# \[GAME\] 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:** 20
**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 9, 2014, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/381 "2014-10-09T12:17:26Z")
IQ1: Did you wear a black wig and play a gangster’s girlfriend in one of your movies? IQ2: Did Thor once sleep in your glove, thinking it was a cave? IQ3: Were you named Rookie of the Year after your first appearance in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue? ---
**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 9, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/382 "2014-10-09T12:52:20Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > …The Umbrella Man. (Just as Kennedy passed him, he raised an umbrella over his head and waved it about. Great fuel for the conspiracy theories.)… Since identified, probably: [Umbrella man (JFK assassination) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_Man_(JFK_assassination)) Previous IQs: Do some think your first name is Nyota? - Yes, Lt. Uhura Did you destroy an entire alien race in an instant of rage? - A near-omnipotent alien who passed as the human Kevin Uxbridge killed all the Husnock after they killed his wife, in an episode of _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ Were you Tolkien’s publisher? - Stanley Unwin DQs: Best known for the arts? Married to a famous person? IQs: Were you a senior State Department official in the Kennedy Administration? Was your son Telemachus? Were you a noted Swedish actress of the 1970s? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/383 "2014-10-09T14:52:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _Kill Bill_? > 2. Did you decide what year was 1 A.D.? > 3. Are you the Spirit of America? Not Uma Thurman I assume #2 was one of the Popes named Urban. I’ll say Urban I. If that’s wrong, take a DQ No idea who the Spirit of America is- take a DQ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/384 "2014-10-09T14:53:47Z")
SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Dead 4. An American citizen, but not born in USA 5. Last name starts with U 6. Born before 1964 7. Died after 1980 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/385 "2014-10-09T14:55:26Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you wear a black wig and play a gangster’s girlfriend in one of your movies? > IQ2: Did Thor once sleep in your glove, thinking it was a cave? > IQ3: Were you named Rookie of the Year after your first appearance in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue? Take 3 DQs- I’m totally stumped. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/386 "2014-10-09T14:56:42Z")
SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Dead 4. An American citizen, but not born in USA 5. Last name starts with U 6. Born before 1964 7. Died after 1980 8. Known for the arts, broadly defined. 9. Never married to anyone particularly famous ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/387 "2014-10-09T14:57:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a senior State Department official in the Kennedy Administration? > Was your son Telemachus? > Were you a noted Swedish actress of the 1970s? Take a DQ for #1 Not Ulysses/Odysseus Not Liv Ullman (who’s actually Norwegian, but amde her best known movies in Sweden with Ingmar Bergman) ---
**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 9, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/388 "2014-10-09T15:04:04Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a senior State Department official in the Kennedy Administration? - U. Alexis Johnson Was your son Telemachus? - Yes, Ulysses Were you a noted Swedish actress of the 1970s? - Yes, Liv Ullmann DQ: Actress? IQs: Did you once work for David Niven? Did the man who told your story include only a partial year in doing so? Did a fan accidentally kick you on stage? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/389 "2014-10-09T15:49:08Z")
SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Dead 4. An American citizen, but not born in USA 5. Last name starts with U 6. Born before 1964 7. Died after 1980 8. Known for the arts, broadly defined. 9. Never married to anyone particularly famous 10. Actress ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/390 "2014-10-09T15:50:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you once work for David Niven? > Did the man who told your story include only a partial year in doing so? > Did a fan accidentally kick you on stage? Not Peter Ustinov or Usher Take a DQ for #2 ---
**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 9, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/391 "2014-10-09T17:37:20Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you wear a black wig and play a gangster’s girlfriend in one of your movies? > IQ2: Did Thor once sleep in your glove, thinking it was a cave? > IQ3: Were you named Rookie of the Year after your first appearance in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue? > > Take 3 DQs- I’m totally stumped. Uma Therman (Pulp Fiction), Utgard-Loki ([great story](http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/mythology/myths/text/thor_utgard.htm)), Kate Upton IQ1: Did you play Mrs. Livingston, the housekeeper in the TV series _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_? IQ2: Did you play the role of Alison Porter in both the stage and film version of _Look Back in Anger_? IQ3: Are you the 2005 _American Idol_ 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 9, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/392 "2014-10-09T17:50:04Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in Kill Bill? > 2. Did you decide what year was 1 A.D.? > 3. Are you the Spirit of America? > > Not Uma Thurman > I assume #2 was one of the Popes named Urban. I’ll say Urban I. If that’s wrong, take a DQ > No idea who the Spirit of America is- take a DQ #1 is correct. #2 is Bishop James Ussher from the 17th Century. #3 is Uncle Sam. 3 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:** [October 9, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/393 "2014-10-09T17:54:33Z")
IQs: Did you once work for David Niven? - Yes, Peter Ustinov Did the man who told your story include only a partial year in doing so? - Roderick Usher, from the Poe story Did a fan accidentally kick you on stage? - Yes, the other Usher, the rock star DQ: Won an Oscar? IQs: Was your appearance in a bikini a big deal at the time? Were you not a fan of the Chicago meatpacking trade? Did the Germans give you your own train to cause mischief? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/394 "2014-10-09T18:17:16Z")
Miyoshi Umeki > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Mrs. Livingston, the housekeeper in the TV series _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_? YESSSS!!! I am Japanese-born actress Miyoshi Umeki, Oscar-winning co- star of "Sayonara, " Tony-nominated star of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s "Flower Drum Song, " and nanny on the sitcom “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.” ---
**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 9, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/395 "2014-10-09T18:22:29Z")
Good job, KO! I don’t remember hearing of her, though I know the movie and the show. Good pick, astorian. ---
**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 10, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/396 "2014-10-10T00:37:55Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > I am Japanese-born actress Miyoshi Umeki, Oscar-winning co- star of "Sayonara, " Tony-nominated star of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s "Flower Drum Song, " and nanny on the sitcom “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.” Never heard of her, though I have heard of _Flower Drum Song_ (I believe my high school did that the year I was in 8th grade) and the TV show. Next…? ---
**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 10, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/397 "2014-10-10T00:44:13Z")
OK, getting into uncommon first letter territory. I am the Great and Powerful V! ---
**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 10, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/398 "2014-10-10T00:56:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Candide_? 2. Were you President of the United States? 3. Were you Batman’s girlfriend in the first Michael Keaton movie? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/399 "2014-10-10T01:15:43Z")
IQ1) Did you defeat Miyoshi Umeki and win the 1959 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, for your work in _ **Redhead** _? IQ2) Did Francis Bacon paint a horrifying spoof of your portrait of Pope Innocent? IQ3) Did you say “Tell Mike, it was just business- I always liked him”? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/400 "2014-10-10T01:35:19Z")
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