# Botticelli - Sept. 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097 "2021-09-04T14:42:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/221 "2021-09-28T17:15:25Z")
DQs: **R** 1. Fictional ---
**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 28, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/222 "2021-09-28T18:53:36Z")
Previous IQs: Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel? - Yes, Radagast the Brown, in Tolkien’s writings Are you the best-known person from Dixon, Ill.? - Yes, Ronald Reagan Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga, but had your bacon saved by Thomas? - U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans; Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas made a stalwart stand on Snodgrass Hill with what remained of the Union left, earning himself the nickname “the Rock of Chickamauga” DQ: Male? IQs: Were you Earl Hickey’s kinda-slow younger brother? Did you play Det. Chief Insp. Adam Dalglish for many years? Did Ken Burns include a song by you in his documentary on the Statue of Liberty? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/223 "2021-09-28T19:09:30Z")
DQs: **R** 1. Fictional 2. Female ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/224 "2021-09-28T19:09:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Earl Hickey’s kinda-slow younger brother? > Did you play Det. Chief Insp. Adam Dalglish for many years? > Did Ken Burns include a song by you in his documentary on the Statue of Liberty? DQ Not Roy Marsden 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:** [September 28, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/225 "2021-09-28T20:36:00Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you create the best known thesaurus? > > > > > 1. Did Paul Giamatti play you in a Spider-Man movie? > > > 2. Did Clancy Brown play you in _Buckaroo Banzai_ ? > > Not Roget > DQ - must be one of the Andrew Garfield ones, which I didn’t see > DQ Correct. The Rhino. Rawhide. DQs: 1. Created by an American author or authors? 2. From film or TV? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/226 "2021-09-28T21:23:54Z")
DQs: **R** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Not created by an American author or authors 4. Not originally from film or TV, although has been adapted to such ---
**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 28, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/227 "2021-09-28T22:23:26Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Mr. De Winter’s first wife? 2. Did you play a comedy writer on _The Dick Van Dyke Show_? 3. Did you write _Silent Spring_? ---
**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:** [September 28, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/228 "2021-09-28T22:42:50Z")
IQs: 1. Were you first played by the late Willard Scott? 2. Can we stand under your umbrella, ella, ella? 3. Aside from your work in philosophy, is a kind of mathematical co-ordinates named after you? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/229 "2021-09-28T23:18:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you Mr. De Winter’s first wife? > 2. Did you play a comedy writer on _The Dick Van Dyke Show_ ? > 3. Did you write _Silent Spring_ ? Not Carl Reiner Not Rachel Carson But yes… I am the late **Rebecca De Winter** , the non-present title character of Daphne Du Maurier’s _Rebecca_ Congratulations!! ---
**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 28, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/230 "2021-09-28T23:41:13Z")
Thanks! I’m surprised it was that quick. I am… [![](https://d14209uukh82fi.cloudfront.net/images/users/12967/original/BER-X.JPG?1434391984) ](https://d14209uukh82fi.cloudfront.net/images/users/12967/original/BER-X.JPG?1434391984) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/231 "2021-09-29T02:16:06Z")
Cpngrats! 1. Did Famke Janssen play you in a Bond movie? 2. Was your final marriage to Charo? 3. Were you married to Socrates? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/232 "2021-09-29T03:03:06Z")
IQs: 1. Speaking of Famke Janssen, are you a character of a movie series (plus its source material) she was in? 2. Were you depicted on the recent version of _Spitting Image_ making a TikTok video about a dance that encouraged giving personal information? 3. Do you hang out with Gabrielle? ---
**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 29, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/233 "2021-09-29T03:47:42Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Earl Hickey’s kinda-slow younger brother? - Randy, on _My Name is Earl_ Did you play Det. Chief Insp. Adam Dalglish for many years? - Yes, Roy Marsden Did Ken Burns include a song by you in his documentary on the Statue of Liberty? - A classic: [Ray Charles - America The Beautiful (Official Audio) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FXN1Z6Q004) On to X! IQs: Were you a noted Greek cavalryman? Did you head a school north of NYC for unusual children? Did you win at Thermopylae but were defeated at Salamis? ---
**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 29, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/234 "2021-09-29T13:20:36Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Cpngrats! > > 1. Did Famke Janssen play you in a Bond movie? > 2. Was your final marriage to Charo? > 3. Were you married to Socrates? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Xavier Cugat. #3. I am not Xanthippe. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Speaking of Famke Janssen, are you a character of a movie series (plus its source material) she was in? > 2. Were you depicted on the recent version of _Spitting Image_ making a TikTok video about a dance that encouraged giving personal information? > 3. Do you hang out with Gabrielle? 1. I am not Prof. Charles Xavier. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Xena. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a noted Greek cavalryman? > Did you head a school north of NYC for unusual children? > Did you win at Thermopylae but were defeated at Salamis? 1. I am not Xenophon. 2. I am not Prof. Charles Xavier. 3. I am not Xerxes the Great. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/235 "2021-09-29T13:26:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Prof. Charles Xavier. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Xena. 1 and 3 are correct; 2 was Xi Jinping. DQ: real? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/236 "2021-09-29T13:34:56Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Cpngrats! > > 1. Did Famke Janssen play you in a Bond movie? > 2. Was your final marriage to Charo? > 3. Were you married to Socrates? Xenia Onatopp, correct, correct DQ: Female? ---
**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 29, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/237 "2021-09-29T14:13:48Z")
Swept me! IQs: Did you command Hill Street Station? Were you a noted Massachusetts politician who got a Federal courthouse named after him? Were you commandant of the US Marine Corps in the 1980s? ---
**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 29, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/238 "2021-09-29T15:22:06Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 29, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/239 "2021-09-29T15:22:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you command Hill Street Station? > Were you a noted Massachusetts politician who got a Federal courthouse named after him? > Were you commandant of the US Marine Corps in the 1980s? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 29, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/240 "2021-09-29T16:16:08Z")
Previous IQs: Did you command Hill Street Station? - Captain Francis Xavier Furillo, on _Hill Street Blues_ Were you a noted Massachusetts politician who got a Federal courthouse named after him? - Francis Xavier Morrissey Were you commandant of the US Marine Corps in the 1980s? - Gen. Paul Xavier “P.X.” Kelley Xavier x3! DQs: American? Living? First name start with X? IQs: Were you a major character on _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_? Were you intended to succeed Cmdr. Spock? Are you a major figure in Scientology lore? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097.md?page=13)