# \[GAME\] 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:** 16
**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, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/301 "2014-09-13T23:28:17Z")
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 19. Show has not won Emmy for Outstanding series, but has for other categories ---
**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, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/302 "2014-09-13T23:29:46Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you partners with Jake? Not the Fatman ---
**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, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/303 "2014-09-13T23:32:35Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the police chief on _Hill Street Blues_? > IQ2: Were you Bill Gannon’s partner? > IQ3: Were you a police officer played by the star of _The Ghost and Mr Chicken_? dunno, not Bill Friday, not Barney Fife ---
**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, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/304 "2014-09-13T23:34:14Z")
Pondering… I didn’t watch _Hill Street Blues_ but I think it’s theme won an Emmy… ---
**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 14, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/305 "2014-09-14T02:34:42Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the police chief on _Hill Street Blues_? > IQ2: Were you Bill Gannon’s partner? > IQ3: Were you a police officer played by the star of _The Ghost and Mr Chicken_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno, not Bill Friday, not Barney Fife Fletcher Daniels. Correct. Correct. 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 15, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/306 "2014-09-15T03:53:58Z")
Hello? Hello? \ Is this thing live? ---
**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 15, 2014, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/307 "2014-09-15T12:05:45Z")
19 DQs. Who wants to ask #20? ---
**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 15, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/308 "2014-09-15T13:52:03Z")
DQ: Caucasian? ---
**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:** [September 15, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/309 "2014-09-15T15:07:56Z")
Sorry, I was out of town for a few days. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1 was Frank Fontana… I already asked about him in post 259. Previous IQs: Did your hump change sides? - Yes, Marty Feldman in _Young Frankenstein_ Were you a conservative Maryland ally (usually) of President Lincoln? - Francis Blair Were you the first dude in town to swim for fun? - Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia Hmmm. Not sure who **Knowed** ’s dude is. ---
**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 15, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/310 "2014-09-15T15:34:23Z")
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 19. Show has not won Emmy for Outstanding series, but has for other categories 20. Not caucasian Now everybody gets a guess. ---
**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 15, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/311 "2014-09-15T15:55:33Z")
Not guessing, just thinking out loud: on _Spenser for Hire_ did Hawk have a first name? ---
**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:** [September 15, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/312 "2014-09-15T18:00:09Z")
I don’t think so - not that we ever heard, anyway. Thinking thinking thinking… ---
**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 15, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/313 "2014-09-15T21:28:54Z")
Never saw the show. Pretty sure Hawk never had a first name in the novels, but you know what Hollywood does to books… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/314 "2014-09-15T21:44:40Z")
Okay, I’m totally baffled. Unless… is this character even HUMAN? ---
**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 15, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/315 "2014-09-15T22:38:22Z")
Not many sci-fi cop/detective shows in the 80s and 90s, and this was in primetime. I haven’t a clue. I don’t remember anyone from _Moonlighting_, _Riptide, Remington Steel_ or _Hardcastle & McCormack_ who fit the bill… ---
**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 16, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/316 "2014-09-16T02:50:36Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Unless… is this character even HUMAN? The character is human, although some may claim the actor isn’t. 🙂 ---
**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 16, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/317 "2014-09-16T12:12:36Z")
Haven’t heard from \*\*etv78 \*\*yet. I’ll wait until sometime tonight then do the reveal so we can move on. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/318 "2014-09-16T15:03:04Z")
All right, I’ll ask: Are you Hawk, from _Spenser: For Hire_ and _A Man Called Hawk_? ---
**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 16, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/319 "2014-09-16T15:59:23Z")
I didn’t watch _Law & Order_. Wasn’t that in the 1990’s? ---
**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 16, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/320 "2014-09-16T15:59:29Z")
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