# Botticelli - August 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 1, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593 "2017-08-01T20:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**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 28, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/341 "2017-08-28T13:00:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the title character in a hit song by Sylvia? > 2. Were you Tin’s girlfriend in _The Metal Men_? > 3. Was your name Magill, but you called yourself Lil? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, DQ, not Nancy as everyone knew her > > (Completely forgot about Nancy Drew) #1 was Nobody. #2 was Nameless. Correct on Nancy. 2 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:** [August 28, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/342 "2017-08-28T15:25:35Z")
DQ Prospectus 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. N is not the first letter of the last name 4. Created on or after 1900 5. By an American author or authors 6. Would likely be alive today if real 7. Did not first appear in a novel or short story 8. Not a protagonist 9. Not from a song ---
**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 28, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/343 "2017-08-28T15:27:45Z")
DQs: 1. From a TV series or movie? 2. Antagonist? ---
**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 28, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/344 "2017-08-28T15:29:48Z")
IQs: 1. Did you aid Boris Badenov? 2. Did Greta Garbo play you in the title role of a film? 3. Are you Robert Wagner’s late wife? ---
**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:** [August 28, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/345 "2017-08-28T16:50:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you aid Boris Badenov? Yes, I am Natasha Fatale from _The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show_. I knew the Prof would get this. ---
**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 28, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/346 "2017-08-28T17:01:13Z")
Good job! Previous IQs: Did you first play a notable fictional woman in red? - Nichelle Nichols Are you that character? - Nyota Uhura Was your dad a retired Seattle cop? - This was Niles Crane, on _Frasier_ ---
**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 28, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/347 "2017-08-28T18:27:14Z")
Whew! That was quicker than I expected! That means I am O. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/348 "2017-08-28T20:24:35Z")
IQ1: Are you the name Gandalf went by when he lived in Valinor? IQ2: Are you the Greek name of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II? IQ3: Are you the gangster boss of Sigma Iotia II? ---
**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 28, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/349 "2017-08-28T20:36:11Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the name Gandalf went by when he lived in Valinor? > IQ2: Are you the Greek name of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II? > IQ3: Are you the gangster boss of Sigma Iotia II? 1. I am not Olorin. 2. I am not Ozymandias. Take a DQ for #3 as your piece of the action. ---
**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 29, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/350 "2017-08-29T03:33:58Z")
Ooo! Ooo! I know that last answer! On to O… IQs: Is Maurice LaMarche your best-known vocal impersonator these days? Were you a voice actor in the cartoon version of _The Hobbit_ who has become something of a SDMB meme? Were you Mork from Ork’s boss? ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/351 "2017-08-29T11:33:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Olorin. > 2. I am not Ozymandias. > Take a DQ for #3 as your piece of the action. Oxmyx DQ: Real? ---
**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 29, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/352 "2017-08-29T14:18:52Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Oxmyx… Close: [Bela Okmyx | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Bela_Okmyx) ---
**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 29, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/353 "2017-08-29T14:33:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ooo! Ooo! I know that last answer! > > On to O… > > IQs: > > Is Maurice LaMarche your best-known vocal impersonator these days? > Were you a voice actor in the cartoon version of _The Hobbit_ who has become something of a SDMB meme? > Were you Mork from Ork’s boss? 1. I am not Orson Welles. 2. I am not Orson Bean. 3. I am not Orson. I would not have guessed #1 without the others both being Orsons. ---
**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 29, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/354 "2017-08-29T14:35:15Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional ---
**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 29, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/355 "2017-08-29T15:34:25Z")
Orsons all around, quite right. IQs: Did some call you the Queen of Thorns? Did David Mamet write a play about you? Did Stallone star in a movie named after you? ---
**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 29, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/356 "2017-08-29T16:58:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Orsons all around, quite right. > > IQs: > > Did some call you the Queen of Thorns? > Did David Mamet write a play about you? > Did Stallone star in a movie named after you? #3. I am not Oscar. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/357 "2017-08-29T17:12:04Z")
IQ1: As the old joke goes, was the favorite part of your day getting up the crack of Dawn? IQ2: Are you a former MLB first baseman of Puerto Rican descent nicknamed “Peruchin”? IQ3: Did you play Will Turner in the _Pirates of the Caribbean_ film series? ---
**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 29, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/358 "2017-08-29T17:47:21Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: As the old joke goes, was the favorite part of your day getting up the crack of Dawn? > IQ2: Are you a former MLB first baseman of Puerto Rican descent nicknamed “Peruchin”? > IQ3: Did you play Will Turner in the _Pirates of the Caribbean_ film series? 1. I am not Tony Orlando. 😃 2. I am not Orlando Cepeda (?) 3. I am not Orlando Bloom. ---
**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 29, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/359 "2017-08-29T20:52:47Z")
Previous IQs: Did some call you the Queen of Thorns? - Olenna Tyrell, on _Game of Thrones_ Did David Mamet write a play about you? - The title character in _Oleanna_ Did Stallone star in a movie named after you? - Yes, Oscar DQs: Male? American? IQs: Was perhaps your one redeeming feature your refusal to respect segregation laws? Were you that person’s wife? Were you one of Drew Carey’s Cleveland slacker pals in his sitcom? ---
**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 29, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/360 "2017-08-29T22:33:29Z")
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