# Botticelli - Sept. 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 2, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574 "2020-09-02T04:51:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/161 "2020-09-17T16:24:40Z")
Go again, @Elendil_s_Heir? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/162 "2020-09-17T17:23:17Z")
Righto! Let’s go with # **A** ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/163 "2020-09-17T17:48:17Z")
1. Theory of Relativity, anyone? 2. Did you play Endora on _Bewitched_? 3. Was your mother THE denim designer the late 70’s / early 80’s? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/164 "2020-09-17T17:52:42Z")
Not Albert Einstein, not Agnes Moorhead and not Anderson Cooper. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/165 "2020-09-17T18:05:24Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first man on the moon? 2. Were you the second man on the moon? 3. Were you the third man on the moon? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/166 "2020-09-17T18:15:18Z")
I am not Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin or Alan Shepherd. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/167 "2020-09-17T18:17:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first man on the moon? > 2. Were you the second man on the moon? > 3. Were you the third man on the moon? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I am not Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin or Alan Shepherd. Correct, Correct, and Alan Bean (who was up there with Charles Conrad). DQ: Real? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/168 "2020-09-17T18:22:34Z")
A. 1. real ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/169 "2020-09-17T18:52:27Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Mongo in _Blazing Saddles_? 2. Did you host TV’s _International Showtime_? 3. Did Anne Francis play you in _Forbidden Planet_? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/170 "2020-09-17T19:09:15Z")
IQs 1. Did you sign the Indian Removal Act? 2. Did you want to be in the room where it happened, per a phenomenal Broadway musical? 3. Did you propose a universal basic income? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/171 "2020-09-17T19:14:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Mongo in _Blazing Saddles_? > 2. Did you host TV’s _International Showtime_? > 3. Did Anne Francis play you in _Forbidden Planet_? Not Alex Karras, not Alan Ludden (?), and not Altaira. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you sign the Indian Removal Act? > 2. Did you want to be in the room where it happened, per a phenomenal Broadway musical? > 3. Did you propose a universal basic income? Not Andrew Jackson, not Aaron Burr, and 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:** [September 17, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/172 "2020-09-17T19:49:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > > 1. Did you play Mongo in _Blazing Saddles_ ? > > 2. Did you host TV’s _International Showtime_ ? > > 3. Did Anne Francis play you in _Forbidden Planet_ ? Not Alex Karras, not Alan Ludden (?), and not Altaira. [/quote] Correct, Don Ameche, Correct. DQ: 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:** [September 17, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/173 "2020-09-17T19:57:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Andrew Jackson, not Aaron Burr, and dunno. Yes, Yes, Andrew Yang DQ: Living? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/174 "2020-09-17T20:38:25Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a noted Swedenborgian philanthropist? 2. Did you play the Skipper on _Gilligan’s Island_? 3. Are you the current Secretary of Health and Human Services? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/175 "2020-09-17T21:52:14Z")
Mongo just pawn in game of life. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a noted Swedenborgian philanthropist? > 2. Did you play the Skipper on _Gilligan’s Island_? > 3. Are you the current Secretary of Health and Human Services? Not Alfred Nobel, Alan Hale or… dammit, I should know this! The black surgeon. I’m blanking. A. 1. real 2. male 3. living ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/176 "2020-09-17T23:06:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you a noted Swedenborgian philanthropist? > > > 2. Did you play the Skipper on _Gilligan’s Island_ ? > > > 3. Are you the current Secretary of Health and Human Services? > > Not Alfred Nobel, Alan Hale or… dammit, I should know this! The black surgeon. I’m blanking. #1 was Andrew Carnegie. Nobel was a Lutheran, if I remember correctly. #2 is Alan Hale, Jr. Close enough. #3 is Alex Azar, but he’s not a black surgeon. That’s Ben Carson. DQs: 1. Last name starts with A? 2. Born after 1960? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/177 "2020-09-17T23:31:01Z")
IQs 1. Are you an actor who has a legendary still in the Smithsonian? 2. Do you play an acting coach’s agent in a Netflix show? 3. Is your real name Stuart Goddard? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/178 "2020-09-18T01:37:10Z")
Not John Agar, not Antonio Banderas and not Adam West. Wildass guesses all! A. 1. real 2. male 3. living 4. first name starts with A 5. born after 1960 ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/179 "2020-09-18T02:00:35Z")
Not John Agar, not Antonio Banderas and not Adam West. Wildass guesses all! Alan Alda Alan Arkin Adam Ant DQs 1. Known for positive contributions? 2. Known for the arts? 3. In the news in the past two years? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/180 "2020-09-18T02:06:37Z")
A. 1. real 2. male 3. living 4. first name starts with A 5. born after 1960 6. known for positive contributions 7. not known for the arts 8. has not, to my knowledge, been in the news in the past two years But his Wiki bio says he is certainly not a recluse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574.md?page=10)