# Botticelli September 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 2, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480 "2012-09-02T21:37:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/1 "2012-09-02T21:37:01Z")
Your letter is D ---
**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 6, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/2 "2012-09-06T14:39:03Z")
IQs: Were you an artist from East Liverpool, Ohio noted for his Civil War paintings and his strong support of Lincoln? Did you say of Winston Churchill, “He would skin his mother to make a drum to beat his own praises”? Did you share a last name with the detective in _Dark City_? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/3 "2012-09-06T16:56:52Z")
IQ1: Were you the first African-American mayor of New York City? IQ2: Were you the bass player for the Partridge Family? IQ3: Did you play the museum curator in the first three Indiana Jones movies? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/4 "2012-09-06T20:19:25Z")
Elenidl: 1.DQ 2.I’m not De Gaulle 3. DQ Spoons 1.Not David Dinkins 2.Not David Cassidy 3.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 7, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/5 "2012-09-07T00:42:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you an artist from East Liverpool, Ohio noted for his Civil War paintings and his strong support of Lincoln? > Did you say of Winston Churchill, “He would skin his mother to make a drum to beat his own praises”? > Did you share a last name with the detective in _Dark City_? David Gilmour Blythe: [david gilmour blythe - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?num=10&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1662&bih=815&q=david+gilmour+blythe&oq=david+gilmour+blythe&gs_l=img.3..0i24l2.868.3686.0.3973.20.12.0.8.8.0.113.666.11j1.12.0...0.0...1ac.1.1nMrBZsu8NE) David Lloyd George, not De Gaulle Dagwood Bumstead DQs: Real? Male? IQs: Did you play the Night Stalker? Were you an Italian war orphan featured in the comics? Did your creator also start a food company with a name based on you? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/6 "2012-09-07T03:41:39Z")
I’m areal female, but you’ve earned 3 more DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/7 "2012-09-07T19:22:46Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Spoons > 1.Not David Dinkins > 2.Not David Cassidy > 3.DQ Correct on Dinkins. IQ2 was referring to Danny (either Partridge or Bonaduce), who played the bass. David Cassidy played lead guitar. IQ3 was looking for Denholm Elliott. DQ: Alive today? DQ: American? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/8 "2012-09-07T22:06:15Z")
She’s a living Yank. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/9 "2012-09-07T22:12:30Z")
DQ: Are you the oldest American swimmer to make an Olympic team? DQ: Did you play bass for the Pixies? DQ: Is you home cooking frequently featured on cable TV? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/10 "2012-09-07T23:58:55Z")
**Enginerd** :I’m not Dara Torres or Paula Deen. DQ for Q2. ---
**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 8, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/11 "2012-09-08T03:26:25Z")
So, is this a correct summary of the DQ answers so far? D. 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. American > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play the Night Stalker? > Were you an Italian war orphan featured in the comics? > Did your creator also start a food company with a name based on you? Darren McGavin played the title character, a nosy reporter, in the TV show _Kolchak: The Night Stalker_. Dondi, in the comic strip of the same name. Dilbert’s cartoonist tried to sell Dilburritos. DQs: Last name start with D? Best known for involvement in the creative arts (usual definition)? Born since 1950? IQs: Were you the youngest of four literary comrades? Did you play the brother of a well-known TV character? Were you instantly hated for replacing a longtime TV reporter and host? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/12 "2012-09-08T14:31:20Z")
My last name starts with D, I’m not in the arts, thought I’m under age 62. DQ DQ I’m not Dan Rather ---
**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 8, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/13 "2012-09-08T14:44:20Z")
So, is this a correct summary of the DQ answers so far? D. 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. American 5. Last name starts with D 6. Not best known for involvement in the creative arts 7. Born since 1950 > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the youngest of four literary comrades? > Did you play the brother of a well-known TV character? > Were you instantly hated for replacing a longtime TV reporter and host? D’Artagnan the Musketeer. David Hyde Pierce played Dr. Niles Crane. I’ll rephrase the last: A woman, were you instantly hated for replacing a longtime TV reporter and host? DQs: Political? Best known for a single incident? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/14 "2012-09-08T15:01:00Z")
I’m not in politics. Not known for single incident. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/15 "2012-09-08T16:40:25Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **Enginerd** :I’m not Dara Torres or Paula Deen. DQ for Q2. That was Kim Deal. DQ: Are/were you an athlete? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/16 "2012-09-08T17:21:39Z")
I’m a retired athlete ---
**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 8, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/17 "2012-09-08T19:19:57Z")
Customarily it’s your job, **etv78** , to keep a running tally of DQ answers. DQs: Did you win an Olympic medal? Did you play a sport that uses a ball? Repeated IQ: A woman, were you instantly hated for replacing a longtime TV reporter and host? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/18 "2012-09-08T19:32:05Z")
To review what you’ve learned: 1.Real 2.Female 3.Living 4.Last name begins with “D” 5.Born after 1950 6.Npt in the Arts 7. Not in Politics 8.Not known for single incident She did win a Olympic medal in a sport that does not use a ball I’m not Deborah Norville (went “DUH” once I figured that out) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/19 "2012-09-08T19:56:14Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > To review what you’ve learned: > > 1.Real > 2.Female > 3.Living > 4.Last name begins with “D” > 5.Born after 1950 > 6.Not in the Arts > 7. Not in Politics > 8.Not known for single incident > 9.American > > She did win a Olympic medal in a sport that does not use a ball > > I’m not Deborah Norville (went “DUH” once I figured that out) Had to add her nationality. ---
**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 9, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480/20 "2012-09-09T02:49:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Repeated IQ: > > A woman, were you instantly hated for replacing a longtime TV reporter and host? Yes, Deborah Norville, who replaced the older Jane Pauley. IQs: Have you played a police officer, a Catholic military cadet, and a pilot trainee? Are you allegedly kept on ice under an amusement park? Were you a police detective in many works by P.D. James? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2012/633480.md?page=2)