# \[ GAME \] Botticelli - Nov. 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 31, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138 "2014-10-31T16:34:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**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:** [November 27, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/421 "2014-11-27T19:00:25Z")
Correct on the first two, the third was the famous actor Orenthal James Simpson. (in the Naked Gun movies.) In retrospect, I’m not sure if he’s well enough known by his middle name to count, though. Thoughts? ---
**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:** [November 27, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/422 "2014-11-27T19:30:42Z")
He counts. You don’t hear his name with the J in O. J. Simpson. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/423 "2014-11-27T19:52:35Z")
I agree. Previous IQs: Did a peer call you a “dunsel”? - Capt. James T. Kirk Did the book _God’s Secretaries_ discuss you at some length? - It’s a very good short history of the writing of the King James Bible. Did you try to find out what happened to Strangways? - James Bond, in _Dr. No_. DQs: Best known for movie work? Best known for serious roles? Has won a major acting prize? IQs: Did you found the Simpsons’ hometown? Was a musical based on your show a surprise hit? Did you recently perform at the JFK Library and Museum? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/424 "2014-11-27T20:05:21Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Would I call you by your title and surname if I’m nasty? > IQ2: Do you repeatedly ask if someone is a threat or a menace? > IQ3: Are you the Martian Manhunter? As you said, Janet Jackson “Spiderman - Threat or Menace” was a recurring headline in the Daily Bugle, run by **J. Jonah Jameson.** As you said, J’onn J’onnz. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/425 "2014-11-27T20:34:29Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. From the US 5. Died after 1900 6. First name starts with J 7. Known for the Arts 8. Known for the Performing Arts 9. Not a musician 10. Known as an actor 11. Best known for movie work 12. Known for serious and light roles: his best remembered work is a lighter piece 13. Did not win a major acting prize ---
**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:** [November 27, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/426 "2014-11-27T20:35:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you found the Simpsons’ hometown? > Was a musical based on your show a surprise hit? > Did you recently perform at the JFK Library and Museum? Take 2 DQs. I am not Jebediah Springfield. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/427 "2014-11-28T01:06:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you form an impromptu quartet with Carl Perkins, Elvis, and The Man in Black? > IQ2: Were you The Man in Black? > IQ3: Did you sing about a boy whose daddy used him for alligator bait? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > I am not Johnny Cash. > I am not Jerry Lee Lewis. Actually, #1 was Jerry Lee Lewis. 🙂 Correct. Jerry Reed (“Amos Moses”). DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/428 "2014-11-28T03:16:30Z")
Previous Qs: Did you found the Simpsons’ hometown? - Yes, Jebediah Springfield Was a musical based on your show a surprise hit? - Jerry Springer Did you recently perform at the JFK Library and Museum? - James Taylor DQs: Died since 1975? Considered a handsome guy? IQs: Did you write _Being There_? Are you Barbra Streisand’s longtime sweetie? Are you his son? ---
**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:** [November 28, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/429 "2014-11-28T03:41:41Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. From the US 5. Died after 1900 6. First name starts with J 7. Known for the Arts 8. Known for the Performing Arts 9. Not a musician 10. Known as an actor 11. Best known for movie work 12. Known for serious and light roles: his best remembered work is a lighter piece 13. Did not win a major acting prize 14. Died after 1975 15. Considered a handsome guy ---
**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:** [November 28, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/430 "2014-11-28T03:42:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write _Being There_? > Are you Barbra Streisand’s longtime sweetie? > Are you his son? Take a DQ for #1. I am neither James nor Josh Brolin. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/431 "2014-11-29T03:02:43Z")
IQ1: Did you get a gig in a bar where they played “ **Both** kinds of music - Country \*\*and \*\*Western!” IQ2: Are you the actor who played the character in IQ1? IQ3: Did you play the role of an old cowboy who dies of natural causes during a cattle drive he was leading? ---
**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:** [November 29, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/432 "2014-11-29T03:08:14Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you get a gig in a bar where they played “ **Both** kinds of music - Country \*\*and \*\*Western!” > IQ2: Are you the actor who played the character in IQ1? > IQ3: Did you play the role of an old cowboy who dies of natural causes during a cattle drive he was leading? 1. I am not Jake Blues. 2. I am not Jim Belushi. 3. I am not Jack Palance. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/433 "2014-11-29T03:12:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Jake Blues. > 2. I am not Jim Belushi. > 3. I am not Jack Palance. 2 is incorrect, Jim’s late brother John was the one who played Jake Blues. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/434 "2014-11-29T03:18:31Z")
DQ (the one earned from the OJ question earlier): was his best remembered work initially released after Jan 1, 1990? ---
**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:** [November 29, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/435 "2014-11-29T04:08:42Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. From the US 5. Died after 1900 6. First name starts with J 7. Known for the Arts 8. Known for the Performing Arts 9. Not a musician 10. Known as an actor 11. Best known for movie work 12. Known for serious and light roles: his best remembered work is a lighter piece 13. Did not win a major acting prize 14. Died after 1975 15. Considered a handsome guy 16. Best remembered work released way before 1990. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2014, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/436 "2014-11-29T04:09:43Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > 2 is incorrect, Jim’s late brother John was the one who played Jake Blues. Right you are, so take a DQ for my error. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/437 "2014-11-29T05:14:44Z")
Previous IQs: Did you write _Being There_? - Polish author Jerzy Koscinski (sp?) Are you Barbra Streisand’s longtime sweetie? - Yes, James Brolin Are you his son? - Yes, Josh Brolin DQ: Best-remembered work released before 1960? IQs: Did you like to sail on the _Victura_? Were you to meet with Hitler in 1964 in _Fatherland_? Was your conversation with your tailor tape-recorded for posterity? ---
**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:** [November 29, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/438 "2014-11-29T13:25:04Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Male 4. From the US 5. Died after 1900 6. First name starts with J 7. Known for the Arts 8. Known for the Performing Arts 9. Not a musician 10. Known as an actor 11. Best known for movie work 12. Known for serious and light roles: his best remembered work is a lighter piece 13. Did not win a major acting prize 14. Died after 1975 15. Considered a handsome guy 16. Best remembered work released way before 1990. 17. Best remembered work released before 1960. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/439 "2014-11-29T13:26:08Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir;17936025 IQs: Did you like to sail on the _Victura_? Were you to meet with Hitler in 1964 in _Fatherland_? Was your conversation with your tailor tape-recorded for posterity?[/QUOTE] Take 3 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:** [November 29, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/440 "2014-11-29T15:35:14Z")
Previous IQs: Did you like to sail on the _Victura_? - JFK: [http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/0VB9As8Dd0Cgfh8OnhAOrg.aspx](http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/0VB9As8Dd0Cgfh8OnhAOrg.aspx) Were you to meet with Hitler in 1964 in _Fatherland_? - President Joe Kennedy Sr.; it’s an alternate history, obviously Was your conversation with your tailor tape-recorded for posterity? - LBJ: [Lyndon Johnson orders pants from Joe Haggar | The President Calling](http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/prestapes/lbj_haggar.html) We’re down to our last three DQs here. What would be useful to know at this point, sportsfans? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138.md?page=23)