# 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:** 16
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/302 "2018-06-07T14:11:43Z")
Previous IQs: Are you credited with the (fictional) development of psychohistory? - Yes, Hari Seldon, in Asimov’s _Foundation_ books Were you nearly beaten to death on the floor of the U.S. Senate? - Charles Sumner: [Caning of Charles Sumner - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner) Were you a police training AI program gone very badly wrong? - Skynet was a military and not a police training program. This was SID (Sadistic Intelligent Dangerous), played by Russell Crowe in _Virtuosity_ DQs: Actress? Considered a beauty? IQs: Have you played an astronaut, an adoptive mom and a woman mistaken for someone’s girlfriend? Have you played an author, a duplicitous spouse and a resident of a heavily-surveilled highrise? Are you a soap opera star who went a long time before winning 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:** [June 7, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/303 "2018-06-07T14:56:44Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Living 3. American 4. Born before 1950 5. Known for the Arts 6. First name starts with S 7. Best known for the Performing Arts 8. Actress 9. Not considered 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:** [June 7, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/304 "2018-06-07T14:58:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Have you played an astronaut, an adoptive mom and a woman mistaken for someone’s girlfriend? > Have you played an author, a duplicitous spouse and a resident of a heavily-surveilled highrise? > Are you a soap opera star who went a long time before winning an Emmy? 1. I am not Sandra Bullock. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Susan Lucci. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/305 "2018-06-07T15:28:58Z")
DQ: Primarily known for comedy? 3 DQs left ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/306 "2018-06-07T15:43:24Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Living 3. American 4. Born before 1950 5. Known for the Arts 6. First name starts with S 7. Best known for the Performing Arts 8. Actress 9. Not considered a beauty 10. Did a lot of comedy, but a number of dramas as well ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/307 "2018-06-07T17:31:15Z")
DQ: Primarily from TV? 2 DQs left ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/308 "2018-06-07T17:56:39Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Living 3. American 4. Born before 1950 5. Known for the Arts 6. First name starts with S 7. Best known for the Performing Arts 8. Actress 9. Not considered a beauty 10. Did a lot of comedy, but a number of dramas as well 11. Not primarily from TV ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/309 "2018-06-07T18:19:40Z")
Previous IQs: Have you played an astronaut, an adoptive mom and a woman mistaken for someone’s girlfriend? - Yes, Sandra Bullock in \*Gravity, The Blind Side \*and _While You Were Sleeping_ Have you played an author, a duplicitous spouse and a resident of a heavily-surveilled highrise? - Sharon Stone in _Basic Instinct, Total Recall_ and _Sliver_ Are you a soap opera star who went a long time before winning an Emmy? - Yes, Susan Lucci DQ: Has won an Oscar? IQs: Have you played a nun, a psychologist and an offbeat sports fan? Have you played a reporter, a textile worker and a troubled wife? Did you play Superman’s mom in the Seventies? ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/310 "2018-06-07T18:33:33Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Living 3. American 4. Born before 1950 5. Known for the Arts 6. First name starts with S 7. Best known for the Performing Arts 8. Actress 9. Not considered a beauty 10. Did a lot of comedy, but a number of dramas as well 11. Not primarily from TV 12. Has not won an Oscar ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/311 "2018-06-07T18:35:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Have you played a nun, a psychologist and an offbeat sports fan? > Have you played a reporter, a textile worker and a troubled wife? > Did you play Superman’s mom in the Seventies? #2. I am not Sally Fields. #3. I am not Susannah York. Take a DQ for #1. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/312 "2018-06-07T18:45:39Z")
Previous IQs: Have you played a nun, a psychologist and an offbeat sports fan? - Susan Sarandon, in _Dead Man Walking, Rick & Morty_ and _Bull Durham_ Have you played a reporter, a textile worker and a troubled wife? - Yes, Sally Field (not “Fields”), in _Absence of Malice, Norma Rae_ and _Lincoln_ Did you play Superman’s mom in the Seventies? - Yes, Susannah York DQ: Best known for movies? IQs: Did you star in the first _Carrie_? Did you play different aliens on two different _Star Trek_ shows? Were you an actress and comedian who was Madonna’s gal pal for awhile? ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/313 "2018-06-07T21:27:32Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Living 3. American 4. Born before 1950 5. Known for the Arts 6. First name starts with S 7. Best known for the Performing Arts 8. Actress 9. Not considered a beauty 10. Did a lot of comedy, but a number of dramas as well 11. Not primarily from TV 12. Has not won an Oscar 13. Best known from movies ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/314 "2018-06-07T21:28:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you star in the first _Carrie_? > Did you play different aliens on two different _Star Trek_ shows? > Were you an actress and comedian who was Madonna’s gal pal for awhile? 1. I am not Cissy Spacek. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Sandra Bernhard. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/315 "2018-06-07T23:02:32Z")
DQ: Currently considered retired from acting? 1 DQ left ---
**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:** [June 8, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/316 "2018-06-08T02:18:10Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Living 3. American 4. Born before 1950 5. Known for the Arts 6. First name starts with S 7. Best known for the Performing Arts 8. Actress 9. Not considered a beauty 10. Did a lot of comedy, but a number of dramas as well 11. Not primarily from TV 12. Has not won an Oscar 13. Best known from movies 14. Retired from acting ---
**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:** [June 8, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/317 "2018-06-08T03:28:21Z")
Previous IQs: Did you star in the first _Carrie_? - Yes, Sissy Spacek Did you play different aliens on two different _Star Trek_ shows? - Salome Jens: [Salome Jens | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Salome_Jens) Were you an actress and comedian who was Madonna’s gal pal for awhile? - Yes, Sandra Bernhard DQ: Best known for a single role? IQs: Have you played a scientist, a professor and a military nurse? Did you play Capt. Picard’s sister-in-law? Were you a noted female post-World War II acting teacher? ---
**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:** [June 8, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/318 "2018-06-08T13:40:59Z")
IQ1: Are you a sultry Italian actress whose original surname was Scicolone? IQ2: Did you portray Professor Minerva McGonagall in the _Harry Potter_ films? IQ3: Do you claim you’re the brother of Atlantean spirit Ramtha in a previous life? ---
**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:** [June 8, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/319 "2018-06-08T21:36:45Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Living 3. American 4. Born before 1950 5. Known for the Arts 6. First name starts with S 7. Best known for the Performing Arts 8. Actress 9. Not considered a beauty 10. Did a lot of comedy, but a number of dramas as well 11. Not primarily from TV 12. Has not won an Oscar 13. Best known from movies 14. Retired from acting 15. Perhaps best known from one role, but she had a good number of 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:** [June 8, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/320 "2018-06-08T21:37:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Have you played a scientist, a professor and a military nurse? > Did you play Capt. Picard’s sister-in-law? > Were you a noted female post-World War II acting teacher? 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:** [June 8, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/321 "2018-06-08T21:38:48Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a sultry Italian actress whose original surname was Scicolone? > IQ2: Did you portray Professor Minerva McGonagall in the _Harry Potter_ films? > IQ3: Do you claim you’re the brother of Atlantean spirit Ramtha in a previous life? 1. I am not Sophia Loren (???) 2. I am not Maggie Smith. 3. Take a DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813.md?page=17)