# 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:** 12
**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 30, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/221 "2011-11-30T20:42:08Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > I am not Virginia Dare. > > I am not Viracocha (guess on that one, so a DQ may be forthcoming). > > I am not (the then-future Queen) Victoria, who reigned from 1837-1901. (99% sure on that one) Correct for the first and third; the second is Viserys Targaryen of George R.R. Martin’s novel _A Game of Thrones_. DQ: American? IQ: Were you played at different ages by an uncle and a nephew? IQ: Was there a near-riot at your funeral? IQ: Were you often addressed by, but never seen with, a comedian? ---
**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 30, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/222 "2011-11-30T21:17:06Z")
> [@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? Late follow up for the last game: You were not The Noid, Chuck Norris, and once again, not Nigel Tufnil, who composed the classical work “Lick My Love Pump”. New game: IQ: Would various people have gotten away with it if not for you and your meddling friends? IQ: Are you an Academy Award winner who declined an offer to replace Rick Wakeman in Yes? IQ: Are you the famous painter of pin-up girls who painted the cover of The Cars’ _Candy-O_ album? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/223 "2011-11-30T21:58:13Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > I am not Virgil (the Roman poet). > > I am not Virgil Carter (who did play for the Bengals – if he was never on the Fire, take a DQ). > > No good guess for IQ3, so take a DQ for that. Right on #1 and #2. #3 is Virgil Tibbs (they call him “Mr. Tibbs”). DQ: Living (or if fictional, likely to be living based on the date of his first fictional appearance)? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/224 "2011-12-01T20:38:10Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > DQ1: Real person? > > DQ2: Male? Yes to both. > [@astorian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first Minnesota Twin to win an MVP award? > IQ2: Are you a long-time Congressman with an aircraft carrier named after him? > IQ3: Did you draw the cover of the Beatles’ \*\*\*Revolver \*\*\*album? I am not Zoilo Versalles (not 100% sure he’s the right answer, but fairly confident). I am not Fred Vinson. I know I’ve read the name of the _Revolver_ cover illustrator, but I don’t have a good guess, so take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Correct for the first and third; the second is Viserys Targaryen of George R.R. Martin’s novel _A Game of Thrones_. > > DQ: American? No. > [@](#): > > IQ: Were you played at different ages by an uncle and a nephew? > IQ: Was there a near-riot at your funeral? > IQ: Were you often addressed by, but never seen with, a comedian? I am not Vern, the target of questions and comments uttered by Ernest (Jim Varney). Guess for the second: I am not Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, bka Lenin. Take a DQ for the first in any case. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Would various people have gotten away with it if not for you and your meddling friends? > > IQ: Are you an Academy Award winner who declined an offer to replace Rick Wakeman in Yes? > > IQ: Are you the famous painter of pin-up girls who painted the cover of The Cars’ _Candy-O_ album? I am not Velma, one of the Mystery Machine gang. I am not Alberto (?) Varga (or Vargas – he signed his name both ways at different times). Wild guess on #2 – I am not Jon Voight. Probable DQ there. > [@AppallingGael](#): > > Right on #1 and #2. #3 is Virgil Tibbs (they call him “Mr. Tibbs”). > > DQ: Living (or if fictional, likely to be living based on the date of his first fictional appearance)? Living. Summary: 1. I am real. 2. I am male. 3. I am not American. 4. I am alive as of this posting. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/225 "2011-12-01T22:12:58Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Are you an Academy Award winner who declined an offer to replace Rick Wakeman in Yes? > [@Sternvogel](#): > > Wild guess on #2 – I am not Jon Voight. Probable DQ there. You are not Vangelis, Oscar-winner for the _Chariots of Fire_ score, who rehearsed with Yes for a short time but decided against becoming a full time member of the band. Several years later he and Yes vocalist Jon Anderson released a side project under the name Jon & Vangelis. DQ: European? IQ: Was Alice Cooper’s 1986 attempted-comeback single _He’s Back_ written about you? IQ: Despite playing the title character of a 1960s television show, were you overshadowed by your martial artist sidekick? IQ: Did you and a guitarist have a child together that became a bassist for said guitarist’s band? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/226 "2011-12-01T23:05:56Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > DQ: European? Yes. > [@](#): > > IQ: Was Alice Cooper’s 1986 attempted-comeback single _He’s Back_ written about you? > IQ: Despite playing the title character of a 1960s television show, were you overshadowed by your martial artist sidekick? > IQ: Did you and a guitarist have a child together that became a bassist for said guitarist’s band? IQ1: Guess based on Alice’s material – I am not Vlad the Impaler. IQ2: I am not Van Williams, who played the Green Hornet to Bruce Lee’s Kato. IQ3: Guess – I am not Steve Vai. Summary: 1. I am real. 2. I am male. 3. I am not American. 4. I am alive as of this posting. 5. I am European. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/227 "2011-12-02T02:59:39Z")
