# Botticelli - August 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 3, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104 "2019-08-03T05:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 4, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/21 "2019-08-04T21:30:35Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the title character of a romance by Richard D. Blackmore? > 2. Did you write the novel It Can’t Happen Here? > 3. Did you play the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz? > Dunno, not Sinclair Lewis or Bert Lahr. #1 was Lorna Doone. Correct on the others. DQ: From horror/fantasy/science fiction genres? ---
**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 6, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/22 "2019-08-06T01:55:17Z")
IQ1: Are you now a running back for the NY Jets, after sitting out 2918 on the Steelers’ bench? IQ2: Are you head coach of the LA Chargers? IQ3: Are you QB for the Indianapolis Colts? ---
**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 6, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/23 "2019-08-06T03:43:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Charles Lindbergh, dunno, and dunno. 2 was Don Lockwood and 3 was Lina Lamont, from _Singing in the Rain_. IQs: 1. created before 1930? 2. adapted to film only? DQs: 3. Were you Jon Arbuckle’s roommate? 4. Did you say, regarding the request to rename your newspaper comic, “They could have called it _Revenge of the Zucchini People_ for all I cared”? 5. In cartoons by Rube Goldberg, were you an inventor of elaborate and unusual machines for everyday tasks? ---
**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 6, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/24 "2019-08-06T04:02:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you now a running back for the NY Jets, after sitting out 2918 on the Steelers’ bench? > IQ2: Are you head coach of the LA Chargers? > IQ3: Are you QB for the Indianapolis Colts? Dunno x3. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > \*Qs: > > 1. Were you Jon Arbuckle’s roommate? > 2. Did you say, regarding the request to rename your newspaper comic, “They could have called it _Revenge of the Zucchini People_ for all I cared”? > 3. In cartoons by Rube Goldberg, were you an inventor of elaborate and unusual machines for everyday tasks? Also dunno x3. L. 1. fictional 2. female 3. last name starts with L 4. by an American author or authors 5. from a work of prose literature 6. created before 1949 7. created after 1900 8. a main character 9. adapted to film or TV 10. probably older than 30 11. Caucasian 12. not from horror/fantasy/science fiction genres 13. created after 1930 14. not adapted to film only ---
**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 6, 2019, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/25 "2019-08-06T10:57:26Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you now a running back for the NY Jets, after sitting out 2918 on the Steelers’ bench? > IQ2: Are you head coach of the LA Chargers? > IQ3: Are you QB for the Indianapolis Colts? > > Dunno x3. Le’veon Bell, Anthony Lynn, Andrew Luck DQ: Mystery genre? DQ: Does story take place during WWII era? 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:** [August 6, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/26 "2019-08-06T13:36:35Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a Welsh sea god? 2. Were you Mary Richards’s boss? 3. Are you the title character in a song by Blood, Sweat & Tears? ---
**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 6, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/27 "2019-08-06T17:51:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Welsh sea god? > 2. Were you Mary Richards’s boss? > 3. Are you the title character in a song by Blood, Sweat & Tears? Dunno, not Lou Grant, and dunno. L. 1. fictional 2. female 3. last name starts with L 4. by an American author or authors 5. from a work of prose literature 6. created before 1949 7. created after 1900 8. a main character 9. adapted to film or TV 10. probably older than 30 11. Caucasian 12. not from horror/fantasy/science fiction genres 13. created after 1930 14. not adapted to film only 15. not in the mystery genre 16. story does not take place during WWII era ---
**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 6, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/28 "2019-08-06T18:03:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Welsh sea god? > 2. Were you Mary Richards’s boss? > 3. Are you the title character in a song by Blood, Sweat & Tears? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Lou Grant, and dunno. #1 is Llyr. Correct on Lou. #3 is Lucretia MacEvil. DQs: 1. From a children’s story? 2. From a novel? ---
**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 7, 2019, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/29 "2019-08-07T04:06:20Z")
L. 1. fictional 2. female 3. last name starts with L 4. by an American author or authors 5. from a work of prose literature 6. created before 1949 7. created after 1900 8. a main character 9. adapted to film or TV 10. probably older than 30 11. Caucasian 12. not from horror/fantasy/science fiction genres 13. created after 1930 14. not adapted to film only 15. not in the mystery genre 16. story does not take place during WWII era 17. not from a children’s story 18. not from a novel ---
**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 7, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/30 "2019-08-07T04:34:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Also dunno x3. 1 was Lyman (from _Garfield_); 2 was Gary Larson (of _The Far Side_); 3 was Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts (from the Rube Goldberg inventions cartoons). DQs: 1. created after 1940? 2. only adapted to TV? 3. story set in the past (that is, the past when the story was published)? IQs: 4. Did you have US Patent 6,469 (a device for “buoying vessels over shoals”)? 5. Are you a friend and confidante of the Shadow? 6. Was your daughter upset over your portrayal in a recently-released movie? ---
**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 7, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/31 "2019-08-07T12:55:40Z")
IQ1: Did the Kinks sing about you in 1970? IQ2: Did Angelina Jolie play you in _Tomb Raider_? IQ3: Did Monica Bellucci play you in _Spectre_? ---
