# 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:** 9
**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 11, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/161 "2020-10-11T16:40:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Ophelia, dunno and dunno. Yes, Patton Oswalt (table reading of The Princess Bride), Orlando Bloom DQs Alive? 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 11, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/162 "2020-10-11T16:50:19Z")
O. 1. real 2. last name starts with O 3. deceased 4. American ---
**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 11, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/163 "2020-10-11T17:35:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Orson Welles, dunno and dunno. 2 (wrote _Down and Out in Paris and London_) was George Orwell; 3 (was in a photo that Dennis Nedry had on his desk) was Robert Oppenheimer. DQs: 1. died after 1900? 2. known from 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:** [October 11, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/164 "2020-10-11T18:02:58Z")
O. 1. real 2. last name starts with O 3. deceased 4. American 5. died after 1900 6. not known from the Arts ---
**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 11, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/165 "2020-10-11T19:12:39Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in _The Ruling Class_? 2. Were you also known as Tippetarius? 3. Did Colin Meany play you in the Star Trek universe? ---
**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 11, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/166 "2020-10-11T19:42:21Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play a mummy-fighting JFK in _Bubba Ho-Tep_? 2. Did you note that candy is dandy but liquor is quicker? 3. Were you a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan? ---
**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 11, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/167 "2020-10-11T19:48:39Z")
IQs 1. Were you a Broadway star before becoming a crusty NYPD detective? 2. Archbishop of New York? 3. Were you the all purpose game show announcer through the 60’s and 70’s? ---
**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 11, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/168 "2020-10-11T20:23:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you play TV’s Son of TV’s Frank in the MST3K reboot? > > > > > IQ2: Did you play Derek Zoolander’s arch rival Hansel McDonald? > > > IQ3: Are you the longest-serving Republican U.S. Senator in history? > > Dunno, not Owen Wilson, and not Orrin Hatch. Patton Oswalt DQ: Known for politics? ---
**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 11, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/169 "2020-10-11T20:37:41Z")
IQ1: Did you found the colony of Georgia? IQ2: In response to Dorothy Parker’s “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses,” did you write “A girl who’s bespectacled may not get her nectacled”? IQ3: Are you a libertarian columnist who wrote _Parliament of Whores_? ---
**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 12, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/170 "2020-10-12T03:43:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _The Ruling Class_? > 2. Were you also known as Tippetarius? > 3. Did Colin Meany [sic, Colm Meaney] play you in the Star Trek universe? Not Peter O’Toole, dunno, and not Chief O’Brien. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you play a mummy-fighting JFK in _Bubba Ho-Tep_? > 2. Did you note that candy is dandy but liquor is quicker? > 3. Were you a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan? Not Ossie (sp?) Davis, not Ogden Nash and dunno. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you a Broadway star before becoming a crusty NYPD detective? > 2. Archbishop of New York? > 3. Were you the all purpose game show announcer through the 60’s and 70’s? Not Jerry Orbach, not Cardinal O’Connor, and dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you found the colony of Georgia? > IQ2: In response to Dorothy Parker’s “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses,” did you write “A girl who’s bespectacled may not get her nectacled”? > IQ3: Are you a libertarian columnist who wrote _Parliament of Whores_? Not Oglethorpe, still not Ogden Nash, and not Patrick O’Rourke. **MissTake** had already asked about Patton Oswalt. ---
**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 12, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/171 "2020-10-12T10:50:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **MissTake** had already asked about Patton Oswalt. Why does that matter? It wasn’t the same question, and doubles happen frequently in this game. ---
**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 12, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/172 "2020-10-12T11:44:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Jerry Orbach, not Cardinal O’Connor, and dunno Yes, Yes, Johnny Olson DQ: Died after 1960? ---
**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 12, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/173 "2020-10-12T12:52:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Ossie (sp?) Davis, not Ogden Nash and dunno. Correct on the spelling for 1; 3 (founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan) was Ol’ Dirty Bastard/ODB. IQs: 1. Have you played a pilot, a tech CEO, Spider-Man 2099, and Gomez Addams? 