# New Boticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 7, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169 "2012-05-07T14:49:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/182 "2012-05-17T02:21:58Z")
Spoons: I’m not Bob Barker or Billy Joel ( my favorite game show host and singer, respectively) DQ for the other one I’m a male, who is no longer “living”. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/183 "2012-05-17T02:29:05Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Spoons: I’m not Bob Barker or Billy Joel ( my favorite game show host and singer, respectively) DQ for the other one Just my luck, to hit upon your favourites, whom you would know instantly. Still, I did get you on Buford Pusser, the Tennessee sheriff whose life story was featured in the film, _Walking Tall_. DQ: Are you real? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/184 "2012-05-17T02:31:58Z")
I’m a fictional character. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/185 "2012-05-17T02:37:18Z")
IQ1: Did a famous comedian riff you, with the line “Kill mah lan’lord”? IQ2: Were you a Regulator, killed in 1881? IQ3: Did you work at Pierce & Pierce? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/186 "2012-05-17T02:41:43Z")
MissTake: 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:** [May 17, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/187 "2012-05-17T02:47:50Z")
IQ1: Are you a member of the Loyal Order of Water Buffalos? IQ2: Are you the fatter of the pair who blows celebrities up “_real_ good”? IQ3: Did you rule over a place where children are illegal and all the toys are made for you? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/188 "2012-05-17T02:52:14Z")
Spoons: 1.I’m not Barney Rubble 2: DQ 3: Should know, but DQ (will smh when you tell me) ---
**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:** [May 17, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/189 "2012-05-17T02:56:21Z")
Nice going, **etv78**. IQs: Did you, an Englishman, set an important sports milestone? Did you forget your first name when you met your future wife? Did you sing about geometric shapes in desert material? ---
**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:** [May 17, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/190 "2012-05-17T02:58:05Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Spoons: > > 1.I’m not Barney Rubble > 2: DQ > 3: Should know, but DQ (will smh when you tell me) IQ2 refers to Billy Sol Hurok, co-host of “Farm Film Celebrity Blow-Up,” of of the “shows” on SCTV. Hurok was played by John Candy. IQ3 refers to Barom Bomburst, the ruler of Vulgaria, in the film _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_. He was played by Gert Frobe. DQ: Does your first name start with B? DQ: Are you American? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/191 "2012-05-17T02:58:21Z")
**Elendil** -I’m not Roger Bannister 2 DQs for the others. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/192 "2012-05-17T02:59:26Z")
**Spoons** -I’m an American whose last name begins with “B” ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/193 "2012-05-17T03:03:17Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQ1: Did a famous comedian riff you, with the line “Kill mah lan’lord”? > IQ2: Were you a Regulator, killed in 1881? > IQ3: Did you work at Pierce & Pierce? IQ1: Buckwheat, the Our Gang character, spoofed by Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live IQ2: Billy the Kid IQ3: Patrick Bateman, main charater in _American Psycho_ DQ1: Are you a fictional movie character? DQ2: Are you a character from the last 50 years? Will reserve remaining DQ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/194 "2012-05-17T03:10:23Z")
I’m from the last 50 years. Though I have appeared in movies, it’s not the medium most associated with me. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/195 "2012-05-17T03:20:11Z")
IQ1: Did you direct the films _Saturday Night Fever_, _Blue Thunder_, and _War Games_? IQ2: Did you go from being an Old West gunfighter and gambler to a New York City sportswriter? IQ3: Do you captain the team known as the “Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings”? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/196 "2012-05-17T03:22:28Z")
**Spoons** -3 DQs! (I hate when I can’t answer stuff) ---
**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:** [May 17, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/197 "2012-05-17T03:50:58Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **Spoons** -3 DQs! (I hate when I can’t answer stuff) In IQ1, I was looking for director John Badham. In IQ2, I was looking for Bat Masterson. He was a gunfighter, and later lawman, in the Old West; and died in New York as a sportswriter for the _New York Morning Telegraph_. IQ3 refers to Bingo Long, who was played by Billy Dee Williams in the movie, _The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings_, which was about a barnstorming baseball team. DQ: Are you best known for television work? I’ll reserve my other two DQs for a while. Can we get a summary of DQ facts so far? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/198 "2012-05-17T04:06:43Z")
Shoulda got Masterson! Though not best known for TV, I appear on it alot. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/199 "2012-05-17T15:01:17Z")
IQ1. Do you share an apartment with your roommate and his bath accessory? IQ2. Are you a military theorist best known for your advocacy of the Indirect Approach? IQ3. Do you exasperate two letters of the alphabet with your actions? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/200 "2012-05-17T15:04:35Z")
DQ Summary 1. Male 2. Fictional 3. American (need clarification - is the character American or is he a non-American published in an American work?) 4. Last name starts with B 5. Appeared in the last 50 years. 6. Has appeared in movies, but not the medium he’s associated with. 7. Appears on TV often, but not best known for TV Did I miss anything?. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/201 "2012-05-17T17:03:03Z")
IQ1: Are you hellbent on killing a small yellow boy? IQ2: Did you encourage over-privileged East Bay kids to take a holiday in Cambodia? IQ3: Are you a cantankerous pitcher who once told his catcher “the only thing you know about pitching is that it’s hard to hit”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169.md?page=11)