# 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:** 14
**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, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/262 "2021-05-16T18:11:10Z")
Good job, **Chock!** ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/263 "2021-05-17T03:30:42Z")
All right, **CFOHG**! Previous IQs: Did you win the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”? - Gen. Nathaniel Banks, during the Civil War, when Confederate troops captured a lot of supplies from him Were you pleased that King Edward was on the throne and that it was the Age of Men? - Mr. Banks, in _Mary Poppins_ Did you play a woman jailed in Pittsburgh? - Elizabeth Banks, in _The Next Three Days_ Banks x3! ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/264 "2021-05-17T03:45:46Z")
Updated list: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #79 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/79) ---
**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 17, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/265 "2021-05-17T04:09:32Z")
Wow. Wasn’t expecting that to be the answer. Did not know he had written any plays. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ2: Did you write _The Secret Garden_ and _A Little Princess_ ? - Francis Hodgson Burnett > IQ3: Did you travel using the pseudonym Mr. Underhill? - Frodo Baggins Looks like we haven’t done G in a while. ---
**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 17, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/266 "2021-05-17T13:17:00Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an eccentric inventor who lives in Duckburg? 2. Were you the announcer on the highly-acclaimed 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 3. Were you a Native American who was referenced in Matt Smith’s first appearance as the Doctor? ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/267 "2021-05-17T15:07:04Z")
IQs: 1. Was your company the originator of the Thanksgiving Day Parade, later on causing conflict with Macy’s? 2. Did you once quip “Did you ever get the feeling the world is a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?” 3. Did Billie Burke portray you in a movie released in 1939? ---
**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 17, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/268 "2021-05-17T16:07:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you an eccentric inventor who lives in Duckburg? > 2. Were you the announcer on the highly-acclaimed 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_ ? > 3. Were you a Native American who was referenced in Matt Smith’s first appearance as the Doctor? Not Gyro Gearloose Take a DQ Not Geronimo? > [@MissTake](#): > > 1. Was your company the originator of the Thanksgiving Day Parade, later on causing conflict with Macy’s? > 2. Did you once quip “Did you ever get the feeling the world is a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?” > 3. Did Billie Burke portray you in a movie released in 1939? Take 2 DQs Not Glinda the Good Witch ---
**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 17, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/269 "2021-05-17T16:18:52Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@MissTake](#): > > > > > 1. Was your company the originator of the Thanksgiving Day Parade, later on causing conflict with Macy’s? > > > 2. Did you once quip “Did you ever get the feeling the world is a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?” > > > 3. Did Billie Burke portray you in a movie released in 1939? > > Take 2 DQs > Not Glinda the Good Witch Adam Gimbel (Gimbels Department Stores) George Gobel ✅ DQS Male? Alive? ---
**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 17, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/270 "2021-05-17T17:44:12Z")
DQs: **G** 1. Not male 2. Alive ---
**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 17, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/271 "2021-05-17T17:51:29Z")
Did your spinster sisters in Virginia shun you during and after the Civil War? Did your much shorter wife affectionately call you “Old Man” long before the Sixties? Did the same actor play you and a crotchety Minnesota businessman? ---
**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 17, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/272 "2021-05-17T18:06:13Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Are you an eccentric inventor who lives in Duckburg? > > > > > 1. Were you the announcer on the highly-acclaimed 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_ ? > > > 2. Were you a Native American who was referenced in Matt Smith’s first appearance as the Doctor? > > Not Gyro Gearloose > Take a DQ > Not Geronimo? Correct, the inestimable Wallace Greenslade, Correct. DQ: Real? ---
**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 17, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/273 "2021-05-17T18:08:57Z")
DQs: **G** 1. Not male 2. Alive 3. Real ---
**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 17, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/274 "2021-05-17T18:09:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did your spinster sisters in Virginia shun you during and after the Civil War? > Did your much shorter wife affectionately call you “Old Man” long before the Sixties? > Did the same actor play you and a crotchety Minnesota businessman? 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:** [May 17, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/275 "2021-05-17T18:13:59Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a noted lyricist whose middle name was Schwenck? 2. Did you star on _Little House on the Prairie_? 3. Were you a serial killer of children called “the Original Bluebeard:”? ---
**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 17, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/276 "2021-05-17T18:19:12Z")
**CFOHG** , may I suggest that it’s easier to understand answers given in the affirmative rather than the negative? So if DQ1 is answerable as “Female,” that is a better, clearer answer than “Not male.” Thanks. Previous IQs: Did your spinster sisters in Virginia shun you during and after the Civil War? - Gen. George Henry Thomas, who remained true to his Army oath to the U.S. Did your much shorter wife affectionately call you “Old Man” long before the Sixties? - George Washington Did the same actor play you and a crotchety Minnesota businessman? - The same actor played Gen. George C. Marshall in _Saving Private Ryan_ and Jerry Lundegaard’s father-in-law in _Fargo_ George x3! DQs: American? Living? Last name start with G? IQs: Are you SpongeBob’s pet snail? Did you give your name to the town in which Michael Jackson was born? Did you believe that birds of prey know they’re cool? ---
**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 17, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/277 "2021-05-17T18:52:12Z")
DQs: **G** 1. Female 2. Alive 3. Real 4. Not American 5. First name starts with G. Living was already asked in #2, so EH still has a DQ ---
**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 17, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/278 "2021-05-17T18:53:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you SpongeBob’s pet snail? > Did you give your name to the town in which Michael Jackson was born? > Did you believe that birds of prey know they’re cool? Not Gary Not whoever Gary, Indiana is named for - take a DQ Not Gary Larson ---
**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 17, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/279 "2021-05-17T18:58:39Z")
Swept me! DQ: Best known for the Arts? IQs: Were you Ted Baxter’s ditzy girlfriend and later wife? Did Jeremy Irons play your imperious husband in a movie? Were you Mr. Darcy’s naive younger sister? ---
**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 17, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/280 "2021-05-17T18:59:15Z")
Please note Post 273 above. Thank 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 17, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/281 "2021-05-17T19:23:17Z")
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