# Botticelli - May 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 5, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159 "2024-05-05T15:21:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 13
**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 29, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/241 "2024-05-29T15:44:15Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Does your filmography include roles as a murderous monk, a drunken author, a naval surgeon-slash-naturalist-slash-spy, an AI, and a delusion? > 2. Were you a Georgia-born comedian and actor, or an identically-named centerfielder for the Braves and Royals? > 3. Were you “mad, bad, and dangerous to know”? 1. I am not Brad Pitt (??) 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Lord Byron (?) * * * > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. and 2. Did Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day play people who looked coincidentally like the two of you in a recent _SNL_ sketch with Heidi Gardner, who couldn’t help herself and cracked up once she saw Day in makeup and prosthetics? > 2. Did you lead the Iceni against the Romans? 1 & 2. I am not Beavis, nor Butthead. 3. I am not Boadicea. ---
**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 29, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/242 "2024-05-29T16:14:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1 & 2. I am not Beavis, nor Butthead. > 3. I am not Boadicea. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Were you and your fellow heroes (Abraham Slam, Golden Gail, Colonel Weird, Madame Dragonfly, etc.) mysteriously sent to a small farm town after a climactic battle against Anti-God, in the Dark Horse comics series you share a name with? 2. Are you a gay former congressman for Massachusetts? 3. Do you star in the current big-screen version of _The Fall Guy_ with Ryan Gosling, who attended the LA premiere with Mikey Day once again in full Beavis and Butt-Head get-up? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/243 "2024-05-29T16:20:57Z")
IQs: 1. Did you once say “I’d rather be a ballplayer than a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court”? 2. Were you a Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court? 3. Were you a ballplayer who was common platoon mate of Gary Roenicke and John Lowenstein as an Orioles outfielder? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/244 "2024-05-29T16:51:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Does your filmography include roles as a murderous monk, a drunken author, a naval surgeon-slash-naturalist-slash-spy, an AI, and a delusion? > > 2. Were you a Georgia-born comedian and actor, or an identically-named centerfielder for the Braves and Royals? > > 3. Were you “mad, bad, and dangerous to know”? > > 1. I am not Brad Pitt (??) > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Lord Byron (?) 1 is Paul Bettany, as Silas in _The DaVinci Code_, Geoffrey Chaucer in _A Knight’s Tale_, Stephen Maturin in _Master and Commander: Far Side of the World_, JARVIS in the Marvel CU, and Russell Crowe’s imaginary roommate in _A Brilliant Mind_. 2 was Brett Butler. 3 was indeed Lord Byron. DQs: 1. Speculative fiction author? 2. Well-known outside his genre? IQs: 1. When asked by a superhero what your powers were, did you reply, “I’m rich”? 2. Were you one of the Astro’s “Killer B’s” (will accept any of four names)? 3. Did you come up with the now-outmoded model of the atom as a nucleus surrounded by orbiting electrons? ---
**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 29, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/245 "2024-05-29T17:26:31Z")
Previous IQs: Did you choreograph a still-popular version of Tchaikovsky’s _Nutcracker_? - Yes, George Balanchine Did you lose horribly at the Battle of Fredericksburg? - Gen. Ambrose Burnside, during the Civil War Did you sing about geometric shapes in granular media? - [Belinda Carlisle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NvUv7OdTQw) DQs: Best known for short stories? Usually associated with a particular city? One DQ reserved. IQs: Have you played a Federal prosecutor, a TV network executive, a concierge and a computer expert? Did you appear in a TV commercial with a singer/dancer and a dog? Were you that singer/dancer? ---
**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 29, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/246 "2024-05-29T20:05:24Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with B 4. American 5. Known for the arts 6. Dead 7. Known for the literary arts 8. Known for writing novels 9. Died before 1960. 10. Did not win any awards 11. Genre writer 12. Not usually taught in schools 13. Speculative fiction author 14. Not known outside his genre 15. Not best known for short stories 16. Usually associated with a particular fictional city ---
**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 29, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/247 "2024-05-29T20:09:02Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you and your fellow heroes (Abraham Slam, Golden Gail, Colonel Weird, Madame Dragonfly, etc.) mysteriously sent to a small farm town after a climactic battle against Anti-God, in the Dark Horse comics series you share a name with? > 2. Are you a gay former congressman for Massachusetts? > 3. Do you star in the current big-screen version of _The Fall Guy_ with Ryan Gosling, who attended the LA premiere with Mikey Day once again in full Beavis and Butt-Head get-up? Take 3 DQs. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you once say “I’d rather be a ballplayer than a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court”? > 2. Were you a Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court? > 3. Were you a ballplayer who was common platoon mate of Gary Roenicke and John Lowenstein as an Orioles outfielder? 1. I am not Warren Burger. Take 2 DQs. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. When asked by a superhero what your powers were, did you reply, “I’m rich”? > 2. Were you one of the Astro’s “Killer B’s” (will accept any of four names)? > 3. Did you come up with the now-outmoded model of the atom as a nucleus surrounded by orbiting electrons? 1. I am not… Batman (nor Bruce Wayne). Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Have you played a Federal prosecutor, a TV network executive, a concierge and a computer expert? > Did you appear in a TV commercial with a singer/dancer and a dog? > Were you that singer/dancer? #3. I am not Ben Vereen (??) Take at least 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 29, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/248 "2024-05-29T20:51:17Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > …2. Were you a Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?.. Nitpick: Chief Justice of the United States. Previous IQs: Have you played a Federal prosecutor, a TV network executive, a concierge and a computer expert? - Bob Balaban, in _Absence of Malice, Seinfeld, The Grand Budapest Hotel_ and _2010: The Year We Make Contact_ Did you appear in a TV commercial with a singer/dancer and a dog? - Bob Dole Were you that singer/dancer? - Not Ben Vereen, but [Britney Spears](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt8uNG02ixA) Three DQs reserved. Hmm. Lemme see… ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/249 "2024-05-29T21:31:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you once say “I’d rather be a ballplayer than a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court”? > > 2. Were you a Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court? > > 3. Were you a ballplayer who was common platoon mate of Gary Roenicke and John Lowenstein as an Orioles outfielder? > > 1. I am not Warren Burger. Take 2 DQs. #1 was Moe Berg, catcher and agent for the OSS. #3 was Benny Ayala. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 29, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/250 "2024-05-29T22:12:20Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you and your fellow heroes (Abraham Slam, Golden Gail, Colonel Weird, Madame Dragonfly, etc.) mysteriously sent to a small farm town after a climactic battle against Anti-God, in the Dark Horse comics series you share a name with? > 2. Are you a gay former congressman for Massachusetts? > 3. Do you star in the current big-screen version of _The Fall Guy_ with Ryan Gosling, who attended the LA premiere with Mikey Day once again in full Beavis and Butt-Head get-up? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Black Hammer; 2 was Barney Frank; 3 was Emily Blunt. DQs: 1. known for fantasy? 2. died before 1930? 1 DQ 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 29, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/251 "2024-05-29T22:16:34Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with B 4. American 5. Known for the arts 6. Dead 7. Known for the literary arts 8. Known for writing novels 9. Died before 1960. 10. Did not win any awards 11. Genre writer 12. Not usually taught in schools 13. Speculative fiction author 14. Not known outside his genre 15. Not best known for short stories 16. Usually associated with a particular fictional city 17. Known for fantasy 18. Died before 1930 ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/252 "2024-05-30T02:55:36Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Did you play Jodie Dallas on **Soap**?J > 2. Did Robert Guillaume play you on **Soap**? > 3. Were you half of a ventriloquism team on **Soap**? Billy Crystal, correct, Bob, the dummy in the Chuck and Bob act., DQs: 1. First name begins with A-M? 2. Wrote a,series? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/253 "2024-05-30T03:47:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. When asked by a superhero what your powers were, did you reply, “I’m rich”? > > 2. Were you one of the Astro’s “Killer B’s” (will accept any of four names)? > > 3. Did you come up with the now-outmoded model of the atom as a nucleus surrounded by orbiting electrons? > > 1. I am not… Batman (nor Bruce Wayne). > Take 2 DQs. Correct on Bruce Wayne. 2 was Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Derek Bell, or Lance Berkman. 3 was the Danish physicist Niels Bohr. DQs: 1. Wrote a series of novels about a mythical land ruled by a conman wizard? 2. Most famous work made into a movie? IQs: 1. Did you write a comic strip about a young boy and his penguin? 2. Are you an Irish comedian who lives and works in the UK, who uses a stage name - rather than her real surname of O’Sullivan - in honor of her father? 3. Do two persistent but debunked urban legends about your most famous work assert that was written as a satire on the Free Silver movement of the late 19th century, and that the movie of it synchs perfectly to Pink Floyd’s _Dark Side of the Moon_? ---
**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 30, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/254 "2024-05-30T12:18:45Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Do two persistent but debunked urban legends about your most famous work assert that was written as a satire on the Free Silver movement of the late 19th century, and that the movie of it synchs perfectly to Pink Floyd’s _Dark Side of the Moon_? Yes, I am # L. Frank Baum! [![](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/183495258/photo/l-frank-baum.jpg?b=1&s=594x594&w=0&k=20&c=MKnW3BN4qwW7DxB30jNFwnSGCQu7rODpvGumyU-cT9A=) ](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/183495258/photo/l-frank-baum.jpg?b=1&s=594x594&w=0&k=20&c=MKnW3BN4qwW7DxB30jNFwnSGCQu7rODpvGumyU-cT9A=) Nicely done, **SMV!** ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/255 "2024-05-30T15:53:12Z")
He looks like he could play the Wizard himself. Not a face I’d trust to sell me a used car, to be frank. Given that today is the penultimate day of May, I’ve started the next round in a new thread: > [@Botticelli - June 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278): > > Since it’s the penultimate day of May, I’ll start a new thread for June. I am V! ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/256 "2024-05-30T16:00:20Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > to be frank Pun intended? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/257 "2024-05-30T16:09:07Z")
No, but dammit, I wish it had been! ---
**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 30, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/258 "2024-05-30T19:56:34Z")
That would’ve been da Baum. ---
**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 31, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/259 "2024-05-31T15:21:31Z")
I laughed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159.md?page=12)