reserve DQs. EH maintains a separate thread of [the letters we’ve used](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648663), going back _5 years!_ My memory is shit, but other players do remember when we’ve used names before. It’s only happened twice that I can recall. I think the art of picking names that aren’t too obvious makes this kind of self-governing. I’ve remarked when I thought a question was too vague before, so I’d say it’s up to the players to determine parameters when such issues come up. ---
**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 16, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/306 "2017-05-16T15:37:52Z")
Thanks, **KO**. You can also search “Botticelli” and a particular name to see if it’s been used in the past. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/307 "2017-05-16T16:08:49Z")
Cool; thanks. ---
**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 16, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/308 "2017-05-16T22:01:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you credited by some for the extra brake light on American cars? > Were you a Fifties actress who would not be expected to be nocturnal? > Was your last TV appearance in the very early days of the David Letterman show? DQ. Not Doris Day. (Love the way you worded that, BTW.) DQ. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you allege that you were attacked by thugs who asked “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” > IQ2: In _The Court Jester_, did your character fumble with a rhyme to remember which drink was poisoned? > IQ3: Are you currently the best selling author alive? DQ. Not Danny … Thomas? DQ. D 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. American 5. Last name does not start with D 6. Not born after 1964 7. Considered a beauty 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Not a politician > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Adams. How could you forget ADAMS? Well, I’ve never actually read any of those books… ---
**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 16, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/309 "2017-05-16T22:16:39Z")
DQ: Actress? ---
**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 16, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/310 "2017-05-16T22:19:25Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Kenneth Robeson’s best known creation? 2. Did Benedict Cumberbatch play you in a blockbuster movie last year? 3. Have you been plated by Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent and Joanna Lumley? ---
**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 16, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/311 "2017-05-16T22:23:18Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > We more or less go by the rules [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli_(game)), with the option to reserve DQs. EH maintains a separate thread of [the letters we’ve used](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648663), going back _5 years!_ > > My memory is shit, but other players do remember when we’ve used names before. It’s only happened twice that I can recall. I think the art of picking names that aren’t too obvious makes this kind of self-governing. > > I’ve remarked when I thought a question was too vague before, so I’d say it’s up to the players to determine parameters when such issues come up. A few more points re names: If the person has a multi-word name but no surname, the first and last words of the name are the “first name” and “last name” for questions such as _Last name begins with X?_ For instance, Sitting Bull’s “first name” is Sitting; his “last name” is Bull. We use the most common form of the person’s name. Stephen Grover Cleveland can be used for G or C, but not as an S. Similarly, Thomas Woodrow Wilson can only be used as a W, not as a T. If the person’s middle name (John Philip Sousa, Louisa May Alcott) or initial (D H Lawrence, James K Polk) are more or less always used when speaking of him/her/it, it’s okay to use the middle name as the basis for an IQ. Using it as the basis for a game, however, is frowned upon. I did start making a list of people who had been used for games, but gave it up when I started having computer problems last year. ---
**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 16, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/312 "2017-05-16T22:37:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Kenneth Robeson’s best known creation? > 2. Did Benedict Cumberbatch play you in a blockbuster movie last year? > 3. Have you been plated by Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent and Joanna Lumley? Being Doc Savage once was quite enough, thank you. DQ. Do you mean gold-plated or silver-plated, or is the difference not important? Either way, DQ. D 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. American 5. Last name does not start with D 6. Not born after 1964 7. Considered a beauty 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Not a politician 10. Actress ---
**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 17, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/313 "2017-05-17T00:01:24Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you allege that you were attacked by thugs who asked “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” > IQ2: In The Court Jester, did your character fumble with a rhyme to remember which drink was poisoned? > IQ3: Are you currently the best selling author alive? > > DQ. > Not Danny … Thomas? > DQ. Dan Rather, Danny Kaye (The pellet with the poison’s in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true), Danielle Steel Dan x 3! DQ: Best known from movies? DQ: Best known for drama? holding 2 DQsies ---
**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 17, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/314 "2017-05-17T01:59:32Z")
D 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. American 5. Last name does not start with D 6. Not born after 1964 7. Considered a beauty 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Not a politician 10. Actress 11. Best known from movies 12. Best known for drama ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/315 "2017-05-17T02:47:40Z")
IQ1: Do you have friends such as Gub-Gub, Dab-Dab, Chee-Chee, and Too-Too? IQ2: Did you play a famous queen, starring with a famous swashbuckler? IQ3: Are you the senior U.S. Senator from Illinois? ---
**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 17, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/316 "2017-05-17T04:14:58Z")
Previous IQs: Are you credited by some for the extra brake light on American cars? - Elizabeth Dole, when she was Secretary of Transportation Were you a Fifties actress who would not be expected to be nocturnal? - Yes, Doris Day Was your last TV appearance in the very early days of the David Letterman show? - Bette Davis DQs: Has won an Oscar? Has been in a movie nominated for any Oscar in the past ten years? IQs: Were you the star of the Seventies sitcom _Angie_? Did you play Mary Bailey? Did you play Tasha Yar? ---
**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 17, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/317 "2017-05-17T14:58:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Kenneth Robeson’s best known creation? > 2. Did Benedict Cumberbatch play you in a blockbuster movie last year? > 3. Have you been plated by Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent and Joanna Lumley? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Being Doc Savage once was quite enough, thank you. > DQ. > Do you mean gold-plated or silver-plated, or is the difference not important? Either way, DQ. Correct on Doc. #2 was Doctor Strange. #3 was Doctor Who. (All four as the Doctor in the Comic Relief version, _The Curse of Fatal Death_.) 2 DQs 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 17, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/318 "2017-05-17T16:03:57Z")
IQ1: Are you an actress from the movie _The Help_ who has the same first name as a stringed instrument? IQ2: Do you play the role of Night Nurse in Marvel’s Netflix shows like _Daredevil_, _Luke Cage_, etc? IQ3: Are you a talk show personality who’s married to Portia de Rossi? ---
**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 17, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/319 "2017-05-17T21:37:37Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > IQ1: Do you have friends such as Gub-Gub, Dab-Dab, Chee-Chee, and Too-Too? > IQ2: Did you play a famous queen, starring with a famous swashbuckler? > IQ3: Are you the senior U.S. Senator from Illinois? Not Dr Doolittle. DQ. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the star of the Seventies sitcom _Angie_? > Did you play Mary Bailey? > Did you play Tasha Yar? Three DQs. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an actress from the movie _The Help_ who has the same first name as a stringed instrument? > IQ2: Do you play the role of Night Nurse in Marvel’s Netflix shows like _Daredevil_, _Luke Cage_, etc? > IQ3: Are you a talk show personality who’s married to Portia de Rossi? Three DQs. (Viola Dsomething for IQ1, I suppose…) D 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. American 5. Last name does not start with D 6. Not born after 1964 7. Considered a beauty 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Not a politician 10. Actress 11. Best known from movies 12. Best known for drama 13. Has not won an Oscar 14. Has not been in a movie nominated for any Oscar in the past ten years ---
**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 17, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/320 "2017-05-17T22:20:00Z")
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