# 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:** 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 9, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/141 "2024-11-09T16:12:23Z")
IQs: 1. Did you occasionally do the hoochy-coochy on _The Love Boat_? 2. Were you the original actor who played the lead in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s _The Phantom of the Opera_? 3. Did you play the Doctor after Tom Baker? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/142 "2024-11-09T16:28:01Z")
1. I am not Charo 2. I am not… Lon Chaney? 3. I am not Christopher Eccleston ---
**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 9, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/143 "2024-11-09T18:18:14Z")
#1 is correct. #2. Lon Chaney played the Phantom in the silent version. Michael Crawford sang the part in the operetta. #3. is technically correct. I’ll rephrase. IQ: Did you play the Doctor immediately after Tom Baker? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/144 "2024-11-09T19:03:50Z")
I can’t remember any other Doctors, so take another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/145 "2024-11-09T19:56:30Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > 1.Are you the author of The Parasol Protectorate series of books? > 2. Were you the title character of Thorne Smith’s most famous book? > 3. Did you play Mary Campbell on **Soap**? Gail Carriger, Cosmo Topper, Cathryn Damon 3 DQs 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 9, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/146 "2024-11-09T21:14:40Z")
The next Doctor after Tom Baker was Colin Baker. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/147 "2024-11-09T22:05:52Z")
DQs: 1. Caucasian? 2. 1. From a comic strip? 1 DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/148 "2024-11-09T23:00:28Z")
DQ: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with C 4. American creator 5. Created after 1950 6. Created before 1990 7. Not best known from TV or movies 8. American character 9. Considered a good guy 10. Not from genre fiction 11. Caucasian 12. Known from a comic strip ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/149 "2024-11-10T00:31:03Z")
IQs: 1. Do you pal around with your stuffed tiger? 2. Do you pal around with your pet beagle? 3. Are you a Vietnam vet in a wheelchair who pals around with various wild animals? ---
**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, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/150 "2024-11-10T03:27:42Z")
Three good IQs. I bet one of them will be a winner. Previous IQs: Were you mentioned in the title of Col. Sherman Potter’s favorite movie? - _My Darling Clementine_ Were you the first to fly across America, and did so “crash by crash”? - [Cal Rodgers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calbraith_Perry_Rodgers) Did you create Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino? - Clive Cussler, in _Raise the Titanic!_ and other books Three DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/151 "2024-11-10T04:23:00Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you pal around with your stuffed tiger? > 2. Do you pal around with your pet beagle? > 3. Are you a Vietnam vet in a wheelchair who pals around with various wild animals? 1. I am not Calvin 2. I am… **Charlie Brown!!** 3. I am not Cutter John Good job, @SunUp! And a tip o’ the hat to @kitap for asking the right question that led to this. ---
**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, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/152 "2024-11-10T15:34:26Z")
Well done, **SunUp!** ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/153 "2024-11-10T15:46:48Z")
Thanka! Yes, @kitap gets the assist for this one - left it right at the goalmouth for a tap-in. OK, time for the next round: I am # L Get those IQs rolling, folks! ---
**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, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/154 "2024-11-10T17:23:13Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Superman’s mermaid love? 2. Does Janet Weiss express her appreciation for you in _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_? 3. Did you voice the leader of the Bander-log in Disney’s _The Jungle Book_? ---
**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, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/155 "2024-11-10T18:31:21Z")
IQ1: Were you Itchy Brother’s brother? IQ2: Were you a secret chimp? IQ3: Did you sing “Saginaw, Michigan”? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/156 "2024-11-10T19:53:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you Superman’s mermaid love? > 2. Does Janet Weiss express her appreciation for you in _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_? > 3. Did you voice the leader of the Bander-log in Disney’s _The Jungle Book_? Take 3 DQs. The mermaid’s initials were LL, right? > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Itchy Brother’s brother? > IQ2: Were you a secret chimp? > IQ3: Did you sing “Saginaw, Michigan”? Take a DQ. I am not Lancelot Link. Take another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/157 "2024-11-10T21:17:53Z")
IQs: 1. Did you oversee a group of NY cabbies in the late 70s? 2. Did a lab experiment go horribly wrong, turning you bald and into a super-villain? 3. Did your showboating in a Super Bowl cost your team a touchdown? ---
**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, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/158 "2024-11-10T21:31:44Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Were you Superman’s mermaid love? > > 2. Does Janet Weiss express her appreciation for you in _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_? > > 3. Did you voice the leader of the Bander-log in Disney’s _The Jungle Book_? > > Take 3 DQs. The mermaid’s initials were LL, right? #1 was Lori Lemaris, so, an LL. #2 was Lili St. Cyr, a stripper with her own line of lingerie. #3 was Louis Prima. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name starts with L? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/159 "2024-11-10T22:16:01Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Did you oversee a group of NY cabbies in the late 70s? > 2. Did a lab experiment go horribly wrong, turning you bald and into a super-villain? > 3. Did your showboating in a Super Bowl cost your team a touchdown? I am not Louie De Palma. I am not Lex Luthor. I am not Leon Lett. (Hooray for Don Beebe!) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/160 "2024-11-10T22:18:04Z")
Ah, I should have remembered Louis Prima. # L 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. First name starts with L [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446.md?page=9)