# 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:** 8
**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 10, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/141 "2017-11-10T04:37:40Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you write Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? > IQ2: Are you the character rescued by Ford Prefect in said book? > IQ3: Are you a holistic detective written about by IQ1? > > Not Douglas Adams. > DQ. > Not Dirk Gently. Arthur Dent 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 10, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/142 "2017-11-10T04:53:21Z")
IQ1: Are you TV detective who convinced a lie detector he was born a long time ago in a galaxy far away? IQ2: Are you a TV office worker convinced that one day the robots will take over? IQ3: Is “Islands in the Stream” what we get when you swim on your back? ---
**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 10, 2017, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/143 "2017-11-10T08:50:41Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ: Did you generously give away the last of your silver to help a convict avoid further punishment? The Bishop of Digne, from Les Miserables. DQ: Is your music known all over the world? IQ: Are you the lead singer of a band named after a mediaeval device? ---
**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 10, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/144 "2017-11-10T14:39:22Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first queen of Carthage? 2. In _Much Ado About Nothing_ are you the obtusely comical head of the police watch? 3. Are you the eldest of the Brothers Karamazov? ---
**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 10, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/145 "2017-11-10T20:45:18Z")
Previous IQs: Were you married to an actress who has played a reporter and a diplomat? - This was also David Duchovny; Tea Leoni starred in _Deep Impact_ and _Madame Secretary_. Do I get a DQ? Were you a noted admiral of the American Civil War? - Yes, David Dixon Porter Did Patrick Stewart play you on the London stage in late 1985? - King David of ancient Judea, in the play _Yonodab_ (he was very good, too) One (maybe two) 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 10, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/146 "2017-11-10T23:12:36Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you TV detective who convinced a lie detector he was born a long time ago in a galaxy far away? > IQ2: Are you a TV office worker convinced that one day the robots will take over? > IQ3: Is “Islands in the Stream” what we get when you swim on your back? Three DQs. > [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ: Are you the lead singer of a band named after a mediaeval device? DQ. (Iron Maiden, I assume, but I’ve no idea what their names are.) > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first queen of Carthage? > 2. In _Much Ado About Nothing_ are you the obtusely comical head of the police watch? > 3. Are you the eldest of the Brothers Karamazov? Not Dido. DQ. Not … Dmitri? **D** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with D 4. Alive 5. Famous for accomplishment in the performing arts 6. Born in the Americas 7. U.S. citizen 8. Actor, but not best known for that 9. Not born after 1960 10. Musician 11. Solo artist 12. Singer 13. Usually not a pop/rock artist 14. Songs I’ve written are known all over the world, though I don’t know if my recordings are.\* > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > This was also David Duchovny; Tea Leoni starred in _Deep Impact_ and _Madame Secretary_. Do I get a DQ? Since your question came before DC’s, yes – take a DQ. - They are, actually, since there are American servicemen all over the world, but I’m sure that’s not what you meant. 😃 ---
**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 11, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/147 "2017-11-11T23:05:07Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you TV detective who convinced a lie detector he was born a long time ago in a galaxy far away? > IQ2: Are you a TV office worker convinced that one day the robots will take over? > IQ3: Is “Islands in the Stream” what we get when you swim on your back? > > Three DQs. Arthur Dietrich, Dwight Schrute, Dolly Parton 🙂 DQ: Country artist? holding 2 DQs ---
**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 11, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/148 "2017-11-11T23:20:22Z")
You are correct about Iron Maiden, whose lead singer is Bruce Dickinson. I don’t think I’m going to know this person, so I’ll bow out for now but may come back to use my DQ if I see a reasonable use for it. ---
**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, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/149 "2017-11-12T02:51:22Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Arthur Dietrich Figures. My favourite Dietrich: “Where the hell’d you get the atomic bomb?” 😃 **D** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with D 4. Alive 5. Famous for accomplishment in the performing arts 6. Born in the Americas 7. U.S. citizen 8. Actor, but not best known for that 9. Not born after 1960 10. Musician 11. Solo artist 12. Singer 13. Usually not a pop/rock artist 14. Songs I’ve written are known all over the world, though I don’t know if my recordings are.\* 15. Country artist - They are, actually, since there are American servicemen all over the world, but I’m sure that’s not what you meant. 😃 ---
**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 12, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/150 "2017-11-12T03:31:25Z")
DQs: Has won a Grammy? Greatest fame before 1980? IQs: Were you a singer who also appeared in _North Dallas Forty_? Were you a singer who also appeared in _Diamonds Are Forever_? Were you a singer who also appeared in _Oh, God_? ---
