# Botticelli - Sept. 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 6, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843 "2024-09-06T03:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 16, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/81 "2024-09-16T22:35:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play Francis on _Car 54, Where Are You_? > > 2. Are you a British historian known for your extensive biography of Winston Churchill? > > 3. Are you Ariadne’s cursed brother on _KAOS_? > > Not Fred Gwynne, dunno (not Manchester or Jenkins; those aren’t Gs) and not Goliath. 1. Correct on Fred Gwynne. 2 was Martin Gilbert. 3 is Glaucus. DQ: Created after 1990? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/82 "2024-09-16T22:54:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ask another DQ, please, **knoodler** , as the name starting with his initial has already been established. Whoops, I missed that. DQ: 1. Have you appeared more than once in media? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/83 "2024-09-16T22:58:56Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a villain succeeded by your son? 2. Did you influence an impressionable young Bruce Wayne? 3. Do you hang out with a boy named Davey? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/84 "2024-09-17T00:56:28Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the ultimate con artist in _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_? 2. Did Johnny Depp play you in a title role? 3. Were you played in _Stand By Me_ by Wil Wheaton and Richard Dreyfuss? ---
**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, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/85 "2024-09-17T02:02:45Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the last of the original Mercury astronauts to fly in space? > 2. Were you a fictional DJ in Cincinnati? > 3. Are you a Canadian singer well-known for singing about a shipwreck? Not that great warrior, astronaut, statesman and Ohioan, John Glenn; not Dr. Gjohnny Gfever and not Gordon Lightfoot. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a villain succeeded by your son? > 2. Did you influence an impressionable young Bruce Wayne? > 3. Do you hang out with a boy named Davey? Not George Osborne, not Rhas-a Ghul (sp?) and not the four-legged Goliath. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the ultimate con artist in _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_? > 2. Did Johnny Depp play you in a title role? > 3. Were you played in _Stand By Me_ by Wil Wheaton and Richard Dreyfuss? Not Glenn Headey (sp?)(great movie!), not Gilbert Grape and not George. G. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with G 4. human 5. created after 1950 6. not from a work of prose fiction 7. created by American(s) 8. from TV or movies 9. created before 1990 10. has appeared more than once in media ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/86 "2024-09-17T02:22:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Zakalwe](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the last of the original Mercury astronauts to fly in space? > > 2. Were you a fictional DJ in Cincinnati? > > 3. Are you a Canadian singer well-known for singing about a shipwreck? > > Not that great warrior, astronaut, statesman and Ohioan, John Glenn; not Dr. Gjohnny Gfever and not Gordon Lightfoot. Heh. I was thinking of Gordo Cooper as the last to fly a Mercury mission, but your answer is also technically correct, so I guess no DQ. Gordon Sims was the real name of Venus Flytrap on the show, and correct. Gordon x 3. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/87 "2024-09-17T03:32:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a villain succeeded by your son? > > 2. Did you influence an impressionable young Bruce Wayne? > > 3. Do you hang out with a boy named Davey? > > Not George Osborne, not Rhas-a Ghul (sp?) and not the four-legged Goliath. 1. Green Goblin; his name is **Norman** Osbourne, but close enough. 2. Gray Ghost 3. Correct 1 DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/88 "2024-09-17T04:05:00Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a former gas station attendant who enlisted in the Marines? 2. Were you his brother? 3. Did Harvey Korman provide your voice in an animated series? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/89 "2024-09-17T06:41:16Z")
DQs: 1. From a genre? 2. American? 3. Caucasian? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/90 "2024-09-17T14:53:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play the ultimate con artist in _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_? > > 2. Did Johnny Depp play you in a title role? > > 3. Were you played in _Stand By Me_ by Wil Wheaton and Richard Dreyfuss? > > Not Glenn Headey (sp?)(great movie!), not Gilbert Grape and not George. I was watching a _Monk_ episode yesterday while giving platelets, and Glenne Headly played the chief’s wife. Wonderful actress. DQ: Created before 1970? IQs: 1. Is there a bust of you in the crypt at the General Grant National Memorial? 2. Are you an alien whose flying saucer crashed on earth, found by Fred and Barney? 3. Are you an alien whose flying saucer crashed on earth, found by the Tanner family? ---
**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, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/91 "2024-09-17T15:00:02Z")
DQ: Protagonist? IQs: 1. Are you a king mentioned both in Genesis and Revelation? 2. Are you arguably the best remembered person whose middle name was Abram? 3. Was your catchphrase “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird”? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/92 "2024-09-17T15:14:30Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a disgraced government worker who once proved your loyalty and toughness by holding your hand in a candle flame? 2. Are you a three-headed dragon? 3. Were you an NFL linebacker, known for your unusual name, for building strength and flexibility by practicing ballet, and for your hobby of needlepoint? ---
