# Botticelli November 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 1, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596 "2021-11-01T01:35:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/221 "2021-11-29T20:04:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you live near the eaves of Rhosgobel? > You are a real person. On a sitcom, did a subordinate (somewhat enviously) suspect that a coworker was having an affair with you? > Were you that coworker? Not Radagast the Brown 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 30, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/222 "2021-11-30T14:48:26Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Is your most recent book about a descendant of Captain Nemo? > > > > > 1. Are you one of the stars of the film _Red Notice_ ? > > > 2. Were you the lead singer for the Commodores? > > Take 2 DQs > Not Lionel Ritchie #1 is Rick Riordan. #2 is Ryan Reynolds. Correct on Lionel Ritchie. DQs: 1. Originally from a work of prose? 2. Created after 1980? ---
**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 30, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/223 "2021-11-30T15:21:31Z")
Previous IQs: Did you live near the eaves of Rhosgobel? - Yes, Radagast the Brown, in the writings of JRR Tolkien You are a real person. On a sitcom, did a subordinate (somewhat enviously) suspect that a coworker was having an affair with you? - Ralph Lauren, on _Friends_ Were you that coworker? - Rachel Greene DQs: American? Protagonist? IQs: Did you command the Continental Army at the Battle of Guilford Court House? Were you the first to play Cmdr. Adama? Were you a small, meek alien on a single episode of _ST:TAS_? ---
**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 30, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/224 "2021-11-30T16:47:56Z")
IQs: 1. Were two of your characters Bolivar Shagnasty & the Mean Widdle KId? 2. Did you play Mel Cooley on _The Dick van Dyke Show_? 3. Were you the Doctor’s wife? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/225 "2021-11-30T18:21:35Z")
DQs: **R** 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with R 3. Male 4. Created after 1920 5. Not originally from a work of prose 6. Created before 1980 7. Lineage unknown, but born in America 8. Not a protagonist ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/226 "2021-11-30T18:24:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you command the Continental Army at the Battle of Guilford Court House? > Were you the first to play Cmdr. Adama? > Were you a small, meek alien on a single episode of _ST:TAS_ Take 2 or 3 DQs - Wasn’t Adama played by Lorne Greene (No ‘R’) in the original series? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were two of your characters Bolivar Shagnasty & the Mean Widdle KId? > 2. Did you play Mel Cooley on _The Dick van Dyke Show_ ? > 3. Were you the Doctor’s wife? Take 2 DQs Not River Song ---
**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 30, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/227 "2021-11-30T20:50:43Z")
D’oh! Got my wires crossed. Ignore my three previous IQs. Instead: IQs: Did you warn Jayne you could kill him with your mind? Was Johnny Carson displeased when you got your own show? Were you a Congressman from South Carolina in the Sixties? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/228 "2021-11-30T21:25:18Z")
IQs: 1. Were your dogs Vicki and King Timahoe? 2. Were you a pugnacious character in _Fight Fighters_ (the arcade game) and “Fight Fighters” (the _Gravity Falls_ episode)? 3. Are you a socially inept scientist and member of the conspiracy that secretly runs the world in _Inside Job_? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/229 "2021-11-30T21:48:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you warn Jayne you could kill him with your mind? > Was Johnny Carson displeased when you got your own show? > Were you a Congressman from South Carolina in the Sixties? Not River Tam Not Joan Rivers Take a DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > : > > 1. Were your dogs Vicki and King Timahoe? > 2. Were you a pugnacious character in _Fight Fighters_ (the arcade game) and “Fight Fighters” (the _Gravity Falls_ episode)? > 3. Are you a socially inept scientist and member of the conspiracy that secretly runs the world in _Inside Job_ ? DQ Not Rumble McSkirmish 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 30, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/230 "2021-11-30T22:03:19Z")
Previous IQs: Did you warn Jayne you could kill him with your mind? - Yes, River Tam, on _Firefly_ Was Johnny Carson displeased when you got your own show? - Yes, Joan Rivers Were you a Congressman from South Carolina in the Sixties? - Mendel Rivers River[] x3! DQ: First appeared in a movie? IQs: Did you capture Kaskaskia and Vincennes? Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”? Did you undress entirely while being interviewed for a magazine profile, before going for a swim? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/231 "2021-11-30T22:07:49Z")
