# Botticelli - November 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 3, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551 "2023-11-03T23:20:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 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 10, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/41 "2023-11-10T00:21:21Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:38, topic:992551, full:true”] ### DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Last name starting with T. 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the performing arts 8. Died before 2000 9. Actor 10. Not considered traditionally handsome 11. Best known from TV, did some movies 12. Greatest fame before 1970 13. Supporting, character actor 14. Although appearing in many, best known for one TV show 15. Amazingly, never won an Emmy 16. Best known show not a sitcom 17. Greatest fame in the 1950s 18. Genre show 19. Not from a Western ---
**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, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/42 "2023-11-10T00:22:30Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you an astronomer with a brass nose? > IQ2: Were you a storyteller who was the best selling toy of the mid-1980s? > IQ3: Were you a local newscaster about whom the Dickies sang about being stuck in a pagoda with? 1. I am not Tycho Brahe (??) 2. I am not Teddy Ruxpin. 3. Take a DQ. And that puts us at 20 DQs or more. Please ask all remaining DQs by 7pm EST tomorrow. This shouldn’t be that hard. It’s as plain as the nose on my other face. ---
**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 10, 2023, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/43 "2023-11-10T08:36:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you an astronomer with a brass nose? > > IQ2: Were you a storyteller who was the best selling toy of the mid-1980s? > > IQ3: Were you a local newscaster about whom the Dickies sang about being stuck in a pagoda with? > > 1. I am not Tycho Brahe (??) > 2. I am not Teddy Ruxpin. > 3. Take a DQ. Yes, Yes, Tritia Toyota DQ: From a superhero show? ---
**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, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/44 "2023-11-10T14:05:45Z")
### DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Last name starting with T. 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the performing arts 8. Died before 2000 9. Actor 10. Not considered traditionally handsome 11. Best known from TV, did some movies 12. Greatest fame before 1970 13. Supporting, character actor 14. Although appearing in many, best known for one TV show 15. Amazingly, never won an Emmy 16. Best known show not a sitcom 17. Greatest fame in the 1950s 18. Genre show 19. Not from a Western 20. From a Superhero TV show Checking, it looks like Buck Godot has one DQ remaining. Anyone who has earned a DQ may ask the “Are you FirstName LastName?” question at any time. ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/45 "2023-11-11T00:06:57Z")
Okay, please ask your FirstName LastName questions by 7pm EST tomorrow. Good luck. ---
**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 11, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/46 "2023-11-11T03:50:31Z")
Are you Phil Tead? Your hint is quite helpful ---
**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 11, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/47 "2023-11-11T15:25:02Z")
Yes, indeed! I am **Phillips (Phil) Tead**, actor extraordinaire, [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.dd5f8ba98d12ac0dd9658d2b9bbc062a?rik=3f6IXo5DGYyGRg&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.dd5f8ba98d12ac0dd9658d2b9bbc062a?rik=3f6IXo5DGYyGRg&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) best known around here for playing the part of Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_! Well done, **Chock**!! ---
**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, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/48 "2023-11-12T20:27:01Z")
_One_ of these days I’ll remember that actor’s name. 🙄 ---
**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 12, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/49 "2023-11-12T22:21:08Z")
Yep, this time the actor’s name finally stuck, after seeing it as an IQ in several P and T games. Next up, **S** [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71upgcU1+YL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71upgcU1+YL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg) ---
**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, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/50 "2023-11-13T14:11:45Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Kidnapped_? 2. Did you write _The Faerie Queene_? 3. Did you write _The Baroque Trilogy_? ---
**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 13, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/51 "2023-11-13T18:30:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you write _Kidnapped_? > 2. Did you write _The Faerie Queene_? > 3. Did you write _The Baroque Trilogy_? Not Robert Louis Stevenson Take 2 DQs ---
**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, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/52 "2023-11-13T18:51:05Z")
IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? Were you his second? Were you his SECSTATE, and Andrew Johnson’s, too? ---
**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, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/53 "2023-11-13T20:11:06Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you write _Kidnapped_? > > 2. Did you write _The Faerie Queene_? > > 3. Did you write _The Baroque Trilogy_? > > Not Robert Louis Stevenson > Take 2 DQs Correct on Bob. #2 was Edmund Spenser. #3 was Neal Stephenson. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 13, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/54 "2023-11-13T21:32:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? > Were you his second? > Were you his SECSTATE, and Andrew Johnson’s, too? Take 3 DQs ---
**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 13, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/55 "2023-11-13T21:32:48Z")
**S** 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/56 "2023-11-13T21:53:44Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _Still Crazy After All These Years_? 2. Are you the title character of a novel by George Eliot? 3. Did you write _The Second Sex_? ---
**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 13, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/57 "2023-11-13T22:06:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Still Crazy After All These Years_? > 2. Are you the title character of a novel by George Eliot? > 3. Did you write _The Second Sex_? Not Paul Simon Not Silas Marner DQ ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/58 "2023-11-14T04:13:58Z")
1. Are you a fictional character often called “A modern day Robin Hood” and who was created by Leslie Charteris? 2. In the Dragonriders of Pern books, did you marry Menolly? 3. Did you write a trilogy about a cat named Carbonel? ---
**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, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/59 "2023-11-14T12:46:18Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Still Crazy After All These Years_? > > 2. Are you the title character of a novel by George Eliot? > > 3. Did you write _The Second Sex_? > > Not Paul Simon > Not Silas Marner > DQ Correct, correct, and Simone de Beauvoir. DQ: Living? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/60 "2023-11-14T17:50:37Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Biblical figure who have his name to a sin much deprecated by the medieval Church (no, no the masturbation one). 2. Were you the last peer beheaded at the Tower of London? 3. Were you a Mike Myers SNL character who liked to make “drawerings” from his bathtub? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551.md?page=4)