# Late October 2012 Botticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 17, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026 "2012-10-17T16:35:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [October 27, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/141 "2012-10-27T14:57:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Buck Henry and Mel Brooks create you? > Are you a priestess of a fire god? > Did you use a comb in an unusual way when you received a Tony? Buck Henry wasn’t involved in the creation of _Blazing Saddles_, but rather Maxwell Smart of _Get Smart_. Yes, Melisandre. Not Matthew Broderick, but Mel Brooks again. When he got a Tony for _The Producers_, he did a Hitler mustache with his comb. DQs: Male? Last name start with M? IQs: Did you think you had a bun in the oven but actually had a fatal tumor? According to a comedy show, did it take awhile to beat you to death? Did you and someone else who’d played your iconic role once bump into each other on a bridge in Paris? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/142 "2012-10-27T15:19:44Z")
The letter is M. 1. Real person. 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Buck Henry wasn’t involved in the creation of _Blazing Saddles_, but rather Maxwell Smart of _Get Smart_. > Yes, Melisandre. > Not Matthew Broderick, but Mel Brooks again. When he got a Tony for _The Producers_, he did a Hitler mustache with his comb. Damn, that “don’t look stuff up” rule really cuts into my batting average. I guessed it was from the Producers, and the way the comb was used, but Broderick/Brooks was a 50-50 shot. > [@](#): > > Did you think you had a bun in the oven but actually had a fatal tumor? > According to a comedy show, did it take awhile to beat you to death? > Did you and someone else who’d played your iconic role once bump into each other on a bridge in Paris? No idea on 1 or 2. I’ll guess Roger Moore for 3 - take 2 or 3 DQs. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/143 "2012-10-27T22:16:56Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Not Mike Myers of Michelle Pfeiffer - take a DQ for Alice. Alice, of _Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore_, ended up working for Mel Sharples, at Mel’s Diner. DQ: Are you known for achievements in the arts? ---
**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:** [October 28, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/144 "2012-10-28T00:29:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > Did you think you had a bun in the oven but actually had a fatal tumor? > According to a comedy show, did it take awhile to beat you to death? > Did you and someone else who’d played your iconic role once bump into each other on a bridge in Paris? Queen Mary I of England, “Bloody Mary,” Elizabeth I’s half-sister. Mary Queen of Scots, according to _Monty Python_: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmMD4ij8GHk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmMD4ij8GHk) Yes, Roger Moore, who saw Sean Connery on the bridge by happenstance. DQs: American? Alive? IQs: Are you the Governor of Maryland? Were you married in Ten Forward? Did you fly a small plane into the Soviet Union and land on Red Square? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/145 "2012-10-28T01:50:16Z")
The letter is M. 1. Real person. 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M 4. Not famous for achievements in the arts 5. American 6. Alive > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the Governor of Maryland? > Were you married in Ten Forward? > Did you fly a small plane into the Soviet Union and land on Red Square? I’m not Martin O’Malley. I don’t even know what this means. I’m not the West German teenager whose name I don’t remember, but will recognize as soon as you post it. So 2 more DQs. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/146 "2012-10-28T02:26:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, Roger Moore, who saw Sean Connery on the bridge by happenstance. Given the gentlemen named, and your choice of words, I can’t resist offering this from Ian Fleming, in _Goldfinger_: “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times, it’s enemy action.” ---
**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:** [October 28, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/147 "2012-10-28T02:46:45Z")
IQ1: Are you the sportscaster who has called such things as the 1980 Miracle on Ice and the earthquake-interrupted game on the 1989 World Series, as well as many Monday Night Football games? IQ2: Did you meet your future husband while you were an associate at a Chicago law firm, though you and he now live in Washington DC? IQ3: If you see a man on television telling you how white your shirts can be, do you wonder if he can be a man because he doesn’t smoke the same cigarettes as you? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/148 "2012-10-28T02:56:46Z")
