# Botticelli - Aug. 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 2, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881 "2021-08-02T17:36:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/81 "2021-08-12T00:09:08Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you Dr. Frankenstein’s previous mentor in _Bride of Frankenstein_ ? > IQ2: Did you pen two of the Parent Music Resource Center’s “Filthy 15” songs? > IQ3: Were you the long-time announcer for _Saturday Night Live_ ? I am not Dr. Pretorius, DQ, not Don Pardo > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Are you the protagonist of a children’s book by Carlo Collodi? > - Did Hayley Mills play you in a Disney movie? > - Is your name linked with Gargantua? I am not Pinocchio, DQ, not Pantagruel > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Are you a US cabinet member of Maltese descent (thus your distinctive last name)? > 2. Do you have a just-released show on Netflix, _Cooking with_ you? > 3. Are you pondering what I’m pondering? DQ, DQ, I am not Pinky ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/82 "2021-08-12T00:22:40Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you Dr. Frankenstein’s previous mentor in _Bride of Frankenstein_ ? > > > IQ2: Did you pen two of the Parent Music Resource Center’s “Filthy 15” songs? > > > IQ3: Were you the long-time announcer for _Saturday Night Live_ ? > > I am not Dr. Pretorius, DQ, not Don Pardo Yes Prince, who made Tipper Gore’s list twice with “Darling Nikki” and “Sugar Walls” (written for Sheena Easton) Yes DQ: Created after 1800? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/83 "2021-08-12T00:25:55Z")
**I am P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Known by one name 4. Created before 1970 5. NOT created by American(s) 6. Created by a European 7. First appeared in print 8. Human 9. Created before 1899 10. Created before 1800 ---
**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 12, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/84 "2021-08-12T00:28:43Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > DQ, DQ, I am not Pinky 1 was Pete Buttigieg; 2 was Paris Hilton. DQs: 1. main character? 2. from a novel? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/85 "2021-08-12T00:30:16Z")
**I am P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Known by one name 4. Created before 1970 5. NOT created by American(s) 6. Created by a European 7. First appeared in print 8. Human 9. Created before 1899 10. Created before 1800 11. Main character 12. Not from a novel ---
**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 12, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/86 "2021-08-12T01:29:23Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Are you the protagonist of a children’s book by Carlo Collodi? > > > > > - Did Hayley Mills play you in a Disney movie? > > > - Is your name linked with Gargantua? > > I am not Pinocchio, DQ, not Pantagruel Correct, Pollyanna, Correct. DQ: Originally in a work in a Romance language? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/87 "2021-08-12T02:04:34Z")
**I am P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Known by one name 4. Created before 1970 5. NOT created by American(s) 6. _Not created by European(s)_ 7. First appeared in print 8. Human 9. Created before 1899 10. Created before 1800 11. Main character 12. Not from a novel I messed up, see correction to #6, so @Prof.Pepperwinkle, if you want to change your DQ, please do. ---
**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 12, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/88 "2021-08-12T02:05:54Z")
Revised: DQ: Created by Asian(s)? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/89 "2021-08-12T16:00:25Z")
I’m going to preface this by saying I swear I’m not dumb. At least I don’t think I am. I’m sure more than a couple of you would beg to differ. I am fixing #6 again and going with Prof’s original question. FML. **I am P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Known by one name 4. Created before 1970 5. NOT created by American(s) 6. Created by European(s) 7. First appeared in print 8. Human 9. Created before 1899 10. Created before 1800 11. Main character 12. Not from a novel 13. Not originally written in a Romance Language ---
**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 12, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/90 "2021-08-12T16:41:13Z")
Ah, it happens to all of us. IQs: 1. Did you and your animal friends capture a Wolf? 2. Are you the visionary title character of a 14th century poem? 3. Did you accompany Phileas Fogg on his travels? ---
