# Botticelli - May 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 30, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367 "2023-04-30T13:08:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/221 "2023-05-17T22:25:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Burke. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Michael Bendis. (?) 1 was correct; 2 (Zelda) was Beth Broderrick; 3 was indeed Brian Michael Bendis. (Bendis? The writer?) DQ: first name begins with 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 17, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/222 "2023-05-17T23:14:05Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with 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 17, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/223 "2023-05-17T23:14:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _Beyond Thirty_ (aka _The Lost Continent_)? > IQ2: Were you the head of a family of cave-dwelling Scottish cannibals? > IQ3: Did you write and narrate _Connections_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Boadicea (??). 3. I am not James Burke. ---
**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, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/224 "2023-05-18T00:55:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you write _Beyond Thirty_ (aka _The Lost Continent_)? > > IQ2: Were you the head of a family of cave-dwelling Scottish cannibals? > > IQ3: Did you write and narrate _Connections_? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Boadicea (??). > 3. I am not James Burke. Edgar Rice Burroughs Sawney Bean correct DQ: Known for the Arts? Two 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 18, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/225 "2023-05-18T01:33:18Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with B 4. Known for the Arts ---
**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, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/226 "2023-05-18T11:53:58Z")
1. Known for the performing arts? 2. Living? IQ1: Did you play the mother on _Leave It to Beaver_? IQ2: Did you play the mother on _Petticoat Junction_? IQ3: Did you play Cinnamon Carter? ---
**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, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/227 "2023-05-18T12:28:49Z")
IQs: 1. Oops, you did it again–you played with our heart, got lost in the game? 2. Were you a “dead ball” era baseball player with an unusual nickname relating to a manual injury? 3. Were you a much-discussed but rarely seen legendary acquaintance of several inebriated salesmen on _Saturday Night Live_? ---
**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, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/228 "2023-05-18T12:41:32Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with B 4. Known for the Arts 5. Known for the performing arts 6. Dead ---
**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, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/229 "2023-05-18T12:42:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the mother on _Leave It to Beaver_? > IQ2: Did you play the mother on _Petticoat Junction_? > IQ3: Did you play Cinnamon Carter? 1. I am not Barbara Billingsley. 2. I am not Barbara ???. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Barbara Bain. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Oops, you did it again–you played with our heart, got lost in the game? > 2. Were you a “dead ball” era baseball player with an unusual nickname relating to a manual injury? > 3. Were you a much-discussed but rarely seen legendary acquaintance of several inebriated salesmen on _Saturday Night Live_? 1. I am not Britney Spears. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/230 "2023-05-18T12:52:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you play the mother on _Leave It to Beaver_? > > IQ2: Did you play the mother on _Petticoat Junction_? > > IQ3: Did you play Cinnamon Carter? > > 1. I am not Barbara Billingsley. > 2. I am not Barbara ???. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Barbara Bain. correct Bea Benederet correct DQ: American? ---
**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, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/231 "2023-05-18T13:01:02Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Oops, you did it again–you played with our heart, got lost in the game? > 2. Were you a “dead ball” era baseball player with an unusual nickname relating to a manual injury? > 3. Were you a much-discussed but rarely seen legendary acquaintance of several inebriated salesmen on _Saturday Night Live_? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Britney Spears. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown; 3 was Bill Brasky. Hey, are you guys discussing Bill Brasky? I know Bill Brasky! Best damn salesman in the business! Bill Brasky? The _SNL_ character? Okay, I’ll stop. DQs: 1. known for acting? 2. died after 2000? ---
**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, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/232 "2023-05-18T13:23:22Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with B 4. Known for the Arts 5. Known for the performing arts 6. Dead 7. American 8. Known for acting 9. Died before 2000 ---
**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, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/233 "2023-05-18T16:46:34Z")
Previous IQs: Did you lose the Battle of Waterloo? - Yes, Napoleon Bonaparte Did you force the surrender of Ft. Sumter? - The delightfully-named Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? - Gen. Ambrose Burnside DQs: Best known for movies? Considered a beauty? IQs: Are you an actress named after a Cleveland-area department store? Did you play Sgt. Esterhaus’s lover on _Hill Street Blues_? Did you play the doctor on _Space: 1999_? ---
**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, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/234 "2023-05-18T16:47:19Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with B 4. Known for the Arts 5. Known for the performing arts 6. Dead 7. American 8. Known for acting 9. Best known for movies 10. Considered a beauty ---
**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, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/235 "2023-05-18T16:47:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you an actress named after a Cleveland-area department store? > Did you play Sgt. Esterhaus’s lover on _Hill Street Blues_? > Did you play the doctor on _Space: 1999_? #3. I am not Barbara Bain. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/236 "2023-05-18T17:03:55Z")
Previous IQs: Are you an actress named after a Cleveland-area department store? - Halle Berry Did you play Sgt. Esterhaus’s lover on _Hill Street Blues_? - Barbara Babcock Did you play the doctor on _Space: 1999_? - Yes, Barbara Bain DQs: White? Won an Oscar? IQs: Did a novelist suggest a well-known character of yours later died in a plane crash along with UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold? Were you a noted feminist Congresswoman? Are you one of several members of the Philosophy Department of the University of Woolamaloo? ---
**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, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/237 "2023-05-18T17:16:20Z")
IQs: 1. Were your first and middle names in fact George Herman? 2. Are your rarely-used middle and last names Millicent Roberts? 3. Are you AKA Terry McGinnis? ---
**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, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/238 "2023-05-18T17:16:51Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with B 4. Known for the Arts 5. Known for the performing arts 6. Dead 7. American 8. Known for acting 9. Best known for movies 10. Considered a beauty 11. White 12. Did not win an Oscar ---
**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, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/239 "2023-05-18T17:18:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did a novelist suggest a well-known character of yours later died in a plane crash along with UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold? > Were you a noted feminist Congresswoman? > Are you one of several members of the Philosophy Department of the University of Woolamaloo? #1. I am not Mel Blanc (??) #2. I am not Bella Abzug. #3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were your first and middle names in fact George Herman? > 2. Are your rarely-used middle and last names Millicent Roberts? > 3. Are you AKA Terry McGinnis? 1. I am not Babe Ruth. 2. I am not Barbie. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/240 "2023-05-18T17:29:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Babe Ruth. > 2. I am not Barbie. > 3. Take a DQ. 3 was Batman, in _Batman Beyond_. DQ: died after 1970? (I see DQ answer #9, “Died before 2000”, is missing.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367.md?page=13)