# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/41 "2011-11-07T03:27:17Z")
Did you write a commercial jingle that became one of the Carpenters’ biggest hit singles? ---
**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 7, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/42 "2011-11-07T04:47:31Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > DQ: Are you known for writing words (poetry, novels, lyrics, etc.)? > > DQ: Are you known for committing an indiscretion (crime, sex scandal, etc.)? > > IQ: Have you coached baseball at Limestone College? DQ1: Yes DQ2: Yes IQ: I don’t know. Take a DQ > [@astorian](#): > > Did you write a commercial jingle that became one of the Carpenters’ biggest hit singles? I am still not Paul Williams (Post #24) Recap: ‘P’ 1. Male 2. Real person 3. Last name does not start with ‘P’ 4. Born after 1900 5. Not dead 6. Have acted, but not famous for being an actor 7. Not a politician 8. Work in some field of show business 9. American 10. Have sang and played an instrument, but not best known for singing or playing 11. Not under 40 years old 12. Never regarded as a sex symbol 13. Not a producer or director in the TV or movie business 14. Not a comedian 15. Not black 16. Not best known as a performer of some kind. 17. Composing is one of my more recognized talents. 18. Known for writing words 19. Known for committing an indiscretion, defined as crime, sex scandal, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/43 "2011-11-07T20:33:31Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Have you coached baseball at Limestone College? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: I don’t know. Take a DQ. The answer is Gaylord Perry, who previously gained fame as a “spitball” pitcher. I don’t have any real idea of who the mystery person is, so I’ll try to narrow down the answer to #19. DQ: Does your noted indiscretion involve homosexual activity? ---
**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 8, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/44 "2011-11-08T00:29:45Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > I don’t have any real idea of who the mystery person is, so I’ll try to narrow down the answer to #19. > > DQ: Does your noted indiscretion involve homosexual activity? No. Recap: ‘P’ 1. Male 2. Real person 3. Last name does not start with ‘P’ 4. Born after 1900 5. Not dead 6. Have acted, but not famous for being an actor 7. Not a politician 8. Work in some field of show business 9. American 10. Have sang and played an instrument, but not best known for singing or playing 11. Not under 40 years old 12. Never regarded as a sex symbol 13. Not a producer or director in the TV or movie business 14. Not a comedian 15. Not black 16. Not best known as a performer of some kind. 17. Composing is one of my more recognized talents. 18. Known for writing words 19. Known for committing an indiscretion, defined as crime, sex scandal, etc. 20. Noted indiscretion did not involve homosexual activity ---
**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 9, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/45 "2011-11-09T01:01:29Z")
I went back through the thread and see there are no outstanding DQs. Although we’re at 20, I don’t mind keeping it open for IQs another day to earn “Are you \_\_\_\_\_?” style questions. If nobody solves it (I thought Sternvogel was getting close with DQs 17, 18 & 19) by 5:00 PM Pacific time tomorrow 11/9, I’ll reveal the answer. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/46 "2011-11-09T21:01:58Z")
Accepting your kind invitation… IQ: Did a moviehouse incident lead to the closing of your playhouse? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/47 "2011-11-09T21:08:50Z")
IQ: While attending Harvard during a hiatus from your show biz career, did you write a letter to the school paper about the situation in the Middle East? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/48 "2011-11-09T21:14:16Z")
Did you ever write a smash hit song whose title came from the inscription on your father’s tombstone? ---
**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 9, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/49 "2011-11-09T22:02:59Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > Accepting your kind invitation… > > IQ: Did a moviehouse incident lead to the closing of your playhouse? No, I am not Paul Reubens AKA Pee-Wee Herman > [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: While attending Harvard during a hiatus from your show biz career, did you write a letter to the school paper about the situation in the Middle East? I don’t know, but… > [@astorian](#): > > Did you ever write a smash hit song whose title came from the inscription on your father’s tombstone? Yes, I am legendary record producer Phil Spector!!! Best known for the Wall of Sound production style, I am also a prolific songwriter. Before getting into production, I was the guitarist and back up vocalist for The Teddy Bears, whose hit “To Know Him Is To Love Him” was inspired by the inscription on my father’s tombstone. As for acting, I had a small role in _Easy Rider_. As for my “noted indiscretion”, I’m currently serving a 19 year-to-life sentence for second degree murder. Good job, astorian. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/50 "2011-11-09T22:22:35Z")
Damn! That was a good one! I vow to be smarter in the next game. Quit that snickering!!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/51 "2011-11-10T14:35:05Z")
My turn again, eh? Okay, let’s go with… G ---
**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 10, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/52 "2011-11-10T19:55:11Z")
IQ: Do you need to watch out for that tree? IQ: Did you build the walls of Uruk? IQ: Did you release the first country album to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/53 "2011-11-10T20:14:30Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: While attending Harvard during a hiatus from your show biz career, did you write a letter to the school paper about the situation in the Middle East? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > I don’t know This was a reference to [Natalie Portman](http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/4/17/israeli-diversity-shown-even-among-leaders/). As for the new game– IQ: Were you married to a woman who had earlier appeared on a TV show in which her legs were seen, but never her face? IQ: Did your original name mean “He Who Yawns”? IQ: Were you Commissioner of Baseball? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/54 "2011-11-10T20:23:26Z")
IQ: Were you a fictional chief of police? IQ: Is your nickname The Great White Shark? IQ: Are you a Michelin star recipient as well as an author? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/55 "2011-11-10T20:57:51Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Do you need to watch out for that tree? > > IQ: Did you build the walls of Uruk? > > IQ: Did you release the first country album to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts? Not George of the Jungle, not… Gilgamesh (?), and definitely not Garth Brooks. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/56 "2011-11-10T20:59:12Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Were you married to a woman who had earlier appeared on a TV show in which her legs were seen, but never her face? > > IQ: Did your original name mean “He Who Yawns”? > > IQ: Were you Commissioner of Baseball? Not Grant Tinker (once married to Mary Tyler Moore, whose legs appeared on the detective series “Richard Diamond”) Not basebal lcommissioner Bart Giamatti But I don’t know he who yawns, so ask one DQ. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/57 "2011-11-10T21:01:04Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > IQ: Were you a fictional chief of police? > IQ: Is your nickname The Great White Shark? > IQ: Are you a Michelin star recipient as well as an author? Not Batman’s pal Jim Gordon Not golfer Greg Norman Don’t know the Michelin star winner, but I’ll guess… not Gordon Ramsay? (If that’s wrong, ask a DQ) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/58 "2011-11-10T21:35:55Z")
You got all of mine. Rats. ::goes off to think up more questions:: ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/59 "2011-11-10T21:57:41Z")
IQ: Were you president and CEO of a local chain of auto service centers founded by her grandfather located in Arizona? IQ: Did you receive the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in 1935 and 1936? IQ: Did you work as one half of a comedy team at the radio station KXOL in Fort Worth, Texas? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/60 "2011-11-10T22:04:02Z")
No idea about the auto service center… No idea about the Texas comedy team. As for the actress, I’ll take a guess and say, “No, I’m not… Greta Garbo.” You get 2 DQs for sure. 3 if Garbo is wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721.md?page=4)