Botticelli - Aug 2026

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you Achilles’s cousin and perhaps lover? - Yes, Patroclus
Were you one of King Arthur’s knights and often sought the Questing Beast? - Sir (or King) Pellinore
Were you chief engineer of the USCSS Nostromo? - Parker (Yaphet Kotto), in Alien

DQs:

Considered a “good guy”?
American character?

IQs:

Did you play the title character’s doomed lover in Oppenheimer?
Did Sam Adams abuse your hospitality in a Robert Lawson book?
Did Dame Judi Dench play you in a movie about a woman who gave up her son?

[Eureka]

1. Did you release your first Rock album after being nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
2. Were you the owner of Paisley Park?
3. Was your career in music rudely interrupted by the draft?

[kitap]

IQs:

1. Are you the main character of Gone-Away Lake?
2. Did you have a bit in your comedy routine where you explained why a box of Pop-Tarts becomes a meal?
3. Did you write The Broken Sword?

[SCAdian]

@SunUp

IQs:

1. Are you the mascot for the “South of the Border” tourist trap in South Carolina?
2. Were you a Gryffindor prefect (and later, Head Boy)?
3. Did you win 268 games without ever giving up a grand slam home run?

DQ
not Percy Weasley
DQ

@knoodler

IQs:

1. Did you circumvent the globe in a remarkably quick time?
2. Did you accompany the above person?
3. Are you a particularly lovable and noxious character?

not Phileas Fogg
not Passepartout
DQ

@De_La_Rue

IQs:
1. Did you create Discworld?
2. Did you invent the microwave oven, after you noticed a candy bar had melted in your pocket when you were near a radar set?
3. Did Minnie Driver voice you in a 1999 Disney movie/literary adaptation?

not Terry Pratchett (or Sir Pterry, if you prefer)
DQ
DQ

@Elendil_s_Heir

IQs:

Did you play the title character’s doomed lover in Oppenheimer?
Did Sam Adams abuse your hospitality in a Robert Lawson book?
Did Dame Judi Dench play you in a movie about a woman who gave up her son?

DQ
not Paul Revere
DQ

@Eureka

1. Did you release your first Rock album after being nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
2. Were you the owner of Paisley Park?
3. Was your career in music rudely interrupted by the draft?

DQ
DQ
Not Elvis Presley

@kitap

IQs:

1. Are you the main character of Gone-Away Lake?
2. Did you have a bit in your comedy routine where you explained why a box of Pop-Tarts becomes a meal?
3. Did you write The Broken Sword?

Not Portia
DQ
DQ

Which takes us to 24 DQs, so no more IQs, please.

[SCAdian]

P

1. fictional
2. only name starts with P
3. male
4. human
5. originally from prose
6. main character
7. created by American(s)
8. would probably not be alive today, if real
9. sorta kinda from fantasy or sci/fi genre?
10. not originally from movies/TV
11. not created after 1960
12. considered a “good guy”
13. not an American character?

Note correction to DQ5. Please ask remaining earned DQs by 2100 Eastern, 3 Aug 26.

[Eureka]

1. Dolly Parton
2. Prince
3. Elvis Presley, correct

2 DQs reserved

[Eureka]

DQ1. Created before 1900?
DQ2. Is married or in a romantic relationship?

[SCAdian]

P

1. fictional
2. only name starts with P
3. male
4. human
5. originally from prose
6. main character
7. created by American(s)
8. would probably not be alive today, if real
9. sorta kinda from fantasy or sci/fi genre
10. not originally from movies/TV
11. not created after 1960
12. considered a “good guy”
13. not an American character
14. not created before 1900
15. is married or in a romantic relationship

Note correction to DQ5. Please ask remaining earned DQs by 2100 Eastern, 3 Aug 26.

@De_La_Rue, the correction to DQ5 renders your DQ10 pointless. Try again.

[kitap]

@kitap

IQs:

1. Are you the main character of Gone-Away Lake?
2. Did you have a bit in your comedy routine where you explained why a box of Pop-Tarts becomes a meal?
3. Did you write The Broken Sword?

Correct, Paula Poundstone, Poul Anderson.

