# \[GAME\] Botticelli - Sep 2014

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353>\
**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:** 2

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/21 "2014-09-04T15:00:31Z")

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Mine were:

Billy Joel  
Bruce Springsteen (“Born in the USA”)

2 DQs reserved

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**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 4, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/22 "2014-09-04T15:07:20Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did The Capitol Steps joke that your Social Security number was 7? - Bob Dole  
Did you write _Enemy Mine_? - Yes, Barry Longyear  
Did you front The Go-Gos? - Belinda Carlisle

DQs:

Best known for the arts, broadly defined?  
Born east of the Miss. River?

IQs:

Were you noted for your fine wardrobe?  
Did you appear in a movie early in your career as a character who had the same first name as you?  
Was your grave concealed by driving wagons and marching troops over it?

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**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 4, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/23 "2014-09-04T15:34:39Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you own a lumberyard in Lakeport?
2. Did you make Cock Robin’s shroud?
3. Were you the biggest Hollywood star who campaigned on behalf of Wendell L. Willkie?

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**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 4, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/24 "2014-09-04T22:31:37Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you play Milburn Drysdale in _The Beverly Hillbillies_ TV series?  
> IQ2: Are you an actor who in 2005 was acquitted of charges of murdering your wife Bonnie Lee Bakley?  
> IQ3: Are you the TV detective he played from 1975 to 1978?

DQ.  
Not Robert Blake.  
Not Baretta.

> [@astorian](#):
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> IQ1) Did you sing lead on “Tales of Brave Ulysses”?
> 
> IQ2) Did you win the singles, doubles AND mixed doubles championships at Wimbledon in 1939?
> 
> IQ3) Did you finally succeed where previous nominees Abe Fortas, Clement Haynsworth and G. Harold Carswell failed?

Three DQs.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you noted for your fine wardrobe?  
> Did you appear in a movie early in your career as a character who had the same first name as you?  
> Was your grave concealed by driving wagons and marching troops over it?

Not Beau Brummell.  
DQ.  
Not General Braddock.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you own a lumberyard in Lakeport?
> 2. Did you make Cock Robin’s shroud?
> 3. Were you the biggest Hollywood star who campaigned on behalf of Wendell L. Willkie?

Not Mr Bobbsey.  
DQ.  
DQ.

**B**

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American
5. Last name starts with B
6. Best known for the arts, broadly defined
7. Born east of the Mississippi River

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**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 4, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/25 "2014-09-04T22:41:34Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you own a lumberyard in Lakeport?
> 2. Did you make Cock Robin’s shroud?
> 3. Were you the biggest Hollywood star who campaigned on behalf of Wendell L. Willkie?
> 
> Not Mr Bobbsey.  
> DQ.  
> DQ.

Phooey, I had hoped to catch you out on Richard Bobbsey.  
#2 was The Beetle (“I, said the Beetle, with my little needle, I’ll make his shroud.”)  
#3 was Bing Crosby.

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**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 4, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/26 "2014-09-04T22:42:37Z")

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DQs:

1. Born after 1970?
2. Known for the Creative Arts (as opposed to the Performing Arts)?

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**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 4, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/27 "2014-09-04T22:45:05Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you unflatteringly portrayed (through the use of a Roman a clef device) in the movie _For The Boys_?
2. Is your alter ego Jefferson Pierce?
3. Did the actress who most recently portrayed you just give birth to a baby named Rose?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/28 "2014-09-04T22:50:40Z")

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DQ: Born South of the Mason-Dixon line?

DQ reserved

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/29 "2014-09-04T22:52:03Z")

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IQ: Was a sexy article of clothing named after the character you played?

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**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 4, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/30 "2014-09-04T23:29:33Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you unflatteringly portrayed (through the use of a Roman a clef device) in the movie _For The Boys_?
> 2. Is your alter ego Jefferson Pierce?
> 3. Did the actress who most recently portrayed you just give birth to a baby named Rose?

