# 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:** 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 9, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/141 "2015-09-09T16:33:28Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Last name starts with Y 4. Known for the Arts 5. Born after 1900 6. American 7. Known for the performing arts ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/142 "2015-09-09T16:35:03Z")
IQ1) Did you design the wedding dress of Princess Farah, bride of the Shah of Iran? IQ2) Did Pittsburgh Steelers tackle John Baker leave you a bloody mess, in an iconic NFL photo? IQ3) Did you sing “The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze” before your wedding? ---
**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 9, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/143 "2015-09-09T16:41:27Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you design the wedding dress of Princess Farah, bride of the Shah of Iran? > IQ2) Did Pittsburgh Steelers tackle John Baker leave you a bloody mess, in an iconic NFL photo? > IQ3) Did you sing “The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze” before your wedding? I am not Yves St. Laurent. Take a DQ for #2. I am not Yum-Yum (and that is my favorite Gilbert & Sullivan song). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/144 "2015-09-09T16:58:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Yves St. Laurent. Take a DQ for #2. I am not Yum-Yum (and that is my favorite Gilbert & Sullivan song). Y.A. (ne Yelverton Abraham Tittle) Tittle, great quarterback of the NY Giants, was left bloodied on the field by John Baker DQ) A singer or musician? ---
**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 9, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/145 "2015-09-09T16:59:00Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Last name starts with Y 4. Known for the Arts 5. Born after 1900 6. American 7. Known for the performing arts 8. Not a singer or musician ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/146 "2015-09-09T17:04:31Z")
IQ1) Before starring in a popular sitcom, did you play the defendant in the movie\*\*\* Inherit the Wind?\*\*\* IQ2) Have you been killed both by James Bond and by a drooling alien? IQ3) Did you appear as yourself, doing an act at the Copacabana, in _ **Goodfellas?** _ ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/147 "2015-09-09T17:05:04Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Is the original Skid Row (according to Seattle, at least) named after you? > IQ2: Did you star in _Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon_? > IQ3: Did you also star in _Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon_? 1 was Yesler. Arthur, or Henry, I forget which. 2 and 3 are Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh. DQ: Were you male? DQ: Were you known as an actor/actress? Holding 2 DQs. ---
**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 9, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/148 "2015-09-09T17:06:35Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you a left fielder/first baseman for the Boston Red Sox from 1961-1983? > IQ2: Are you one of the writers of Puff, the Magic Dragon? > IQ3: Are you one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships? > > I am not Peter Yarrow. Take 2 DQs for the others. Carl Yazstremski, Cale Yarborough 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 9, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/149 "2015-09-09T17:06:40Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Last name starts with Y 4. Known for the Arts 5. Born after 1900 6. American 7. Known for the performing arts 8. Not a singer or musician 9. Male 10. Known as an actor ---
**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 9, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/150 "2015-09-09T17:07:59Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Carl Yazstremski, Cale Yarborough > > DQ: Male? > DQ: Actor? Guess again, KO, but we already had Yasztremski, so that one doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/151 "2015-09-09T17:12:24Z")
IQ1) Did you win an Oscar for a movie about dance marathons? ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/152 "2015-09-09T17:19:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Guess again, KO, but we already had Yasztremski, so that one doesn’t count. Well, KO asked the question well before I did. I had no idea that Yaz was the answer to that question (although I might have figured it out if I paid attention…). ---
**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 9, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/153 "2015-09-09T17:21:32Z")
IQ1: Are you the first Darrin in _Bewitched_? IQ2: Are you the violin-playing king of one-liners? IQ3: Were you married to IQ1’s stage wife, and died in 1978 in a murder-suicide with your last wife? ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/154 "2015-09-09T17:22:56Z")
IQ1: Are you a singer with a band that released “Hail to the Thief”? IQ2: Did you have an ice arena named after you where you coached? IQ3: Do you have an award for the top player at your position named after you? (ninja’d on Darrin from Bewitched) ---
**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 9, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/155 "2015-09-09T18:39:52Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you win an Oscar for a movie about dance marathons? I am not Gig Young. ---
**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 9, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/156 "2015-09-09T18:40:52Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the first Darrin in _Bewitched_? > IQ2: Are you the violin-playing king of one-liners? > IQ3: Were you married to IQ1’s stage wife, and died in 1978 in a murder-suicide with your last wife? I am not Dick York. I am not Henny Youngman. I am not Gig Young. Given glowacks’s statement, you still have 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 9, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/157 "2015-09-09T18:42:04Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > IQ1: Are you a singer with a band that released “Hail to the Thief”? > IQ2: Did you have an ice arena named after you where you coached? > IQ3: Do you have an award for the top player at your position named after you? > > (ninja’d on Darrin from Bewitched) I am not Cy Young. Take 2 DQs. (3 if I’m wrong about Cy.) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/158 "2015-09-09T18:51:32Z")
IQ1) Was your best friend a talking horse? ---
**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 9, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/159 "2015-09-09T18:54:00Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Was your best friend a talking horse? Take a DQ. I didn’t watch _Mr. Ed_, and don’t recall who played Wilbur, or his last name. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/160 "2015-09-09T18:59:08Z")
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