# Botticelli - April 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 1, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852 "2019-04-01T13:08:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/141 "2019-04-19T12:39:53Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > IQ1: Did you power a rescue boat in a Disney animated film? > IQ2: Are you an Irish songwriter who contributed music to the film _The Frog Prince_? > IQ3: Are you a German baker whose wares can be found in just about every U.S. grocery store? > [@](#): > > Not Elastigirl, dunno, and dunno. IQ1, I was thinking of \*\*Evinrude \*\*the dragonfly from _The Rescuers_. But maybe Elastigirl also fits? I don’t know offhand. IQ2 was \*\*Enya \*\* IQ3 was \*\*Entenmann \*\* DQ1: Is your character geared toward children? (12 or younger) ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/142 "2019-04-19T14:48:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Eloise, and not Roger Ebert. 1 was Edie Falco. IQs: 1. Did your voice announce when an AIM user had got mail? 2. Are you Mike, Lucas, and Dustin’s Eggo-loving friend? 3. Did you write _The Virgin Suicides_? DQs: 4. created before 1990? 5. main character? ---
**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 19, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/143 "2019-04-19T15:15:08Z")
Correct on Georgia Engel and the other two. IQs: 1. Did you write _The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock_ 2. Are you Rowan Atkinson’s British spy character? 3. Did you create Perry Mason? ---
**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 19, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/144 "2019-04-19T15:37:41Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > My favorite LBJ quote is his reason for not firing J. Edgar Hoover: “I decided I’d rather have him in the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in.” > > IQ1: Are you a sai-wielding assassin from _Daredevil_? > IQ2: Did you play the intended bride for Frankenstein’s monster? > IQ3: Did you become the Amyrlin Seat in Salidar in the _Wheel of Time_ series?.. Dunno, not Elsa Lancaster, and dunno. Another favorite LBJ quotation of mine was when an Air Force officer tried to give him directions at a base: “Sir, your helicopter is over there.” The President threw his arm around his shoulder and said, “Son, they’re \*all \*my helicopters!” > [@divemaster](#): > > IQ1, I was thinking of \*\*Evinrude \*\*the dragonfly from _The Rescuers_. But maybe Elastigirl also fits? I don’t know offhand… Come to think of it, Dash powered their “boat” (Elastigirl herself) in the first \*Incredibles \*movie by kicking in the water, so take another DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock_ > 2. Are you Rowan Atkinson’s British spy character? > 3. Did you create Perry Mason? Not T.S. Eliot, Johnny England or Earle Stanley Gardner (sp?). E. 1. fictional 2. female 3. first name starts with E 4. by an American author or authors 5. not originally from a work of prose literature 6. not originally from film 7. character not geared toward children 8. created before 1990 9. not the main character ---
**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 19, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/145 "2019-04-19T15:41:07Z")
Well, it’s Johnny English and Erle Stanley Gardner, but swept again. IQs: 1. Did you pal around with Ralph Kramden? 2. Are you red, have an annoying laugh, and hang around Sesame Street? 3. Were you Pandora’s husband? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/146 "2019-04-19T16:24:52Z")
DQ: created after 1960? (Also, I believe you skipped my questions in post #142.) ---
**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 19, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/147 "2019-04-19T16:26:19Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a sai-wielding assassin from Daredevil? > IQ2: Did you play the intended bride for Frankenstein’s monster? > IQ3: Did you become the Amyrlin Seat in Salidar in the Wheel of Time series?.. > > Dunno, not Elsa Lancaster, and dunno. Elektra, correct, Egwene DQ: Originally from TV? DQ: Considered a “good girl”? ---
**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 19, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/148 "2019-04-19T16:50:26Z")
Sorry, **DLR**. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did your voice announce when an AIM user had got mail? > 2. Are you Mike, Lucas, and Dustin’s Eggo-loving friend? > 3. Did you write _The Virgin Suicides_?.. Dunno, dunno, and not… Eugenides? E. 1. fictional 2. female 3. first name starts with E 4. by an American author or authors 5. not originally from a work of prose literature 6. not originally from film 7. character not geared toward children 8. created before 1990 9. not the main character 10. created after 1960 11. originally from TV 12. considered a “good girl” ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/149 "2019-04-19T17:29:43Z")
