# Botticelli November 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 3, 2011, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721 "2011-11-03T07:31:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 27, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/181 "2011-11-27T03:00:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Are you an actor who lied about your Vietnam War-era military service? > IQ: Did you deliver a rebuke to the King of France in the Kenneth Branagh movie _Henry V_? > IQ: Were you born in the same town where former NYC Mayor Fernando Wood died? FTR, this was Brian Dennehy, Brian Blessed and Bill Clinton (born in Hope, Ark.). Congrats, **AppallingGael**! Well done. I was wracking my brains to think of British musicians during that period. IQ: Did you costar in _Hellcats of the Navy_? IQ: Did JFK wish you a happy birthday not long before he died? IQ: The daughter of a losing Presidential candidate, did you later win election to the U.S. Senate yourself? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/182 "2011-11-27T10:26:17Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ: Were you so bad that the Mets traded you for third baseman Jim Fregosi? > IQ: Were you the unelected Vice President of an unelected President? > IQ: Are you a football coach who was once Dan Fouts’ backup quarterback? I am not Lynn Nolan Ryan or Nelson Rockefeller. You probably have me with the other one but I’ll flail with “I’m not Nick Saban”. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/183 "2011-11-27T10:50:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Congrats, **AppallingGael**! Well done. I was wracking my brains to think of British musicians during that period. > > IQ: Did you costar in _Hellcats of the Navy_? > IQ: Did JFK wish you a happy birthday not long before he died? > IQ: The daughter of a losing Presidential candidate, did you later win election to the U.S. Senate yourself? Thanks! I am not Nancy Davis Reagan, Nancy Landon Kassebaum, or…Nancy Sinatra? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/184 "2011-11-27T14:22:53Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Were you a British film star who was also a hit in Albania because few other Western actors passed muster during the country’s Communist era? > > IQ: Did you explain the difference between “lama” and “llama”? > > IQ: Were you originally known as Thelma Ryan? > [@AppallingGael](#): > > I am not Ogden Nash, Pat Nixon or…David Niven? The film star I had in mind was comedian Norman Wisdom. Unless someone can produce evidence that Niven got a similar pass from dictator Enver Hoxha, I’ll go ahead and ask a DQ: Male? IQ: Were you a Cleveland Indians third baseman whose first name was often misspelled? IQ: Were you rumored to have married Roy Fitzgerald? IQ: Were you scheduled to perform when a fatal gust of wind struck the Indiana State fair earlier this year? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/185 "2011-11-27T22:54:56Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Were you a Cleveland Indians third baseman whose first name was often misspelled? > > IQ: Were you rumored to have married Roy Fitzgerald? > > IQ: Were you scheduled to perform when a fatal gust of wind struck the Indiana State fair earlier this year? I am not Graig Nettles, Jim Nabors, or…Willie Nelson? > [@](#): > > DQ: Male? No. 1. Female ---
**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 28, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/186 "2011-11-28T02:06:50Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > Thanks! I am not Nancy Davis Reagan, Nancy Landon Kassebaum, or…Nancy Sinatra? Almost. The guy to whom JFK wished happy birthday by phone was John Nance Garner, FDR’s first VP, who was 90-something when JFK went to Dallas. Good job on the others. DQ: Fictional? IQ: Were you misquoted as saying you always tried to get there “firstest with the mostest?” IQ: Does your statue stand outside CIA HQ in Langley, Va.? IQ: As played by Roger Rees, did you make the cover of _Time_ magazine? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/187 "2011-11-28T03:44:45Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Were you a Cleveland Indians third baseman whose first name was often misspelled? > > IQ: Were you rumored to have married Roy Fitzgerald? > > IQ: Were you scheduled to perform when a fatal gust of wind struck the Indiana State fair earlier this year? > [@AppallingGael](#): > > I am not Graig Nettles, Jim Nabors, or…Willie Nelson? Nope, the scheduled Indiana State Fair performer was another Nettles – Jennifer, the female half of the country duo Sugarland. I’ll withhold my DQ until **N** ’s reality, or lack thereof, is established. IQ: Are you a former baseball infielder who married an all-time great in another sport? IQ: Were you a basketball player with a diminutive nickname? IQ: Did you attend Cleveland’s Benedictine High School but gain your greatest fame in one of Cleveland’s rival cities? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/188 "2011-11-28T04:58:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: Fictional? Yes. 1. Female 2. Fictional > [@](#): > > IQ: Were you misquoted as saying you always tried to get there “firstest with the mostest?” > IQ: Does your statue stand outside CIA HQ in Langley, Va.? > IQ: As played by Roger Rees, did you make the cover of _Time_ magazine? I am not Nathan Bedford Forrest, Nathan Hale, or…Nat Turner? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/189 "2011-11-28T05:04:44Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Are you a former baseball infielder who married an all-time great in another sport? > > IQ: Were you a basketball player with a diminutive nickname? > > IQ: Did you attend Cleveland’s Benedictine High School but gain your greatest fame in one of Cleveland’s rival cities? I am not Nomar Garciaparra, Nate Archibald, or…Paul Newman? ---
**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 28, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/190 "2011-11-28T15:53:24Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > …I am not Nathan Bedford Forrest, Nathan Hale, or…Nat Turner? Correct as to the first two. The last is Nicholas Nickleby: [Electronics, Cars, Fashion, Collectibles & More | eBay](http://store03.prostores.com/dcbcollectibles/media/b2/a20792b129e07aca81aa0b_m.jpg) DQ: Last name start with “N”? IQ: Did Buzz Lightyear briefly resign himself to this role? IQ: Were you part of the self-proclaimed “loudest band in rock and roll”? IQ: Did you never allow the Hardy Boys to get fresh with you? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/191 "2011-11-28T23:15:01Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > I’ll withhold my DQ until **N** ’s reality, or lack thereof, is established. > > IQ: Did you attend Cleveland’s Benedictine High School but gain your greatest fame in one of Cleveland’s rival cities? > [@AppallingGael](#): > > I am not Nomar Garciaparra, Nate Archibald, or…Paul Newman? Sorry, but Newman attended Shaker Heights High in suburban Cleveland. The Benedictine alum I had in mind was Chuck Noll, who coached the Pittsburgh Steelers to too many victories over the Browns. My dad was a freshman at Benedictine when Noll was a senior. DQ: Primarily a literary character? DQ: American? IQ: Were you almost certainly the greatest player the Duluth Eskimos ever had? IQ: Did you write the book _Jazz Country_? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/192 "2011-11-28T23:59:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: Last name start with “N”? > > IQ: Did Buzz Lightyear briefly resign himself to this role? > IQ: Were you part of the self-proclaimed “loudest band in rock and roll”? > IQ: Did you never allow the Hardy Boys to get fresh with you? I don’t know if they inhabited the same world as the Hardys, but…I’m not Nancy Drew? No idea about Buzz (but wl try anyway–Nurse Lightyear?), and I’ll go with Ted Nugent for loud (he did suffer significant hearing loss, after all). My last name does not start with N. 1. Female 2. Fictional 3. First name starts with N ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/193 "2011-11-29T00:32:00Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > DQ: Primarily a literary character? This is arguable, but I am going to say no. > [@](#): > > DQ: American? Yes. IQ: Were you almost certainly the greatest player the Duluth Eskimos ever had? IQ: Did you write the book _Jazz Country_? [/QUOTE] I’m guessing the Eskimos were a negro league baseball team, but I can’t think of anybody there, so…I’m not Bronco Nagurski, and I am not Nat Hentoff. 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. First name starts with N 4. Probably not best known as a literary character 5. American ---
**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 29, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/194 "2011-11-29T01:03:14Z")
IQ: Were you once featured prominently in delivery pizza advertisements? IQ: Does an internet meme attribute near omniscient and omnipotent powers to you? IQ: Did you compose a classical piece with an incongruous title in D Minor which you feel is the saddest of all keys? ---
**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 29, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/195 "2011-11-29T03:26:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did Buzz Lightyear briefly resign himself to this role? > IQ: Were you part of the self-proclaimed “loudest band in rock and roll”? > IQ: Did you never allow the Hardy Boys to get fresh with you? Mrs. Nesbit, when dressed for Sid’s sister’s doll tea party in the first _Toy Story_. Nigel Tufnel, from _This is Spinal Tap_. Yes, Nancy Drew. DQ: Best known as a TV character? DQ: Would she be alive in 2011, in her fictional world? IQ: Did you die not far from two other actors, one of them your spouse? IQ: Did you advise the filmmakers of a recent hit movie on life at a prominent institution of higher learning? IQ: Did you sing the best-known recent cover of “Because the Night”? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/196 "2011-11-29T11:14:36Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Were you once featured prominently in delivery pizza advertisements? > > IQ: Does an internet meme attribute near omniscient and omnipotent powers to you? > > IQ: Did you compose a classical piece with an incongruous title in D Minor which you feel is the saddest of all keys? I am not Renaldo Nehemiah, Nostradamus, or NIccolo Paganini. Now, take three DQ’s. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/197 "2011-11-29T11:24:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: Best known as a TV character? > DQ: Would she be alive in 2011, in her fictional world? > > IQ: Did you die not far from two other actors, one of them your spouse? > IQ: Did you advise the filmmakers of a recent hit movie on life at a prominent institution of higher learning? > IQ: Did you sing the best-known recent cover of “Because the Night”? I am sure I am not Natalie Wood, and I’ll guess I am not Natalie Portman or Natalie Cole. 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. First name starts with N 4. Probably not best known as a literary character 5. American 6. Definitely not best known as a TV character 7. Would almost certainly be dead by 2011. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/198 "2011-11-29T14:23:23Z")
Norv Turner, current coach of the San Diego Chargers ,was Dan Fout’s backup quarterback at Oregon (you got Nolan Ryan and Nelson Rockefeller right). DQ: Are you best known as a movie character? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/199 "2011-11-29T14:30:14Z")
1. Did you play guitar in a band called the Thamesmen? 2. Did you write a best selling non-fiction novel about the Mafia, that was made into an Oscar-nominated film? 3. Did you marry the guy in question #2, and write a comedy screenplay based on the lead character in that Mafia novel? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/200 "2011-11-29T14:50:00Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > DQ: Are you best known as a movie character? I would say so, yes. 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. First name starts with N 4. Probably not best known as a literary character 5. American 6. Definitely not best known as a TV character 7. Would almost certainly be dead by 2011 8. Probably best known as a movie character [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721.md?page=11)