# \[GAME\] 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:** 5
**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 2, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/81 "2014-10-02T19:36:26Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you legally change your last name to a mistranslation of your uniform number? > > IQ2) Did you hit 2/3 of your 511 homers at the Polo Grounds? > > IQ3) Did you write your group’s first hit song about a girl who’d stood you up for a New Year’s date? I am not Ochocinco. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/82 "2014-10-02T19:43:47Z")
Chad Ochocinco is correct. Mel Ott hit 323 homers at the Polo Grounds. John Oates wrote “She’s Gone” about a girl who stood him up- that was the first hit single for Hall & Oates. DQ) A political or governmental figure? DQ) Caucasian? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/83 "2014-10-02T19:45:51Z")
IQ) Are you a pop singer who played Gaston in the Broadway production of\*\*\* Beauty and the Beast?\*\*\* IQ2) Did your monument proclaim “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair”? IQ3) Were you the last person to see Heath Ledger alive? ---
**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 2, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/84 "2014-10-02T19:48:49Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. American 5. Born after 1900 6. Last name starts with O 7. Not known for the Arts 8. Born before 1950 9. Known as a political/social activist, but not as a government figure. 10. Caucasian. #9 is expounded in the interest of fair play. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/85 "2014-10-02T19:49:26Z")
IQ: Are you an artist known for your Southwestern motifs? ---
**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 2, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/86 "2014-10-02T19:50:01Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ) Are you a pop singer who played Gaston in the Broadway production of\*\*\* Beauty and the Beast?\*\*\* > > IQ2) Did your monument proclaim “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair”? > > IQ3) Were you the last person to see Heath Ledger alive? I am not Ozymandias, King of Kings. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 2, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/87 "2014-10-02T19:51:03Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you an artist known for your Southwestern motifs? I am not Georgia O’Keefe. ---
**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 2, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/88 "2014-10-02T20:10:53Z")
Previous IQs: Did your creator write only the novel in which you appeared? - Margaret Mitchell wrote only one novel, and it was about Scarlett O’Hara Did you provide Gandalf’s voice on TV? - Ooops, correct about Orson Bean; withdrawn Were you Andy’s son? - Yes, Opie Taylor DQ: Involved in the Civil Rights Movement? IQs: Were you a noted Philadelphia conductor? Were you a football player who became an actor and sports commentator? In a recent movie, was your corpse seen in a tent? ---
**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 2, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/89 "2014-10-02T20:12:57Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. American 5. Born after 1900 6. Last name starts with O 7. Not known for the Arts 8. Born before 1950 9. Known as a political/social activist, but not as a government figure. 10. Caucasian. 11. Not connected to the Civil Rights Movement ---
**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 2, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/90 "2014-10-02T20:14:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a noted Philadelphia conductor? > Were you a football player who became an actor and sports commentator? > In a recent movie, was your corpse seen in a tent? I think Seiji Ozawa was out of Boston, I’m not him. If not your choice, take a DQ. I’m not Merle Oberon. Take a DQ for the third. ---
**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 2, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/91 "2014-10-02T20:16:57Z")
IQ: Were you a singer known as “the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement”? ---
**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 2, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/92 "2014-10-02T20:29:31Z")
IQ2: Are you a former SLA member whose daughter was on _American Idol_? IQ3: Did your watch make a “zeeeeeee” sound? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/93 "2014-10-02T20:46:20Z")
IQ: Were you partners with Dawn? ---
**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 2, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/94 "2014-10-02T20:47:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Were you a singer known as “the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement”? > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ2: Are you a former SLA member whose daughter was on _American Idol_? > IQ3: Did your watch make a “zeeeeeee” sound? I am not Odetta. Take a DQ for #2. I am not James Bartholomew Olsen. ---
**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 2, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/95 "2014-10-02T20:48:37Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you partners with Dawn? I am not Tony Orlando. ---
**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 2, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/96 "2014-10-02T21:05:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Were you a singer known as “the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement”? > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ2: Are you a former SLA member whose daughter was on _American Idol_? > IQ3: Did your watch make a “zeeeeeee” sound? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Odetta. > Take a DQ for #2. > I am not James Bartholomew Olsen. Correct. Sara Jane Olson. Correct. DQ: Died after 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:** [October 2, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/97 "2014-10-02T21:07:59Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead 4. American 5. Born after 1900 6. Last name starts with O 7. Not known for the Arts 8. Born before 1950 9. Known as a political/social activist, but not as a government figure. 10. Caucasian. 11. Not connected to the Civil Rights Movement 12. Died after 1990 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/98 "2014-10-02T21:15:04Z")
IQ: Are you a sportscaster who left a notoriously raunchy voicemail? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/99 "2014-10-02T21:22:27Z")
The last person to see Heath Ledger alive (and the first to see him dead) was Mary-Kate Olsen. And Donny Osmond played Gaston in _ **Beauty and the Beast.** _ DQ1) Known for contibutions to the feminist movement? DQ2) Did your last name befin with O’ (as in O’Brien or O’Malley)? ---
**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 2, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/100 "2014-10-02T21:35:00Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a sportscaster who left a notoriously raunchy voicemail? Take a DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044.md?page=6)