DQs:

1. Known from a comedic work?
2. Caucasian?

[SCAdian]

1. fictional
2. only name starts with P
3. male
4. human
5. originally from prose
6. main character
7. created by American(s)
8. would probably not be alive today, if real
9. sorta kinda from fantasy or sci/fi genre
10. not originally from movies/TV
10. not created after 1960
11. considered a “good guy”
12. not an American character
13. not created before 1900
14. is married or in a romantic relationship
15. not known from a comedic work
16. Caucasian

Note correction to DQ5. Please ask remaining earned DQs by 2100 Eastern, 3 Aug 26.

[SunUp]

@SCAdian

@SunUp

IQs:

1. Are you the mascot for the “South of the Border” tourist trap in South Carolina?
2. Were you a Gryffindor prefect (and later, Head Boy)?
3. Did you win 268 games without ever giving up a grand slam home run?

DQ
not Percy Weasley
DQ

Correct on #2. #1 was “Pedro” and #3 was Jim Palmer, Hall of Fame pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles

DQ: Character is British?

1 DQ reserved.

[De_La_Rue]

@De_La_Rue

IQs:
1. Did you create Discworld?
2. Did you invent the microwave oven, after you noticed a candy bar had melted in your pocket when you were near a radar set?
3. Did Minnie Driver voice you in a 1999 Disney movie/literary adaptation?

@SCAdian

not Terry Pratchett (or Sir Pterry, if you prefer)
DQ
DQ

@SCAdian

Try again.

DQ: created after 1930?

Two DQs reserved.

[De_La_Rue]

Apologies, here are the answers.

@De_La_Rue

IQs:
1. Did you create Discworld?
2. Did you invent the microwave oven, after you noticed a candy bar had melted in your pocket when you were near a radar set?
3. Did Minnie Driver voice you in a 1999 Disney movie/literary adaptation?

@SCAdian

not Terry Pratchett (or Sir Pterry, if you prefer)
DQ
DQ

2 was Percy Spencer; 3 was Jane Porter.

[knoodler]

@SCAdian

@knoodler

1. Did you circumvent the globe in a remarkably quick time?
2. Did you accompany the above person?
3. Are you a particularly lovable and noxious character?

not Phileas Fogg
not Passepartout
DQ

2 correct; Pepe le Pew

1 DQ reserved

[SCAdian]

P

1. fictional
2. only name starts with P
3. male
4. human
5. originally from prose
6. main character
7. created by American(s)
8. would probably not be alive today, if real
9. sorta kinda from fantasy or sci/fi genre
10. not originally from movies/TV
11. not created after 1960
12. considered a “good guy”
13. not an American character
14. not created before 1900
15. is married or in a romantic relationship
16. Caucasian
17. character is of British descent
18. created after 1930

My count shows DLR and EH each having two remaining DQs, and knoodler and SunUp having one each, for a total of 24. Please ask remaining DQs by 2100 Eastern, 3 Aug 26.

[De_La_Rue]

DQ: originally from a novel?

1 DQ reserved.

[SCAdian]

P

1. fictional
2. only name starts with P
3. male
4. human
5. originally from prose
6. main character
7. created by American(s)
8. would probably not be alive today, if real
9. sorta kinda from fantasy or sci/fi genre
10. not created after 1960
11. considered a “good guy”
12. not an American character
13. not created before 1900
14. is married or in a romantic relationship
15. Caucasian
16. character is of British descent
17. created after 1930
18. not originally from a novel

My count shows EH having two remaining DQs, and knoodler, DLR and SunUp having one each. Please ask remaining DQs by 2100 Eastern, 3 Aug 26.

[SunUp]

Final DQ: From comics?

[SCAdian]

P

1. fictional
2. only name starts with P
3. male
4. human
5. originally from prose
6. main character
7. created by American(s)
8. would probably not be alive today, if real
9. sorta kinda from fantasy or sci/fi genre
10. not created after 1960
11. considered a “good guy”
12. not an American character
13. not created before 1900
14. is married or in a romantic relationship
15. Caucasian
16. character is of British descent
17. created after 1930
18. not originally from a novel
19. originally from comics

My count shows @Elendil_s_Heir having two remaining DQs, and @knoodler and @De_La_Rue having one each. Please ask remaining DQs by 2100 Eastern tomorrow, 3 Aug 26.

[knoodler]

DQ: Character has enhanced or “super” abilities?