# 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:** 12
**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, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/222 "2021-05-14T21:05:44Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:217, topic:941098, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with R 6. Not known for acting 7. Born before 1970 8. Not considered a beauty 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Born after 1950 11. Not American 12. European 13. Not known for the visual arts ---
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/223 "2021-05-14T21:06:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you hang out with Twiki? > Did you hang out with Nigel Bruce? > Did you hang out with Nite Owl II? 1. I am not Buck Rogers. 2. I am not Basil Rathbone. 3. I am not Rorschach. ---
**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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/224 "2021-05-14T22:16:50Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > (Held DQ): Author? Prof, I think you missed one 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, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/225 "2021-05-14T22:54:32Z")
Yep, I did. DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with R 6. Not known for acting 7. Born before 1970 8. Not considered a beauty 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Born after 1950 11. Not American 12. European 13. Not known for the visual arts 14. Author ---
**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 15, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/226 "2021-05-15T02:18:42Z")
IQs 1. Going for the obvious: Did the concept for your first book come to you while stuck on a train for four hours? 2. Are you Enya’s lyricist? 3. Were you the last editor for _Gourmet_ magazine? ---
**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 15, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/227 "2021-05-15T02:59:18Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Going for the obvious: Did the concept for your first book come to you while stuck on a train for four hours? Sometimes the obvious choice is the right one. Yes, I am # J. K. Rowling! Author of the Harry Potter books [![](https://elderhsquill.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/JK-Rowling.jpg) ](https://elderhsquill.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/JK-Rowling.jpg) Nice job, **Miss Take!** ---
**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 15, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/228 "2021-05-15T11:22:22Z")
Thanks! Next up: # I am B ---
**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 15, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/229 "2021-05-15T15:12:48Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the inspiration for the movie _Young Man With A Horn_? 2. Did you star in the 70’s TV series _The Magician_? 3. Are you an elected official whose middle name is Robinette? ---
**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 15, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/230 "2021-05-15T15:37:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Were you the inspiration for the movie _Young Man With A Horn_ ? > - Did you star in the 70’s TV series _The Magician_ ? > - Are you an elected official whose middle name is Robinette? I am not Bix Beiderbecke DQ I am not Joseph Robinette Biden ---
**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 15, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/231 "2021-05-15T15:41:45Z")
Correct, Bill Bixby, Correct. DQ: Real? ---
**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 15, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/232 "2021-05-15T15:47:38Z")
# I am B 1. Real ---
**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 15, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/233 "2021-05-15T16:07:35Z")
IQ1: Were you invited to play your musical instrument? IQ2: Were you the subject of a painting by Gainsborough? IQ3: Did a joke say that a mental image of Robert Burns might be mistaken for you? > [@MissTake](#): > > Bix Beiderbecke First time I ever heard of him I thought my buddy was saying “Big Spiderback”… ---
**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 15, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/234 "2021-05-15T19:00:38Z")
Swept me, **Prof. P.** , and congrats, **MissTake**! Let it B (although we did the letter just a few weeks ago). IQs: Did you win the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”? Were you pleased that King Edward was on the throne and that it was the Age of Men? Did you play a woman jailed in Pittsburgh? ---
**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 15, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/235 "2021-05-15T22:08:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you invited to play your musical instrument? > IQ2: Were you the subject of a painting by Gainsborough? > IQ3: Did a joke say that a mental image of Robert Burns might be mistaken for you? Bill Bailey? I am not The Blue Boy DQ > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you win the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”? > Were you pleased that King Edward was on the throne and that it was the Age of Men? > Did you play a woman jailed in Pittsburgh? Three DQs (I apologize for using a letter recently used - this person popped up in my timeline and I just went for it.) ---
**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 15, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/236 "2021-05-15T22:12:37Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you invited to play your musical instrument? > > IQ2: Were you the subject of a painting by Gainsborough? > > IQ3: Did a joke say that a mental image of Robert Burns might be mistaken for you? > > Bill Bailey? > I am not The Blue Boy > DQ Little Boy Blue (come blow your horn). ✅ Robert Browning. DQ1: Female? DQ2: Living? ---
**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 15, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/237 "2021-05-15T22:13:42Z")
# I am B 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased ---
**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 15, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/238 "2021-05-15T22:36:02Z")
[There’s no rule against using a letter twice in a short time. I find I get confused about what I asked (or was asked) before, and now, though.] IQs: 1. Did you do the voice of the Gollum-like creature in Disney’s _The Black Cauldron_? 2. Did you write _I’ll Never Fall In Love Again_? 3. Did you star in _Designing Women_ and go on to star in a less-successful spinoff of that show? ---
**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 15, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/239 "2021-05-15T23:19:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you do the voice of the Gollum-like creature in Disney’s _The Black Cauldron_ ? > - Did you write _I’ll Never Fall In Love Again_ ? > - Did you star in _Designing Women_ and go on to star in a less-successful spinoff of that show? DQ No idea who wrote it, but now it’s stuck in my head I am not Delta Burke ---
**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 16, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/240 "2021-05-16T00:28:27Z")
IQ1: Were you the original singer for AC/DC? IQ2:After IQ1 died, were you the new singer for AC/DC? IQ3: Did you create a comic featuring a rambunctious 6 year-old boy and his tiger best friend? ---
**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 16, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/241 "2021-05-16T00:28:58Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did you do the voice of the Gollum-like creature in Disney’s _The Black Cauldron_ ? > > > > > - Did you write _I’ll Never Fall In Love Again_ ? > > > - Did you star in _Designing Women_ and go on to star in a less-successful spinoff of that show? > > DQ > No idea who wrote it, but now it’s stuck in my head > I am not Delta Burke #1 was John Byner. #2 was Bert Bacharach. #3 is correct. DQs: 1. Last name starts with B? 2. American? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098.md?page=13)