# 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:** 28
**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 1, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/542 "2020-11-01T11:45:11Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Take a DQ - unless you meant Laurie Strode, who had an on/off relationship with a William Shatner masked guy. Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th series) wore the hockey mask. Anyway, I’m not her. > Not H.P. Lovecraft > Not Hannibal Lector Well, I’m dumb. Yes, I meant Laurie Strode. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/543 "2020-11-01T15:03:23Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Take 2 DQs, Not Jennifer Lopez 1 (directed _The Toxic Avenger_) was Lloyd Kaufman; 2 (head writer of _TGS_) was Liz Lemon. 2 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 1, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/544 "2020-11-01T15:10:49Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Dr. Einstein in _Arsenic and Old Lace_? 2. Did #1 above say of you at your funeral: “Maybe we better put a stake in him, just to make sure?” 3. Did you audition for a part in _The Princess Bride_ but was rejected because of your size? ---
**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 1, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/545 "2020-11-01T17:05:11Z")
Previous IQs: Were you and your father both famous for appearing in scary movies, sometimes while nearly unrecognizable? - Yes, either Lon Chaney Were you James Earl Jones’s first screen role? - Lt. Lothar Zogg, in _Dr. Strangelove_ Were you killed with a crossbow while in the loo? - Tywin Lannister, in _Game of Thrones_ DQs: Best known for the Arts? Last name starts with L? IQs: Did you father two sons by your beautiful sister? Did you bear one daughter by your handsome brother? Heartbroken, did you kill your turncoat lover Shae? ---
**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 1, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/546 "2020-11-01T17:14:51Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Not Male 3. From the US 4. Best known for the Arts 5. Last name does not start with L ---
**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 1, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/547 "2020-11-01T17:16:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you play Dr. Einstein in _Arsenic and Old Lace_ ? > - Did #1 above say of you at your funeral: “Maybe we better put a stake in him, just to make sure?” > - Did you audition for a part in _The Princess Bride_ but was rejected because of your size? Not Peter Lorre Not Bela Legosi Take a DQ > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you father two sons by your beautiful sister? > Did you bear one daughter by your handsome brother? > Heartbroken, did you kill your turncoat lover Shae? 3 more DQs for you. ---
**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 1, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/548 "2020-11-01T17:54:15Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did you play Dr. Einstein in _Arsenic and Old Lace_ ? > > > > > - Did #1 above say of you at your funeral: “Maybe we better put a stake in him, just to make sure?” > > > - Did you audition for a part in _The Princess Bride_ but was rejected because of your size? > > Not Peter Lorre > Not Bela Legosi > Take a DQ Correct, Correct, and Liam Neeson auditioned for the part of Fezzik the Giant, but was rejected because he was only 6’ 4". DQ: 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:** [November 1, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/549 "2020-11-01T17:56:29Z")
1. Did you portray Hypatia in The Good Place? 2. Did you shed your good girl image by portraying Epiphany Proudfoot? 3. Are you a scarily over-filled ex daytime soap star, now a nighttime faux reality star? ---
**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 1, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/550 "2020-11-01T19:19:24Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > - Did you portray Hypatia in The Good Place? > - Did you shed your good girl image by portraying Epiphany Proudfoot? > - Are you a scarily over-filled ex daytime soap star, now a nighttime faux reality star Take a DQ Not Lisa Bonet Take another DQ DQs: 1. Real 2. Not Male 3. From the US 4. Best known for the Arts 5. Last name does not start with L 6. Known for the performing arts ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/551 "2020-11-01T19:25:06Z")
DQ: Alive? holding a 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 1, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/552 "2020-11-01T20:19:35Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Take a DQ > Not Lisa Bonet > Take another DQ Lisa Kudrow Correct Lisa Rinna DQ Known for acting? (Saving one DQ) ---
