# Botticelli -- Aug 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 28, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645 "2020-07-28T21:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [August 19, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/281 "2020-08-19T15:06:58Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Yankees catcher who noted, regarding the quotes associated with you, “I didn’t really say everything I said”? 2. Did you play Shirley on _Community_? 3. Were you Phillip Fry’s super-powered alter ego? ---
**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:** [August 19, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/282 "2020-08-19T16:06:06Z")
IQ1: Were you the eponymous hero of a '50s western? IQ2: Were you a fellow of infinite jest , of most excellent fancy? IQ3: Did you write the songs for _The Wizard of Oz_? ---
**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:** [August 19, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/283 "2020-08-19T16:28:14Z")
IQs: 1. Did you sing the majority of the songs in Rankin-Bass’s animated version of _Lord of the Rings_? 2. Were you a singer in a pop-folk trio who scandalized America by having an affair with a minor? 3. Did you have a novelty hit with _I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/284 "2020-08-20T10:38:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > OK, thanks anyway. **kitap** has the ball with Y, then. > > IQs: > > Did you hail from Turkana IV? > Were you that person’s sister? > Were you a _Baywatch_ costar? Take a DQ Take a second I am not Yasmin Bleeth > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a Yankees catcher who noted, regarding the quotes associated with you, “I didn’t really say everything I said”? > 2. Did you play Shirley on _Community_? > 3. Were you Phillip Fry’s super-powered alter ego? I am not Yogi Berra I am not Yvette Brown? Yvette, anyhow. Take a DQ > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the eponymous hero of a '50s western? > IQ2: Were you a fellow of infinite jest , of most excellent fancy? > IQ3: Did you write the songs for _The Wizard of Oz_? I am not Yojimbo? Or take a DQ I am not Yorick Take a DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you sing the majority of the songs in Rankin-Bass’s animated version of _Lord of the Rings_? > 2. Were you a singer in a pop-folk trio who scandalized America by having an affair with a minor? > 3. Did you have a novelty hit with _I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas_? I am not Peter Yarrow. Or take a DQ I am not Peter Yarrow or take a DQ Take 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:** [August 20, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/285 "2020-08-20T11:10:25Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you sing the majority of the songs in Rankin-Bass’s animated version of _Lord of the Rings_ ? > > > 2. Were you a singer in a pop-folk trio who scandalized America by having an affair with a minor? > > > 3. Did you have a novelty hit with _I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas_ ? > > I am not Peter Yarrow. Or take a DQ > I am not Peter Yarrow or take a DQ > Take a DQ #1 was Glenn Yarbrough. Correct on Peter Yarrow #3 was Yogi Yorgesson (sp??) DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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:** [August 20, 2020, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/286 "2020-08-20T11:12:19Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the eponymous character of a Barbra Streisand film? 2. Were you arguably the first comic strip character? 3. Did you write _The Foxes of Harrow_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/287 "2020-08-20T11:44:38Z")
I am not Yentl. Take a DQ Take a second DQ I am Y 1. Not real 2. Not male ---
**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:** [August 20, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/288 "2020-08-20T11:50:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the eponymous character of a Barbra Streisand film? > 2. Were you arguably the first comic strip character? > 3. Did you write _The Foxes of Harrow_ ? > [@kitap](#): > > I am not Yentl. > Take a DQ > Take a second DQ Correct on Yentl #2 was The Yellow Kid. #3 was Frank Yerby. DQs: 1. Last name starts with Y? 2. Originally from a work of prose fiction? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/289 "2020-08-20T12:01:08Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:288, topic:916645, full:true”] > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQs: > > 1. Last name starts with Y? > 2. Originally from a work of prose fiction? 1. Not real 2. Not male 3. First name starts with Y - possibly only has one name 4. Not originally from prose fiction ---
**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:** [August 20, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/290 "2020-08-20T13:24:55Z")
May I suggest, **kitap** , that your DQ answers be phrased in the affirmative (“fictional” rather than “not real” and “female” rather than “not male”), where possible? It’s a little easier to understand at a glance. Thanks. Previous IQs: Did you hail from Turkana IV? - Tasha Yar, on _ST:TNG_ Were you that person’s sister? - Ishara Yar, ditto Were you a _Baywatch_ costar? - Yes, Yasmin Bleeth DQs: American? Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Are you fond of pic-a-nic baskets? Were you a prominent Texas politician on Nov. 22, 1963? Were you the only former head of the KGB to lead the Soviet Union? ---
