# Botticelli April 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 2, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886 "2016-04-02T04:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**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:** [April 27, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/361 "2016-04-27T12:05:40Z")
Good job, Tim! ---
**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:** [April 27, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/362 "2016-04-27T14:25:21Z")
Hey, where’s bordelond? ---
**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:** [April 27, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/363 "2016-04-27T15:52:39Z")
All right, **Tim**! Previous IQs: Did your skull end up in a Danish graveyard before being excavated? - Alas, poor Yorick… Were you the last male human being in the world to survive a global catastrophe? - Another Yorick, the protagonist of the graphic novel series _Y: The Last Man_. Were you part of a famous musical trio? - Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/364 "2016-04-27T21:25:45Z")
Oh, nice, I had hopes but wasn’t really expecting that one to win it. The other two were Boris Yeltsin and Steve Young. And now, as it appears I’m not going to come up with any better ideas, I am Z. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/365 "2016-04-27T21:32:02Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write a whole passel of westerns? 2. Is your name Spanish for Fox? 3. Did you invent Esperanto? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/366 "2016-04-27T21:47:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write a whole passel of westerns? > 2. Is your name Spanish for Fox? > 3. Did you invent Esperanto? I’m not Zane Grey, I’m not Zorro, and 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:** [April 27, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/367 "2016-04-27T22:44:43Z")
Correct. Correct. L. L. Zamenhof invented Esperanto. DQ: Real? ---
**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:** [April 28, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/368 "2016-04-28T01:13:09Z")
IQ1: Are you an alumni of Walden College? IQ2: Are you IQ1’s nephew? IQ3: Are you a short Irken soldier banished to Foodcourtia? ---
**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:** [April 28, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/369 "2016-04-28T01:17:10Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Russian-born concert violinist, composer and conductor? 2. Were you #1’s actor son? 3. Were you #2’s actress daughter? ---
**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:** [April 28, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/370 "2016-04-28T04:04:44Z")
IQs: Did you twice play the mom of doomed young women? Did you play the heavy in _Titanic_? Was Ike a fan of your writing? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/371 "2016-04-28T15:39:33Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an alumni of Walden College? > IQ2: Are you IQ1’s nephew? > IQ3: Are you a short Irken soldier banished to Foodcourtia? That’s a sweep, 3DQ. (In honor of ‘an alumni’, I present [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbI-fDzUJXI).) ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/372 "2016-04-28T15:41:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Russian-born concert violinist, composer and conductor? > 2. Were you #1’s actor son? > 3. Were you #2’s actress daughter? I feel like if I got one of these they’d all fall, but I’m getting nothing. 3DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/373 "2016-04-28T15:47:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you twice play the mom of doomed young women? > Did you play the heavy in _Titanic_? > Was Ike a fan of your writing? I’m not Zsa Zsa Gabor?, DQ, and I’m still not Zane Grey. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/374 "2016-04-28T15:52:00Z")
I am Z and I am: 1. Not Real ---
**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:** [April 28, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/375 "2016-04-28T17:10:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Russian-born concert violinist, composer and conductor? > 2. Were you #1’s actor son? > 3. Were you #2’s actress daughter? > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > I feel like if I got one of these they’d all fall, but I’m getting nothing. 3DQ. You are correct in your assumption. #1 was Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. #2 was Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (remembered mainly from the TV series _The F.B.I._) #3 was Stephanie Zimbalist (remembered almost exclusively from _Remington Steele_) DQs: 1. Male? 2. Last name starts with Z? 3. From a work of prose fiction? ---
**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:** [April 28, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/376 "2016-04-28T17:12:18Z")
IQs: 1. Are you considered by many to be the Father of Television? 2. Are you this season’s archenemy on _The Flash_? 3. Were you a Swedish print artist noted for your “breastscapes”? ---
**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:** [April 28, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/377 "2016-04-28T17:57:56Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an alumni of Walden College? > IQ2: Are you IQ1’s nephew? > IQ3: Are you a short Irken soldier banished to Foodcourtia? > > That’s a sweep, 3DQ. (In honor of ‘an alumni’, I present this.) Zonker Harris (from Doonesbury), Zipper Harris, Invader Zim holding 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/378 "2016-04-28T18:46:56Z")
I am Z and I am: 1. Not Real 2. Male 3. Last Name starts with Z 4. Not from a work of prose fiction ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/379 "2016-04-28T18:49:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you considered by many to be the Father of Television? > 2. Are you this season’s archenemy on _The Flash_? > 3. Were you a Swedish print artist noted for your “breastscapes”? hmm… not Farnsworth?..DQ. I’m not watching it, but I’ll guess Professor Zoom. and 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:** [April 28, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/380 "2016-04-28T20:20:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you considered by many to be the Father of Television? > 2. Are you this season’s archenemy on _The Flash_? > 3. Were you a Swedish print artist noted for your “breastscapes”? > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > hmm… not Farnsworth?..DQ. > I’m not watching it, but I’ll guess Professor Zoom. > and DQ. #1. Vladimir Zworykin, who invented a system for broadcasting and receiving signals using a cathode ray tube. #2. Well, he’s just called Zoom, but close enough. #3. Anders Zorn, known for his landscapes with nude women. DQs: 1. Originally from a movie? 2. Protagonist? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886.md?page=20)