**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, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/151 "2017-11-12T04:10:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a singer who also appeared in _North Dallas Forty_? Yes, I am singer\*\*\*\*\*, songwriter\*\*\*\*\*\*, film\*\*\*\*\* and Broadway\*\*\*\*\*\* actor, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member, and 1974 Country Music Entertainer of the Year Mac **D** avis! - “Baby, Don’t Get Hooked On Me,” “It’s Hard To Be Humble” \*\* “In the Ghetto,” “Don’t Cry Daddy” - _North Dallas Forty_, _The Sting II_ \*\* _The Will Rogers Follies_ ---
**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, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/152 "2017-11-12T04:16:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > Has won a Grammy? > Greatest fame before 1980? > > IQs: > > Were you a singer who also appeared in _North Dallas Forty_? > Were you a singer who also appeared in _Diamonds Are Forever_? > Were you a singer who also appeared in _Oh, God_? No. Possibly. Yes. Not Jimmy Dean. Still not John Denver. ---
**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, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/153 "2017-11-12T16:58:59Z")
Good job, EH! ---
**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, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/154 "2017-11-13T00:06:42Z")
I remember my mom used to watch his TV show, and he had the mimes Shields & Yarnell frequently. ---
**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, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/155 "2017-11-13T05:58:27Z")
Woohoo! Thanks, **SCAdian**. I was wracking my brains for country singers with last names starting with D. You got my other two. Our next letter is, of course, E ---
**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 13, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/156 "2017-11-13T11:27:34Z")
Nice work; I was write about not knowing the artist in question. IQ1: Are you a British sportsman about whom a feature film was recently released? IQ2: Are you an African swimmer who followed in the (metaphorical) footsteps of the above? IQ3: Were you a British politician who was the subject of a (rather poor, in my view) joke with the punchline “Because if he didn’t, he’d be Ewar Woowar.”? ---
**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, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/157 "2017-11-13T12:34:52Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Prometheus’s brother and the husband of Pandora? 2. Do you wield Stormbringer? 3. Are you probably the best known American transcendentalist essayist? ---
**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, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/158 "2017-11-13T18:32:08Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > … > > IQ1: Are you a British sportsman about whom a feature film was recently released? > IQ2: Are you an African swimmer who followed in the (metaphorical) footsteps of the above? > IQ3: Were you a British politician who was the subject of a (rather poor, in my view) joke with the punchline “Because if he didn’t, he’d be Ewar Woowar.”? Not Eddie the Eagle, dunno, and not… Edward Woodward? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Prometheus’s brother and the husband of Pandora? > 2. Do you wield Stormbringer? > 3. Are you probably the best known American transcendentalist essayist? Not… Epiphemus? Not Elric, and not Ralph Waldo Emerson. ---
**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 13, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/159 "2017-11-13T18:43:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Eddie the Eagle, dunno, and not… Edward Woodward? Spot on with those two (“Why is Edward Woodward spelled with so many ds?”), the other was [Eric “The Eel” Moussambani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Moussambani) who became famous at the Sydney Olympics for winning his qualifying heat despite recording the slowest time in Olympic history. DQ: Alive? IQ1: Are you a hunter prepared for all seasons? IQ2: Were you a singer whose name literally translates as “Betty Blackhead”? IQ3: Did you discover what most believe to be the most elegant equation in mathematics? ---
**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, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196/160 "2017-11-13T18:46:07Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Prometheus’s brother and the husband of Pandora? > 2. Do you wield Stormbringer? > 3. Are you probably the best known American transcendentalist essayist? > Not… Epiphemus? Not Elric, and not Ralph Waldo Emerson. #1 was Epimetheus. Correct on the others. DQ: Real? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196.md?page=9)