# Botticelli - Nov 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 2, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569 "2020-11-02T18:22:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/41 "2020-11-03T19:56:31Z")
IQ1: Were you CEO of Fox News before having to resign in 2016 for sexual harassment? IQ2: Are you a retired tennis pro who was married to Brooke Shields for a couple of years? IQ3: Are you a co-founder of Home Depot who owns the Atlanta Falcons? ---
**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:** [November 3, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/42 "2020-11-03T20:16:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Are you the subject of a song that asks “which of your magical wands got you Gustav and Walter and Hans?” > - Were you the daughter of the king of Crete who fell in love with Theseus? > - Did you put the vampire curse on Barnabas Collins? Take a DQ I am nor Ariadne Take a DQ > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you CEO of Fox News before having to resign in 2016 for sexual harassment? > IQ2: Are you a retired tennis pro who was married to Brooke Shields for a couple of years? > IQ3: Are you a co-founder of Home Depot who owns the Atlanta Falcons? I am not the skeevy Roger Ailes I am not Andre Agassi 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:** [November 3, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/43 "2020-11-03T20:44:39Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Are you the subject of a song that asks “which of your magical wands got you Gustav and Walter and Hans?” > > > > > - Were you the daughter of the king of Crete who fell in love with Theseus? > > > - Did you put the vampire curse on Barnabas Collins? > > Take a DQ > I am nor Ariadne > Take a DQ #1 was Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel. Correct on 2. #3 was Angelique Dubois. DQs: 1. Dead after 1950? 2. Native speaker of a Romance language? ---
**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:** [November 3, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/44 "2020-11-03T20:58:53Z")
**The letter is A** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. Last name does not begin with A 5. I am not American 6. I am partially known for The Arts 7. European 8. Died after 1900 9. From continental Europe 10. Not known primarily for a single event 11. Died before 2000 12. Not known for science or inventing anything 13. First name begins with A 14. Died after 1950 15. Native language Romantic; spoke English fairly well ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/45 "2020-11-03T22:19:17Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you CEO of Fox News before having to resign in 2016 for sexual harassment? > > > IQ2: Are you a retired tennis pro who was married to Brooke Shields for a couple of years? > > > IQ3: Are you a co-founder of Home Depot who owns the Atlanta Falcons? > > I am not the skeevy Roger Ailes > I am not Andre Agassi > Take a DQ Arthur Blanc DQ: Known primarily for politics? ---
**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:** [November 3, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/46 "2020-11-03T22:44:51Z")
**The letter is A** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. Last name does not begin with A 5. I am not American 6. I am partially known for The Arts 7. European 8. Died after 1900 9. From continental Europe 10. Not known primarily for a single event 11. Died before 2000 12. Not known for science or inventing anything 13. First name begins with A 14. Died after 1950 15. Native language Romantic; spoke English fairly well 16. Not known for politics ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/47 "2020-11-04T00:21:51Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > I am not Alice Roosevelt > Take a DQ > I am not Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 2 was song parodist Allan Sherman. DQ: died after 1975? IQs: 1. Are you a character in the opening of _The Fifth Element_ asked to provide light? 2. Are you going to voice Lady Whistledown on the Netflix series _Bridgerton_ (adapted from the books by Julia Quinn)? 3. Were you Bill Clinton’s second Secretary of State? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/48 "2020-11-04T00:35:26Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a character in the opening of _The Fifth Element_ asked to provide light? > 2. Are you going to voice Lady Whistledown on the Netflix series _Bridgerton_ (adapted from the books by Julia Quinn)? > 3. Were you Bill Clinton’s second Secretary of State? Take a DQ Take a DQ I am not Madeline Albright **The letter is A** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. Last name does not begin with A 5. I am not American 6. I am partially known for The Arts 7. European 8. Died after 1900 9. From continental Europe 10. Not known primarily for a single event 11. Died before 2000 12. Not known for science or inventing anything 13. First name begins with A 14. Died after 1950 15. Native language Romantic; spoke English fairly well 16. Not known for politics 17. Died after 1975 ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/49 "2020-11-04T13:27:25Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a stand-up comedy duo with Jack Burns? 2. Did you create Fearless Fosdick? 3. Was your father one of the two editors of the best known Ancient Greek -to- English lexicon? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/50 "2020-11-04T13:46:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you have a stand-up comedy duo with Jack Burns? > - Did you create Fearless Fosdick? > - Was your father one of the two editors of the best known Ancient Greek -to- English lexicon? I am not Gracie Allen (uhh realized I read _George Burns_…) Take three 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:** [November 4, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/51 "2020-11-04T14:28:46Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did you have a stand-up comedy duo with Jack Burns? > > > > > - Did you create Fearless Fosdick? > > > - Was your father one of the two editors of the best known Ancient Greek -to- English lexicon? > > I am not Gracie Allen (uhh realized I read _George Burns_ …) > Take three DQs #1 was Avery Shreiber. #2 was Al Capp. #3 was Alice Liddell, the Alice of Alice in Wonderland, whose father was one of the creators of _Liddell & Scott’s Greek Lexicon_. DQ: French? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/52 "2020-11-04T14:59:48Z")
**The letter is A** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. Last name does not begin with A 5. I am not American 6. I am partially known for The Arts 7. European 8. Died after 1900 9. From continental Europe 10. Not known primarily for a single event 11. Died before 2000 12. Not known for science or inventing anything 13. First name begins with A 14. Died after 1950 15. Native language Romantic; spoke English fairly well 16. Not known for politics 17. Died after 1975 18. French ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/53 "2020-11-04T15:48:16Z")
DQ: Known for the performing arts? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/54 "2020-11-04T16:08:38Z")
**The letter is A** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. Last name does not begin with A 5. I am not American 6. I am partially known for The Arts 7. European 8. Died after 1900 9. From continental Europe 10. Not known primarily for a single event 11. Died before 2000 12. Not known for science or inventing anything 13. First name begins with A 14. Died after 1950 15. Native language Romantic; spoke English fairly well 16. Not known for politics 17. Died after 1975 18. French 19. **I** know him primarily from the Performing Arts; however, that is not where he gained renown ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/55 "2020-11-04T16:25:15Z")
IQ: Did you play Fezzik in _The Princess Bride_? (that’s the only A-name French guy I know of) ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/56 "2020-11-04T16:45:35Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ: Did you play Fezzik in _The Princess Bride_ ? > > (that’s the only A-name French guy I know of) YES! I AM ANDRE ROUSSIMOFF aka ANDRE THE GIANT! ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/57 "2020-11-04T17:18:34Z")
Well played, KO! ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/58 "2020-11-04T17:55:35Z")
Good job! The October thread: > [@Botticelli - Oct. 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262): > > And our next letter is Z ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/59 "2020-11-04T20:00:17Z")
There are tons of interesting stories about Andre. He could have had surgery to keep from growing, but he turned it down because he thought he’d lose his identity. He was in pain the rest of his life. He coped with it by drinking heavily and [could drink 156 16-oz beers](https://www.thrillist.com/vice/how-much-beer-could-andre-the-giant-drink). In honor of Andre’s last name, let’s go with **R**. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/60 "2020-11-04T20:15:59Z")
IQs 1. Is the death of your first wife by drowning _still_ thought by many as murder? 2. Were you an Italian composer known for writing 39 operas, many of which are still performed? 3. Did you spend many years playing one specific red-haired role in a trio, to the detriment of a future career? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569.md?page=4)