# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 20
**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, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/381 "2016-04-28T23:28:40Z")
IQ1: Are you the Master of the Panflute and alleged to have sold more records than Elvis and the Beatles? IQ2: Did you play guitar, jamming good with Wierd and Gilly and The Spiders from Mars? IQ3: Were you President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor? (Let’s see you spell that one correctly, Mr. Vocabulary) ---
**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, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/382 "2016-04-28T23:56:20Z")
IQs: 1. Did Carol Cleveland play you in _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_? 2. Are you the last villain (alphabetically speaking) in the Marvel Universe? 3. Were you a Hebrew prophet who prophesied during the time of Darius the Great? ---
**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 29, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/383 "2016-04-29T03:43:10Z")
Previous IQs: Did you twice play the mom of doomed young women? - Grace Zabriskie, on _Twin Peaks_ and _Seinfeld_. Did you play the heavy in _Titanic_? - Billy Zane. Was Ike a fan of your writing? - Yes, Zane Grey. DQs: First appeared since 1964? Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Did you discover the major peak that bears your name? Did you (almost) always come last in a British children’s book? A former general, did you die after eating iced fruit? ---
**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 29, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/384 "2016-04-29T14:42:29Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Master of the Panflute and alleged to have sold more records than Elvis and the Beatles? > IQ2: Did you play guitar, jamming good with Wierd and Gilly and The Spiders from Mars? > IQ3: Were you President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor? (Let’s see you spell that one correctly, Mr. Vocabulary) Zanfir? Ziggy played guitar. Ziggy Stardust. I shall spell this response perfectly: DQ. Alas, it did not require any Latin grammar. 🙂 ---
**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 29, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/385 "2016-04-29T14:45:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Carol Cleveland play you in _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_? > 2. Are you the last villain (alphabetically speaking) in the Marvel Universe? > 3. Were you a Hebrew prophet who prophesied during the time of Darius the Great? I’m not Zoot. I’m not Zzzyx or some such, who I don’t know directly but vaguely remember seeing as a repeated question here… Zebadiah? ---
**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 29, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/386 "2016-04-29T14:46:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you discover the major peak that bears your name? > Did you (almost) always come last in a British children’s book? > A former general, did you die after eating iced fruit? I’m not Zebulon Pike. DQ. DQ. ---
**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 29, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/387 "2016-04-29T14:57:11Z")
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 5. Not originally from a movie 6. Not a protagonist 7. First appeared since 1964 8. Would not be alive today if real, barring plot twist(s). ---
**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 29, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/388 "2016-04-29T15:32:47Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Carol Cleveland play you in Monty Python and the Holy Grail? > 2. Are you the last villain (alphabetically speaking) in the Marvel Universe? > 3. Were you a Hebrew prophet who prophesied during the time of Darius the Great? > I’m not Zoot. > I’m not Zzzyx or some such, who I don’t know directly but vaguely remember seeing as a repeated question here… > Zebadiah? Correct on Zoot. #2 is Zzzax, so close enough. #3, however, is Zechariah. DQ: From a TV show? ---
**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 29, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/389 "2016-04-29T17:11:02Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Master of the Panflute and alleged to have sold more records than Elvis and the Beatles? > IQ2: Did you play guitar, jamming good with Wierd and Gilly and The Spiders from Mars? > IQ3: Were you President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor? (Let’s see you spell that one correctly, Mr. Vocabulary) > > Zanfir? > Ziggy played guitar. Ziggy Stardust. > I shall spell this response perfectly: DQ. Alas, it did not require any Latin grammar. Zamfir (close enough), correct, Zbigniew Brzezinski DQ: Scifi/fantasy genre? holding 3 DQs ---
**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 29, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/390 "2016-04-29T17:16:30Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a Batman foe who thinks he’s a Greek god? 2. Are you a Superman foe who was freed from the Phantom Zone? 3. Are you a purple alien creature who is a foe of Firestorm? ---
**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 29, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/391 "2016-04-29T17:20:13Z")
IQ1: Are you a Decapodian staff doctor for The Planet Express? IQ2: Did you invent the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster? IQ3: Are you the Smilodon companion of jungle warrior Ka-Zar? ---
**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 29, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/392 "2016-04-29T17:37:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Batman foe who thinks he’s a Greek god? > 2. Are you a Superman foe who was freed from the Phantom Zone? > 3. Are you a purple alien creature who is a foe of Firestorm? I’m not Zeus? (guessing, as I’m pretty sure Zsasz doesn’t think that), General Zod, 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 29, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/393 "2016-04-29T17:40:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Batman foe who thinks he’s a Greek god? > 2. Are you a Superman foe who was freed from the Phantom Zone? > 3. Are you a purple alien creature who is a foe of Firestorm? > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > I’m not Zeus? (guessing, as I’m pretty sure Zsasz doesn’t think that), General Zod, DQ. #1 is Maxie Zeus. Close enough, I guess. #2 is correct. #3 is the Zuggernaut. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 29, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/394 "2016-04-29T17:43:19Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Decapodian staff doctor for The Planet Express? > IQ2: Did you invent the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster? > IQ3: Are you the Smilodon companion of jungle warrior Ka-Zar? Yes, I’m Doctor John A. Zoidberg. Probably not the hardest to guess guest ever, but to follow Y I wanted to choose someone who I could hint at with letter color, though he’s a bit more orange. Congrats KO! ---
**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 29, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/395 "2016-04-29T17:47:16Z")
Well done, KO. I’d’ve gotten there, but it would have taken a bunch more 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 29, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/396 "2016-04-29T20:17:22Z")
The “Would be alive today” question is a tricky one, for a series set in the future, but with time travel. ---
**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 29, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/397 "2016-04-29T20:34:29Z")
Good job, **KO**! Congrats! > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > The “Would be alive today” question is a tricky one, for a series set in the future, but with time travel. I’d answer “No” to that question, as he’s been not born yet and the series is _mostly_ set in the future. Previous IQs: Did you discover the major peak that bears your name? - Yes, Zebulon Pike of Pike’s Peak. Did you (almost) always come last in a British children’s book? - Zachary Zween: [http://www.amazon.com/Story-Zachary-Zween-Mabel-Watts/dp/B0006BQ30E/ref=sr\_1\_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461962026&sr=1-1&keywords=zachary+zween](http://www.amazon.com/Story-Zachary-Zween-Mabel-Watts/dp/B0006BQ30E/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461962026&sr=1-1&keywords=zachary+zween) A former general, did you die after eating iced fruit? - Zachary Taylor. ---
**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 29, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/398 "2016-04-29T22:13:05Z")
Sweet! I’ll start a new month thread. ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/399 "2016-04-30T03:58:57Z")
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