# Botticelli - November 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 30, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196 "2017-10-30T00:21:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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 19, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/201 "2017-11-19T20:39:41Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Earl Warren’s predecessor on the Supreme Court? - Fred Vinson Did you costar in _$ky Hei$t_? - Frank Gorshin Did you command Hill Street Station? - Capt. Francis X. Furillo, on _Hill Street Blues_ DQs: American? Last name start with F? If real, would be alive today? IQs: A lawyer-turned-actor, was your first role that of a lawyer? Were you the best-known person to live just off the CMU campus in Pittsburgh? Did John Goodman play you in a much-panned movie based on a cartoon? ---
**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 19, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/202 "2017-11-19T20:49:13Z")
IQs: 1. In Randy Newman’s musical, did Don Henley play you (the title character), while Randy Newman played the Devil and James Taylor play God? 2. Did you play Bob Falfa in _Americna Graffiti_? 3. Were you an eccentric anti-terrorism expert played by Roger Moore? ---
**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 20, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/203 "2017-11-20T04:14:18Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with F 5. Would not be alive if real ---
**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 20, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/204 "2017-11-20T04:16:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > A lawyer-turned-actor, was your first role that of a lawyer? > Were you the best-known person to live just off the CMU campus in Pittsburgh? > Did John Goodman play you in a much-panned movie based on a cartoon? not Fred Dalton Thompson, DQ, not Fred Flintstone ---
**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 20, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/205 "2017-11-20T04:17:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In Randy Newman’s musical, did Don Henley play you (the title character), while Randy Newman played the Devil and James Taylor play God? > 2. Did you play Bob Falfa in _Americna Graffiti_? > 3. Were you an eccentric anti-terrorism expert played by Roger Moore? DQ, not Harrison Ford, DQ ---
**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 20, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/206 "2017-11-20T04:58:13Z")
Previous IQs: A lawyer-turned-actor, was your first role that of a lawyer? - Yes, Fred Thompson Were you the best-known person to live just off the CMU campus in Pittsburgh? - Fred Rogers Did John Goodman play you in a much-panned movie based on a cartoon? - Yes, Fred Flintstone Fred x3! DQ: European? IQs: Are you a longtime political writer for _The Atlantic_? Did you create _Downton Abbey_? Are you Rod and Tod’s dad? ---
**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 20, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/207 "2017-11-20T13:09:13Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ Roundup > > 1. Fictional > 2. Male > 3. Not American > 4. Last name starts with F > 5. Would not be alive if real > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In Randy Newman’s musical, did Don Henley play you (the title character), while Randy Newman played the Devil and James Taylor play God? > 2. Did you play Bob Falfa in _Americna Graffiti_? > 3. Were you an eccentric anti-terrorism expert played by Roger Moore? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, not Harrison Ford, DQ #1 was Faust. #2 is indeed Harrison Ford. #3 was ffolkes. DQs: 1. Created after 1900? 2. From a work of prose literature? ---
**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 20, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/208 "2017-11-20T13:28:19Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with F 5. Would not be alive if real 6. Not European 7. Created after 1900 8. Not from a work of prose literature ---
**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 20, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/209 "2017-11-20T13:31:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you a longtime political writer for _The Atlantic_? > Did you create _Downton Abbey_? > Are you Rod and Tod’s dad? DQ, DQ, not Ned Flanders gosh-diggety ---
**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 20, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/210 "2017-11-20T15:27:27Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Cimarron_ and _So Big_? 2. Did you write _Absalom! Absalom!_ and _The Sound and the Fury_? 3. Were you married to Lee Majors for a number of years? ---
**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 20, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/211 "2017-11-20T20:09:07Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a longtime political writer for _The Atlantic_? - David Fallows Did you create _Downton Abbey_? - Julian Fellowes Are you Rod and Tod’s dad? - Yes, Ned Flanders, on _The Simpsons_ DQs: Created after 1950? From the Northern Hemisphere? IQs: Were you chair of the RNC in the 1980s? Were you the in-the-field action guy for _FYI_? Were you the ominous giant bunny in _Donnie Darko_? ---
**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 20, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/212 "2017-11-20T20:53:14Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with F 5. Would not be alive if real 6. Not European 7. Created after 1900 8. Not from a work of prose literature 9. Created after 1950 10. Not from the Northern Hemisphere ---
**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 20, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/213 "2017-11-20T20:54:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Cimarron_ and _So Big_? > 2. Did you write _Absalom! Absalom!_ and _The Sound and the Fury_? > 3. Were you married to Lee Majors for a number of years? DQ, DQ, not Farrah Fawcett (I used to have her poster) ---
**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 20, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/214 "2017-11-20T21:05:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you chair of the RNC in the 1980s? > Were you the in-the-field action guy for _FYI_? > Were you the ominous giant bunny in _Donnie Darko_? DQ, DQ, not Frank ---
**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 20, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/215 "2017-11-20T22:41:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Cimarron_ and _So Big_? > 2. Did you write _Absalom! Absalom!_ and _The Sound and the Fury_? > 3. Were you married to Lee Majors for a number of years? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, DQ, not Farrah Fawcett (I used to have her poster) #1 was Edna Ferber. #2 was William Faulkner. Correct on Farrah. DQs: 1. Created by an American author or authors? 2. From TV or the movies? ---
**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 21, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/216 "2017-11-21T03:51:32Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with F 5. Would not be alive if real 6. Not European 7. Created after 1900 8. Not from a work of prose literature 9. Created after 1950 10. Not from the Northern Hemisphere 11. Not created by an American author or authors 12. From TV or the movies ---
**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 21, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/217 "2017-11-21T04:14:49Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a cartoon duck with a political comic strip? 2. Did you write the Kent Montana series? 3. Were you a cartoon character based on Senator Claghorn from Fred Allen’s radio show? ---
**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 21, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/218 "2017-11-21T13:13:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a cartoon duck with a political comic strip? > 2. Did you write the Kent Montana series? > 3. Were you a cartoon character based on Senator Claghorn from Fred Allen’s radio show? not Mallard Fillmore, DQ, not Foghorn Leghorn ---
**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 21, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/219 "2017-11-21T13:14:31Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with F 5. Would not be alive if real 6. Not European 7. Created after 1900 8. Not from a work of prose literature 9. Created after 1950 10. Not from the Northern Hemisphere 11. Not created by an American author or authors (but Americans were involved in other areas) 12. From TV or the movies ---
**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 21, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/220 "2017-11-21T13:30:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a cartoon duck with a political comic strip? > 2. Did you write the Kent Montana series? > 3. Were you a cartoon character based on Senator Claghorn from Fred Allen’s radio show? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Mallard Fillmore, DQ, not Foghorn Leghorn Correct, Lionel Fenn, Correct. DQ: From TV? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196.md?page=12)