# Botticelli, Nov. 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 31, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093 "2022-10-31T20:23:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 1, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/21 "2022-11-01T19:07:48Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Were you part of a comedy duo with Peter Cook? > > 2. Were you part of a comedy duo with Ernie Wise? > > 3. Did you play the part of the famous Eccles (among others) on the widely acclaimed all-leather 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > Not Dudley Moore > DQ > Not Spike Milligan? Correct, Eric Morecambe and Correct. 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:** [November 1, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/22 "2022-11-01T19:24:11Z")
**M** DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M 4. Dead 5. Known from the arts 6. Not American 7. European 8. Died since 1950 9. Best known for the performing arts 10. Did not win a top award in his field De\_La\_Rue - Your DQ was already asked (#7), so take another ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/23 "2022-11-01T19:25:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you write both the music and lyrics for “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”? > Were you AKA “The Great Santini”? > Were you stabbed to death in your bathtub? Take 3 DQs, unless for #3 you meant “shower”, in which case I am not Marion Crane > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Do you hang out with a milkshake and fries? > 2. Were you Bill Clinton’s Secretary of State? > 3. Are you one of the three firefighters in _It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World_? Not Meatwad Not Madeline Albright 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:** [November 1, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/24 "2022-11-01T19:28:04Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Meatwad > Not Madeline Albright > DQ 3 was Moe Howard. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > De\_La\_Rue - Your DQ was already asked (#7), so take another Aw, hell, you’re right. DQ: died after 1990? ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/25 "2022-11-01T20:28:54Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Do you come to save the day? > > IQ2: Were you told to row your boat ashore? > > IQ3: Did John Denver replace you? > > Not Mighty Mouse > Not Michael > DQ correct correct Chad Mitchell DQ: Native speaker of a Germanic language? IQ1-2: Were you for hire? IQ3: Did you play ffolks? ---
**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 1, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/26 "2022-11-01T20:41:51Z")
DQs: 1. Did you create the character Mr. Bip? 2. Did you star in _La Dolce Vita_ and _8 1/2_? 3. Did you die during the production of _Yellowbeard_? ---
**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 1, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/27 "2022-11-01T20:51:39Z")
IQs: 1. Are you friends with a Mewni princess? 2. Does your recipe for what must be a _very_ large cake begin “Take 40 eggs…” 3. Did you think it’s a marvelous night for a moondance? ---
**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 1, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/28 "2022-11-01T20:53:19Z")
Previous IQs: Did you write both the music and lyrics for “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”? - Martin Luther Were you AKA “The Great Santini”? - Lt. Col. Wilbur “Bull” Meecham, USMC, in the book of the same name by Pat Conroy Were you stabbed to death in your bathtub? - The French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat: [The Death of Marat - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Marat) IQs: Best known as an actress? Considered a beauty? One IQ reserved. DQs: Were you traditionally considered one of the Three Wise Men? Are you a cute girl mouse in a series of kids’ books and on TV, with an alligator for a friend? Did you head the USIA starting in 1961? ---
**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 1, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/29 "2022-11-01T21:06:14Z")
Uh, EH? Clue #2 says he’s male. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/30 "2022-11-01T22:18:08Z")
**M** DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M 4. Dead 5. Known from the arts 6. Not American 7. European 8. Died since 1950 9. Best known for the performing arts 10. Did not win a top award in his field 11. Died before 1990 12. Native speaker of a Germanic language, according to most linguists EH, do you wish to keep the same questions knowing that I am male (#2)? Your last 2 questions seem to assume I am female? ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/31 "2022-11-01T22:23:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1-2: Were you for hire? > IQ3: Did you play ffolks? Take 2 DQs Not Roger Moore > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you create the character Mr. Bip? > 2. Did you star in _La Dolce Vita_ and _8 1/2_? > 3. Did you die during the production of _Yellowbeard_? Not Marcel Marceau Not Marcello Mastrionni (I’m sure I misspelled that) Not Marty Feldman > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you traditionally considered one of the Three Wise Men? > Are you a cute girl mouse in a series of kids’ books and on TV, with an alligator for a friend? > Did you head the USIA starting in 1961? Not Melchoir Take 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:** [November 1, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/32 "2022-11-01T23:10:43Z")
(You skipped me.) ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/33 "2022-11-01T23:11:36Z")
Oops, sorry about that > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are you friends with a Mewni princess? > 2. Does your recipe for what must be a _very_ large cake begin “Take 40 eggs…” > 3. Did you think it’s a marvelous night for a moondance? Not Marco Diaz DQ Not Van Morrison ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/34 "2022-11-01T23:17:01Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1-2: Were you for hire? > > IQ3: Did you play ffolks? > > Take 2 DQs > Not Roger Moore Mack and Myer correct Two 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:** [November 1, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/35 "2022-11-01T23:20:44Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Marco Diaz > DQ > Not Van Morrison 2 (cake) was Martha Washington. 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:** [November 1, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/36 "2022-11-01T23:34:46Z")
**M** DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M 4. Dead 5. Known from the arts 6. Not American 7. European 8. Died since 1950 9. Best known for the performing arts 10. Did not win a top award in his field 11. Died before 1990 12. Native speaker of a Germanic language, according to most linguists 13. Not known for acting, but has acted. ---
**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 1, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/37 "2022-11-01T23:51:48Z")
DQ: From the U.K. or Ireland? and, Swept me! ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/38 "2022-11-02T00:18:26Z")
**M** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M 4. Dead 5. Known from the arts 6. Not American 7. European 8. Died since 1950 9. Best known for the performing arts 10. Did not win a top award in his field 11. Died before 1990 12. Native speaker of a Germanic language, according to most linguists 13. Not known for acting, but has acted. 14. From the U.K. or Ireland ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/39 "2022-11-02T01:28:51Z")
DQ: Best known for music? One 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:** [November 2, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/40 "2022-11-02T01:32:40Z")
**M** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M 4. Dead 5. Known from the arts 6. Not American 7. European 8. Died since 1950 9. Best known for the performing arts 10. Did not win a top award in his field 11. Died before 1990 12. Native speaker of a Germanic language, according to most linguists 13. Not known for acting, but has acted. 14. From the U.K. or Ireland 15. Best known for music [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093.md?page=3)