# 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:** 4
**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 1, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/61 "2017-05-01T23:39:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about a Swiss mercenary in the Serbian Army? > IQ2: Did you invent a vaccine for infantile paralysis? > IQ3: Did you play a cook on board a US battleship? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. George Bernard Shaw. (If you’ve never seen _Arms and the Man_, stop reading this right now – run over to Youtube and watch it!) Jonas Salk. Steven Seagal (_Under Siege_). DQ: Known for music? Two DQs 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 1, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/62 "2017-05-01T23:54:31Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with S 3. Female 4. Deceased 5. American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Not an Actress 8. Died after 1950 9. Known for music I haven’t seen _Arms and the Man_, but I’ve read it several times. ---
**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 2, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/63 "2017-05-02T02:41:44Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Have Jim Gaffigan, Norm McDonald, George Hamilton and Robb Riggle portrayed you in commercials? > IQ2: Were you the producer of the film Gone With the Wind? > IQ3: Was your biggest hit single “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh”? > > Take a DQ for #1. > 2. I am not David O. Selznick. > 3. I am not Allan Sherman. Colonel Sanders DQ: Primarily known as a vocalist? ---
**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 2, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/64 "2017-05-02T02:49:49Z")
IQ1: Did you sing “Blanket on the Ground”? IQ2: Did you sing “Help Me Make It Through the Night”? _Arms and the Man_ was the senior class play when I was in 10th grade. That was what got me interested in theatre. ---
**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 2, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/65 "2017-05-02T02:58:28Z")
IQ1: Were you George McGovern’s running mate in the 1972 presidential election? IQ2: Were you Jack Burns’s mustachioed comedy partner? IQ3: Are you the voice of Peter Griffin? ---
**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 2, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/66 "2017-05-02T04:10:03Z")
Previous IQs: You were a lawyer and not Gordon Strachan. Were you a Watergate conspirator? - Withdrawn - I thought Frank Sturgis was a lawyer, but I now see he wasn’t Were you a French writer of detective fiction? - Yes, Georges Simenon, creator of Maigret Were you the best digger in Cairo? - Yes, Sallah, in the Indiana Jones movies So… new IQs: Did Jennifer Garner play you on _Alias_? Were you a Clinton advisor mentioned by name by Donald Trump in a 2016 debate? Were you a maybe-gay, maybe-not character played by Tony Randall? ---
**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 2, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/67 "2017-05-02T12:39:44Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with S 3. Female 4. Deceased 5. American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Not an Actress 8. Died after 1950 9. Known for music 10. Primarily known as a vocalist ---
**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 2, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/68 "2017-05-02T12:41:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing “Blanket on the Ground”? > IQ2: Did you sing “Help Me Make It Through the Night”? > _Arms and the Man_ was the senior class play when I was in 10th grade. That was what got me interested in theatre. Take 2 DQs. I just remember Kris Kristofferson singing #2. ---
**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 2, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/69 "2017-05-02T12:42:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …So… new IQs: > > Did Jennifer Garner play you on _Alias_? > Were you a Clinton advisor mentioned by name by Donald Trump in a 2016 debate? > Were you a maybe-gay, maybe-not character played by Tony Randall? The first one is withdrawn. Instead: Were you a Southern girl who hosted her own TV show and sang in ads, “See the USA from your Chevrolet”? ---
**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 2, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/70 "2017-05-02T12:43:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you George McGovern’s running mate in the 1972 presidential election? > IQ2: Were you Jack Burns’s mustachioed comedy partner? > IQ3: Are you the voice of Peter Griffin? 1. I though that was Tom Eagleton. Take a DQ if I’m wrong. 2. I am not Avery Schreiber. 3. I am not Seth MacFarlane. ---
**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 2, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/71 "2017-05-02T12:45:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > So… new IQs: > > Did Jennifer Garner play you on _Alias_? > Were you a Clinton advisor mentioned by name by Donald Trump in a 2016 debate? > Were you a maybe-gay, maybe-not character played by Tony Randall? Take 3 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 2, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/72 "2017-05-02T12:46:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The first one is withdrawn. Instead: > > Were you a Southern girl who hosted her own TV show and sang in ads, “See the USA from your Chevrolet”? I am not Dinah Shore. ---
**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 2, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/73 "2017-05-02T13:46:08Z")
Yes, Dinah Shore. Thought I might’ve had you there! Previous IQs: Did Jennifer Garner play you on _Alias_? - Sydney Bristow Were you a Clinton advisor mentioned by name by Donald Trump in a 2016 debate? - Sidney Blumenthal Were you a maybe-gay, maybe-not character played by Tony Randall? - The lead in _Love, Sydney_ Sydney/Sidney x3! DQs: Rock or pop musician? Considered a beauty? Won an Emmy? IQs: Did you compose the scores for the _Lord of the Rings_ films? Did you share a recipe for many years on NPR’s Thanksgiving broadcasts? Did you have a garbage truck named after 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 2, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/74 "2017-05-02T15:36:29Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with S 3. Female 4. Deceased 5. American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Not an Actress 8. Died after 1950 9. Known for music 10. Primarily known as a vocalist 11. Rock or pop singer 12. Not considered a beauty 13. Did not win an Emmy ---
**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 2, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/75 "2017-05-02T15:37:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you compose the scores for the _Lord of the Rings_ films? > Did you share a recipe for many years on NPR’s Thanksgiving broadcasts? > Did you have a garbage truck named after you? 1. I am not Howard Shore. 2. Unless this is Martha Stewart again, take a DQ. 3. Take a 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 2, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/76 "2017-05-02T16:10:42Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you George McGovern’s running mate in the 1972 presidential election? > IQ2: Were you Jack Burns’s mustachioed comedy partner? > IQ3: Are you the voice of Peter Griffin? > > 1. I though that was Tom Eagleton. Take a DQ if I’m wrong. > 2. I am not Avery Schreiber. > 3. I am not Seth MacFarlane. Sargent Shriver holding a DQ IQ: Are you noted for singing _God Bless America_ on radio variety shows and army base tours? ---
**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 2, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/77 "2017-05-02T16:35:11Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Sargent Shriver > > holding a DQ > > IQ: Are you noted for singing _God Bless America_ on radio variety shows and army base tours? Yes, I am Kate Smith! Good job, KO. ---
**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 2, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/78 "2017-05-02T17:12:09Z")
She was living in Raleigh when she died, and I was in NC State’s marching band when we did a tribute to her. Let’s go with G! ---
**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 2, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/79 "2017-05-02T17:16:18Z")
IQs: 1. Did you do the voice for Iago in _Aladdin_? 2. Were you king of England during the American Revolution? 3. Did you win an Oscar for your role in _The Sunshine Boys_? ---
**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 2, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/80 "2017-05-02T19:04:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you do the voice for Iago in _Aladdin_? > 2. Were you king of England during the American Revolution? > 3. Did you win an Oscar for your role in _The Sunshine Boys_? DQ, not George III, not George Burns [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506.md?page=5)