**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, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/93 "2024-09-17T21:11:46Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a former gas station attendant who enlisted in the Marines? > 2. Were you his brother? > 3. Did Harvey Korman provide your voice in an animated series? Not Gomer Pyle, not Goober Pyle and dunno. > [@SunUp](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Is there a bust of you in the crypt at the General Grant National Memorial? > 2. Are you an alien whose flying saucer crashed on earth, found by Fred and Barney? > 3. Are you an alien whose flying saucer crashed on earth, found by the Tanner family? Not George H. Thomas (or U.S. Grant), not the Great Gazoo and dunno. What did I get wrong in my most recent answers before these, **SunUp**? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Are you a king mentioned both in Genesis and Revelation? > 2. Are you arguably the best remembered person whose middle name was Abram? > 3. Was your catchphrase “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird”? Not Gilgamesh, not James Garfield and dunno. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a disgraced government worker who once proved your loyalty and toughness by holding your hand in a candle flame? > 2. Are you a three-headed dragon? > 3. Were you an NFL linebacker, known for your unusual name, for building strength and flexibility by practicing ballet, and for your hobby of needlepoint? Not G. Gordon Liddy, dunno and not Rosie Grier. G. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with G 4. human 5. created after 1950 6. not from a work of prose fiction 7. created by American(s) 8. from TV or movies 9. created before 1990 10. has appeared more than once in media 11. from a genre 12. American 13. not Caucasian 14. created after 1970 15. not the, or a, protagonist We’re on track to have at least 20 DQs, so no more IQs, please. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/94 "2024-09-17T21:38:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Is there a bust of you in the crypt at the General Grant National Memorial? > > 2. Are you an alien whose flying saucer crashed on earth, found by Fred and Barney? > > 3. Are you an alien whose flying saucer crashed on earth, found by the Tanner family? > > Not George H. Thomas (or U.S. Grant), not the Great Gazoo and dunno. > > What did I get wrong in my most recent answers before these, **SunUp**? Ack! Sorry, Glenne Headly and Gilbert Grape were correct, of course; the answer to the third question of the previous round was Gordon LeChance. For this round, correct on George H. Thomas (there’s no bust of Grant in the crypt) and the Great Gazoo. #3 was A.L.F., whose name was Gordon Shumway. 1 DQ 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 17, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/95 "2024-09-17T22:05:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > Qs: > > > > 1. Are you a king mentioned both in Genesis and Revelation? > > 2. Are you arguably the best remembered person whose middle name was Abram? > > 3. Was your catchphrase “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird”? > > Not Gilgamesh, not James Garfield and dunno. #1 was Gog (of Gog and Magog). #2 is correct. #3 was “Lonesome” George Gobel. DQ: From movies? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/96 "2024-09-17T23:55:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a former gas station attendant who enlisted in the Marines? > > 2. Were you his brother? > > 3. Did Harvey Korman provide your voice in an animated series? > > Not Gomer Pyle, not Goober Pyle and dunno. Correct, correct, and Gazoo (aka the Great Gazoo) of _Flintstones_ fame. 2 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/97 "2024-09-18T00:06:17Z")
DQ: 1. Did you live in the Queens borough of NYC before “movin’ on up” to the Upper East Side of Manhattan? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/98 "2024-09-18T03:04:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a disgraced government worker who once proved your loyalty and toughness by holding your hand in a candle flame? > > 2. Are you a three-headed dragon? > > 3. Were you an NFL linebacker, known for your unusual name, for building strength and flexibility by practicing ballet, and for your hobby of needlepoint? > > Not G. Gordon Liddy, dunno and not Rosie Grier. Correct on Liddy and Grier. 2 was King Ghidorah, one of Godzilla’s enemies. DQ: Surname begins with A - M? ---
**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, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/99 "2024-09-18T18:17:28Z")
The Great Gazoo had already been asked about and answered, **knoodler**. G. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with G 4. human 5. created after 1950 6. not from a work of prose fiction 7. created by American(s) 8. from TV or movies 9. created before 1990 10. has appeared more than once in media 11. from a genre 12. American 13. not Caucasian 14. created after 1970 15. not the, or a, protagonist 16. from movies 17. did not live in the Queens borough of NYC before “movin’ on up” to the Upper East Side of Manhattan 18. surname does not begin with A-M ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/100 "2024-09-18T18:43:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The Great Gazoo had already been asked about and answered, **knoodler**. To be fair, **knoodler** asked their question before mine, I didn’t realize who it was and thus that I was asking a question with the same answer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843.md?page=6)