# Botticelli October 2011
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [October 3, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437 "2011-10-03T15:23:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/1 "2011-10-03T15:23:47Z")
Previous thread: [Botticelli September 2011 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=623007)
The next letter is “J.”
Have at it!
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/2 "2011-10-03T16:02:37Z")
Whenever you go out, do people always shout your name followed by some nonsense?
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### Author:  [@JMLVT68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JMLVT68)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/3 "2011-10-03T17:39:36Z")
IQ: Did you win an Emmy award for a role in a television miniseries of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/4 "2011-10-03T18:52:19Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> Whenever you go out, do people always shout your name followed by some nonsense?
No, I’m not John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt.
> [@JMLVT68](#):
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> IQ: Did you win an Emmy award for a role in a television miniseries of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play?
Ooo, I should know this. Ask a DQ.
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/5 "2011-10-03T19:02:04Z")
Despite being snubbed by the Emmies for many years, did you win the Tony as Best Actor in a Musical for “Take Me Away”?
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/6 "2011-10-03T19:03:17Z")
Did you win two consecutive Best Supporting Actor Oscars in the Seventies?
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/7 "2011-10-03T19:06:56Z")
Are you an Oscar-winning actor who played an oblivious driving instructor in _ **The Naked Gun?** _
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/8 "2011-10-03T19:22:31Z")
> [@astorian](#):
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> Despite being snubbed by the Emmies for many years, did you win the Tony as Best Actor in a Musical for “Take Me Away”?
Dunno. Ask a DQ.
> [@astorian](#):
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> Did you win two consecutive Best Supporting Actor Oscars in the Seventies?
No, I’m not Jane Alexander.
> [@astorian](#):
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> Are you an Oscar-winning actor who played an oblivious driving instructor in _ **The Naked Gun?** _
Hmmm. Dunno. Ask another DQ.
**astorian** , if it’s all the same to you, please ask up to three IQs in the same post. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/9 "2011-10-03T19:54:01Z")
1. Jackie Gleason never won an Emmy for The _ **Honeymooners** _, but he did get a Tony for that forgotten musical.
2. Jason Robards won back-to-back Supporting Actor Oscars (\*\*\*Julia \*\*\*and _**All the President’s Men).**_
3. The Oscar winning driving instructor was John (_ **The Paper Chase** _) Houseman
DQ1: Are you male?
DQ2: Are you a fictional character?
DQ3: Does your last name start with “J”?
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### Author:  [@JMLVT68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JMLVT68)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/10 "2011-10-03T19:54:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> No, I’m not John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt.
> Ooo, I should know this. Ask a DQ.
You are not Jeffrey Wright (Emmy for “Angels in America” by Tony Kushner).
Not very original, but…
DQ: Are you male?
IQ: Did you die of a drug overdose in 1970?
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### Author:  [@JMLVT68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JMLVT68)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/11 "2011-10-03T20:08:43Z")
Simul-post! Can I change my DQ, please?
DQ: Were you born in the 20th century?
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/12 "2011-10-03T20:54:20Z")
IQ: Did the KKK take your baby away?
IQ: Did you guest star as yourself on The Simpsons in a running gag that portrayed you as a kleptomaniac?
IQ: Were you the first musician to be immortalized by Cynthia Plaster Caster?
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### Author:  [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/13 "2011-10-04T00:52:40Z")
IQ: Although your first and middle names are Christian Adolph, are you more familiarly known by a nickname?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/14 "2011-10-04T03:42:07Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ: Did the KKK take your baby away?
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> IQ: Did you guest star as yourself on The Simpsons in a running gag that portrayed you as a kleptomaniac?
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> IQ: Were you the first musician to be immortalized by Cynthia Plaster Caster?
Oof. Dunno about any of these. Ask three DQs.
> [@JMLVT68](#):
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> …IQ: Did you die of a drug overdose in 1970?
No, I’m not Jimi Hendrix.
> [@Sternvogel](#):
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> IQ: Although your first and middle names are Christian Adolph, are you more familiarly known by a nickname?
Dunno. Ask a DQ.
J.
1. Male
2. Real person
3. First name starts with “J”
4. Born in 20th century
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/15 "2011-10-04T04:23:59Z")
Did Marcia Gay Harden win an Oscar playing your wife?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/16 "2011-10-04T13:09:09Z")
> [@astorian](#):
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> Did Marcia Gay Harden win an Oscar playing your wife?
No, I’m not Ed Harris, er, Jackson Pollack.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/17 "2011-10-04T15:31:37Z")
IQ: Are you a famous golfer?
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/18 "2011-10-04T17:02:46Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ: Did the KKK take your baby away?
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> IQ: Did you guest star as yourself on The Simpsons in a running gag that portrayed you as a kleptomaniac?
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> IQ: Were you the first musician to be immortalized by Cynthia Plaster Caster?
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Oof. Dunno about any of these. Ask three DQs.
You are not Joey Ramone, who wrote “The KKK Took My Baby Away” in reference to politically conservative bandmate Johnny Ramone stealing Joey’s girlfriend.
You are not Jasper Johns, who appeared in the Season 10 episode “Mom and Pop Art” as himself.
And you are still not Jimi Hendrix.
We’re still in the “figure out why your famous” stage of the game, so I’ll dole out my DQs one at a time.
DQ1: Are you known for your achievements in the broadly defined “arts”?
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/19 "2011-10-04T19:12:54Z")
Did you write a Tony-winning play about a Catholic high school basketball team?
Did you become a Presbyterian minister, after testifying against your Watergate co-conspirators?
Were you a classic sitcom character played by the son of a heavyweight boxing champ?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/20 "2011-10-04T19:41:37Z")
> [@Rebo](#):
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> IQ: Are you a famous golfer?
No, I’m not Jack Nicklaus.
> [@astorian](#):
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> Did you write a Tony-winning play about a Catholic high school basketball team?
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> Did you become a Presbyterian minister, after testifying against your Watergate co-conspirators?
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> Were you a classic sitcom character played by the son of a heavyweight boxing champ?
Dunno about the playwright. Ask a DQ.
Chuck Colson became a preacher, I remember, but no, I’m not… John Dean?
No, I’m not John Amos of _Good Times_?
J.
1. Male
2. Real person
3. First name starts with “J”
4. Born in 20th century
5. Not known for achievements in the broadly defined “arts”
**ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness** , I’d already answered a question with Jimi Hendrix as an answer, so at this point you have one unasked DQ.
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