**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 1, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/553 "2020-11-01T21:57:04Z")
IQs: 1. Were you one of the Dukes of Hazzard? 2. Were you one of Magneto’s mutant helpers who caused the Vision to doubt his manhood? 3. Were you “so faithful in love, and so dauntless in war”? ---
**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 1, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/554 "2020-11-01T22:28:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Were you one of the Dukes of Hazzard? > - Were you one of Magneto’s mutant helpers who caused the Vision to doubt his manhood? > - Were you “so faithful in love, and so dauntless in war”? Not Luke Duke Take 2 DQs DQs: 1. Real 2. Not Male 3. From the US 4. Best known for the Arts 5. Last name does not start with L 6. Known for the performing arts 7. Alive 8. Known for acting ---
**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 1, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/555 "2020-11-01T23:01:36Z")
Previous IQs: Did you father two sons by your beautiful sister? - Jaime Lannister, in _Game of Thrones_ Did you bear one daughter by your handsome brother? - Cersei Lannister, ditto Heartbroken, did you kill your turncoat lover Shae? - Their brother Tyrion Lannister, ditto Lannister x3! DQs: Best known for movies? Has won a top acting award? Born since 1950? IQs: Did you play a New York deputy coroner? Did you twice play the Governor of Vermont? Did you condemn your best-known acting role? ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/556 "2020-11-01T23:16:50Z")
DQs: 1. female? 2. first name begins with L? (Might as well confirm 'em.) IQs: 1. Do collections of your comic include _The Chickens are Restless_, _Night of the Crash Test Dummies,_ and _The Curse of Madame “C”_? 2. Are you a retired math professor, satirist, singer-songwriter, pianist, and purported inventor of the Jello shot? 3. Did you note “People often ignore the strange and unusual…I, myself, am strange and unusual”? ---
**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 1, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/557 "2020-11-01T23:38:32Z")
IQ1: Did your teenaged sister survive being struck and dragged by a car while the two of you were walking down the street? IQ2: Were you an archaeologist killed in a motorcycle accident in the 1930s? IQ3: Did you command the cavalry division at Balaclava? ---
**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 2, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/558 "2020-11-02T00:29:45Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Were you one of the Dukes of Hazzard? > > > > > - Were you one of Magneto’s mutant helpers who caused the Vision to doubt his manhood? > > > - Were you “so faithful in love, and so dauntless in war”? > > Not Luke Duke > Take 2 DQs Correct Lorelei was #2. #3 was young Lochinvar. 2 DQs 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 2, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/559 "2020-11-02T04:20:02Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Not Male 3. From the US 4. Best known for the Arts 5. Last name does not start with L 6. Known for the performing arts 7. Alive 8. Known for acting 9. Best known for movies 10. Has won a top acting award 11. Born since 1950 12. Female 13. First name does not begin with L ---
**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 2, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/560 "2020-11-02T04:22:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play a New York deputy coroner? > Did you twice play the Governor of Vermont? > Did you condemn your best-known acting role? 3 more DQs for you > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Do collections of your comic include _The Chickens are Restless_ , _Night of the Crash Test Dummies,_ and _The Curse of Madame “C”_ ? > 2. Are you a retired math professor, satirist, singer-songwriter, pianist, and purported inventor of the Jello shot? > 3. Did you note “People often ignore the strange and unusual…I, myself, am strange and unusual”? Not Gary Larson Not Tom Lehrer Take a DQ > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your teenaged sister survive being struck and dragged by a car while the two of you were walking down the street? > IQ2: Were you an archaeologist killed in a motorcycle accident in the 1930s? > IQ3: Did you command the cavalry division at Balaclava? Take 3 DQs ---
**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 2, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/561 "2020-11-02T04:35:42Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did your teenaged sister survive being struck and dragged by a car while the two of you were walking down the street? > > IQ2: Were you an archaeologist killed in a motorcycle accident in the 1930s? > > IQ3: Did you command the cavalry division at Balaclava? > > Take 3 DQs Lillian Gish. T E Lawrence. Lord Lucan DQ1: Born after 1990? DQ2: Best known for comedies? One DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262.md?page=29)