# Botticelli - September 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516 "2017-09-04T22:27:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 9, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/61 "2017-09-09T21:48:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were Curunir and Olorin also of your order? > Do many people prefer Jeremy Brett to you in your iconic role? > Were you Samwell’s hard-nosed father? Not Radagast. Not Basil Rathbone. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you tell Lucy she had some ‘splainin’ to do? > 2. Did your best friend have a beautiful genie in a bottle? > 3. Were you one of the stars of _Emergency_? Not Ricky Ricardo. Not Roger Healy. DQ. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a psychiatrist played by Bob Newhart? > IQ2: Are you a stranded professor who can make short wave radios out of coconuts? > IQ3: Are you the senior ranking POW officer at Stalag 13? DQ. Not Roy Hinkley. Not Col Robert Hogan. **R** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with R 4. American 5. Created after 1950 6. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 7. Considered a good guy 8. Did not first appear in a movie 9. Not associated with NYC 10. Not created after 1990 11. First name starts with R 12. From a TV series 13. From a sitcom 14. Unusual first name 15. White 16. Not the male lead of the sitcom ---
**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, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/62 "2017-09-09T22:18:30Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you tell Lucy she had some ‘splainin’ to do? > 2. Did your best friend have a beautiful genie in a bottle? > 3. Were you one of the stars of Emergency? > Not Ricky Ricardo. > Not Roger Healy. > DQ. Correct, Correct, Randolph Mantooth. DQ: Created after 1970? ---
**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, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/63 "2017-09-09T22:25:19Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the supply clerk on _M_A_S_H\*? 2. Are you one of the Teen Titans, whose father was the demon Trigon? 3. Were you a Time Lady who served for awhile as a companion of the Fourth Doctor? ---
**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 9, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/64 "2017-09-09T23:47:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the supply clerk on _M_A_S_H\*? > 2. Are you one of the Teen Titans, whose father was the demon Trigon? > 3. Were you a Time Lady who served for awhile as a companion of the Fourth Doctor? Only _R_s I can think of are Radar (company clerk) and Rizzo (motor pool?), so DQ. DQ. DQ. **R** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with R 4. American 5. Created after 1950 6. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 7. Considered a good guy 8. Did not first appear in a movie 9. Not associated with NYC 10. Not created after 1990 11. First name starts with R 12. From a TV series 13. From a sitcom 14. Unusual first name 15. White 16. Not the male lead of the sitcom 17. Not created after 1970 ---
**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, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/65 "2017-09-09T23:47:30Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a psychiatrist played by Bob Newhart? > IQ2: Are you a stranded professor who can make short wave radios out of coconuts? > IQ3: Are you the senior ranking POW officer at Stalag 13? > > DQ. > Not Roy Hinkley. > Not Col Robert Hogan. Robert Hartley Holding 2 DQs. ---
**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 10, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/66 "2017-09-10T02:09:35Z")
IQs: Were Curunir and Olorin also of your order? - Yes, Radagast, one of the _Istari_ or wizards of Middle-earth Do many people prefer Jeremy Brett to you in your iconic role? - Yes, Basil Rathbone, well-known for playing Sherlock Holmes Were you Samwell’s hard-nosed father? - Randall Tarly, in _Game of Thrones_, who told his son he’d better join the Night’s Watch or he’d die in a “hunting accident” DQ: Usually the straight man? IQs: Were you the Partridge Family’s manager? Was a Tom Conti movie named after you, a dog? Did you play Insp. Adam Dalglish for many years? ---
**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 10, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/67 "2017-09-10T02:47:44Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the supply clerk on M_A_S\*H? > 2. Are you one of the Teen Titans, whose father was the demon Trigon? > 3. Were you a Time Lady who served for awhile as a companion of the Fourth Doctor? > Only Rs I can think of are Radar (company clerk) and Rizzo (motor pool?), so DQ. > DQ. > DQ. #1 was Radar. I misremembered his job title. #2 is Raven. #3 is Lady Romana. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 10, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/68 "2017-09-10T02:57:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the Partridge Family’s manager? > Was a Tom Conti movie named after you, a dog? > Did you play Insp. Adam Dalglish for many years? No idea on the other two, but yes, I am **R** euben Kincaid, manager for Shirley Partridge and her family. And I had such a nice ‘S’ picked out for the next game… ---
**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 10, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/69 "2017-09-10T03:04:59Z")
Good job, EH! I never watched that one… ---
