# 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:** 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 2, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/81 "2017-05-02T19:08:26Z")
> [@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_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, not George III, not George Burns #1 was Gilbert Godfrey. Correct on the others. 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 2, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/82 "2017-05-02T19:11:49Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a radio character who started on _Fibber McGee & Molly_, but was spun off to his own series? 2. Are you one of the founders of Foo Fighters? 3. Did you peddle the Sledge-o-Matic? ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/83 "2017-05-02T20:24:45Z")
Good job, **KO**! > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1 was Gilbert Godfrey… Nitpick: It’s “Gottfried.” Previous IQs: Did you compose the scores for the _Lord of the Rings_ films? - Yes, Howard Shore Did you share a recipe for many years on NPR’s Thanksgiving broadcasts? - Susan Stamberg - for a particular kind of chutney IIRC Did you have a garbage truck named after you? - American humorist David Sedaris, who has a hobby of picking up trash on the roads near his home in England On to G… IQs: Were you nicknamed “Pap” and “Old Slow Trot”? Did you have a dove of peace as a weathervane atop your house? Did you try to keep your estranged wife out of a very important event? ---
**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, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/84 "2017-05-02T21:37:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing “Blanket on the Ground”? > IQ2: Did you sing “Help Me Make It Through the Night”? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 2 DQs. > > I just remember Kris Kristofferson singing #2. Billie Jo Spears. Sammi Smith. Don’t think I’ve ever heard Kristofferson’s version, but it took me half an hour to get Willie Nelson out of my head after I posted the question this morning. 😃 ---
**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, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/85 "2017-05-02T21:43:41Z")
IQ1: Did the mayor of Chicago promise to give you “a poke in the snoot” if you ever visited his city? IQ2: Were you #1’s younger son, who took over as boss after his elder brother quit? IQ3: Are you now third in line to take over that same job? ---
**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 3, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/86 "2017-05-03T00:17:21Z")
DQ Roundup 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 3, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/87 "2017-05-03T00:19:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a radio character who started on _Fibber McGee & Molly_, but was spun off to his own series? > 2. Are you one of the founders of Foo Fighters? > 3. Did you peddle the Sledge-o-Matic? DQ, not Dave Grohl, not the Dan Aykroyd character whose name I can’t remember… ---
**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 3, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/88 "2017-05-03T00:21:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you nicknamed “Pap” and “Old Slow Trot”? > Did you have a dove of peace as a weathervane atop your house? > Did you try to keep your estranged wife out of a very important event? 3 DQs for 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 3, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/89 "2017-05-03T00:26:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did the mayor of Chicago promise to give you “a poke in the snoot” if you ever visited his city? > IQ2: Were you #1’s younger son, who took over as boss after his elder brother quit? > IQ3: Are you now third in line to take over that same job? 3 DQs for 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 3, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/90 "2017-05-03T00:55:43Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a radio character who started on Fibber McGee & Molly, but was spun off to his own series? > 2. Are you one of the founders of Foo Fighters? > 3. Did you peddle the Sledge-o-Matic? > DQ, not Dave Grohl, not the Dan Aykroyd character whose name I can’t remember… #1 was The Great Gildersleeve. Correct on #2. #3 was [Gallagher.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt1RlTjKP0s) DQs: 1. Male? 2. Alive? ---
**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 3, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/91 "2017-05-03T01:15:14Z")
Previous IQs: Were you nicknamed “Pap” and “Old Slow Trot”? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas of Civil War fame Did you have a dove of peace as a weathervane atop your house? - George Washington, at Mount Vernon: [http://s3.amazonaws.com/mtv-main-assets/files/resources/medium\_roombyroom\_14.jpg](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mtv-main-assets/files/resources/medium_roombyroom_14.jpg) Did you try to keep your estranged wife out of a very important event? - King George IV, at his coronation George x3! DQs: Born since 1964? Best known for the Arts, broadly defined? Last name start with G? IQs: Were you Ted Baxter’s girlfriend? Were your official papers moved in the past ten years to _Mississippi_, of all places? Did a newspaper say you should be elected because 1. you were honest, 2. you were honest, and 3. you were honest? ---
**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 3, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/92 "2017-05-03T01:54:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did the mayor of Chicago promise to give you “a poke in the snoot” if you ever visited his city? > IQ2: Were you #1’s younger son, who took over as boss after his elder brother quit? > IQ3: Are you now third in line to take over that same job? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 3 DQs for you George V. George VI. Prince George of Cambridge. DQ: American? 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 3, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/93 "2017-05-03T01:56:09Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write the screeplay _The Trouble With Tribbles_? 2. Were you a catcher for the Cardinals and the Cubs, later known as a sportscaster? 3. Did you battle King Kong and win (in the Japanese version), or lost (in the American version)? ---
**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 3, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/94 "2017-05-03T12:12:13Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Born since 1964 5. Not known for the arts 6. Last name starts with G 7. 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 3, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/95 "2017-05-03T12:14:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Ted Baxter’s girlfriend? > Were your official papers moved in the past ten years to _Mississippi_, of all places? > Did a newspaper say you should be elected because 1. you were honest, 2. you were honest, and 3. you were honest? Not Georgette, DQ, 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 3, 2017, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/96 "2017-05-03T12:19:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the screeplay _The Trouble With Tribbles_? > 2. Were you a catcher for the Cardinals and the Cubs, later known as a sportscaster? > 3. Did you battle King Kong and win (in the Japanese version), or lost (in the American version)? not David Gerrold(?), not Joe Garagiola, not Godzilla ---
**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 3, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/97 "2017-05-03T12:28:30Z")
DQ: Known for politics/military? One DQ 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 3, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/98 "2017-05-03T12:50:57Z")
You swept my questions. IQs: 1. Did you play Sir Lancelot in _Camelot_ on Broadway? 2. Were you married to Steve Lawrence? 3. Were you the nosy neighbor on _Bewitched_? ---
**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 3, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/99 "2017-05-03T15:25:44Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Born since 1964 5. Not known for the arts 6. Last name starts with G 7. American 8. Not known for politics/military ---
**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 3, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/100 "2017-05-03T15:27:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you play Sir Lancelot in _Camelot_ on Broadway? > 2. Were you married to Steve Lawrence? > 3. Were you the nosy neighbor on _Bewitched_? DQ, not Edie Gormet, not Gladys [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506.md?page=6)