# Botticelli September 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171 "2011-09-04T16:52:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/201 "2011-09-12T16:35:04Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did your husband work for the Gotham Bus Company? No, I am not Alice Kramden. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/202 "2011-09-12T16:36:08Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did a shy mathematician like telling you whimsical stories? No, I am not Alice Liddell. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/203 "2011-09-12T16:37:34Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Were you the original neat freak Felix Unger in the Broadway debut of Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple”? No, I am not Robert Alda? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/204 "2011-09-12T16:39:10Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > DQ: Born after 1800? Yes. 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Not born in the 20th century 4. Entertaining is among my talents 5. Not born in Europe 6. First name starts with “A” 7. Born after 1800 ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/205 "2011-09-12T16:40:11Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Do critics of your philosophy sometimes summarize it as “screw you, I got mine”? No, I am not Ayn Rand. ---
**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 12, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/206 "2011-09-12T17:56:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Were you called “Estel” when you were a kid? > [@AppallingGael](#): > > No, I am not Stella Adler? Or take a DQ. No, it was Aragorn of LOTR, whose mom dubbed him “Estel” (Sindarin, “hope”) as a kid to conceal his identity in Rivendell. DQ: Actress? IQ: Did a Hawaiian-born beauty play your daughter on a Seventies TV show? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/207 "2011-09-12T18:47:05Z")
The original Felix Unger on Broadway (which came to mind at the same time as Alice Kramden) was… Art Carney, better known as Ed Norton on “The Honeymooners” DQ: Were you born in North America? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/208 "2011-09-12T18:49:39Z")
Did you try wearing a gorilla costume and a Zorro costume before settling on the clothing you normally wear onstage? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/209 "2011-09-12T18:50:41Z")
Were you a former CIA director and key member of the Warren Commission? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/210 "2011-09-12T18:51:41Z")
Were you the “hero” of the movie that earned Jeremy Irons his Oscar as Best Actor? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/211 "2011-09-12T19:56:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, it was Aragorn of LOTR, whose mom dubbed him “Estel” (Sindarin, “hope”) as a kid to conceal his identity in Rivendell. > > DQ: Actress? No. 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Not born in the 20th century 4. Entertaining is among my talents 5. Not born in Europe 6. First name starts with “A” 7. Born after 1800 8. Not an actress ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/212 "2011-09-12T19:58:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did a Hawaiian-born beauty play your daughter on a Seventies TV show? No, I am not…Andy Kaufman? If that is wrong, take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/213 "2011-09-12T19:59:37Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > The original Felix Unger on Broadway (which came to mind at the same time as Alice Kramden) was… Art Carney, better known as Ed Norton on “The Honeymooners” > DQ: Were you born in North America? Yes. 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Not born in the 20th century 4. Entertaining is among my talents 5. Not born in Europe 6. First name starts with “A” 7. Born after 1800 8. Not an actress 9. Born in North America ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/214 "2011-09-12T20:01:31Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Were you the “hero” of the movie that earned Jeremy Irons his Oscar as Best Actor? No, I am not Alan Dershowitz. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/215 "2011-09-12T20:03:12Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Were you a former CIA director and key member of the Warren Commission? No, I am not Allen Dulles. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/216 "2011-09-12T20:04:50Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did you try wearing a gorilla costume and a Zorro costume before settling on the clothing you normally wear onstage? No, I am not…Weird Al Yankovic? Take the appropriate number of DQ’s. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/217 "2011-09-12T20:05:55Z")
Never mind. ---
**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 12, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/218 "2011-09-12T20:34:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Did a Hawaiian-born beauty play your daughter on a Seventies TV show? Maren Jensen (on whom I had a bigtime geekcrush as a kid) played Cmdr. Adama’s daughter Athena in the original _Battlestar Galactica_: [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YtNbHwzhstk/TVgJWy\_IFyI/AAAAAAAABZQ/SWB27ib6hos/s320/athena+maren.jpg](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YtNbHwzhstk/TVgJWy_IFyI/AAAAAAAABZQ/SWB27ib6hos/s320/athena+maren.jpg) DQ: Born after 1850? IQ: Did you perform two acts after James Taylor in a movie of the last 20 years? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/219 "2011-09-12T20:56:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Maren Jensen (on whom I had a bigtime geekcrush as a kid) played Cmdr. Adama’s daughter Athena in the original _Battlestar Galactica_: [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YtNbHwzhstk/TVgJWy\_IFyI/AAAAAAAABZQ/SWB27ib6hos/s320/athena+maren.jpg](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YtNbHwzhstk/TVgJWy_IFyI/AAAAAAAABZQ/SWB27ib6hos/s320/athena+maren.jpg) > > DQ: Born after 1850? I had a hunch BatGal was the show, simply because space shows tend to be ahead of the curve as far as multi-ethnic casting goes. So, almost right for the wrong reason. Yes, I was born after 1850. 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Not born in the 20th century 4. Entertaining is among my talents 5. Not born in Europe 6. First name starts with “A” 7. Born after 1800 8. Not an actress 9. Born in North America 10. Born after 1850 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/220 "2011-09-12T20:57:43Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > No, I am not…Weird Al Yankovic? > > Take the appropriate number of DQ’s. Angus Young of AC/DC always wears a schoolboy outfit on stage, but he tried nyumerous other costumes before he settled on that one. DQ: Were you involved in politics? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171.md?page=12)