# 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:** 6
**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, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/101 "2017-05-03T18:06:32Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Ted Baxter’s girlfriend? - Yes, Georgette, on _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ Were your official papers moved in the past ten years to Mississippi, of all places? - U.S. Grant: [http://digital.library.msstate.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/USG\_volume](http://digital.library.msstate.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/USG_volume). During the Civil War, that was enemy territory to him Did a newspaper say you should be elected because 1. you were honest, 2. you were honest, and 3. you were honest? - Grover Cleveland DQs: Best known as a businessman? Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line? IQs: Were you the victor of the Battle of Gettysburg? Were you a Confederate general at Gettysburg who became a Georgia politician after the war? When asked if you were armed, did you once say (paraphrased), “As long as I’m wearing trousers, I have pockets, and as long as I have pockets, I have something in them”? ---
**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, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/102 "2017-05-03T18:49:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, not Edie Gormet, not Gladys #1 was Robert Goulet. #2 was, indeed, Eydie Gorme. #3 was, indeed, Gladys Kravitz. DQ: Known for sports? ---
**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, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/103 "2017-05-03T19:52:26Z")
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 9. Not known for business 10. Born south of Mason-Dixon 11. Known for sports ---
**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, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/104 "2017-05-03T19:54:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you the victor of the Battle of Gettysburg? > Were you a Confederate general at Gettysburg who became a Georgia politician after the war? > When asked if you were armed, did you once say (paraphrased), “As long as I’m wearing trousers, I have pockets, and as long as I have pockets, I have something in them”? not George Meade, not Lyndsey Graham(?), DQ ---
**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, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/105 "2017-05-03T20:10:26Z")
IQs: 1. Were you known as “the Galloping Ghost”? 2. Did you pilot Friendship 7? 3. Did (or does) your art grace the intro to PBS’s series _Mystery_? ---
**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, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/106 "2017-05-03T22:40:41Z")
IQ1: Was your stage name a play on the name of a Norwegian playwright? IQ2: Are you a football player commonly known by the first syllable of your name? IQ3: Were you a Byrd and a Flying Burrito Brother? ---
**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 4, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/107 "2017-05-04T00:33:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you known as “the Galloping Ghost”? > 2. Did you pilot Friendship 7? > 3. Did (or does) your art grace the intro to PBS’s series _Mystery_? 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 4, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/108 "2017-05-04T00:40:44Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your stage name a play on the name of a Norwegian playwright? > IQ2: Are you a football player commonly known by the first syllable of your name? > IQ3: Were you a Byrd and a Flying Burrito Brother? DQ, not Garo Yepremian(?), DQ ---
**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 4, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/109 "2017-05-04T00:48:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you known as “the Galloping Ghost”? > 2. Did you pilot Friendship 7? > 3. Did (or does) your art grace the intro to PBS’s series _Mystery_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 3 DQs #1 was early football player Red Grange. #2 was astronaut John Glenn. #3 is Edward Gorey. DQs: 1. Known for playing baseball or football? 2. Currently active as a player? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 4, 2017, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/110 "2017-05-04T04:59:50Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the victor of the Battle of Gettysburg? - Yes, George G. Meade Were you a Confederate general at Gettysburg who became a Georgia politician after the war? - John Brown Gordon When asked if you were armed, did you once say (paraphrased), “As long as I’m wearing trousers, I have pockets, and as long as I have pockets, I have something in them”? - Scotland Yard Inspector G. Lestrade (Conan Doyle never told us his full first name), in the Sherlock Holmes stories DQ: White? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you a Seventies Pittsburgh Pirates player likened to Yosemite Sam? Were you a recent Cleveland Indians player with a five-syllable-long last name? A Yankee player, did you ironically say you considered yourself the luckiest man in the world? ---
**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 4, 2017, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/111 "2017-05-04T12:19:32Z")
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 9. Not known for business 10. Born south of Mason-Dixon 11. Known for sports 12. Known for playing baseball or football 13. Currently active 14. Not white ---
**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 4, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/112 "2017-05-04T12:23:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a Seventies Pittsburgh Pirates player likened to Yosemite Sam? > Were you a recent Cleveland Indians player with a five-syllable-long last name? > A Yankee player, did you ironically say you considered yourself the luckiest man in the world? DQ, DQ, not Lou Gherig When I went to WCU, the head football coach had Lou Gherig’s disease and coached in a wheelchair till he died. ---
**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 4, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/113 "2017-05-04T12:37:07Z")
DQ: Known for playing football? ---
**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 4, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/114 "2017-05-04T13:22:42Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your stage name a play on the name of a Norwegian playwright? > IQ2: Are you a football player commonly known by the first syllable of your name? > IQ3: Were you a Byrd and a Flying Burrito Brother? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, not Garo Yepremian(?), DQ Henry Gibson (Henrik Ibsen). Never heard of Garo, but that’s a two-syllable name. I was thinking of Gronkowski. (Never would have heard of him, either, if I hadn’t seen some ads – fast food of some sort? – with him.) Gram Parsons. DQ1: Player (as opposed to manager, owner, &c)? DQ2: Own/employed by a team based east of the Mississippi? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 4, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/115 "2017-05-04T13:56:33Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a Seventies Pittsburgh Pirates player likened to Yosemite Sam? - Phil Garner Were you a recent Cleveland Indians player with a five-syllable-long last name? - Nomar Garciaparra A Yankee player, did you ironically say you considered yourself the luckiest man in the world? - Yes, Lou Gehrig Three DQs reserved. ---
**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 4, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/116 "2017-05-04T14:15:49Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Player (as opposed to manager, owner, &c)? > DQ2: Own/employed by a team based east of the Mississippi? > One DQ reserved. Okay – now that I’m awake enough to see that DQ12 specifically says “playing,” scratch my first DQ. DQ: Player for a team based east of the Mississippi? Two 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 4, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/117 "2017-05-04T15:44:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I was thinking of Gronkowski. > (Never would have heard of him, either, if I hadn’t seen some ads – fast food of some sort? – with him.) I’ve heard him referred to more as “Gronk,” but I’ll take your word for it. ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/118 "2017-05-04T15:47:02Z")
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 9. Not known for business 10. Born south of Mason-Dixon 11. Known for sports 12. Known for playing baseball or football 13. Currently active 14. Not white 15. Plays football 16. Player for a team based east of the Mississippi ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/119 "2017-05-04T15:53:48Z")
[Well, I’m not gonna get this one.] IQs: 1. Are you a Looney Toon character who is no longer considered to be politically correct? 2. Did you compose the _Pere Gynt Suite_? 3. Were you a lion tamer with Ringling Brothers? ---
**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 4, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/120 "2017-05-04T17:42:44Z")
DQ: In the NFL? (If yes) Plays for a team that has been in the Super Bowl in the past five years? One (or two) DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506.md?page=7)