# \[GAME\] Botticelli - Sep 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 3, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353 "2014-09-03T12:37:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [September 12, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/281 "2014-09-12T23:04:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a reporter on _Murphy Brown_? > 2. Were you one of an Odd Couple? > 3. Are you one of the Scooby gang? dunno, not Felix Unger, not Fred Unknownlastname ---
**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:** [September 12, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/282 "2014-09-12T23:08:22Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you win both the Daytona 500 and the Indy 500? > > IQ2) Were you a heroic detective much admired by Little Abner? > > IQ3) Did you write about a serial killer called The Misfit in the short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”? Not AJ Foyt, not Fearless Fosdick, drawing a blank ---
**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:** [September 12, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/283 "2014-09-12T23:09:52Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Is a NY airport named after you? not FDR ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/284 "2014-09-13T00:21:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Nero Wolfe’s cook? > IQ2: Were you a bull who liked to sit and smell the flowers? > IQ3: Did you die saving your owners’ daughter from drowning? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno x2, not Farley from _For Better or For Worse_ Fritz Brenner. [Ferdinand](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Ferdinand). (That’s the book my sister said she used to teach me to read.) Correct on Farley. DQ1: From a cop/detective show? DQ2: Was your character an adult? IQ1: Were you the leader of the group that sang “Rag Doll”? IQ2: Did you and a dog perform a duet of “English Country Garden” on the piano? IQ3: Were you a crane operator at a gravel company? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/285 "2014-09-13T00:47:54Z")
That’s Fiorello LaGuardia. DQ: Debuted before 2000? ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/286 "2014-09-13T01:32:09Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a reporter on Murphy Brown? > 2. Were you one of an Odd Couple? > 3. Are you one of the Scooby gang? > > dunno, not Felix Unger, not Fred Unknownlastname #1 was Frank Fontana. Correct on Mr. Unger and Mr. Jones. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/287 "2014-09-13T02:10:35Z")
DQ roundup 1. Not real 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name does not start with F 5. Not originally from literature 6. Would be alive today if real 7. Not widely known as a movie character 8. Not the primary character of whatever works I appear in, but sometimes I get to be 9. I am considered a good guy 10. From TV 11. From prime time 12. Not best known from a sitcom 13. Show did not debut before 1980 14. From a cop/detective show 15. Adult 16. Debuted before 2000 ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/288 "2014-09-13T02:11:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the leader of the group that sang “Rag Doll”? > IQ2: Did you and a dog perform a duet of “English Country Garden” on the piano? > IQ3: Were you a crane operator at a gravel company? not Franki Valli, dunno, not Fred Flintstone ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/289 "2014-09-13T02:26:05Z")
DQ: Common first name? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/290 "2014-09-13T03:01:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the leader of the group that sang “Rag Doll”? > IQ2: Did you and a dog perform a duet of “English Country Garden” on the piano? > IQ3: Were you a crane operator at a gravel company? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Franki Valli, dunno, not Fred Flintstone Correct. Fozzie Bear, on an episode of _The Muppet Show_. Correct. DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/291 "2014-09-13T14:03:50Z")
DQ roundup 1. Not real 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name does not start with F 5. Not originally from literature 6. Would be alive today if real 7. Not widely known as a movie character 8. Not the primary character of whatever works I appear in, but sometimes I get to be 9. I am considered a good guy 10. From TV 11. From prime time 12. Not best known from a sitcom 13. Show did not debut before 1980 14. From a cop/detective show 15. Adult 16. Debuted before 2000 17. Not a common first name ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/292 "2014-09-13T14:49:49Z")
Flannery O’Connor wrote “A Good Man is Hard to Find” DQ: Did the actor who played you ever win an Emmy? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/293 "2014-09-13T16:27:55Z")
Non-game observation: “The A-Rod people like” was on Seth Myers last night. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/294 "2014-09-13T16:30:09Z")
IQ: Did you move from Beantown to the Pacific Northwest after a divorce? ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/295 "2014-09-13T19:37:05Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Non-game observation: “The A-Rod people like” was on Seth Myers last night. OK, I now realize you’re talking about Andy Roddick, but you’re still not allowed to use him in a question. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/296 "2014-09-13T19:39:23Z")
DQ roundup 1. Not real 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name does not start with F 5. Not originally from literature 6. Would be alive today if real 7. Not widely known as a movie character 8. Not the primary character of whatever works I appear in, but sometimes I get to be 9. I am considered a good guy 10. From TV 11. From prime time 12. Not best known from a sitcom 13. Show did not debut before 1980 14. From a cop/detective show 15. Adult 16. Debuted before 2000 17. Not a common first name 18. Actor has not won an Emmy ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/297 "2014-09-13T19:41:56Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you move from Beantown to the Pacific Northwest after a divorce? I’m sure quite a few have, but I can’t think of any that are Fs. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/298 "2014-09-13T19:49:21Z")
Frasier Crane. DQ: Show win Emmy? I only mentioned Andy because he’s relevant to one of go to questions. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/299 "2014-09-13T19:50:36Z")
IQ: Were you partners with Jake? ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/300 "2014-09-13T20:06:24Z")
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