# Botticelli - October 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 5, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411 "2013-10-05T01:50:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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 22, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/241 "2013-10-22T15:47:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you take an iconic photograph of Churchill? > Have you played a governor’s daughter, a princess’s aide, a nurse and a farmgirl? > Did you play two roles in a Nineties political comedy? I’m not Karsh. I’m not Grace Kelly. Unless the last is Madeline Kahn, take a DQ. Take a replacement DQ for the Photographer question. ---
**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 22, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/242 "2013-10-22T15:49:59Z")
It appears I have been more of an absent-minded professor than usual. My apologies, and here are the amended DQs: DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Died after 1900 5. American 6. Not a politician 7. Born east of the Mississippi 8. In the Arts 9. From south of the Mason-Dixon Line 10. Died after 1975 11. Not a musician 12. Last name starts with K 13. Not in the visual arts. 14. Not a winner of a top award 15. Actor 16. Has been on the cover of a magazine ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/243 "2013-10-22T18:07:51Z")
IQ: Did you play a ranchhand on a popular 80s primetime soap? ---
**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 22, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/244 "2013-10-22T18:08:54Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you play a ranchhand on a popular 80s primetime soap? Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/245 "2013-10-22T18:19:02Z")
That was Ken Kercheval from _Dallas._ DQ: TV 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 22, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/246 "2013-10-22T18:22:18Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Died after 1900 5. American 6. Not a politician 7. Born east of the Mississippi 8. In the Arts 9. From south of the Mason-Dixon Line 10. Died after 1975 11. Not a musician 12. Last name starts with K 13. Not in the visual arts. 14. Not a winner of a top award 15. Actor 16. Has been on the cover of a magazine 17. TV actor, but also did some movies ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/247 "2013-10-22T18:25:00Z")
IQ: Did he serve a season long suspension for gambling on NFL games? ---
**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 22, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/248 "2013-10-22T20:03:51Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did he serve a season long suspension for gambling on NFL games? Take a DQ. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/249 "2013-10-22T22:28:13Z")
IQ1: Was a photo taken of you carrying a bucket of water to help put out a big fire? IQ2: Did you sing in the rain? IQ3: Were you killed in the premature explosion of a radio-controlled bomber? DQ: Died after 2000? 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:** [October 22, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/250 "2013-10-22T22:58:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was a photo taken of you carrying a bucket of water to help put out a big fire? > IQ2: Did you sing in the rain? > IQ3: Were you killed in the premature explosion of a radio-controlled bomber? > DQ: Died after 2000? > 2 DQs reserved. I’m not Gene Kelly. Take 2 more DQs. ---
**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 22, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/251 "2013-10-22T22:59:34Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Died after 1900 5. American 6. Not a politician 7. Born east of the Mississippi 8. In the Arts 9. From south of the Mason-Dixon Line 10. Died after 1975 11. Not a musician 12. Last name starts with K 13. Not in the visual arts 14. Not a winner of a top award 15. Actor 16. Has been on the cover of a magazine 17. TV actor, but also did some movies 18. Died before 2000 ---
**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:** [October 22, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/252 "2013-10-22T23:07:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was a photo taken of you carrying a bucket of water to help put out a big fire? > IQ2: Did you sing in the rain? > IQ3: Were you killed in the premature explosion of a radio-controlled bomber? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Gene Kelly. Take 2 more DQs. Emmett Kelly, the clown, during the Hartford circus fire in 1944. Correct on Gene Kelly. Joe Kennedy Jr and a co-pilot took off in the bomber, which was to be guided by another aircraft to a target in France. They armed the bomb, but it exploded before they could bail out. DQ: Best known for comedy roles? 3 DQs reserved. ---
**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 22, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/253 "2013-10-22T23:22:43Z")
Previous IQs: Did you take an iconic photograph of Churchill? - Yes, Yousuf Karsh: [http://patricknicholas.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/karsh-churchill-photo-i4.jpg](http://patricknicholas.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/karsh-churchill-photo-i4.jpg) Have you played a governor’s daughter, a princess’s aide, a nurse and a farmgirl? - Not Grace Kelly, but Keira Knightley, in _Pirates of the Caribbean, The Phantom Menace, Atonement_ and _Pride & Prejudice_. Le sigh. Did you play two roles in a Nineties political comedy? - Not Madeline Kahn, but Kevin Kline in _Dave_ (he played both the President and a reluctant stand-in). We’re down to our last few DQs. Let’s discuss. What else would be useful to know before we each ask our “Are you [firstname][lastname]?” questions? ---
**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 22, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/254 "2013-10-22T23:25:03Z")
One more IQ: Were you known for saying, in character, what you were, and then what you were not? ---
**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 22, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/255 "2013-10-22T23:29:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > One more IQ: > > Were you known for saying, in character, what you were, and then what you were not? Dammit, Jim, I’m a Doctor, not a Bricklayer! Dammit, Jim, I’m a Doctor, not a Miracle Worker! Dammit, Jim, I’m a Doctor, not a Moon-Shuttle Conductor! Dammit, Jim, I’m a Doctor, not an Escalator! Dammit, Jim, I’m a Doctor, not a Torpedo Technician! I am, indeed, DeForest Kelley! and well done, Elendil’s Heir! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/256 "2013-10-23T03:10:20Z")
FTR mine was Alex Karras. ---
**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 23, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/257 "2013-10-23T16:29:30Z")
Heheh. Thanks, **Prof. P.** It just popped into my head - I’d mentioned Dr. McCoy to a friend a few days before, and I realized the actor fit all of the DQ answers. Next round to start soon. ---
**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 23, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/258 "2013-10-23T18:43:18Z")
OK, here goes. The letter is D. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/259 "2013-10-23T18:48:50Z")
IQ1: Did you write about a shipwrecked mariner? IQ2: Did you frequently appear alongside the disembodied head of Patrick Moore? IQ3: Are you a fictional character for whom a garment is named? ---
**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 23, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/260 "2013-10-23T18:53:40Z")
Hey, welcome back fanganga! We missed you. IQ1) Did you gain success through your cat’s ratting abilities? IQ2) Were you a romanticized English highwayman? IQ3) Are you a tortured, disfigured genius forced to wear a mask in public? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=14)