# Botticelli - May 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 8, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813 "2018-05-08T13:30:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/202 "2018-05-24T02:49:26Z")
Did you help set up a programming camp for young girls? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/203 "2018-05-24T03:12:51Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Did you help set up a programming camp for young girls? No idea; take a DQ ---
**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, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/204 "2018-05-24T03:56:48Z")
Welcome aboard, **Inner Stickler**! Glad to have you here. Previous IQs: Are you probably a clone of Hitler? - Dr. Krieger, on the FX spy comedy _Archer_ Are you a beautiful coworker of his? - Lana Kane Did you play Helen of Troy? - Helen Kruger, in the movie _Troy_ with Brad Pitt et al. DQs: Actress? Best known for movies? Considered a beauty? IQs: Did you play Eminem’s mom and also briefly date him? Were you one of Hitchcock’s platinum blondes? Do you hang out with a naked mole rat? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/205 "2018-05-24T04:27:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Welcome aboard, **Inner Stickler**! Glad to have you here. > DQs: > > Actress? Not an actress > Best known for movies? Yes, indeed > Considered a beauty? No > > IQs: > > Did you play Eminem’s mom and also briefly date him? **No idea; DQ** > Were you one of Hitchcock’s platinum blondes? **No I’m not Kim, Novak** > Do you hang out with a naked mole rat? **No idea; DQ** DQs, so far 1 ) Real 2 ) Alive 3 ) Female 4 ) Last name starts with a K 5 ) American 6 ) Born since 1950 7 ) Has an IMDB page 8 ) First name starts with a K 9 ) Has been on TV, but does not appear regularly, at all 10) Born before 1980 11) Not an actress 12) Associated with movies 13) Not a beauty ---
**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, 2018, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/206 "2018-05-24T12:29:08Z")
IQs: 1. Did you direct the movie _Aeon Flux_? 2. Were you a “sweet” jazz bandleader popular on Old Time Radio? 3. Did you play Batman, Birdman and the Vulture? ---
**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, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/207 "2018-05-24T15:31:55Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play Eminem’s mom and also briefly date him? - Kim Basinger Were you one of Hitchcock’s platinum blondes? - Yes, Kim Novak Do you hang out with a naked mole rat? - Cartoon adventurer Kim Possible Kim x3! DQs: Director/producer? Has won an Oscar? IQs: Are you Steven Spielberg’s longtime producer? When you’re not working in Washington, are you often teaching in Europe? Are you a recent U.S. ambassador to Japan? ---
**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, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/208 "2018-05-24T16:49:25Z")
Schwept IQ1: Do you play Elizabeth Swann in the _Pirates of the Caribbean_ movies? IQ2: Were you OJ Simpson’s resident mooch? IQ3: In Xanadu, did you a pleasure dome decree? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/209 "2018-05-24T18:48:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you direct the movie _Aeon Flux_? No idea - **DQ** > 2. Were you a “sweet” jazz bandleader popular on Old Time Radio? I’m not **Kay Kyser**. > 3. Did you play Batman, Birdman and the Vulture? I’m not \*\*Michael Keaton. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/210 "2018-05-24T18:57:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you direct the movie _Aeon Flux_? No idea - **DQ** > 2. Were you a “sweet” jazz bandleader popular on Old Time Radio? I’m not **Kay Kyser**. > 3. Did you play Batman, Birdman and the Vulture? I’m not \*\*Michael Keaton. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/211 "2018-05-24T19:03:30Z")
> [@elendil's heir](#): > > p > > dqs: > > Director/producer?producer > has won an oscar? Lots of noms no wins, i don’t think > > iqs: > > Are you steven spielberg’s longtime producer? > > When you’re not working in washington, are you often teaching in europe?no idea > are you a recent u.s. Ambassador to japan?no idea nice job **eh**! ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/212 "2018-05-24T19:08:48Z")
\*\*I can’t the the triumphal formatting to work and get a reply in, but EH has won it with IQ Are you steven spielberg’s longtime producer?Yes I am Kathleen Kennedy girl wonder and president of Lucasfilm! Nice game all: Someone was going to ask about “behind the camera” stuff and the game would be 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 24, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/213 "2018-05-24T20:11:25Z")
Thanks! Here’s more about her: [Kathleen Kennedy (producer) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Kennedy_(producer)) My other two IQs: When you’re not working in Washington, are you often teaching in Europe? - Justice Anthony Kennedy Are you a recent U.S. ambassador to Japan? - Caroline Kennedy Kennedy x3! Lemme think about our next letter… ---
**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, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/214 "2018-05-24T20:44:37Z")
OK, let’s go next with G ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/215 "2018-05-25T01:55:00Z")
IQs 1. Were you the **Michael Douglas** character in _Wall Street_? 2. Were you the co-star of _Show Girls_? 3. Do you run a _Hell Kitchen_? ---
**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 25, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/216 "2018-05-25T04:01:38Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you the **Michael Douglas** character in _Wall Street_? > 2. Were you the co-star of _Show Girls_? > 3. Do you run a _Hell Kitchen_? Not Gordon Gekko, Gina Gershon or Gordon Ramsay. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/217 "2018-05-25T04:15:38Z")
Get out the broom and sweep up **EH**! Nice work. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/218 "2018-05-25T04:21:02Z")
IQs: Did you just want to be alone? Are you a hit star on a nerdy tv show? Is your favorite mode of transportation by bubble? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/219 "2018-05-25T04:34:33Z")
IQs 1. Did you think Pat Sajak was “a most decent fellow”? 2. Are you the Italian George Washington? 3. Are you on the US presidents list twice? ---
**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 25, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/220 "2018-05-25T13:00:57Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > IQs: > > Did you just want to be alone? > Are you a hit star on a nerdy tv show? > Is your favorite mode of transportation by bubble? Not Greta Garbo, Jonathan Galecki or… dunno. > [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you think Pat Sajak was “a most decent fellow”? > 2. Are you the Italian George Washington? > 3. Are you on the US presidents list twice? Not Ed “I must say” Grimley, Giuseppe Garibaldi or George Bush (H.W. or W.). ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/221 "2018-05-25T13:52:02Z")
IQs 1. Ed Grimley: Correct 2. Garibaldi: Correct 3. I was thinking of Grover Cleveland, but I gotta say your response fills the conditions. Nicely done [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813.md?page=12)