# 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:** 13
**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 23, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/241 "2017-11-23T13:40:07Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with G ---
**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 23, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/242 "2017-11-23T13:41:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Lynesse’s lover in some retellings of Arthurian legend? > Were you Launcelot’s son, ditto? > Did Patrick Stewart play your dad in a movie? #2. I am not Galahad. Take 2 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 23, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/243 "2017-11-23T13:42:36Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a constant pain in the neck for Sargent Carter? > IQ2: Are you an early 20th century movie producer whose real name is Szmuel Gelbfisz? > IQ3: Were you fired as the voice of the AFLAC duck for joking about the Japanese earthquake? 1. Shazam! I am not Gomer Pyle. Take a DQ for #2. 2. I am not Gilbert Gottfried. ---
**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 23, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/244 "2017-11-23T18:05:45Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Lynesse’s lover in some retellings of Arthurian legend? - Gareth Were you Launcelot’s son, ditto? - Yes, Galahad Did Patrick Stewart play your dad in a movie? - Guinevere, in _Excalibur_ DQs: American? Living? IQs: Did you and J.R.R. Tolkien not recognize each other as the celebrities you both were at the time? Did Paul Tibbits name his aircraft after you? Did Chuck Yeager name his aircraft after you? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/245 "2017-11-24T11:05:54Z")
I’m sure I’ve seen the first question below recently on the board, but it doesn’t look like it was in this thread, so: IQ1: Do you go on a journey which begins with you killing someone, before you join up with a motley crew and end up killing that someone’s sister? IQ2: Are you the actress most famous for playing the above character? IQ3: Are you a well-known Australian feminist? ---
**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 24, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/246 "2017-11-24T13:30:22Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with G 4. American 5. Deceased ---
**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 24, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/247 "2017-11-24T13:31:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you and J.R.R. Tolkien not recognize each other as the celebrities you both were at the time? > Did Paul Tibbits name his aircraft after you? > Did Chuck Yeager name his aircraft after you? Take 3 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 24, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/248 "2017-11-24T13:32:28Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I’m sure I’ve seen the first question below recently on the board, but it doesn’t look like it was in this thread, so: > > IQ1: Do you go on a journey which begins with you killing someone, before you join up with a motley crew and end up killing that someone’s sister? > IQ2: Are you the actress most famous for playing the above character? > IQ3: Are you a well-known Australian feminist? 1. I am not Dorothy Gale. 2. I am not Judy Garland. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/249 "2017-11-24T14:25:29Z")
Nice work, #3 was Germaine Greer. DQ: Died before 1950? IQ1: Are you a composer who worked with your brother and reputedly made more money while alive than most (if not all) classical composers? IQ2: Are you a British novelist most famous for “Brighton Rock”? IQ3: Are you a singer whose real name is Paul Gadd? ---
**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 24, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/250 "2017-11-24T15:10:02Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Nice work, #3 was Germaine Greer. > > DQ: Died before 1950? > > IQ1: Are you a composer who worked with your brother and reputedly made more money while alive than most (if not all) classical composers? > IQ2: Are you a British novelist most famous for “Brighton Rock”? > IQ3: Are you a singer whose real name is Paul Gadd? 1. I am not George Gershwin. 2. I am not Graham Greene. Take a DQ for 3. ---
**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 24, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/251 "2017-11-24T15:11:02Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with G 4. American 5. Deceased 6. Died before 1950 ---
**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 24, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/252 "2017-11-24T16:29:00Z")
Previous IQs: Did you and J.R.R. Tolkien not recognize each other as the celebrities you both were at the time? - Ava Gardner, who met him at a party in Oxford in the early 1960s; Tolkien found her quite charming but didn’t know who she was, and she hadn’t read any of his books Did Paul Tibbits name his aircraft after you? - _Enola Gay_, the plane which bombed Hiroshima, named after his mother Did Chuck Yeager name his aircraft after you? - _Glamourous Glynnis_, the plane in which Yeager broke the sound barrier, named after his girlfriend DQs: Best known for the Arts? Considered a beauty? Greatest fame before 1941? IQs: In your best-known portrait, are you accompanied by a white dog? Was a TV sitcom named after you, who had the same first name as the person above? Were you a vocalist for the Jefferson Airplane? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/253 "2017-11-24T17:13:12Z")
Correct on 1 & 2, 3 is Gary Glitter (probably not so famous across the pond, sorry). GG x 3 🙂 1 DQ reserved, but I may not remember to check in over the weekend. ---
**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 24, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/254 "2017-11-24T18:45:16Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with G 4. American 5. Deceased 6. Died before 1950 7. Known for the Arts, but not best known for them 8. Considered somewhat a beauty 9. Greatest fame before 1941 ---
**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 24, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/255 "2017-11-24T18:47:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > In your best-known portrait, are you accompanied by a white dog? > Was a TV sitcom named after you, who had the same first name as the person above? > Were you a vocalist for the Jefferson Airplane? Probably Gloria somethings, but take 2 DQs. #3. I am not grace slick. ---
**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 24, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/256 "2017-11-24T18:48:17Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Correct on 1 & 2, 3 is Gary Glitter (probably not so famous across the pond, sorry). GG x 3 🙂 > > 1 DQ reserved, but I may not remember to check in over the weekend. Oh, I remember Gary Glitter. Have a Rock’N’Roll Christmas! ---
**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 24, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/257 "2017-11-24T20:39:22Z")
Previous IQs: In your best-known portrait, are you accompanied by a white dog? - Grace Coolidge: [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Grace\_Coolidge\_Official\_portrait.jpg/160px-Grace\_Coolidge\_Official\_portrait.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Grace_Coolidge_Official_portrait.jpg/160px-Grace_Coolidge_Official_portrait.jpg) Was a TV sitcom named after you, who had the same first name as the person above? - The lead of _Grace Under Fire_ Were you a vocalist for the Jefferson Airplane? - Yes, Grace Slick Grace x3! DQs: Greatest fame before 1900? Famous husband? IQs: Were you also known as Tharkun and Mithrandir? Were Elladan and Elrohir your grandsons? Was a battering ram named after you? ---
**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 24, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/258 "2017-11-24T22:08:32Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you a constant pain in the neck for Sargent Carter? > IQ2: Are you an early 20th century movie producer whose real name is Szmuel Gelbfisz? > IQ3: Were you fired as the voice of the AFLAC duck for joking about the Japanese earthquake? > > 1. Shazam! I am not Gomer Pyle. > Take a DQ for #2. > 2. I am not Gilbert Gottfried. Sam Goldwyn holding a DQ ---
**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 24, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/259 "2017-11-24T23:06:37Z")
IQ1: Are you the lead singer of Depeche Mode? IQ2: Are you a horror-fantasy cartoonist whose work has appeared in _Playboy_, _National Lampoon_ and _The New Yorker_? IQ3: Are you Dennis Mitchell’s neighbor and frequent victim of his pranks? ---
**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 25, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/260 "2017-11-25T14:29:49Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with G 4. American 5. Deceased 6. Died before 1950 7. Known for the Arts, but not best known for them 8. Considered somewhat a beauty 9. Greatest fame before 1941 10. Greatest fame after 1900 11. Did not have a famous husband [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196.md?page=14)