# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 13
**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 3, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/241 "2011-12-03T02:39:12Z")
IQ: Did a national tragedy bring your successful act to an abrupt end? IQ: Were you criticized as a crony of a President? (not Fred Vinson again) IQ: Did you write _Assassination Vacation_? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/242 "2011-12-03T10:28:13Z")
IQ: Were you the heroine of a Stan Lee drawn, soap opera spoofing, newspaper comic strip in the Seventies? IQ: Did you date Bruce Wayne for a while? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/243 "2011-12-03T22:59:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Veronica Lodge, sweetheart of Archie. Man, I should have known that one after all the _Archie_ comics I read and TV cartoons I watched as a kid… > [@](#): > > DQ: Comedian? No. > [@astorian](#): > > IQ: Did you relieve your paranoid capatin of command during a typhonn? > > IQ: Did Francis Bacon create a memorablly horrifying painting spoofing your most famous portrait? > > IQ: Do you say “Jinkies” whenever you’re excited? Take a DQ for #1. Guess – I am not Jan Vermeer. So many “V” painters to pick from, though. Wilder guess on #3 – I am not Prince Valiant. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did a national tragedy bring your successful act to an abrupt end? > IQ: Were you criticized as a crony of a President? (not Fred Vinson again) > IQ: Did you write _Assassination Vacation_? I am not Vaughn Meader, whose Kennedy-lampooning album my parents own. I am not Paul Volcker, who I believe fits the criterion even if he’s not who you had in mind. I am not Sarah Vowell. > [@AppallingGael](#): > > IQ: Were you the heroine of a Stan Lee drawn, soap opera spoofing, newspaper comic strip in the Seventies? > > IQ: Did you date Bruce Wayne for a while? I’ll probably recognize the answer to #1, but take a DQ. I am not Vicky Vale. 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. 11. I am not a comedian (a profession I would consider an entertainer, as per Point #8). ---
**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 4, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/244 "2011-12-04T03:34:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did a national tragedy bring your successful act to an abrupt end? > IQ: Were you criticized as a crony of a President? (not Fred Vinson again) > IQ: Did you write _Assassination Vacation_? Correct as to #1 and #3. I’ll rephrase #2: IQ: A man in uniform, were you criticized as a crony of a President? Two previously reserved DQs: DQ: Are you a political or current-affairs commentator? DQ: Have you been on a top-rated British TV program in the past five years? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/245 "2011-12-04T03:52:15Z")
Van Johnson relieved the paranoid, panicky Humphrey Bogart of command, in \*\*\*The Caine Mutiny. * * * Francis Bacon’s horrifying satire was of Velazquez’ portrait of Pope Innocent. And Velma of “Scooby Doo” fame was always saying “Jinkies.” DQ1: Are you a journalist or newscaster? DQ2: Have you written any books? DQ3: Are you well known outside the UK? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/246 "2011-12-04T04:02:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: A man in uniform, were you criticized as a crony of a President? I don’t think he was in uniform at the time, and I’m not 100% sure of his first name, but I’ll say I am not Nixon pal Vincent “Bebe” Rebozo. > [@](#): > > Two previously reserved DQs: > > DQ: Are you a political or current-affairs commentator? > DQ: Have you been on a top-rated British TV program in the past five years? No to the first. As to the second, if I have appeared on a top-rated British TV program in recent years, it has been as a guest interviewee. 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. 11. I am not a comedian (a profession I would consider an entertainer, as per Point #8). 12. I am not a political or current-affairs commentator. 13. I have likely appeared on British TV in the past five years as an interviewee, but hosted my short-lived series in the more distant past. ---
**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 5, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/247 "2011-12-05T03:07:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: A man in uniform, were you criticized as a crony of a President? Love the name Bebe Rebozo, but he was never in uniform. I was thinking of Harry Vaughan, Truman’s military aide, who owed his general’s star more to politics than merit. I don’t know British TV all that well, and will let someone else ask my DQ. IQ: Were you a Marine who was never mistaken for a man? IQ: Have you served as a big-city mayor, a governor and a U.S. senator? IQ: Are you a poet, photographer and actor? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/248 "2011-12-05T03:58:51Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > And Velma of “Scooby Doo” fame was always saying “Jinkies.” I answered a question about her earlier, so I don’t think you get a DQ for this one. I’ll answer these two: > [@](#): > > DQ1: Are you a journalist or newscaster? > > DQ2: Have you written any books? I am neither a journalist nor newscaster. I have written books. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Were you a Marine who was never mistaken for a man? > IQ: Have you served as a big-city mayor, a governor and a U.S. senator? > IQ: Are you a poet, photographer and actor? Take a DQ for #1. I am not George Voinovich. Guess – I am not Vince vaughn. Summary (see note added to Point #13): 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. 11. I am not a comedian (a profession I would consider an entertainer, as per Point #8). 12. I am not a political or current-affairs commentator. 13. I have likely appeared on British TV in the past five years as an interviewee, but hosted my short-lived series (which did not air exclusively in Britain) in the more distant past. 14. I am neither a journalist nor newscaster. 15. I have written books. ---
**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 5, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/249 "2011-12-05T14:14:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Were you a Marine who was never mistaken for a man? > IQ: Have you served as a big-city mayor, a governor and a U.S. senator? > IQ: Are you a poet, photographer and actor? Vasquez, the kickass female Marine from _Aliens_. Correct as to Voinovich. Viggo Mortensen is one multitalented guy. Still baffled. I now have three DQs which anyone else is welcome to ask - first come, first served. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/250 "2011-12-11T15:20:52Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > I’ll probably recognize the answer to #1, but take a DQ. > > I am not Vicky Vale. “The Virtue of Vera Valiant” was Stan’s Seventies soap-spoofing strip. Right on Vicki Vale. DQ: Is your fame primarily from your writing, and IQ: Have you won both the Booker prize and the Nobel prize for Literature? ---
**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 12, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/251 "2011-12-12T05:35:53Z")
Ooops. I forgot about this thread for a few days… ---
**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 27, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/252 "2011-12-27T03:47:47Z")
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