# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/241 "2017-04-21T21:39:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Lothar’s brother and Wolfram’s cousin? > IQ2: Were you the militia commander at Plymouth? > IQ3: Were you also known as King Philip? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, not Miles Standish, DQ Manfred Frhr v Richthofen. Correct. Metacomet. IQ1: Were you a secret agent whose code name was Eric? IQ2: Were you #1’s boss? IQ3: Did you play #1 in a quartet of rather dreadful movies? ---
**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 21, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/242 "2017-04-21T22:18:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did Tommy Kirk play you opposite Annette Funicello in a Disney live action movie? 2. Is there never a cat so clever as you? 3. Did your band have a hit with _Abracadabra_? ---
**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 21, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/243 "2017-04-21T23:22:51Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created after 1900 4. Originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Last name starts with M 6. Created after 1960 7. Created by an American or Americans 8. From a work of Science Fiction, Horror or Fantasy ---
**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 21, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/244 "2017-04-21T23:26:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a secret agent whose code name was Eric? > IQ2: Were you #1’s boss? > IQ3: Did you play #1 in a quartet of rather dreadful movies? 3 DQs for you ---
**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 21, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/245 "2017-04-21T23:27:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Tommy Kirk play you opposite Annette Funicello in a Disney live action movie? > 2. Is there never a cat so clever as you? > 3. Did your band have a hit with _Abracadabra_? DQ, not Morris, not Steve Miller ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/246 "2017-04-21T23:57:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a secret agent whose code name was Eric? > IQ2: Were you #1’s boss? > IQ3: Did you play #1 in a quartet of rather dreadful movies? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 3 DQs for you Matt Helm. Mac. Dean Martin. DQ1: First appeared after 2000? DQ2: Would (or could) be alive today, if real? DQ3: Protagonist? Two DQs reserved. ---
**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 22, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/247 "2017-04-22T01:47:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Tommy Kirk play you opposite Annette Funicello in a Disney live action movie? > 2. Is there never a cat so clever as you? > 3. Did your band have a hit with _Abracadabra_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, not Morris, not Steve Miller 1. Merlin Jones in _The Misadventures of Merlin Jones_. 2. Morris was Finicky. To quote T. S. Eliot: "And we all say “Oh, well I never, was there ever A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees” 3. Correct. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 22, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/248 "2017-04-22T02:21:59Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created after 1900 4. Originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Last name starts with M 6. Created after 1960 7. Created by an American or Americans 8. From a work of Science Fiction, Horror or Fantasy 9. First appeared before 2000 10. Would (or could) be alive today, if real 11. Not the Protagonist ---
**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 22, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/249 "2017-04-22T02:27:22Z")
DQs: 1. From a work of Horror? 2. Created before 1980? ---
**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 22, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/250 "2017-04-22T02:35:57Z")
IQs: 1. In Shirley Jackson’s novel _The Haunting of Hill House_, are you the scientist who is there in search of the supernatural? 2. Did you attend your college, Wossamotta U. on a football scholarship? 3. Were you married to the Comte de la Fere? ---
**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 22, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/251 "2017-04-22T11:37:11Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created after 1900 4. Originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Last name starts with M 6. Created after 1960 7. Created by an American or Americans 8. From a work of Science Fiction, Horror or Fantasy 9. First appeared before 2000 10. Would (or could) be alive today, if real 11. Not the Protagonist 12. Not from a work of Horror 13. Created before 1980 ---
**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 22, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/252 "2017-04-22T11:38:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In Shirley Jackson’s novel _The Haunting of Hill House_, are you the scientist who is there in search of the supernatural? > 2. Did you attend your college, Wossamotta U. on a football scholarship? > 3. Were you married to the Comte de la Fere? DQ, not Bullwinkle J. Moose, not Madame Bovary(?) ---
**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 22, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/253 "2017-04-22T13:13:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In Shirley Jackson’s novel _The Haunting of Hill House_, are you the scientist who is there in search of the supernatural? > 2. Did you attend your college, Wossamotta U. on a football scholarship? > 3. Were you married to the Comte de la Fere? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, not Bullwinkle J. Moose, not Madame Bovary(?) #1 was Dr. John Montague. Correct on Bullwinkle. #3 was Milady de Winter. The Comte de la Fere was better known as Athos, of the Three Musketeers. DQs: 1. From a work of Science Fiction? 2. Human? ---
**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 22, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/254 "2017-04-22T14:22:24Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created after 1900 4. Originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Last name starts with M 6. Created after 1960 7. Created by an American or Americans 8. From a work of Science Fiction, Horror or Fantasy 9. First appeared before 2000 10. Would (or could) be alive today, if real 11. Not the Protagonist 12. Not from a work of Horror 13. Created before 1980 14. Not from a work of Science Fiction 15. Human to clarify #10: The mystery guest did not die in the story, and it took place in a fictional time ---
**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 22, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/255 "2017-04-22T14:55:56Z")
So, from a Fantasy story of the 60’s or 70’s, set in a fictional time. IQs: 1. Did you accompany Schmendrick and the Last Unicorn? 2. Are you a bored little boy who receives a Phantom Tollbooth? 3. Are you a boy who’s a smart sport in _A Wrinkle In Time_? ---
**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 22, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/256 "2017-04-22T15:29:46Z")
I haven’t read WiT since grade school. Take 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 22, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/257 "2017-04-22T16:04:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > So, from a Fantasy story of the 60’s or 70’s, set in a fictional time. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you accompany Schmendrick and the Last Unicorn? > 2. Are you a bored little boy who receives a Phantom Tollbooth? > 3. Are you a boy who’s a smart sport in _A Wrinkle In Time_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I haven’t read WiT since grade school. Take 3 DQs. #1 was Molly Grue. #2 is Milo. #3 is Charles Wallace Murry. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/258 "2017-04-22T22:13:14Z")
IQ1: Was your patron Sheelba of the Eyeless Face? IQ2: Were you a Pictish king created by Robert E Howard? DQ1: Appeared in more than one book? DQ2: Adapted to film or television? ---
**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 23, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/259 "2017-04-23T00:42:12Z")
DQ: Villain? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 23, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/260 "2017-04-23T01:17:17Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created after 1900 4. Originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Last name starts with M 6. Created after 1960 7. Created by an American or Americans 8. From a work of Science Fiction, Horror or Fantasy 9. First appeared before 2000 10. Would (or could) be alive today, if real 11. Not the Protagonist 12. Not from a work of Horror 13. Created before 1980 14. Not from a work of Science Fiction 15. Human 16. Has not appeared in more than one book 17. Adapted to film or television 18. Not a villain [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714.md?page=14)