DQs: **R** 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with R 3. Male 4. Created after 1920 5. Not originally from a work of prose 6. Created before 1980 7. Lineage unknown, but born in America 8. Not a protagonist 9. Did not first appear in a movie ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/232 "2021-11-30T22:08:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you capture Kaskaskia and Vincennes? > Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”? > Did you undress entirely while being interviewed for a magazine profile, before going for a swim? DQ Not Cal Rogers DQ ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/233 "2021-11-30T22:45:27Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were your dogs Vicki and King Timahoe? > 2. Were you a pugnacious character in _Fight Fighters_ (the arcade game) and “Fight Fighters” (the _Gravity Falls_ episode)? > 3. Are you a socially inept scientist and member of the conspiracy that secretly runs the world in _Inside Job_? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > DQ > Not Rumble McSkirmish > DQ 1 was Richard M. Nixon; 2 was correct; 3 was Reagan Ridley. DQs: 1. created after 1950? 2. antagonist? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/234 "2021-11-30T22:47:22Z")
DQs: **R** 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with R 3. Male 4. Created after 1920 5. Not originally from a work of prose 6. Created before 1980 7. Lineage unknown, but born in America 8. Not a protagonist 9. Did not first appear in a movie 10. Created after 1950 11. Not an antagonist ---
**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 30, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/235 "2021-11-30T22:53:11Z")
Previous IQs: Did you capture Kaskaskia and Vincennes? - George Rogers Clark, during the American Revolution Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”? - Yes, the great Cal Rod[g]ers Did you undress entirely while being interviewed for a magazine profile, before going for a swim? - Mr. Rogers, in the _Esquire_ article that later inspired the Tom Hanks movie Rodgers/Rogers x3! DQs: First appeared on paper (cartoon, poem, etc.)? Secondary character? Would be alive today, if real? IQs: A former MP yourself, did you write a well-reviewed bio of Churchill? Did you play a cop, a captain, a detective and a dancer? Are you a retired British footballer known for your growl and glower? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/236 "2021-11-30T23:03:10Z")
DQs: **R** 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with R 3. Male 4. Created after 1920 5. Not originally from a work of prose 6. Created before 1980 7. Lineage unknown, but born in America 8. Not a protagonist 9. Did not first appear in a movie 10. Created after 1950 11. Not an antagonist 12. Did not first appear on paper (cartoon, poem, etc.) 13. Secondary character 14. Would not be alive today, if real ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/237 "2021-11-30T23:08:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > A former MP yourself, did you write a well-reviewed bio of Churchill? > Did you play a cop, a captain, a detective and a dancer? > Are you a retired British footballer known for your growl and glower? DQ Not Russell Crowe? Can’t think of a dancer role, but I can for the other three (_L.A. Confidential_, _Master and Commander_, _American Gangster_) DQ ---
**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 30, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/238 "2021-11-30T23:14:51Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Were two of your characters Bolivar Shagnasty & the Mean Widdle KId? > > > > > 1. Did you play Mel Cooley on _The Dick van Dyke Show_ ? > > > 2. Were you the Doctor’s wife? > > Take 2 DQs > Not River Song #1 was Red Skelton. #2 was Richard Deacon. Correct on #3. DQ: From a song? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/239 "2021-12-01T00:20:50Z")
DQs: **R** 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with R 3. Male 4. Created after 1920 5. Not originally from a work of prose 6. Created before 1980 7. Lineage unknown, but born in America 8. Not a protagonist 9. Did not first appear in a movie 10. Created after 1950 11. Not an antagonist 12. Did not first appear on paper (cartoon, poem, etc.) 13. Secondary character 14. Would not be alive today, if real 15. Not from a song ---
**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:** [December 1, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/240 "2021-12-01T14:37:49Z")
DQ: from TV? IQs: 1. Did you present the idea of a new English translation of the Bible to King James? 2. In the _'Babylonian Talmud_, does the mention of your name incite lust and may even cause orgasms? 3. Did you do stand up comedy while twirling a lasso? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596.md?page=13)