# Botticelli - April 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 4, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714 "2017-04-04T03:56:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 4, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/1 "2017-04-04T03:56:41Z")
The March thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=820323](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=820323) Our first letter for April is G ---
**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 4, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/2 "2017-04-04T13:20:30Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a neighbor of Donald Duck’s who had an anthropomorphic light bulb for an assistant? 2. Were you a lion tamer with Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus? 3. Did Mark Twain publish your memoirs? ---
**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 4, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/3 "2017-04-04T13:24:19Z")
IQ1: Are you the twin sister of Leto II? IQ2: Are you a minstrel and Paul Atreides’ weapons teacher? IQ3: Are you Baron Harkonnen’s oldest nephew, aka “The Beast”? ---
**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 4, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/4 "2017-04-04T17:26:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a neighbor of Donald Duck’s who had an anthropomorphic light bulb for an assistant? > 2. Were you a lion tamer with Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus? > 3. Did Mark Twain publish your memoirs? Dunno x2; not U.S. Grant > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the twin sister of Leto II? > IQ2: Are you a minstrel and Paul Atreides’ weapons teacher? > IQ3: Are you Baron Harkonnen’s oldest nephew, aka “The Beast”? Dunno x3 (I thought Rabban was “the Beast”?) ---
**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 4, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/5 "2017-04-04T18:34:50Z")
Ghanima Atreides, Gurney Halleck, Glossu Rabban DQ: Real? DQ: Male? DQ: Last name start with G? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/6 "2017-04-04T19:04:18Z")
IQ1. Was one of your most famous novels a lipogram that omitted a letter of the alphabet, despite your full name containing this letter four times? IQ2. Were you born in an Italian restaurant and quickly put up for adoption because your food addiction led to declining restaurant sales? IQ3. Were you a UN High Commissionner for Refugees before being promoted to a higher position? ---
**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 4, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/7 "2017-04-04T20:26:15Z")
Ah, I didn’t realize Rabban had a first name. I thought of Duncan Idaho but couldn’t remember Gurney Halleck’s name. > [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ1. Was one of your most famous novels a lipogram that omitted a letter of the alphabet, despite your full name containing this letter four times? > IQ2. Were you born in an Italian restaurant and quickly put up for adoption because your food addiction led to declining restaurant sales? > IQ3. Were you a UN High Commissionner for Refugees before being promoted to a higher position? Dunno, not Abe Simpson, and not Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary-General. G. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name starts with G ---
**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 4, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/8 "2017-04-04T20:41:47Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a neighbor of Donald Duck’s who had an anthropomorphic light bulb for an assistant? > 2. Were you a lion tamer with Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus? > 3. Did Mark Twain publish your memoirs? > Dunno x2; not U.S. Grant #1 was Gyro Gearloose. #2 was Gunther Gebel-Williams. Correct on #3. DQs: 1. Created before 1900? 2. Created by an American or Americans? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/9 "2017-04-04T21:02:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Abe Simpson, and not Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary-General. First one was Georges Perec, who wrote a 300-page book without the letter e. Second question was referring to Garfield, whose obsession for lasagna forced the owners of an Italian restaurant to put him up for adoption. Correct on Guterres. DQ1: From literature? DQ2: Human? ---
**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 4, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/10 "2017-04-04T21:43:53Z")
Hi, guy! Welcome back! IQs: 1. Were you Mary Richards’ TV boss? 2. Are you an epic Akkadian hero? 3. Are you often mistaken for Rosencrantz? ---
**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 4, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/11 "2017-04-04T21:45:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Hi, guy! Welcome back! > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Mary Richards’ TV boss? > 2. Are you an epic Akkadian hero? > 3. Are you often mistaken for Rosencrantz? Not Lou Grant, dunno, and not Guildenstern. G. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name starts with G 4. created before 1900 5. not created by an American or Americans 6. from literature, broadly speaking 7. human ---
**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 4, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/12 "2017-04-04T22:01:10Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Mary Richards’ TV boss? > 2. Are you an epic Akkadian hero? > 3. Are you often mistaken for Rosencrantz? > Not Lou Grant, dunno, and not Guildenstern. Correct, #2 is Gilgamesh, correct. DQ: Created by a European author or authors? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/13 "2017-04-04T22:19:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Hi, guy! Welcome back! Thank you. 🙂 > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Lou Grant, dunno, and not Guildenstern. > > G. > > 1. fictional > 2. male > 3. only name starts with G > 4. created before 1900 > 5. not created by an American or Americans > 6. from literature, broadly speaking > 7. human IQ1: Are you the Smurfs’ arch-foe? IQ2: Did you discover an organelle essential to proteine processing? IQ3: Are you aka Olorin? ---
**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 4, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/14 "2017-04-04T23:45:34Z")
IQ1: Are you a robot controlled by Little Jimmy Sparks? IQ2: Are you a giant lizard who frequently destroys Tokyo? IQ3: Are you the tree member of _Guardians of the Galaxy_? ---
**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 5, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/15 "2017-04-05T01:20:00Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > … > IQ1: Are you the Smurfs’ arch-foe? > IQ2: Did you discover an organelle essential to proteine processing? > IQ3: Are you aka Olorin? Not Gargamel (sp?), Gregor Mendel or Gandalf. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a robot controlled by Little Jimmy Sparks? > IQ2: Are you a giant lizard who frequently destroys Tokyo? > IQ3: Are you the tree member of _Guardians of the Galaxy_? Dunno; not Godzilla or Groot. G. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name starts with G 4. created before 1900 5. not created by an American or Americans 6. from literature, broadly speaking 7. human 8. created by a European author or authors ---
**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 5, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/16 "2017-04-05T01:42:22Z")
IQs: 1. Did you hang around with Pantagruel? 2. Were you Sir Lancelot’s illegitimate son? 3. Did you battle the Green Knight? ---
**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 5, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/17 "2017-04-05T02:06:33Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a robot controlled by Little Jimmy Sparks? > IQ2: Are you a giant lizard who frequently destroys Tokyo? > IQ3: Are you the tree member of Guardians of the Galaxy? > > Dunno; not Godzilla or Groot. Gigantor DQ: From a children’s story/fairy tale/nursery rhyme? ---
**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 5, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/18 "2017-04-05T02:21:35Z")
IQ1: Are you destined to be defeated by the Messiah in Revelations? IQ2: Are you a blue Muppet who rarely uses contractions? IQ3: Did you help Frodo reach Rivendell as her was pursued by the Nazgul? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/19 "2017-04-05T02:24:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Gargamel (sp?), Gregor Mendel or Gandalf. Correct on Gargamel and Gandalf. The second one was Camillo Golgi, who discovered the Golgi apparatus. I don’t recall Mendel having discovered any organelle. DQ: Created by someone from the British Isles? ---
**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 5, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/20 "2017-04-05T13:02:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you hang around with Pantagruel? > 2. Were you Sir Lancelot’s illegitimate son? > 3. Did you battle the Green Knight? Dunno, not Sir Galahad, not Sir Gawain. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you destined to be defeated by the Messiah in Revelation? > IQ2: Are you a blue Muppet who rarely uses contractions? > IQ3: Did you help Frodo reach Rivendell as he was pursued by the Nazgul? Not Golgotha (?), not Grover, and not Glorfindel. G. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name starts with G 4. created before 1900 5. not created by an American or Americans 6. from literature, broadly speaking 7. human 8. created by a European author or authors 9. not from a children’s story/fairy tale/nursery rhyme 10. not created by someone from the British Isles [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714.md?page=2)