# 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:** 9
**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, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/161 "2019-04-22T18:36:59Z")
> [@](#): > > 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? Correct, Correct and #3 was Epimetheus. DQ: Is the character middle-aged? ---
**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, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/162 "2019-04-22T18:40:31Z")
IQs: 1. Did Suzanne Pleshette play you on _The Bob Newhart Show_? 2. Did Agnes Moorehead play you on _Bewitched_? 3. Did Diana Rigg play you on _The Avengers_? ---
**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 22, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/163 "2019-04-22T21:17:05Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1 and 3 correct; IQ2 might be a :smack: moment for you, Aragorn: Elbererth Gilthoniel. > > One DQ reserved. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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. Nah, I didn’t realize that wasn’t another name. I figured you’d get it, just because she’s about the only Valar name-checked in LotR - the elves sing to her. But I won’t take a DQ I didn’t earn. ---
**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, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/164 "2019-04-22T22:15:49Z")
No, it’s a way to refer to her. Go ahead and take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Suzanne Pleshette play you on _The Bob Newhart Show_? > 2. Did Agnes Moorehead play you on _Bewitched_? > 3. Did Diana Rigg play you on _The Avengers_? Not Ellen Newhart, Elmira, or Emma Peel. 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 18. character not middle-aged (YMMV) ---
**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, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/165 "2019-04-23T00:40:24Z")
IQs: 1. Did Suzanne Pleshette play you on The Bob Newhart Show? 2. Did Agnes Moorehead play you on Bewitched? 3. Did Diana Rigg play you on The Avengers? Not Ellen Newhart, Elmira, or Emma Peel. #1 was Emily Hartley. #2 was Endora. Correct on Emma Peel. 2 DQs 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 23, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/166 "2019-04-23T12:10:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3 (did you mean son-in-law?). Yes. 1 (the writer of _Transmetropolitan_) is Warren Ellis; 2 (the writer of _The Boys_) is Garth Ennis; 3 (never gets her mortal son-in-law’s name right) is Endora, from _Bewitched_. IQs: 1. Were you a sideshow performer and film actor, born without the lower half of a torso, who appeared in the 1932 film _Freaks_? 2. Aside from your songwriting and composing career, did you provide the singing voice of Jack Skellington? 3. Are you the titular character of a _Star Trek_ (the original series) episode whose name is a play on that of a woman in the _Iliad_? DQ: from a mundane (not science fiction or fantasy) drama series? Two 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, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/167 "2019-04-23T12:21:03Z")
I thought Emma Peel was it. IQ1: Are you Lamont’s bible-thumping aunt? IQ2: Were you Winston Zeddemore in _Ghostbusters_? IQ3: Is Dyna Girl your sidekick? ---
**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 23, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/168 "2019-04-23T15:37:16Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a sideshow performer and film actor, born without the lower half of a torso, who appeared in the 1932 film _Freaks_? > 2. Aside from your songwriting and composing career, did you provide the singing voice of Jack Skellington? > 3. Are you the titular character of a _Star Trek_ (the original series) episode whose name is a play on that of a woman in the _Iliad_?.. Dunno, not Danny Elfman, and not Elaan of Troyius. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > … > > IQ1: Are you Lamont’s bible-thumping aunt? > IQ2: Were you Winston Zeddemore in _Ghostbusters_? > IQ3: Is Dyna Girl your sidekick? Dunno, not Ernie Chambers, and not Electro Guy. 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 18. character not middle-aged (YMMV) 19. not from a mundane (not science fiction or fantasy) drama series ---
**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, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/169 "2019-04-23T18:32:25Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you Lamont’s bible-thumping aunt? > IQ2: Were you Winston Zeddemore in Ghostbusters? > IQ3: Is Dyna Girl your sidekick? > Dunno, not Ernie Chambers, and not Electro Guy. Esther, correct, Electra Woman DQ: From a police/detective show? 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 23, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/170 "2019-04-23T18:49:36Z")
IQ: Did Joan Collins play you on one episode of ST:TOS? ---
**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 24, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/171 "2019-04-24T03:59:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did Joan Collins play you on one episode of ST:TOS? Dingdingding! Yes, I am Edith Keeler James T. Kirk’s beautiful, idealistic but doomed true love, lost forever in the mists of history: [Edith Keeler | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Edith_Keeler) Well done, **PP**! ---
**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 24, 2019, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/172 "2019-04-24T11:35:01Z")
And so on to F. ---
**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 24, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/173 "2019-04-24T12:19:09Z")
Nice job Prof! IQ1: Are you QB for the Philadelphia Eagles? IQ2: Are you the new head coach of the Denver Broncos? IQ3: Are you head coach of the Indianapolis Colts? ---
**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 24, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/174 "2019-04-24T13:34:34Z")
IQ1: Did you play a sex addict opposite Carey Milligan in _Shame_? IQ2: Are you bald, round, and able to cause a lightbulb to glow simply by putting it in your mouth? IQ3: Did you play a pale blond villain who was sexy enough to inspire a trope name on TVTropes, “[Character] In Leather Pants?” ---
**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 24, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/175 "2019-04-24T14:00:01Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Nice job Prof! > > IQ1: Are you QB for the Philadelphia Eagles? > IQ2: Are you the new head coach of the Denver Broncos? > IQ3: Are you head coach of the Indianapolis Colts? #3. I am not Frank Reich. Take 2 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 24, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/176 "2019-04-24T14:01:05Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a sex addict opposite Carey Milligan in _Shame_? > > IQ2: Are you bald, round, and able to cause a lightbulb to glow simply by putting it in your mouth? > > IQ3: Did you play a pale blond villain who was sexy enough to inspire a trope name on TVTropes, “[Character] In Leather Pants?” #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Uncle Fester. #3. Take a DQ. ---
**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 24, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/177 "2019-04-24T14:03:36Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you QB for the Philadelphia Eagles? > IQ2: Are you the new head coach of the Denver Broncos? > IQ3: Are you head coach of the Indianapolis Colts? > > #3. I am not Frank Reich. Nic Foles, Vic Fangio, correct DQ: Real? DQ: Last name starts with F? ---
**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 24, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/178 "2019-04-24T14:13:09Z")
IQ1: Is one of your characters the sassy Geraldine? IQ2: Are you a stand-up comedian famous for “You might be a redneck if…”? IQ3: Are you a pro wrestler and stand-up comedian whose aliases include Mankind, Dude Love, and Cactus Jack Manson? ---
**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 24, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/179 "2019-04-24T15:10:45Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with F ---
**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 24, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/180 "2019-04-24T15:11:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Is one of your characters the sassy Geraldine? > IQ2: Are you a stand-up comedian famous for “You might be a redneck if…”? > IQ3: Are you a pro wrestler and stand-up comedian whose aliases include Mankind, Dude Love, and Cactus Jack Manson? 1. I am not Flip Wilson? 2. I am not Jeff Foxworthy? Take a DQ for #3. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=10)