2. Are you Spider-Man 2099? 3. Were you Little Sure Shot? DQ: known from a single incident? ---
**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 12, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/174 "2020-10-12T15:44:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you star in _The Ruling Class_ ? > > > 2. Were you also known as Tippetarius? > > > 3. Did Colin Meany [sic, Colm Meaney] play you in the Star Trek universe? > > Not Peter O’Toole, dunno, and not Chief O’Brien. Correct, Queen Ozma of Oz, Correct. 1 DQ reserved. IQs: 1. Was your death earlier in the year the greatest tragedy to ever befall mankind, causing universal grieving throughout all the multiverses, a week of silent morning at Parliament, and the Halls of Valhalla to be publicly opened to welcome your spirit, as it had been foretold by Rankin Bass in the days of yore? 2. Were you aka William Sydney Porter? 3. Are you Dean R. Koontz’s go-to recurring character? ---
**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 12, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/175 "2020-10-12T15:45:37Z")
EH is right, here. While doubles (and triples) happen, the information has already been presented that this person isn’t the right person, and therefore, since no new point of datum is gained, it’s disallowed. ---
**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 12, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/176 "2020-10-12T19:32:44Z")
Fine. I’ll accept that if you all agree not to use “Still not xxx.” Just leave the “still” out, please. We don’t always have time to read all the other IQs and research to make sure we’re not doubling. IQ1: Are you the original Green Goblin? IQ2: Are you a cop the Jets sang about in _West Side Story_? IQ3: Are you the real name of Plastic Man from DC comics? ---
**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 13, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/177 "2020-10-13T00:23:57Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > IQs: > 1. Have you played a pilot, a tech CEO, Spider-Man 2099, and Gomez Addams? > 2. Are you Spider-Man 2099? > 3. Were you Little Sure Shot?.. Dunno, dunno and not Annie Oakley. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Was your death earlier in the year the greatest tragedy to ever befall mankind, causing universal grieving throughout all the multiverses, a week of silent morning at Parliament, and the Halls of Valhalla to be publicly opened to welcome your spirit, as it had been foretold by Rankin Bass in the days of yore? > 2. Were you aka William Sydney Porter? > 3. Are you Dean R. Koontz’s go-to recurring character? Not Orson Bean ( :: sob :: ), not O. Henry and dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > … > IQ1: Are you the original Green Goblin? > IQ2: Are you a cop the Jets sang about in _West Side Story_? > IQ3: Are you the real name of Plastic Man from DC comics? Not Mr. Osborne, not Officer Krepke and dunno. O. 1. real 2. last name starts with O 3. deceased 4. American 5. died after 1900 6. not known from the Arts 7. died after 1960 8. not known from a single incident ---
**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 13, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/178 "2020-10-13T01:22:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Was your death earlier in the year the greatest tragedy to ever befall mankind, causing universal grieving throughout all the multiverses, a week of silent morning at Parliament, and the Halls of Valhalla to be publicly opened to welcome your spirit, as it had been foretold by Rankin Bass in the days of yore? > > > 2. Were you aka William Sydney Porter? > > > 3. Are you Dean R. Koontz’s go-to recurring character? > > Not Orson Bean ( :: sob :: ), not O. Henry and dunno. Correct!!!, Correct, and Odd Thomas. DQs: 1. Died after 2000? 2. Known from business? ---
**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 13, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/179 "2020-10-13T01:30:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Annie Oakley. 1 (Spider-Man 2099, Gomez Addams, etc.) was Oscar Isaac; 2 (is Spider-Man 2099) was Miguel O’Hara. 2 DQs reserved. IQs: 1. Did you direct the musical version of _Little Shop of Horrors_? 2. Are you a green Muppet who lives in a spacious garbage can? 3. Are you his Israeli counterpart on _Rechov Sumsum_/_Shalom Sesame_? ---
**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 13, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/180 "2020-10-13T13:07:00Z")
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