# Botticelli - November 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 30, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446 "2024-10-30T12:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/61 "2024-11-02T19:50:19Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you found the Special Olympics? > 2. Were you Gloria Stivic’s mother? > 3. Did you sing a well-known duet with Meat Loaf? 1. I am not Eunice Shriver 2. I am not Edith Bunker 3. I am not… Melissa Etheridge? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/62 "2024-11-02T19:52:45Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you found the Special Olympics? > > 2. Were you Gloria Stivic’s mother? > > 3. Did you sing a well-known duet with Meat Loaf? > > 1. I am not Eunice Shriver > 2. I am not Edith Bunker > 3. I am not… Melissa Etheridge? Correct on #1 and #2. #3 was Ellen Foley, who sang on “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” (and also played a public defender on _Night Court_ for one season, btw). DQ: Female? ---
**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 2, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/63 "2024-11-02T20:57:53Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a musician who advertised your first band in the phone directory, describing them as “Colored Syncopators”? 2. Are you a gangsta rapper who recently announced he was about to become a grandfather? 3. Were you the first female writer to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/64 "2024-11-02T22:22:45Z")
1. Take a DQ 2. I am not… Snoop Dogg? 3. Take a DQ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/65 "2024-11-02T22:23:55Z")
Real First name starts with “E" Male ---
**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 3, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/66 "2024-11-03T00:31:28Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Take a DQ > 2. I am not… Snoop Dogg? > 3. Take a DQ 1. was Duke Ellington, and it was 1917, thus the racist language. 2. Good guess, but Eminem is the rapper about to become Grandaddy Slim Shady. 3. was Edith Wharton. DQs: 1. Surname begins “N” - “Z”? 2. Alive? 3. Known for the arts? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/67 "2024-11-03T01:23:43Z")
Real First name starts with “E" Male Surname begins “A” - “M” Deceased Known for the arts ---
**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 3, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/68 "2024-11-03T03:22:51Z")
May I ask that you number your answers, please, **knoodler**? IQs: Were you Isildur’s dad? Did you capture Ft. Ticonderoga? Were you a French artist known for his attraction to ballerinas? ---
**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 3, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/69 "2024-11-03T14:35:37Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a 1960’s TV boy werewolf? 2. Did you play Rochester on _The Jack Benny Show_? 3. Did John Astin play you, a western antihero, in a made-for-TV movie? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/70 "2024-11-03T14:40:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > May I ask that you number your answers, please, **knoodler**? Done > [@](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Isildur’s dad? > Did you capture Ft. Ticonderoga? > Were you a French artist known for his attraction to ballerinas? 1. Hmm… if only there was someone here who might help me figure this… what say you, **Heir of Elendil**? No, I am not your father. 2. I am not the furniture maker’s namesake, Ethan Allen 3. I am not Edgar Degas > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a 1960’s TV boy werewolf? > 2. Did you play Rochester on _The Jack Benny Show_? > 3. Did John Astin play you, a western antihero, in a made-for-TV movie? 1. I am not Eddie Munster 2. I am not Eddie Anderson 3. Take a DQ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/71 "2024-11-03T14:41:46Z")
1. Real 2. First name starts with “E" 3. Male 4. Surname begins “A” - “M” 5. Deceased 6. Known for the arts 7. Not known for acting ---
**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 3, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/72 "2024-11-03T14:42:32Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you a 1960’s TV boy werewolf? > > 2. Did you play Rochester on _The Jack Benny Show_? > > 3. Did John Astin play you, a western antihero, in a made-for-TV movie? > > 1. I am not Eddie Munster > 2. I am not Eddie Anderson > 3. Take a DQ Correct, correct, and Evil Roy Slade. The “Evil” is part of the name. DQ: Actor? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/73 "2024-11-03T16:38:46Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the subject of a song by the Oak Ridge Boys? 2. Are you married to Portia de Rossi? 3. Were you the rush chairman of Delta Tau Chi? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/74 "2024-11-03T18:23:16Z")
1. Take a DQ 2. I am not Melissa Ethrige 3. I am not Otter, er, Eric Stratton ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/75 "2024-11-03T20:14:15Z")
#1, the song was “Elvira” (not to be confused with the Mistress of the Dark). #2 is Ellen Degeneres. Correct on #3. DQ: Died before 1900? DQ: Known for literature? ---
**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 3, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/76 "2024-11-03T20:28:37Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a poet who used punctuation, spacing, and line breaks as literary tools? 2. Did you play a pregnant teenager in your most famous role, which would seem odd to anyone who only knows you from your current work? 3. Are you a musician whose greatest hit is most often heard in late May and early June? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/77 "2024-11-03T21:30:54Z")
DQs 1. Real 2. First name starts with “E” 3. Male 4. Surname begins “A” - “M” 5. Deceased 6. Known for the arts 7. Not known for acting 8. Died after 1900 9. Known for literature ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/78 "2024-11-03T21:32:53Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a poet who used punctuation, spacing, and line breaks as literary tools? > 2. Did you play a pregnant teenager in your most famous role, which would seem odd to anyone who only knows you from your current work? > 3. Are you a musician whose greatest hit is most often heard in late May and early June? Take 3 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 4, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/79 "2024-11-04T02:51:12Z")
Swept me! IQs: Did you create _The Gashlycrumb Tinies_? Were you namechecked in a song by Mr. Banks in _Mary Poppins_? Were you a noted Irish freedom-fighter in the 1790s? ---
**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 4, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/80 "2024-11-04T03:50:22Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a poet who used punctuation, spacing, and line breaks as literary tools? > > 2. Did you play a pregnant teenager in your most famous role, which would seem odd to anyone who only knows you from your current work? > > 3. Are you a musician whose greatest hit is most often heard in late May and early June? > > Take 3 DQs. 1. was e.e. cummings. 2. was Elliott Page, a transman who was then known as Ellen Page. 3. was Edward Elgar, composer of “Pomp and Circumstance”. DQ: Known for prose? 2 DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446.md?page=5)