**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:** [August 7, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/32 "2019-08-07T13:44:11Z")
IQ1: Were you engaged to Opus? IQ2: Are you better known by your Hispanic nickname than your real name, Dolores? IQ3: Are you an Italian actress, memetically famous as a sex symbol? (Come to think of it, there are two such actresses, so I’ll accept either). ---
**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 7, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/33 "2019-08-07T15:04:55Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have US Patent 6,469 (a device for “buoying vessels over shoals”)? > 2. Are you a friend and confidante of the Shadow? > 3. Was your daughter upset over your portrayal in a recently-released movie? Not Abraham Lincoln (how did you remember the patent number?!?), not Lamont Cranston, and not Bruce Lee (in _Once Upon a Time in Hollywood_, which I just saw and enjoyed). > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did the Kinks sing about you in 1970? > IQ2: Did Angelina Jolie play you in _Tomb Raider_? > IQ3: Did Monica Bellucci play you in _Spectre_? Not Lola or Lara Croft, and dunno. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Were you engaged to Opus? > > IQ2: Are you better known by your Hispanic nickname than your real name, Dolores? > > IQ3: Are you an Italian actress, memetically famous as a sex symbol? (Come to think of it, there are two such actresses, so I’ll accept either). Dunno, dunno, and not Gina Lollibrigida. L. 1. fictional 2. female 3. last name starts with L 4. by an American author or authors 5. from a work of prose literature 6. created before 1949 7. created after 1900 8. a main character 9. adapted to film or TV 10. probably older than 30 11. Caucasian 12. not from horror/fantasy/science fiction genres 13. created after 1930 14. not adapted to film only 15. not in the mystery genre 16. story does not take place during WWII era 17. not from a children’s story 18. not from a novel 19. created before 1940 20. not only adapted to TV 21. story set in the past (that is, the past when the story was published) That’s it for IQs. Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST Friday. ---
**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 7, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/34 "2019-08-07T15:37:50Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did the Kinks sing about you in 1970? > IQ2: Did Angelina Jolie play you in Tomb Raider? > IQ3: Did Monica Bellucci play you in Spectre? > > Not Lola or Lara Croft, and dunno. Lucia DQ: From a song? DQ: From an advertisement? ---
**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:** [August 7, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/35 "2019-08-07T16:49:56Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Were you engaged to Opus? > > IQ2: Are you better known by your Hispanic nickname than your real name, Dolores? > > IQ3: Are you an Italian actress, memetically famous as a sex symbol? (Come to think of it, there are two such actresses, so I’ll accept either). IQ1: Lola Granola. IQ2: Lolita, from Nabokov’s novel. IQ3: Correct, Gina Lollobrigida is who I had in mind. But I realized that Sophia Loren would also qualify, though she was categorized more as a “beauty”, where Lollobrigida was more “sexy bombshell”. DQ1: From a comic book/graphic novel? DQ2: Superheroine? ---
**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 7, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/36 "2019-08-07T19:22:45Z")
L. 1. fictional 2. female 3. last name starts with L 4. by an American author or authors 5. from a work of prose literature 6. created before 1949 7. created after 1900 8. a main character 9. adapted to film or TV 10. probably older than 30 11. Caucasian 12. not from horror/fantasy/science fiction genres 13. created after 1930 14. not adapted to film only 15. not in the mystery genre 16. story does not take place during WWII era 17. not from a children’s story 18. not from a novel 19. created before 1940 20. not only adapted to TV 21. story set in the past (that is, the past when the story was published) 22. not from a song 23. not from an advertisement 24. not from a comic book/graphic novel 25. not a superheroine ---
**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 7, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/37 "2019-08-07T22:19:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Abraham Lincoln (how did you remember the patent number?!?), not Lamont Cranston, and not Bruce Lee (in _Once Upon a Time in Hollywood_, which I just saw and enjoyed). Correct on 1 and 3. For 2, I was thinking Margo Lane; I know that Cranston lets the Shadow use his identity as a cover, but are they really friends and confidantes? ---
**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 7, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/38 "2019-08-07T22:27:31Z")
So, an adult female main character, last name starts with L, probably from a short story (or novella) written by an American in the 1930’s that’s been made into features for TV and movies. Not a kid’s book or genre fiction, and set in the past (pre-1930’s). I never read _Little House on the Prairie_, but I’m thinking it’s something like that. OTOH, did Simon Legree have a wife? ---
**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:** [August 7, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/39 "2019-08-07T23:15:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > So, an adult female main character, last name starts with L, probably from a short story (or novella) written by an American in the 1930’s that’s been made into features for TV and movies. Not a kid’s book or genre fiction, and set in the past (pre-1930’s). I never read _Little House on the Prairie_, but I’m thinking it’s something like that. > > OTOH, did Simon Legree have a wife? No. The Civil War Charleston diarist Mary Boykin Chesnut pointed that out in a glancing allusion to plantation owner’s habits of raping their female slaves: “Mrs. Stowe did not hit the sorest spot. She makes Legree a bachelor.” ---
**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 7, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/40 "2019-08-07T23:21:35Z")
That book’s the wrong decade anywho. And Little House is a children’s series if I remember correctly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104.md?page=3)