# \[GAME\] 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:** 9
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/161 "2014-09-09T14:19:33Z")
Summary 1. Not real 2. Not male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with D 5. Have appeared on the big screen, but probably not best known as a movie character 6. Have appeared on television, but that’s definitely not what I’m best known for. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/162 "2014-09-09T14:20:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Perry Mason’s secretary? > 2. Did you hang with Maynard G. Krebs? > 3. Were you a tenor on Jack Benny’s radio show? Not Della Street, not Dobie Gillis, and not Dennis Day. (Yes, I’m old enough to remember Dennis Day!) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/163 "2014-09-09T14:22:47Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Do you draw the comic _Meat Cake_ and sing O_nward Suckdog Soldiers_? > IQ2: Are you Barry Humphries in drag? > IQ3: Did you play the Vulcan High Priestess in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock? No idea on #1. Take a DQ Now, I’m pretty sure I know who you mean for #2 and #3, but to me “Dame” is a title, not a first name. But I’ll play along. I’m not Dame Edna Everage or Dame Judith Anderson ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/164 "2014-09-09T14:23:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > \IQ1: Did you play a character who was stranded on a tropical island for several years? > IQ2: Did you play “identical cousins” on a TV show? > IQ3: Sid you star in _Tammy and the Bachelor_? Not Bob Denver (or Dawn Wells, for that matter!) Not Patty Duke Not… Debbie Reynolds? (I remember the song more than the movie) ---
**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 9, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/165 "2014-09-09T14:44:21Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > No idea on #1. Take a DQ > Now, I’m pretty sure I know who you mean for #2 and #3, but to me “Dame” is a title, not a first name. > > But I’ll play along. I’m not Dame Edna Everage or Dame Judith Anderson #1 is Dame Darcy, and Dame is her actual name. 🙂 DQ: Best known from literature? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/166 "2014-09-09T14:44:48Z")
DQ: From the stage? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/167 "2014-09-09T14:51:55Z")
Summary 1. Not real 2. Not male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with D 5. Have appeared on the big screen, but probably not best known as a movie character 6. Have appeared on television, but that’s definitely not what I’m best known for. 7. Best known from a work of literature. ---
**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 9, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/168 "2014-09-09T14:52:14Z")
IQ1: Do you, three buddies and a dog solve mysteries? (Pretty sure you know the first name, but maybe not the last name) IQ2: Does Emily Proctor play you on _CSI: Miami_? IQ3: Does Dirk the Daring try to rescue you in the video game _Dragon’s Lair_? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/169 "2014-09-09T14:54:10Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ: From the stage? Miss this? Would be #8. ---
**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 9, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/170 "2014-09-09T15:15:51Z")
Okay, all 3 correct. 1. Were you the French Impressionist who first discovered the use of camera angles in painting? 2. Were you a Howling Commando? 3. Are you the Count of Monte Cristo? ---
**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 9, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/171 "2014-09-09T17:27:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a character who was stranded on a tropical island for several years? > IQ2: Did you play “identical cousins” on a TV show? > IQ3: Sid you star in _Tammy and the Bachelor_? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Bob Denver (or Dawn Wells, for that matter!) > > Not Patty Duke > > Not… Debbie Reynolds? (I remember the song more than the movie) Correct on all three. (I was actually thinking of Wells, but of course Denver’s a correct answer, too.) IQ1: Are you one of the main characters in _Sense and Sensibility_? IQ2: Are you the other one? IQ3: Are you a Gaulish dog? ---
**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 9, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/172 "2014-09-09T18:07:50Z")
Miss these? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: > > European? > > IQs: > > Is your boss’s boss a conehead? > Did you remind everyone of the dangers of absolute power? > Were you a Southern woman with a popular TV show? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/173 "2014-09-09T18:28:47Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Do you, three buddies and a dog solve mysteries? (Pretty sure you know the first name, but maybe not the last name) > IQ2: Does Emily Proctor play you on _CSI: Miami_? > IQ3: Does Dirk the Daring try to rescue you in the video game _Dragon’s Lair_? Not Velma Dinkley (I know Shaggy is Norville Rogers, but don’t know Fred or Daphne’s last names) I haven’t seen _ **CSI: Miami** _ in years- take a DQ for her. Not Princess Daphne (yes, I spent a fortune “winning” that game in my college days. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/174 "2014-09-09T18:29:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Okay, all 3 correct. > > 1. Were you the French Impressionist who first discovered the use of camera angles in painting? > 2. Were you a Howling Commando? > 3. Are you the Count of Monte Cristo? Not… Edgar Degas? If that’s wrong, take a DQ Not Dum Dum Dugan Not Edmund Dantes ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/175 "2014-09-09T18:30:57Z")
Summary 1. Not real 2. Not male 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with D 5. Have appeared on the big screen, but probably not best known as a movie character 6. Have appeared on television, but that’s definitely not what I’m best known for. 7. Not known as a character in a play (though there may well have been theatrical adaptations of the work(s) I’m known for) 8. European ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/176 "2014-09-09T18:33:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you one of the main characters in _Sense and Sensibility_? > IQ2: Are you the other one? > IQ3: Are you a Gaulish dog? Not Elinor or Marianne Dashwood. No idea on the Gaulsih dog- take a DQ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/177 "2014-09-09T18:34:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Is your boss’s boss a conehead? > Did you remind everyone of the dangers of absolute power? > Were you a Southern woman with a popular TV show? No idea on the Conehead question- ask a DQ Not Lord Acton… but I don’t know the Lord’s full name, so you get another DQ Not Dixie Carter ---
**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 9, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/178 "2014-09-09T19:52:36Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Do you, three buddies and a dog solve mysteries? (Pretty sure you know the first name, but maybe not the last name) > IQ2: Does Emily Proctor play you on CSI: Miami? > IQ3: Does Dirk the Daring try to rescue you in the video game Dragon’s Lair? > > Not Velma Dinkley (I know Shaggy is Norville Rogers, but don’t know Fred or Daphne’s last names) > > I haven’t seen CSI: Miami in years- take a DQ for her. > > Not Princess Daphne (yes, I spent a fortune “winning” that game in my college days. I didn’t know Velma’s last name till today. 🙂 Emily Proctor played Calleigh Duquesne. You left out “Best known from a work of literature” from your last summary. Holding a DQ. ---
**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 9, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/179 "2014-09-09T20:18:52Z")
IQ1: Are you the main antagonist of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel _Rebecca_? IQ2: Did Professor Henry Higgins give you elocution lessons? IQ3: Did King Kong literally fall for you? ---
**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 9, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/180 "2014-09-09T20:59:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you one of the main characters in _Sense and Sensibility_? > IQ2: Are you the other one? > IQ3: Are you a Gaulish dog? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Elinor or Marianne Dashwood. > > No idea on the Gaulsih dog- take a DQ Correct on the Dashwood sisters. Dogmatix, in the English Translations of the Asterix and Obelix comics. DQ: From a work originally written in English? IQ1: Are you a spy for Cardinal Richelieu? IQ2: Did Ed Ames play your Indian companion? IQ3: Did you play the CO of the British I Airbourne Corps in _A Bridge Too Far_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353.md?page=10)