# Botticelli - Oct. 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 5, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262 "2020-10-05T13:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**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:** [October 26, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/381 "2020-10-26T19:58:34Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Real. 3. Last name does not start with J ---
**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:** [October 26, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/382 "2020-10-26T22:07:28Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did you create Thanos? > > > > > - Did you create Darkseid? > > > - Did you famously do the art for the Silver Age _Strange Tales_ comics? > > Not Jack Kirby. Take 2 DQs. Jim Starlin created Thanos. Correct on Kirby. Jim Steranko did the art on _Strange Tales._ DQs: 1. Living? 2. Born after 1950? ---
**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:** [October 26, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/383 "2020-10-26T22:10:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the one woman Spock truly loved in the original series? 2. Are you married to Robert Wagner? 3. Were you the title character in _The Mentalist_? ---
**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:** [October 26, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/384 "2020-10-26T22:19:47Z")
Good job, **CFOHG**! Previous IQs: You are not Evan Peters. Do you _very_ briefly appear in _Deadpool 2_? - Brad Pitt Were you “trainer to the gods” in Disney’s _Hercules_? - Yes, Philoctetes Did you found Kenyon College? - Philander Chase, Episcopal bishop of Ohio On to J. IQs: Did you play a hard-nosed editor? Did Elizabeth Banks play your secretary? Were you a hero of Little Round Top? ---
**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:** [October 26, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/385 "2020-10-26T22:29:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you play the one woman Spock truly loved in the original series? > - Are you married to Robert Wagner? > - Were you the title character in _The Mentalist_ ? Not Jill “This Side of Paradise” Ireland. Not Jill St. John Take a DQ - why do I suspect it will be another “Jill” > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you play a hard-nosed editor? > Did Elizabeth Banks play your secretary? > Were you a hero of Little Round Top? Not J.K.Simmons Not J. Jonah Jameson Take a DQ DQs: 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name does not start with J 4. Living 5. Not born after 1950 ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/386 "2020-10-26T23:58:09Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you captured by the Shawnee at 15, adopted by the Seneca and assimilated so well that you lived with them for the rest of your life until your death at 90? > 2. Are you a writer who won 3 Hugos in a row, in 2016, 2017 and 2018? > 3. Are you the first black woman to go into space? 1. Mary Jemison 2. NK Jemisin 3. Correct DQs: 1. Known for the Arts? 2. Caucasian? ---
**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:** [October 27, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/387 "2020-10-27T02:15:22Z")
IQs: 1. Does a 1962 “hag horror” film answer the question _Whatever Happened to_ you? 2. Did you take a break from basketball to take up baseball and golf? 3. Did you chronicle the adventures of book-hopping SpecOps agent Thursday Next? ---
**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:** [October 27, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/388 "2020-10-27T07:11:53Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > . Does a 1962 “hag horror” film answer the question _Whatever Happened to_ you? > 2. Did you take a break from basketball to take up baseball and golf? > 3. Did you chronicle the adventures of book-hopping SpecOps agent Thursday Next? Not Baby Jane Not Michael Jordan Take a DQ DQs: 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name does not start with J 4. Living 5. Not born after 1950 6. Known for the Arts 7. Caucasian ---
**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:** [October 27, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/389 "2020-10-27T10:38:48Z")
IQs 1. Did he accuse your mother of being a hamster and your father of smelling like elderberries? 2. In one of your more unique roles, did you play a large washerwoman in Baltimore? 3. Did you write and direct the previous iteration of the movie referenced in #2? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/390 "2020-10-27T13:36:41Z")
IQ1: Did you play George and Oscar Bluth in _Arrested Development_? IQ2: Did you play Michael Bluth in _Arrested Development_? IQ3: Did you play Lucille Bluth in _Arrested Development_? DQ: Actor? ---
