# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/321 "2013-10-29T20:30:31Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you an Indiana Senator who retired, disgusted with the partisanship in Washington? I don’t know to whom you refer. ---
**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 29, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/322 "2013-10-29T20:42:50Z")
IQs: Are you another man who has played Sherlock Holmes? And yet another? Did a young Helen Mirren play your girlfriend? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/323 "2013-10-29T20:48:19Z")
> [@Elendil's Scabrous Hair](#): > > IQs: > > Are you another man who has played Sherlock Holmes? > And yet another? > Did a young Helen Mirren play your girlfriend? 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:** [October 29, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/324 "2013-10-29T22:03:14Z")
IQ1: Are you Barney’s wife? IQ2: Were you the owner of the Shady Rest Hotel? IQ3: Were you said owner’s daughter? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/325 "2013-10-29T22:12:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you Barney’s wife? > IQ2: Were you the owner of the Shady Rest Hotel? > IQ3: Were you said owner’s daughter? 1: I am not Betty Rubble 2: Pass 3: Pass ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/326 "2013-10-29T22:32:16Z")
IQ1: Did you supply the voice for Betty Rubble? IQ2: Are you the lead character in an Adam Sandler movie about an adult who returns to elementary school? IQ3: Did you play Captain Kangaroo on TV? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/327 "2013-10-29T22:45:12Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did you supply the voice for Betty Rubble? > IQ2: Are you the lead character in an Adam Sandler movie about an adult who returns to elementary school? > IQ3: Did you play Captain Kangaroo on TV? 1: Pass 2: I am not Billy Madison 3: Pass ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/328 "2013-10-29T22:59:40Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did you supply the voice for Betty Rubble? > IQ2: Are you the lead character in an Adam Sandler movie about an adult who returns to elementary school? > IQ3: Did you play Captain Kangaroo on TV? > [@fanganga](#): > > 1: Pass > 2: I am not Billy Madison > 3: Pass IQ1 was Bea Benederet, and IQ3 was Bob Keeshan. DQ: Are you alive today? DQ: Are you male? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/329 "2013-10-29T23:07:34Z")
My intial letter is B and: DQ1: I am real. DQ2: I am American. DQ3: I am not currently alive. DQ4: I am not male. ---
**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 29, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/330 "2013-10-29T23:13:53Z")
Welcome back, Spoons!! > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you Barney’s wife? > IQ2: Were you the owner of the Shady Rest Hotel? > IQ3: Were you said owner’s daughter? > [@fanganga](#): > > 1: I am not Betty Rubble > 2: Pass > 3: Pass Correct on Betty Rubble. The Shady Rest, at Petticoat Junction, was owned by Kate Bradley (who, incidentally, was played by Bea Benaderet). Kate’s daughters were Billie Jo, Bobby Jo and Betty Jo - take your pick! DQ1: Known for the Arts? DQ2: Born east of the Mississippi River? IQ1: Was an Egyptian town used as the place name in your title of nobility? IQ2: Were you a villain in a Jay Ward cartoon series? IQ3: Was said villain’s name a play on yours? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/331 "2013-10-29T23:29:24Z")
That was Evan Bayh DQ1: Died before 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 30, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/332 "2013-10-30T00:16:37Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the original (and best) film Dracula? 2. Were you an animated bat companion of Rasputin? 3. Were you a witty Lady famous for ordering “one dozen double damask dinner napkins”? ---
**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 30, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/333 "2013-10-30T02:49:39Z")
Previous IQs: Are you another man who has played Sherlock Holmes? - Jeremy Brett And yet another? - Basil Rathbone Did a young Helen Mirren play your girlfriend? - Bob Hoskins, in _The Long Good Friday_ DQ: Last name start with B? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Are you a Texan who played an android? Have you played a network exec, a computer whiz and a music impresario? Did you sing about geometric shapes in a granular medium? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/334 "2013-10-30T06:35:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Welcome back, Spoons!! Thanks! I somehow got away from the game, and I’ve missed playing it. IQ1: Did you sew the first American flag? IQ2: Are you a Simpsons character who habituates Moe’s bar? IQ3: Did you play an FBI agent working undercover as a beauty pageant contestant, in a film released in the year 2000? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/335 "2013-10-30T15:47:14Z")
IQ: Were you our only single POTUS? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/336 "2013-10-30T17:08:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was an Egyptian town used as the place name in your title of nobility? > IQ2: Were you a villain in a Jay Ward cartoon series? > IQ3: Was said villain’s name a play on yours? I’m embarrassed to pass on all 3 ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/337 "2013-10-30T17:09:27Z")
> [@The Severed Head of Prof. P](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the original (and best) film Dracula? > 2. Were you an animated bat companion of Rasputin? > 3. Were you a witty Lady famous for ordering “one dozen double damask dinner napkins”? 1: Bela Lugosi 2: Pass 3: Pass ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/338 "2013-10-30T17:10:31Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Thanks! I somehow got away from the game, and I’ve missed playing it. > > IQ1: Did you sew the first American flag? > IQ2: Are you a Simpsons character who habituates Moe’s bar? > IQ3: Did you play an FBI agent working undercover as a beauty pageant contestant, in a film released in the year 2000? 1: Betsy Ross 2: Barney Gumble 3: Sandra Bullock ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/339 "2013-10-30T17:11:33Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you our only single POTUS? James Buchanan? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/340 "2013-10-30T17:13:53Z")
DQ1: I am real. DQ2: I am American. DQ3: I am not currently alive. DQ4: I am not male. DQ5: I am not known for the arts DQ6: I was born east of the Mississippi DQ7: I died before 1950 DQ8: My last name starts with B [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=18)