# Botticelli - May 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 2, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823 "2022-05-02T17:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/101 "2022-05-16T13:51:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Emo Phillips (??). > #3. I am not Echo. 1 was Elvis Presley (according to “Viva Las Vegas”); 2 was correct; 3 was correct. DQ: from the British Isles or Ireland? ---
**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, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/102 "2022-05-16T14:45:26Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. First name stars with E 5. Not American 6. Known from the Arts 7. Known for acting, among other things 8. European 9. Born before 1970 10. British ---
**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 16, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/103 "2022-05-16T23:25:12Z")
IQs: Did an actress play your wife in _The Elephant Man_? Were you the first Cuyahoga County Executive? Were you a noted Irish freedom-fighter of the 1790s? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/104 "2022-05-16T23:44:28Z")
IQs: 1. Did you turn down the position of president of Israel? 2. Were you a tour bus driver who got mixed up with Big Trouble in Little China? 3. Have you been in your current position prior to the existence of _Doctor Who_, the _fifty_ United States of America, and the popularity of rock ‘n’ roll? ---
**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, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/105 "2022-05-17T16:04:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did an actress play your wife in _The Elephant Man_ ? > Were you the first Cuyahoga County Executive? > Were you a noted Irish freedom-fighter of the 1790s? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you turn down the position of president of Israel? > 2. Were you a tour bus driver who got mixed up with Big Trouble in Little China? > 3. Have you been in your current position prior to the existence of _Doctor Who_ , the _fifty_ United States of America, and the popularity of rock ‘n’ roll? #1. I am not Albert Einstein. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Queen Elizabeth II. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/106 "2022-05-17T16:08:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Albert Einstein. > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. I am not Queen Elizabeth II. 2 was Egg Shen. DQ: known for comedy? ---
**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, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/107 "2022-05-17T16:13:38Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. First name stars with E 5. Not American 6. Known from the Arts 7. Known for acting, among other things 8. European 9. Born before 1970 10. British 11. Known for comedy ---
**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, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/108 "2022-05-17T18:29:34Z")
Previous IQs: Did an actress play your wife in _The Elephant Man_? - The future King Edward VII, whose wife was Alexandra Were you the first Cuyahoga County Executive? - Edward FitzGerald Were you a noted Irish freedom-fighter of the 1790s? - An earlier Edward FitzGerald Edward x3! DQs: Born before 1950? Best known for standup? Has been knighted or awarded an OBE? IQs: Do you offer people the choice between Cake or Death? Did one of your two young daughters have an eye operation? Did your character jokingly refer to Byron as a minor poet? ---
**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, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/109 "2022-05-17T20:51:36Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. First name stars with E 5. Not American 6. Known from the Arts 7. Known for acting, among other things 8. European 9. Born before 1970 10. British 11. Known for comedy 12. Born before 1950 13. Not best known for standup 14. Has not been knighted or awarded an OBE ---
**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, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/110 "2022-05-17T20:52:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Do you offer people the choice between Cake or Death? > Did one of your two young daughters have an eye operation? > Did your character jokingly refer to Byron as a minor poet? 1. I am not Eddie Izzard. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/111 "2022-05-17T22:08:43Z")
Swept me IQ1: Did you sing the closing number from one of your films at the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony whilst surrounded by roller skating nuns? IQ2: Are you a hive employee bisected accidentally? IQ3: Did you manufacture the funniest joke in the world, only to die laughing shortly thereafter? ---
**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, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/112 "2022-05-17T22:11:06Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing the closing number from one of your films at the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony whilst surrounded by roller skating nuns? Yes, and I always look on the bright side of life! 'Cause I’m [https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.4Gs6e1AcuFcvvNSQbl\_CYwHaHw?pid=ImgDet&rs=1](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.4Gs6e1AcuFcvvNSQbl_CYwHaHw?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) # Eric Idle! Good job, **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 18, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/113 "2022-05-18T00:47:31Z")
Cool. My other Python-related IQs: > [@](#): > > IQ2: Are you a hive employee bisected accidentally? > IQ3: Did you manufacture the funniest joke in the world, only to die laughing shortly thereafter? Eric the Half a Bee Ernest Scribbler Next up… **D** [![](https://images.myparkingsign.com/img/plamd/K/letter-d-sign-k-6375_pl.png) ](https://images.myparkingsign.com/img/plamd/K/letter-d-sign-k-6375_pl.png) ---
**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, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/114 "2022-05-18T12:11:13Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _Calypso_? 2. Did you have a hit with _Que Sera Sera_? 3. Did your daughter co-star in _Yoga Hosers_? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/115 "2022-05-18T13:31:34Z")
1. Are you _not_ an old man–you’re 37? 2. Were you Janet on _The Good Place_ (and Bad Janet, and Neutral Janet, and Disco Janet)? 3. Lynne, Jill, Karen, you? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/116 "2022-05-18T14:35:48Z")
(And congrats, 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 18, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/117 "2022-05-18T17:48:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Calypso_ ? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Que Sera Sera_ ? > 3. Did your daughter co-star in _Yoga Hoser_ DQ Not Doris Day Not Johnny Depp > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are you _not_ an old man–you’re 37? > 2. Were you Janet on _The Good Place_ (and Bad Janet, and Neutral Janet, and Disco Janet)? > 3. Lynne, Jill, Karen, you? Not Dennis ( bloody peasant!) 2 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 18, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/118 "2022-05-18T18:01:52Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Calypso_ ? > > > > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Que Sera Sera_ ? > > > 2. Did your daughter co-star in _Yoga Hoser_ > > DQ > Not Doris Day > Not Johnny Depp #1 was John Denver. Correct on the others. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/119 "2022-05-18T18:07:17Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Dennis ( bloody peasant!) > 2 DQs 2 was D’arcy Carden; 3 was Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff. DQs: 1. female? 2. first name begins with E? ---
**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, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/120 "2022-05-18T18:14:17Z")
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