# \[GAME\] 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:** 42
**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 27, 2014, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/821 "2014-10-27T11:16:59Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Are you… Joel McRea? I am not. To quote Wikipedia, I “appeared in the first five Marx Brothers movies, as a straight man and romantic lead, before leaving the team.” I am Herbert “Zeppo” **M** arx. ---
**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 27, 2014, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/822 "2014-10-27T11:36:34Z")
D’oh! It popped into my head this morning that it might be Burgess Meredith… but I’d already used my guess. Good one, **SCAdian**. ---
**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 27, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/823 "2014-10-27T12:46:57Z")
Zeppo! Wow. I concur with EH. Good one, SCAdian. ---
**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 28, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/824 "2014-10-28T01:57:29Z")
Thank you. Since EH has expressed an apparent desire to go through the alphabet again, I am **B**. ---
**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 28, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/825 "2014-10-28T03:33:44Z")
IQs: 1. Did you die midway through the production of your last film, and your director used your wife’s chiropractor as a body double substitute? 2. Did you play Barnaby Jones? 3. Did you play Glinda, the Good Witch? ---
**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 28, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/826 "2014-10-28T04:12:56Z")
Sweet - thanks! IQs: Were you the dog of a stereotypical Southern colonel in a classic cartoon? Were you a fiercely feminist officeholder in the Seventies? Were you a key character on _Desperate Housewives_? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/827 "2014-10-28T08:56:47Z")
IQ1: Did you play Richard IV? IQ2: Were you the first female Speaker of the House of Commons? IQ3: Were you on the winning side at Watling Street? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/828 "2014-10-28T11:03:07Z")
Argh, Misremembered my history. Please amend IQ3 to “Did you fight at Watling Street?” ---
**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 28, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/829 "2014-10-28T12:11:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you die midway through the production of your last film, and your director used your wife’s chiropractor as a body double substitute? > 2. Did you play Barnaby Jones? > 3. Did you play Glinda, the Good Witch? DQ. Not Buddy Ebsen. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the dog of a stereotypical Southern colonel in a classic cartoon? > Were you a fiercely feminist officeholder in the Seventies? > Were you a key character on _Desperate Housewives_? Three DQs. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Richard IV? > IQ2: Were you the first female Speaker of the House of Commons? > IQ3: Were you on the winning side at Watling Street? DQ. DQ. Not … Boudicca? ---
**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 28, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/830 "2014-10-28T12:24:06Z")
IQ1: Are you the youngest winner of the men’s singles title at Wimbleton at age 17? IQ2: Are you the narrator of _How The Grinch Stole Christmas_? IQ3: Are you crawling up my wall, black and hairy, very small? ---
**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 28, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/831 "2014-10-28T12:50:09Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you die midway through the production of your last film, and your director used your wife’s chiropractor as a body double substitute? > 2. Did you play Barnaby Jones? > 3. Did you play Glinda, the Good Witch? > > DQ. > Not Buddy Ebsen. > DQ. #1 was Bela Lugosi. The film was Ed Wood’s _Plan 9 from Outer Space_. Correct on Buddy. #3 was Billie Burke. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 28, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/832 "2014-10-28T12:52:50Z")
IQs: 1. Did you direct and choreograph _Pippin_ on Broadway? 2. Are you one of the major stars of _Pippin_? 3. Did you play “Little Beaver” in the movies? ---
**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 28, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/833 "2014-10-28T13:16:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the youngest winner of the men’s singles title at Wimbleton at age 17? > IQ2: Are you the narrator of _How The Grinch Stole Christmas_? > IQ3: Are you crawling up my wall, black and hairy, very small? Not … Bjorn Borg? DQ. The only thing I can think of is Itsy Bitsy Spider, but as far as I know it only climbed up the waterspout. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you direct and choreograph _Pippin_ on Broadway? > 2. Are you one of the major stars of _Pippin_? > 3. Did you play “Little Beaver” in the movies? Three DQs. **B**. 