# 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:** 12
**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 25, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/222 "2018-05-25T14:39:45Z")
IQ1: Are you the only male diver in Olympic history to sweep the diving events in consecutive Olympic Games? IQ2: Are you the starting Tight End for the Carolina Panthers? IQ3: Are you a frequent improv star on both the UK and US versions of _Whose Line Is It Anyway_? ---
**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, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/223 "2018-05-25T15:05:22Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the only male diver in Olympic history to sweep the diving events in consecutive Olympic Games? > IQ2: Are you the starting Tight End for the Carolina Panthers? > IQ3: Are you a frequent improv star on both the UK and US versions of _Whose Line Is It Anyway_? Not Greg Louganis, dunno, and not Greg Proobst (sp?). ---
**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 25, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/224 "2018-05-25T20:31:46Z")
Well done, EH! IQs: 1. Did you play Georgette on _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_? 2. Are you _The Monster Who Lives At The End Of This Book_? 3. Are you the Sheriff of Nottingham? ---
**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 25, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/225 "2018-05-25T21:18:51Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the only male diver in Olympic history to sweep the diving events in consecutive Olympic Games? > IQ2: Are you the starting Tight End for the Carolina Panthers? > IQ3: Are you a frequent improv star on both the UK and US versions of Whose Line Is It Anyway? > > Not Greg Louganis, dunno, and not Greg Proobst (sp?). Greg Olsen no DQs yet? DQ: 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 25, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/226 "2018-05-25T21:21:44Z")
IQ1: Did you direct _Time Bandits_? IQ2: Are you an inventor in Duckberg? IQ3: Did you play a jealous lover who boiled a rabbit? ---
**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 26, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/227 "2018-05-26T04:35:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Did you play Georgette on _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_? > 2. Are you _The Monster Who Lives At The End Of This Book_? > 3. Are you the Sheriff of Nottingham? Dunno, dunno, and not Sir Guy of Gisborne. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you direct _Time Bandits_? > IQ2: Are you an inventor in Duckberg? > IQ3: Did you play a jealous lover who boiled a rabbit? Not Terry Gilliam, dunno, and not Glenn Close. G. 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 26, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/228 "2018-05-26T12:22:26Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you direct Time Bandits? > IQ2: Are you an inventor in Duckberg? > IQ3: Did you play a jealous lover who boiled a rabbit? > Not Terry Gilliam, dunno, and not Glenn Close. Gyro Gearloose DQ: Alive? ---
**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 26, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/229 "2018-05-26T15:33:12Z")
IQ1: Did you play the title role in _Buck Rogers in the 25th Century_? IQ2: Did you play Commander Adam in the original _Battlestar Galactica_? IQ3: Did you play Lex Luthor in the Christopher Reeve era of _Superman_ films? ---
**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 26, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/230 "2018-05-26T19:57:18Z")
Not Gil Gerard, Lorne Greene (you mean “Adama,” I presume) or Gene “Australia!” Hackman. G. 1. real 2. dead ---
**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 27, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/231 "2018-05-27T00:03:19Z")
> [@](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Did you play Georgette on The Mary Tyler Moore Show? > 2. Are you The Monster Who Lives At The End Of This Book? > 3. Are you the Sheriff of Nottingham? > Dunno, dunno, and not Sir Guy of Gisborne. #1 was Georgia Engels. #2 was loveable, furry old Grover, who was not scary at all. Correct on Sir Guy. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Last name starts with G? ---
**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 27, 2018, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/232 "2018-05-27T04:45:53Z")
G. 1. real 2. dead 3. male 4. last name starts 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 27, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/233 "2018-05-27T14:03:28Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Bab Ballads_? 2. Are you the world-eating entity from Marvel Comics? 3. Do more Dopers prefer Mary Ann to you? ---
**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 27, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/234 "2018-05-27T16:20:26Z")
Dunno, not Galactus, and not Ginger. ---
**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 27, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/235 "2018-05-27T16:35:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Bab Ballads_? > 2. Are you the world-eating entity from Marvel Comics? > 3. Do more Dopers prefer Mary Ann to you? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Galactus, and not Ginger. #1 was William S. Gilbert of Gilbert & Sullivan. Correct on the others. DQ: 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 27, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/236 "2018-05-27T18:26:33Z")
IQ1: Are you the libertine star of a Mozart opera? IQ2: Are you the star of the Amazon series _Sneaky Pete_? IQ3: Are you Pope Leo X? ---
**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 27, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/237 "2018-05-27T21:55:06Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Murder series? 2. Did you paint very large pictures of close ups of flowers? 3. Are you arguably the best known of the American Primitive artists? ---
**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 28, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/238 "2018-05-28T03:10:55Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the libertine star of a Mozart opera? > IQ2: Are you the star of the Amazon series _Sneaky Pete_? > IQ3: Are you Pope Leo X? Not Don Giovanni, Giovanni Ribisi or Giovanni Someolditalianname. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Murder series? > 2. Did you paint very large pictures of close ups of flowers? > 3. Are you arguably the best known of the American Primitive artists? Dunno (but should), not Georgia O’Keefe, and not Grandma Moses. G. 1. real 2. dead 3. male 4. last name starts with G 5. not American by birth ---
**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 28, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/239 "2018-05-28T19:53:51Z")
“Not American by birth” seems like only half an answer. > [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Murder series? > 2. Did you paint very large pictures of close ups of flowers? > 3. Are you arguably the best known of the American Primitive artists? > Dunno (but should), not Georgia O’Keefe, and not Grandma Moses. DQ: Died after 1900? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/240 "2018-05-28T20:36:24Z")
1. Was your gangster character known for flipping a coin constantly? 2. Was your “legs” pin-up displayed by countless GIs in WWII? 3. Were you the homespun TV comedian with nickname “Lonesome George”? 4. Were you in charge of Nazi propaganda? 5. Did you lead the German charge to the French coast in 1940? ---
**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 28, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/241 "2018-05-28T21:28:01Z")
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