# \[GAME\] Botticelli Oct 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 1, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044 "2014-10-01T01:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/221 "2014-10-05T23:15:35Z")
3 total DQs reserved. Those were: Robert Goddard Isabella Rossellini ---
**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:** [October 6, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/222 "2014-10-06T00:07:14Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts ---
**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:** [October 6, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/223 "2014-10-06T00:09:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was God your co-pilot? > IQ2: Did you lead the second expedition to reach the South Pole? > IQ3: Were you awarded the Medal of Honor for your actions aboard USS _California_ on 7 Dec 41? 1. Never read the book or saw the movie. Take a DQ. 2. If that’s Roald Amundsen, I’m not him. Otherwise take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/224 "2014-10-06T00:17:57Z")
DQ1: Died after 1950? DQ2: Screen actor, primarily? DQ3: Born West of the Mississippi? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/225 "2014-10-06T00:41:42Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the TV screen rather than the movies, though he did do a few films 8. Born West of the Mississippi ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/226 "2014-10-06T00:48:24Z")
IQ: Did you play a priest in a beloved mini-series? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/227 "2014-10-06T01:00:37Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you play a priest in a beloved mini-series? Unless this is Richard Chamberlain in _The Thorn Birds_ (who I am not), take a DQ. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/228 "2014-10-06T01:07:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was God your co-pilot? > IQ2: Did you lead the second expedition to reach the South Pole? > IQ3: Were you awarded the Medal of Honor for your actions aboard USS _California_ on 7 Dec 41? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Never read the book or saw the movie. Take a DQ. > 2. If that’s Roald Amundsen, I’m not him. Otherwise take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. Robert Scott. Robert Scott. (Amundsen led the _first_ expedition.) Robert Scott. DQ1: Died after 2000? DQ2: First name starts with R? I’ll yield the third DQ, as I don’t think MM1/c Scott is all that famous - I just threw him in so I could have three Robert Scotts. 🙂 IQ1: Did you play a Secret Service agent and a Marine fighter pilot? IQ2: Did you play an alcoholic paratrooper? IQ3: Did you play a scientist shipwrecked with six other people on a tropical island? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/229 "2014-10-06T01:10:42Z")
Yet again, well done, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Did Sisko punch you, when Picard never did? - Q, the near-omnipotent alien Did you get killed helping James Bond in the Caribbean? - Yes, Quarrel Did you tell Jon Snow to kill you? - Qhorin Halfhand, **Game of Thrones** R it is. IQs: Did you command His Imperial Majesty’s Battlecruiser _MacArthur_? Did you live near Rhosgobel? Did you play a top MI5 officer and Iago, among other roles? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/230 "2014-10-06T01:17:38Z")
Yes, Richard Chamberlain in “The Thornbirds”. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/231 "2014-10-06T01:23:16Z")
(Sca’s yielded DQ) Emmy winner? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/232 "2014-10-06T01:38:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a Secret Service agent and a Marine fighter pilot? > IQ2: Did you play an alcoholic paratrooper? > IQ3: Did you play a scientist shipwrecked with six other people on a tropical island? I am not Russell Johnson. Take 2 more 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:** [October 6, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/233 "2014-10-06T01:39:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you command His Imperial Majesty’s Battlecruiser _MacArthur_? > Did you live near Rhosgobel? > Did you play a top MI5 officer and Iago, among other roles? Take 3 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:** [October 6, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/234 "2014-10-06T01:40:58Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the TV screen rather than the movies, though he did do a few films 8. Born West of the Mississippi 9. Died before 2000 10. Last name starts with R etv78, when SCAdian yielded his DQ, he meant it wasn’t to be asked, as it wasn’t in his opinion a good enough IQ. He didn’t intend to leave it for someone else to ask. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/235 "2014-10-06T01:46:03Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Do you appear on FOX NFL Sunday, do a comedy bit, and make picks? > IQ2: Are you a tight end for the NE Patriots nicknamed Gronk? > IQ3: Are you the meathead who directed This is Spinal Tap? > > I am not Rob Reiner. Take 2 DQs for the others. Rob Riggle, Rob Gronkowski. Rob x3! DQ: Known for comedy? holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/236 "2014-10-06T01:47:13Z")
Thought so. My apologies. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/237 "2014-10-06T01:48:40Z")
IQ: Are you Leia’s mother? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/238 "2014-10-06T01:58:11Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the TV screen rather than the movies, though he did do a few films 8. Born West of the Mississippi 9. Died before 2000 10. Last name starts with R 11. Not known for comedy as such. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/239 "2014-10-06T01:59:25Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you Leia’s mother? I am not Padme Amidala Skywalker (which doesn’t start with an R anyway). ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/240 "2014-10-06T02:00:22Z")
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