**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:** [August 20, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/291 "2020-08-20T13:32:06Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I am not Yogi Berra > I am not Yvette Brown? Yvette, anyhow. > Take a DQ Correct; close enough on Yvette Nicole Brown; 3 (Fry’s super alter ego) was Captain Yesterday. IQs: 1. Did Allan Sherman sing about Al’s and your TV viewing habits? 2. Were you a recent US presidential candidate who proposed a “Freedom Dividend”, a form of universal basic income? 3. Did you play Ramses, the king of Siam, and a gunslinging robot? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/292 "2020-08-20T13:33:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > American? > Would be alive today, if real? > > IQs: > > Are you fond of pic-a-nic baskets? > Were you a prominent Texas politician on Nov. 22, 1963? > Were you the only former head of the KGB to lead the Soviet Union? 1. I am not Yogi Bear 2. Take a DQ; I can only think of John Connolly and LBJ 3. I am not Boris Yeltsin? Or take a DQ I am Y: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. First name starts with Y - possibly only has a first name 4. Not from prose fiction 5. Not American 6. Would not be alive today. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/293 "2020-08-20T13:35:56Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@kitap](#): > > > > I am not Yogi Berra > > I am not Yvette Brown? Yvette, anyhow. > > Take a DQ > > Correct; close enough on Yvette Nicole Brown; 3 (Fry’s super alter ego) was Captain Yesterday. > > IQs: > 1. Did Allan Sherman sing about Al’s and your TV viewing habits? > 2. Were you a recent US presidential candidate who proposed a “Freedom Dividend”, a form of universal basic income? > 3. Did you play Ramses, the king of Siam, and a gunslinging robot? 1. Take a DQ 2. Take a DQ 3. I am not Yul Brenner. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/294 "2020-08-20T13:47:55Z")
Thanks, **kitap**. Previous IQs: Are you fond of pic-a-nic baskets? - Yes, Yogi Bear Were you a prominent Texas politician on Nov. 22, 1963? - U.S. Sen. Ralph Yarborough (JFK came to Dallas, in part, to end a feud between Yarborough and Gov. Connolly) Were you the only former head of the KGB to lead the Soviet Union? - Yuri Andropov DQs: European? First appeared in a song? IQs: Are you a witch in Russian folklore? Were you one of the last men left alive on Earth in a graphic novel? Did Alan Arkin play you, a military officer, in a movie? ---
**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:** [August 20, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/295 "2020-08-20T14:02:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the eponymous hero of a '50s western? > IQ2: Were you a fellow of infinite jest , of most excellent fancy? > IQ3: Did you write the songs for _The Wizard of Oz_ ? > [@kitap](#): > > I am not Yojimbo? Or take a DQ > I am not Yorick > Take a DQ Yancy Derringer. ✅. Yip Harburg. DQ1: Created after 1970? DQ2: American creator(s)? IQ1: Was the world created from your body? IQ2: Were you the eponymous hero of a novel about a novelist? IQ3: Were you a blue-skinned alien armed with a bow? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/296 "2020-08-20T14:25:49Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Created after 1970? > DQ2: American creator(s)? > > IQ1: Was the world created from your body? > IQ2: Were you the eponymous hero of a novel about a novelist? > IQ3: Were you a blue-skinned alien armed with a bow? 1. I am not Yggdrasil 2. I am a DQ 3. I knew I should have seen Avatar. Take another DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Thanks, **kitap**. > > DQs: > > European? > First appeared in a song? > > IQs: > > Are you a witch in Russian folklore? > Were you one of the last men left alive on Earth in a graphic novel? > Did Alan Arkin play you, a military officer, in a movie? 1. I am not Baba Yaga 2. Take a DQ 3. I am not Yossarian I am Y: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. First name starts with Y - possibly only has a first name 4. Not from prose fiction 5. Not American 6. Would not be alive today. 7. Not European 8. Not originally from a song 9. Created after 1970. 10. Created by Americans. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/297 "2020-08-20T14:30:24Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a witch in Russian folklore? - Yes, Baba Yaga Were you one of the last men left alive on Earth in a graphic novel? - Yet another Yorick, in _Y: The Last Man_ Did Alan Arkin play you, a military officer, in a movie? - Yes, Yossarian, in _Catch-22_ DQ: First appeared in a movie? IQs: Did Julie Christie and later Keira Knightley play your lover? Were you killed when your parked car turned out not to be quite so parked? Were you Holmes’s partner in a TV 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:** [August 20, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/298 "2020-08-20T14:36:07Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the artist son of the Father of Op art, Victory Vasarely? 2. Were you a leader in early 20th Century Japanese woodblock print art? 3. Were you one of the leading Democratic candidates for president this year? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/299 "2020-08-20T14:42:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: > > First appeared in a movie? > > IQs: > > Did Julie Christie and later Keira Knightley play your lover? > Were you killed when your parked car turned out not to be quite so parked? > Were you Holmes’s partner in a TV show? 1. Take a DQ 2.I am not Anton Yelchin 3 I am not Yoyo. Although it might be spelled Yo-yo. I am Y: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. First name starts with Y - possibly only has a first name 4. Not from prose fiction 5. Not American 6. Would not be alive today. 7. Not European 8. Not originally from a song 9. Created after 1970. 10. Created by Americans. 11. First appeared in a movie. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the artist son of the Father of Op art, Victory Vasarely? > 2. Were you a leader in early 20th Century Japanese woodblock print art? > 3. Were you one of the leading Democratic candidates for president this year? Take 3 D Qs I am off to bed, so it’ll be a few hours. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/300 "2020-08-20T14:43:35Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Are you the artist son of the Father of Op art, Victory Vasarely? > > > 2. Were you a leader in early 20th Century Japanese woodblock print art? > > > 3. Were you one of the leading Democratic candidates for president this year? > > Take 3 D Qs #1 is Yvaral. #2 was Yoshida Hiroshi. #3 is Andrew Yang. DQs: 1. Created after 1999? 2. From a comedy? 3. Protagonist? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645.md?page=16)