# \[GAME\] 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:** 22
**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, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/421 "2014-10-10T14:52:52Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Non game comment: I know the band is named after him, but what a dickish move. > > IQ: Were you a former Fed chief with a bailout rule named after you? From what I recall, Michael Anthony didn’t even know VH was touring without him. VERY dickish. IQ: dunno ---
**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, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/422 "2014-10-10T14:53:54Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with V 4. Alive ---
**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, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/423 "2014-10-10T14:57:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not his wife, whose name I can’t remember, not Voltaire?, not Eddie Van Halen Eddie Van Halen is right- he fired Michael Anthony for continuing to play and socialize with Sammy Hagar. The Roman emperor Vespasian remarked before dying that he felt himself becoming a god. And Verna Bloom played Mrs. Wormer, who slept with Otter in\*\*\* Animal House.\*\*\* DQ) American? DQ) Known for the arts? ---
**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, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/424 "2014-10-10T15:00:13Z")
IQ1) According to Joan Baez’s biggest hit, did you work on the Danville train? IQ2) Were you the first English child born in America? IQ3) Did you play Robert Morse’s pompous, cluless boss in _ **How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying?** _ ---
**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, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/425 "2014-10-10T15:44:38Z")
I understand being mad he was friends with DLR, but Hagar?! DQ: Born after 1950? IQ: Are you an actor known for playing Jim Morrison? BTW, the Fed guy was Volcker. ---
**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, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/426 "2014-10-10T16:18:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Correct on all three. (It’s “von Richthofen,” by the way. :)) > IQ1: Did your grandfather invent baking powder? > IQ2: Did you star in a show about a high-tech helicopter? > IQ3: Did you paint _The Starry Night_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno x2, not Vincent Van Gough Vincent Price. Jan-Michael Vincent. Correct on van Gogh. Two DQs reserved, since astorian asked the two I was going to ask… 🙂 IQ1: Did you paint _Girl with a Pearl Earring_? IQ2: Did you play Bonnie Franklin’s daughter in a TV show? IQ3: Did you write a novel set partially during the June Rebellion? ---
**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, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/427 "2014-10-10T16:55:42Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Really Bad Day_? 2. Were you “a sentimental crook, with sandpaper fingers who can steal your pocketbook”? 3. Were you a 1940’s Timely superhero who was an alien law enforcement officer who happened to be on Earth? ---
**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, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/428 "2014-10-10T17:09:41Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with V 4. Alive 5. American 6. Known for the arts 7. Born after 1950 ---
**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, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/429 "2014-10-10T17:11:26Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) According to Joan Baez’s biggest hit, did you work on the Danville train? > > IQ2) Were you the first English child born in America? > > IQ3) Did you play Robert Morse’s pompous, cluless boss in _ **How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying?** _ dunno, not Virginia Dare, dunno ---
**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, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/430 "2014-10-10T17:13:33Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you an actor known for playing Jim Morrison? Not Val Kilmer ---
**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, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/431 "2014-10-10T17:15:08Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you paint _Girl with a Pearl Earring_? > IQ2: Did you play Bonnie Franklin’s daughter in a TV show? > IQ3: Did you write a novel set partially during the June Rebellion? Not Rembrandt Van Rijn?, not Valerie Bertenelli (mother of VH’s current bassist), dunno ---
**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, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/432 "2014-10-10T17:17:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Really Bad Day_? > 2. Were you “a sentimental crook, with sandpaper fingers who can steal your pocketbook”? > 3. Were you a 1940’s Timely superhero who was an alien law enforcement officer who happened to be on Earth? don’t remember the name, dunno x2 ---
**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, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/433 "2014-10-10T17:28:01Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Really Bad Day? > 2. Were you “a sentimental crook, with sandpaper fingers who can steal your pocketbook”? > 3. Were you a 1940’s Timely superhero who was an alien law enforcement officer who happened to be on Earth? > > don’t remember the name, dunno x2 #1 was Judith Viorst. #2 was Jimmy Valentine (from an OLD Broadway Musical based on a short story by O. Henry). #3 was the Vision (who was retconned into a red-skinned android in the 1960s). 6 DQs reserved. ---
**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, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/434 "2014-10-10T19:18:33Z")
According to “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” the biggest hit for Joan Baez, narrator Virgil Caine served on the Danville train. And Rudy Vallee played the pompous boss (from Old Ivy College) in\*\*\* How to Succeed.\*\*\* DQ) Known as a singer, composer or msuician? DQ2) Ever won one of the “Big 4” Show Biz awards (Emmy, Oscar, Tony or Grammy?) ---
**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 10, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/435 "2014-10-10T19:19:33Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Dracula’s nemesis? - Yes, Van Helsing Could you tie a cherry stem into a knot with your tongue? - Yes, Audrey from _Twin Peaks_ - her last name was Van Horne Did you have something of a hobby killing people at a spooky lake camp? - Yes, Jason Vorhees DQ: Known for the visual arts, incl. acting? IQs: Did you play the designer of RMS _Titanic_? Did you work with Clarence and Roger? Did Chekhov name a play after you? ---
**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, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/436 "2014-10-10T19:22:44Z")
IQ1) Do you play keyboards in a band with friends named Jones, Mantle, Andrews and Cooper? IQ2) Did you receive your only Oscar nomination for playing a real life woman named Honey? IQ3) Are you and your best friend also known as Flo and Eddie? ---
**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, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/437 "2014-10-10T20:22:49Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with V 4. Alive 5. American 6. Known for the arts 7. Born after 1950 8. Not known as a singer, composer, or musician 9. Has not won any of the Big 4 showbiz awards 10. Known for the visual arts, including acting ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/438 "2014-10-10T20:24:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you play the designer of RMS _Titanic_? > Did you work with Clarence and Roger? > Did Chekhov name a play after you? take 3 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:** [October 10, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/439 "2014-10-10T20:25:44Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Do you play keyboards in a band with friends named Jones, Mantle, Andrews and Cooper? > > IQ2) Did you receive your only Oscar nomination for playing a real life woman named Honey? > > IQ3) Are you and your best friend also known as Flo and Eddie? take 3 DQs ---
**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, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/440 "2014-10-10T20:34:32Z")
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