**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:** [October 27, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/391 "2020-10-27T13:53:33Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did you play the one woman Spock truly loved in the original series? > > > > > - Are you married to Robert Wagner? > > > - Were you the title character in _The Mentalist_ ? > > Not Jill “This Side of Paradise” Ireland. > Not Jill St. John > Take a DQ - why do I suspect it will be another “Jill” Correct on #1 and #2. #3 was Patrick Jayne, not Jill. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/392 "2020-10-27T15:23:29Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Baby Jane > Not Michael Jordan > Take a DQ 3 (wrote about Thursday Next) was Jasper Fforde. DQ: American? IQs: 1. Did you direct _Frankenstein_ and _Bride of Frankenstein_ for Universal? 2. Did you and Brad take refuge at the Frankenstein place? 3. Did you write _The Monkey’s Paw_? ---
**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:** [October 27, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/393 "2020-10-27T17:54:30Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > - Did he accuse your mother of being a hamster and your father of smelling like elderberries? > - In one of your more unique roles, did you play a large washerwoman in Baltimore? > - Did you write and direct the previous iteration of the movie referenced in #2? Not John Cleese Not John Travolta\* Not John Waters - Should have been Harvey Fierstein. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play George and Oscar Bluth in _Arrested Development_ ? > IQ2: Did you play Michael Bluth in _Arrested Development_ ? > IQ3: Did you play Lucille Bluth in _Arrested Development_ ? 3 DQs for you. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you direct _Frankenstein_ and _Bride of Frankenstein_ for Universal? > 2. Did you and Brad take refuge at the Frankenstein place? > 3. Did you write _The Monkey’s Paw_ ? Not James Whale Not Planet Schmanet Janet Weiss Aargh! Take a DQ. This past weekend I recommended The Monkey’s Paw to my son for Halloween, telling him it’s the gold standard of the “Be careful what you wish for” trope. I told him he could easily find it online as it is in the public domain, but if he wanted I could look up the author’s name. He found it without my help. DQs: 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name does not start with J 4. Living 5. Not born after 1950 6. Known for the Arts 7. Caucasian 8. Not an actor 9. American ---
**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:** [October 27, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/394 "2020-10-27T17:54:31Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play a hard-nosed editor? - Yes, J.K. Simmons, in the early _Spider-Man_ movies Did Elizabeth Banks play your secretary? - Yes, J. Jonah Jameson Were you a hero of Little Round Top? - Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of the 20th Maine One DQ reserved. IQs: Did a shipmate name his daughter after you? Are you the best-known person from Scranton, Pa.? Are you the best-known jurist from Buffalo, N.Y.? ---
**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:** [October 27, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/395 "2020-10-27T17:58:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did a shipmate name his daughter after you? > Are you the best-known person from Scranton, Pa.? > Are you the best-known jurist from Buffalo, N.Y.? Take a DQ, not Joe Biden, take another DQ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/396 "2020-10-27T18:27:45Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did you play George and Oscar Bluth in _Arrested Development_ ? > > > IQ2: Did you play Michael Bluth in _Arrested Development_ ? > > > IQ3: Did you play Lucille Bluth in _Arrested Development_ ? > > 3 DQs for you. Jeffrey Tambor, Jason Bateman, Jessica Walters DQ: Known for the Performing Arts? holding 2 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:** [October 27, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/397 "2020-10-27T19:32:23Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name does not start with J 4. Living 5. Not born after 1950 6. Known for the Arts 7. Caucasian 8. Not an actor 9. American 10. Not known for the Performing Arts ---
**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:** [October 27, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/398 "2020-10-27T19:48:47Z")
IQs 1. Are you a modern abstract artist with a penchant for American flags? 2. Are you an author known for your _Prey_ series? 3. Did you head up CCR? ---
**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:** [October 27, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/399 "2020-10-27T20:13:01Z")
DQ: Known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, fashion design, architecture, etc., but not including 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:** [October 27, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/400 "2020-10-27T20:16:45Z")
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