I’m not Al Michaels, Michelle Obama, or Mick Jagger. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/149 "2012-10-28T03:11:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the Governor of Maryland? > Were you married in Ten Forward? > Did you fly a small plane into the Soviet Union and land on Red Square? Yes, Martin O’Malley. Miles O’Brien was married to his wife Keiko in a ceremony in the Ten Forward (Deck 10, at the bow) lounge of the USS _Enterprise_ in an episode of _Star Trek: The Next Generation._ Mathias Rust. DQs: Political/military? Born since 1950? IQs: Did you play one of the officers of _Adam-12_? Were you a male denizen of Fernwood, Ohio? Did a comedian, emulating you, tell his brother, “Gimme more aqua”? ---
**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:** [October 28, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/150 "2012-10-28T03:52:39Z")
IQ1: Do anarchists, terrorists, and angry mobs throw weapons named after you? IQ2: Does your character have a soft spot for Mr. Jingles? IQ3: Did you share living space with Dingbat and Little Goil? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/151 "2012-10-28T20:28:01Z")
IQ: Have you been involved with the Oilers/Titans franchise, in various roles, for the better part of 20 years? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/152 "2012-10-28T20:35:23Z")
The letter is M. 1. Real person. 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M 4. Not famous for achievements in the arts 5. American 6. Alive 7. Not known for a political or military role 8. Born before 1950 > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play one of the officers of _Adam-12_? > Were you a male denizen of Fernwood, Ohio? > Did a comedian, emulating you, tell his brother, “Gimme more aqua”? Not Michelangelo - take 2 more DQs. > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Do anarchists, terrorists, and angry mobs throw weapons named after you? > > IQ2: Does your character have a soft spot for Mr. Jingles? > > IQ3: Did you share living space with Dingbat and Little Goil? I’m not Molotov or Michael Clarke Duncan. Take a DQ for #3. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Have you been involved with the Oilers/Titans franchise, in various roles, for the better part of 20 years? I’m not Mike Munchak. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/153 "2012-10-28T20:41:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play one of the officers of _Adam-12_? > Were you a male denizen of Fernwood, Ohio? > Did a comedian, emulating you, tell his brother, “Gimme more aqua”? Martin Milner. Martin Mull. Yes, Michaelangelo, as recalled by Steven Wright. DQs: Athlete? One DQ reserved. IQs: Have your coreligionists repeatedly apologized for something you did? Have you played a stand-in, a doctor, and a reluctant adventurer? Did you play a very evil person opposed by another character, played by your real-life husband? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/154 "2012-10-28T21:38:45Z")
The letter is M. 1. Real person. 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M 4. Not famous for achievements in the arts 5. American 6. Alive 7. Not known for a political or military role 8. Born before 1950 9. not an athlete. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Have your coreligionists repeatedly apologized for something you did? > Have you played a stand-in, a doctor, and a reluctant adventurer? > Did you play a very evil person opposed by another character, played by your real-life husband? So many options! I’m going to go with Khalid Sheikh Muhammad. Feel free to rephrase if you were thinking of someone else. No idea on the other two - add 2 to your DQ stockpile. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/155 "2012-10-28T22:46:04Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > I’m not Molotov or Michael Clarke Duncan. Take a DQ for #3. It was Mike “Meathead” Stivic who lived with his wife Gloria (“Little Goil”) and mother-in-law Edith (“Dingbat”) on _All in the Family_. The nicknames were bestowed by Archie Bunker. DQ: Are you a scientist or inventor? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/156 "2012-10-28T23:01:00Z")
The letter is M. 1. Real person. 2. Male 3. Last name starts with M 4. Not famous for achievements in the arts 5. American 6. Alive 7. Not known for a political or military role 8. Born before 1950 9. not an athlete. 10. Not a scientist or inventor ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/157 "2012-10-28T23:04:43Z")
IQ: Are you a movie reviewer turned conservative pundit? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/158 "2012-10-28T23:55:23Z")
I’m not… Michelle Malkin? If that’s not who you were thinking of, take a DQ. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/159 "2012-10-29T01:30:52Z")
IQ1: Are you the title character in the 1955 Best Picture Oscar winner? IQ2: Did you shoot down 80 enemy aircraft in WWI? IQ3: Did you play the manager of the Partridge Family? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/160 "2012-10-29T02:10:45Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Are you the title character in the 1955 Best Picture Oscar winner? > > IQ2: Did you shoot down 80 enemy aircraft in WWI? > > IQ3: Did you play the manager of the Partridge Family? I’m not Manfred von Richthofen - no idea on the other two. 2 more DQs! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026.md?page=9)