# 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:** 8
**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 20, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/141 "2021-09-20T13:27:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Tom Lehrer sing a song about your many marriages/? > 2. Did you write _Fables in Slang_ ? > 3. Were you called “the bulwark of the Achaeans”? ^^^^^ ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/142 "2021-09-20T13:47:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did Tom Lehrer sing a song about your many marriages/? > > 2. Did you write _Fables in Slang_ ? > > 3. Were you called “the bulwark of the Achaeans”? > > ^^^^ How did I miss this? I’m sorry. And take 3 DQs. ---
**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 20, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/143 "2021-09-20T15:50:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Tom Lehrer sing a song about your many marriages/? > 2. Did you write _Fables in Slang_ ? > 3. Were you called “the bulwark of the Achaeans”? #1 was Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel. #2 was George Ade. #3 was Ajax. DQs: 1. Unusual first name? 2. Is the other half of the duo female? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 20, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/144 "2021-09-20T16:23:24Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did you sing _Dick in a Box_ with Justin Timberlake? > > > IQ2: Is a half-lemonade half-iced tea concoction named for you? > > > IQ3: Are you a famous-for-being-famous billboard queen who recently finished in the Top 20 replacement governors in California’s governor’s recall election? > > Take a DQ, I am not Arnold Palmer, take a DQ. Andy Samberg Correct Angelyne DQ: Greatest fame before 1985? DQ: Known for being an instrumentalist? Still holding previously held DQ ---
**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 20, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/145 "2021-09-20T19:33:39Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a Carpetbagger governor of Mississippi? - Adelbert Ames Did Sherlock Holmes run circles around you, a Scotland Yard detective, in _The Sign of Four_? - Athelney Jones Do you voice the mayor of Quahog? - Adam West, on _Family Guy_ Three DQs reserved. IQs: Were you part of a famous musical duo once known as Tom and Jerry? Were you Oddjob’s boss? Was your first album about Edgar Allan Poe? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/146 "2021-09-20T23:10:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you part of a famous musical duo once known as Tom and Jerry? > Were you Oddjob’s boss? > Was your first album about Edgar Allan Poe? Take a DQ, not Auric Goldfinger, take a DQ. I am A 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with A. 4. Alive 5. American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Born before 1975 8. Not known for acting 9. Caucasian 10. Known for music 11. Not known as a singer 12. Grammy winner 13. Probably best known as half of a duo. Probably. 14. Born before 1960. 15. Common first name. 16. Other half of duo is male 17. Greatest fame after 1985 18. Not known for being an instrumentalist No more IQs, please. Please ask all DQs by noon Mountain time Wednesday. ---
**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 20, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/147 "2021-09-20T23:30:57Z")
Last DQ: Composer? ---
**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 20, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/148 "2021-09-20T23:58:53Z")
Previous IQs: Were you part of a famous musical duo once known as Tom and Jerry? - Art Garfunkel Were you Oddjob’s boss? - Yes, Auric Goldfinger Was your first album about Edgar Allan Poe? - Alan Parsons DQs: Best known for rock/pop? Well-known for music videos? Famous spouse? Two DQs reserved. ---
**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 21, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/149 "2021-09-21T00:19:42Z")
DQ: Known for working for Disney? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/150 "2021-09-21T03:18:47Z")
I am A 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with A. 4. Alive 5. American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Born before 1975 8. Not known for acting 9. Caucasian 10. Known for music 11. Not known as a singer 12. Grammy winner 13. Probably best known as half of a duo. Probably. 14. Born before 1960. 15. Common first name. 16. Other half of duo is male 17. Greatest fame after 1985 18. Not known for being an instrumentalist 19. Composer 20. Not best known for rock/pop. By which I mean some songs may fall into that category but weren’t written to be on the rock/pop charts. If you understand that. 21. Not well-known for music videos 22. Spouse is famous in some circles; I had not heard of them before 23. Known for working with Disney ---
**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 21, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/151 "2021-09-21T04:03:21Z")
Are you Alan Menkin, who frequently paired with Howard Ashman as composer for such animated Disney musicals as _The Little Mermaid_, _Beauty and the Beast_ and _Aladdin_, as well the Broadway hit _Little Shop of Horrors_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/152 "2021-09-21T04:12:15Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Are you Alan Menkin, who frequently paired with Howard Ashman as composer for such animated Disney muscals as _The Little Mermaid_, _Beauty and the Beast_ and _Aladdin_, as well the Broadway hit _Little Shop of Horrors_? Yes!! I am **Alan Menken** , who also wrote the music for _Galavant_!! Congratulations, ChockFullofHeadyGoodness! ---
**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 21, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/153 "2021-09-21T07:04:04Z")
Next up… **O** Why can’t I upload an image using the “upload” button? I see the image on preview, but when I hit reply, I get the error “Sorry, you can’t embed media items in a post.” ---
**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 21, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/154 "2021-09-21T11:05:52Z")
Well done, Chock! ---
**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 21, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/155 "2021-09-21T13:42:22Z")
Way to go, **CFOHG**! O, for a round about O! IQs: Were you a third-tier celebrity who has become a Doper meme? Were you arguably the most famous descendant of Lincoln’s SECNAV? Were you Mork’s boss? ---
**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 21, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/156 "2021-09-21T14:34:02Z")
When I upload an image, I find an image I like, make sure it’s a jpg, 'cause many others don’t load, then right-click on “Copy Image Link”, which gives me: [https://propworkshop.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/16072.jpg](https://propworkshop.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/16072.jpg) ---
**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 21, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/157 "2021-09-21T14:36:25Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the 44th President’s youngest daughter? 2. Did you play Sofia in _The Color Purple_? 3. Did you write _Waiting for Lefty_? ---
**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 21, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/158 "2021-09-21T17:20:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a third-tier celebrity who has become a Doper meme? > Were you arguably the most famous descendant of Lincoln’s SECNAV? > Were you Mork’s boss? Not OpalCat Take a DQ Not Orson > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you the 44th President’s youngest daughter? > 2. Did you play Sofia in _The Color Purple_ ? > 3. Did you write _Waiting for Lefty_ ? Not Sasha Obama (at least I think Sasha is the younger one - 50/50 chance) Not Oprah Winfrey Take a DQ ---
**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 21, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/159 "2021-09-21T17:37:29Z")
Hmm, .jpg. I think the ones that failed were all .png files. I’ll try a .jpg next time Although for ‘O’ I could have just linked to goatse ---
**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 21, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/160 "2021-09-21T19:45:09Z")
Don’t you _dare!_ Previous IQs: Were you a third-tier celebrity who has become a Doper meme? - I’ll rephrase Were you arguably the most famous descendant of Lincoln’s SECNAV? - Orson Welles, a relative of Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles Were you Mork’s boss? - Yes, Orson DQ: Real? IQs: Were you a third-tier celebrity, with movie and TV credits, who has become a Doper meme? Were you AKA Tharkun and Mithrandir? Were you a Civil War general who later had a HBCU named after you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097.md?page=9)