Three DQs.

> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Was a sexy article of clothing named after the character you played?

DQ.

**B**

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American
5. Last name starts with B
6. Best known for the arts, broadly defined
7. Born east of the Mississippi River
8. Not born after 1970
9. Not known for the Creative Arts (as opposed to the Performing Arts)
10. Not born south of the Mason-Dixon line

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/31 "2014-09-04T23:37:59Z")

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That was Catherine Bach (Daisy Dukes)

DQ:.Actor?  
DQ2: Born after 1930?

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**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 4, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/32 "2014-09-04T23:47:55Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you unflatteringly portrayed (through the use of a Roman a clef device) in the movie For The Boys?
> 2. Is your alter ego Jefferson Pierce?
> 3. Did the actress who most recently portrayed you just give birth to a baby named Rose?
> 
> Three DQs.

#1 was Bob Hope. #2 is Black Lightning. #3 is the Black Widow (Scarlett Johannsen is a new mommy.)

3 DQs reserved.

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**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 4, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/33 "2014-09-04T23:57:35Z")

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IQ1: Did you play Milburn Drysdale in The Beverly Hillbillies TV series? - Raymond Bailey

holding a DQ

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/34 "2014-09-05T00:01:34Z")

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IQ: Did you want us to “hit you with your best shot”?

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**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 5, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/35 "2014-09-05T01:26:18Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you noted for your fine wardrobe? - Yes, Beau Brummel  
Did you appear in a movie early in your career as a character who had the same first name as you? - Billy Bob Thornton, in _Hunter’s Blood_ (1986)  
Was your grave concealed by driving wagons and marching troops over it? - Yes, Gen. Braddock, during the French and Indian War

DQ:

White?

IQs:

Have you played a concierge, a network executive and a computer guru?  
Did you create _Cop Rock_?  
Were you the last knight to stand with King Arthur, in some tellings of the tales?

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**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 5, 2014, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/36 "2014-09-05T10:17:14Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Did you want us to “hit you with your best shot”?

DQ.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> Have you played a concierge, a network executive and a computer guru?  
> Did you create _Cop Rock_?  
> Were you the last knight to stand with King Arthur, in some tellings of the tales?

DQ.  
DQ.  
Not Sir Bedivere.

**B**

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American
5. Last name starts with B
6. Best known for the arts, broadly defined
7. Born east of the Mississippi River
8. Not born after 1970
9. Not known for the Creative Arts (as opposed to the Performing Arts)
10. Not born south of the Mason-Dixon line
11. Actress
12. Born after 1930
13. White

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/37 "2014-09-05T11:19:05Z")

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DQ1) Are you known as a singer or musician?

DQ2) Have you ever starred or co-starred in a movie?

DQ3) Are you or have you ever been a blonde?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/38 "2014-09-05T11:21:03Z")

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\*Q1) Did you sing lead on “Tales of Brave Ulysses”?

IQ2) Did you win the singles, doubles AND mixed doubles championships at Wimbledon in 1939?

IQ3) Did you finally succeed where previous nominees Abe Fortas, Clement Haynsworth and G. Harold Carswell failed?\*  
Jack Bruce sang “Tales of Brave Ulysses” with Cream in 1968.  
Bobby Riggs wasn’t always a joke or a hustler- he won 3 Wimbledon titles in 1939.  
Warren Burger finally got confirmed as Chief Justice after Fortas withrdrew and the other two were rejected by the Senate.

I’ll reserve my 3 DQs.

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**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 5, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/39 "2014-09-05T12:12:33Z")

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IQ1: Did you play a reporter kidnapped by Kim Jong-Il in _30 Rock_?  
IQ2: Did William Shatner’s character in _Boston Legal_ have a real doll version of you made?  
IQ3: Did you play Henry Hill’s wife in _Goodfellas_?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/40 "2014-09-05T14:37:23Z")

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That was Pat Benetar.

DQ:Works primarily on big screen?

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