# Botticelli - October 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 3, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378 "2018-10-03T16:46:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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 27, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/161 "2018-10-27T00:48:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Bill Nye, dunno, or Bill Nighy. 1. (the 19th century humorist) was [Bill Nye](https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/nye-edgar-wilson-bill), completing the trio. DQs: From England? Known also from science? One DQ reserved. IQs: 1. Did you write “I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library”? 2. Did you appear as the Witch in _Into the Woods_ and Dot in _Sunday in the Park with George_? 3. Was a feature of yours compared to a ski jump? ---
**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 27, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/162 "2018-10-27T17:48:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did you commentate on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with Lorne Greene for many years? 2. Did you play the lead in the sitcom _Grace Under Fire_? 3. Did Emma Watson play you in a live action remake of a Disney animated film? ---
**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 27, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/163 "2018-10-27T20:51:10Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write “I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library”? > 2. Did you appear as the Witch in _Into the Woods_ and Dot in _Sunday in the Park with George_? > 3. Was a feature of yours compared to a ski jump? Dunno; not Bebe Neuwirth or Bob Hope. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you commentate on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with Lorne Greene for many years? > 2. Did you play the lead in the sitcom _Grace Under Fire_? > 3. Did Emma Watson play you in a live action remake of a Disney animated film? Dunno, not Delta Burke and not Belle. B. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. Last name started with B 5. not American 6. European 7. not alive in the 20th century 8. not known from the Arts 9. from the UK 10. partly known for politics/royalty 11. born after 1799 12. born before 1850 13. from England 14. not known also from science ---
**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 27, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/164 "2018-10-27T22:09:04Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you commentate on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with Lorne Greene for many years? > 2. Did you play the lead in the sitcom Grace Under Fire? > 3. Did Emma Watson play you in a live action remake of a Disney animated film? > Dunno, not Delta Burke and not Belle. #1 was Betty White. #2 was Brett Butler. Correct on Belle. DQ: Military? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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 28, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/165 "2018-10-28T03:59:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno; not Bebe Neuwirth or Bob Hope. 1. (the library quote) is Jorge Luis Borges. 2. is Bernadette Peters. DQs: Born into royalty? Born before 1825? One DQ reserved. IQs: 1. Aside from your career as a director of comedies, did you produce _The Fly_ and _The Elephant Man_? 2. Did you play a bunny, a construction worker, and a car? 3. Are you also known as Scary Spice? ---
**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 28, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/166 "2018-10-28T19:34:58Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Aside from your career as a director of comedies, did you produce _The Fly_ and _The Elephant Man_? > 2. Did you play a bunny, a construction worker, and a car? > 3. Are you also known as Scary Spice? Not Mel Brooks, dunno and not Victoria Beckham. B. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. Last name started with B 5. not American 6. European 7. not alive in the 20th century 8. not known from the Arts 9. from the UK 10. partly known for politics/royalty 11. born after 1799 12. born before 1850 13. from England 14. not known also from science 15. not best known for military service 16. not born into royalty 17. born after 1825 ---
**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 29, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/167 "2018-10-29T01:25:14Z")
DQ: Known for business? ---
**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, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/168 "2018-10-29T03:43:59Z")
B. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. Last name started with B 5. not American 6. European 7. not alive in the 20th century 8. not known from the Arts 9. from the UK 10. partly known for politics/royalty 11. born after 1799 12. born before 1850 13. from England 14. not known also from science 15. not best known for military service 16. not born into royalty 17. born after 1825 18. kinda sorta known for business, in a way ---
**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 29, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/169 "2018-10-29T21:27:23Z")
IQs: 1. Did you and your dog Tige live in a shoe? 2. Were you a mathematician whose work in algebra lead to computer languages? 3. Did you play Hazel on the TV sitcom of the same name? ---
**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, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/170 "2018-10-30T02:10:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you and your dog Tige live in a shoe? > 2. Were you a mathematician whose work in algebra lead to computer languages? > 3. Did you play Hazel on the TV sitcom of the same name? Not Buster Brown, Boole (sp?) or… dunno. ---
**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, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/171 "2018-10-30T15:14:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you and your dog Tige live in a shoe? > 2. Were you a mathematician whose work in algebra lead to computer languages? > 3. Did you play Hazel on the TV sitcom of the same name? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Buster Brown, Boole (sp?) or… dunno. Correct, Correct on George Boole, and Shirley Booth. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 31, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/172 "2018-10-31T04:00:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Mel Brooks, dunno and not Victoria Beckham. 1. (played a bunny, a construction worker, and a car) is Mel Blanc. 2. (Scary Spice) is Mel B. DQ: Associated with a product? 2 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 31, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/173 "2018-10-31T14:33:29Z")
B. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. Last name started with B 5. not American 6. European 7. not alive in the 20th century 8. not known from the Arts 9. from the UK 10. partly known for politics/royalty 11. born after 1799 12. born before 1850 13. from England 14. not known also from science 15. not best known for military service 16. not born into royalty 17. born after 1825 18. kinda sorta known for business, in a way 19. not associated with a product ---
**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 2, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/174 "2018-11-02T04:53:41Z")
Ahem. ---
**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, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/175 "2018-11-02T13:13:46Z")
Yeah, I’m clueless. DQ: Known for criminal activity? ---
**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 3, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/176 "2018-11-03T13:50:23Z")
B. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. Last name started with B 5. not American 6. European 7. not alive in the 20th century 8. not known from the Arts 9. from the UK 10. partly known for politics/royalty 11. born after 1799 12. born before 1850 13. from England 14. not known also from science 15. not best known for military service 16. not born into royalty 17. born after 1825 18. kinda sorta known for business, in a way 19. not associated with a product 20. not known for criminal activity That’s 20. Please ask any remaining earned DQs by noon EST Monday. ---
**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 4, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/177 "2018-11-04T16:48:09Z")
Well, I’m stumped. ---
**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 4, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/178 "2018-11-04T16:55:06Z")
So am I. ---
**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 4, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/179 "2018-11-04T22:23:15Z")
A hint: 1. Did not become well-known for something he did in England ---
**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 5, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2018/822378/180 "2018-11-05T14:08:15Z")
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