# Botticelli - September 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916 "2015-09-04T17:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/521 "2015-09-23T20:39:00Z")
IQ1) Did you score your only big hit single with a recording of a song from the musical _ **Hair** _? IQ2) Did your sister have a burly brawler of a mariner for a boyfriend? IQ3) Did you lead the AL in batting in 1964, 1965 and 1971? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/522 "2015-09-23T20:39:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you half of Michelle? > IQ2: Were you the other half? > IQ3: Are you really Dallas Burrows? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …and take 3 more DQs. (Are the first two the First Lady’s daughters?) Mary-Kate Olsen. Ashley Olsen. (Michelle Tanner on _Full House_.) Orson Bean. DQ1: Known for the performance arts? DQ2: Died after 1900? DQ3: Native speaker of a Germanic language? 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 23, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/523 "2015-09-23T20:51:39Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you score your only big hit single with a recording of a song from the musical _ **Hair** _? > IQ2) Did your sister have a burly brawler of a mariner for a boyfriend? > IQ3) Did you lead the AL in batting in 1964, 1965 and 1971? 1. I am not Oliver. 2. I am not Castor Oyl. 3. I am not Orlando Cepeda. Take a DQ if that’s wrong. ---
**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 23, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/524 "2015-09-23T20:52:43Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with O 5. Known for the Arts 6. Female 7. European 8. Not known for music 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Died after 1900 11. Not a native speaker of a Germanic language ETA: Oh, no! I missed an Orson Bean question! Elendil’s Heir will boot be out of the fan club for sure! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/525 "2015-09-23T23:17:33Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did Manwë nominate you to go to Middle Earth and become Gandalf? > IQ2: Are you a Fangornian who tried to swallow Pippin and Merry? > IQ3: Are you a Valar who rode the great steed Nahar when battling Morgoth? > > 1. I am not Olorin (?). > Take 2 DQs. 3 DQs if I’m wrong on #1. correct, Old Man Willow, Oromë DQ: Known from movies? DQ: From the UK? holding 2 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 23, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/526 "2015-09-23T23:59:40Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with O 5. Known for the Arts 6. Female 7. European 8. Not known for music 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Died after 1900 11. Not a native speaker of a Germanic language 12. Known from movies KO, given that English is a Germanic language, do you still want to ask if she’s from the UK? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/527 "2015-09-24T00:24:26Z")
DQ: Native speaker of a Romance language? One 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 24, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/528 "2015-09-24T00:41:56Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with O 5. Known for the Arts 6. Female 7. European 8. Not known for music 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Died after 1900 11. Not a native speaker of a Germanic language 12. Known from movies 13. Not a native speaker of a Romance language ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/529 "2015-09-24T02:04:07Z")
OK, change “From the UK?” to “From a Slavic country?” ---
**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 24, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/530 "2015-09-24T02:19:45Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with O 5. Known for the Arts 6. Female 7. European 8. Not known for music 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Died after 1900 11. Not a native speaker of a Germanic language 12. Known from movies 13. Not a native speaker of a Romance language 14. From a Slavic country ---
**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 24, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/531 "2015-09-24T02:32:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …ETA: Oh, no! I missed an Orson Bean question! Elendil’s Heir will boot be out of the fan club for sure! I didn’t know it myself. All is forgiven. Previous IQs: Were you married to Keiko and dad to Molly? - Miles O’Brien, on ST:TNG and DS9. Did I smooch your wife in October 2010? - Barack Obama: [In which I meet the President and smooch the First Lady - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=582317) Did you wait outside for your wife to finish, er, entertaining her lover? - Yes, Laurence Olivier. Vivien Leigh cheated on him quite a few times, I’ve read, and he was very gracious about it. DQs: Born in or east of Moscow? Died after 1975? IQs: Did you say you had “done some service to the state, and they know it”? Were you a peacemaking Alsatian priest? Were you the lead plaintiff in a big recent SCOTUS case? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/532 "2015-09-24T12:21:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Oliver. > 2. I am not Castor Oyl. > 3. I am not Orlando Cepeda. Take a DQ if that’s wrong. Oliver (“Good Morning Starshine”) and Castor Oyl are correct. Tony Oliva was the batting champ. DQ) An actress? ---
**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 24, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/533 "2015-09-24T12:35:54Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with O 5. Known for the Arts 6. Female 7. European 8. Not known for music 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Died after 1900 11. Not a native speaker of a Germanic language 12. Known from movies 13. Not a native speaker of a Romance language 14. From a Slavic country 15. Born in Russia, due south of Moscow 16. Died before 1975 17. Actress ---
**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 24, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/534 "2015-09-24T12:37:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you say you had “done some service to the state, and they know it”? > Were you a peacemaking Alsatian priest? > Were you the lead plaintiff in a big recent SCOTUS case? #2. I am not J. F. Oberlin. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/535 "2015-09-24T19:24:48Z")
IQ1) Was a statue of Lord Nelson blown up by the IRA on a street named after you? IQ2) Are you a butt ugly musician married to a Czech supermodel? IQ3) Did Del Shannon commit suicide days after agreeing to replace you in a musical supergroup? ---
**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 24, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/536 "2015-09-24T19:29:01Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Was a statue of Lord Nelson blown up by the IRA on a street named after you? > > IQ2) Are you a butt ugly musician married to a Czech supermodel? > > IQ3) Did Del Shannon commit suicide days after agreeing to replace you in a musical supergroup? 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/537 "2015-09-24T19:51:16Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Was a statue of Lord Nelson blown up by the IRA on a street named after you? > > IQ2) Are you a butt ugly musician married to a Czech supermodel? > > IQ3) Did Del Shannon commit suicide days after agreeing to replace you in a musical supergroup? The statue was blown up on O’Connell Street in Dublin, named for Irish statesman Daniel O’Connell Ric Ocasek of the Cars married Paulina Porizkova Tom Petty invited his idol, Del Shannon, to join the Travelling Wilburies after the death of Roy Orbison. Shannon took the job, but killed himself shortly afterward. DQ1) Known for work in American movies? DQ2) Closely associated with a particular movie genre? DQ3) Ever win a major acting award (Oscar, Tony or Emmy)?? ---
**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 24, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/538 "2015-09-24T20:43:30Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with O 5. Known for the Arts 6. Female 7. European 8. Not known for music 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Died after 1900 11. Not a native speaker of a Germanic language 12. Known from movies 13. Not a native speaker of a Romance language 14. From a Slavic country 15. Born in Russia, due south of Moscow 16. Died before 1975 17. Actress 18. Known for work in American movies 19. Closely associated with a particular movie genre, but also worked in others 20. Nominated for two Academy Awards, but didn’t win And now we are at 20, so it’s time for “Are you Firstname Lastname?” Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/539 "2015-09-24T20:55:20Z")
Are you Maria Ouspenskaya, the Gypsy woman from _The Wolfman_? ---
**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 24, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/540 "2015-09-24T21:04:11Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Are you Maria Ouspenskaya, the Gypsy woman from _The Wolfman_? Yep. Good job, KO! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=28)