Zoilo Versalles is absolutely right. The Congressman was CARL Vinson, but I’m impressed that you got the name, so I’ll give you credit. I will take a DQ for Klaus Voorman (former bassist for Manfred Mann, and a pal of the Beatles from their Hamburg days). DQ: Does your last name start with “V”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/228 "2011-12-02T03:03:49Z")
IQ: Did you coin the phrase “conspicuous consumption”? IQ2: Were you the hippie dippie Jesus in the movie version of “Godspell”? IQ3: Did you play a doomed Italian-American soldier in a movie that was up for Best Picture? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/229 "2011-12-02T03:05:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Were you played at different ages by an uncle and a nephew? > IQ: Was there a near-riot at your funeral? > IQ: Were you often addressed by, but never seen with, a comedian? Lord Voldemort, played by both Ralph Fiennes and his nephew. Rudolph Valentino’s funeral got a little out of control. Correct as to Vern, Ernest’s unseen friend. DQ: British? DQ: Entertainer (music, books, movies, TV, plays, etc.)? IQ: Were you Harry Truman’s poker buddy, later named to the Supreme Court? IQ: Were you an U.S. Air Force general after whom a base was named? IQ: Were you a Republican internationalist U.S. senator just after WWII? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/230 "2011-12-02T03:20:03Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > DQ: Does your last name start with “V”? No. > [@astorian](#): > > IQ: Did you coin the phrase “conspicuous consumption”? > IQ2: Were you the hippie dippie Jesus in the movie version of “Godspell”? > > IQ3: Did you play a doomed Italian-American soldier in a movie that was up for Best Picture? I am not Thorstein Veblen. No guess for #2, so take a DQ. Guess on #3 – I am not Vito Scotti. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: British? > DQ: Entertainer (music, books, movies, TV, plays, etc.)? I am British. I am not an entertainer _per se_, but I am known for appearing on television. > [@](#): > > IQ: Were you Harry Truman’s poker buddy, later named to the Supreme Court? > IQ: Were you an U.S. Air Force general after whom a base was named? > IQ: Were you a Republican internationalist U.S. senator just after WWII? I know you’ve mentioned #1 in other threads. Is this Fred (as opposed to Carl) Vinson? If not, take a DQ. I am not General Vandenberg. Not sure if Vannevar Bush was a senator, but I am not him, so take a DQ unless he fits the criteria of the question. Summary: 1. I am real. 2. I am male. 3. I am not American. 4. I am alive as of this posting. 5. I am European. 6. My last name does not start with “V”. 7. I am British. 8. I am not an entertainer _per se_, but I am known for appearing on television. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/231 "2011-12-02T05:17:41Z")
The hippie Jesus in “Godspell” Was Victor Garber, now usually a much more serious-looking actor. Vin Diesel was the doomed Italian-American soldier in “Saving Private Ryan.” DQ1: Are you under 40 years old? DQ2: Are you an emcee or host of a television show? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/232 "2011-12-02T06:53:46Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Was Alice Cooper’s 1986 attempted-comeback single _He’s Back_ written about you? > IQ: Despite playing the title character of a 1960s television show, were you overshadowed by your martial artist sidekick? > IQ: Did you and a guitarist have a child together that became a bassist for said guitarist’s band? > [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ1: Guess based on Alice’s material – I am not Vlad the Impaler. > IQ2: I am not Van Williams, who played the Green Hornet to Bruce Lee’s Kato. > IQ3: Guess – I am not Steve Vai. IQ1: You are not Jason Voorhees. Alice Cooper was tapped to write a song for _Friday the 13th Part 6?: The New Beginning_, in which Jason’s corpse was resurrected with lightning. IQ3: You are not Valerie Bertinelli, ex-wife of guitarist Eddie Van Halen and mother of Wolfgang Van Halen, who replaced Michael Anthony in Van Halen. I’ll wait to see some of the previous DQs answers before I ask mine. IQ: Have you been portrayed by Peter Cushing, Laurence Olivier, and Anthony Hopkins? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/233 "2011-12-02T15:27:37Z")
