# 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:** 8
**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, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/141 "2021-11-14T16:31:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did John Hamilton play you on _The Adventures of Superman_? 2. Were you a 1950’s TV children’s show host who was referenced in _Grease_? 3. Were you Pocahontas’s dad? ---
**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 14, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/142 "2021-11-14T19:17:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did John Hamilton play you on _The Adventures of Superman_ ? > 2. Were you a 1950’s TV children’s show host who was referenced in _Grease_ ? > 3. Were you Pocahontas’s dad? Take 2 DQs Not Powhatan? ---
**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, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/143 "2021-11-14T19:45:11Z")
#1 was Perry White. #2. was Pinky Lee. Powhattan is correct. DQs: 1. European? 2. Died after 1980? ---
**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 15, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/144 "2021-11-15T01:33:39Z")
DQs **P** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with P 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Died after 1900 8. European 9. Died before 1980 ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/145 "2021-11-15T03:50:26Z")
IQs 1. Did you invent what, in 1971, Melanie sang about? 2. Were you credited for creating a new kind of Western? 3. Did you play opposite a real Dame in a long running BBC comedy? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/146 "2021-11-15T09:27:28Z")
1. Do you host the TV show **Tough as Nails**? 2. Did you play Harry Bentley on **The Jeffersons**? 3. Are you The Bad Astronomer? ---
**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 15, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/147 "2021-11-15T16:00:50Z")
Previous IQs: Did you surrender Vicksburg on July 4, 1863? - Gen. Pemberton Did Andre Braugher play you on _Homicide_? - Det. Pembleton Did you found a notable Oregon woolen company? - Yes, Mr. Pendleton Pe\_ton x3! DQs: From the British Isles? Best known for the performing arts? IQs: Did you write the definitive book on legal torts? Were you the first crewman of the USS _Discovery_ to die on the way to Io? Did Jackie Gleason play you in a bad sequel? ---
**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 15, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/148 "2021-11-15T16:56:23Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the third host of the _Tonight Show_? 2. Were you a Monkee? 3. Were you a Miss America, an actress, and wife of a Governor of Kentucky? ---
**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 16, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/149 "2021-11-16T01:27:00Z")
DQs **P** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with P 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Died after 1900 8. European 9. Died before 1980 10. Not from the British Isles 11. Best known for the performing arts ---
**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 16, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/150 "2021-11-16T01:29:46Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > 1. Did you invent what, in 1971, Melanie sang about? > 2. Were you credited for creating a new kind of Western? > 3. Did you play opposite a real Dame in a long running BBC comedy? DQ Not Sam Peckinpah? DQ > [@kitap](#): > > - Do you host the TV show **Tough as Nails**? > - Did you play Harry Bentley on **The Jeffersons**? > - Are you The Bad Astronomer? 2 DQs Not Phil Plait > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you write the definitive book on legal torts? > Were you the first crewman of the USS _Discovery_ to die on the way to Io? > Did Jackie Gleason play you in a bad sequel? DQ Not Frank Poole DQ - so many bad sequels to choose from - Sting 2, Smokey and the Bandit 3… > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you the third host of the _Tonight Show_ ? > 2. Were you a Monkee? > 3. Were you a Miss America, an actress, and wife of a Governor of Kentucky? Not Jack Parr Not Peter Tork DQ ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/151 "2021-11-16T02:12:17Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@MissTake](#): > > > > 1. Did you invent what, in 1971, Melanie sang about? > > 2. Were you credited for creating a new kind of Western? > > 3. Did you play opposite a real Dame in a long running BBC comedy? > > DQ > Not Sam Peckinpah? > DQ James Plimpton, inventor of four wheeled roller skates Yes Geoffrey Palmer in _Time Goes By_ with Dame Judi Dench DQs 1. Born west of Vienna? 2. Best known for musical achievements? ---
**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 16, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/152 "2021-11-16T04:33:27Z")
DQs **P** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with P 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Died after 1900 8. European 9. Died before 1980 10. Not from the British Isles 11. Best known for the performing arts 12. Born west of Vienna 13. Not best known for musical achievements ---
**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 16, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/153 "2021-11-16T14:28:45Z")
Previous IQs: Did you write the definitive book on legal torts? - Prof. William Prosser Were you the first crewman of the USS _Discovery_ to die on the way to Io? - Yes, Frank Poole Did Jackie Gleason play you in a bad sequel? - Trevor Plantagenet in, yes, _The Sting II_ DQs: Born north of Vienna? An actor? IQs: Did you play Himmler in _The Eagle Has Landed_? Did you notoriously become a cannibal in the American West? Did you fail to commit suicide in a New Jersey nightclub? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/154 "2021-11-16T15:18:47Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Do you host the TV show **Tough as Nails**? > 2. Did you play Harry Bentley on **The Jeffersons**? > 3. Are you The Bad Astronomer? Phil Keoghan, Paul Benedict, correct. DQs: 1. Died before 1960? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 16, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/155 "2021-11-16T20:26:17Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Were you the third host of the _Tonight Show_ ? > > > > > 1. Were you a Monkee? > > > 2. Were you a Miss America, an actress, and wife of a Governor of Kentucky? > > Not Jack Parr > Not Peter Tork > DQ Correct on Jack Paar. Correct on Peter Tork. #3 was Phyllis George. 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:** [November 17, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/156 "2021-11-17T03:55:46Z")
[quote=“ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness, post:152, topic:953596, full:true”] DQs **P** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with P 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Died after 1900 8. European 9. Died before 1980 10. Not from the British Isles 11. Best known for the performing arts 12. Born west of Vienna 13. Not best known for musical achievements 14. Born south of Vienna 15. Not an actor 16. Died before 1960 ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/157 "2021-11-17T03:58:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you play Himmler in _The Eagle Has Landed_ ? > Did you notoriously become a cannibal in the American West? > Did you fail to commit suicide in a New Jersey nightclub? DQ Not Alfred Packer DQ ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/158 "2021-11-17T04:28:39Z")
Reserved DQ: Known for writing? ---
**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 17, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/159 "2021-11-17T16:14:41Z")
A performer, but not an actor or musician. Hmm… models, comedians, radio/tv personalities, circus acts… DQ: Known from radio and/or TV? ---
**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 17, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/160 "2021-11-17T16:17:55Z")
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