# 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:** 15
**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, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/282 "2021-05-17T19:30:51Z")
I meant Chock. ---
**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, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/283 "2021-05-17T22:23:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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:”? Sorry about that. Not Ira Gershwin? Not Melissa Gilbert 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 17, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/284 "2021-05-17T22:27:38Z")
[We all do it.] #1 was William S. Gilbert of Gilbert & Sullivan. #2 is correct. #3 was Gilles de Rais. DQs: 1. Born after 1970? 2. European? ---
**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, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/285 "2021-05-17T22:28:14Z")
IQ: Are you a currently active Swedish teenage environmental activist? ---
**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, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/286 "2021-05-17T22:34:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? Take 2 DQs Not Georgina Darcy > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Are you a currently active Swedish teenage environmental activist? Not Greta Thunberg ---
**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, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/287 "2021-05-17T22:35:38Z")
DQs: **G** 1. Female 2. Alive 3. Real 4. Not American 5. First name starts with G. 6. Born before 1970 7. European ---
**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 18, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/288 "2021-05-18T14:13:10Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Ted Baxter’s ditzy girlfriend and later wife? - Georgette, on _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ Did Jeremy Irons play your imperious husband in a movie? - Georgia O’Keeffe, in the movie of the same name Were you Mr. Darcy’s naive younger sister? - Yes, Georgina (actually Georgiana) Darcy, in _Pride and Prejudice_ Georg[] x3! DQs: Best known for the Arts? (unanswered from post 278) From the British Isles? Famous spouse, too? IQs: Did a historian say that, on not your best day, you expected to be surprised? Were you that person’s spouse, who loved to travel? Did Ryan O’Neal give you a sly salute in the San Francisco airport? ---
**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 18, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/289 "2021-05-18T15:31:18Z")
IQs: 1. Did you cast off your love discourteously? 2. Did you revamp your career by teaming up with Tony Bennett? 3. Was your theme song, for some reason, _If He Walked Into My Life_? ---
**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 18, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/290 "2021-05-18T16:38:57Z")
DQs: **G** 1. Female 2. Alive 3. Real 4. Not American 5. First name starts with G. 6. Born before 1970 7. European 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Not from the British Isles 10. No famous spouse ---
**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 18, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/291 "2021-05-18T16:45:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did a historian say that, on not your best day, you expected to be surprised? > Were you that person’s spouse, who loved to travel? > Did Ryan O’Neal give you a sly salute in the San Francisco airport? Take 3 more DQs > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you cast off your love discourteously? > 2. Did you revamp your career by teaming up with Tony Bennett? > 3. Was your theme song, for some reason, _If He Walked Into My Life_ ? Take a DQ Not Lady Gaga Not Eydie Gorme ---
**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 18, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/292 "2021-05-18T16:59:52Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you cast off your love discourteously? > > > > > 1. Did you revamp your career by teaming up with Tony Bennett? > > > 2. Was your theme song, for some reason, _If He Walked Into My Life_ ? > > Take a DQ > Not Lady Gaga > Not Eydie Gorme #1 was the lady Greensleeves. #2 is correct. #3 was Jackie Gleason. DQs: 1. Known from the performing arts? 2. Native speaker of a Romance language? ---
**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 18, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/293 "2021-05-18T18:23:02Z")
IQ1: Were people exhorted to win one for you? IQ2: Were you the first king of the United Kingdom? IQ3: Were you the latest king of the United Kingdom? ---
**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 18, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/294 "2021-05-18T18:28:33Z")
DQs: **G** 1. Female 2. Alive 3. Real 4. Not American 5. First name starts with G. 6. Born before 1970 7. European 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Not from the British Isles 10. No famous spouse 11. Known from the performing arts 12. Native speaker of a Romance language ---
**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 18, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/295 "2021-05-18T18:29:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were people exhorted to win one for you? > IQ2: Were you the first king of the United Kingdom? > IQ3: Were you the latest king of the United Kingdom? Not the Gipper Take a DQ Not George VI ---
**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 18, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/296 "2021-05-18T18:50:17Z")
✅ George I. ✅ DQ: French or Spanish? ---
**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 18, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/297 "2021-05-18T18:54:09Z")
DQs: **G** 1. Female 2. Alive 3. Real 4. Not American 5. First name starts with G. 6. Born before 1970 7. European 8. Best known for the Arts 9. Not from the British Isles 10. No famous spouse 11. Known from the performing arts 12. Native speaker of a Romance language 13. Neither French nor Spanish ---
**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 18, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/298 "2021-05-18T20:16:35Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a Food Network star from Italy? 2. Were you competition for Sophia Loren? 3. Did the Pips serve as your backup group? ---
**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 18, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/299 "2021-05-18T21:18:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you a Food Network star from Italy? > 2. Were you competition for Sophia Loren? > 3. Did the Pips serve as your backup group? Not Giada DeLaurentis Not Gladys Knight But… **Si!!** Io sono **Gina Lollobrigida**!! > **[Gina Lollobrigida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Lollobrigida)** > > Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida\[a\] OMRI (4 July 1927 – 16 January 2023) was an Italian actress, model, photojournalist, artist and politician. She was one of the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and 1960s, a period in which she was an international sex symbol. Dubbed "the most beautiful woman in the world", at the time of her death she was among the last surviving high-profile international actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. > As her film career slowed, Lollobrigida establ... ---
**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 18, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/300 "2021-05-18T22:15:24Z")
Congratulations @Prof.Pepperwinkle ! ---
**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 18, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/301 "2021-05-18T22:34:52Z")
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