IQ: Did you resign from your job over a failed hostage rescue attempt? IQ: Were you the lead singer of a very popular group that scored a top ten hit using the alias “Wonder Who”? IQ: Did Richard Nixon ask if you’d be interested in being his running mate in 1968, before you told him you were a Democrat? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/234 "2011-12-02T19:59:26Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > DQ1: Are you under 40 years old? > > DQ2: Are you an emcee or host of a television show? I am not under 40 years old. I am not a television host or emcee. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Have you been portrayed by Peter Cushing, Laurence Olivier, and Anthony Hopkins? I can’t think of a “V” that all three have played. Take a DQ. > [@astorian](#): > > IQ: Did you resign from your job over a failed hostage rescue attempt? > IQ: Were you the lead singer of a very popular group that scored a top ten hit using the alias “Wonder Who”? > IQ: Did Richard Nixon ask if you’d be interested in being his running mate in 1968, before you told him you were a Democrat? I am not Cyrus Vance. Guess – I am not Frankie Valli. Another guess based on a dim memory – I am not Gore Vidal. Summary: 1. I am real. 2. I am male. 3. I am not American. 4. I am alive as of this posting. 5. I am European. 6. My last name does not start with “V”. 7. I am British. 8. I am not an entertainer per se, but I am known for appearing on television. 9. I am not under 40 years old. 10. I am not a television host or emcee. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/235 "2011-12-02T20:16:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Were you Harry Truman’s poker buddy, later named to the Supreme Court? > IQ: Were you an U.S. Air Force general after whom a base was named? > IQ: Were you a Republican internationalist U.S. senator just after WWII? Yes, Fred Vinson. Yes, Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg. The third is his uncle, Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan. DQ: Political figure? IQ: Did your father have curly gray hair, wear glasses and not care very much for your boyfriend? IQ: At a major occasion in which you were the center of attention, were a few bars from Holst’s _The Planets_ played? IQ: Were you held prisoner in a place which your creator hated from long before? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/236 "2011-12-02T20:43:55Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Have you been portrayed by Peter Cushing, Laurence Olivier, and Anthony Hopkins? > [@Sternvogel](#): > > I can’t think of a “V” that all three have played. Take a DQ. You are not Dracula’s nemesis Professor Abraham Van Helsing. DQ: Are you a “talking head” on television, (such as a political pundit or science-explaining-type guy) On preview, my next DQ has been asked. I’ll hold onto my other 2. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/237 "2011-12-02T20:50:15Z")
Cyrus Vance did indeed resign over the botched hostage rescue attempt in Iran. And Frankie Valli DID inspire the Tony-winning musical “Jersey Boys.” The one you missed was… Richard Nixon was a huge football fan, and wanted Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi as his running mate (but Lombardi, like most blue-collar New York Catholics, was a Democrat). DQ: Are you over 70 years old? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/238 "2011-12-02T21:05:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: Political figure? I have some political activity in my past, but it is not what I am most famous for, and did not involve seeking office. > [@](#): > > IQ: Did your father have curly gray hair, wear glasses and not care very much for your boyfriend? > IQ: At a major occasion in which you were the center of attention, were a few bars from Holst’s _The Planets_ played? > IQ: Were you held prisoner in a place which your creator hated from long before? No guess on #1 --take a DQ. Educated guess on #2 – I am not Valentina Tereshkova. Wilder guess on #3 – I am not Voltron. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > DQ: Are you a “talking head” on television, (such as a political pundit or science-explaining-type guy). I’m afraid I misled you earlier. Although I am not primarily known as a TV host, I did briefly host a series. Not likely you ever saw an episode, but I’ll change the answer to Summary Point #10 and not charge a DQ. I would not be classed as a “political pundit or science-explaining-type guy”, to use your words. > [@astorian](#): > > DQ: Are you over 70 years old? Yes. Summary: 1. I am real. 2. I am male. 3. I am not American. 4. I am alive as of this posting. 5. I am European. 6. My last name does not start with “V”. 7. I am British. 8. I am not an entertainer per se, but I am known for appearing on television. 9. I am not under 40 years old. 9A. I am not primarily known as a television host or emcee, but did briefly headline a TV series. 10. I am over 70 years old. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/239 "2011-12-02T21:31:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did your father have curly gray hair, wear glasses and not care very much for your boyfriend? > IQ: At a major occasion in which you were the center of attention, were a few bars from Holst’s _The Planets_ played? > IQ: Were you held prisoner in a place which your creator hated from long before? Veronica Lodge, sweetheart of Archie. Valentine Michael Smith, from Heinlein’s _Stranger in a Strange Land_, when he appeared as the de facto ambassador from Mars. V., the antihero of Alan Moore’s _V for Vendetta_, was imprisoned in a camp at Larkhill, England. Moore had an unpleasant hitchhiking experience there years before. DQ: Comedian? I’ll reserve my other two DQs. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/240 "2011-12-02T21:50:53Z")
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