**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 10, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/70 "2017-09-10T12:44:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Good job, EH! I never watched that one… Don’t think I ever did, either, even if just to lust over Susan Dey… ---
**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 11, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/71 "2017-09-11T02:47:44Z")
Thanks. I vaguely remember the show from my childhood (although Susan Dey definitely was a draw), and in thinking through the DQ answers so far the name of the manager just popped into my head for some reason. Previous IQs: Was a Tom Conti movie named after you, a dog? - _Reuben, Reuben_ Did you play Insp. Adam Dalglish for many years? - British actor Roy Marsden So of course our next letter is S ---
**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 11, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/72 "2017-09-11T12:18:15Z")
IQ1: Did you play Chris and Keith’s sister? IQ2: Did you play Chris and Keith’s mother? IQ3: Did you play Chris and Keith’s other sister? ---
**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 11, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/73 "2017-09-11T13:07:51Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the editor of a very popular study Bible? 2. Did you have a very recent hit with _Stay With Me_? 3. Are you a mean ol’ puddy tat? ---
**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 11, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/74 "2017-09-11T13:25:27Z")
IQ1: Did you play the seventh incarnation of Doctor Who? IQ2: Did you play the eleventh incarnation of Doctor Who? IQ3: Are you the wife of several Doctor Who incarnations, played by Alex Kingston? ---
**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 11, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/75 "2017-09-11T18:58:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Chris and Keith’s sister? > IQ2: Did you play Chris and Keith’s mother? > IQ3: Did you play Chris and Keith’s other sister? Not Susan Dey (le sigh), not Shirley Jones, and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the editor of a very popular study Bible? > 2. Did you have a very recent hit with _Stay With Me_? > 3. Are you a mean ol’ puddy tat? Dunno, not Sam Smith, and not Thyl, I mean, Sylvester. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the seventh incarnation of Doctor Who? > IQ2: Did you play the eleventh incarnation of Doctor Who? > IQ3: Are you the wife of several Doctor Who incarnations, played by Alex Kingston? Dunno x2; not River Song. ---
**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 11, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/76 "2017-09-11T21:32:34Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the editor of a very popular study Bible? > 2. Did you have a very recent hit with Stay With Me? > 3. Are you a mean ol’ puddy tat? > Dunno, not Sam Smith, and not Thyl, I mean, Sylvester. #1 is Cyrus Scofield (of the Scofield Reference Bible) Correct x2. DQ: Real? ---
**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 11, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/77 "2017-09-11T22:35:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Chris and Keith’s sister? > IQ2: Did you play Chris and Keith’s mother? > IQ3: Did you play Chris and Keith’s other sister? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Susan Dey (le sigh), not Shirley Jones, and dunno. Correct. Correct. Suzanne Crough. Hoping, of course, that you wouldn’t remember that Chris and Keith were the youngest and oldest Partridge boys… DQ: Male? ---
**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 11, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/78 "2017-09-11T22:50:35Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the seventh incarnation of Doctor Who? > IQ2: Did you play the eleventh incarnation of Doctor Who? > IQ3: Are you the wife of several Doctor Who incarnations, played by Alex Kingston? > > Dunno x2; not River Song. Sylvester McCoy, Matt Smith Last name start with S? Holding a DQ ---
**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 11, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/79 "2017-09-11T22:51:26Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle_? 2. Did you have a hit with _Moonglow and the theme from Picnic_? 3. Were you aka Wesley Dodds? ---
**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 11, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/80 "2017-09-11T22:56:45Z")
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