# \[GAME\] 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:** 6
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/101 "2014-09-06T21:53:46Z")
IQ: Were you known for playing monsters, just not Dracula or Frankenstein? ---
**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 6, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/102 "2014-09-06T21:55:07Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you known for playing monsters, just not Dracula or Frankenstein? I am not Lon Chaney, Jr. I’m not Charles Laughton either. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/103 "2014-09-06T21:59:43Z")
Going for Lon Jr. Had forgotten which one was the “man of a 1,000 faces”). 😃 ---
**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 6, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/104 "2014-09-06T22:01:03Z")
That was Lon Sr. A radio joke of the day was: “Don’t step on that, it might be Lon Chaney.” ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/105 "2014-09-06T22:04:12Z")
Got credit for the Chaneys in the wrong order then. ---
**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 6, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/106 "2014-09-06T22:06:01Z")
DQ: Known for the performing arts, rather than the creative arts? ---
**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 6, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/107 "2014-09-06T22:08:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Eh? You didn’t answer my IQs. Not that it matters now… ---
**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 6, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/108 "2014-09-06T22:13:09Z")
1. Real. 2. Male. 3. Not American. 4. Dead. 5. European. 6. Known for the Arts. 7. Died after 1950. 8. Not best known for movies. 9. Not a native speaker of a Romance language. 10. Born in a Warsaw Pact country. 11. Not known for the performing arts. ---
**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 6, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/109 "2014-09-06T22:41:53Z")
IQ1: Are you a Polish composer and pianist, considered a superstar of the Romantic Era? IQ2: Did you write _Heart of Darkness_, adapted into film as _Apocalypse Now_ 80 years later? IQ3: Are you a Russian author of short stories whose stream-of-consciousness style inspired James Joyce? ---
**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 6, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/110 "2014-09-06T23:39:15Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Polish composer and pianist, considered a superstar of the Romantic Era? > IQ2: Did you write _Heart of Darkness_, adapted into film as _Apocalypse Now_ 80 years later? > IQ3: Are you a Russian author of short stories whose stream-of-consciousness style inspired James Joyce? I’m not Chopin. I’m not Joseph Conrad. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 7, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/111 "2014-09-07T00:29:05Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > You didn’t answer my IQs. Not that it matters now… Post 54. ---
**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 7, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/112 "2014-09-07T00:48:58Z")
IQ1: Was your son the last reigning king of Romania? IQ2: Were you the last Communist leader of Romania? IQ3: Did you play the Fatman? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/113 "2014-09-07T01:25:55Z")
IQ1) Were you a Jewish painter, born in what’s now Belarus? IQ2) Did you play a pregnant man in a movie directed by the late Joan Rivers? IQ3) Did you manage a baseball team at Shibe Park for 50 years? ---
**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 7, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/114 "2014-09-07T01:27:54Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Post 54. Aw, crap. I didn’t read the whole post. :smack: ---
**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 7, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/115 "2014-09-07T02:40:05Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your son the last reigning king of Romania? > IQ2: Were you the last Communist leader of Romania? > IQ3: Did you play the Fatman? Take 2 DQs for the Romanian questions. I am not William Conrad. ---
**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 7, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/116 "2014-09-07T02:41:49Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you a Jewish painter, born in what’s now Belarus? > > IQ2) Did you play a pregnant man in a movie directed by the late Joan Rivers? (No, I’m not Billy Crystal.) > > IQ3) Did you manage a baseball team at Shibe Park for 50 years? > (No, I’m not Connie Mack.) As a matter of fact, yes, I am Marc Chagall! Congratulations, astorian! You get “D” next. ---
**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 7, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/117 "2014-09-07T04:25:56Z")
Wow, I missed the whole “C” round! Good on ya both, **Prof. P**. and **astorian**. ---
**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 8, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/118 "2014-09-08T03:21:41Z")
Somebody wake me up if anything happens… ---
**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 8, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/119 "2014-09-08T14:41:40Z")
I’ve PM’d **astorian**. ---
**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 8, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/120 "2014-09-08T15:05:20Z")
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