# Botticelli - October 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843 "2021-10-04T01:12:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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 19, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/141 "2021-10-19T17:58:14Z")
Caroline Kennedy, correct, and not RFK Jr. but RFK himself. DQs: From the British Isles? Best known for the performing arts? IQs: Did Helen Mirren star in a movie about a court fight over one of your paintings? Did you love the smell of napalm in the morning? Did you write the German WWII satire _Officer Factory_? ---
**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 19, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/142 "2021-10-19T19:31:06Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > Qs: > > > > > 1. Are you the “son” of Superman and Lex Luthor? > > > 2. Are you playing HerculePoirot in the upcoming version of _Death on the Nile_ ? > > > 3. Have you played a Netflix series assassin, an MCU assassin, and a computer game character? > > 1. I am not Kon-El/Superboy. > 2. I am not Kenny Branaugh. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct, Correct and Karen Gillian. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/143 "2021-10-19T21:11:18Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you host **The Amazing Race**? > 2. Did you write the book **The Forgotten Door** , among others? > 3. Were you the fictitious house band leader on the TV show **Fernwood2Night**? \*\*Also the show’s other name, **America Tonight**? Phil Keoghan, Alexander Key, Happy Kyne (and the Mirthmakers). DQs: 1. Known for acting? 2 DQs 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 19, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/144 "2021-10-19T21:20:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Helen Mirren star in a movie about a court fight over one of your paintings? > Did you love the smell of napalm in the morning? > Did you write the German WWII satire _Officer Factory_? Respectively: I am not Klimt (previously used by Miss Take). I am not Lt. Col. Kilgore. I am not Kurt Weil? DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. last name starts with K 4. dead 5. not American 6. known for the Arts 7. died after 1900 8. not known for writing 9. European 10. not known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, fashion design, etc.) 11. died before 1990 12. from the British Isles 13. best known for the performing arts 14. known for acting ---
**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 19, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/145 "2021-10-19T21:38:58Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > Did Helen Mirren star in a movie about a court fight over one of your paintings? > > Did you love the smell of napalm in the morning? > > Did you write the German WWII satire _Officer Factory_? > > Respectively: > I am not Klimt (previously used by Miss Take). > I am not Lt. Col. Kilgore. > I am not Kurt Weil? Ah, yes, Klimt. Correct as to Kilgore. And not Kurt Weil, but H.H. Krist. DQ: Best known for movies? IQs: Did you portray the new monarch in _To Play the King_? Were you the first U.S. Secretary of War? Have you played a governor’s daughter, a bounty hunter, a clone and a farmer’s daughter? ---
**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 20, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/146 "2021-10-20T03:06:19Z")
IQ 1. Were you a mean one, Mr. Grinch? ---
**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 20, 2021, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/147 "2021-10-20T04:02:18Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > 1. Were you a mean one, Mr. Grinch? I am indeed Boris Karloff! Next game goes to Miss Take. ---
**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 20, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/148 "2021-10-20T12:07:10Z")
Well done, **MissTake!** ---
**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 20, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/149 "2021-10-20T15:24:08Z")
Thank you! Next up: ## I am B ---
**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 20, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/150 "2021-10-20T18:12:11Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a cynical writer who appears as a character in the third movie of the _From Dusk to Dawn_ series? 2. Were you a British diplomat who like the above person mysteriously disappeared, in 1809? 3. Are you currently playing Monica Lewinsky? ---
**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 20, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/151 "2021-10-20T18:37:27Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a cynical writer who appears as a character in the third movie of the _From Dusk to Dawn_ series? > 2. Were you a British diplomat who like the above person mysteriously disappeared, in 1809? > 3. Are you currently playing Monica Lewinsky? DQ, DQ, I am not Beanie Feldstein ---
**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 20, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/152 "2021-10-20T19:13:27Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > DQ, DQ, I am not Beanie Feldstein 1 was Ambrose Bierce; 2 was Benjamin Bathurst. DQs: 1. real? 2. male? ---
**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 20, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/153 "2021-10-20T19:30:43Z")
## I am B 1. Fictional 2. Male ---
**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 20, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/154 "2021-10-20T20:01:29Z")
Good job, **MissTake**! Not sure I ever would’ve come up with Boris Karloff. I’d even forgotten he was British by birth. Previous IQs: Did you portray the new monarch in _To Play the King_? - Michael Kitchen, as a very Prince Charlesesque character Were you the first U.S. Secretary of War? - Henry Knox Have you played a governor’s daughter, a bounty hunter, a clone and a farmer’s daughter? - Keira Knightley, in _Pirates of the Caribbean, Domino, Never Let Me Go_ and _Pride & Prejudice_ On to B! IQs: Did Ryan O’Neal play you in a Kubrick movie? Did Keir Dullea play you in a Kubrick movie? Did George C. Scott play you in a Kubrick movie? ---
**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 20, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/155 "2021-10-20T20:19:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did Ryan O’Neal play you in a Kubrick movie? > Did Keir Dullea play you in a Kubrick movie? > Did George C. Scott play you in a Kubrick movie? While I’ve watched a fair amount of Kubrick, I don’t like Kubrick. The only one I know is 3. I am not Buck Turgidson ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/156 "2021-10-21T04:13:10Z")
Congrats! 1. Were you a female TV journalist parodied on **Saturday Night Live** by Gilda Radner? 2. Did you play Diana on the original version of **V**? 3. Did you play Bobby Singer on **Supernatural**? ---
**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 21, 2021, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/157 "2021-10-21T11:44:07Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Were you a female TV journalist parodied on **Saturday Night Live** by Gilda Radner? > - Did you play Diana on the original version of **V**? > - Did you play Bobby Singer on **Supernatural**? I am not Baba Wawa (Barbara Walters), DQ, DQ ---
**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 21, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/158 "2021-10-21T13:11:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create the character Jose Jimenez? 2. Can you build it? (Yes, you can.) 3. Did you have a hit with _Sing, Sing, Sing_? ---
**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 21, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/159 "2021-10-21T13:53:45Z")
IQs: 1. Were you known as Scary Spice? 2. Did you write the comic novel _Big Trouble_ (in which you _were_ making stuff up)? 3. Did you have the same job as your grandfather, but for a lot longer? ---
**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 21, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/160 "2021-10-21T14:34:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you create the character Jose Jimenez? > - Can you build it? (Yes, you can.) > - Did you have a hit with _Sing, Sing, Sing_ ? DQ, I am not Bob the Builder, I am not Benny Goodman > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you known as Scary Spice? > 2. Did you write the comic novel _Big Trouble_ (in which you _were_ making stuff up)? > 3. Did you have the same job as your grandfather, but for a lot longer? I am not Mel B, DQ, DQ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843.md?page=9)