# January 2014, Botticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 2, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669 "2014-01-02T00:56:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/221 "2014-01-10T02:43:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you replace Kenny Baker on the _Jack Benny Show_ on radio? > 2. Were you Samantha’s husband on _Bewitched_? > 3. Were you Larry and Darryl’s brother? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > Not Darren Stevens. > Not his other brother Darryl. #1 was Dennis Day. DQ: Known primarily as a writer? IQs: 1. Are you a stage magician who stole his name from a Dickens character? 2. Are you the TV secret identity of the Incredible Hulk? 3. In the same movie, did you play Michael Dorsey, Dorothy Michaels and Emily Kimberly? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/222 "2014-01-10T03:33:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Danny DeVito. > Not Dean Martin. > Not Dick Van Dyke. Correct on all. 1: Are you the young ward of a millionaire playboy? 2: Did you play left wing for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1950s and 1960s? 3: Thinking of hockey, are you a TV hockey commentator know for your extremely loud suits and sport jackets? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/223 "2014-01-10T03:59:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a stage magician who stole his name from a Dickens character? > 2. Are you the TV secret identity of the Incredible Hulk? > 3. In the same movie, did you play Michael Dorsey, Dorothy Michaels and Emily Kimberly? See post 212. Not David Banner. Not … Dustin Hoffman? > [@Spoons](#): > > 1: Are you the young ward of a millionaire playboy? > 2: Did you play left wing for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1950s and 1960s? > 3: Thinking of hockey, are you a TV hockey commentator know for your extremely loud suits and sport jackets? Not Dick Grayson. DQ. DQ. **D** 1. Real 2. Last name does not start with D 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. American 7. Died after 1900 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Born east of the Mississippi 10. Known primarily as a writer ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/224 "2014-01-10T05:02:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Dick Grayson. > DQ. > DQ. Correct on Dick Grayson. The Montreal hockey player was Dickie Moore, and the hockey commentator is Don Cherry, who is just as loud as his clothing is. DQ: A writer of fiction or non-fiction? DQ: Died before 1960? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/225 "2014-01-10T05:12:25Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the young female lead in _Firestarter_? - Yes, Drew Barrymore. Were you played for many years by Roy Marsden? - Insp. Adam Dalgliesh. Did your creator imagine you often humming as you went about your work? - J.K. Rowling said that she imagined Albus Dumbledore doing this (although I don’t think she ever actually wrote the character that way). DQs: Born south of the Mason-Dixon Line? Anything he wrote ever televised? Three DQs reserved. IQs: Did your product give rise to a now-quaint slang term? Did a filthy sock thrill you? Were you based on a little boy who went on to become a famous writer? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/226 "2014-01-10T06:00:46Z")
1: Are you best known for playing a bespectacled student of magic? 2: Do you live in a hangar at Washington National Airport, together with your collection of classic cars? 3: Did you and your sister host a variety TV show in the 1970s? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/227 "2014-01-10T14:21:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your product give rise to a now-quaint slang term? > Did a filthy sock thrill you? > Were you based on a little boy who went on to become a famous writer? Three DQs. > [@Spoons](#): > > 1: Are you best known for playing a bespectacled student of magic? > 2: Do you live in a hangar at Washington National Airport, together with your collection of classic cars? > 3: Did you and your sister host a variety TV show in the 1970s? Not Daniel Radcliffe. Not Dirk Pitt. Not Donny Osmond. **D** 1. Real 2. Last name does not start with D 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. American 7. Died after 1900 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Born east of the Mississippi 10. Known primarily as a writer 11. A writer of fiction or non-fiction 12. Did not die before 1960 13. Not born south of the Mason-Dixon Line 14. Nothing has been televised (that I can find) ---
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/228 "2014-01-10T15:36:03Z")
Right on all 3. IQs: 1. Did you kill Superman in 1992? 2. Are you who Luornu Durgo became after she was killed? 3. Were you the first supervillain to face Batman? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/229 "2014-01-10T15:45:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you kill Superman in 1992? > 2. Are you who Luornu Durgo became after she was killed? > 3. Were you the first supervillain to face Batman? DQ. Not … Duo Damsel? DQ. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/230 "2014-01-10T16:15:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Right on all 3. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you kill Superman in 1992? > 2. Are you who Luornu Durgo became after she was killed? > 3. Were you the first supervillain to face Batman? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > Not … Duo Damsel? > DQ. #1 was Doomsday. Duo Damsel (aka Duplicate Girl) is correct. #3 was Dr. Death. DQ: Science Fiction author? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/231 "2014-01-10T16:28:09Z")
**D** 1. Real 2. Last name does not start with D 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. American 7. Died after 1900 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Born east of the Mississippi 10. Known primarily as a writer 11. A writer of fiction or non-fiction 12. Did not die before 1960 13. Not born south of the Mason-Dixon Line 14. Nothing has been televised (that I can find) 15. Not a science-fiction author ---
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/232 "2014-01-10T16:39:41Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Librarian of Congress? 2. Did you have a holistic detective agency? 3. Are you a longstanding syndicated humorist? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/233 "2014-01-10T17:43:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Librarian of Congress? > 2. Did you have a holistic detective agency? > 3. Are you a longstanding syndicated humorist? Not … Dewey? Not Dirk Gently. Not Dave Barry. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/234 "2014-01-10T23:22:37Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Were you an ancient Greek who referred to the concept of atoms? > IQ2: Is there a story about you in a lion’s den? > IQ3: Are you a magician with a Dickensian name? 1: [Democritus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democritus) 2: As you said, Daniel. 3: As you said, David Copperfield ---
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/235 "2014-01-10T23:26:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Librarian of Congress? > 2. Did you have a holistic detective agency? > 3. Are you a longstanding syndicated humorist? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not … Dewey? > Not Dirk Gently. > Not Dave Barry. Melvil Dewey was many things, but not Librarian of Congress. That would be Daniel J. Boorstin. Thinking… ---
**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:** [January 11, 2014, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/236 "2014-01-11T05:57:35Z")
Previous IQs: Did your product give rise to a now-quaint slang term? - Duesenberg’s excellent cars led to the phrase “That’s a doozie!” Did a filthy sock thrill you? - The house-elf Dobby in the Harry Potter stories, who thus won his freedom. Were you based on a little boy who went on to become a famous writer? - Dill in _To Kill a Mockingbird_ was based on a young Truman Capote, a friend since childhood of Harper Lee’s. DQs: Novelist? Best-known work published before 1950? Still widely read? I yield my other two already-earned DQs to other players, one per customer. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/237 "2014-01-11T06:15:20Z")
DQ: Die after 1980? ---
**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:** [January 11, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/238 "2014-01-11T13:55:35Z")
A short pause while I kick myself over Duesenberg (my favourite marque) and Dobby… [quote=“SCAdian, post:231, topic:677669”] **D** 1. Real 2. Last name does not start with D 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. American 7. Died after 1900 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Born east of the Mississippi 10. Known primarily as a writer 11. A writer of fiction or non-fiction 12. Did not die before 1960 13. Not born south of the Mason-Dixon Line 14. Unlicensed excerpts from one story were televised 15. Not a science-fiction author 16. Novelist 17. Best-known work not published before 1950 18. Still widely read 19. Died after 1980 **Note change to DQ14 answer.** ---
**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:** [January 11, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/239 "2014-01-11T16:20:00Z")
So: A dead American male novelist, first name starts with D, born in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic or New England states (or overseas, I suppose), best-known work published after 1950, not science fiction, died since 1980. Hmmm. Nobody springs to mind. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/240 "2014-01-11T23:34:25Z")
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