# \[GAME\] 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:** 18
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/341 "2014-09-17T16:04:14Z")
Greg Lake (later in Emerson, Lake and Palmer) was the vocalist of King Crimson Gustav Holst’s \*\*\*The Planets _ **strongly influenced the** _ Star Wars \*\*\*score. Italian patriotic hero Giuseppe Garibaldi hated the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef and Pope Pius IX, and named two ugly donkeys after them. DQ1) Caucasian? DQ2) Known for the arts, broadly defined? Will save one last DQ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/342 "2014-09-17T16:30:12Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you 1 half of the “Sack Exchange”? BTW, Mariska Hargitay wasn’t a guest star, she played the lead character! Forget this? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/343 "2014-09-17T16:33:35Z")
IQ: Are you known as “Fossilman”? IQ2: Are you the winningest pitcher who spent his whole career pitching to non-white hitters? IQ3: Were you the assistant to the traveling secretary for the Yankees? ---
**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 17, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/344 "2014-09-17T17:27:01Z")
DQ: Last name start with G? 1 DQ reserved. IQs: 1. Were you a French Symbolist artist known for mythic and biblical figures? 2. Did you steal Christmas? 3. Were you Jacques’s pal in Disney’s _Cinderella_? ---
**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 17, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/345 "2014-09-17T17:38:56Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > BTW, Mariska Hargitay wasn’t a guest star, she played the lead character! I said “… several guest stars did, as well as Mariska Hargitay.” I wasn’t lumping her with the guest stars. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/346 "2014-09-17T17:46:18Z")
Sorry, misinterpreted the post. ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/347 "2014-09-18T02:17:39Z")
Cancel my DQ, as I see it was already asked. 2 DQs 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 18, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/348 "2014-09-18T12:22:33Z")
**G** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with G 4. Dead 5. American 6. Caucasian 7. Known for the arts, broadly defined ---
**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 18, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/349 "2014-09-18T12:29:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your first name Olorin? > Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? > Did you tell reporters that you saved your “feelings” for your wife? Not Gandalf. Not … George? Thomas. DQ. > [@etv78](#): > > Forget this? Actually, I didn’t even see it… :o > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you 1 half of the “Sack Exchange”? DQ. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you known as “Fossilman”? > IQ2: Are you the winningest pitcher who spent his whole career pitching to non-white hitters? > IQ3: Were you the assistant to the traveling secretary for the Yankees? 3 DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a French Symbolist artist known for mythic and biblical figures? > 2. Did you steal Christmas? > 3. Were you Jacques’s pal in Disney’s _Cinderella_? DQ. Not the Grinch. Not Gus. ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/350 "2014-09-18T13:53:11Z")
DQs: 1. Died after 1950? 2. Known for the performing arts? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/351 "2014-09-18T13:58:03Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a French Symbolist artist known for mythic and biblical figures? > 2. Did you steal Christmas? > 3. Were you Jacques’s pal in Disney’s Cinderella? > > DQ. > Not the Grinch. > Not Gus. #1 was Gustave Moreau. Correct on 2. #3 is Gus-Gus, but close enough. IQs: 1. Are you the cat at the theatre door? 2. Did you marry Alma Schindler (along with nearly everybody else)? 3. Were you the clock at the Treasure House? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/352 "2014-09-18T14:42:47Z")
DQ) Born after 1900? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/353 "2014-09-18T14:45:31Z")
IQ1) Were you a monk who spent a lot of time observing pea plants in his garden? IQ2) Are you in love with a hen named Camilla? IQ3) Are you the first black man to manage a World Series winning baseball team? ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/354 "2014-09-18T15:58:14Z")
IQ1: Were you known as “The Toastmaster General of the United States?” IQ2: Were you originally named Frances Gumm, part of a three-sister singing act, and given a moniker by the answer to IQ1 that led to much bigger fame? IQ3: Did you want a night with Sharon Stone for your 100th birthday? ---
**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 18, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/355 "2014-09-18T18:37:11Z")
**G** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with G 4. Dead 5. American 6. Caucasian 7. Known for the arts, broadly defined 8. Died after 1950 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Born after 1900 ---
**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 18, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/356 "2014-09-18T18:49:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1 was Gustave Moreau. Correct on 2. #3 is Gus-Gus, but close enough. > IQs: > > 1. Are you the cat at the theatre door? > 2. Did you marry Alma Schindler (along with nearly everybody else)? > 3. Were you the clock at the Treasure House? Not Gus the Theatre Cat. Neither Gustav Mahler nor Werner Gropius. DQ. Alma, tell us. All modern women are jealous… > [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you a monk who spent a lot of time observing pea plants in his garden? > IQ2) Are you in love with a hen named Camilla? > IQ3) Are you the first black man to manage a World Series winning baseball team? Not Gregor Mendel. Not the Great Gonzo. DQ. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you known as “The Toastmaster General of the United States?” > IQ2: Were you originally named Frances Gumm, part of a three-sister singing act, and given a moniker by the answer to IQ1 that led to much bigger fame? > IQ3: Did you want a night with Sharon Stone for your 100th birthday? Three DQs. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/357 "2014-09-18T18:52:01Z")
The first black manager to win a World Series was Cito Gaston of the Toronto Blue Jays. DQ) Were you a singer or musician? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/358 "2014-09-18T18:56:26Z")
IQ1) Is crashing model trains your favorite hobby? IQ2) Did you create a town where all children are above average? IQ3) Was the longest suspension bridge in the USA named after you? ---
**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 18, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/359 "2014-09-18T18:59:12Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the cat at the theatre door? > 2. Did you marry Alma Schindler (along with nearly everybody else)? > 3. Were you the clock at the Treasure House? > > Not Gus the Theatre Cat. > Neither Gustav Mahler nor Werner Gropius. > DQ. I figured you’d get the Lerner reference. Grandfather was the clock at Capt. Kangaroo’s Treasure House. DQ: Died after 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 18, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/360 "2014-09-18T20:28:19Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you known as “The Toastmaster General of the United States?” > IQ2: Were you originally named Frances Gumm, part of a three-sister singing act, and given a moniker by the answer to IQ1 that led to much bigger fame? > IQ3: Did you want a night with Sharon Stone for your 100th birthday? > Three DQs. Georgie Jessel, Judy Garland, George Burns holding 3 DQs [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353.md?page=19)