**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 12, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/91 "2021-08-12T16:46:07Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a noted British suffragist? - Yes, the redoubtable Emmeline Pankhurst Did you tell a small mammal not to drive angry? - Phil Connors, in _Groundhog Day_ Were you “trainer to the gods” in Disney’s _Hercules_? - Yes, Phil (short for Philoctetes) DQ: Would be considered a “good guy” today? IQs: Were you a candidate for POTUS in the first season of _24_? Were you the homecoming queen found dead in the first season of _Twin Peaks_? Were you her father? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/92 "2021-08-12T17:43:37Z")
IQ1: Did you write the pamplets _Common Sense_ and _The American Crisis_? IQ2: Were the the original bassist for The Kinks? IQ3: Were you one of the two FIFA Players of the Century? ---
**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 12, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/93 "2021-08-12T17:58:25Z")
IQs: 1. Did you direct _The Master_? 2. Were you in _The Master_, either as the photographer Freddie Quell or the L. Ron Hubbard-esque title character? 3. Did you _not_ say that you could see Russia from your house (that was someone playing you on _Saturday Night Live_)? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/94 "2021-08-12T22:05:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you and your animal friends capture a Wolf? > - Are you the visionary title character of a 14th century poem? > - Did you accompany Phileas Fogg on his travels? DQ, I am not Piers Plowman, I am not Passepartout (love the name) > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a candidate for POTUS in the first season of _24_ ? > Were you the homecoming queen found dead in the first season of _Twin Peaks_ ? > Were you her father? DQ, I am not Laura Palmer, DQ > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you write the pamplets _Common Sense_ and _The American Crisis_ ? > IQ2: Were the the original bassist for The Kinks? > IQ3: Were you one of the two FIFA Players of the Century? I am not Thomas Paine, DQ, I am not Pele? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you direct _The Master_ ? > 2. Were you in _The Master_ , either as the photographer Freddie Quell or the L. Ron Hubbard-esque title character? > 3. Did you _not_ say that you could see Russia from your house (that was someone playing you on _Saturday Night Live_ )? DQ, DQ, I am not Sarah Palin ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/95 "2021-08-12T22:08:05Z")
**I am P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Known by one name 4. Created before 1970 5. NOT created by American(s) 6. Created by European(s) 7. First appeared in print 8. Human 9. Created before 1899 10. Created before 1800 11. Main character 12. Not from a novel 13. Not originally written in a Romance Language 14. I guess he would be considered a “good guy” today, if anyone today dealt with what he did. ---
**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 12, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/96 "2021-08-12T22:31:30Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you direct _The Master_? > 2. Were you in _The Master_, either as the photographer Freddie Quell or the L. Ron Hubbard-esque title character? > 3. Did you _not_ say that you could see Russia from your house (that was someone playing you on _Saturday Night Live_)? > [@MissTake](#): > > DQ, DQ, I am not Sarah Palin 1 was Paul Thomas Anderson; 2 was Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman, respectively. DQs: 1. from a poem? 2. created by person(s) from the European mainland? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/97 "2021-08-12T22:32:59Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did you write the pamplets _Common Sense_ and _The American Crisis_ ? > > > IQ2: Were the the original bassist for The Kinks? > > > IQ3: Were you one of the two FIFA Players of the Century? > > I am not Thomas Paine, DQ, I am not Pele? Yes, Pete Quaife, Yes DQ: Created after 1650? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/98 "2021-08-12T22:50:51Z")
**I am P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Known by one name 4. Created before 1970 5. NOT created by American(s) 6. Created by European(s) 7. First appeared in print 8. Human 9. Created before 1899 10. Created before 1800 11. Main character 12. Not from a novel 13. Not originally written in a Romance Language 14. I guess he would be considered a “good guy” today, if anyone today dealt with what he did. 15. Not from a poem 16. Creator(s) not from mainland Europe 17. Created before 1650 ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/99 "2021-08-12T23:10:39Z")
IQ1: Did you tame a shrew? IQ2: Were you the prince of Tyre? IQ3: Were you a Roman assassin’s wife? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/100 "2021-08-12T23:33:53Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ2: Were you the prince of Tyre? Yes, I am Pericles, protagonist in Shakespeare’s worst play ever! _Well, in my opinion, at least._ It’s all yours, @ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881.md?page=6)