# 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:** 8
**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 19, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/141 "2022-05-19T21:51:42Z")
1. Correct. 2. was John Donne. 3. Allan wrote _Won’t You Come Home, Disraeli_. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 19, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/142 "2022-05-19T22:36:05Z")
**D** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with D 4. Living 5. Not American 6. Born before 1970 7. European 8. Born before 1945 9. From the British Isles 10. Not political/military 11. Best known for the Arts 12. English ---
**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 19, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/143 "2022-05-19T22:36:57Z")
DQ: Best known for the performing arts? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 19, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/144 "2022-05-19T22:37:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you not like people in your workplace whose eyes were too close to their nose? > Were you a VIP and a messy eater in a 2002 movie? > Were you Spiny Norman’s nemesis? 2 DQs Not Dinsdale Piranha ---
**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 19, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/145 "2022-05-19T22:37:35Z")
**D** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with D 4. Living 5. Not American 6. Born before 1970 7. European 8. Born before 1945 9. From the British Isles 10. Not political/military 11. Best known for the Arts 12. English 13. Best known for the performing 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 19, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/146 "2022-05-19T22:37:59Z")
DQ: Known for acting? ---
**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 19, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/147 "2022-05-19T22:40:25Z")
**D** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with D 4. Living 5. Not American 6. Born before 1970 7. European 8. Born before 1945 9. From the British Isles 10. Not political/military 11. Best known for the Arts 12. English 13. Best known for the performing arts 14. Has acted, but not really known for acting ---
**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 19, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/148 "2022-05-19T23:53:13Z")
Previous IQs: Did you not like people in your workplace whose eyes were too close to their nose? - Clarence Darrow, in picking jurors (he thought that meant they were narrow-minded) Were you a VIP and a messy eater in a 2002 movie? - Denethor, Steward of Gondor, in _LOTR: The Two Towers_ Were you Spiny Norman’s nemesis? - Yes, London gangster Dinsdale Piranha on _Monty Python_ DQs: Best known as a musician? Has won a top award in his field? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you costar on _Designing Women_? Was the cunning but very lazy Wally a coworker of yours? Did you write _No Ordinary Time_? ---
**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 19, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/149 "2022-05-19T23:56:25Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first person of English descent born in America? 2. You’re a mechanoid freelance peacekeeping agent with a verbal tic, yes? 3. Did you leave the above person on the roof of the Baxter Building, though you’re not a cape-and-tights superhero–or a Marvel universe character–in fact, you’re (originally) from a different medium altogether? ---
**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 20, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/150 "2022-05-20T00:03:54Z")
**D** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with D 4. Living 5. Not American 6. Born before 1970 7. European 8. Born before 1945 9. From the British Isles 10. Not political/military 11. Best known for the Arts 12. English 13. Best known for the performing arts 14. Has acted, but not really known for acting 15. Best known as a musician 16. Has not won a top award **in his field** (no Grammy), although he has been knighted ---
**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 20, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/151 "2022-05-20T00:05:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you costar on _Designing Women_ ? > Was the cunning but very lazy Wally a coworker of yours? > Did you write _No Ordinary Time_ ? Not Delta Burke Not Dilbert DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you the first person of English descent born in America? > 2. You’re a mechanoid freelance peacekeeping agent with a verbal tic, yes? > 3. Did you leave the above person on the roof of the Baxter Building, though you’re not a cape-and-tights superhero–or a Marvel universe character–in fact, you’re (originally) from a different medium altogether? Not Virginia Dare 2 DQs ---
**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 20, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/152 "2022-05-20T00:26:01Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Virginia Dare > 2 DQs 2 was Death’s Head; 3 was the Doctor. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 20, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/153 "2022-05-20T12:57:11Z")
IQs: 1. Were you one of Terrytoon’s _The Mighty Heroes_? 2. Were you a French printmaker known for your satirical caricatures? 3. Are you Jim Butcher’s best known character? ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/154 "2022-05-20T16:26:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you one of Terrytoon’s _The Mighty Heroes_ ? > 2. Were you a French printmaker known for your satirical caricatures? > 3. Are you Jim Butcher’s best known character? 2 DQs Not Harry Dresden ---
**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 20, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/155 "2022-05-20T18:47:44Z")
#1 was Diaper Man. #2 was Honore Daumier. Correct on Harry Dresden. DQ: known as a songwriter or composer? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 20, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/156 "2022-05-20T21:16:29Z")
**D** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with D 4. Living 5. Not American 6. Born before 1970 7. European 8. Born before 1945 9. From the British Isles 10. Not political/military 11. Best known for the Arts 12. English 13. Best known for the performing arts 14. Has acted, but not really known for acting 15. Best known as a musician 16. Has not won a top award **in his field** (no Grammy), although he has been knighted 17. Known as a songwriter or composer ---
**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 20, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/157 "2022-05-20T22:22:09Z")
DQ: Known for pop music? ---
**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 20, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/158 "2022-05-20T22:38:23Z")
**D** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with D 4. Living 5. Not American 6. Born before 1970 7. European 8. Born before 1945 9. From the British Isles 10. Not political/military 11. Best known for the Arts 12. English 13. Best known for the performing arts 14. Has acted, but not really known for acting 15. Best known as a musician 16. Has not won a top award **in his field** (no Grammy), although he has been knighted 17. Known as a songwriter or composer 18. Known in part for pop music ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/159 "2022-05-20T23:47:38Z")
IQs: 1. Were you part of the band The Who? 2. Were you tormented by a puppet named Umbriago on your TV show? 3. Were you the founder of Wendy’s restaurant chain? ---
**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 21, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/160 "2022-05-21T00:28:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you part of the band The Who? > 2. Were you tormented by a puppet named Umbriago on your TV show? > 3. Were you the founder of Wendy’s restaurant chain? Not Roger Daltry DQ Not Dave Thomas [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823.md?page=9)