DQ2: Is your “originally from TV” show a Western? DQ3: Reserved ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/150 "2019-04-19T17:57:12Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Yes on the first two. Last one was Erasmus; but I remembered, after it was too late to edit, that he was Dutch, not Swiss. So I won’t claim a DQ on that. > > IQ1: Are you a mythopoetic personification of the planet Venus, who sails the heavens in your longship, with a shining gem bound on your brow? > > IQ2: Are you the queen of the gods, in that same mythos? > > IQ3: Are you a Massachusetts governor who gave his name to a sleazy political tactic? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Earendil, Elenwe or Elbridge Gerry. > > E. > > 1. fictional > 2. female > 3. first name starts with E > 4. by an American author or authors > 5. not originally from a work of prose literature IQ1 and 3 correct; IQ2 might be a :smack: moment for you, Aragorn: Elbererth Gilthoniel. One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/151 "2019-04-19T18:13:30Z")
IQ: Do you have a cousin named Jethro Bodine? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/152 "2019-04-19T22:21:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno, and not… Eugenides? Correct on Jeffrey Eugenides. 1 was Elwood Edwards; 2 was Eleven (from _Stranger Things_). DQ: TV series created before 1975? One DQ 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 20, 2019, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/153 "2019-04-20T00:13:53Z")
IQ1: Are you Meathead’s mother-in-law? IQ2: Did Julia Louis-Dreyfus portray you in the 90s? IQ3: Did Susan Lucci play you for over 40 years on _All My Children_? ---
**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 20, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/154 "2019-04-20T05:12:12Z")
I confess I’ve never taken the trouble to memorize all the Valar - and that’s an honorific and not her actual name, **SMV**. But take a DQ just the same. > [@divemaster](#): > > IQ: Do you have a cousin named Jethro Bodine? Dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you Meathead’s mother-in-law? > IQ2: Did Julia Louis-Dreyfus portray you in the 90s? > IQ3: Did Susan Lucci play you for over 40 years on _All My Children_? Not Edith Bunker, not Elaine Benes, and dunno. E. 1. fictional 2. female 3. first name starts with E 4. by an American author or authors 5. not originally from a work of prose literature 6. not originally from film 7. character not geared toward children 8. created before 1990 9. not the main character 10. created after 1960 11. originally from TV 12. considered a “good girl” 13. “originally from TV” show not a Western 14. TV series created before 1975 ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/155 "2019-04-20T13:59:54Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > IQ: Do you have a cousin named Jethro Bodine? > [@](#): > > Dunno. That was Elly May Clampett DQ4: Are you married? DQ3: Still reserved. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/156 "2019-04-20T19:22:42Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Transmetropolitan_, among other comics? 2. Did you write _The Boys_, among other comics? 3. Do you never get your mortal son-law’s name correct? DQ: from a show created before 1967? ---
**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 20, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/157 "2019-04-20T19:38:49Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Transmetropolitan_, among other comics? > 2. Did you write _The Boys_, among other comics? > 3. Do you never get your mortal son-law’s name correct?.. Dunno x3 (did you mean son-in-law?). E. 1. fictional 2. female 3. first name starts with E 4. by an American author or authors 5. not originally from a work of prose literature 6. not originally from film 7. character not geared toward children 8. created before 1990 9. not the main character 10. created after 1960 11. originally from TV 12. considered a “good girl” 13. “originally from TV” show not a Western 14. TV series created before 1975 15. not married 16. from a show created before 1967 ---
**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 20, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/158 "2019-04-20T19:40:47Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you Meathead’s mother-in-law? > IQ2: Did Julia Louis-Dreyfus portray you in the 90s? > IQ3: Did Susan Lucci play you for over 40 years on All My Children? > > Not Edith Bunker, not Elaine Benes, and dunno. correct, correct, She’s back on the street she’s here for the night Fills you with grief she cuts like a knife Make you do things that no others could do She turns a professor into a fool, Erika Kane! DQ: From a sitcom? ---
**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 20, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/159 "2019-04-20T22:30:53Z")
IQs: 1. Did you pal around with Ralph Kramden? 2. Are you red, have an annoying laugh, and hang around Sesame Street? 3. Were you Pandora’s husband? ---
**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 22, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/160 "2019-04-22T18:12:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you pal around with Ralph Kramden? > 2. Are you red, have an annoying laugh, and hang around Sesame Street? > 3. Were you Pandora’s husband? Not Ed Norton, Elmo or… Ernest? E. 1. fictional 2. female 3. first name starts with E 4. by an American author or authors 5. not originally from a work of prose literature 6. not originally from film 7. character not geared toward children 8. created before 1990 9. not the main character 10. created after 1960 11. originally from TV 12. considered a “good girl” 13. “originally from TV” show not a Western 14. TV series created before 1975 15. not married 16. from a show created before 1967 17. not from a sitcom [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=9)