# Botticelli - November 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 2, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440 "2015-11-02T17:55:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 8, 2015, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/81 "2015-11-08T12:53:44Z")
IQs: 1. Was Marlon Brando your roommate at college? 2. Did you write _Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus_? 3. Is your alter ego Philbert Desanex? ---
**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 8, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/82 "2015-11-08T13:39:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was Marlon Brando your roommate at college? > 2. Did you write _Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus_? > 3. Is your alter ego Philbert Desanex? Three DQs. ---
**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 8, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/83 "2015-11-08T15:31:41Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was Marlon Brando your roommate at college? > 2. Did you write Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus? > 3. Is your alter ego Philbert Desanex? > Three DQs. #1 was Wally Cox. #2 was Ludwig Wittgenstein. #3 is Wonder Wart-Hog. DQs: 1. Best known from one particular TV series? 2. Common first name? ---
**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 8, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/84 "2015-11-08T17:24:24Z")
**W** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Last name does not start with W 5. American 6. Not born after 1970 7. Known for the arts 8. Not born (W)est of the Mississippi 9. Known for the performing arts [DEL]10. Not an author[/DEL] 😃 10. Actor 11. Not known primarily from movies (though I have been in some) 12. Not, I think, known primarily as a leading man 13. Has won an Emmy 14. Not best known from one particular TV series 15. Common first name ---
**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 8, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/85 "2015-11-08T17:26:49Z")
DQ: Known for comedies? ---
**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 8, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/86 "2015-11-08T18:46:19Z")
Previous IQs: Have you played a CIA agent, a train engineer and an infantryman? - Denzel Washington, in _Safe House, Unstoppable_ and _Glory_. Did Peter Falk appear in one of your best-known films? - Wim Wenders, in _Wings of Desire_. Did your actor boyfriend get a tattoo with your name? - Johnny Depp thus proclaimed his love for Winona Ryder. DQ: Considered handsome? Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/87 "2015-11-08T19:50:51Z")
DQ: Currently appearing in a TV series? holding 2 dqs ---
**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 8, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/88 "2015-11-08T20:13:37Z")
**W** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Last name does not start with W 5. American 6. Not born after 1970 7. Known for the arts 8. Not born (W)est of the Mississippi 9. Known for the performing arts [DEL]10. Not an author[/DEL] 😃 10. Actor 11. Not known primarily from movies (though I have been in some) 12. Not, I think, known primarily as a leading man 13. Has won an Emmy 14. Not best known from one particular TV series 15. Common first name 16. Known for comedies 17. Perhaps not considered handsome, but certainly not ugly 18. Currently appearing in a TV series ---
**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 8, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/89 "2015-11-08T21:41:02Z")
Hmmm… Evewybody Woves Waymond… Thinking… ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/90 "2015-11-08T23:06:03Z")
DQ: Born before 1950? 1 DQ left ---
**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 9, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/91 "2015-11-09T00:25:10Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Newman on _Seinfeld_? 2. Did you play Ensign Crusher on _ST:TNG_? 3. Did you have a hit with _Werewolves of London_? ---
**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 9, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/92 "2015-11-09T00:42:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Newman on _Seinfeld_? > 2. Did you play Ensign Crusher on _ST:TNG_? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Werewolves of London_? DQ. Not Will … Wheaton? DQ. **W** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Last name does not start with W 5. American 6. Not born after 1970 7. Known for the arts 8. Not born (W)est of the Mississippi 9. Known for the performing arts [DEL]10. Not an author[/DEL] 😃 10. Actor 11. Not known primarily from movies (though I have been in some) 12. Not, I think, known primarily as a leading man 13. Has won an Emmy 14. Not best known from one particular TV series 15. Common first name 16. Known **(though not solely)** for comedies 17. Perhaps not considered handsome, but certainly not ugly 18. Currently appearing in a TV series 19. Born before 1950 Wow - 19 already… ---
**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 9, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/93 "2015-11-09T04:48:53Z")
DQ: A male lead of the show on which he currently appears? ---
**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 9, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/94 "2015-11-09T12:38:21Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Newman on Seinfeld? > 2. Did you play Ensign Crusher on ST:TNG? > 3. Did you have a hit with Werewolves of London? > DQ. > Not Will … Wheaton? > DQ. Wayne Knight. Wil Wheaton. Warren Zevon. 2 DQs reserved, except, y’know, we’ve hit 20. ---
**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 9, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/95 "2015-11-09T12:46:18Z")
**W** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Last name does not start with W 5. American 6. Not born after 1970 7. Known for the arts 8. Not born (W)est of the Mississippi 9. Known for the performing arts [DEL]10. Not an author[/DEL] 😃 10. Actor 11. Not known primarily from movies (though I have been in some) 12. Not, I think, known primarily as a leading man 13. Has won an Emmy 14. Not best known from one particular TV series 15. Common first name 16. Known **(though not solely)** for comedies 17. Perhaps not considered handsome, but certainly not ugly 18. Currently appearing in a TV series 19. Born before 1950 20. Not 1 male lead of the show on which I currently appear You know what to do… (For anyone who has just stumbled upon this game, our house rule is that after 20 direct questions have been answered, each person who was awarded a DQ gets to ask one more DQ, in the form “Are you Firstname Lastname?”) > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 2 DQs reserved, except, y’know, we’ve hit 20. Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but if I come back and find questions 20, 21, and 22 waiting for me, I will usually answer all of them. All this talk about DQ is making me hungry… ---
**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 9, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/96 "2015-11-09T13:12:49Z")
DQs: 1. Do you want a Jamocha Blizzard? 2. Do you want a chili cheese dog? 3. Do you want fries with that? …actual DQ to follow… ---
**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 9, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/97 "2015-11-09T13:20:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Do you want a Jamocha Blizzard? > 2. Do you want a chili cheese dog? > 3. Do you want fries with that? Make it a banana split, with cherry instead of pineapple. 😃 ---
**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 9, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/98 "2015-11-09T13:44:38Z")
DQ: Are you Wayne Brady? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/99 "2015-11-09T14:31:40Z")
Poop, my well is dry. If anybody else wants my guess, they can have it. ---
**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 9, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/100 "2015-11-09T17:11:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > …20. Not 1 male lead of the show on which I currently appear… You added a digit in answering my DQ. Is that significant? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440.md?page=6)