# 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:** 2
**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, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/21 "2017-04-05T13:34:12Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. #1 is Gargantua (by Rabelais). Correct on 2 and 3. DQ: Created before 1800? ---
**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, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/22 "2017-04-05T14:25:41Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. Gog and Magog (judging from context, seemed to be referred to as singular) DQ: Also from visual media (TV, film)? ---
**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, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/23 "2017-04-05T14:33:25Z")
IQ1: Did you find yourself transformed into a giant insect in a Kafka tale? IQ2: Were you and Pokey nemeses with the Blockheads? IQ3: Did George Lindsey play you on _The Andy Griffith Show_? ---
**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, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/24 "2017-04-05T14:44:59Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a three-bodied giant killed by Hercules? 2. Did Pygmalion carve you out of ivory? 3. Are you the ancient Greek equivalent of Mother Earth? ---
**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, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/25 "2017-04-05T19:17:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you find yourself transformed into a giant insect in a Kafka tale? > IQ2: Were you and Pokey nemeses with the Blockheads? > IQ3: Did George Lindsey play you on _The Andy Griffith Show_? I know the story but not his name; dunno; not Goober. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a three-bodied giant killed by Hercules? > 2. Did Pygmalion carve you out of ivory? > 3. Are you the ancient Greek equivalent of Mother Earth? Dunno, not Galatea, and not Gaia. 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 11. created before 1800 12. not also from visual media (TV, film) Much to my surprise, [IMDb.com](http://IMDb.com) says this character has never been in a TV show or movie. ---
**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, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/26 "2017-04-05T19:43:42Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you find yourself transformed into a giant insect in a Kafka tale? > IQ2: Were you and Pokey nemeses with the Blockheads? > IQ3: Did George Lindsey play you on The Andy Griffith Show? > > I know the story but not his name; dunno; not Goober. Gregor Samsa, Gumby, correct. DQ: From myth? holding a 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 5, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/27 "2017-04-05T19:47:34Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a three-bodied giant killed by Hercules? > 2. Did Pygmalion carve you out of ivory? > 3. Are you the ancient Greek equivalent of Mother Earth? > Dunno, not Galatea, and not Gaia. #1 was Geryon. Correct on the others. DQ: Created before 1400? ---
**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, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/28 "2017-04-05T19:53:19Z")
IQ1: \ IQ2: Are you an immortal fisherman who rescues sailors lost at sea? IQ3: Are you a cupbearer for Zeus’s court, for whom one of Jupiter’s moons is named? ---
**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, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/29 "2017-04-05T20:42:01Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a noted 20th Century Armenian mystic? 2. Were you the Russian author of the short story _The Overcoat_? 3. Are you remembered as “The Father of Russian Classical Music”? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/30 "2017-04-06T00:44:41Z")
IQ1: Were you the leading figure of Italian reunification? IQ2: Were you a poet who illegally captured the port of Fiume in response to the outcome of the Treaty of Versailles? IQ3: Were you the first left-wing Western intellectual to be disillusioned with the Soviet Union after being invited to tour there? ---
**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 6, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/31 "2017-04-06T04:09:48Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: \ > IQ2: Are you an immortal fisherman who rescues sailors lost at sea? > IQ3: Are you a cupbearer for Zeus’s court, for whom one of Jupiter’s moons is named? Dunno and not Ganymede. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a noted 20th Century Armenian mystic? > 2. Were you the Russian author of the short story _The Overcoat_? > 3. Are you remembered as “The Father of Russian Classical Music”? Dunno, not Gogol, and dunno. > [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ1: Were you the leading figure of Italian reunification? > IQ2: Were you a poet who illegally captured the port of Fiume in response to the outcome of the Treaty of Versailles? > IQ3: Were you the first left-wing Western intellectual to be disillusioned with the Soviet Union after being invited to tour there? Not Garibaldi, dunno, and not George Orwell. 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 11. created before 1800 12. not also from visual media (TV, film) 13. from a myth 14. created before 1400 ---
**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 6, 2017, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/32 "2017-04-06T10:30:23Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a noted 20th Century Armenian mystic? > 2. Were you the Russian author of the short story The Overcoat? > 3. Are you remembered as “The Father of Russian Classical Music”? > Dunno, not Gogol, and dunno. #1 was G. I. Gurdjieff. Correct on Gogol. #3 was Mikhail Glinka. DQ: From Greek mythology? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 6, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/33 "2017-04-06T13:18:58Z")
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 11. created before 1800 12. not also from visual media (TV, film) 13. from a myth 14. created before 1400 15. from Greek mythology Getting warmer… ---
**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 6, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/34 "2017-04-06T13:24:02Z")
Well, you said human, so it’s not a god… DQ: Hero? ---
**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 6, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/35 "2017-04-06T14:21:17Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ2: Are you an immortal fisherman who rescues sailors lost at sea? > IQ3: Are you a cupbearer for Zeus’s court, for whom one of Jupiter’s moons is named? > Dunno and not Ganymede. Glaucus holding 2 DQs IQ1: Are you an alleged snake god who may have actually been a hand puppet? IQ2: Are you a hundred-handed god with big limbs? IQ3: Are you the Greek god of old age? ---
**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 6, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/36 "2017-04-06T14:32:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > … > > IQ1: Are you an alleged snake god who may have actually been a hand puppet? > IQ2: Are you a hundred-handed god with big limbs? > IQ3: Are you the Greek god of old age? Dunno, not Ganesh and not Gerontius (both guesses). 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 11. created before 1800 12. not also from visual media (TV, film) 13. from a myth 14. created before 1400 15. from Greek mythology 16. not a hero ---
**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 6, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/37 "2017-04-06T15:49:29Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an alleged snake god who may have actually been a hand puppet? > IQ2: Are you a hundred-handed god with big limbs? > IQ3: Are you the Greek god of old age? > > Dunno, not Ganesh and not Gerontius (both guesses). Glycon, Gyges, Geras How have we not covered everything? Human male, not a hero or god, presumably not a creature, Amazon, or a Titan, not sure what’s left. DQ: Known for the Trojan War? holding 4 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 6, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/38 "2017-04-06T16:39:25Z")
Supporting characters, royalty, villains… Not coming up with anyone though. ---
**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 6, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/39 "2017-04-06T19:53:10Z")
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 11. created before 1800 12. not also from visual media (TV, film) 13. from a myth 14. created before 1400 15. from Greek mythology 16. not a hero 17. not known for the Trojan War ---
**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 6, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/40 "2017-04-06T22:42:50Z")
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