# Botticelli - May 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 30, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098 "2021-04-30T14:06:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 13, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/182 "2021-05-13T19:54:23Z")
Previous IQs: Are you name-checked in a song from _Grease_? - Yes, Troy Donahue Are you a longtime loudmouthed talk-radio host in Cleveland? - Mike Trivisonno Are you a female Democratic U.S. senator? - I’ll rephrase DQ: From China or India? IQs: Are you a female Democratic U.S. senator who isn’t a wounded veteran? Did Hillary Clinton say in 1992 that she wasn’t like you? Did you work at Cheers and have a temper? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/183 "2021-05-13T21:30:54Z")
DQs: **T** 1. Male 2. Real 3. Living 4. Last name does not start with T 5. Known for the Arts 6. Known, in part, for acting 7. Born after 1970 8. Not American 9. Not entirely Caucasian 10. Not known as a singer 11. Not European 12. Not from the Northern Hemisphere 13. From the Eastern Hemisphere 14. Not Australian 15. Not born after 1990 16. Not from China or India ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/184 "2021-05-13T21:31:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you a female Democratic U.S. senator who isn’t a wounded veteran? > Did Hillary Clinton say in 1992 that she wasn’t like you? > Did you work at Cheers and have a temper? Not Tammy Baldwin Not Tammy Faye Baker? Not Carla Tortelli ---
**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 13, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/185 "2021-05-13T21:43:36Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you play Machete? > > > > > 1. Did you write _The Bridge of San Luis Rey_ ? > > > 2. Were you an opera singer who starred opposite Jerry Lewis in _The Ladies Man_ ? > > Not Danny Trejo > Not Thornton Wilder > Take a DQ #3 was Helen Traubel. Correct on the others. Why are we asking about Australia, China and India if we know he’ s not from the Eastern Hemisphere? 1 DQ 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 13, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/186 "2021-05-13T22:40:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Why are we asking about Australia, China and India if we know he’ s not from the Eastern Hemisphere? He is from the eastern hemisphere. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > 1. From the Eastern Hemisphere Your objection to China and India is legitimate, though. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > 1. Not from the Northern Hemisphere ---
**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 13, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/187 "2021-05-13T23:20:31Z")
D’oh. I read that wrong repeatedly. ---
**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 13, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/188 "2021-05-13T23:34:31Z")
Oh. IQ: Did you play Hitler in _Jojo Rabbit_? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/189 "2021-05-13T23:40:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did you play Hitler in _Jojo Rabbit_ ? **Yes!!!** I am writer/director/actor **Taika Waititi** from New Zealand. (#9) Dad is Maori, mom is Caucasian. Good job, Prof!! ---
**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 13, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/190 "2021-05-13T23:45:30Z")
I’m a big fan of his. Next up, I am [![](https://www.freebiefindingmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Free-Printable-Bubble-Letter-Stencils-Bubble-Letter-R.jpg) ](https://www.freebiefindingmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Free-Printable-Bubble-Letter-Stencils-Bubble-Letter-R.jpg) ---
**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 13, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/191 "2021-05-13T23:59:04Z")
Never heard of him. IQ1: Did you speak for a horse? IQ2: Were you a WWI artilleryman who later became an actor? IQ3: Were you Wallace’s friend Clarence? ---
**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 14, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/192 "2021-05-14T00:08:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you speak for a horse? > IQ2: Were you a WWI artilleryman who later became an actor? > IQ3: Were you Wallace’s friend Clarence? 1. I am not Rocky Lane, voice of Mr. Ed. 2. I am not Rudolph Valentino (??) 3. Take a 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 14, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/193 "2021-05-14T00:08:44Z")
BTW, > **[Taika Waititi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taika_Waititi)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Taika David Cohen ONZM (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi (/ˈtaɪkə ˈwaɪtiti/ TY-kə WY-tee-tee), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian. He is a recipient of an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award, and has received two nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. His feature films Boy (2010) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) have each been the top-grossing New Zealand film. > Time magazine named him ... ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/194 "2021-05-14T00:30:09Z")
He came to my attention with Thor:Ragnarock, easily one of the Top 3 MCU movies. Then someone pointed out to me he’d worked on Flight of the Conchords. Loved Jojo Rabbit and his episode of The Mandalorian. Now I’m working my way back through his earlier New Zealand stuff. On to R… IQ1: Did Sheriff Bart invoke your name to get the townsfolk of Rock Ridge to cooperate? IQ2: Did your words of encouragement inspire Marge Simpson to resume her painting hobby? IQ3: Were you a hunchbacked court jester? ---
**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 14, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/195 "2021-05-14T00:35:43Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > On to R… > > IQ1: Did Sheriff Bart invoke your name to get the townsfolk of Rock Ridge to cooperate? > IQ2: Did your words of encouragement inspire Marge Simpson to resume her painting hobby? > IQ3: Were you a hunchbacked court jester? #1. You’d do it for (I am not) Randolph Scott! #2. Take a DQ. #3. 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 14, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/196 "2021-05-14T01:43:33Z")
Congrats, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Are you a female Democratic U.S. senator who isn’t a wounded veteran? - Yes, Tammy Baldwin Did Hillary Clinton say in 1992 that she wasn’t like you? - Tammy Wynette, not just blindly “standing by her man” Did you work at Cheers and have a temper? - Yes, Carla Tortelli On to R: IQs: Did Garry Wills write about, among other things, your commendable service as a lifeguard in your youth? Were you later married to that person? Were you that person’s son? ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/197 "2021-05-14T02:50:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you speak for a horse? > > > > > IQ2: Were you a WWI artilleryman who later became an actor? > > > IQ3: Were you Wallace’s friend Clarence? > > 1. I am not Rocky Lane, voice of Mr. Ed. > 2. I am not Rudolph Valentino (??) > 3. Take a DQ. ✅ Randolph Scott. Lumpy Rutherford (_Leave It to Beaver_). DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? ---
**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 14, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/198 "2021-05-14T03:12:20Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female ---
**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 14, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/199 "2021-05-14T03:13:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Garry Wills write about, among other things, your commendable service as a lifeguard in your youth? > Were you later married to that person? > Were you that person’s son? I am not Ronald Reagan. I am not Nancy Reagan. I am not Ronald Reagan, Jr. (??) ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/200 "2021-05-14T03:45:27Z")
IQs 1. Did your donning a bikini in a pre-historic movie turn you into a sex symbol? 2. Did you take more than a few roles away from Myrna Loy? 3. Are you a singer who frequently sang with Donnie Hathaway? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/201 "2021-05-14T03:54:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did Sheriff Bart invoke your name to get the townsfolk of Rock Ridge to cooperate? > > > IQ2: Did your words of encouragement inspire Marge Simpson to resume her painting hobby? > > > IQ3: Were you a hunchbacked court jester? > > #1. You’d do it for (I am not) Randolph Scott! > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. Take a DQ. Correct Ringo Starr Rigoletto, from Verdi’s opera of the same name DQ: Living? DQ: Known for the arts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098.md?page=11)