# 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:** 21
**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 23, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/401 "2017-05-23T02:02:33Z")
Yes I am! Grats 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 23, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/402 "2017-05-23T02:13:39Z")
Thank yew. And now, a timely little round. A bit tricky, perhaps. I am **K!** ---
**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 23, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/403 "2017-05-23T02:59:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Are you Quentin Coldwater from _The Magicians_? Never heard of him. Or it. IQ1: Were you a naval officer killed in the premature explosion of a remote-controlled bomb? IQ2: Did your wife’s bodyguard help capture your killer? IQ3: Were you #2’s father? ---
**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 23, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/404 "2017-05-23T11:26:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a naval officer killed in the premature explosion of a remote-controlled bomb? > IQ2: Did your wife’s bodyguard help capture your killer? > IQ3: Were you #2’s father? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 23, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/405 "2017-05-23T12:11:02Z")
IQ1: Are you best known for your portrayal of Jenna Maroney on _30 Rock_? IQ2: Are you a raspy blonde recording artist best known for your 1981 hit _Betty Davis Eyes_? IQ3: Prior to becoming a late night talk show host, were you a co-host for _The Man Show_? ---
**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 23, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/406 "2017-05-23T12:34:36Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you best known for your portrayal of Jenna Maroney on _30 Rock_? > IQ2: Are you a raspy blonde recording artist best known for your 1981 hit _Betty Davis Eyes_? > IQ3: Prior to becoming a late night talk show host, were you a co-host for _The Man Show_? Take a DQ for #1. #2. I am not Kim Carnes. #3. I am not Jimmy Kimmel. ---
**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 23, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/407 "2017-05-23T14:58:10Z")
Jane Krakowski 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 23, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/408 "2017-05-23T19:41:51Z")
DQs: 1. Real ---
**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 23, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/409 "2017-05-23T19:54:44Z")
IQ1: Did you lead the St. Louis Rams to victory in Superbowl XXXIV? IQ2: Were you, Escher and Bach the subjects of a Douglas Hofstadter book? IQ3: Do you drive car No. 41 in NASCAR races? ---
**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 23, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/410 "2017-05-23T20:04:18Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you lead the St. Louis Rams to victory in Superbowl XXXIV? > IQ2: Were you, Escher and Bach the subjects of a Douglas Hofstadter book? > IQ3: Do you drive car No. 41 in NASCAR races? #2. I’m not Kurt Godel. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 23, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/411 "2017-05-23T21:46:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Never heard of him. Or it. > IQ1: Were you a naval officer killed in the premature explosion of a remote-controlled bomb? > IQ2: Did your wife’s bodyguard help capture your killer? > IQ3: Were you #2’s father? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. Joe Kennedy Jr. RFK. Joe Sr. DQ1: Male? DQ2: Living? DQ3: Known for the Arts? ---
**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 23, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/412 "2017-05-23T22:23:27Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Known for the Arts ---
**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 23, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/413 "2017-05-23T23:37:23Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you lead the St. Louis Rams to victory in Superbowl XXXIV? > IQ2: Were you, Escher and Bach the subjects of a Douglas Hofstadter book? > IQ3: Do you drive car No. 41 in NASCAR races? > > #2. I’m not Kurt Godel. > Take 2 DQs. Kurt Warner, correct, Kurt Busch DQ: Last name start with K? DQ: Known for the performing arts? ---
**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 24, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/414 "2017-05-24T01:08:18Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with K 6. Known for the Performing Arts ---
**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 24, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/415 "2017-05-24T04:55:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Never heard of him. Or it… Ditto, but congrats, **Prof. P.** IQs: Did you badly sprain your back while planting a tree in Ottawa? Were you married at Hammersmith Farm? Were you photographed hiding under your dad’s desk? ---
**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 24, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/416 "2017-05-24T10:45:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you badly sprain your back while planting a tree in Ottawa? > Were you married at Hammersmith Farm? > Were you photographed hiding under your dad’s desk? Although I am reasonably sure that one of these is JFK, and the others are probably Kennedy related as well, I cannot place exact names to exact questions, so take 3 DQs. ---
**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 24, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/417 "2017-05-24T12:07:46Z")
IQ1: Were you a temperamental basketball coach for the Indiana Hoosiers for 29 years? IQ2: Did you work with some real Pips during your singing career? IQ3: Did you found the rap label Death Row Records with Dr. Dre? ---
**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 24, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/418 "2017-05-24T12:28:47Z")
IQ1: Are you “Dr. Death”? IQ2: Are you married to Phoebe Cates, and have been for nearly 30 years? IQ3: Did you break character in your role as a co-pilot for a troubled airliner flight? ---
**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 24, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/419 "2017-05-24T13:45:41Z")
Previous IQs: Did you badly sprain your back while planting a tree in Ottawa? - Yes, JFK Were you married at Hammersmith Farm? - Jackie Kennedy, to JFK Were you photographed hiding under your dad’s desk? - JFK Jr.: [https://www.awesomestories.com/images/user/1c2f9241d1.jpg](https://www.awesomestories.com/images/user/1c2f9241d1.jpg) DQs: American? Actor? Died since 1950? IQs: Were you, until recently, the U.S. ambassador to Japan? Were you, in Robert Harris’s _Fatherland_, POTUS in 1964? Were you that person’s youngest son? ---
**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 24, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/420 "2017-05-24T17:06:40Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with K 6. Known for the Performing Arts 7. Not American 8. Not an Actor 9. Died before 1950 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506.md?page=22)