# 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:** 8
**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 12, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/141 "2015-11-12T23:19:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Brand New Key_? > 2. Were you known as the Velvet Fog? > 3. Were you one of the judges on last season’s _America’s Got Talent_? DQ. Not Mel Torme. DQ. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Do you and Per Gessle make up the Swedish duo _Roxette_? > IQ2: Did you play Hannibal Lecter in the NBC series _Hannibal_? > IQ3: Did Jon Lovitz’s character Tommy Flanagan frequently claim you were his girlfriend? 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 12, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/142 "2015-11-12T23:31:36Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with Brand New Key? > 2. Were you known as the Velvet Fog? > 3. Were you one of the judges on last season’s America’s Got Talent? > DQ. > Not Mel Torme. > DQ. #1 was Melanie Safka. Correct on Mel. #3 was either Mel B. or Howie Mandel. 3 Mels. DQ: Did your song or songs chart in the U.S. in the 1970’s? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 13, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/143 "2015-11-13T00:05:04Z")
**M** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. First name starts with M 5. Not American 6. Best known for the arts 7. Not an actress 8. Not British 9. Not born after 1970 10. European 11. Singer or musician 12. Not French 13. Not known for classical music or opera 14. Pop genre 15. Born west of the Rhine 16. Not best known as a solo artist 17. Song or songs charted in the US in the 1970s ---
**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 13, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/144 "2015-11-13T01:31:32Z")
DQ: Singer? ---
**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 13, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/145 "2015-11-13T02:14:33Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Do you and Per Gessle make up the Swedish duo Roxette? > IQ2: Did you play Hannibal Lecter in the NBC series Hannibal? > IQ3: Did Jon Lovitz’s character Tommy Flanagan frequently claim you were his girlfriend? > > Three DQs. Marie Fredriksson (my game guess), Mads Mikkleson, Morgan Fairchild (that’s the ticket!) DQ: From the UK (aside from England)? holding 3 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 13, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/146 "2015-11-13T02:56:10Z")
**M** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. First name starts with M 5. Not American 6. Best known for the arts 7. Not an actress 8. Not British 9. Not born after 1970 10. European 11. Singer or musician 12. Not French 13. Not known for classical music or opera 14. Pop genre 15. Born west of the Rhine 16. Not best known as a solo artist 17. Song or songs charted in the US in the 1970s 18. Singer 19. Not Irish ---
**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 13, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/147 "2015-11-13T03:19:40Z")
Living female European Pop singer with a group that charted in the 70’s, whose first name starts with M. Not from Ireland, UK or France, West of the Rhine. I’m not coming up with much… ---
**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 13, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/148 "2015-11-13T03:23:05Z")
Me either. Obviously not one of the women in ABBA… ---
**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 13, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/149 "2015-11-13T03:33:47Z")
Two clues, as I realise this may be more difficult than I had anticipated; 1. I was half of a duo. 2. You may not have realised I was European. ---
**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 13, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/150 "2015-11-13T13:43:46Z")
I’m grasping at straw here, hoping you actually got a DQ or three wrong. IQ1: Were you the lead singer of the Fifth Dimension? IQ2: Are you the female Fleetwood Mac member married to the bassist? DQ: Half of a male/female duo? 2 DQs remain ---
**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 13, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/151 "2015-11-13T14:21:44Z")
DQs: 1. Is your name part of the artist name? 2. Caucasian? 3. One-hit wonder? ---
**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 14, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/152 "2015-11-14T00:49:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you the lead singer of the Fifth Dimension? > IQ2: Are you the female Fleetwood Mac member married to the bassist? Not either of those people, whoever they might be. **M** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. First name starts with M 5. Not American 6. Best known for the arts 7. Not an actress 8. Not British 9. Not born after 1970 10. European 11. Singer or musician 12. Not French 13. Not known for classical music or opera 14. Pop genre 15. Born west of the Rhine 16. Not best known as a solo artist 17. Song or songs charted in the US in the 1970s 18. Singer 19. Not Irish 20. Half of a male/female duo 21. My name is part of the artist name 22. Caucasian 23. From a US perspective, essentially a one-hit wonder (two songs in the Billboard Hot 100, the first at #8 and the second at #87). And I represented my native country twice at Eurovision, once with my partner and once alone. Waiting for your final 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 14, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/153 "2015-11-14T01:08:28Z")
DQ: How Do You Do? Are you Maggie MacNeal? ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/154 "2015-11-14T01:17:59Z")
[How Do You Do](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYNMKZ90jtA)? I was born Sjoukje van 't Spijker, and have had a career singing in the Netherlands since the '70s under my married name, Sjoukje Smit, but most Americans would know me by the name I used when working with Willem “Big Mouth” Duyn. I am **M** aggie MacNeal, of Mouth & MacNeal. ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/155 "2015-11-14T01:21:23Z")
I heard it on the Internet radio yesterday. They mentioned they were Dutch. ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/156 "2015-11-14T01:22:44Z")
Maybe now I can get rid of this damn’ earworm I’ve had for the last few weeks… 😃 ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/157 "2015-11-14T01:29:55Z")
I am H. ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/158 "2015-11-14T01:44:52Z")
IQ1: Are you and two other men known for defending a bridge? IQ2: Were you one of the leading Roman poets of the time of Augustus? IQ3: Did you lose a presidential election to U S Grant? ---
**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 14, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/159 "2015-11-14T02:50:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you and two other men known for defending a bridge? > IQ2: Were you one of the leading Roman poets of the time of Augustus? > IQ3: Did you lose a presidential election to U S Grant? 1. I am not Horatius. 2. I am not Horace. 3. I don’t know which Horace this was. Take a DQ. ---
**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 14, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/160 "2015-11-14T03:01:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Horatius. > 2. I am not Horace. > 3. I don’t know which Horace this was. Take a DQ. Correct. Correct. Horace Greeley. DQ: Real? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440.md?page=9)