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 28, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/834 "2014-10-28T13:18:09Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you direct and choreograph Pippin on Broadway? > 2. Are you one of the major stars of Pippin? > 3. Did you play “Little Beaver” in the movies? > > Three DQs. #1 was Bob Fosse. #2 was Ben Vereen. #3 was Bobby Blake (Baretta) as a child star in the _Red Ryder_ movies of the 1940’s. DQs: 1. Alive? 2. Last name starts with B? 3. 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 28, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/835 "2014-10-28T13:19:44Z")
IQs: 1. Are you aka Qwerl Dox? 2. Were you an early crush of Peter Parker’s who worked at the Daily Bugle? 3. Did you travel with Paul as an apostle? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/836 "2014-10-28T14:43:49Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Richard IV? > IQ2: Were you the first female Speaker of the House of Commons? > IQ3: Were you on the winning side at Watling Street? 1: Brian Blessed, in The Black Adder. 2: Betty Boothroyd 3: AS you say, Bouddicca - but as indicated by my subsequent post, I had forgotten that she actually lost the battle of Watling Street. DQ: Are you known for your contribution to the arts? ---
**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 28, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/837 "2014-10-28T16:22:38Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the dog of a stereotypical Southern colonel in a classic cartoon? - “Oh, Belvedere! Come heah, boy!”: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrl14wI6orM) Were you a fiercely feminist officeholder in the Seventies? - Bella Abzug Were you a key character on _Desperate Housewives_? - Bree DQs: American? Born since 1950? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you sing about geometric shapes in a granular medium? Have you played a gangster, a private detective and a sailor? Did you fake an assassination attempt on yourself? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/838 "2014-10-28T16:37:04Z")
IQ) Did you take time out from killing people to write lengthy letters to Jimmy Breslin? IQ2) Did you ask your friend and Cal-Berkeley classmate Leigh Steinberg to review your contract offer, thereby launching his career as the biggest agent in sports? IQ3) Were you a 1965 mayoral candidate who said that, if elected, your first act would be to demand a recount? ---
**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 28, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/839 "2014-10-28T17:17:41Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the youngest winner of the men’s singles title at Wimbleton at age 17? > IQ2: Are you the narrator of How The Grinch Stole Christmas? > IQ3: Are you crawling up my wall, black and hairy, very small? > Not … Bjorn Borg? > DQ. > The only thing I can think of is Itsy Bitsy Spider, but as far as I know it only climbed up the waterspout. DQ. Boris Becker, Boris Karloff, Boris the Spider (by the Who) Boris x3! **fanganga** , the Prof asked your question in #834. Holding 3 DQs IQ1: Are you the main character in a series of books written by Harry Harrison and other writers? IQ2: Are you aka The Science Guy? IQ3: Did ABC cancel your talk show after comments you made about 9/11? ---
**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 29, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/840 "2014-10-29T01:59:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Qwerl Dox? > 2. Were you an early crush of Peter Parker’s who worked at the Daily Bugle? > 3. Did you travel with Paul as an apostle? Not … Brainiac 5? (I was going to deny being Bouncing Boy, but on second thought I think he’s Chuck Taine.) Not Betty Whateverhersurnamewas. Not Barnabas. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you sing about geometric shapes in a granular medium? > Have you played a gangster, a private detective and a sailor? > Did you fake an assassination attempt on yourself? You’ve used this one enough times that I should know the answer, but - DQ. DQ. Same answer as #1. > [@astorian](#): > > IQ) Did you take time out from killing people to write lengthy letters to Jimmy Breslin? > IQ2) Did you ask your friend and Cal-Berkeley classmate Leigh Steinberg to review your contract offer, thereby launching his career as the biggest agent in sports? > IQ3) Were you a 1965 mayoral candidate who said that, if elected, your first act would be to demand a recount? Three DQs. (I think your first IQ refers to Son of Sam, but I can’t remember his real name.) > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the main character in a series of books written by Harry Harrison and other writers? > IQ2: Are you aka The Science Guy? > IQ3: Did ABC cancel your talk show after comments you made about 9/11? Not … Bill, the Galactic Hero? Not Bill Nye. Another Bill, I’m sure (Bill x3!), but - DQ. **B**. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Last name does not start with B 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Not American 7. Not born since 1950 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044.md?page=43)